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The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.

Bride of the Devil (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

How Dare You? (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres (Metropolis Records ). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Human Zoo ( Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party. Review by Carl F Gauze.

Mustang (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Heartbeats and Brainwaves (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Zodiac (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Electric Six set the crowd on fire at Orlando’s best small club. Carl F Gauze was close enough to get singed.

Ian Koss has seen the future of boy bands, and boy, does it have one #&@% of a potty mouth. Skip the bar, and settle in for the latest batch of music to piss off your parents.

Where Did All My People Go (Long Nights, Impossible Odds). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Carl F Gauze takes an armchair tour through old Atlanta, courtesy of Zeus Henderson’s super-8 camera.

It matters not that they seem to play The Social every six months or so, Orlando will always come out, drink up, and have a great time to the sounds of Detroit’s Electric Six. Jen Cray finally showed up to see what all the fuss was about.

Fire (XL / Beggars). Review by Stein Haukland.

“Melodic with a touch of groove and an anemic, very white approach to the vocals, but still soulful.” Gail Worley talks to Johnny Marr, currently of The Healers and formerly of the Smiths, and manages to keep it together. Mostly.

Danger! High Voltage (XL/Beggars Banquet). Review by Kiran Aditham.