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…reviews cassettes for MRR, runs Feral Kid Records and Tetryon Tapes, and plays in NERVOUS TICK & THE ZIPPER LIPS. Another year, come and gone. Doesn’t the time just fly…
…reviews for MRR. His current bands are EX PARENTS and SULTRY. Mark 2023 as yet another disastrous year for our grievously ailing planet. While it’s hard to prevent one’s sense…
…in the central mountains of Vermont and writes reviews for MRR. I think my jaw still hurts from clenching it at work all summer…sometimes the rest of the year feels…
…Erika Elizabeth plays bass in the band COLLATE, puts out records via Domestic Departure, and does reviews and radio for MRR. She lives on unceded Cowlitz/Clackamas land in so-called Portland,…
It’s likely you’ve already read a handful of reviews of Only Constant, the excellent debut LP from New Jersey hardcore band GEL that is currently making waves, so I’ll keep…
IZM, a four-piece out of Los Angeles, does the whole “punk band plus a synth” thing that I tend to rail against here in my reviews. To reiterate, my position…
…all, there must have been dozens of reviews about Cacophony in the past 35 years, and most people already know about the record. Why bother when I could just binge-watch…
Attention, weirdos. Portland, Maine’s CELEBRITY HANDSHAKE has released the newest in a long line of shattered, no-fi blues-noise records. Read their other MRR reviews to see how divisive this band…
Not that long ago, I wanted to get out of the house to write some reviews, so I headed to one of Indianapolis’s many millennial-ass coffee shops. It was a…
…VA and very occasionally writes reviews and posts mixes at https://stochasticslide.wordpress.com I was raised on the internet/music nexus, learning about punk not from secretly-traded mixtapes, but from searching the genre…
…show on his local community radio station, and writes reviews for MRR. He lives in the central mountains of Vermont. This year has seen a lot of shifts—meeting someone the…
…Leo Delightful is a photographer, DJ, and writer out of Roanoke, VA. He’s a contributor to Culture Desert and does reviews for MRR. His current bands are EX PARENTS and…
…seconds. I can say that this is my favourite band from the reviews I wrote for this month, and I also love that they have two vocalists and I like…
And now, part three of MRR Year End Top Tens! Parts one and two. ARTO HIETIKKO I’m the editor of Toinen Vaihtoehto zine, co-release records on Nunchakupunk, and I’m also…
…via Domestic Departure, and does reviews and radio for MRR. She lives on unceded Cowlitz/Clackamas land in Portland, Oregon. Ten things from 2021, in alphabetical order: HÉLÈNE BARBIER – Regulus…
…like rats. I dunno how or why GEORGE BRIGMAN keeps on coming up in my reviews lately, but the sumptuous guitar fuzz on this tape immediately reminds me of his…
…like them and me only kinda believing him because he really likes some stuff that I just think is marginally “fine” (check his reviews, his enthusiasm is suspect…an affliction that…
…been hearing solid reviews of this from older punks and younger punks and all the mad D-beat heads, and it certainly does not Dis-appoint. KÄRTËL of NYC, comprised of members…
…garnering a few favorable reviews in national zines, EVIL I finally gets their due with this raging slab of wax. Holy hell, this fucker smokes! As the band tears apart…
Many record and band reviews (mine mostly) spend space name-dropping other bands and styles that a reviewee sounds like and borrows from. It’s a kind of connect the musical dots….
…being dragged out for old people to grasp onto in reviews, and I see the songs they’re going on about, but I don’t much like those bands and I think…
…I also like to use maelstrom a lot in reviews, so I immediately connected with a band I felt I should already know much better. I had only seen a…
More zine reviews posted! Take a look here: maximumrocknroll.com/issues/mrr-453/ And don’t forget to send your zine in for review to the address below: Maximum Rocknroll PO Box 3852 Oakland, CA…
…is, possibly what, I thought PUSSY GALORE sounded like as a young’un, based on reading reviews of them by losers but without being able to hear their music. 7. GELD…
…COLLATE, puts out records via Domestic Departure, hosts the radio show Futures & Pasts, and reviews things for MRR. She lives on unceded Cowlitz/Clackamas land in Portland, Oregon. Ten things…
MRR zine reviews return for the online era, starting off with the latest issues of Fluke, $pare ¢hange, Fuzz and more. As we begin to think about tweaking the display,…
Somewhere in this batch of reviews I think I say that a dose of catchy, uplifting punk might be just what I need…this record definitively disproved that assertion, because this…
…that is beyond the gimmicks. So fucking what? Instead of my let’s-revise-hardcore failed attempts as reviews, HEAVY DISCIPLINE is probably already proud of this body of work that tastefully matches…
…— if you are interested in transcribing reviews or other content to be posted, let us know! Contact at reviews@maximumrocknroll.com. (Disclaimer: Give us plenty of time to respond, email isn’t…
So often in these annals you can sum up a review in one short blurt. Indeed, take a look at the first few dozen issues and you’ll see reviews of…
Part two of my series of MAL THURSDAY release reviews. This CD-R from 2018 is a collection of THURSDAY’s bands the MALARIANS (his 1980s band), MAL THURSDAY AND THE CHEETAHS…
…to post our radio show and reviews, we hope you’ll take comfort in those things as we navigate these times. Whether you’re listening when you can’t sleep at 2 am…
The assignment gods are punishing me for being late with my reviews I suppose, because I can’t even tell what I’m listening to. Wildly addictive pop sensibilities, wildly nonsensical synth…
Picture in your mind the singer of LAIBACH or a hard-growling Ian Stuart fronting a band made up of BIG COUNTRY, PROCLAIMERS and SLADE members. I really hate conceptual reviews…
…name change? These questions should be answered by investigative journalism and not by dumb record reviews. MASSACRE 68 was in line with the tupa-tupa cave beat, occasionally chaotic-fast/ocassionally groovy-three-chords hardcore…
I’ll be honest with ya, I put this cassette aside while doing my reviews for the month fully expecting it to be the real stinker of the bunch. To my…
…not to write reviews during the first listen of a demo, but I don’t think I will be able to make it the full way through this tape a second…
…having the ability to immediately check out bands that pique my interest, whether it’s from reviews or suggestions or even just randomly scanning Bandcamp or torrent sites (shhh…). That applies…
…ATOE of SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS about pottery. Interspersed throughout these and other interviews are local record reviews and a conversation with STEVIE POHLMAN from Portland’s MOPE GROOVES. This zine is firmly…
…been home for over twenty years—to say nothing of the logistics of moving over 50,000 records—and beginning to publish reviews and other content online. All on top of the ever-tightening…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Rob highlights Tankcrimes Records, jams some classic Swedish punk, goes spastic for SPAZZ and plays some new punk tunes pulled from our reviews. Are you ready to rock?
Intro TWOMPSAX – Diddly Squat Hard and Heavy With Tankcrimes Records LOS HUAYCOS – Monstruosidades Salvajes CLITERATI – Trans is Beautiful KICKER – Wanker on the Bus BRAINOIL – Singularity […]
On this week’s MRR Radio Rob and Paul celebrate Tim Yohannan’s B-Day, do a spotlight on Ryvvolte Records and pull some favorites from the latest batch of reviews. From DIE KREUZEN to FUTURE TERROR we have got your punk listening needs covered!
Intro UNDERTONES – Teenage Kicks Crushing crust from Ryvvolte Records FUTURE TERROR – Psychotic Circle DRONEZ – In Ashes B.E.T.O.E – Corrupto HUMANMANIA – Reclamation Of Freedom NIGHTFALL – No […]
Hey punx! A new month brings a new “issue” of MRR with online record reviews and even more content in the days and weeks ahead… Watch for new columns coming…
…digitize and (re)publish the last 35+ years of reviews, interviews, columns, etc. on this website, and new content fits nicely onto the foundation we’re building. That’s not to say that…
…kinds of shit you loved in the print magazine — reviews, columns, interviews, letters and more. We begin now with record reviews! …CLICK HERE TO READ THE LATEST FROM MRR…
Sorry, the link to our reviews page is broken at the moment but we are working to fix it now…please check back soon! We’re excited to begin rolling out the…
…cover, and the sometimes questionable reviews printed in the magazine. Yes, there are a few handfuls of international contributors such as myself, but the main editorial choices are made by…
…show every week as a teenager in high school and try to cross reference the bands with the ads and reviews to track down records. I met many pen pals…
…of bands who played a handful of shows but never made any proper recordings, or reviews of albums that still haven’t been uploaded to Youtube or chronicled on someone’s minimal…
…both over the years (shhhhh). The terrible writing not only applies to reviews but also for press releases. Someone must have sold or given my name to dozens of publicists…
…issues without scene reports and made statistics on the amount and outcome of US vs. non- US reviews, still MRR provides a chance for bands to show who they are,…
It is remarkably bittersweet to be writing my final reviews for the print edition of MRR, but what a distinct honor it was to receive this reissue of one of…
I find it a little disheartening that my last print reviews for MRR should start out this way. I know that over the years, I’ve been pigeonholed into the garage…
…record reviews and other punk related reviews should be going up online shortly. And slowly, painfully, the full archive of MRR’s print era, the magazine in all its glory, will…
Stay up to date with the latest from the MRR website — reviews, columns, letters, archival shit, MRR Radio, and more! We won’t share your info with anyone, and we…
…every entry in the reviews section and circling the ones that seem like something I would like (yeah, I know I’m a loser). I was asked if I wanted to…
…together with culture warriors. A cursory glance of older issues of punk rock zines will see the word retard used for almost every single slightly frowned upon subject. In reviews,…
…services in Olympia, Washington. All of this plus a Rio Grande Valley scene report, photo spreads from Jesse Ponkamo and George Argyropoulos, and yes, all the reviews and columns that…
…comes out in the world of underground punk rock, hardcore, garage, post-punk, thrash, etc.—no major labels or labels exclusively distributed by major-owned distributors, no reviews of test pressings or promo…
…from all over the place geographically and musically. Indonesia’s KATASTROV share their views on exploitation, fundamentalism, and Motörhead! Of course there’s our usual big-ass record reviews section as well as…
…current format — MRR #432 will be our final print issue. But MRR will continue on as a weekly radio show, vinyl archive, and online resource for record reviews and…
…current format — MRR #432 will be our final print issue. But MRR will continue on as a weekly radio show, vinyl archive, and online resource for record reviews and…
…new Cyanide Milkshake book! If that’s not enough for you, we’ve got all your favorite columns and reviews, a hearty letters section, and, as a bonus, a reprint of some…
…advice on lowering your expectations for touring the UK, where they live. And if you’re still looking for more, we of course have the best columns and reviews in the…
…theirs. Still not enough for you? Seems a little greedy, but okay, fine, we’ll also keep delivering the best reviews and columns in the biz. So what are you waiting…
…to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Add to this all of the letters, columns, and reviews, and you’ve got enough reading material to make it through this upcoming changing of the seasons….
…departed Steve Soto, plus all the columns and reviews you could possibly ask for. And a lengthy letters section to boot! What are you waiting for? Order your copy now!…
…punk scene. If that’s still not enough for you, there’s a robust letters section, plenty of columns, and enough reviews to keep you occupied until next month’s issue comes out….
…Manic Relapse Vol. 6 photo spread and all of the letters, columns, and reviews that you love to complain about on Instagram. Don’t wait — pick this issue up today!…
…that’s not enough for you, check out some sick photos from DC’s Damaged City festival, our new DIY recording tips section, and all the columns and reviews that you love…
…reading Maximum Rocknroll in the late ’80s and moved to SF in the summer of ’95. By August I was at MRR doing new issue day and zine reviews. Tim…
…Records did. And if that’s not enough for you, we’ve got all the reviews and columns you crave, plus more, all right here in the latest, greatest issue of Maximum…
…honcho Eric Bifaro discusses some incredible stories about his life. Add that to all of the reviews and columns that you’ve come to expect, and you have a jam-packed issue!…
…all of these interviews plus all of the columnists and reviews that you love to hate to love. Maximum Rocknroll won’t read itself — pick it up and read it!…
…are a lot more positive than you’d expect). Plus you’ll find enough columns and reviews to gossip over for the rest of the month. So what are you waiting for?…
…And somehow after all of that, we still managed to fit all of the columns and reviews that you’ve come to expect from Maximum Rocknroll! You don’t want to miss…
…SHITWORKER OPPORTUNITIES Reviews: We review records, CDs, demos, zines, books, and movies. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, send us an email introducing yourself and we’ll send you…
…sounds like a lot, right? Add all of the columnists that you hate to love as well as more reviews than you can shake a stick at! Don’t miss this…
…IL’s Dumb Fest. Plus, your monthly dose of must-read columns and hundreds of reviews — all in these pages, and yours for the cost of less than one flexi disc….
…we mention a massive scene report covering a dozen different cities? All this, plus all your favorite columnists and all the reviews fit to print can be yours. Order today!…
Below you will find content listings for every issue of Maximum Rocknroll. Many of these are available for purchase on our webstore. If you are here doing academic research, you…
…the world, but MRR also reviews a large number of zines, books, films, and videos every month. The meat of the mag lies in tons of submission-based band interviews, where…
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…the columns and zine, book, film, and record reviews you know and love. Order yours today! OUT OF PRINT. You can now download this issue of MRR for only $3.99!…
…peace punks PANDEMIX, Costa Rican grindcore band EXACERBACIÁ”N, and the debut of a harm reduction column. All this plus tons of fresh zine, record, and film reviews. Get yours now!…
…and European punk life. We’ve also got photos from Chicago’s Infestational and This Is Austin Not That Great. All this plus the record, demo, book, zine, and films reviews you…
…have the fully digitized MRR back issue archive, with over 400 issues dating back to 1982! Shortly thereafter, we’ll be launching a searchable database of our record collection, with reviews…
…book, film, and zine reviews you love. Start the new year off right with Maximum Rocknroll! OUT OF PRINT. You can now download this issue of MRR for only $2.99!!…
…read off an iPad at live shows. Kayla reads Amazon reviews for sex swings, gross texts from straight white boys on Tinder (she has a lovely partner named Chris who…
…a guest column by Arina Moiseyenko as well as all of our regular columns and reviews. Don’t miss out! You can now download this issue of MRR for only $2.99!!…
…Hardcore Fest by Angela Owens. All that plus all your favorite columnists and the biggest reviews section in punk, don’t miss it! You can now download this issue of MRR…
…on the outskirts of Mexico City, the latest dirt from our columnists, and more reviews than you can handle. You can now download this issue of MRR for only $2.99!!…
…and commentary from Copenhagen’s K-Town Hardcore Fest, hundreds of reviews, all of your favorite columnists, and—get this—a table of contents. That’s right, this issue debuts a fresh new look for…
…from North Texas. All this, plus the biggest reviews section in the world of Serious Music Criticism and over a dozen reports from your favorite columnists; it’s all here, and…
…includes an Iowa City scene report, a photo spread from Nothing Nice To Say fest, hundreds of reviews (records, demos, books, films; you name it), another fix of your favorite…
…and Damaged City fest in Washington, DC. Of course we also got all your favorite columnists and hundreds of reviews of the latest records, tapes, books, and films to hit…
…feature collecting almost half a dozen current video zines, your favorite columnists, all the reviews you can possibly bear to read, and a photo spread from Everything Is Not OK…
…you: this also comes with hundreds of reviews, a photo spread by Martin Sorrondeguy, all your favorite columnists (Turbo & Gang are taking their Oi! column in an exciting new…
…report from the United Arab Emirates; and a photo spread from January’s This Is Austin, Not That Great fest. Of course this all comes with a massive reviews section and…
…in a photo spread from Cacophonie Nights, a weekend of noise punk gaiety in Portland; all of the columnists you know and love; and of course, punk’s hugest reviews section….
…favorite and most hated columnists alike, and an exceptionally loaded reviews section (in which many of this year’s best records are covered). Pick this one up, it’s a must read….
…California’s Central Valley. All your favorite columnists are here too, along with punk’s most comprehensive and unsparing reviews section. You can now download this issue of MRR for only $2.99!!…
…dead center of the midwestern freak beat underground, Springfield, IL’s Dumb Fest 3D. All of this, the columns you love to loathe, and the most extensive reviews section in the…
…I’ve written liner notes and promo materials, too, for my own and friends’ releases. In addition, I’ve contributed columns, articles, interviews, book reviews, and even letters to the editor for…
…write ups, reviews, blogs etc. When I released The BLOODREDS 7″ I counted six different incorrect variations of the label name in print mags. MRR was one of the only…
…It wasn’t until that tape starting getting around that the world of punk really opened up. I sent a few free ones out and got some reviews in various zines…
…oi!) and Greece’s GUTTER. Plus, an in-depth tour diary from PERMANENT RUIN‘s recent European run and a back-n-forth with 1859 Records. Plus all the reviews and columns that you love!…
…little Xeroxed zines full of rants and reviews. When you toured you slept on people’s floors, in fleabag motels, and in your van. You met all kinds of interesting characters…
…that’s all you really need. If you buy one record based on MRR reviews this month, make it this one. Absolutely essential and long, long overdue. (Andrew Underwood) (Todo Destruido)…
…my cruising reviews people ask, “Why do you talk about race so much or guys’ bodies and ethnicities?” I went to this workshop at a bathhouse one time and I…
…what you’re going for? Steve: I don’t know why there are so many swear words like that in reviews. I don’t think I remember swear words like that in reviews…
…who gave us a bad review. I read some of his other reviews and one of them started with “This is the twelfth time I’ve seen Pearl Jam and probably…
…the way the scene seems to constantly revert back to scenester drama to evaluate bands and people. Reviews today seem to deal more with who made the music rather than…
…it was like Skyhooks… [laughter] and I couldn’t argue with them. MRR: Do you read your own press? I’ve read some reviews, one in particular that wasn’t so kind…
…Hemorrhage fanzine and Expressway To Yr Skull radio) and Sadie Switchblade (of G.L.O.S.S. and PEEPLE WATCHIN’), and all the record, zine, book, film and demo reviews that are fit to…
…Andrew Reid of Montreal and Sadie Switchblade of G.L.O.S.S. about their experiences as trans women in punk—and the largest record reviews section in punk print. Pick up your copy today!…
…200 km north of the Arctic Circle, they might be one of the northernmost bands ever interviewed in Maximum!—and, of course, all the columns and reviews you’ve come to expect….
…for bios and links for all of the artists in this issue! Of course, we’ve still got all the columns and reviews you’ve come to expect, and special online content…
…fill any given position. For instance, as applied to MRR, there’s a system for doing zine and record reviews that’s been in place for over 30 years now. Every zine…
…the fest. All this plus book, movie, zine and demo reviews, all the columnist you love to hate (plus a couple new ones), and of course, the most extensive punk…
…myself not to do any reviews, but I’ve ended up doing a few anyway and have a few more lined up, but it will not be a recurring thing —…
…Varning from Montreal fest, plus book, movie, zine and demo reviews, all the columnist you love to hate (plus a couple new ones), and of course, the most extensive record…
…a punk in Miami, Florida. All of this, plus cover art by Cassidy McGinley, a pullout photo spread from Mateus Mondini, and as always, columns, zine, book and demo reviews,…
…out the issue. And, as always, we’ve got all the columnists you love to hate, plus demo, book, movie and zine reviews and the most extensive punk record review section…
…a lot of shitwork, like filing records, taking out the trash, doing the radio show, etc…. I did some book reviews, but they didn’t let me write record reviews because…
…of course, we’ve got all the columnists you love to hate, plus demo, book, movie and zine reviews, and, as always, the most extensive record reviews section in punk print….
…of the Month, a photo spread, book, demo, zine and movie reviews, all the columns you love to hate, and let’s not forget the most extensive review section in punk…
…vast array of reviews and scene reports, ads for records that now cost a lot more than they did in 1984, and so much more! DOC DART/CRUCIFUCKS I appreciate the…
…your favorite columnists (plus guests!), book, zine, demo, movie and of course the most extensive record reviews section in punk rock print y’all—plus much, much more! Cover art this month…
…from DC and TX — Shitworker of the Month, book, demo and movie reviews (phew!) and of course, let’s not forget, the most extensive reviews section in punk print! Find…
…Vault,” this month featuring the epic WIPERS. All of this, plus your usual columns, book, zine and movie reviews, and the most extensive record reviews section in punk print, yo!…
…we have new people working with us who have moved to NYC from Miami, Boston, Richmond and so on. We do a lot of demo reviews and show highlights and…
…it now includes writing sections, reviews, and a “spotlight” arts section outside of comics. I’m currently wrapping up issue #4 (expected release is early June), which has a special “spotlight”…
MRR #371, April 2014: the All Columns Issue! With topics such as Detroit powerhouse BILL BONDSMEN, très productive French punk label Crapoulet Records, legendary ex-Yugo pioneers O! KULT, New…
…and their homies, and GOBIERNO MILITAR talks about discovering punk in Spain. And, as always, we have your favorite columnists and the largest, most extensive punk reviews section in print!…
…GROKE, SCREAMING QUEENS, and STRONG BOYS, a report from London Queer Zine Fest, a bunch of guest columnists, and the largest and most extensive punk reviews section in print today!…
…on these releases, and check out Maximum Rocknroll‘s October issue for all of these reviews and many, many more! Never Mind the Taqwacores Here Is the Real Deal compilation 7″…
…this and much more, including guest columns, “What’s the Scoop,” “New Blood,” demo and zine reviews, plus the most extensive record reviews in printed punk today to satisfy your hunger!…
…releases, and check out Maximum Rocknroll‘s October issue for all of these reviews and many, many more! V/A – Disenfranchised in India compilation LP Tian An Men 89‘s documentation of…
…of these reviews and many, many more! Chaos in Morocco compilation LP Short review: Tian An Men 89 is the most important record label in the world for punks seeking…
…What’s the Scoop, demo and zine reviews and, of course, the most extensive record review section in printed punk today! Go to our BACK ISSUES page to order this issue….
Issue #364 of MRR is out and ready for you to get your grubby hands on! This month, in the September 2013 issue you will find: ASILE talking about their…
…Rudd at Chaos in Tejas and Ian Absurdo from ABSURDO’s US tour, all the zine, demo, books reviews you want and the most extensive punk review section of all time!…
…I think are fuckin ace! And reviews, I’ll give more opinions on stuff I like. How long have you been in Portland, Oregon? Where are you originally from? I’ve been…
…MRR shitworker Travis Igler, guest film reviews, and of course all the columns you hate to admit you love, book reviews, the most extensive record reviews in punk, and more!…
After a long absence, our show review feature, Wow What a Show! is back. Today, Andrew Underwood reviews: Sudor, Kurraka, and Replica at El Rio in San Francisco, CA, 5/25/13…
…do you think of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit? I haven’t gone, though I’ve seen plenty of photos and read a bunch of reviews. I’m…
…Got Power zine! All this, plus a SoCal show report, Shitworker of the Month (who could it be?), columns, letters and the most extensive reviews in hardcore punk print today!…
…Blood”, Shitworker of the Month: Matt Badenhop, all the columnists you love to read on the shitter and, of course, the most extensive reviews in punk print! Grab your copy…
…we can’t wait for you to spot… Oh, and of course columns, news and the most extensive reviews section in punk rock print! Cover by French comic artist Seri Z….
…MRR offers a real good worldwide view of the punk scene, and it is (still) great to have all the news, columns, record/movie/book reviews and shit collected every month on…
…onto this active part of the Great White North. This, plus all the columnists you love to hate (and hate to love!) and the most extensive record reviews in punk!…
…ID; Finnish garage lady-rockers the SPLITS, and Brazil’s old-school USHC skaters O INIMIGO. Plus, of course, the most extensive reviews in punk and all the columnists you love to hate!…
…report is a picture of GBH captioned “Great Big Haircuts? Or Go Back Home?” The shitworkers have their (very small) say! Buried in the record reviews are early works by…
…memory of starting the magazine was they said, “Would you write record reviews?” and I said, “Yeah.” I wrote record reviews and they sent them back to me and they…
This is a hard hitter. Cool Greek zine featuring interviews with D-takt and Rapunk Records, Amebix, Pyroklast, Deathhammer, Stripmines, a tribute to Void, movie reviews of my second favorite genre:…
…forgetting your usual array of favorite columnists, zine reviews and the most extensive punk record review section in the world! Go to our BACK ISSUES page to order this issue….
…basic layout and writing show reviews and such (under another pseudonym until issue #4). The mag was ultra-basic back then: word processor/typewriters, scissors, waxers, layout boards, etc. All of us…
…— and everyone took pains to keep the length of the reviews to a minimum, around fifty words each. Cut and paste was exactly that: manually cutting the reviews on…
…check out now. Another feature that I totally appreciated was an attempt to list and assess all of the INFEST bootlegs that have ever appeared. And these bootleg reviews, like…
…across the spectrum. Fucking bananas. Favorite shitwork… Reviews were always my favorite, to read and to write. Some of my best memories of San Francisco are at the MRR compound,…
…young volunteers to work on the zine, whereas my primary task was to edit the record review section, do reviews myself, and write some other things I felt inclined to…
…its day. It sold out quickly, and I remember it got great reviews at the time. It was often either compared to Crudos or some Y2K band, and most of…
…entirely to cassette releases and includes entertaining reviews of each tape), Remote Outposts can be just as enjoyable to read as it is to listen to all of the great…
…I was not moving to Lawrence, but to Wichita. And even more sadly, by the time I got there the Outhouse had closed down… I heard mixed reviews on whether…
This band has been compared to the MINUTEMEN in previous tape reviews here, but on two of the three cuts here they remind me more of the no wave post-punk,…
Translates as “Muscle Little Girl Group” (I really owe Roger for all the translations on Japanese reviews). Don’t ask me? Musically they’re crazed, jazzy, avant garde, post-punk loonies. Vocals are…
…to flail the fire at. A world sampler 7″ that scorches the wax right off some of these so-called sampler LP’s. Yea—I support this, it’s one of those rave reviews….
Another hot-sounding release from the EXPLOITED (most all their records have gotten good reviews in MRR—can’t say the same about Wattle’s mentality), with both thrash and slightly post-punk rhythmic tracks…
After reading some articles and reviews that this first release in years by the former CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL frontman was the “real McCoy,” I was psyched for some great straightforward…
