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This review is a little late, which is ridiculous, considering that the self-titled “full length” from the Keith Morris-fronted OFF! clocks in at only 15 minutes. And even though they pack sixteen songs in fifteen minutes, it really shouldn’t take more than a day or two to pull a review together for this album. But OFF! are hardcore royalty and, honestly, I was just a little intimidated. If you ...

PageBreak -- ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to check in advance to confirm engagements. B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL 237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)—May 24: In their high-haired, eighties heyday, the pop . . .

If the seminal punk bands Black Flag or the Dead Kennedys were to jam with members of Sun Ra's Arkestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and James Brown's JBs, the end result might sound a bit like the Dead Kenny Gs, who are coming to St. Louis next Saturday, May 26 to perform at 2720 Cherokee. The music of percussionist/vocalist Mike Dillon, saxophonist/keyboardist Skerik, and bassist and ...

One has to assume that the members delight somewhat in playing aggressive music without necessarily looking the black-clothes-and-tattoos part. by Andy Mulkerin Back in 2004, Pittsburgh's small but dedicated experimental-music scene met Slices — at the time, a two-piece comprising brothers John and Mike Kasunic. They manipulated feedback, using a no-input mixer and other noodly electronic ...

A listen back to the label that documented the scraggly, playfully defiant East Bay pop-punk scene, from Operation Ivy to Mr. T Experience.

Anthony Johnson (aka Tony Offender), guitarist of the legendary Texas hardcore punk band the Offenders, passed away Saturday after battling lung cancer for 20 months. He was 54. The Offenders were an incredibly influential early Texas hardcore act originating in Killeen which fused the intensity of punk rock with the heaviness of hardcore. The Offenders, along with bands like MDC and the Dicks ...

Madison's roster of obsessively specific cover bands gets a a new addition Friday, May 11, at Mickey's Tavern, when Stephen Burke, Tim Sullivan and Michael Brenneis debut their project SSTParty.

After an abortive attempt at recording a new Circle Jerks album, SoCal hardcore icon and original Black Flag singer Keith Morris formed OFF! with Burning Brides guitarist Dimitri Coats, writing some of the most potent and vitriolic songs of his long career. Powered by the monster rhythm se...

Los Angeles punk band Off! accomplishes an impressive feat on its self-titled debut album (after last year's collection of EPs): Sixteen songs in under 16 minutes.

Album reviews: OFF!, Here We Go Magic

MUSIC Burning Brides guitarist Dimitri Coats was in Keith Morris' tip-of-Los Feliz living room one afternoon when he turned to Morris — Black Flag co-founder and longtime Circle Jerks vocalist — and asked: "Keith, if you were going to start a new band, who would you play with?"