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The cover art for the 1997 Atom & His Package album A Society of People Named Elihu
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Atom & His Package tweaked the punk scene where it counts

by Leor Galil January 24, 2022January 22, 2022

I still often think about Atom & His Package, the one-man, one-sequencer band that charmed and annoyed the U.S. punk scene from 1996 till 2003—that is, mostly before I knew how to find my way into that world. I love the novelty factor of the act: bespectacled Philadelphia punk Adam “Atom” Goren would yelp over […]

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Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor on connecting hardcore and union organizing

by Jamie Ludwig December 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor, Decline front man Fern X Decline, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sat 1/5: Revelation Records turns 25, Pleasantville in a pancake house, and Tom Segura

by Drew Hunt January 5, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, January 5, 2013

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Best shows to see: Magas, Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet, Gorilla Biscuits, Cody DeCamry

by Miles Raymer January 3, 2013August 18, 2021

Local synthesizer experiments, local jazz, local rap, and nostalgic punk

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Inside Out, “Burning Fight”

by Kevin Warwick December 3, 2012August 19, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Burning Fight” by Inside Out

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12 O’Clock Track: Chain of Strength, “True Till Death”

by Kevin Warwick October 15, 2012August 19, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “True Till Death” by Chain of Strength

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