Mike Watt

Art Pop Poetry 

Karen Schoemer Remembers ‘August’

October 27, 2025November 2, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2025, August, Dromedary Records, Durutti Column, Karen Schoemer, Mike Watt

How she and her friends created a sweet, strange war between sound and word

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Indie Rock 

MidKnight, SST and Spot: The Oral History of Carducci Bros. 

December 28, 2024February 7, 2025 Brad Cohan 0 Comments fIREHOSE, Joe Carducci, Mark Carducci, MidKnight, Mike Watt, minutemen, ORG Music, The Carducci Bros., The Missingmen

Joe and Mark Carducci and Mike Watt on the long road to their eponymous debut

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jazz Punk 

Punk’s First Epics Pt. 1: Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime Turns 40

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024 Dan Weiss 2 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, D Boon, Double Nickels On The Dime, George Hurley, Husker Du, Mike Watt, minutemen, Zen Arcade

Why this SST masterpiece remains a crucial listen four decades later

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Porno for Pyros End Farewell Tour in Montclair, NJ

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Etty Lau Farrell, Good God’s Urge, Horns Thorns en Halos Tour, Mike Watt, Montclair, New Jersey, Perry Farrell, Peter DiStefano, Porno For Pyros, Robin Hatch, Stephen Perkins, Wellmont Theater

Could this really be the band’s last show ever?

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Television 

Ken Reid on 10 Years of Talking TV with Rockers

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 10th anniversary, Ed Sullivan, Fred Schneider, Ken Reid, Mike Watt, podcast, Quincy, The Beatles, The Damned, TV Guidance Counselor

A podcast with a punky past has the lowdown on your heroes’ television habits

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Experimental Indie Rock Instrumental Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Rock 

WATCH: Terms Share Video For “Blurred Photo of a Fragment of a Drawing”

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Christopher Trull, Danny Piechocki, King Crimson, Mike Watt, Mr. Bungle, SKiN GRAFT Records, Terms

The math rock duo’s second album, All Becomes Indistinct, out now

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Experimental Punk Rock 

The Mystery of mssv Solved

November 6, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Contemplating the Engine Room, fIREHOSE, Human Reaction, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, mssv, Stephen Hodges, The Minutemen

Mike Baggetta may pilot this ship with Mike Watt and Stephen Hodges, but it’s all tugboat and no ball-hog

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Indie Rock Rock 

Il Sogno Del Marinaio Announce New 7-Inch

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Akron/Family, Andrea Belfi, Il Sogno Del Marinaio, Mike Watt, Miles Cooper Seaton, Red Parakeet Records, Stefano Pilia

Mike Watt’s international super trio pays homage to a dear friend

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner and Mike Watt Jam Econo Everywhen They Go

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, D Boon, Everywhen We Go, Henry Kaiser, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, Traveling Wilburys, Wall of Flowers

The post-genre OG’s are a power trio for the ages

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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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