Mariana Timony: Archive

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Jul 28th

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“I have never held any truck with the notion that rock ‘n’ roll is an...”

– Mark E. Smith

Jul 28th

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Jul 27th

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“I’ve been thanked for giving bands a bad word. I told the Gang of Four, I...”

– Lester Bangs speaks the truth in his last interview, which was conducted by a very young Jim Derogatis, then the future and now the former pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Jul 26th

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Jul 25th

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Jul 22nd

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Jul 21st

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GET BENT!: Review: Midnight Snaxxx - A Guy Like... →

By Mariana Timony Midnite Snaxxx will satisfy your craving for rock and roll made by women who remember that the Go-Go’s were once a scrappy punk band like them. These Oakland ladies have esteemed musical pedigrees, so it’s no surprise that on A Guy Like That (Total Punk), they serve up two tracks of old-school punk-pop played fast and mean. Sure, it’s a wee bit bubblegum, but who cares? With...

Jul 20th

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Jul 19th

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Jul 15th

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Jul 14th

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“It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of...”

– Franz Kafka (via trbngr)

Jul 13th

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GET BENT!: Review: Golden Staph - S/T →

By Mariana Timony Golden Staph were/are a bunch of young Aussie punks from Perth who take their name from a particularly insidious type of bacterium that’s harmless until it gets under the skin. The band’s debut LP also goes deep, but it’s a good hurt. Musically a messy mix of power-pop and hardcore (with organs), what’s truly striking about Golden Staph is the amount of anger packed into their...

Jul 12th

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