Planning a trip to a festival is one of the most exciting and fulfilling things any music nerd can do. You book your flights, find your…
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Happy Talk: An Interview with The Damned’s Captain Sensible
Of course, I’ve seen Captain Sensible’s pasty-white bare ass. And, if you’re of a certain generation and a certain punk-rock and/or goth mindset, you’ll say, “Well,…
Hawthorne Heights Premieres New Music Video for “Pills”
Just ahead of their Fall tour, Hawthorne Heights has released a video for their song “Pills.” The song is the final track from the Ohio band’s…
Book Review: More Fun in the Mid-Eighties L.A. Punk Scene
The follow-up to Under the Big Black Sun avoids the sophomore slump by digging deeper into the history of L.A. punk More Fun in the New…
Meet Car Seat Headrest’s Comedic Side Project 1 Trait Danger
I don’t think I can do it anymore…Every morning I wake up in a new city, and I don’t even know what fuckin’ city I’m in.…
Interview: Montreal’s Mountain Dust Should Score a Movie
If you told me there was a band called Mountain Dust that took the underground by storm in the 70’s, I’d believe you. The Montreal outfit…
The Jeff Penalty: An Interview with a Former Dead Kennedy & Current Hello Kitty Expert
Jeff Alulis is the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary Do You Remember? Fifteen Years of The Bouncing Souls and two editions of the globe-trotting NOFX: Backstage…
State Champs in Pictures: the Living Proof Sessions
These photos were taken during the writing and recording process of Living Proof. Goofing off in an upstate New York cabin while we laid the foundation…
Lizzy Farrall Is Done with Acoustic Guitar and Will Save Us from Stale Pop Music
In two years’ time, Lizzy Farrall has turned from acoustic singer-songwriter to pop queen. After the release of the 2018 EP “All I Said Was Never…