Graham Meldrum sent us some photos for the Monday Photo Blog. Here are a couple. These were taken at the 13th Note, which I believe I was at back in the year of 2000, at the recommendation of MRR staffer and roving Canadian Allan MacNaughton. From what I remember the place is a resturant as well as […]
Read MoreAs punks, we’ve got to take documenting our histories into our own hands. Joseph A. Gervasi discusses his oral history project Loud! Fast! Philly! in MRR #385. Joseph and Stacey Finney have built a significant resource about the history of Philadelphia punk, right up to the present, told in the participants’ own words. I’ve spent hours delving […]
Read MoreFilling out a hardcore full-length — at 33 rpm, no less—is one of the harder tasks in the challenging world of music, but after a 12″ EP and a couple of 7″s GAY KISS have measured themselves up to the task. It helps if you’re a band that knows how to use the extra space, […]
Read MoreEyewitness account from Santiago, Chile April 26, 2015 Please donate to help cover the funeral and medical bills resulting from this tragedy at this link or at tinyurl.com/helppunks The Doom show on April 16 will mark a before-and-after point for the punk scene in Santiago. No one expected a customary rush on the door to result in […]
Read MoreI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… NATURE BOYS are a band that people are not paying enough attention to now, but will miss when they’re gone. They combine equal parts of punk, hardcore, living on the fringes, hard living, DEAD MOON and their own inimitable style to make something that is their […]
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