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LISTEN: “Pop Punk Song” by The Frst

January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment Dead Bundy, Mikei Gray, Pop, Pop Punk Song, Punk, Thr Frst

The Nashville band’s latest single lovingly lampoons its local scene

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The Argument for Fugazi’s Best Record

October 16, 2021April 3, 2022 Ryan Bray 0 Comments 2001, Brendan Canty, Dischord Records, Don Zientara, Fugazi, Guy Picciotto, Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally, Punk, September 11, The Argument, Washington D.C.

The D.C. band’s farewell wasn’t the ending anyone wanted, but it’s the best we could have ever hoped for

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ALBUMS: Comfortably Punk

September 21, 2021April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2021, Amy Taylor, Amyl & The Sniffers, ATO Records, Australia, Comfort To Me, Cosmic Psychos, feedtime!, Punk

A bigger, bolder second album proves that growth suits Amyl & The Sniffers pretty damn well

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New Wave Punk Rock

‘Have A Nice Death’: Chrissie Hynde at 70

September 7, 2021September 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 70th Birthday, Boston, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Martin Chambers, New Wave, Orpheum Theatre, Pete Farndon, Pretenders, Punk, Ray Davies, Stockholm, The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, The Pretenders

Looking back on over 40 years of seeing the fiery Pretenders frontwoman on stage

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Britpop Indie Rock Punk

FILM: Matinee IDLES

August 26, 2021March 29, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2021, AF Gang, Bristol, Don't Go Gentle: A Film About IDLES, England, IDLES, Joe Talbot, Mark Bowen, MVD Visual, Punk, UK

An exciting new film celebrates the career of one of England’s wildest bands

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Experimental Post-Punk Spoken Word

WATCH: “Psyche And The Ladder” by Diana Hayes and Andy Meyers

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2021, Andy Meyers, British Columbia, Deeper Into the Forest, Diana Hayes, Punk, Spoken Word, The Scenics

Get lost in the latest video from this new collaboration between the Toronto punk great and the Canadian poet and photographer

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Punk Remembrance

R.I.P. Pierre Kezdy, 1962-2020: Goodbye to a Good Guy

October 26, 2020October 29, 2020 Jack Rabid 2 Comments Chicago, Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Pierre Kezdy, Punk, Satyricon, Steve Diggle, Strike Under, The Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Ruts, Touch and Go Records

Jack Rabid pays homage to a friend and essential figure in Chicago punk

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Sonny Vincent Is Back!

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Frédéric Quennec 0 Comments 2020, CBGB, James Brown, Lenny Kaye, Punk, Sonny Vincent, Testors

Catching up with an unsung legend of NYC punk

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THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Damned Finally Get the Greatest Hits Album They Deserve

December 3, 2019December 19, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black is the Night, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Hall and Oates, Pink Floyd, Punk, Radiohead, Strawberries, Suicide, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Black Album, The Damned, Wire

A celebration of the Captain and Co.’s essential two-disc anthology Black Is The Night

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Hard Rock Punk Rock

Binky Philips and The Planets: A Debut 47 Years In The Making

June 26, 2019June 27, 2019 Chloe Orwell 0 Comments Binky Phillips and The Planets, CBGB, New York City, Punk

Manhattan punk survivors finally deliver their first studio LP with Established 1972 NYC

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Instant Access to Poignancy: Punk’s Graphic History On Display in New Exhibit at Museum of Arts and Design, NYC

May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Johnny Rotten, Memorabilia, New York Dolls, Punk, The Scientists

The opening festivities at this expansive exhibit, which runs through late August, were often surprisingly intimate

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Shutter Punk

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, CBGB, Godlis, Punk, The Bowery

A look beyond the camera’s eye with Godlis

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Still Neat (x3) After All These Years

October 11, 2018November 8, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Captain Sensible, Crass, Punk, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned

Why do the Damned carry on?

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Elvis At 64

August 25, 2018June 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Columbia Records, Elvis Costello, New Wave, Punk, The Attractions

A Boston critic looks back and the fire and the fury of early Costello… and talks to the man about those days

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40 Years of More Songs About Buildings and Food

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, New Wave, Punk, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

How their classic second album provided Talking Heads with an unexpected breakthrough

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