There are some people in our little microcosm of punk rock who manage to transcend genres. They are people who in any other world would be shuffling on everyone’s iTunes, playing on car ads. The likes of Mark Ryan (Marked Men, Mind Spiders), or Jay Reatard — people with an ear for a song, who […]
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* L.A.’s RAYOS X and POLISKITZO also played this show but we showed up too late to catch them. Punk Time is hard to gauge in this part of the state, so you don’t know whether to show up an hour after the flyer’s start time or, like, 3 hours… Well, we guessed wrong and […]
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About a month ago Brazilian photographer Leonan Claro sent a few pics of the Alchemists (from Volta Redonda, Brazil). Nice, tight edit of pics: Shameless Plug Department: To coincide with a art show up at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts in Minneapolis (closing party on April 16th!), I have a new zine out, […]
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This record is insanely good! It’s dirty, bleak, gross, and catchy, all rolled up in one gleaming four-song EP. This is another beautiful slice of the newly minted sub-genre of “crust-pop.” I know many of you will grimace at this seemingly awkward melding of worlds, ’cause they seem like oil and water. But in fact, […]
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Fuck yes! Our longtime friends, kindred spirits, and partners-in-crime at KBOO’s Life During Wartime in Portland, OR, will be treating us to a series of interviews from bands who have performed live on their radio show in recent months. You’ll be hearing from Arctic Flowers, Bellicose Minds, Criaturas, Animals and Men, and more! Their inaugural […]
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