With their welcome wake-up call of a demo unleashed back in Feb still reverberating, we caught up with the singer of Morocco’s Taqbir to find out more about the origin and circumstance of their group, and what’s next.
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The evolution of São Paulo’s RAKTA and Rio’s DEAFKIDS from, respectively, gothic post-punx and a solo crust project into their recent psych-freak heights has been hugely satisfying to witness, and also seemed to bring the two groups into each other’s orbit. Witnessed them both smash it live when they toured Europe together in 2019, including […]
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I had never heard of KTO UKRADŁ CIASTKA when I went to Poland for the first time in 2003 and WHN? played the Refuse 10th Anniversary show. KTO UKRADŁ CIASTKA had reformed for that one gig and it was clear that their influence was strong in the DIY scene…it was also completely fucking wild. A […]
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Sydney’s MUNDO PRIMITIVO is a band formed just last year with Melissa from Colombia’s ABUSO and members of MORTE LENTA, ILL BRIGADE, PHOTOGENIC, and MUM. This six-song tape is sung in Spanish, but you can get the lyrics in English on their Bandcamp. I urge you to do that, just to get the full message […]
Read full "Paisaje Interior cassette" reviewOn this week’s MRR Radio, we’ve got some new(ish) hits, plus a look back on the history of top 10s, 15s and 20s in a rollicking ride through the archive.
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Covering some lost ground with reviews of zines sent in the last year or so: Getting Get in the Van, Magic Spaces, Out From the Void, Not Like You, and more. Send us your zines for review!
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Final round of our favorite records of 2020. Parts one and two. MITCH CARDWELL Mitch Cardwell is a record reviewer for Maximum Rocknroll. CELEBRITY HANDSHAKE – No Space/No Time LP (Eastern Prawn) Their near-constant barrage of wonderful racket has been a reliable joy, but this one stands atop the flaming pyramid. Crawl inside the butthole […]
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Part two of MRR’s 2020 Year End Top Tens. Part one can be found here, with part 3 to follow next week. IRON LUNG RECORDS I’m Jensen. I spend most of my days packing boxes and making questionable decisions for Iron Lung Records, a windowless concern located inside the compound walls. Futureless, featureless, we exist. […]
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Once again, we asked MRR shitworkers, contributors, and extended friends and family about their favorite records of the year.
These lists have often began with declarations of how much the past year sucked. Enter 2020. Part one of three
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