Whenever choosing an interview subject for this blog or any other outlet. My approach has nothing to do with the agenda of a band, releas...

On Crime Waves , the bands third release to date. Kearny New Jersey's Cicada Radio continue to grow and evolve musically. The band, fe...

On Life Eaters impressive debut. The Jersey based five piece take the bull by the horns with hard rock bombast and punk rock intensity. Th...

Is it me, or do bands these days seem to take themselves way too serious. With all the competition, grabbing for press and campaigning for...

I got to the Meatlocker just before 10:00 and as usual was greeted with a big hug from Ana. Talk about a good way to start the night. Since ...

I was standing outside of ABC No Rio when I managed to start a conversation with Jim Testa of Jersey Beat. For whatever reason Jim seem...

I was heading towards the cashier when "Understanding in a Car Crash" came over the speakers. I remember mentioning to the cashie...

Though New Jersey's contributions to Hardcore often lie in the shadows of New York's storied history. The garden state...

Welcome to the blogs new addition, installment, feature United By... Images . Each week I plan of featuring images from a specific artist o...

Samantha Maloney is just plain Bad Ass. A graduate of the New York School for Performing Arts, she first earned praise as the drummer for N...

Inspired by it's cover, my recently awakened love for Kathleen Hannah's Bikini Kill and the opportunity to hear a long forgotten 9...

At a time when reunions are announced on a daily basis and every record ever recorded is being repressed, repackaged and reissued at ridi...

Mad at the World records is currently taking preorders for the December reissue of  Token Entry's From Beneath the Streets . Original...

For close to a month now, I've been going back and fourth about ordering a copy of  Dust & Grooves "Adventures in Record Col...

Earlier today I ordered the complete studio recordings of the lesser known 90's band Bedhead.  The Dallas, Texas pioneers of what becam...

I took some time to post several videos highlighting the unboxing of Numero Group's Unwound box sets. Earlier this year I purchased eac...

I still remember first hearing the NYC Mayhem demo at my friend Richie's apartment on 92nd Street in Jackson Heights. At the time, I was...

"Discography" comes on a one sided 12' LP.  (Yes, I checked the other side of the record and there were no subliminal messag...

Orchid was an Amherst Massachusetts screamo band that existed from 1999 to somewhere around the year 2002. While some reference Orchid as pi...

Since our one and only encounter at a Black Flag show in June of 2013. I've been in steady contact with Walter through social media. Ove...