Supreme Echo rifles through the CanCon punk archives again, this time giving flowers to Montréal’s BLUE OIL, widely regarded as Quebec’s first all-female punk band. “Money,” the A-side of their 1982 7”, is the only previously released track here (B-side “Living for the Time” was skipped over), with the remaining eleven tracks drawn from abandoned […]
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Here’s another instant classic to add to the list of contenders for album of the year: STINGRAY’s Fortress Britain, a caustic, abrasive, and scorched-as-fuck album that sounds absolutely hellish, with brutal vocals and big riffs to match. Comprised of prominent members of the UK punk/hardcore scene, STINGRAY sounds seriously pissed, and presents a takedown of […]
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ANCIENT FILTH has been churning out top-shelf hardcore punk since 2010, and their latest entry, No More Hiding, finds them their finest form. The album’s eponymously titled opening track sets the stage well, ratcheting up the speed and intensity quickly and succinctly from the totally ripping guitar solo to the full-on hardcore assault that follows. […]
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NAMELESS CREATIONS out of Warsaw, Poland recently emerged from their crypt after a four-year slumber to release the Plague Party album, and I couldn’t be happier. If you like CHRISTIAN DEATH, SHADOW PROJECT, or SEX GANG CHILDREN, then you’ll love this album. Macabre, gloomy, but rockin’ as hell, NAMELESS CREATIONS open this album with the […]
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And now, the conclusion of 2022 Year End Top Tens! Parts one and two. BEN PERKINS Ben Perkins publishes Another Subculture, a gig listings calendar zine, and edits Alternative Strategies, which is not a magazine. He works in the MSM and lives in London, England. It’s been a productive year, although it hadn’t started that […]
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And now, stay tuned for more 2022 Year End Top Tens! Part one is here, part three to follow next week. BEN MARSHALL Ben Marshall is a reviewer for MRR. A herbert with a heart of gold, and a short-haired rock’n’roller. So that was 2022. Shoutout to Static Shock Weekend returning to kill off a […]
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Welcome to the MRR 2022 Year End Top Tens. Once again, we asked MRR contributors and friends from around the world about their favorite punk records of the last year. Part one of three, part two to follow next week: ARTO HIETIKKO I’m the lazy editor of the long-running Toinen Vaihtoehto zine (which is on […]
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Huge archival review update — two years of reviews 1984-1986 have been uploaded over the last couple months — click the article for links.
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