MRR Review - Pregnancy Scares "Facelift" ep

Pregnancy Scares from Ottawa get reviewed in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356). You can get a copy of the single through Deranged Records.

MRR Review - Masters Apprentices "Undecided / Wars or Hands of Time" 45

This Masters Apprentices 45 was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356). This is part of a series of garage rock 45's from Australia being re-issued by Ugly Pop.

MRR Review - The In-Sect "I can see my love / Over under sideways down" 45

This was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356). This is part of an ongoing re-issue series that Ugly Pop has been involved in. The In-Sect is part of the recent focus on garage rock bands from Australia.

MRR Review - Hassler "Asphyxiate" ep

This review appeared in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356). The very same issue where the zine co-ordinator, Mariam Bastani, wrote "The Hassler Asphyxiate ep is un-ficking-real. The record is stupid good. If you to like hardcore violent, then you should love

this." It's high praise and I happen to agree with her about how great this record is. Write Schizophrenic for it.

MRR Review - Bloody Hells "Why hasn't anyone killed you?" CD

The Bloody Hells are from Calgary. They were reviewed in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356).

MRR Review - Archagathus split

This split was reviewed in MRR #356, which came out in January 2013.

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why can't I?

Tara Bursey, the fantastic artist who does all the great School Jerks covers, did a full page drawing for the January issue of MRR (#356). She was telling me that this is the first time MRR has offered up a page for punk artist. They have done some things in the past, but hopefully this will become a regular feature. Tara's drawing is based on a famous photo taken by Arthur Fellig who was a photojournalist more commonly known as Weegee, a phonetic interpretation of ouija which was given him for his ability to show up at the scene of a crime within minutes of it being reported. Weegee's subject matter mostly focused on urban life, crime, injury and death found in his native New York City. This drawing is based on a photo known as Their First Murder and the caption is taken from a poem writtne by a child in a concentration camp. Tara has brought the two together to create a piece expressing an inspiring message about building an ideal world and is best expressed on Tara's blog.