Ohgr – Devils In My Details
Ohgr – Devils In My Details CD SPV Records Skinny Puppy has been my favorite band on Earth for the past 20 years. I can’t get enough of them and to me there will never be a better band ever in my lifetime. On top of being in the greatest band to walk the globe, [...]
The Melvins 11/20 at Reggies
When I saw The Melvins play last year after not seeing them play for around a decade, I was amazed by the fact that they were better than ever so when I found out they were coming back to town and playing a far superior club this time around, I was really excited to go. [...]
Government Issue test pressing contest!
In honor of the newly released reissue of Make an Effort, the good Doctor (Strange that is) graciously gave me an extra test pressing of it to give away to one lucky visitor of this site. All you have to do is fill out the form below. The rules are simple. Limit 1 entry per [...]
Down 11/12 at House of Blues
A few days ago I went to see Down once again play at the House of Blues. They were just here about a year ago and put on a really good show, so i was excited at the chance to see them again. I also was a Pantera fan and since Down features Phil Anselmo [...]
Government Issue – Make an Effort reissue
One of the most essential and perfect hardcore punk 7″s of all time just got yet another reissue. I am talking about Government Issue – Make an Effort. This four song piece of perfection has been reissued perhaps more times and on more labels than any old punk record I can think of (I think [...]
The Wacky Hi-Jinks of… Adrenalin O.D. CD
Adrenalin O.D. – The Wacky Hi-Jinks of… Adrenalin O.D. 2xCD Chunksaah Records My initiation to Adrenalin O.D. (or AOD for short) came at the hands of a pair of compilations: Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One (where their cover of the Brady Bunch theme cracked me up and was awesome) and We Got Power (where their [...]
Asva – What You Don’t Know is Frontier
Asva – What You Don’t Know is Frontier CD Southern Records Asva is a bit of an underground “supergroup” that was started by G. Stuart Dahlquist of Burning Witch, Goatsnake, and Sunn0))). Those more familiar with those bands will undoubtedly know of this man, and probably know what to expect out of Asva. For those [...]
Rudimentary Peni – No More Pain
Rudimentary Peni – No More Pain CD Southern Records When I was a young punker in the 1980s, I stuck mostly to the North American punk rock and never got super heavy into the British stuff with few exceptions. I remember all the “Crass punks” as I called them also seemed to be into Rudimentary [...]
Plan 9 – Manmade Monster
Plan 9 – Manmade Monster CD Nickel and Dime Records The worst kept secret in the entire world is that I don’t like new punk bands doing covers of old punk rock songs so when I opened up my mailbox to find a CD from a band whose entire premise was formed as a Misfits [...]
Gwar 10/30 at House of Blues
After a bit of a hiatus, a Halloween tradition returned (one day early) with Gwar once again playing here, this time at the House of Blues. For a lot of years, Gwar would play Chicago every Halloween, but I think they took a few years off from doing it. After having so much fun seeing [...]
