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Remember the Dischord band Q And Not U? One of the guys works as an archivist at the University of Maryland’s Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, John Kelly reports at Continue reading D.C. punk archive housed at UMD
Desolation Center is a new documentary about small, underground music festivals held in the Mojave Desert in the 1980s. The fests boasted names such as Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Meat Continue reading “Desolation Center”: ’80s indie punk festival documentary
Perpetuated is a newer death metal band from Washington D.C. that, when we posted about it last year, we described as rooted in punk and grindcore. It’s more correct to Continue reading Perpetuated “Chains Of Industry” review
The band Wormed has graced this blog before, like when we reviewed the Exodromos album and when we posted some live video of Wormed playing Netherlands Deathfest (see below). Now Continue reading Wormed’s “Metaportal” is out now
Jam For Man was a series of gigs in Reston, VA, a few decades ago. The usual format was $5 and a can of food to get in, and a Continue reading Transilience returns to the stage: video
Richmond, Virginia has another four-piece band to contend with. Under Attack plays dark, brutal hardcore, as the band describes in a piece over at No Echo. The lyrics fit the Continue reading Under Attack: new band from old-school people
Back in 2005, Jaz Coleman did an interview where he expressed some of his and Killing Joke’s political views as well as some forward-thinking environmental views. He did a bit Continue reading “Tragedy & Hope”: Jaz Coleman-endorsed book available again
Following Open Culture on Twitter continues to have benefits: we hear about when an institution releases troves of material online. This time, Josh Jones wrote in November about how the Continue reading The Library of Congress releases a trove of images online
Apple announced this month that they’re breaking iTunes up into three apps in September. Over at Pitchfork, Marc Hogan answers some important questions about Apple doing away with iTunes, including, Continue reading Dying will be the death of iTunes
Last year we posted photos of bands and interesting people from MDF XVI, and we have more photos of people working and attending the annual Baltimore death metal and grindcore festival Continue reading The people of Maryland Deathfest XVII in photos