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Record of the Week: Aquarian Blood

  • Published June 9, 2015 By Layla
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AQUARIAN BLOOD — “Savage Mind” EP Super sick falling apart lo-fi destruction! Punk as fuck doomed cult sounds for those looking for something new to devote their lives and wallets to…The title track is somewhat like POLY STYRENE fronting a frantic bargain basement SCREAMERS!! Tyrannical tunes!! Featuring humans who used to play/currently play in NOTS […]

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Blast From the Past: Ooga Boogas

It would be too easy to compare the simple yet melodic rock of the Ooga Boogas to that of a blunt blow of a Caveman’s club—or its modern day equivalent—a meth-head’s steering wheel lock, but the truth is their steady drum snare and guitar does eek out a loose primal feel. With a rich pedigree […]

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Blast From the Past: Nixe

  • Published June 8, 2015 By Layla
  • Categories Interviews

This originally appeared in MRR #309 which you can pick up here Holland’s Nixe gained worldwide notice in collector circles during the Killed by Death explosion, particularly with their appearance on the Killed by Epitaph double LP, as a photo of one of the members looking rather menacing appeared on the sleeve. To me, they […]

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Blast From the Past: D-Clone

  • Published June 5, 2015 By Layla
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This interview originally ran in MRR #320, January 2010, now sold out but the issue is available as a PDF here D-Clone, hailing from Nagoya City, Japan, plays full blown, noisy D-beat in the vein of Discharge and Disclose. I’ve had a chance to check them out before in Tokyo and absolutely blew my fucking mind! The noise […]

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Read a Book! Brooks Headley on Soy Not Oi

  • Published June 4, 2015 By Layla
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Soy Not Oi! 2 Edited by Hippycore Krew 312 pgs “¢ $20 soynotoi.com  Review by Brooks Headley in MRR 386 A few months ago I did a collaborative dinner with a chef in New York City. This guy, well, he’s a champion of sustainable agriculture and generally a pretty sharp dude in terms of that […]

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