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Little Did We Know About Kursaal Flyers

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments Cherry Red Records, Kursaal Flyers, Lone Justice, Rank & File, The Bangles, The Blasters, The Go-Gos, The Knack, The Plimsouls, X

A new box set shines a light a most underappreciated English band

Britpop Power Pop Punk

Supergrass’ Debut at 25: Should We Still Coco?

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1995, Alright, Clueless, Danny Goffey, Eddie Cochran, Gaz Coombes, Island Records, Mick Quinn, Supergrass, The Libertines, The Von Bondies

Gaz and the boys are still alright after all these years

Music Journalism New Wave Pop Punk

A Punk Rock Valentine

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir, Beauty and The Beat, Kathy Valentine, Memoir, The Go-Gos

The legendary Go-Go’s bassist lays it all on the line in her stirring memoir

New Wave Punk Remembrance

LISTEN: Rest In Peace, Dave Greenfield

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Baz Warne, Dave Greenfield, Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black, Members: Jean-Jacques Burnel, Paul Roberts, pub rock, RIP, The Stranglers

The legendary keyboardist for The Stranglers died on May 3 from COVID-19

Punk

Spit and Retrieve: The Hives’ Veni Vidi Vicious at 20

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, Epitaph Records, Garage Rock, Hate To Say I Told You So, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, Melodic Punk, Sweden, The Hives, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Veni Vidi Vicious

Before Is This It or White Blood Cells was the debut from an even more mysterious Swedish quintet that dressed like Shriners sans fez

Alternative Rock Hip Hop Punk

WATCH: Post Malone and Co. Blast Through Nirvana Tribute

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Nirvana, Post Malone, Travis Barker, World Health Organization

If you had any doubt about this kid being the real deal, dig this performance to aid the World Health Organization

Blues Pop Punk Rock

The Claudettes: “Garage Cabaret” At Its Best

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Kelley Simms 0 Comments Berit Ulseth, Chicago, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Forty Below Records, Johnny Iguana, Michael Caskey, piano, Ted Hutt, The Claudettes, Violent Femmes, Zach Verdoorn

Chicago blues/punk quartet release their most stirring album yet

Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo New Wave Pop Punk Rock

The Racing Pulses: Something To Write Home About

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Bon Iver, Fall Out Boy, Kristian Iliev, Panic! At the Disco, Paramore, The Racing Pulses, Violent Femmes

The sharped dressed pop auteurs out of Madison, Wisconsin are one to watch in 2020 as they prep their first new LP in three years

Punk

Come On In My Kitchen: The Immaculate Trash Punk of The Prissteens

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments ? & The Mysterians, BILLY CHILDISH, Blondie, D-Generation, Honky Toast, Rancid, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Ronnie Spector, Spacehog, Supercharger, Teengenerate, the Apple Brothers, The Gories, The Muffs, The Mummies, The Oblivians, The Pristeens, the Upper Crust, Thee Headcoats

As a new compilation hits BandCamp, Eric Davidson chats with drummer Mighty Joe Vincent about the legacy of this classic band from 90’s NYC

Alternative Rock Punk

In The Beginning: Watch Foo Fighters’ Baby Steps in Previously Unreleased Video

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, amateur concert footage, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, March 4, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Seattle, Velvet Elvis

Newly liberated online, this electric March 1995 performance comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut from Dave Grohl’s long-running band

Folk Punk Rock

IN CONCERT: Patti Has The Power

March 8, 2020March 9, 2020 Evelyn McDonnell 0 Comments Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith and Her Band, Patti Smith Group, People Have the Power, Power to the People, Richard Sohl, Robert Mapplethorpe, Todd Smith, Tony Shanahan, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Women's History Month

At the cusp of International Women’s Day weekend, Patti Smith and Her Band brought the Mouse House down with a fearless and inspired performance this past Friday night at Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall

Folk Punk

Billy Bragg’s The Internationale Imagines a Fairer world

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Jennfer Kelly 0 Comments

Bragg’s most earnest and political album remains surprisingly relevant 30 years later

Punk Rockabilly Roots

Touch Me, I’m Sick: The Cramps’ Stay Sick! at 30

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1990, A Date With Elvis, Enigma Records, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Basing themselves in L.A., 1990 saw the band usher in the last decade of the 20th century with a renewed vigor and purpose

Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

IN CONCERT: Cherie Currie and Co. Fire It Up at Hot Stove Cool Music

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bill Janovitz, Boston, Buffalo Tom, Cherie Currie, Gail Greenwood, Greg Hawkes, Hot Stove Cool Music, Jen Trynin, Kay Hanley, Kim Shattuck, Letters To Cleo, Tanya Donnelly, Ted Leo, The Cars, The Rolling Stones, The Runaways

The onetime Runaway is joined by members of Buffalo Tom, The Cars, Letters To Cleo, Belly, Speedy Ortiz and more at the 20th anniversary blowout for famed Boston rock ‘n’ jock charity event

Power Pop Punk Remembrance Rock

Farewell Kim Shattuck

February 17, 2020February 21, 2020 Jack Rabid 3 Comments Angry Samoans, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Kim Shattuck, Leaving Trains, No Holiday, Paul Collins’ Beat, Ronnie Barnett, Roy McDonald, The Coolie, The Fastbacks, The Kinks, The Muffs, The Ramones, The Saints, The Who, Troggs, Zeros

A tribute and a belated, rescheduled interview with Muffs bassist Ronnie Barnett, on her life and their band’s final album, No Holiday.

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