A Friday night with gorgeous weather usually calls for some Replay time. Add in a can't-miss combo with the Lawrence Soul Club spinning rare singles and hits on the patio, with two fine punk rock acts inside, add beer, and your weekend gets started off properly.
The Lawrence Soul Club features DJs such as Sadie Soul and B Sears kicking out rare tunes you'll never hear at Stax of Wax, along with hits from the Temptations, the Shirelles, and others. You can usually find a bevy of folks all tanked
There's nothing coming out today. Seriously, I scoured pretty much every list I use to put this thing together: Largeheartedboy's weekly new release post, Pitchfork's guide to summer releases, Metacritic's upcoming CD releases page, and Punknews.org's release schedule to miss what falls through the cracks.
I was going to write about the RX Bandits's Mandala, and how they used to be a ska-punk band (or, rather, a ska-emo band) and are now something like a prog-rock jam band, but that albu
In my house, we've something like 400-500 books. One of our many bookcases (with the exception of top shelf devoted to classics) is nothing but music books. In the interest of helping out those looking to start their own rock 'n' roll library, I offer up some of the contents located in my own.
First of all -- and this should really go without saying -- everyone needs at least one Lester Bangs collection. I have two: Psychotic Reactions & Carbeurator Dung and Mainlines, Bloodfeasts & Bad
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.
The Defender Magazine
Date: Issues from January, February and September, 1955
Publisher: Defenders of the Christian Faith, Wichita, Kansas
The Cover Promises: In the great devolution of lunatic Kansas preachers, the missing link between William Jennings Bryan and Fred Phelps.
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