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Losing Daylight (A-F Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Losing Daylight (A-F Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Evil Streets (Wondertaker). Review by Jen Cray.
The Re-Issues (Jaybird & Weight of the World) (I Scream). Review by Jen Cray.
Speaking with vocalist Vice Cooler and guitarist Steve Touchstone of the undefinable trio of XBXRX , Jen Cray got them to talk about the brilliance of Kill Rock Stars, recording with Ian Mackaye and Steve Albini and how their live shows have resulted in permanent scarring.
SoCal and NYC hardcore invade the Sunshine state with Pennywise and H2O turning Orlando’s House of Blues into one large mosh pit. A drenched Jen Cray reports.
More than two decades into their career, Bad Religion have delivered their most focused critique of an American presidency. The Empire Strikes First pulls aside the curtain of Christianity and “homeland security” to reveal the men at the controls. Eric J. Iannelli hopes it hasn’t come too late.
We’re Down Til’ We’re Underground (Equal Vision). Review by Nick Plante.
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The Daylight Robbery (Smallman). Review by Stein Haukland.
New Mexican Disaster Squad (A-F). Review by Troy Jewell.
Into The Valley Of Death (Epitaph). Review by Stein Haukland.
Shake Harder Boy (Hydrahead). Review by Stein Haukland.
Counter-Culture Nosebleed (Escape Artist). Review by Stein Haukland.
…but James Mann offers a review of two books on the subject that should be: Steven Blush’s American Hardcore: A Tribal History and Mark Spitz and Brendan Mullen’s We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk.
The Fugue in the Fog (French Kiss). Review by Terry Eagan.
Ride The Skies (Load). Review by Nirav Soni.
The Crucial Conspiracy (Tooth And Nail). Review by Terry Eagan.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.