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Monday Photo Blog: Fernando Gomes

  • Published March 5, 2012 By Matt Average
  • Categories Photos

This week’s  Monday Photo Blog  is from Fernando Gomes, who  resides in Bahia. For those that don’t know, Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part, on the Atlantic coast. Fernando has graced us with photos of locals, and a couple out of town bands for this […]

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From the Vaults: Keine Experimente! Vol.II comp LP

  • Published March 2, 2012 By Matt Badenhop
  • Categories Reviews

Alright, this week our From the Vaults feature is back with a vengeance! Today shitworker Matt Badenhop digs out a treasure from the Maximum record library for his debut blog on MRR.com. Take it  away, Matt!… Compilations can be mixed bags — hot and cold — sometimes containing a few good songs accompanied by a […]

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From the Vaults: Punk Protests at 1984 Democratic Convention in SF

  • Published February 29, 2012 By Paul Curran
  • Categories Archive

Digging through some old MRRs recently turned up a whole bunch of coverage of the protests that happened around around the 1984 Democratic National Convention. That year the convention took place in San Francisco, where punk was at that time reaching a high level of political activity. It was the peak of the Reagan/Thatcher era […]

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Monday Photo Blog: Will Butler

  • Published February 27, 2012 By Matt Average
  • Categories Photos

The ever prolific Will Butler is the focus of this Monday Photo Blog. Along with running his label To Live A Lie, playing in the band No Comply, and putting out the zine Don’t Be Swindle, he also puts out a photozine called Fastcore Photos. Here’s five quick blasts of visual mayhem to scorch your eyes […]

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Record of the Week: Las 4 Bandas comp LP

  • Published February 26, 2012 By Matt Badenhop
  • Categories Reviews

By our new record reviewer Matt Badenhop, from MRR #346. Fuck yes! Lengua Armada brings us yet another reissue of an old Peruvian punk gem! This time it’s a cassette from 1985, remastered from the original tape. LEUZEMIA (aka LEUSEMIA) kicks it off with three catchy, vocal-driven classics, recorded much rawer than their brilliant LP. […]

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