There’s a determination to Panama’s HEZ that I really respect. Their extensive touring means putting in the work, carrying this music across borders and making actual connections along the way. I got to meet their singer Rodolfo here in Argentina, and we spent part of the day buying records and talking hardcore punk. That kind […]
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I have no idea what the number 536 refers to (the total number of showers the members have had collectively in the past 10 years?), and I had never heard of PARËNTESIS 536 before, but this first EP is indeed right up my street. This band from the Basque Country plays ’90s-style gruff crust punk […]
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Six killer cuts from Boston’s RUCKUS. Turn the treble up to ten, drop the needle, and let the party begin. This is rock’n’roll done the right way! You’ve got your boogie-woogie guitar licks, your punchy bass lines, and vocals that fall somewhere between classic Oi! and ’77 street punk. “Pocket Full of Cash” sounds like […]
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Originally released in 1989, this reissue sees La Vida Es Un Mus continuing the story of Toño Sánchez as he takes a step even further from his roots of traditional rock-style music. Last year, La Vida Es Un Mus reissued 1988’s Las Ánimas Del Cuarto Obscuro, which was the group’s first album and only one […]
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My first encounter with the Tape Op universe happened when I picked up a magazine that was laying around Mike Pack’s studio, Revolution Sounds, in Chattanooga, TN. This was twenty-plus years ago. Listening to LANDLORD track “More Trouble” on Beneath the Wheel, and being frustrated that they didn’t do the ending phrase twice. I was […]
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Last Night at the Lusty: Remembering San Francisco’s First Unionized Strip Club is a fascinating expose of North Beach’s most notorious haunt. Filled with shocking twists and urban legends (but are they?), Janelle Blarg’s most recent comic also highlights the risks, the racism, and the management’s reluctance to address many of the employee’s workplace concerns. […]
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While working on the Murray Bowles photo book, I found myself in an early ’80s Bay Area punk frenzy, gobbling up old photo books, zines, and newsprint rags of the day, and digging into internet rabbit holes left and right. Along the way I came across this gem, self-published in 2021, which I immediately needed […]
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Far from any major cities and never a convenient spot on a touring route, the seemingly sedate neighbouring seaside towns of Falmouth and Penryn are an unlikely setting for a growing punk scene. However, over a long period of time, a local punk community has thankfully become a regular presence here. Cover photo: Dee Loraine […]
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