Beach Rats
Rat Beat (Epitaph). Review by Scott Adams.
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Sonic Youth
In/Out/In (Three Lobed Recordings). Review by Scott Adams.
Love, Death, and Photosynthesis
Love, Death, and Photosynthesis is Bela Koe-Krompecher’s memoir of addiction, friendship, mental illness, and the music scene of early ’90s Ohio.
Plus 1: Athens—Show Flyers From a Legendary Scene 1967-2002
Plus 1 Athens: Show Flyers from a Legendary Scene reproduces over 150 Athens, Georgia band flyers in a beautifully designed book.
Demons/Demons 2
Synapse Films reissues Lamberto Bava’s epic ’80s gore-filled movies Demons and Demons 2 in beautiful new editions.
Brown Acid 13
Brown Acid: The Thirteenth Trip (Riding Easy). Review by Scott Adams.
Self Taught
Over a ten-year period, punk guitar legend Tim Kerr and his wife Beth used thrift store cameras to document self-taught artists’ environments. Combined with portraits of the creators, Self Taught is a celebration of artistic spirit.
In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997
Jim Saah documented the D.C. hardcore scene with training from a high school photography class, capturing energy and excitement with a natural sense of technique and art.
Meatbodies
333 (In the Red). Review by Scott Adams.
Death Valley Girls
Street Venom (Suicide Squeeze). Review by Scott Adams.
Descendents
9th and Walnut (Epitaph). Review by Scott Adams.
7 Seconds
The Crew (Trust Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Ida Maria
Dirty Money. Review by Scott Adams.
Spitboy
Body of Work (1990-1995) (Don Giovanni ). Review by Scott Adams.
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
Documentary on the Washington, D.C. punk scene, with a focus on the earlier years.
The Thing that Ate Floyd
(Lavasocks Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Blood Lemon
Blood Lemon. Review by Scott Adams.
Adult Books
Grecian Urn (Taxi Gauche Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Twisted Thing
Sacred Cement (Corpus). Review by Scott Adams.
Blessed
iii (Flemish Eye). Review by Scott Adams.
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