Creeping up on three years since the release of Incendiary’s now massive favorite Thousand Mile Stare feels like an eternity—not so much in length since the…
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Break Even or Die Trying: Spanish Love Songs’ Dylan Slocum on Punk Success
Amsterdam’s Leidseplein is a lively place. It’s a brisk Monday night, but still the plaza’s bars and restaurants are full of reveling locals enjoying dinner, confused…
Keith Lowell Jensen on His Punk Roots and Why Standup Matters
Sacramento-based comedian Keith Lowell Jensen has been speaking truth for punks, weirdos, poors, and everyone in between for just shy of twenty years. His latest album,…
Jimmy Wizard on the Making and Meaning of Higher Power’s Latest LP
Formed in 2015, Higher Power came up as part of the UK’s New Wave of British Hardcore, which saw the rise of bands like the Flex,…
Remembering Andy Gill, Supreme Leader of Gang of Four
I once participated in one of those fatuous, yet irresistible, “best guitarists” polls and, not fatuously, nominated Gang of Four’s Andy Gill. Not most people’s first…
Basura Punk: Aramara Quintos Tapia on Starting a Music Fest in Lincoln, Nebraska
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lincoln is the second largest city in Nebraska. With 287,401 people, the state’s capital is one of only two cities…
Having it Both Ways: Interviews with Tom Robinson
Late last year, I went down into my basement, as one does, looking around for some forgotten something or other. I came across a few boxes…
The T-Shirt Company Combining DIY, Horror, and Hippie Aesthetics to Make Magic Merch
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 50-plus years, you’ve probably heard of a band called The Grateful Dead. Though their devoted fanbase…
Rick Maguire of Pile on the Search for Self-Awareness and Touring Solo
For Rick Maguire, work always comes first, and that work is writing, creating and playing music with Pile. Over the past decade, work has been good…