The Formative Years – Leatherface
Leatherface’s third album Mush is one of the greatest punk rock releases of the 1990s, if not of all time.
Period.
I feel in love with the record upon first listen and I would go as far as to claim …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer
Black Arts and St Andrews Beach Brewery
The emphasis of the last round of instalment of this series has been heavily on breweries that pump out IPAs and brews on the hoppier end of things. While this is certainly one of my …
The Formative Years – Big Boys
There is a myriad of intense punk and hardcore bands that coined my radicalisation, but then there are bands that blew my mind, expanded my horizons and exposed me to one could interpret punk a tad differently away from the stereotypes of what …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer
Sunday Road and Fox Hat Brewing
Sunday is widely considered to be the best day of the week for many reasons. For one, it is usually a day off and dedicated to relaxation, time with your loved ones, indulgence with sleep …
The Formative Years – Crucifix
Discharge coined a whole genre with their first 7”s and laid the foundation with how they channeled their emulation of the percussive backbone of early Motorhead and Buzzcocks’ songs.
While there is no shortage of D-Beat bands, few of them proved to be …
Prestel Publishing
A Visual Protest: The Art of BANKSY
There is no shortage of books on Banksy and his art and no vestige of dwindling interest with the anonymous street artist still being active, popping up around the world to grace our urban surroundings with performative …
The Formative Years – Skateboarding, Punk and Globe
Skate culture and the niche it has created for itself as part of punk rock culture has always been an interesting sub-genre of the movement.
Musically, especially the early skate core bands infused the scene with a refreshingly high-energy, …
The Formative Years - Italian Hardcore
Not claiming that Italian hardcore comes close to the US, UK, German and Scandinavian bands in terms of the impact it had on me, but when it comes to the formation of my first band, Italian punks from the middle and underclass and …
Rock ’n' Roll, Sunglasses and Sustainability – Ozeano Vision
No matter what variant of music or art form you are into, as far as accessories are concerned there is hardly anything as omnipresent and relevant to conveying and reinforcing a certain style than a pair of sunglasses. …
The Formative Years - Nomeansno
For the longest time, I have had a love/hate relationship with Nomeansno. While I always loved their fiercely intelligent lyrical emissions which transcended angry sloganeering and could appreciate their willingness to experiment and incorporate progressive rock and jazz influences into their very own brand …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer
Sanctus, Brick Lane and Oceans Reach Brewing
In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit of Beer – while not necessarily all seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are applicable to the context of beer brewing, Sanctus Brewing’s …
The Formative Years – Inferno
When it comes to Teutonic hardcore punk bands that made a significant splash on the global stage in the 1980s, one cannot go past Inferno from Augsburg.
Inferno was light years ahead of its peers and seemingly effortlessly created its own lane from …
Water of Life
The Gospel Straight Rye Whiskey and Chief’s Son Distillery
We must have covered more than fifty Australian distilleries as part of this series along with a wide range of whiskeys and approaches to distillation and maturation that have become idiosyncratic characteristics for local practises, however, …
The Formative Years – Poison Idea
There are few bands that quintessentially represent the ethos of “punk as fuck” at the band that was formed in Oregon in 1980. Poison Idea took the essence of the holy trinity of bands like Discharge, Germs and Black Flag and infused it …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer - Exit Brewing
If you are following this series attentively, you would be aware that we have covered Exit Brewing and their excellent IPA when they first hit the scene.
Now, given my weak spot for IPAs it was not further …
The Formative Years – Brazilian Punk
I have always been intrigued by the culture of faraway countries and getting into punk as a prepubescent delinquent in the cold war era long before the advent of the internet has allowed me to communicate with people around the world, learn about …
Water of Life
Westward American Single Malt and Aerolite Lyndsay
Transitioning almost seamlessly from my recent tribute to the Kings of Punk, i.e. Poison Idea feature, we are going to stay in Portland, Oregon to shed light on a distillery that in terms of American Single …
Audio = Groundzero part 3 - JBL
For People Who Listen
We live in a time and age where traditional headphones have almost completely been replaced by earbuds and while them being wireless, small and convenient to use, more often than not especially the free ones that …
Francis Bacon or the Measure of Excess
ACC Art Books
My library has quite a considerable segment dedicated to the art of and literature about Francis Bacon, which has been accumulated for over two decades and while I always eagerly welcome new additions to the fold, …
The Formative Years – Hüsker Dü
Formed at the rear end of the 1970s in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Hüsker Dü remains one of the most influential bands in my musical pantheon when it comes to crossing over from straight out hardcore punk into shaping alternative rock without …
