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DS Premiere: Strange Birds: “BMX Summer”
This week we have the premiere from Louisville, KY’s Strange Birds. The band is comprised…
DS Photo Gallery: La Armada on Their Southeast USA Tour – Las Rosas, Miami – FL (7-24-2026)
La Armada, the Chicago-based band with deep Dominican and Caribbean roots, dropped anchor in Miami for a…
DS Book Club: “It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFROPUNK Ending” by James Spooner
I’ve always been attracted to biographies, whether it’s someone I’m familiar with or not. A…
DS Interview: Death Metal Duck Creators Justin Hegg and Cam Hayden
Creativity rarely follows a straight line. Whether you’re writing music, a book, or a comic,…
DS Photo Gallery & Show Review: Death Valley Girls and Man Man (@ Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY 7/25/2026)
Back in the oh so distant days of 2019, The Distillers announced a tour with…
DS Record Review: The Mistakes “Die Laughing”
The United Kingdom has a legacy of bands that push back on their government. From…
DS Exclusive
DS Premiere: Strange Birds: “BMX Summer”
This week we have the premiere from Louisville, KY’s Strange Birds. The band is comprised of Brandon Butler (Boys Life, Canyon, The Farewell Bend) on guitar and vocals, Ella Jean Lumpkins (Blue Collar Revenge Theory, Three Nails for a False Prophet) on drums, and Brian Meurer (The Muckrakers) on bass. While the music of Strange […]
Band Spotlight
DS Band Spotlight: Skidwizard – Inland Empire Ska Punk
Not a lot of kids are into ska punk, but some are: those kids are saving the future of ska. Coming home from work, I stumbled upon a $1 house show that was preparing for their final band of the night. While the immense crowd of teens and young college kids had already listened to […]
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