Ryan Duffy

  • The Boyfriends & Girlfriends Issue

    Cog Against The Machine

    Pissed Jeans do a lot of things that, on their own, could be deemed a bit much: yelping about silly stuff, a smidge of wankery, oppressive feedback everywhere. Fortunately, when these things are combined with aplomb and companioned with some prime-rib...

    Ryan Duffy
  • Music

    A Full Pouch Of The Night's Urine

    Clockcleaner play music in the great Scratch Acid tradition of not giving a fuck about the listener. It’s a feedback-heavy, midtempo march from start to finish, with little to no regard shown for conventional-song-structure silliness like having a...

    Ryan Duffy
  • The Mentally Ill Issue

    Mexico Is Scary

    Every issue, we have to do at least three features on "music," and to be honest, it's usually a bit of a bummer.

    Ryan Duffy
  • The Immersionism Issue

    Music Is Boring

    Screeching Weasel is pretty much the best band ever. Before the "pop punk" label become an insult, it simply meant punk rock written by a slightly more advanced species of miscreant, one with an ear for melody and some vague semblance of songwriting...

    Ryan Duffy
  • The DOs & DON'Ts Issue

    How to Not Care

    There's an ultra-cool alternate universe where nobody is a cheesedick and tough-as-fuck dudes get together to do stuff like "break things" and "rule."

    Ryan Duffy