Wipers - Is This Real?Unquestionably Portland's most well loved punk group, the Wipers formed in the late 1970s and in 1980 released their debut LP, 'Is This Real?' twelve songs of stabbing, jittery guitar, snapped vocals, and unabashed teen angst. Full of desperation and yearning, the LP has stood as a blueprint for wretched youth for over 25 years. In the early 1990s 'Is This Real?' was given mainstream attention when Nirvana covered two tracks off the record and Cobain

We are long game lifers with no fear

Fully remastered from the original tapes and available on vinyl for the first time in 42 years

It's how the old school raps give way to fuzz-toned rockers

Ride release their first album in over twenty years

like a track of the craziest feedback

R ‰۪n‰۪ B

often crazed in the free-falling sustain and buzz of the guitar work

With his tools and teachers in place

as The Posies and as solo artists—the journey began at Failure

they rejected the easy routes and rewards

due on Rough Trade Records

more pared down recording thanåÊThe Fawn