One of the funniest records released this year. Remember the CIRCLE JERKS dressed as lounge entertainers, crooning an insipid Borscht-Belt version of "When the Shit Hits the Fan," in the '83 movie Repo Man? And the punk at the table says, "Damn, I used to like these guys." Well New York City tuxedo trio BVF obviously got the joke. Here they cover some of the angriest late '70s/early '80's L.A. hardcore songs as if Esquivel wrote them for Dean Martin. In addition to the Circle Jerks' "Group Sex," class...   [ read more ]

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Every review notes Dukowski was Black Flag's original bassist, from the Keith Morris to early Hank Rollins eras. But the starting place to understanding his music 24 years later is his unconventional work with SWA, Wurm, and October Faction, and his championing of the Minutemen and art-damaged SST acts. The first Sextet LP (as a quartet) was based on his bass and some avant-jazz sax, including reshaping Velvet Underground's "Venus in Furs" and his own murderous Black Flag goodbye, "My War." They're another...   [ read more ]

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