Border Music with the Mekons’ Jon Langford by Zack Kopp
Jon Langford is a founding member of arguably the most contrary of the first crop of English punk bands (their first release Never Been in a Riot, was...
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Pretty Tunes With Sour, Disassociated Lyrics: A conversation with the Jazz Butcher by Zack Kopp
Gentleman Adventurer Pat Fish (a.k.a. the Jazz Butcher) founded the group by that name (also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis...
Spotlight on Glam Queen Cherie Currie
The digital edition of Cherie Currie’s Boulevards of Splendor, with 3 bonus songs, including a remake of Runaways’ classic “Queens of Noise,” came out on April 28th on...
The Alarm: Mod Roots & Welsh Poetry
Alarm founder Mike Peters has lived in and around his hometown of Rhyl, in Northwest Wales, all his life. Accordingly, all the clubs and stages of that vicinity...
Death To Dr. Madd Vibe
BEFORE the phrase “punk” became well-known, a Beatles and Alice Cooper-inspired black band in Detroit called Death consisting of three brothers was bashing out songs just as rocky...
A Conversation with Claudia Woodman, Claudzilla, and Gothsta
We Must Not Let The Squares Win: A Conversation with Claudia Woodman, Claudzilla, and Gothsta Claudia Woodman’s drive is rooted in generations of committed counter cultural activism. Her...
Mark Bliesener – ‘Jurassic Mark’ (2019)
Former Question Mark & the Mysterians member Mark Bliesener, who gave the Dead Kennedys their name, has just released a CD called Jurassic Mark in celebration of his...
‘Ascend, Ascend’ by Janaka Stucky
Janaka Stucky is the founding editor of Black Ocean Books and the author of the newly-published Ascend, Ascend, an act of ritual magick embodied in a work of...
David Ivar Herman Düne discusses his latest release Santa Cruz Gold with Zack Kopp
David-Ivar Herman Düne was born in Paris in 1976, to a Moroccan father and a Swedish mother. He lives in San Pedro, California. As a musician, he’s been...
Sweet Thursday: The New Herman Dune
Sweet Thursday: The New Herman Dune (Video Premiere in This Article!) David-Ivar Herman Düne is a French/Swedish citizen who began playing anti-folk in Paris at a time when...