Fugazi

Walter talked about the Rival Schools reunion & reissue, the parallels between Nirvana’s rising tide in the ’90s and Turnstile today, comparisons between hardcore in the ’80s and now, and much more on the BV podcast…

Punk supergroup Fake Names will return with their new album and a US tour in 2023.

The University of Maryland has a new online DC punk exhibit, co-curated by John Davis of Q and Not U, with old fliers, zines, photos, and recordings documenting the scene that birthed Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Fugazi, and much more…

Having originally published a best albums of the 1990s list in 2003, Pitchfork just put up a new version, and there are some changes…

The LA hardcore fest also hosted Speed’s first US show, the first Pity Sex reunion show, a rare Superheaven set, One Step Closer covering Title Fight, and insane-looking sets from Drain, Sunami, and more…

UK post-punks TV Priest released ‘My Other People‘ in June via Sub Pop and are currently on tour in North America

“James Brandon Lewis’ solos are like a jumbo jet,“ says Marc Ribot, who brought JBL to ANTI-. “You need to give them plenty of runway space to take off and land.“

After At the Drive-In split, Cedric and Omar formed The Mars Volta and the rest of the band formed Sparta. For its 20th anniversary, Jim Ward discusses Sparta’s debut album, working with Jerry Finn, musical influences, and much more…

Plus: LCD Soundsystem, Psycho Las Vegas, Firefly, They Might Be Giants, Kurt Vile, Alkaline Trio, and more tour and festival news.

Washington DC native Jim Saah (who took the photo on the cover of Fugazi’s Repeater) is publishing a book of never before seen photos from the DC punk/hardcore scene and beyond. Here’s a sneak peak…