Perspex are a hardcore group from Sydney, Australia, dealing in deranged mosher sonics. We caught up with singer Toto on the occasion of their debut single, released on verified banger outlets No Patience and Sexy Romance. We talk Faustian deals, being falsely accused of a terrorist plot and life below the Tropic of Capricorn… MRR: […]
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I fucking love BAD MOVES. Their last record blew me away and I was so eager to hear this new one that I pre-ordered that mess and have spun it several times before MRR assigned it for me to review. Let me just mention that the LP comes with a BAD MOVES crossword puzzle and […]
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Minimal, restrained post-punk from Berlin untangling the threads left behind by the usual Neue Deutsche Welle suspects (XMAL DEUTSCHLAND, MALARIA!, et al.); clearly the reverse side of the same coin as the solid AUS LP that came out earlier this year, and not just because I could tell at first listen that there had to […]
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This recent release from Swedish outfit KASSHUVE proves that all you need to make great music is pure aggression. In an age of ever-constant overproduced and glamorous pop songs, this EP stands out as an anomaly of fucked up noise. The vocals are delivered in a constant guttural scream. Piercingly overdriven guitars, thick bass, and […]
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I really shouldn’t be, but I am still surprised that there are still really cool unreleased punk songs to be discovered in 2020. There seems to be so many labels trying so hard to uncover this stuff, then out of the blue comes REBEL TRUCE. The New Zealand band released only one song, “The Man […]
Read full "The Lost Tapes EP" reviewErika Elizabeth brings you this week’s episode of MRR Radio, but what even is the concept of time anymore?
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Huge archival review update — two years of reviews 1984-1986 have been uploaded over the last couple months — click the article for links.
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MRR spoke to Joi Purvy (bassist in Crow Baby, co-founder of Thick Thigh Collective, and one of the filmmakers behind Beauty Standards) about roots and reparations in punk, navigating when it’s right to reclaim space versus take a backseat, and other intricacies inherent in holding a marginalized identity in a community of outcasts.
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I listen to punk music because I need something that I can put in my headphones that’s gonna make me feel powerful when I’m like walking down the street in a really femme outfit and people are giving me dirty looks.
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Since the uprising began following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Philadelphia has been reckoning with its own legacy of racism and police brutality. The punk response has been 19 Notes on a Broken System, a digital and cassette benefit by local bands to support the movement and challenge the causes and consequences of […]
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