DS Record Radar: This Week in Punk Vinyl (Chixdiggit, The Flatliners, Screeching Weasel, The Lawrence Arms & More!)
Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold […]
DS Photo Gallery: Big D and the Kids Table, Thumper, The Kilograms and Folly celebrate Halloween at Boston’s Big Night Live
It was a bit of an early Turn-Back-The-Clock night at Boston’s Big Night Live last Saturday as long-running ska punk favorites Big D and the Kids Table resurrected their epic Halloween show tradition at Boston’s Big Night Live. Joining them for the festivities were a couple of regionally iconic bands – Thumper and Folly – […]
DS Show Review and Galleries: Johnny Marr and James at Riviera Theatre. Chicago (10.17.2024)
Manchester, England was represented big time in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. The Riviera Theatre hosted The Smith’s co-founder Johnny Marr and his co-headliner James. It was a great show, made a bit greater because the venue is within walking distance of my home. Johnny Marr co-founded The Smiths with Morrissey in 1982 in Manchester, […]
Dying Scene Book Review – “Hell on Wheels: Tour Stories: Remembered, Remixed, Remastered
Tour stories are a dime a dozen, but the number of bands on tour at any given time over the last forty years means the cache is never empty. Enter “Hell on Wheels,” Greg Jacobs’ book with a plethora of tour stories from a number of different bands, originally published in 1994. Jacobs has some […]
DS Show Review & Photo Gallery: Torture w/ Payasa, Prevention, and Primitive Rage (Chicago IL)
Torture brought the pain to Schubas Tavern in Chicago IL, with a loaded cast of Hardcore bands, Payasa, Prevention, and Primitive Rage. For those who haven’t heard, Torture are an up and coming slam band that hit the Hardcore seen hard after getting a last minute call to show up at Sound and Fury earlier […]