punk Archive
08 Sep 2020
Album Review: Tyler Keith – The Last Drag
Do you like rock ‘n’ roll? I mean the sweaty, greasy, sloppy, noisy stuff, the kind of music that gets your heart pumping and makes you want to get involved […]
04 May 2020
Album Review: Phast Phreddie and Thee Precisions — Limbo
As the seemingly endless parade of retrospective compilations – Nuggets, Pebbles, Green Crystal Ties, Picadilly Sunshine and on and on – has made plain, the mid to late ‘60s were […]
20 Apr 2020
Album Review: Peter Laughner
Chances are good that you’ve never heard of Peter Laughner. And if you’re immediately replying, “Oh, yes I have!” then chances are good that you know of him via his […]
01 Feb 2020
30 Days Out: February 2020 #1: André Cholmondeley, Mike Dillon Band, Kamasi Washington, Rich Nelson Band
If you’re in and/or around Asheville, N.C. in the next 30 days, you’d do well to catch these shows. Artist: André Cholmondeley Venue: The Mothlight Date: Thursday, Feb. 6, 8 […]
29 Nov 2019
Let’s Talk About ‘Nuggets’ with Lenny Kaye (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … You had moved on by then, right? I only lasted like five or six months at Elektra. And about six months after I was gone […]
28 Nov 2019
Let’s Talk About ‘Nuggets’ with Lenny Kaye (Part One)
On this day of Thanksgiving I’d like to give thanks to Lenny Kaye for creating Nuggets. It’s not hyperbole to assert that Nuggets affected the course of popular music. In […]
20 Nov 2019
Your Favorite Thing: Sugar’s ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ at 25
By the time Bob Mould debuted his rock trio Sugar in 1992, he was a well-known figure in music. With his previous group, Hüsker Dü, Mould had been a key […]
22 Oct 2019
Album Review: Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue — The Collection
An obscure and overlooked bit of music history is revived with a reissue/archival release by Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue. Reale led a band that was together for a […]
24 Sep 2019
1969 Okay: The Stooges’ Debut Album at 50
There was little precedent – virtually none on major labels – in 1969 for The Stooges. As a genre, punk rock hadn’t even been conceived, nor had “shock rock.” So […]
20 Sep 2019
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2019, Part 2
More capsule reviews! New music! Vinyl titles are noted with the designation (LP). Fastball – The Help Machine If you’re a certain age, you remember “The Way.” If you were […]