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THE DEATH SET: WORLDWIDE
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Eighteen songs, 26 minutes. You just know that with statistics like that, the CD that you have put into you player is going to be out of the ordinary….
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EASTFIELD/DESTRUCTORS 666: LABOR OMNIA VINCIT
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The title of this split EP translates from Latin into “Hard work Conquers All” and that speaks volumes for this release. It harkens back to a day when independent…
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CALLING ALL MONSTERS: THE TRAPS THAT WORK BEST
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Sweaty, noisy, punk rock music has returned in the form of Calling All Monsters. These four lads from San Fransisco have stripped away a lot of the pomposity from…
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BLACK 47: BITTERSWEET SIXTEEN
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Apparently Black 47 are recognised as the premier Irish-American rock group who “paved the way for the current Irish-American explosion” and their new album is a retrospective of their…
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ANI DIFRANCO: CARNEGIE HALL – 4.6.02
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I’ve had a relationship with Ani DiFranco since around 1993. This is not a conventional relationship, shall we say. It is somewhat of a long-distance one, but no less…
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POLYSICS: NOW IS THE TIME
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To paraphrase the late John Peel, this record does not fade in rather slowly. It wakes you up to the possibility that music can be simultaneously unusual, raucous, and…