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Tag: Chicago

Lower Automation – Lower Automation (Zegema Beach, 2021)

July 13, 2021 Andy Carr Record Review

Chicago mathpunks, Lower Automation, have based their self-titled record around a single premise: let’s make the weirdest record we can. They originally made 12 demos,

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Retirement Party – Runaway Dog (Counter Intuitive Records, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Fiona Wolstenholme Record Review

‘Runaway Dog’ is the second full-length release from Chicago indie-punk three-piece Retirement Party, following on from their debut album Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)

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Droids Blood – Be Free (Drunken Sailor Records, 2019)

August 8, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Droids Blood are from Chicago, and are apparently a new iteration of the band Broken Prayer, a previous project of vocalist Scott Plant and drummer

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C.H.E.W. – Feeding Frenzy (Drunken Sailor Records / Iron Lung Records, 2018)

November 6, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

According to their bandcamp page https://chewpunx.bandcamp.com/music (where you can also check out their – I’m assuming to be full – back catalogue), C.H.E.W. are from

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Brendan Kelly & the Wandering Birds – Keep Walkin’ Pal (Red Scare Industries, 2018)

October 24, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

For the unfamiliar, Brendan has been partially responsible for some of the better acts across the spectrum of the Chicago punk scene over the past

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Canadian Rifle – Peaceful Death (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2018)

October 23, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Canadian Rifle are from Chicago, and Peaceful Death is their third full length joint. These grizzled dogs have been around since 2006, and have an

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Meat Wave – The Incessant (Sideonedummy Records, 2017)

February 22, 2017 Tony Maher Record Review

Now then. We’ve had this one in for review for a short while now, but… it’s only just come out. Wow. This record really is

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The Falcon – Gather up the Chaps (Red Scare Industries, 2016)

July 27, 2016 Tony Maher Record Review

First of all, I’ve got to apologise. I started writing this review months ago, and somehow, it fell by the wayside. Not as if I

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