In the Detroit suburb Livonia, Michigan, a skateboarder is revolutionizing his beloved sport and challenging stigmas for the blind and disabled, all while being blind himself.…
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40 Years of Revolution Rock: Remembering The Clash’s U.S. Debut
In the summer of 1999, Rancid was on the Vans Warped tour in Northampton, Mass. I was covering it for the Boston Globe and I went…
Book Review: A Guide to Respecting the Architects
Ben Merlis’s Goin’ Off is the electric oral history of an iconic New York record label Goin’ Off: The Story of the Juice Crew & Cold…
A Love Letter to Nu-Metal, the Most Hated Rock Genre of All Time
Hybrid Theory still slams and you know it There will never be another music style as polarizing and divisive as nu-metal. Metalheads absolutely hated it, punk…
Interview: On Stray From the Path’s Latest Album, the Personal is Political
For as long as punk rock has existed, sociopolitical issues have rotated in and out, often sharpening the music’s focus and message. New York rapcore heavyweights Stray…
Cheap Thrills and Smiling Faces: Killing Time on the Once and Future New York Hardcore Scene
Starting 1988 as Raw Deal and continuing through today, Killing Time has been nothing if not a total institution to New York Hardcore, playing a pivotal…
James Vitalo on the Beginning and the End of Backtrack
Established in 2008, Long Island hardcore staples Backtrack have travelled the world, playing nearly every stage available to a band of their ilk. Considering the band’s…
You Are a Communist at Any Time: Remembering Iconoclast Michiro Endo
“…We weren’t revolutionary. We were just perverts with a captive audience!” This self-effacing quote came from Michiro Endo in regard to the Stalin, the early ‘80s…
The Extremely Online Humor of Heart Attack Man
Heart Attack Man’s humor is extremely insular. Fans have tuned into the band through their comedic tweets, videos, and viral stunts, like the time Egan put…