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Mickey Leigh is a name D.U. wasn’t familiar with before news of his album hit our inbox, but we’re glad to learn about it. Mutated Music (and the three-song Mutated Continue reading Mickey Leigh attempts to rescue rock ‘n’ roll with “Mutated Music”
Since the National Book Festival is coming up at the end of the month in Washington D.C., it would be good to have a look at what books are coming out Continue reading Roundup of upcoming metal and punk books
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
Executive producers John Varvatos and Iggy Pop have run the last episode of the four-parter TV documentary PUNK on Epix. As the show’s description says, “PUNK explores the music, the fashion, the art Continue reading “PUNK” documentary series concludes on Epix
“Smooshing melodic stuff against abrasive stuff”—that’s how Matthew Michel described a typical song section of his old band Majority Rule. That formula, the band’s passionate live shows, and its lyrics earned Continue reading Majority Rule on their reunion: interview
A new crusty, d-beaty band has emerged in Baltimore, MD named Krauthammer. The singer is known in the local underground punk/HC/grind scene as a show organizer, but not as a Continue reading Krauthammer live in Baltimore: video
George Hurchalla’s book has been out for over a year, but it’s still worth a look. Released on PM Press, the latest edition covers a bygone time in the punk Continue reading “Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1989” book still available
The writer/director of Salad Days, the great “Decade of Punk in Washington DC” documentary, has a new project. Scott Crawford has a sort of companion book coming out called Spoke, Continue reading “Spoke”: new book on D.C. punk
A group called the DC Counter-Inaugural Welcoming Committee organized a march in Washington DC on Inauguration Day that ended at McPherson Square (one of the sites of Occupy a few years Continue reading Anti-Flag live at anti-inaugural: video