Giants – They the Undeserving
Giants – They the Undeserving LP The Mylene Sheath The Mylene Sheath continue to keep their batting average at an all time high as the new releases continue to stream out. Second in the batch of new releases for the label I received comes this full length LP from Giants. Giants are an instrumental “post-rock” [...]
The Damage Manual DVD
The Damage Manual DVD MVD Visual/Invisible Records The Damage Manual was a short lived project that featured Martin Atkins (Pigface, Ministry, Killing Joke, PiL), Jah Wobble (PiL), Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) and Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Pigface). They put out an EP and LP both in the year 2000 and then that version of [...]
Rosemary’s Babies – Talking to the Dead
Rosemary’s Babies – Talking to the Dead CD Ghastly Records Rosemary’s Babies were a very short-lived New Jersey hardcore punk band who were around between 1981-1983. Their sole muscial output consisted of the Blood Lust 7″ EP which came out the year they disbanded. Those of you who are Samhain and Danzig fans will be [...]
Pigface – Free For All
Pigface – Free For All DVD MVD Visual The idea of watching a documentary about a Pigface tour was weird for me because for a short spell I actually worked for Pigface/Invisible records during a time they were preparing for their Fook Tour. This was back in something like 1992 if I recall correctly. What [...]
What We Do Is Secret
What We Do Is Secret DVD Peace Arch Home Entertainment I am a huge Germs fan, in fact The Germs are my favorite punk rock band of all time without question. The band only lasted a few years and put out only one album and a pair of singles in their short time together but [...]
Farflung – A Wound in Eternity
Farflung – A Wound in Eternity CD Meteor City Though they’ve been around for around 14 years now and have a few albums under their belts, this CD is the first time I’ve heard Farflung, or even heard of them for that matter. Even with having a couple releases on the defunct Flipside Records they [...]
Middle Class Out of Vogue test pressing contest
It’s a new year, a new month and time for a new contest! I am proud to present to you the first of two Middle Class test pressing contests. For this contest, one lucky reader will win a test pressing for the Middle Class – Out of Vogue 7″ reissue on Frontier Records. Frontier generously [...]
Naked Raygun, Hot Water Music 1/3 at House of Blues
Saturday marked the second show in as many nights for the duo of Naked Raygun and Hot Water Music at the House of Blues. I got there to discover the club was going to be a lot more crowded than the night before. As a matter of fact, it was a sold out show! I [...]
Naked Raygun, Hot Water Music 1/2 at House of Blues
The city of Chicago got to start the new year right with a pair of shows that saw Naked Raygun and Hot Water Music team up at the House of Blues. It’s no secret that I’m a huge Naked Raygun fan (and who is Chicago isn’t?!), but I also enjoy Hot Water Music to a [...]
R.I.P. Ron Asheton
Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges was found dead this morning. The cause of death is unknown but suspected to be a heart attack. For those of you who don’t know who The Stooges are, promptly punch yourself in the face, they were perhaps the most influential band that influenced not just punk rock, but [...]
The Punk Vault Store has reopened
The Punk Vault store has just reopened. I had to replace the entire shopping cart system with a newer and better one. This one handles shipping much better than the old system. There’s also a bunch of new and some rare records for sale in there too, many of which there’s only one available!
A look back at 2008 – part two: the music
I’m pretty selective about new music I’ll purchase and I often times rely on music sent in for review on this site as my exposure to new stuff so I’m far from being hip to all the new releases for the year like some other sites and publications. With that being said here’s the standouts [...]
