Truth be told, I only decided to review this album because I wanted the name Mannequin Pussy splashed across the front of my stupid website. It has to be one of the...
There’s something to making music that has changed very little in 25 years. 1992 Pennywise is not only similar to 2018 Pennywise, it’s indiscernible from itself...
It's weird that so many of the ghosts from our rock and roll past have come back to haunt us over the past few years. I mean "haunt" is a tough word, but what e...
In the world of Swedish hardcore, Refused are king. Of course they're the only Swedish hardcore I've ever heard. And, with the exception of a-ha and ABBA may be...
There is something so perfectly nostalgic about this album for me that it escapes description. Maybe it's like hanging out in a sweaty house in Van Nuys in the ...
I was never into hardcore. It was just too, uh, hard for me. But hot damn did I like rock ‘n roll. But I have this whole thing where I like melody and song stru...
There’s nothing like starting a punk album with a seven-minute song -- and one that starts with talking and noise. And then launches into a Swedish screamfest f...
I'm sure Rancid looks back at this album as their "sell out" album. I mean doesn't every punk band think success equals death? Well, fuck that. These guys can w...
Boy are we political! Well, political for 1992, and dated for even then. Like a lot of "hardcore" stuff that is making its way to the mainstream, this album suf...
