We get more submissions for the Monday Photo Blog from places like Indonesia, former Soviet bloc countries and France than we do from our own backyard here in the Bay Area. Not complaining — it’s always awesome to see photos of crazy punk bands from all over the world — but it is maybe a […]
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TRUST FANZINE from Germany turns 25 this month, making them the second oldest continuously-published punk fanzine in the world! MRR has had a long relationship with TRUST — we even published a photozine together back in 1987. We are ever so proud… The next TRUST zine (August/September 2011 #149) will be a special issue about […]
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TVM Numero Trois. Does this count as part of the fest? Are you bothered? Okay, technically a pre-fest gig, this late night exposé at Chain Drive marked our initiation into that inimitable live hardpunk music gigger experience native to Austin, quite outside of the whole Fest deal. We learnt that in the case of WOMEN […]
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OBEDIENCIA — Edificios EP Holy shit!!! Is every punk in Spain ordered to play in fifty bands or pay the price!? This is rad, desperate punk rock that will make you wanna quit your job and off the pigs and skate or die (on the freeway) all at once… SÁ³lo Para Punks only puts out […]
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Back in the ’90s I used to trade zines with a guy named Stéphane, from France. He did the awesome Rad Party zine (he also put out the translated Cometbus collections). I stopped doing my zine about ten years ago, but Stéphane has kept it up, with his 42nd issue due out this fall. All […]
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