Tag: Punk
Life Abuse – Systematization Review
“We’re all doing life abuse, Manny” said my colleague. And it’s true. Life has fucked us all up this way and that way. Some of us have had financial abuse. Some have had physical abuse. …
Wolfbrigade – Life Knife Death Review
Wolfbrigade (formerly Wolfpack not to be associated with the atrociously hateful movement of the same name) just continue to pump out high-level d-beat hardcore punk rock that will get you angry, worked up, hot and …
Alarm! – Alarm! Review
In 2022, Victims released a short, perfunctory statement: “THIS IS END – WE ARE DEAD.” And to put it in rather unpoetically, well… that pretty much sucked, because for the 25 years leading up to …
Vestindien – Verdande Review
Foreword: Typically the foreword of a written work is not written by the author of the main work itself, the intent being to give an outside, enlightening perspective on the author and/or to give historical …
Diamonds & Rust: Crossover Memories And 35 Years Of The Cro-Mags’ Best Wishes
[Artwork: The Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva from The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust] “Blow that cigar smoke in my face one more time and find out.” The years have a way of getting fuzzy, but if memory …
Prisoner – Putrid | Obscene Review
[Cover Art By Justin Hast / bassist] Mechanical can often be a word levied against a band as a negative. The term can mean the production sounds too clean or that the music lacks a …
Best Of 2023: Andrew Edmunds – I Used To Be Indecisive, But Now I’m Not Sure
So the stupid title that I gave this thing is both a terrible dad joke and a sad truth, in the sense of that, whenever I’m compelled to make these year-end lists (which seems to …
Blast Rites: Nashgul – Oprobio Review
I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to come up with fresh and interesting ways to describe grindcore records. Even with the surprisingly wide scope of what’s often dismissed as a very limited sub-genre, …