Posts Tagged ‘Punk’
Vicious Mistress Records – Punk In The Streets Vol. 9
Vicious Mistress Records – Punk In The Streets Vol. 9 Vicious Mistress Records is a small DIY punk label based out of Connecticut. I know I’ve written those words many times. How do I know? Well, this is the tenth compilation I’ve reviewed by them [Read More]
Best 15 CD/EP Releases of 2020
Best 15 CD/EP Releases of 2020 Hey, wasn’t 2020 just the best year of your life? What with the plague returning and an American President trying to overthrow the government- I’m sure we can all attest that it was just a swell old time. And the worst for [Read More]
Drunk In Babylon – The Saints
Pure Punk Picks Drunk In Babylon – The Saints Babylon, among the Rastafarians, is “a contemptuous or dismissive term for aspects of a society seen as degenerate or oppressive, especially the police.” I guess to be outside Babylon would be righteous, [Read More]
The Lost Riots – “Early Days: Rare & Unreleased Songs”
The Lost Riots – “Early Days: Rare & Unreleased Songs” Back in the 1880’s when Andy and I were wheat farmers in Nebraska. Strike that! I mean, back in the 1980’s when Andy and I were very familiar with the Boston and Providence punk [Read More]
Warm Leatherette – The Normal
Pure Punk Picks Warm Leatherette – The Normal “See the breaking glass, in the underpass (2x) Hear the crushing steel, feel the steering wheel (2x) Warm Leatherette” Warm Leatherette released in 1978 was often played on Boston and Cambridge college [Read More]
Too Many Creeps – Bush Tetras
Pure Punk Picks Too Many Creeps – Bush Tetras There’s a young woman I have as a friend on my Facebook page, which is really just for bands and fans of the music scenes we cover. And though I haven’t met her, I find her posts both happy and sad. Sad, [Read More]
See This World – “The Future is 2020”
See This World – “The Future is 2020” See? This band is See This World. See? I’ve been meaning to tell you about them. They’ve traveled far from across the sea just to bring their music to us. Well, I see you see right through me. [Read More]
Wreckless Wreck Chords – “Save The C Note”
Wreckless Wreck Chords – “Save The C Note” I can’t predict the future. But I can predict what may happen to the music clubs that host our music scenes. They will be swept out to sea like on Nantucket beach, that The C Note looks out upon, one [Read More]
John, I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie
Pure Punk Picks John, I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie I remember ordering this single by mail in the seventies, not because of hearing it being played on the radio. As it wasn’t even released as a single here. But because I had bought my first Bowie [Read More]
Editions Of You – Roxy Music
Pure Punk Picks Editions Of You – Roxy Music I was an arty fellow when I was young. I guess I still am. Art and music were my teen obsessions, poetry and literature came later in my mid-twenties. Music I could play, art- not so much and it seems I’m happy [Read More]
