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    Clickbait is a four-piece dance punk group from Chicago known especially for their charismatic costumes and playful live energy. As they geared up for a gig at Empty Bottle opening for legends ESG, and just before they embarked on their first ever European tour, we caught up with Jen (bass), Nick (drums), Sammy (guitar), and […]

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  • Condumb Disassociation EP

    Crasher-crust noise punk from Philadelphia. It’s a well-crafted 7” where both the songwriting and the smart usage of the classic pedal arsenal are strong—there is a good balance between fast- and mid-tempos, and the screaming vocals let the songs breathe but sound forceful when they’re happening. The songs are so well-written that they would work […]

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  • Stare Kits Live in NYC 1979 LP

    STARE KITS were an enigmatic, art-leaning minimalist punk quartet that operated on the periphery of New York’s late ’70s no wave scene—their first show was actually on a May 1979 bill with the similarly-disposed (and also debuting) UT, two strange and striking flowers simultaneously sprouting from the same overgrown garden plot. It turned out to […]

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  • Slang Rest in Misery LP

    Sapporo City legends return after a decade of silence with all the subtlety of a bomb blast. Stoke-on-Trent meets NYHC in a glorious amalgamation that still sounds fresh and innovative over thirty years on. The vitality and rage hasn’t faded in the least, and one gets the sense that SLANG has reemerged in response to […]

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MRR Radio #1970

Rearrange your mind with this week’s episode of MRR Radio brought to you by Erika Elizabeth.

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Intro
CHANCE OPERATION – Din
Can’t Have a Life
?FOG – 5 Heads of State
SHAKTI शक्ति – Maut मौत (Death)
BAAT-BAAL – Taboo Death
REAL IMITATORS – Make Up Your Mind
An Indication of My State of Mind
PARISIAN ORGY – Come Pretty Pump Sleep
THE URINALS – Scholastic Aptitude
RHYTHM OF LIFE – Portrait of Heart
KABUKI – My Hair
Quality Time is Flashing By
ART REMAINS TANGIBLE – TV Nut
PERSONNEL – Close Quarters
HÉLÈNE BARBIER – A House
STOLEN POWER – Family Snapshots
Fantasy or Ecstasy
LA STRADA – On
OUR HEROES – Fantasenile
NEONBABIES – Die Krönung
BEAUTY PAGEANT – Lashes
THE NIXE – Commercial
Outro
PERFECT END – Puppets
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