11th hour stubble what I’ll say about MRR is that, regardless of the quality of the reviews, it’s a pretty great resource for learning about a wide variety of punk releases, not just hyped ones. And folks aren’t afraid to write a negative review (even if they do it poorly or don’t have great taste), which I think is an important aspect of music criticism that appears in jeopardy of being slowly replaced with influencer-styled signal boosting. But, yeah, I second the recommendation to read Erika’s reviews—probably my favorite writer in punk!
(Full disclosure I write for MRR and also sometimes wish the quality of our reviews was better, including my own. Still, I love what it is, even as messy as it is. Also, I’m going to try to work to bring non-review content back this year, so stay tuned!)
