@Enkidum: Yup, that's the book. I mention it in the article above, and my full review of it will be running here soon. I think it's been out in England for a bit, but it's coming out domestically this week.

Thanks for all the recommendations so far. I also have to note how funny it is that I have preconceptions about so many of these places — from music, of course (Brighton = Quadrophenia, Milton Keynes = The Style Council, Liverpool = some cool skiffle bands way back in the day).

Love Pentangle and Incredible String, but I have to say that Steeleye Span is one of the major bands of that era I've never gotten into. I've heard maybe one album of theirs in my life… I'm sure someone else around here has a recommendation, though?

Ha, thanks, and no worries about Mr. Sullivan. I can take it…

My taste in English neofolk run more toward the darker end, e.g. New Model Army and the Current 93/Death In June/Sol Invictus axis (um, maybe I shouldn't use the word "axis"). But I remember hearing The Bevis Frond back in the day, and I love the psychedelic stuff; sounds like I should check 'em out again…

Nice! If you haven't checked out Rob Young's book, you should. It's fantastic.

So if I were to make it to the British Isles sometime in the next couple years…
Where should I go?

I just downloaded that Enslaved EP this morning — it's Odin-whelmingly good.

Oh man, I totally should have mentioned Hitchhiker's Guide. Reading that book at the ripe old age of 12 did all sorts of wonderful damage to my sense of humor and (end-of-the-) worldview.

That's a really good observation. Since Conqueror, I've been wondering if that album was just a fluke in the catalog — but you're right, Broadrick's just been pumping out so much stuff (much of it home recorded) that it's obscured the matter. Ignoring the detours for a moment and judging on full-lengths alone, Jesu's…

I feel the same way. And I'll be the first to admit, the '00s were a touch time for punk and hardcore fans. There was plenty of great shit coming out, but it was drowned under a deluge of garbage (way more so than in the '90s). It's coming back around now, though, in a strong way. Stoked to see it.

Yeah, I hear you. I've been reading "sexism in the scene" rants for 20-something years now… That said, punk is all about young kids questioning their world, so I try not to get too jaded about it.

An old band of mine opened for Swingin' Utters (and AFI!) at a warehouse in Denver in (I'm guessing) 1994… The Utters' bassist split my forehead open with his headstock. I was so sweaty, I didn't realize it until someone nonchalantly told me as I was walking out of the place after their set. Ah, the memories.

I love Grade. I remember buying Separate The Magnets (on 10"!) right when it came out… They really faded after And Such Is Progress (I thought); I liked it when they were still a little screamier. But yeah, unfairly forgotten band!

Yeastie Girlz were total riot grrls. Check out Ovary Action, the spoken-word/ a cappella EP on Lookout Records they put out before hooking up with Consolidated for the remake of "You Suck." Granted, there are no guitars or drums — but it totally embodied riot grrl and was very much part of that scene.

But seriously…
The best riot grrl record is the Raooul/Skinned Teen split:

Shudder To Think
By the way, if anyone else out there is as big of a Shudder To Think fan as I am (Pony Express Record is a shoo-in for Retro Loud one of these days), I just reviewed Nathan Larson's debut novel: http://www.avclub.com/artic…

Also (and not that it should matter, but some people still seem hung up on such things): P.S. Eliot is from the Deep South, not Brooklyn.

Guitar Wolf!!!

The new Primordial is good. When it comes to Irish stuff, though, Altar Of Plague's upcoming new one is really blowing me away.