Review Category : Interviews

Interview: Skatune Network’s Jeremy Hunter talks solo project JER, confronting racism in the ska scene, supporting musicians despite social media algorithms (and a pandemic!), and more

Jeremy Hunter was first introduced to me back in ~2017, when someone tagged me on their cover of the Chip Skylark song “My Shiny Teeth and Me” (which has since been re-recorded and released!). At the time, I was a bit indignant about being the designated “ska friend”—a moniker that was perhaps well-deserved, considering I loved Jeremy’s cover and immediately started following their musical journey. ...

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Chatting After the ‘Credits’ with Night Birds Frontman Brian Gorsegner

It’s always good to be an oddball--especially in the rough-and-tumble DIY world of punk. Take it from Brian Gorsegner—frontman of the rowdy Jersey punk outfit, Night Birds. The scrappy quartet has given the world over small doses of its punchy brand of hardcore/punk with a California surf flair, a la Adolescence and Nerve Agents. Gorsegner and company find solace in weirdness—opting to be the oddball on mixed bills from basement shows in their own Jersey, to Sound and Fury and Punk Rock Bowling 2016. ...

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