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Here are a couple of fun facts about the 817 musical entity Disco:Hate, a.k.a. Casey Colby: First, he sings and writes original material but doesn't consider himself a "singer-songwriter." Second, though he calls himself Disco:Hate, he bears no animosity toward the flashy, dancey sound popularized in the 1970s.

BY TAYLOR BRIERE Japanese bands Devcornelius and V/acation come to Taipei for two shows this weekend, one tonight at Underworld and the other tomorrow night at APA Lounge 808 .

Do you get off on original rockers like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and the Beach Boys? Do you also rock out to Repo Man- style '80s punk like Agnostic Front, the Circle Jerks, and Black Flag? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you will be dragged into the streets and shot if you are not at Off Broadway tonight for The King Khan & BBQ ...

By Tobi Vail, musician , influential DIY punk zinester, activist and feminist theorist from Olympia, Wash.

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, PJ Harvey and Courtney Love have made way for ... an array of unthreatening pop princesses.

Akin to the other basic human concerns - such as... Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Kimberly Chun, Justin Gillett, Andrew Gilbert,Mosi Reeves Here are The Chronicle's picks for nightclub happenings this weekend.

10, 2009 - now simulcast on-line and on Channel 29. 3. FORTHCOMING EVENTS - RE/Search will be present at some of these! 4. What We've Attended/What We've Been Reading/Seeing/Listening to/What We've Been Sent.. 5. FILM REVIEWS - new column by Michael Raines 6. Stephane von Stephane 7. Leave this space blank 8. Recommended Links- from Phil G. and ...

Here are The Chronicle's picks for nightclub happenings this weekend. Compiled by Kimberly Chun, Justin Gillett, Andrew Gilbert and Mosi Reeves Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Tonight @ Slim's: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were once the best-kept secret in the tiny, tempestuous no-wave scene of the late '70s - captured on the Brian Eno-produced comp "No ...

Get your week rolling with the New Jersey-bred riot-grrl throwback group Screaming Females, who will be stomping at the Hideout tonight.

WFMU Fest Music Hall of Williamsburg ; 10/1-10/3; 66 N. 6th St., nr. Wythe Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 718-486-5400 Local indie radio station WFMU hosts a three-day music festival at Music Hall this weekend.

The Speedies The Avengers Car Crash The Damned New Rose The Light at the End of the Tunnel The Models Freeze Freeze/Man of the Year 7" Lower Class Brats Addicted to Oi! Pissed Jeans Human Upskirt King of Jeans new X Johnny Hit and Run Paulene Los Angeles Agent Orange Bloodstains [Original Version] Living in Darkness Vast Majority Vast Majority 7" ...

Enter to win tickets to every single night of the WFMU Fest! WFMU has its own festival! For three nights October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd WFMU Fest blog.wfmu.org takes over the Music Hall of Williamsburg and Brooklyn will never be the same! Check out this lineup! Thursday October 1st Krautrock pioneers Faust, with Cold Cave and Aluk Todolo opening! ...

Members of the Los Angeles-based hardcore punk band The Bronx have taken a radical career turn - they've recorded a mariachi record.

Rock n' Roll? Good lord, yeah fuckin' right. In the Seventies, that was absolutely the last thing a young Lydia Lunch had time for.

Post-punk pioneers of late '70s No Wave movement, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks , will be performing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 3rd.

Breaking news: for three nights October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd WFMU Fest takes over the Music Hall of Williamsburg for our very first ever big-scale multi-day curated concert event.

It was 1979 and punk was being born again in the glitter-flecked primordial muck of Los Angeles.

It was 1979 and punk was being born again in the glitter-flecked primordial muck of Los Angeles.

It was 1979 and punk was being born again in the glitter-flecked primordial muck of Los Angeles.

As strange as it may sound, GWAR sends joyful adolescent memories coursing through my brain.