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White Riot: Another Failure…

  • Published January 17, 2012 By Mariam
  • Categories Reviews

White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race (on Verso Books, edited by Stephen Duncombe and Maxwell Tremblay) just hit the academic circuit claiming to be the “Ultimate Collection” of writings about punk and race. While many, and I mean many, many, many of us punks of color whom this book claims to be […]

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Monday Photo Blog: Eugenita Gravina

  • Published January 16, 2012 By Matt Average
  • Categories Photos

This week’s  Monday Photo Blog comes from Eugenita Gravina of Bad Bones fanzine in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She went with two local bands, Los Valientes, and Los Caidos, on tour through southern Brazil.  Here’s visual proof of some of what went down. You can also see more work at abejaenojada. Send your tour photos, bands […]

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Video of the Week: Shit Record Nerds Say

Well, between our “discovering” this and getting around to posting it, this video has gone wicked viral.  Over 37,00 views in just over four days. There’s even a blog that wrote a lengthy (very poorly written) piece on how much this video sucks. When that kind of shit happens you know you’ve really hit the […]

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Record of the Week: Welcome to the Arse-End of the World compilation LP

  • Published January 11, 2012 By Ken Sanderson
  • Categories Reviews

One of the unsettling aspects of the post-internet explosion furthering punk rock’s globalization is that even far-off corners of the world can quickly absorb cultural influences and styles of the broader punk scene of any country, as opposed to developing in isolation with limited influences towards its own direction, leaving everything up for grabs for […]

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Monday Photo Blog: Meredith Graves

  • Published January 9, 2012 By Matt Average
  • Categories Photos

This edition of the  Monday Photo Blog comes from Meredith Graves, giving us three shots of HUNTED DOWN dressed as “straight edge pirates.” Beats The Pirates of Penzance or that Disney commercial/movie, I suppose. Check out more of Meredith’s photos here. Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of […]

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