Vinyl
John Lennon: Where Were You?
On the 31st anniversary of the John Lennon's death, Denise Regan looks back on that day in her life.
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Vinyl: The Yah-Mos: Undefeated
At long last we conclude our look at the Sacramento, Calif. punks that taught hipsters how to party. Ask most people who saw the Yah-Mos play a gig what they thought and most all of them will talk about the greatness of their live performances.…
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The Yah Mos Series Part 2: Off Your Parents (Recess Records,1994)
Let's continue our look at the Yah Mos, those Sacramento progenitors of modern dance punk. Last week we looked back at 1993's RIGHT ON!, now we're on to our second installment: Off Your Parents.
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The Yah Mos Series Part 1: RIGHT ON! (Sunney Sindicut Records, 1993)
Get ready folks, because you're gonna be stuck with three reviews back-to-back of one of the craziest bands to come out of Sacramento in the last 20 years -- The Yah Mos. You might say “But Thomas, what about those funky and far out cats in…
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The Copyrights/The Dopamines Split – Songs About Fucking Up (It’s Alive Records, 2009)
In recent years pop-punk has been bandied around incorrectly so much that its meaning, like emo, has been obfuscated by people who don't know that Lifetime is a melodic hardcore band, and there hasn't been a punk band of any sort on Fueled By Ramen…
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Dag Nasty – Dag with Shawn
I'm a big fan of DC hardcore legends Dag Nasty. I'm sure I'm not the most diehard, but -- as they were one of the first hardcore bands (excluding standards like Black Flag, Minor Threat and Bad Brains who all punks in America seem to love) I ever…
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Classics of Love – “World of the Known” (Art of the Underground, 2010)
Whether he’s revolutionizing ska/punk, creating of-the-era art, or bringing some of the best punk musicians together in many of the genre’s “super groups,” Jesse Michaels always finds new ways to bring 924 Gilman Street into our lives.
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Off With Their Heads/No Friends Split 6″ (No Idea Records, 2010)
I have always loved tribute records. Land of Greed... World of Need, a tribute to Embrace never leaves rotation on my stereo, and I think I'm one of the few people on earth that thought the Sublime Tribute was any good. So I jump at records that pay…
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The Turtles – Eve Of Destruction (White Whale, 1965)
Did you see the musical episode of That 70s show? Here’s a refresher: Fez imagines the wonderfulness of waking up with Erik and Hyde as siblings and Midge and Red as his flaming-with-love parents. Singing and dancing ensues to the Turtles song…
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The Equals – Stand Up And Be Counted (CBS Records UK, 1972)
The Equals – Stand Up and Be Counted (Single) CBS Records (UK) 1972 Side A Stand Up and Be Counted Side B What Would You Do To Survive Reviewer: Dave Sharp Sure, Sly and the Family Stone get all the credit for mixing great grooves with racial…
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