This originally appeared in MRR #309 which you can pick up here Holland’s Nixe gained worldwide notice in collector circles during the Killed by Death explosion, particularly with their appearance on the Killed by Epitaph double LP, as a photo of one of the members looking rather menacing appeared on the sleeve. To me, they […]
Read MoreThis interview originally ran in MRR #320, January 2010, now sold out but the issue is available as a PDF here D-Clone, hailing from Nagoya City, Japan, plays full blown, noisy D-beat in the vein of Discharge and Disclose. I’ve had a chance to check them out before in Tokyo and absolutely blew my fucking mind! The noise […]
Read MoreSoy Not Oi! 2 Edited by Hippycore Krew 312 pgs “¢ $20 soynotoi.com Review by Brooks Headley in MRR 386 A few months ago I did a collaborative dinner with a chef in New York City. This guy, well, he’s a champion of sustainable agriculture and generally a pretty sharp dude in terms of that […]
Read MoreThis interview ran in the Northern California special issue, MRR #300 from May 2008! Order it here The Traditional Fools are an energetic, feedback-and-reverb-soaked punk band based in San Francisco. These three young lads are migrants from the bro-truck and peach-stucco-covered coastal purgatory of Orange County. The sounds of the Beach Boulevard comp, Redd Kross, […]
Read MoreHoly fucking shit, this is like manna from heaven for dirt-dumb pogo punk fans. Edmonton’s ABUSE OF SUBSTANCE are ’90s drunk punk to the core, clearly influenced by Japanese masters like TOM & BOOT BOYS and DISCOCKS but closer in spirit and style to the Pogo Attack compilation bands. I’m talking the BRISTLES, I’m talking […]
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