Articles by Stuart Green

Makara New Lineup Debut

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Former members of NoCal noise mongers Makara refocus their energies into the debut from this new quartet. The self-titled nine-track offeri...

Promise Ring

The Difference A Year Makes

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

"It's been a crazy year," Promise Ring guitarist, and apparent master of understatement, Jason Gnewikow says of the past 12 months of his b...

Rocket From the Crypt Kicking Ass, Indie Style

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Some bands just never learn. With very few exceptions, attempts by bands that have established themselves in the indie or punk ranks are un...

At the Drive-In Are Forbidding the Pit

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

For those who were into punk long before the whole Green Day/Offspring uprising, slam dancing and stage diving went out of style sometime...

Weakerthans

Renaissance Radicals

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

John K. Samson may be broke but he's not broken. In the last month, the guitarist/vocalist/lyricist for Winnipeg indie folk rockers the Wea...

NoMeansNo Be Strong. Be Wrong.

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

NoMeansNo bassist Rob Wright sums up his band's 20-year mission statement thusly: "I always wanted us to be a band who were never big but w...

Dropkick Murphys

Easy Being Green

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Timing is everything and the Dropkick Murphys couldn't have picked a more appropriate point on the calendar to release their fourth disc. O...

Nerf Herder

To Courtney With Love

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

What, or more specifically who, do Van Halen and Courtney Love have in common? Nerf Herder, the nerd rock quartet and authors of the Buffy...