punk

This is Chicken

(Feb 02, 2012) It’s a hole-in-the-wall restaurant found in the back alleys of Hongdae,  a district full of vinyl-spinning basement bars...

Old hardcore show flyers will never not be cool

(Jan 23, 2012) This is one of the better blogs dedicated to old posters from the 80′s and 90′s hardcore shows. Updated twice daily...

A Royal Headache To End All Headaches

(Dec 31, 2011) It’s been a while since my headphones have been dominated by one band for weeks on end, a single album playing over and ove...

Miami Chum Bucket, a New Punk D.I.Y. Space

(May 13, 2011) image via facebook.com/pages/MIAMI-CHUM-BUCKET/314715166530 The loss of the Firefly — a collective house, resource center, a...

Music from the German wasteland

(Jan 28, 2011) If you have to listen to one German band for the rest of 2011, I would strongly suggest you give 206 a closer look. Even though t...

It’s Like Tank Girl All Over Again

(Dec 06, 2010) I’ve been seeing a handful of these asymmetric partially-buzzed haircuts wandering around Atlanta over the last month or tw...

Some Things Never Change

(Nov 09, 2010) I don’t often feel old the way that a lot of my friends seem to, when they are constantly remarking that they are “too oldâ€...

Revisiting Siouxie Sioux!

(Jul 15, 2010) This summer I have been revisiting Siouxie Sioux A LOT. Far from a new artist, Siouxie exploded onto the scene in the late 70R...

An Old Friend Reborn In The Downtown Eastside

(Jun 15, 2010) Vancouver’s clubs, warehouses and dark corners hold fond memories for me. I’ve been running around them for long enoug...

We Can Rebuild This No-Fun City

(Apr 27, 2010) Vancouver’s nightlife and culture options seem to be taking a turn for the better these days, spurred on by the arrival of ...

New music to dance to!

(Jan 15, 2010) I really like this band, Pylon. Their album, Chomp More, makes me wanna spaz out at one of their shows. Called both Post-Punk and ...

Less is More: Production wont make a bad song good

(Oct 14, 2009) Everything is either lo-fi or garage rock at the moment. And yes, it is starting to get boring. That said, I have been listening ...

Going the distance to find decent live food & music

(Oct 01, 2009) Trying to find decent live music in Berlin is difficult because of the monopoly DJs and electronic music have on the city. One pla...

From punk to pansy (and back again)

(Sep 25, 2009) Aside from the tumultuous three years when I had really long hair, was living in Camden and going through an exploratory phase, I...

Gospel revisited

(Sep 23, 2009) Last year I bought a couple of old reconditioned Dansette record players which are valve based and make old records sound great. ...