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ALBUM REVIEW: Generacion Suicida – Hombre Nuevo

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Latino Punk has quite the history with legendary bands such as The Zeros, The Plugz, Los Illegals, The Brat, and musicians of Latino heritage in the hardcore scene such as Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies), Roger Miret (Agnostic Front), Ron Reyes (Redd Kross, Black Flag), and Mario Rubalcaba (Off!). 

Continuing the lineage are Generacion Suicida from South Central LA, who started life as a side project for vocalist and guitarist Tony Abarca and drummer Kiwi Martinez in 2010, and they are joined by Justin on Bass. The band have an extensive and lengthy discography, with three full-lengths, two EPs, and some split releases. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Killing Joke – Extremities

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Extremities! (Invisible Records) is an essential piece of Killing Joke history for fans. This album compiles the Steve Albini (RIP) “Black Cassette” demos with the secret show at Burrberries in Birmingham on December 20, 1988, which would be the band’s first performance with drummer Martin Atkins. Albini used his downtown Chicago basement as the drum room. Its acoustics created the ambiance for a tightly compressed drum sound. The guitars echo with the unmistakable sound that Geordie Walker (RIP) was known for, and it’s clear that the tight syncopated performances captured here were groundbreaking even in the experimental days of this early Post-Punk. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Vuur and Zijde – Boezem

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Boezem (Prophecy Productions) is the debut from the Dutch quintet Vuur & Zijde. It is a moody display of blackened post-Punk, (post-Punk meets Black Metal to you and me), sung mostly in their mother tongue and in the little heard-of language Frisian.     Continue reading →