Signifying Nothing

Pushead Top 100 Mix Tape Part Four

By admin on Mar. 26, 2012.

Meatmen-1 Down, 3 To Go
Gauze-Power
Skeptix-Death & Destruction
7 Seconds-Committed For Life
Varukers-Soldier Boy
Confuse-People Are Nuclear Poisoning
The Abused-Loud & Clear
Adrenalin OD-AOD vs Godzilla
BGK-Arms Race
Straight Ahead-Breakaway

Station ID

Abrasive Wheels-Voice Of Youth
Deep Wound-In My Room
Sore Throat-War System
Ignition-Rebuilding
Mass Appeal-More You Hate
Sons of Ishmael-Governors Of Death
Rattus-Vaara Tapa
Huvudtvatt-Manglad
Corrosion of Conformity-Poison Planet
Final Conflict-Constant Fear

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March 2012 Reviews

By admin on Mar. 12, 2012.

No Tolerance (Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo.

Bad Noids
Demo

Fast, distorted, hardcore that reminds me a lot of H-100s. This would have fit in really well with that crop of late nineties bands in this vein. I want to hear more.

Iron Age
The Sleeping Eye LP
Tee Pee Records

This is Iron Age at their finest. A great combination of their earlier NYHC influenced material with the more recent, more “metal” influences. The songs are fast and heavy without a lot of stupid metal bullshit besides one instrumental interlude style track. Two earlier tracks from their eps are rerecorded as well. This is very good.

Various Artists
Youngblood Records Sampler
Youngblood Records

I go way, way, back with Sean Youngblood, so I was very enthusiastic about checking out what his label has been up to lately. Of course, there is No Tolerance starting off this sampler with a track from their new seven inch on the label. Face Reality do not totally remind me of Hard Stance, but the influence of heavier late eighties bands is definitely there. Give are, well, Give. I’m not that into the other bands (Mob Mentality, Police & Thieves, Sacred Love) but check them out on this free sampler and judge for yourself.

Direct Control
Bucktown Hardcore LP
Tankcrimes Records

An essential anthology of this band’s demos plus their session for the Public Safety compilation. Direct Control rose up around the time I was really beginning to pay attention to the hardcore scene again and they have been one of my favorites of the past decade. Direct Control play excellent 82 style hardcore that sounds rather authentic, and yet has some modern sensibilities that make them more than just some rehash.

Bloodkrow Butcher
Self Titled 7″
Total Fucker Records

Pretty gnarly sounding DBeat hardcore with a nice raw recording ala Anti Cimex or Agent Orange. I hear a bit of The Fix in this one too. Highly recommended.

Vanishing Leper
Self Titled LP
Cold Vomit Records

Members of Dry Rot and Mind Eraser get together to play an odd mix of sixties and seventies psych influenced stuff mixed with the strangeness of various SST bands. Frankly, this would have fit well on SST circa 1985. This record is sold out, but there is a cheap digital download available.

Slang/Mind Eraser
Split 7″
540 Records

Long standing D-Beat legends Slang team up with America’s Mind Eraser for a split record on the eve of their tour together a few years back. This is only three songs, but serves as a good introduction to both band’s material. Worth checking out if you’ve never heard them before.

The Faith
Subject To Change Plus First Demo CD
Dischord Records

As Dischord continues to reissue their back catalog, they have gotten to one of my favorites releases. Subject To Change has been repackaged to include their first demo, which I have had a very muddy copy of for a number of years. Subject To Change is more melodic than their songs on the split, but still remains pretty hardcore in execution. I wish DC had progressed towards and not towards Embrace and Fugazi. Their demo is really raw and not as polished as the split. I always thought Mouthpiece was pretty influenced by this record.

Critical Point
Trial & Error 7″
Commitment Records

More Crucial Response circa 1998 worship from this European band. Fast Straight Edge hardcore in the vein of Eyeball, Tiebreak, and Mainstrike. I really like this record.

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Signifying Nothing 3-5-12

By admin on Mar. 5, 2012.

Cops And Robbers-Execution Style (Execution Style)
Crow-Children Lost The Bright Future (Neurotic Organization)
Mainstrike-Can You Believe It? (Self Titled)

Warning-Blind Leads Blind (War)
Team Dresch-#1 Chance Pirate TV (Personal Best)
Infest-Judge Me (Mankind)

Napalm Death-Lucid Fairytale (From Enslavement To Obliteration)
Knife Fight-Isolated (Isolated)
Antidote-Zero Mentality (2010 Reissue)

Fury-Shotgun (Resurrection)
Heroin-Blindly (Paper Bag EP)
Born Against-This Trash Should’ve Been Free (Battle Hymns Of The Race War)

Discharge-Never Again (Never Again)
Krakdown-Ignorance (New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is)
Sacrilege-Shadow From Mordor (Behind The Realms Of Madness)

The Boston Strangler-First Offense (Promo Tape)
Life Cycle-Face To The Ground (Myth & Ritual)
Deadguy-Running With Scissors (Work Ethic)

Bold live at The Anthrax July 1989
You’re The Friend I Don’t Need
Change Within
Search
Talk Is Cheap
Wise Up

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Signifying Nothing 2-27-12

By admin on Feb. 27, 2012.

Supertouch-Struggling To Communicate (Live On WNYU)
Krakdown-Idle Hands (Demo)
Pressure Release-Not In The Head (Prison Of My Hope)

Innumerable Forms-Life Beyond Life (Self Titled)
Absolution-Dead & Gone (Murders Among Us)
Bl’ast!-Look Into Myself (It’s In My Blood)

Integrity-Darkness (Those Who Fear Tomorrow)
Crossed Out-He Man (Self Titled)
Ripping Corpse-Anti God (Dreaming With The Dead)

Youth Brigade-It’s About Time We Had A Change (Possible)
Crass-Systematic Death (Penis Envy)
Partisans-Police Story (Police Story)

The Birthday Party-Jennifer’s Veil (Mutiny & The Bad Seed)
Laughing Hyenas-Walk (Crawl)
One Last Wish-Three Unkind Silences (1986)

Mind Eraser-Brought Back To Life (Generations)
Carcass Limb From Limb (Demo)
Sick Fucking O-Gut Feeling (Demo)

Miles Davis live in Switzerland 10-22-71
Directions
What I Say

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Pushead Top 100 Podcast Part Three

By admin on Feb. 6, 2012.

English Dogs-Ambassadors of Fear
Crucifix-Stop Torture
China White-Daddy’s Little Queen
Battalion of Saints-I’m Gonna Make You Scream
Negative FX-Protester
Anti System-Animal Welfare
Black Flag-White Minority
Social Distortion-Mainliner
Instigators-Blood Is On Your Hands
Neos-School Punks

Station ID

Misfits-Astrozombies
Shitlickers-Armed Revolution
Terveet Kadet-Outo Maa
Prong-Aggravated Condition
Outo-Death of Victims
The Fix-Signal
The Insane-Politics
DOA-The Prisoner
Bad Religion-The Voice of God is Government
Agnostic Front-Discriminate Me

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