Subject: Punk Rock

• Brahms at the Brick

  November 7, 2007

• Concert Review: Tanka Ray

  February 18, 2008

• Concert Review: NOFX and No Use for a Name

  March 5, 2008

• The Download-New Old Zero Boys' MP3s

  Being from the Midwest, the Zero Boys was an unlikely force to be reckoned with in 80's-era hardcore punk circles. The Indiana band's 1982 debut LP, Vicious Circle, has since become an unsung classic, so the good folks at Secretly Canadian Records are remastering and rereleasing it, along with plenty of extras. From the one-sheet: "When the Ramones lost it, the Zero Boys found it; Adding a slam brigade fist to the Blitzkrieg Beat. The Zero Boys managed to come with one of the best early 80'

  December 10, 2008

• Various Artists

  April 3, 2003

• Buzzcocks

  April 3, 2003

• Primetime Heroes

  February 19, 2004

• Green Day

  October 21, 2004

• The Revolution Starts ... in 2008

  December 30, 2004

• Critical Fatwa

  October 13, 2005

• None So Vile: Thrash and Burn

  Back in 1995, I inadvertently irked someone by wearing a metal shirt to a punk concert at the Daily Grind (long-defunct Midtown all-ages club, which operated near the more recently defunct Grand Emporium). A crusty teen with a slight limp, a stink eye and a ripe odor shambled up to me, lowered his disgusted gaze from my Mohawk to the Anthrax logo on my chest, and spat on the grinning image of that band's mascot. Advertising metal allegiances at punk shows in that era wouldn't get you bludgeone

  April 2, 2009

• The Clash

  December 7, 2006

• Jonathan Richman

  October 23, 2008

• The Queers

  May 22, 2008

• The Slits

  March 13, 2008

• NOFX

  February 28, 2008

• Bent Left

  Premeditated Insanity
  (self-released)

  February 14, 2008

• Punks Rule

  Shauntay Henderson gets little sympathy, and the under-21 set gets no support.

  February 14, 2008

• Strummer Calling

  Joe Strummer transcends punk, and the music lives on.

  December 6, 2007

• Birth of a Nation

  Anti-Flag spearheads a political punk resurgence on the Death of a Nation tour.

  December 11, 2003

• Evens Odd

  Ian MacKaye's latest project leads him even further outside the industry.

  November 1, 2007

• Against Me

  September 6, 2007

• Dept. of Doe

  John Doe returns with A Year in the Wilderness.

  August 9, 2007

• Down 'n' Dirty

  June 21, 2007

• Green Day

  Saturday, May 14, at Municipal Auditorium.

  May 12, 2005

• Rancid

  July 27, 2006

• Various Artists

  June 29, 2006

• Getting Cocky

  June 15, 2006

• White Punk's Burden

  November 24, 2005

• Strummer 101

  Two unearthed albums help confirm the late punk godfather's genius.

  July 7, 2005

• I Against I

  Greasy or spiky, tattooed or ... tattooed, everybody should have a rocking good time at Rockabilly vs. Punk.

  July 22, 2004

• Channeling Social D

  Before there was Mike Ness, there was Tom Corvin — yeah, the Channel 9 guy.

  March 18, 2004

• Sellouts

  The Prairie Dogg finds the dirt on deflecting criticism and keeping it real with guitarists Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan, Tom Wisniewski of MxPx and Josh Cain of Motion City Soundtrack.

  January 22, 2004

• Repent!

  And your sinful love of pop-punk may be forgiven.

  January 22, 2004

• Rebel Yell

  Kansas City's young punks found their only concert hall too oppressive. Now they have to do it themselves.

  August 7, 2003

• 'Cock Rock

  After 26 years, these pioneering punks haven't lost their Buzz.

  June 12, 2003

• Youth Gone Mild

  Teen-age girls and high school outcasts get lured into Charlotte’s web.

  May 15, 2003

• Cry Uncle

  For Uncle Tupelo fans, there's No Depression in reissue heaven.

  April 17, 2003

• Clash Titan

  Late in life, Joe Strummer evolved from white rioter to family man.

  February 6, 2003

• The B-52's

  May 14, 2009

• Rancid

  June 11, 2009

• Concert Review: Dillinger Four and Japanther, 6/10/09, at the Granada

  REVIEW BY IAN HRABE Dear touring punk rock bands. If you decide to come through Lawrence, please do not play at the Granada. Despite what you may have heard about the place getting a new sound system, based on last night's show, your mix will sound muddled and your vocals will be practically inaudible. Though quieter acts can manage, any band looking to rock the fuck out should look elsewhere because, goddamn, this show was ruined because I've never been to a loud show at the Granada that sound

  June 11, 2009

• Tonight: Sloppy Seconds at the Brass Rail

  This slid under my radar until I spotted it yesterday morning on MySpace. Loretta Morrison​Punk rock legends Sloppy Seconds will play their only area show with Iron Guts Kelly at the Brass Rail Tavern in Topeka. It's a full-bore punk show in a pub owned by a punk rocker (namely, Robert "Boj" Stevens, frontman for Iron Guts Kelly). The show is all ages, $10, and starts at 8 p.m. sharp. The guys in IGK promise "Lots of cold beer, hot BBQ and fat dudes." I'm not sure what it says about me i

  July 27, 2009

• Concert Review: Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie and the Hemorrhoids at the Jackpot

  Why oh why hasn't anyone been showing up to punk shows in Lawrence? I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record, here, but it's getting ridiculous. When you have Kevin Seconds and Kepi Ghoulie -- frontmen for one of the best hardcore bands and one of the best pop-punk bands, respectively -- only draw 20 people, either the economy or the fans are totally jacked. ​Kevin Seconds is best known as the frontman for 7 Seconds, a band known for its straight-edge anthems like "Young 'Til I D

  July 30, 2009

• Green Day

  August 6, 2009

• Concert Review: Green Day and Franz Ferdinand at Sprint Center

  I don't think I ended up in a bunny suit last night at Green Day's show at the Sprint Center, but I'm not sure, either. Or maybe that was you I'm thinking of. Were you wearing black Chucks? Do you have a vague recollection of going for beers and coming back in a bunny suit and ending up on stage in front of Tre Cool's drum set dazed in the lights, feeling your bunny ears? Yeah, me too. It was one of those shows: absolutely crazy, totally thrilling, where anything could've happened and most of it

  August 13, 2009

• Concert Review: Teenage Bottlerocket at the Record Bar

  You know you're a fan of a band when one of the members can take a mid-set break to use the rest room. Such was the case when Teenage Bottlerocket played the Record Bar on Friday night. Nick SpacekTeenage Bottlerocket's Ray Carlisle​However, considering Ray cut his finger and bled all over the fretboard, and the show kept going, you'd be willing to cut the band a little slack, too. Hell, the band cranked out all 19 songs on the setlist, along with a spot-on cover of Poison's "Talk Dirty t

  October 12, 2009

• Concert Review: The Queers at the Jackpot

  The Queers show at the Jackpot was a little light. Light in attendance, light in original material -- just pretty much a lightweight show all around. Now, it's not as if pop-punk is plunging the depths of human experience for lyrical content. There were more than a few songs about girls Friday night. ​ Still, the Queers were touring with yet another drummer, meaning they're not exactly long on material. Their drummer on this tour is Dusty Watson of Agent Orange, which is cool as fuck, but

  October 26, 2009

• DVD Review: You Weren't There

  After three straight nights of shows last week, it was nice to spend my Saturday evening doing nothing more than watching DVDs while my wife worked on the laptop for NaNoWriMo. While I quite enjoyed working my way through the complete series of Spaced, as well as The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes, the American Masters portrait of Garrison Keillor, I wasn't quite as entranced with You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk, 1977-1984. ​Regressive Films has made a nice history of the

  November 9, 2009

• Download Mike TV's Stopgap EP

  Mike TV is a pop-punk act from England. Their bio reads like it might have been written by members of Monty Python: ​In the summer they encountered a major bummer as drummer Riff Reynolds left the band to pursue a career as a sous-chef. He was replaced by a Welsh school-girl from Stoke called Glyn Mellor. Tours with CJ RAMONE (he was in a band called The Ramones) and Fat Wreck band THE FLATLINERS followed with Glyn Mellor now firmly ensconced behind the drum stool. The band then decided to

  November 18, 2009