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WTF! A Place to Bury Strangers made their new LP into a playable SYNTH!!!

Between his noise rock outfit A Place To Bury Strangers – dubbed 'the loudest band in New York' – and his pedal company Death By Audio, Oliver Ackermann is no stranger to DIY noisemaking. The band's latest album, Synthesizer, takes things a step further though. Not only did Ackermann design and build his own DIY synth, which is featured on every track of the album, but the instrument's circuit design […]

todayOctober 10, 2024 18

book review

A Punkhouse In The Deep South – The Oral History of 309

By - Jackie Lo The title of this book alone hooked me. Living in the South and having a love of counterculture, art, punk rock music, and having grown up in a small town searching for like-minded folks to share these interests then made me appreciate the contents within. The book is about a punkhouse in Pensacola, Florida called 309. It became a punkhouse in the 90s and is arguably […]

todaySeptember 26, 2024 31

Culture

Gena Rowlands 1930 – 2024

By - Nick Adrian Of the many great screen performers throughout the years, we also seem to come across someone special. Even with the massive waves of talent that graced celluloid from film’s conception to the many performers after our lifetimes that we’ll never get a chance to see, there was and will always be a select few that stand up above the rest. It’s hard to remain subjective with […]

todayAugust 15, 2024 99

book review

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground (1981-1991)

By - Jackie Lo “Our Band Could Be Your Life” was written by Michael Azerrad and published in 2001. Since then, it’s made many “best of” lists and considered a must-read for any music reader’s collection. The title comes from the opening line of "History Lesson – Part II", by Mike Watt of Minutemen, one of the bands featured in the book. The song describes the band's working class origins […]

todayAugust 8, 2024 54 2 3

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Perfect Albums of The 90’s: Hammerhead – Into The Vortex

By - Brian Teasley Perfect records from the 90s, Part Whatever: Hammerhead’s 1994 LP “Into the Vortex” stands as a ferocious testament to the visceral potency of heavy, noisy music reminiscent of Am Rep releases from the first half of the ‘90s. Released in 1994, this album is often relegated to the periphery of music discourse, yet it warrants far greater acclaim for its audacious innovation and relentless intensity. From […]

todayJuly 25, 2024 55

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