In 2013 I spent a lot of time driving around the country. I had a book that had been released at the end of the previous year, so I toured exhaustively, readings from one end of the country to the next, some good, most pretty bad. At the time I had Retox’s YPLL on CD, MORE…
Brent Asbury left San Diego ages ago, but the guy’s got history with the place. A former member of Optiganally Yours, Followers, Pinback, Schlag-Schlag, Thingy, Aspects of Physics, Alpha Males, and Goblin Cock, Brent now works as a producer/engineer in the Pacific Northwest, and has done work with some of punk rock’s finest (including the MORE…
SONIDO DE LA FRONTERA – “Cumbia Mundial” LP digital re-release Sonido De La Frontera is the combination of Soundsystem culture, hip hop production aesthetic, and the sounds of Latin America’s most prolific dance music: Cumbia. The result is a bass oriented, dance driven music with a sound unique to the border between San Diego, California MORE…
We stand around the kitchen and we talk about Palestine. How no one in this country cares. How no one is watching. And now Israel fires rockets at Lebanon? Outside it’s raining again. Raining so hard the day goes dark. The sky is green as bottle glass and the water runs down the kitchen windows, MORE…
Zealot R.I.P.’s self-titled EP is just over six minutes of heavy, fast metallic hardcore or maybe hardcore metal or metal with a hardcore heart. (Genre labels don’t matter. What’s important here are the songs.) These tracks from the band’s Three One G-released 12” EP are flawless, ripping, ruthless, barbaric little warriors that will remind you MORE…
Heaven on Speed Dial is vicious and pretty. The LP, released four years ago today, comes on aggressive from the kickoff. “Rabbit Face,” the record’s first track, is a squalling shriek of keyboards and bile, but it’s also sexy like a danceparty–or like you imagine danceparties to be (in the face of the disappointing reality). MORE…
Check out “Liturgy”, the latest video from the upcoming Satanic Planet album, now streaming on The Satanic Temple TV. https://thesatanictemple.tv/media/music-videos/satanic-planet-liturgy-music/ SATANIC PLANET is the creation of Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple co-founder and spokesperson), Luke Henshaw (Planet B, Sonido de la Frontera), Dave Lombardo (Slayer, The Misfits, Mr. Bungle, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross), and Justin MORE…
If humanity were a sports team, we would never win a game. If we were an army, we would die by friendly fire. I cannot come to terms with this no matter how hard I try: even on the best days, we are the worst. For every good action done there are countless others blotting MORE…
“SATANIC PLANET” by Satanic Planet from the self-titled album available HERE. Video by Eric Livingston / First Church of the Void SATANIC PLANET is the creation of Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple co-founder and spokesperson), Luke Henshaw (Planet B, Sonido de la Frontera), Dave Lombardo (Slayer, The Misfits, Mr. Bungle, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross), and MORE…