Blog: Battle of the Midwestern Housewives

Sweden's Refused have been blowing up all sorts of headlines this year with the announcement of a reunion and playing a few shows.  I never realized they had so many fans, and it seems like the majority of people I talked to dig their groundbreaking The Shape Of Punk To Come as their favorite album.  Confession time: I don't really like The Shape Of Punk To Come .  Maybe I need to give it another chance, but I'll take their 2nd album Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent over it any day. [...]

• Refused - The Slayer