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Record of the Week: SKELETON PARTY/RELIGIOUS SS DISORDER split LP

  • Published May 6, 2011 By MRR
  • Categories Reviews

We know this record is not new, but we got this review submission that we couldn’t resist from Cryptic Josh, whose mad ramblings you may recognize from the Grand Rapids Is Screaming website at grscreamer.com and the band Corrosive Kids… I’ve been kicking myself to write a review about this album by SKELETON PARTY & […]

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We Got Ways #2: NO FUCKER

  • Published May 5, 2011 By Golnar
  • Categories Columns

NO FUCKER — To Whom Tomorrow Belongs EP NO FUCKER — Conquer the Innocent EP In the previous installment of “We Got Ways“—your favorite online column revisiting the great DIY punk/HC records (both heralded and unheralded) from the decade known as the aughts—we discussed the YOUNG WASTENERS 12″ that gives its name to this column. […]

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Life During Wartime interviews: Bellicose Minds

  • Published May 3, 2011 By Life During Wartime
  • Categories Interviews

Welcome to the second in our series of Life During Wartime interviews, where our tight homies at KBOO’s Life During Wartime radio show in Portland, OR, talk to bands who perform live in the studio… This time Colin interviews Portland’s moody BELLICOSE MINDS, whose gloomtastic on-air performance can be heard here. Read and weep… Colin: […]

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Monday Photo Blog: The Last Supper

  • Published May 2, 2011 By icki
  • Categories Photos

Personally, I’ve never been a Crass fan, so the kerfuffle over Steve Ignorant coming to the States to perform Crass material didn’t even hit my radar. I know plenty of people were either totally excited, or totally bent out of shape about it. Punkontroversy! Either you hate it, love it or don’t give a fuck, […]

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Poly Styrene (Marianne Elliot-Said) 1957—2011

  • Published April 29, 2011 By Marc Arsenault
  • Categories News Obituaries

On Monday, April 25th, 2011, Marianne Elliot-Said, better known to the world as Poly Styrene — the singer for classic UK punk rock band X-Ray Spex — died after a bout with breast cancer. Her third solo album, Generation Indigo, was released to shocked fans the following day. X-Ray Spex has stood the test of […]

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