GAS CHAMBER — “Stained Hands” EP Though I must confess that I’ve personally slept on them for far too long, these progressive Buffalo punkers have been turning a lot of heads recently (pun intended) with their left-field take on hardcore, and this record makes it all too easy to see why. The titular track starts […]
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It’s over to Brazil for this Monday Photo Blog with photos from Alex Almeida “Katira.” For more from Alex, check out facebook.com/alexalmeidafotografo. Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog@maximumrocknroll.com. Include your name, a link to your website (or flickr, Facebook, or whatever), and the […]
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This ran in MRR #297 which came out in February 2008, you can grab it here At the very beginning, I’ll admit to having just the slightest amount of skepticism towards Thrillhouse Records’ survival prospects, especially when at their pre-opening day meeting it seemed like no one knew exactly how much to charge for sales […]
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BLACK TIME — “Aerial Gobs of Love” LP All hail BLACK TIME, architects of the brutal and arcane…Transporting the listener to the collapsing concrete shopping centers of London, in which girls and boys as informed as much by the Medway Sound as the Situationist ideal hack out a new / old existence in the ashes […]
Read MoreThis originally ran in MRR #318/Nov 09, which you can grab here I’ve been buying punk records for 25 years. I’ve heard a lot of good shit. There’s only a couple of bands that are so good that they stand head and shoulders above anything thtas come before. The Hex Dispensers are one of them. […]
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