“Don’t tell me to wait” – Big Joanie, “New Year” It’s time for another “Albums I Should Have Listened To Already!” This one is exciting. We’re getting into contemporary punk! […]
Albums I Should Have Listened To Already: ‘Noise Addiction’ by Pure Hell
“Pure Hell went wild on their equipment, and they predated hardcore with their fast attack and assault method on instruments…they enjoyed who they were and what they created…” – Reaghan […]
Friday Links: What We Listen To When We Listen To Music Edition
“I have witnessed a Fuck U Pay Us show, and I have not been able to stop thinking about it ever since. Black people shouting because…there is no other volume […]
Albums I Should Have Listened To Already: ‘Throb Throb’ by Naked Raygun
“It’s good for the economy / only in America / making cancer every day / only in America” – Naked Raygun, “Only In America” Welcome to “Albums I Should Have […]
Friday Links: Rebel Without A River Edition
“Who were they / those men darkening // the barnmouth, / leaning like that” – Joe Wilkins, “Evening Elegy” Goofy month for titles, it seems. Well, it will make sense […]
What Punk Rock Means (To Me Anyway)
“Punk often desired to convey a message or tell a story, like folk and blues.” – George Hurchalla, ‘Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1989’ Everyone wants to change the world, but […]
Friday Links: I Thought Your Name Was Todd Edition
“Maybe I would’ve gone about it less bluntly, or somehow differently. But not much, not much differently.” – Michelle Cruz Gonzalez, ‘The Spitboy Rule” They’re calling it “my most doesn’t […]
A Permanent State Of Rebellion
“[the band Death] created their own mythology and their own rules, rebelling against what the world (and the neighborhood) told them was acceptable for a band of Black men to […]
Friday Links: Punk History Edition
“The first all-Black punk band Pure Hell is nearly written right out of the history, in spite of being along from the trough to the crest of the first wave…Something […]