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“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
The punks behind Damaged City Fest have announced the first rack of bands for the fifth of their annual event, which will take place April 6-9, 2017, in Washington DC Continue reading Damaged City Fest is coming back to DC
We were happy to learn that the DC Punk Archive is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a new exhibit and a new audio release. “DC In The House” is a photo Continue reading DC Punk Archive: exhibit and mixtape
Doom, the O.G., classic U.K. band that has been playing crust punk since 1987, has been tearing it up live at different festivals lately, and we’ve got video of two of Continue reading Doom at Maryland Deathfest: video
Tau Cross, that supergroup of Voivod, Amebix, Misery, and War/Plague members, is on tour right fucking now. There’s two shows left: April 8, Richmond VA @ Strange Matter April 9, Continue reading Tau Cross on tour: video
Four years running, below is our annual collection of Killing Joke covers we’ve run across on YouTube. First off, Prong released a covers album called Songs From The Black Hole, and Continue reading Another fistful of Killing Joke covers