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Post-Punk Punk 

Killing Joke’s ‘Ritualized Catharsis’

February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Killing Joke, Post-Punk, Punk, Youth

An archived interview with Jaz Coleman on his 65th birthday

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Indie Rock Punk Rock 

Philadelphia Is What Makes 2024 Rock

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2024, Epitaph Records, Half Divorced, I Got Heaven, Mannequin Pussy, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly, Pissed Jeans, Playing Favorites, Punk, Sheer Mag, Sub Pop Records, Third Man Records

Digging on the new albums from Sheer Mag, Mannequin Pussy and Pissed Jeans 

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Experimental Noise Post-Punk Punk 

Burning Rubber: No New York at 45

December 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, DNA, James Chance, Mars, No New York, No Wave, Post-Punk, Punk, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions

Looking back at the Brian Eno compilation that put the spotlight on the short-lived No Wave scene

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Punk Remembrance Rock 

R.I.P. John Kezdy, 1959-2023: Farewell to a Fine Friend and Frontman Supreme

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 Jack Rabid 0 Comments Chicago, Jack Rabid, John Kezdy, Pierre Kezdy, Punk, RIP, The Big Takeover, The Effigies

Remembering the Chicago punk giant on the eve of his memorial

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Pop Punk 

Girl’s Rock: Shonen Knife Returns!

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Atsuko Yamano, Good Charamel, Japan, Michie Nakatani, Naoko Yamano, Osaka, Our Best Place, Punk, Shonen Knife

The legendary Japanese punk band’s new album, Our Best Place, out now

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Garage Rock Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Still The Queen: The Cramps’ Poison Ivy Turns 70

February 20, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 18 Comments Boston, Lux Interior, New York City, Poison Ivy, Punk, Rockabilly, The Cramps, The Rat

Celebrating the career of punk guitar icon

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Punk Surf 

LISTEN: Strawberry Fuzz Share “Dropout”

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Agent Orange, CandyShop Recordings, Dropout, Los Angeles, Punk, Strawberry Fuzz, Strongs Dr., surf

New album from L.A. surf punks, Strongs Dr., comes out tomorrow

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Punk Remembrance 

Vivienne Westwood, As Remembered By Malcolm McLaren’s Biographer

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 Craig Bromberg 0 Comments England, fashion, Malcolm McLaren, Punk, RIP, The Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood

Fashion icon was much more than a satellite in partner’s orbit

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Folk Pub Rock Punk 

Mr. Love & Justice: Billy Bragg at 65

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Billy Bragg, England, folk, Michelle Shocked, Punk, The Clash

Jim Sullivan recounts his adventures with the English folk-punk legend

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Music Journalism Pop Punk 

Why I Don’t Hate blink-182

October 14, 2022October 29, 2024 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Aaron Copland, Blink-182, Bon Jovi, Crass, Dry Cleaning, Iannis Xenakis, Krzysztof Penederecki, Mark Hoppus, Punk, punk rock, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, the Dils, The Weirdos, Tom DeLonge, Tony Conrad, Travis Barker

It’s okay if people are excited about their reunion

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Pop Punk 

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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Punk 

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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Punk 

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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