ARTICLES BY JENNA PAMESON
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 CANCER KILLAH
Subzero's Singer Cheats Death –TwiceSubzero is one of those quintessential NYC bands like Madball and Sick of It All that goes back to the late 80s, when the LES was still scary. Unfortunately, in the past fifteen years, punk and hardcore have evolved into something even Kelly Osbourne and Good Charlotte can enjoy. The original bands can't pack houses the way they used to and it's hard to tell who's not kidding. ...
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  INTRODUCING: BURGLEMIR THE FROST GIANT
Monotrona Says the Darndest ThingsThe first time I saw Monotrona she was on a kids' show. She was yelling about outer space and children were dancing around her because they didn't know what else to do. It was weird. The second time I saw her was at a tiny art gallery and I laughed my head off-not a "ha ha, that's funny" laugh. No, it was more of a hysterically nervous "what is going on?" laugh. Monotrona is fucked up. She is ...
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 I CAN'T STOP CRYING
The Post-Emo Futuristic Folk of Miighty FlashlightOne of the most tired clichés in thinking about rock music goes like this: not a lot of people bought the first Velvet Underground record at the time of its release but everybody who did consequently started a band of their own.
A similar equation can be applied to the early career of Mike ...
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 SEXY AND SEVENTEEN
The Pattern Make Teenage Rock You Can Dance ToChristopher Appelgren of The Pattern is part of a legacy of snot-nosed brat singers like Darby Crash and Liam Gallagher. "I love Oasis!" responds Chris. "I actually stole a little bit of the lyrics from "Supersonic" for a Pattern song." The song, "Sunned Things Speak" does plagiarism proud. I...
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 SAFE TO DANCE
If They Don't Dance Well, They're No Friends of The GossipThe Gossip may have the same blues and roots music influences as The Rolling Stones, The MC5 and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, but what they do with them is entirely new. In the hands of three barely post-pubescent Southern kids, blues-based rock gets fused with punk bile and a genuinely earne...
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