punk

Bands You’ve Never Heard Of, But Are Worth Your Time: Slick Shoes 0
- Music
- January 9, 2022
Brother Lawrence was a monk famous for saying he could be just as close to God while doing dishes as on his knees in a chapel (my paraphrase). I don’t know if you can relate at all, but for me, I have to agree: Doing dishes is sometimes the most peaceful moment in my day.
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Bands You’ve Never Heard Of, But Are Worth Your Time: The Dingees 0
- Music
- September 30, 2021
I’m not quite sure how it happened, but somewhere along the line I acquired a taste for music on the fringe. Maybe it was that desire to find something cool before it became “cool.” Or possibly I was just never cool in the first place, so I was drawn to other things like me (let’s
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7 Active Ska Bands to Prove that the Genre is Alive and Well 0
- Music
- May 29, 2021
Recently, I wrote an article about my first listen to the legendary Operation Ivy album, Energy. The idea was sparked by a conversation with two punk/ska enthusiasts who are very close friends of mine, and are unknowingly responsible for keeping me up to date (as well as catching me up, apparently) on all things punk
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Listening to Operation Ivy’s legendary album Energy for the first time 0
- Music
- May 18, 2021
I remember the first time I saw an Operation Ivy patch, oversized and haphazardly sewn onto the jean jacket of the only punker on my middle school bus. I was developing my own taste in music at the time, but tended towards the brighter side of punk and ska — bands like Five Iron Frenzy,
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