Archive - January 2009

Murder City Devils vinyl reissues and tour

The Murder City Devils are suddenly a busy lot after disbanding seven years ago. They launched a new website, booked a small West Coast tour, and will see their three LPs get reissued on limited edition color vinyl by...

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January 8, 2009

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...

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January 8, 2009

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...

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January 6, 2009

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...

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January 6, 2009

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...

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January 5, 2009

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...

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January 5, 2009