hardcore Archives • Ink 19

Husker Du
- Music Reviews
- November 10, 2017
Savage Young Du (Numero Group). Review by Scott Adams.
Spoke: Images and Stories from the 1980s Washington, DC Punk Sce
- Print Reviews
- January 31, 2017
Companion photo book to the documentary Salad Days, an exploration of Washington DC’s trailblazing hardcore punk scene.
The Dicks
- Screen Reviews
- March 16, 2016
The Dicks From Texas (MVDVisual). Review by Scott Adams.
THERE WILL BE QUIET: THE STORY OF JUDGE
- Screen Reviews
- May 13, 2015
Mike Judge created the straight edge band Judge as a darker, more militant answer to the movement’s detractors. A loner who was able to conquer his stage fright to lead a band, Judge revisits the band in this new documentary.
Poison Idea
- Music Reviews
- December 2, 2013
Kings of Punk (Southern Lord). Review by Scott Adams.
45 Grave: October 2012
- Features
- October 23, 2012
45 Grave is a monthly column dedicated to a physical music medium that is way too fun to go quietly into digital limbo, no matter how eagerly cloud zombies want to fashion the coffin.
Violence Girl
- Print Reviews
- January 5, 2012
With a razor-sharp memory and conversational writing style, L.A. punk pioneer Alice Bag recounts her musical obsession.

See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody
- Print Reviews
- October 24, 2011
See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody tells Bob Mould’s entire story — from his abusive childhood to his coming out as a gay man, filled with details and anecdotes from his 50-plus years.
History Lesson Part 1: Punk Rock in Los Angeles in 1984
- Screen Reviews
- April 6, 2011
Live clips and interviews from Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Redd Kross and Twisted Roots.
American Hardcore
- Print Reviews
- February 23, 2011
The net result of plowing through a weighty tome like this is a sense of awe at how a bunch of kids created their own culture whole cloth, like the music industry on a Utopian, communal, microcosmic level.
Stimulators
- Music Reviews
- December 15, 2010
Loud Fast Rules (ROIR). Review by Scott Adams.
Suicidal Tendencies
- Event Reviews
- December 8, 2010
Old school skateboarding thrash punks Suicidal Tendencies stopped by Orlando with Hed PE to wax political. It was a ruckus not to be missed — and Eric Donath did not.
Suicidal Tendencies
- Music Reviews
- December 7, 2010
No Mercy Fool/The Suicidal Family (Suicidal). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Dance of Days
- Print Reviews
- March 22, 2010
Akashic Press expands, redesigns, and re-releases Mark Anderson and Mark Jenkins‘s invaluable DIY learning tool, Dance of Days. Even better, it’s just as energizing as the first read. What were YOU up to at age 16?

Straight Line Stitch
- Music Reviews
- November 20, 2008
When Skies Wash Ashore (KOCH/Raging Nation Records). Review by P. McEver.
Jaguar Love
- Music Reviews
- October 24, 2008
Take Me to the Sea (Matador). Review by Addam Donnelly.
TSOL: The Early Years Live
- Screen Reviews
- October 8, 2008
Matthew Moyer spends a quiet night in with TSOL.
No Redeeming Social Value
- Music Reviews
- July 8, 2008
Still Drinking (Dead City Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Lafcadio
- Music Reviews
- June 9, 2008
Kibosh (Joyful Noise). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Final Quarrel: Live at CBGBs 2001
- Screen Reviews
- March 3, 2008
Scott Adams’ quarrel with this recently released DVD of the legendary Cro-Mags’ CBGBs reunion show is not that the band couldn’t bring the power one last time, but that the camera and sound quality were bootleg quality. That ain’t punk, punk.

Bob Mould
- Music Reviews
- September 25, 2020
Blue Hearts (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.
Mixtape 133: Waba Duba
- The Lacking Organization
- September 25, 2020
Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.
Gasoline Lollipops
- Music Reviews
- September 24, 2020
All The Misery Money Can Buy (Soundly Music). Review by James Mann.
Peter Stampfel
- Music Reviews
- September 23, 2020
20th Century in 100 Songs (Louisiana Red Hot Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Urinetown (The Musical)
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2020
If you think quarantining is a pain, try holding it in when you can’t go out.
Nella-Joi
- Music Reviews
- September 22, 2020
M.I.A.. Review by Stacey Zering.
Addis Ababa Noir
- Print Reviews
- September 21, 2020
Akashic Books Noir series stops in Addis Ababa for some stories about the dark side of Ethiopia. The stories blend myth, history, memory and regret related to dealing with the county’s traumatic recent past.
Colter Wall
- Music Reviews
- September 18, 2020
Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (La Honda Records/ Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Champlin Williams Friestedt
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2020
CWF II (Black Lodge Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Ace Frehley
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2020
Origins, Vol. 2 (Entertainment One (eOne)). Review by Christopher Long.