I often forget that Kurt Vile is a son of Philadelphia. His blissed-out, stream-of-consciousness lyrics rambling over chilled out riffing feels more at home in the late 60s/early 70s Laurel Canyon scene of lore than the gritty “City of Brotherly Love” -- a place known...
Michael Thorn is a photographer, writer & sometimes graphic designer who never got over the mental scarring of seeing GG Allin. His work has appeared in Kerrang, Short Fast & Loud, New Noise, Heartattack, CvltNation, NoEcho, Decibel, Revolver, MaximumRocknroll and on the walls of cities throughout the world.
Connection: Avail Takes Over Brown’s Island With Over The James 2022
I think the first time I saw Avail was at Dayton’s More Than Music fest in 1993. In an era of hardcore where 90% of Midwestern affairs were just a wall of people standing with crossed arms staring blankly at a band just exploding, Avail provided the experience I had...
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