Reggae and punk will be forever entwined. The musical innovation of the tiny island nation of Jamaica wound up reaching across the Atlantic to hit England,…
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Year of the Knife’s Madison Watkins Majored In Musical Theater
You don’t find too many hardcore kids at artsy middle schools, which was just the problem Madison Watkins found herself in growing up. On the latest…
The Horror Times: Where to Watch Hereditary (2018)
The Horror Times is a weekly horror movie watch-along podcast featuring original music and sketches from comedians & writers Tiana Miller, Lauren Lavín, and Dan Rice.…
Frank Turner Doesn’t Want to be King of England
There’s a lot of discussion about England vs America on the latest episode of The Hard Times Podcast, with returning guest English punk Frank Turner. Matt,…
Justin Pearson on Dead Cross, the Locust, Swing Kids and His Dream Collaborators
Justin Pearson is nothing less than a Southern California hardcore hero. Between his Three One G imprint and projects like Swing Kids, Some Girls, Planet B,…
Up the Blunx Featured Artist: Creature of Rebelmatic
Up the Blunx is a podcast where two Black punks from different walks of life get together to voice their opinions on everything from straight edge…
The Skints’ Marcia Richards and Josh Waters Rudge Put The Work In
You could say The Skints are the Tila Tequila of the UK reggae/ska scene, at least in the sense that they knew how to use Myspace…
The Wait to Wait and Bleed: Learning to Love Slipknot
My adolescent too-cool-for-school attitude took away opportunities from me. I wish I was talking about actual school — no, I was pretty good at that. Actually,…
15 Essential Punk & Metal Covers Albums
On paper, it probably seems pretty easy to pull off a successful punk, hardcore or metal cover of a pop song. Just play it louder, faster,…