It's been a long time since we last published this column. Well, it's back with the Civil Rats , who told us about their favorite bands from their hometown of Philadelphia. The Out-Sect If the Philadelphia scene is a family, they’re the cool older sibling who’s got a bitchin muscle car and gives you their old ID so you can buy beer and introduces you to all the cool underground music that eventually become your favorite bands. And we’re the youngest child, sitting under the picnic table, eating dirt and getting toys stuck up our nose. The Low Budgets Yeah, yeah, I know the safe answer when talking about Philadelphia and punk rock is to reference the Dead Milkmen, who are absolutely fantastic, but this next band of (Dead Milkmen guitarist) Joe Jack Talcum resonates so much more to me. This was the scene I grew up in and I spent many a night seeing Low Budgets play Peelout’s, the West Philly house their singer/guitarist Chris lived in and ran basement shows at. They play reuni...

Les Monstres Sacrés vous présentent une nouvelle rubrique. Nous avons sollicité les groupes que nous aimons et leur avons demandé de nous proposer le Top des artistes de leur pays. Pour cette première, El Gobierno a accepté de se livrer à cet exercice. Merci à eux. Il est indéniable que l'Espagne est une terre de rock'n'roll. En voici la démonstration.     1) Peret - selftitled (1967) - Spain is a party country, which I like but don't love. But catalan rumba is the definitive party music and this album is the closest thing to rocanrol my country has ever produced.       2) Obús - Poderoso como el Trueno (1982 ) - Growing up, they were considered "tacky" or "cheap" by the cool/hip genexers that informed my taste. But it's because there is a class element in how spaniards consume music, and hard rock is working class: liking Obús was low, but when you liked, say, Teenage Fanclub, you somehow elevated yourself. So when I say I like them people rea...