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kaleidoscope, an angry band that’s never been angrier
The NYC hardcore band on returning to punk as old heads and their new era where everyone’s a lead singer.
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pyrex think concept albums should be reserved for prog bands
The New York City punks discuss the Bodies exhibition’s influence on their new album Body + using steel chairs as percussion.
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g.i. jinx emerge from montreal’s “cesspool of artists”
Around the release of their new album Mind Freak, the group discusses the creatively inspiring nature of Montreal’s punk scene.
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t.a.c.k., the new orleans trash can punks who love fishing dads
The trash can punk duo from New Orleans discuss their aesthetic, mutual love of the Gories, and what the name (maybe) stands for.
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sex faces, seasoned dc punks, are not always on the same page
From ’80s Berlin to where they stand on the importance of lyrics, the DC punk vets clear the air.
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rotary club could only be reached via reno bus station payphone
The Nevada punks have written entire records kneeling at the touch tone altar. This is what it meant for them to chat on their home turf.
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fruit loOops’ no wave theatre of the absurd
The Cincinnati noise rock and performance art outfit, who once live-soundtracked a wrestling match at Santamania, chat at a hometown KFC/Taco Bell.
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near-arctic state of alert: tracking norway’s recent punk explosion
One punk band after another has popped up in a handful of Norway’s largest cities, drawing crowds in a country where acts of cultural transgression are rare.
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evinspragg’s synth punk soliloquies will outlast the egg war
Milwaukee’s Eric Mayer was hashing out some inner thoughts through songwriting. He didn’t know the album notes would be the spark for the egg punk discourse.
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power pants stay ready in virginia’s new punk valley
The prolific oddball rock'n'roller from Winchester, Virginia can’t stop making records and really hates AI.
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ty champion detroit punk’s “hell yeah” moment
A conversation—about their album WE R TY, evolving their sound to where it is now, and why they’re not afraid of Detroit Nazis—before their show in Hamtramck. (There was a fish fry happening downstairs.)
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guiding light are ready to take over the world beyond austin
An origin story chat over beers and mezcal palomas at their homebase dive bar.