Self hyped as “powerpop anthems for the weekend,” the Corrupters’ Weakend is one of those rare random Bandcamp finds I knew I’d enjoy just from a glance at the artwork and sparse liner notes. With cover art looking like an ’80s slasher flick VHS cover take on Twin Peaks, Weakend has the green melancholic aesthetic of so many […]
Just To Get On Top: Lie’s Consent is a Fearless Work of Feminist Post-Punk
This isn’t too surprising of a theory, but it’s basically a law of nature that when the world is going to shit, music is at its best. Think back to the turbulent ’60s, or the impact the Thatcher Regime had on punk’s first big wave, or the latest assault on women’s rights that has caused […]
Believe in What You Want: An Interview with the AV Club’s Jason Heller
It’s no secret that all of us at Loser City are big fans of the AV Club, and it’s equally unsurprising that the site’s recent feature Fear of a Punk Decade has caught our interest in a big way. We spoke with Jason Heller, senior writer at the AV Club, about Fear of a Punk Decade, which wraps […]
Whatever I Feel Like: Odonis Odonis’ Hard Boiled Soft Boiled Explores Multiple Facets of Indie Rock
A little while ago, a booker I know was complaining about bands using the term “indie” when describing their genre. The booker’s point was that it’s too nebulous a term to really mean anything anymore, and a friend of mine chimed in to confirm that “indie isn’t a genre, it’s a business model.” I might […]
Video of the Week: Iska Dhaaf “Everybody Knows”
Apocalypse Now has been rereleased so many times and filled with so much rediscovered “lost” footage that it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if Iska Dhaaf’s video for “Everybody Knows” found it way into a future release as a “remastered” version of the bleakly comic USO scene. Apart from it not having the graininess of […]
Video of the Week: Feral Future “No Means Nothing”
Austin has been home to a thriving punk scene for quite some time, but over the past few years it has become a more diverse and unique community than what many larger punk hubs feature, with groups mining from less explored hardcore territory like the Touch ‘n’ Go influence in New China to the L7-meets-Siouxsie feel […]