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 stop on their Southeast USA Tour, which also included dates across Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Known for what they describe as “heavy music from the Caribbean,” La Armada delivered an explosive set that seamlessly blends punk, hardcore, metal, and Afro-Caribbean influences rooted in their native Dominican Republic. Their […]
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 few years back, I read James Spooner’s High Desert and fell in love with a story about finding punk rock that felt similar to mine yet completely different. Disappointed that it was cut short before his move to New York […]
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, inspiration and frustration can hit at different times. Take comic book writer Justin Heggs. After writing the first issue of Death Metal Duck in 2007, he decided to quit writing and step away from comics completely. While his artist on […]
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 Death Valley Girls as their supporting act. Having grown up listening to The Distillers, I knew whichever band was to open for them would most certainly be a band I’d be down with. Unfortunately, most of that tour was canceled […]
DS Record Review: The Mistakes “Die Laughing”
The United Kingdom has a legacy of bands that push back on their government. From the earliest incarnations of bands like the Clash and the Sex Pistols to bands like Crass and the Subhumans, the pedigree is definitely there. The long-established The Mistakes from Poole, UK, carry that torch and dust off the trails blazed […]