A hypersonic step towards bringing US punk rock to the masses - a look back at Hüsker Dü’s Metal Circus, their first copper-bottomed classic.
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On music's post-tribalism era of everything all the time, and probably the first and last issue of Fire Red Sky to mention both Dolly Parton and Post Malone.
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ALT A cropped image of a 1960s advert for Phillips record players showing a woman in black and white on a bright yellow background with bright red, green and blue musical notes floating around her and the tag line 'stereosonic'
Just Dinosaur Jr covering The Cure's 'Just Like Heaven' with Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine on guitar (and playing MBV deep cut 'Thorn' plus Dino's 'Tarpit')
I spoke to Joey “Shithead” Keithley for @punktuation_mag about D.O.A.'s foundational place in punk rock history, forging new touring paths alongside Black Flag and gate-crashing the Dead Kennedys in London.
punktuationmag.com/d-o-a-joe…#punk#punkrock
Hüsker Dü’s Tonite Longhorn got a wider release today 🥳 Available on Spotify (and presumably other streaming services) and Amazon CD/vinyl (and hopefully local record shops).
Album info: punktuationmag.com/husker-du…
Bandcamp to be sold by Epic to music licensing platform Songtradr.
Songtradr said it "will continue to operate Bandcamp as a marketplace and music community with an artist-first revenue share".
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