80s Hardcore
Last month, New York City’s Toxic State Records released their slate of releases for Winter/Spring 2025, and needless to say, It’s an absolutely stacked...
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Last month, New York City’s Toxic State Records released their slate of releases for Winter/Spring 2025, and needless to say, It’s an absolutely stacked...
I grew up at a time when the internet didn’t exist, but we did have MRR with its scene reports that turned me on to...
Desire, adoration, safety, identity, and escape are all there on a teenager’s bedroom walls. In the 1980s, these teenagers were photographed in their bedrooms...
So last night, I was kicking back listening to EXCEL’s The Joke’s On You album, and then it happened! Their song “Tapping into the...
I write this from a place of Black Love and Black Celebration! As Black People, we have nothing to prove, and it’s our time...
ODIO (Italian for “hatred”) are a Japanese-styled noisy hardcore/punk/d-beat/crust band hailing from Oakland (duh) CA, and featuring members of such bands as Holy, Korrosive,...
Former NAUSEA member John John Jesse’s  paintings are like punk pinups. He takes the classic pinup sexiness and throws in studs, drugs and blood, and the...
I remember when New York was a dirty, gritty place where sleazy freaks were a part of the fabric of the community. Without this...
Am I a Fugazi Fan? Yes! Am I a Shoegaze Fan? Yes! Am I a fan of the new comp called Steady Gaze of...
The L.A. Punk scene during the 70’s was very fucking important on so many levels, because out of this cesspool of freaks, Hardcore was born....
ABC No Rio’s Beloved Hardcore Scene Transcends Its Physical Space By JUDY BERMAN On a humid Saturday in early June, the graffiti-covered backyard of 156 Rivington...
