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Book Review: Nothin’ But A Good Time – The Uncensored History of the ‘80s...
At first it was just called Hard Rock or Metal, then, more appropriately, Pop Metal or Glam Metal. Eventually, it was just referred to derogatorily as Hair Metal. But whether you loved it or not, the...
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Book Review: In Defense of Ska by Aaron Carnes
Why should ska be written off as the butt of every joke? This question is at the heart of Aaron Carnes’ In Defense of Ska, published by CLASH Books. He sets out a convincing stall, demonstrating that...
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Book Review: Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of The Lunachicks By The...
The Lunachicks never reached the level of success that contemporaries like L7 or Babes in Toyland were able to claim, but they certainly had the songs and drive to make it. Thanks to a number of...
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Book Nook: Dawson Barrett and Jonathan Wright Talk ‘Punks In Peoria: Making a...
Surrounded by farms in the middle of the American Midwest, Peoria, Illinois isn’t known for much more than corn stalks and conservatism. Peoria’s even-keeled cultural temperament has made it one of...
View ArticleBook Nook Short Story: The Girl by the Speakers
The story included here is similar to the work found in New Noise Managing Editor Addison Herron-Wheeler’s first official short story collection, Respirator, and will appear in the next short story...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Georgia English’s ‘Pain and Power’
Georgia English, a Nashville-based musician and doodle artist, has unveiled Pain and Power, a collaborative book/album project that celebrates both the pain and the power in art and the mental health...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: ‘Snap’ by Matt Hutchison
New Noise’s own Matthew Hutchison has penned Snap, a very real look into the life of a woman who has been pushed too far by addiction, the broken mental health and recovery system, and the curveballs...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Black Metal Rainbows
Featured here is an excerpt from Black Metal Rainbows, a full-color anthology of radical, queer, and leftist writing and artwork about how black metal can pivot from the sometimes-problematic genre is...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: ‘Loose Gravel’ by Genny Fanthome
Written by Genny Fanthome, a fixture in the Canadian punk scene, Loose Gravel is a fiction book about Spooge, a punk band who get to know each other on their grimy, tour journey, cramped into a tight...
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Book Review: Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo,...
For a genre that prides itself on conviction, vigor, and aggression, it seems that punk is all too often at war with itself. Like many social movements stoked by the fomenting of counter-cultural...
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