DVA MINUTA MRŽNE — “DoÅ¡ao Je Kraj” EP Cream of the crop Serbian punk from 1984 with a strong Oi! influence. No Plan records has done us a fine service here, as this EP was originally released in an unsatisfactory amount of 100 copies back in ’95, and most online sellers seemingly wouldn’t let a […]
Read MoreThis originally ran in MRR #329 theOct/Fall ’10 issue, which is out of print For those of you who have been long-time readers of Maximum Rocknroll, you may remember the cover of issue #204 which featured the seminal English punk band Cock SParrer. Well it’s been ten years since that issue and interview by the […]
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DOWNTOWN BOYS — “Full Communism” LP This is a seamless melding of so many punk touchstones. It’s X-RAY SPEX raised on hardcore and these saxophones (double fucking saxophones!) sound so LORA LOGIC and the rage in every moment is palpable and focused. It’s cathartic and faces the worst a capitalist, racist, sexist, classist (and so […]
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Doing a little something different for the Monday Photo Blog this week. Instead of a few quick nothing lines from me, I thought it would be a good idea to let the photographer share some thoughts on their work. Pat Blashill, who has been on here a couple times in the past, photographed Modern Life Is Warfare […]
Read MoreThis originally ran in MRR #301/June ’08, which you can grab here Interview By Tim Scott MRR: Where/when was Straightjacket Nation born? Listening to your music it becomes quite obvious that your mother was smoking a lot of meth during her pregnancy. Emily: The band started in early 2004 as a project between me and […]
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