Mike Watt

Rock Rockabilly 

Downtown 81: Tav Falco Recounts East Village Adventures

August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Randy Haecker 1 Comment 2022, Alex Chilton, Downtown 81, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Jim Sclavunos, Johnny Thunders, Ken Stringfellow, Memphis, Mike Watt, Panther Burns, Tav Falco, Tav Falco Panther Burns, Will Rigby

The Memphis punkabilly figure is currently on the road through the fall

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Indie Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

WATCH: Paul Roessler Meets His “Maker”

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 45 Grave, Crimony, CrowJane, Dez Cadena's DC3, Eddie Spaghetti, Frank Meyer, Geza X, Hayley and the Crushers, Josie Cotton, Kitten Robot Records, Kitten Robot Studios, Maker, Mike Watt, Nervous Gender, Nina Hagen, Pat Smear, Paul Roessler, the Mommymen, The Screamers, The Turning Of The Bright World, Tombstones In Their Eyes, Twisted Roots

Excellent new solo album, The Turning Of The Bright World, comes out today via Kitten Robot Records

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Post-Punk 

WATCH: Mark Stewart Bottles Bohemia With Mike Watt and KK Null

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Adrian Sherwood, All My Senses, Cabaret Voltaire, Consolidated, eMERGENCY HeARTS, Grant Hart, KK Null, Mark Stewart, Mike Watt, Pan Sonic, The Pop Group

Check out the video for the latest single from The Pop Group frontman’s collaborative new solo album Vs

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Hardcore Post-Hardcore Punk Rock 

Round Eye’s Own Chinese Democracy

September 15, 2021September 23, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Beijing, Bill Stevenson, China, Li Wei Yu, Mike Watt, Pete “Peetzo” Mazich, Rolling Stone, Round Eye, Secondmen, The Descendents

The Shanghai-based punk rock collective aim for the political protest jugular on Culture Shock Treatment 

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Funk Psychedelics Rock Soul 

The Odyssey of Funkadelic and Eddie Hazel

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1971, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, Maggot Brain, Mike Watt, P-Funk, Parliament-Funkadelic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween

Released 50 years ago, Maggot Brain gave a psychedelic groove to psychic pain

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jazz Punk 

Two Coltrane Classics Reimagined, 21st Century Electric Style

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Brad Cohan 1 Comment A Love Supreme Electric, A Love Supreme Electric: A Love Supreme and Meditations, Henry Kaiser, John Coltrane, John Hanrahan, Mike Watt, Raymond Pettibon, The Germs, Vinny Golia, Wayne Peet

Bass god Mike Watt wrestles with A Love Supreme and Meditations on the Henry Kaiser-initiated A Love Supreme Electric

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Post-Punk Punk Remembrance 

D. Boon: 35 Years Gone

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 Ron Hart 3 Comments 1985, D Boon, Double Nickels On The Dime, fIREHOSE, George Hurley, Mike Watt, minutemen, The Minutemen

Remembering a punk jazz genius on the anniversary of his tragic passing

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jazz Post-Hardcore Punk 

Walking the Plow: Jamming Econo with the Jumpstarted Plowhards

December 27, 2019December 30, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Big Walnuts Yonder, D Boon, fIREHOSE, Fitted, George Hurley, Jumpstarted Plowhards, Mike Watt, minutemen, mssv, Pedro Supergroup, Recess Records, San Pedro, Stooges, The Minutemen, Todd Congelliere, Toys That Kill, Unknown Instructors, Wish Granters

The RNR Globe’s third Mike Watt interview of 2019 focuses on the most Pedro of his current projs

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jazz Post-Punk Punk 

Like A Glove: The Convergence of Wire and Mike Watt

December 9, 2019December 30, 2019 Ryan Bray 2 Comments fIREHOSE, Fitted, Flipper, Graham Lewis, Jaki Liebezeit, Jumpstarted Plowhards, Mike Watt, Pink Flag, The First Fit, The Minutemen, Wire

Fitted represents a perfect meeting of musical minds

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jazz Punk 

mssv: A Tale of Two Mikes

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Brad Cohan 1 Comment Contemplating the Engine Room, David Torn, Dinosaur Jr., firehouse, Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia, Live Flowers, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, minutemen, mssv, Nels Cline, Stephen Hodges, Stooges, Wall of Flowers

Alongside drummer Stephen Hodges, guitarist Mike Baggetta and bass great Mike Watt go massive with their new trio, mssv

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jazz Punk 

Bass Wars

February 14, 2019 Brad Cohan 2 Comments Black Flag, Devin Hoff, fIREHOSE, Kira, Mike Watt

A spiel with Devin Hoff and Kira from AwkWard

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