01. inaugural ‘Martyrdoom’ fest hits Brooklyn this summer (lineup)

“Signature Riff, BrooklynVegan, Order of The Serpent, and Catharsis PR are proud to announce the inaugural Martyrdoom fest! The two-stage Brooklyn metal extravaganza will feature exclusive area performances from Dead Congregation (Greece), Grave Miasma (United Kingdom) and Cruciamentum (United Kingdom), along with rare appearances from names like Sanguis Imperem (California), Kommandant (Illinois), Prosanctus Inferi (Ohio), Anu (North Carolina), Encoffination (Georgia / California), Father Befouled (Georgia / California), Perdition Temple (Florida), and Evoken (New Jersey), and will go down across two stages at Public Assembly on June 30th. Tickets are on sale NOW and will set you back $20 in advance and $27 at the door.” (brooklynvegan)

02. VIDEO/MP3: Trevor Jackson’s ‘Metal Dance’ Mix of Post-Punk

“Check out a free MP3 version of Trevor Jackson’s Metal Dance mini-mix below, alongside a complete tracklisting of the producer’s killer two-disc compilation of post-punk, industrial and EBM, which hits shops on February 21st through Strut… (self-titled)

03. 2011 In Punk & Hardcore: A Review

“No, I’m gonna say it before you have a chance: looking back at what happened in punk and hardcore in a calendar year, and squishing it all into one rambling column, is kind of a bogus activity. It endorses an inappropriately neat culture of compartmentalisation, and ignores the fact that nearly all underground punk records come out when they’re ready and/or the label can afford to press them, rather than to maximalise its market performance or what have you. And yet there are trends in punk and hardcore, ones which create recognisable aesthetic shifts…” (thequietus)

04. 10 Classic Albums Released 10 Years Into A Band’s Career

“It’s a new year, and every Thursday, we’re going to be publishing a new list in this space. You guys like lists, right? Good! For our first one, we got to talking about Guided By Voices, who just released a pretty great album about 25 years after their first one. And that raised the question: How many artists are capable of releasing a great album a decade after their debut?” (stereogum)

Janette Beckman has spent decades photographing the great and good of London and New York.  One of the most influential photographers of the punk era, she’s worked for the likes of The Face, Melody Maker, Vogue, Rolling Stone and The Times. A Self-Described documentary photographer her incredible work has been brought together in ‘The Janette Beckman Newspaper’, a limited edition, 24 page collection of black and white work featuring street scenes, poseurs, hip hop kids and a selection of stances.

Find it at Arkitip.

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NPR’s All Songs points our attention to a new book by Jacob McMurray that looks to dissect the rise and commercial success of the grunge movement and a look into the history of punk from the perspective of the Pacific Northwest. Taking Punk to the Masses looks to open with a discussion of The Kingsmen’s “Louie, Louie.”

Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the Seattle Sound, within the context of the underground punk subculture that was developing throughout the u.S. in the late 1970s and 1980s. The book serves as a companion and contextual backdrop to the Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibition, which opens at Seattle’s Experience Music Project in 2011. This decade-and-a-half musical journey will be represented entirely through the lens of EMP’s oral history and permanent object collection, an invaluable and rich cultural archive of over 800 interviews and 140,000 objects — instruments, costumes, posters, records and other ephemera dedicated to the pursuit of rock ’n’ roll.

The book is out now on the excellent Fantagraphics imprint and includes a companion DVD. Amazon has it.

On view through January 30, 2011 at Proud Camden, London Calling: The Clash by Adrian Boot offers a unique photographic portrait of the iconic band. Boot captured the band at work and play, and most often rehersing at Gin House at the Stables Market, Camden. Coincidentally, its the same location Proud London, the host of the exhibition, resides in now. This fact makes the exhibition that much sweeter.

Living Breathing History.

Proud Camden
The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Road
London NW1 8AH

More of Adrian Boot’s photographs of the Clash come after the jump.