Articles by Shawn Merrill

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  None More Black

  File Under Black

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Even with the decomposition of hardcore upstarts Kid Dynamite, it couldn’t keep a good punk down. Ex-Kid Dynamite front-man Jason Shevchuk...

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  Plan A Project

  Plan A Project

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Similar to fellow New Jersey punks the Bouncing Souls, Plan A Project are scrappy, catchy, and pummelling in their music. With song structu...

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  Real McKenzies

  Oot & Aboot

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Putting aside the scotch whiskey, the shtick, and mystery as to whether the Real McKenzies are all true Scotsmen or not, the music must spe...

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  Strung Out

  Live in a Dive

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Probably the strongest Live in a Dive session in the entire Fat Wreck Chords series. Not only is the recording production excellent, but al...

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  Sullen

  Paint the Moon

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Sullen are the demon child of Sonic Youth, screaming out of a St. Louis womb and into the airwaves to perk the ears and erectile tissue of...

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  Various

  Liberation, Songs to Benefit Peta

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  It’s odd that the Fat Mike who wrote "Vegetarian Mumbo Jumbo” and "Shut Up Already” about animal rights activists shutting the hell up, has...

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  Verbal Abuse

  Just an American Band/Live in '84

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  This re-release is essentially a chronicle of the early ’80s American hardcore scene. Unfortunately only but a few of the quintessential re...

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  The Apers

  The Buzz Electric

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Young, snotty and loud, the Apers are back with their blistering three-chord punk rock. Picking up where Screeching Weasel left off when th...