Mac Kennedy News Today

The records we've loved the most from January to June.

The eternal paradox of punk rock is that all the sneering and snarling designed to draw...

Do you think there's no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it. The truth is, it’s always been out there, but it's sometimes just a bit difficult to find. Every month, I search it out, listen to it all, then round up the best of it that relates to that month’s political news. Here’s the round-up for April 2023. manif-hits.jpg 1. VARIOUS

The Philadelphia punk band couches its revolutionary anthems in winking medieval imagery, flirting with camp as they sharpen the guillotine’s blade.

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A YouTube upload of a Poison Ruïn live set in Queens describes the band as “sound[ing] like they reside and rehearse in a dark medieval dungeon.” Not quite — the band was born in a Philadelphia warehouse basement rehearsal space — but that sound is very deliberate. Frontman Mac Kennedy, who initially conceived the band as his own recording project, is something of a history and fantasy genre enthusiast. Across their discography, including on their new sophomore album Härvest, t...

From mutant deathcore to steely synth-rock

Former Baltimore County state senator, now lobbyist hired by Maryland Catholic Conference, shamefully no longer supports survivors of sexual abuse.

William W. “Bill” Pheil Sr., a retired Boys’ Latin School mathematics department teacher and sports coach who performed in local theater companies, died of pneumonia Oct. 29 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

William W. “Bill” Pheil Sr., a retired Boys’ Latin School mathematics department teacher and sports coach who performed in local theater companies, died of pneumonia Oct. 29 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.