Wow, this is such a gem, already a record-of-the-year contender for me and it’s still only spring! Moscow’s SIERPIEN may have recorded this album last year, but it could easily pass for a top-of-the-class recording from 1982, blending and transcending a slew of influences like CRISIS, SIKIERA and the MOB in their quintessentially Eastern European […]
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It has been about a year since we last heard from Carlos Idrovo at the Monday Photo Blog. But that’s not to say he hasn’t been busy, and besides, he probably has a life and doesn’t hover on the net like some folks do. Here’s three from the Tupa Tupa Extremo show in Quito, Ecuador. Send […]
Read MoreI know Justin Briggs through MRR. He is one of the characters in San Francisco punk that is still going strong. He has released top-notch local bands here and is an all-around good man with the cutest dogs in the world. Here is Justin on his label and distro Warthog Speak… Do you love hardcore? […]
Read MoreHoly shit!!! This is the very definition of a juggernaut! Based on their legacy, the fact that DEMOLITION delivers an incredibly powerful record comes as no surprise…but from the mostly instrumental intro track they drop severe tonnage on Bombenhagel, and the intensity skyrockets from there. The base here is fist-in-the-air anthemic Japanese hardcore but there […]
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Frank RamÁrez, from Lima, joins us at the Monday Photo Blog with some local action, and one of a touring band from Portland, or PDX, if you think in shorthand. UK’82, Riot City studs and spikes is a world wide thing that just keeps on going and going and going. If you want to see more […]
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