I find myself listening to more and more Hispanic-language releases, and another thing I really enjoy is finding a new straight edge demo before heading to the gym. Triple Amenaza translates to Triple Threat, and it says “Bogotá Straight Edge” on the tin, which makes associations with bands like Raw Brigade or xBengalax for those […]

Nineties Arkansas crust grind stalwarts Burned Up Bled Dry reformed a few years ago and already gave us a taste of what was coming, a 2022 demo, plus covers of Naked Raygun and Black Sabbath. This year, on March 27, they’ve returned with a full-length on Prank Records. Next Stop… Dead Stop delivers 26 tracks […]

SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice) was founded in 1987 in New York City by Marcus Pacheco. SHARP consists of those who want to reclaim the original history of skinheads, which was racially diverse and inclusive, rooted in the British working class and Jamaican culture. Marcus wanted to create a way for himself and others to […]

I’ve been spending a fair amount of hard-earned cash tracking down some of my favorite Japanese hardcore punk records, and as much as I love that scene, I’ve never really been into big labels like Relapse Records getting involved. It’s hard not to look at these reissues and think it’s big part a money grab […]

I recently came across a joke post about a punk compass, one of those quadrant charts where instead of political ideologies you get chain/warbad punk, egg punk, bat punk, and boot/bald punk. It made me laugh, but it also got me thinking about current bands that don’t quite sit in any one corner. Pura Manía […]

It’s been about a year since I read Colin Burrowes’ zine on the sexual politics and empowering feminism of California’s Yeastie Girlz. Now he’s back with another issue in the How Punk Made Me Less of an Asshole series, tracing how music discovered through fanzines, dollar bins, and shows in scummy bars or university halls […]