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Show Review! OTDEL SAMOISKORENENIA live in St. Petersburg

  • Published September 17, 2014 By MRR
  • Categories Shows

Soviet-era anti-establishment band ОТДЕЛ САМОИСКОРЕНЕНИЯ (Department of Self-Eradication) played their first show ever this summer. Here is a report from by MRR contributor Alexander Herbert. When I told a group of modern punk rockers that I was headed to St. Petersburg to see the first show of OTDEL SAMOISKORENENIA (OS), they all looked at me […]

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Record of the Week: OVENS Feel Like Shit EP

  • Published September 16, 2014 By Greg
  • Categories Reviews

I’m guessing that this (almost) ten-year-old recording is just now seeing the light of day because Tony Molina’s solo shit has recently been blowing up. Whatever the reasoning, I’m glad to hear it because this shit rules. OVENS is a San Francisco band that Molina and friends have played in for years that, like Molina’s solo […]

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Monday Photo Blog: Stephane Rad Party returns!

  • Published September 15, 2014 By Matt Average
  • Categories Photos

It has been well over a year since we last heard from Stephane of Rad Party zine here at the Monday Photo Blog. He very recently sent over a batch of local (if you’re in France) and international (everywhere else) bands that he has photographed over the past couple years. For more photos from Stephane, check […]

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MRR Presents: Friday Fuckin’ Funnies!

  • Published September 12, 2014 By MRR
  • Categories Comics

It’s Friday Fuckin’ Funnies — the best comix section on the whole interwebs! Each Friday we have a selection of comic strips from punx like you… You make funnies? Send em to funnies@maximumrocknroll.com and maybe you’ll see yer comic here next Friday! NOTHING MATTRESS by Brian Connolly! More at www.nothingmattress.com and facebook.com/nothingmattress Nothing Mattress book #2 is […]

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Record of the Week: PROTESTANT In Thy Name LP

  • Published September 9, 2014 By MRR
  • Categories Reviews

Hoooly shit! I’ve always loved me some PROTESTANT, but this new record is something else entirely, departing from their well-honed dark hardcore attack to embrace the hateful, raw filth of black metal. Cory’s unmistakable vocals (and the occasional massive breakdown) provide a link to the band’s previous discography, and the throat-ripping fury of metalpunk is […]

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