by Jimmy AlvaradoRazorcakeAugust 25th, 2016 Despite the glut of punk history books in recent years, still precious few attempt an…
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George Hurchalla’s Going Underground in Scanner Zine
Scanner ZineJune 27th, 2016 If the title of this book sounds a bit familiar (with the exception of it being…
Going Underground: A Review
Midnight To SixApril 2016 Going Underground’s subtitle may be “American Punk”, but the book is almost exclusively about the American hardcore movement.…
A Mix of Bricks & Valentines: A Review
OOR (Dutch national music magazine)November 2011 For 30 years GW (Goat-Woolly) Sok was the singer of The Ex—the word “front…
A Mix of Bricks & Valentines in Trust Magazine
by Dolf HermannstädterTrust Magazine A book with more than 250 songs of agitprop lyrics from the singer und co-founder of…
Better Than: Flag, Black Flag and Possibly White Flag
By Tony RettmanVillage Voice BlogJune 23rd In the summer of 1981, the Southern California band Black Flag went on a…
Abandoning the Ear? Punk and Deaf Convergences Part II
By David EnsmingerOriginally published by PopMattersJanuary 27th, 2013 Deaf and punk cultures seem to share a similar outsider status, and…
Abandoning the Ear? Punk and Deaf Convergences Part I
By David EnsmingerOriginally published by PopMattersNovember 12th, 2012 The vibrant subcultures of deaf and punk communities have a long, storied,…
Left of the Dial in Roctober
By Waymon TimbsdayleRoctoberAugust 1, 2013 I have to open this review with an apology: I have put off writing about…
Left of the Dial in the Indypendent Reader
by Blake UnderwoodIndypendent ReaderJuly 15, 2013 One of the many takeaways from David Ensminger’s newly published Left of the Dial:…