Review: Buzzcocks – The Way

Review: Buzzcocks – The Way
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Buzzcocks = Pete Shelley + Sex Pistols + Howard Devoto … read more

Review: Brother Earth – Positive Haywires

Review: Brother Earth – Positive Haywires
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Brother Earth = Circus Devils + Syd Barrett – Robert Pollard … read more

Review: Butch Walker – Afraid Of Ghosts
Review: California X – Nights in the Dark

Review: California X – Nights in the Dark
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California X = Meat Puppets + Dinosaur Jr. – J Mascis  … read more

Review: Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin

Review: Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin
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Bob Mould = Hüsker Dü + Superchunk – Grant Hart … read more

Review: Bill Callahan – Dream River

Review: Bill Callahan – Dream River
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These songs are the kind of dreamlike reveries that can lull you into a drifting state that can carry you into dangerous territory, if that danger is sometimes just impending, around the corner. … read more

Review: Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim – Avatar Woman

Review: Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim – Avatar Woman
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Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim = Pentangle + Nurse with Wound – Steely Dan … read more

Review: Advance Base – Nephew In the Wild
Review: Acid Baby Jesus – Selected Recordings

Review: Acid Baby Jesus – Selected Recordings
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Acid Baby Jesus = Brian Jonestown Massacre + Fuzz – Nana Mouskouri
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Localized: The Guard Cats

Localized: The Guard Cats
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This month’s Localized is a meeting of veterans of Salt Lake’s original punk scene and the new breed of local soundsters creating their own musical voice—the experimental, dub-influenced Muzzle Tung open. The Guard Cats have existed barely a year, but they display a diverse sonic palette. On the other end of the continuum, Gnawing Suspicion

Zine Goddess – August 2004

Zine Goddess – August 2004
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Venus Zine Magazine is one of the best zines by and about, though not just for, women. Just because it’s slick and you might (or might not) find in on your newsstand doesn’t mean it’s not edgy. Rather than ramble on about how great it is, let’s just cut to the chase and dive in

Indie Label Spotlight: Carcrash Records

Indie Label Spotlight: Carcrash Records
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Some things just grab your attention, like driving past a car crash. Sweden’s Carcrash Records produces the kind of arresting music that you can’t fail to prick up your ears to, with some of the most captivating bands that have taken the aftermath of punk-influenced music to a whole nuther level, like International Noise Conspiracy