Opaque Shades: Strength Through Tenure and Tenacity

Opaque Shades: Strength Through Tenure and Tenacity
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Tenure speaks volumes when it comes to professionalism, reliability and quality, and both Ben Stich Houtz and Miah Smith have been active fixtures in the local goth community for decades. … read more

Negative Approach @ Club Manhattan 11.21 with The Casualties, M.D.C. and Never Say Never

Negative Approach @ Club Manhattan 11.21 with The Casualties, M.D.C....
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John Brannon’s lip is bleeding, Harold Richardson is wailing away that wiry solo on “Lead Song.” Some idiot is screaming out for a Suicidal Tendencies (what?) cover. These songs are quick, borderline psychotic snaps of furor. Perfectly crafted by some mystic core entity into some divinely inspired audiovisual ratio of power and speed. No frills, no whistles. The calcified gristle of rock n’ roll’s fattened carcass, the parts that stay behind when the glistening flesh has long rotted away.  … read more