I read some of these old columns and they seem stupid and childish, but I guess I meant what I wrote at the time and that’s what an archive is for, so here you go.

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I can’t think of a more underrated band than Red Lights Flash from Austria. They play a combination of intelligent political hardcore and technical punk rock, crossing genres and provoking thought from even the most closed mind. On their October 2004 tour with Pipedown, I caught up with the boys to chat about A-F Records, Outkast and alcohol.

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The Break In don’t piss around. They play angry, tough straightedge hardcore and do it really fucking well. They just released a new EP on Dead and Gone records, and are going to be releasing a full length on GSR (from Germany) at the start of 2005

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Q and Not U are part of the intelligentsia of punk rock. I had the chance to chat at length, and using particularly long words, with the band, about DIY, touring and their politics when they played the Camden Underworld in July.

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