Dance of Days, Mark Anderson and Mark Jenkins’ two-decade history of punk rock in Washington, D.C. was first released in 2001 and quickly became a touchstone in the realm of such books. Now, almost nine years later, the duo has updated the book for the second time (another edition was published in 2003 and this one is out on Brooklyn’s own Akashic Books) with new chapters and updates on the city’s punk rumblings since the book’s original release. Read more

Taking a road trip after graduating college isn’t a novel idea, but for Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein, the prospect of driving cross-country was something a little different. Read more

Mayor: Michael Bloomberg As we mentioned back in September, the key to governing the city at this critical juncture is nursing a more diverse economy back to health while maintaining and building on the gains of recent years in education, business, public safety and the vibrant culture that defines the City. We think Mayor Michael Bloomberg is best qualified for this job. Read more Read it in print

TRADITIONALLY NEW YORK PRESS has not endorsed in local elections—unless it was meant as ridicule. But times have changed.This is only the second time we’ve endorsed a mayor (an entirely different editorial board and publisher “satirically” endorsed Fernando Ferrer in 2005), and nowadays we take the entire process seriously. Read more Read it in print

The Chrome Cranks didn’t invent the leather-clad New York rock-junkie look but the bluesy foursome sure as shit didn’t do anything to clean it up. The Cincinnati-born group played its first show in 1990 opening for early Jon Spencer project Pussy Galore and over the following years got itself mixed up with the likes of G.G. Allin. Read more

On Sunday night, Comet Gain—the British group that’s been making hip-shaking, lovesick pop songs for 17 years—will make one of it’s incredibly infrequent stops in New York playing the Music Hall of Williamsburg, one of only three in the U.S. On a supporting tour for its new album, Broken Record Prayers, a collection of singles studded with six previously unreleased tracks, the band rarely plays the States so if you yourself have any prayers, one should be to not miss this show. The Press caught up with front man David Feck... Read more