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TuffGnarl.com’s humbled and honored to debut Fukushima Fishnets the new single from Ft. Lauderdale’s up and coming The Wombombs. I recently sat down with The Wombombs founding member Andrew Pino to talk music, influences and fuzzy Soviet era hats. Enjoy! Chuck Livid: Tell me who you are and what you do in the band? Andrew Pino: I’m Andrew and I play guitar […]
Read moreSouth Florida’s fuzz noir legends Dénudés join Chuck Livid at Laser Wolf in front of a live audience. Dénudés on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/d3nud3s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/denudesofficial Bandcamp – https://denudes.bandcamp.com Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/3E7c9VbqB7MLMGJGJ4p0af Share this story:1
Read moreThis past Friday, Lake Worth’s de facto punk venue Propaganda played host to one of the top five best local shows of the year – Que Lastima, Octo Gato and Sunnyvale. As I walked into the club the sounds of Octo Gato pulled me in and didn’t let go. I had to remind myself that I was there on assignment. […]
Read moreBack in the late ’80s, and certainly during the early ’90s, I was already hard at work nurturing my burgeoning love of video games. Much of my earliest exposure came from a Sega Master System that I received for Christmas one year (an NES soon followed). Like many of you out there, I played the living heck out of both […]
Read moreBack in 2007, James Watt and Martin Dickie founded BrewDog, a small craft brewery in Scotland. They both had a fondness for libations and had a goal to create some of the finest craft beers in the United Kingdom. What they never expected was how big their success would be. Since then, they’ve created a few of the world’s most unique […]
Read moreExcitement, fellows and fellow-ettes! For well over a year now, I have been foaming at the mouth for the latest iteration of one of my very favorite fighting game series: Guilty Gear. Teaser images had been floating across the interwebs since early 2013 with actual footage of the game not reaching us until earlier this year following its release in Japanese […]
Read more(Photo Credit: Amazon) Naruto Shippuuden #699-700 Masashi Kishimoto November 10th, 2014 Concluding a journey that began 15 years ago, Masashi Kishimoto’s beloved manga, Naruto, will close out its epic adventure on November 10th, 2014 in a two part finale. By what ever measure of fortune it may be counted, I have been dutifully following the escapades of Naruto and company for […]
Read moreA fairly amazing thing was just announced on the internet, but first: A word about a fine cartoon. For those not familiar with Hajime Isayama’s outstandingly brutal opus, Attack on Titan is the story of a world beset by gargantuan humanoid creatures called Titans. These beings, who appear suddenly to effectively drive humanity to the brink of extinction, are opposed by a […]
Read moreSpace Pirate Captain Harlock Directed by: Shinji Aramaki Toei Animation Company I’ll begin by prefacing this review with the following disclaimer: Though I am a long time fan of Japanese animation, I am only marginally acquainted with the exploits of the renowned Captain Harlock. So, despite a few run-ins with later incarnations of the show, I was largely unfamiliar with […]
Read moreEvery other week I write micro blurb reviews of amazing new music. Below is the latest batch of music that you need to check out. Fabuloso Combo Espectro – La Herencia de los Caracteres Adquiridos Spanish underground rockers Fabuloso Combo Espectro sound like nothing you’ve heard before. Their upcoming release La Herencia de los Caracteres Adquiridos is a mishmash of […]
Read moreUFC on FOX 12: Lawler vs. Brown FOX Main Card: 8 p.m./5 p.m. ET|PT FOX Prelims: 6 p.m./3 p.m. ET|PT UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims: 4:15 p.m./1:15 p.m. ET|PT With four events already in the books and one more fight night set to take place this Saturday, July has officially become the UFC’s busiest month so far this year. Despite […]
Read moreIt is rare these days for one to come across a band that isn’t molded to meet some prepackaged market criteria for success, from costumed stadium pop to the modern incarnation of psychedelia, but there are some bands that punch through and grab you by the throat and need no explanation. The Black Tibetans is one of those bands. Their […]
Read moreI have to admit that I am incredibly pumped about the upcoming World Cup. So much so, that this past Thursday I joined in the ranks of the wonderful JoltRadio.org and recorded my first program and as I had to confess to the owner and producer John Caignet, all I was thinking about was the Cup during out session. So […]
Read moreUFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw Saturday, May 24, 2014 | Las Vegas, NV Pay-Per-View Main Card: 10 p.m./7p.m. ET/PT Fox Sports 1 Prelims: 8 p.m./3:30 p.m. ET/PT Fight Pass Early Prelims: 6:30 p.m./3:30 p.m. ET/PT The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to their home city of Las Vegas, NV this weekend with UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw. As the only […]
Read moreAll I can think of lately is the upcoming World Cup. Seriously. I’ll be having a conversation at work or at the grocery store and all I can picture is myself in fantasy scenarios. I’m a holding midfielder and on a defensive lull I squirm through on the left bank beating the offside trap, first-touch a beautiful through pass and […]
Read moreIt’s been a week since this little endeavor of mine returned to the digital landscapes and it seems to be rolling with some degree of precision, or at least as precise as I can get it which, well, you know… you wouldn’t want to calibrate your watch to it. Never have I been as proud about my incursions into the English […]
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