November 2011 Reviews
By admin on Nov. 25, 2011.
Sick Fucking O
Demo
Members of Voorhees are back with a new band that sounds like…Voorhees. Obviously, not as classic as Spilling Blood Without Reason, but good angry 82 era hardcore that will be enjoyed by fans of Voorhees for sure. Cool Devo cover at the end.
Defile
Demo 2010
Fast, angry, hardcore somewhere between midwestern style and power violence. I bet live you can hear a bit of Rorschach in their sound too. I’d like to hear more.
Slowburn
Demo
Members of a variety of NJHC bands including Spirit, Vision, and Floorpunch playing melodic, Turning Point, style hardcore. This isn’t too bad, but it’s not something I would listen to that often. The members of this band have done much better before.
Beware
Demo
Members of Stick Together and a few other PA bands doing pretty bland Chain of Strength style hardcore that has all of the flaws most 1980′s “melodic,” nearing emo, hardcore bands have. The generic 88 styling of Stick Together are way better. I’m shocked by how many people are so into this.
Bloody Hammer
Demo 2010
Moderately generic Oi! trying to sound like all of the classics. This isn’t a bad effort at sounding like Four Skins, one of my favorites, but isn’t something I will listen to much. I don’t dabble too deeply in this genre during modern times, but check this one out if you love this stuff.
Good Times
Demo
This was handed to me on the way out of a show. I’m not sure if this is supposed to be serious, but the music moves between 88 style hardcore to chugga chugga idiot metal. Add in some pretty misogynistic lyrics and this is pretty shitty.
Hatred Surge
Deconstruct LP
Rescued From Life Records
Taking cues from bands like His Hero Is Gone, Neurosis, and Mind Eraser come this LP by Hatred Surge. Brutal hardcore with alternating male/female vocals. This is one of my favorites of the past few years.
Rorschach
Remain Sedate Reissue LP
Gern Blandsten Records
While I like Protestant a lot more than this one, the first Rorschach LP is an essential part of the evolution of post youth crew hardcore in the nineties. The influence of late eighties bands like Breakdown can still be heard from their very early sound, but so can the incoming influence of bands like Bl’ast!, Voi-void, and Die Kreuzen as well. As with Protestant, the resisue is greatly aided by remastered sound.
Miles Davis
Bitches Brew Live CD
I highly doubt this is a legit release, but worth checking out. The liner notes are hilarious though: the writer acts like NO ONE has ever heard live material of Davis from this era. Tape traders have avidly passed around shows from his electronic years from a damn long time. Ignoring that is comical. There are better shows out there.
Young Republicans
Sabatoge Your Cookout 7″
More Than A Witness Records
One of the great holy grails of the tape trading circuit when I was a teenager was the Young Republicans demo. As you probably know, members of, and songs, from this tape moved to New York City and did a slightly more well known band called Youth Of Today. This demo is pretty generic early eighties hardcore that isn’t bad, but doesn’t really stand out. Worth noting is the songs that did move over to Youth of Today and eventually Project X as well, which is an interesting historical note. Just for that, I strongly suggest picking this up.
Waste Management
Get Your Mind Right 7″
Painkiller Records
Wow!!!! Serious SSD worship from this Massachusetts band. The music is more in the vein of early NYHC bands like The Abused or Agnostic Front, but the pleading, sick, Springa style vocals are unbelievable. I hear a little bit of Crucifix too (SSD meets Crucifix? Fuck.). This would have fit in nicely alongside records on XClaim! or Rat Cage. Nice cover of “Fight,” out of nowhere, in the middle of the record too.
New Lows
Self Titled 7″
Lockin Out Records
Somewhere amongst Word As Law era Neurosis and Humanity Is The Devil era Integrity comes The New Lows’ debut single on Lockin Out. this is a style can be fall apart quick because of too much chugga chugga or experimental bullshit, but The New Lows keep it together. My only complaint is a few too many kickbox style mosh parts. That shit is so corny; however, the band can’t be punished for the idiotic way a crowd way react to them.
DropDead/Converge
Split 7″
DropDead did a split with…Converge? Okay. The DropDead side of this split is pretty good, up to their usual good standards. Converge are just not a band who have ever interested me. Post hardcores love that shit.
Wasted Time
Futility 12″
Grave Mistake Records
Wasted Time come back with an excellent followup to their debut 7″, this time heavily soaked in Kings of Punk era Poison Idea and Oi! bands like Blitz and 4-Skins. Wasted Time is able to tread between an authentic old style and more modern production and stylistic values. This is one of the best records of the decade.
Innumerable Forms
Dark Worship 7″
Hell Massacre Records
Justin Detore’s death metal project is exactly as awesome as it sounds. Serious old school death metal which really stands out in a genre I don’t dive too deeply into outside of most of the classics. A lot of the newer Mind Eraser (Justin’s day job) material in somewhat in this vein, or at least heavily influenced by it. Excellent and worth tracking down.
Gasmask Terror
Black Sun Fake Gold LP
Solar Funeral Records
Gasmask Terror are an interesting band whose sound falls somewhere between UK82 and D-Beat styles. I think this LP drags a little bit, but I think I have a general distaste for longer records in this style from most bands outside of the heavyweights like Discharge. This is definitely worth checking out.
Waste Management
Power Abuse 7″
Painkiller Records
Yes!!! Brutal SSD style hardcore from members of Mind Eraser. This record takes the best of early Boston and New York with some seriously raging lyrics (especially “Too Much Unity”). A definite contender for record of the year.
Obliteration-This Is Tomorrow
By admin on May. 25, 2011.
Obliteration
This Is Tomorrow 7″
Painkiller Records
Wow! Members of Knife Fight and Mind Eraser come together to play heavy crusty hardcore. Somewhere between Crucifix, Cro-Mags, Totalitar, and Nausea, this six song ep is one of the best records of the past few years. More please!
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Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty Six
By admin on Apr. 19, 2010.
Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty Six
Playlist
Crucifix-Three Miles To Oblivion
Corrosion of Conformity-Happily Ever After
AsbestosDeath-Scourge
Running For Cover-Hive
Morpheme-Hakai Shodo
Rest in Pieces-Not Worth Shit
Team Dresch-Hate The Christian Right
Annihilation Time-Channel 14
Bad Brains-Don’t Need It
Saint Vitus-Look Behind You
Black Flag-I’ve Had It
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Morpheme-Self Titled 7″
By admin on Apr. 19, 2010.
Morpheme
Self Titled 7″
Prank Records
This is one of the best records I have heard in awhile. Scandinavian style hardcore with lyrics in Japanese reminding me of Nightmare, Anti Cimex, and Crucifix amongst others. This style is filled with horrible, derivative, garbage and this band really stands out above the rest. Great stuff worth checking out.
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Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty One
By admin on Oct. 9, 2006.
Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty One
Playlist
Rest In Pieces-Toys R Us
The Melvins-The Way Of The World (Flipper Cover)
Scapegoat-Wrench
Direct Control-World War Three
H 100′s-Ain’t Too Young To Die
Deadguy-Running With Scissors
Deadguy-Embryo
Deadguy-Druid
Deadguy-Die With Your Mask On
No Hope For The Kids-Secret Police
Jello Biafra & The Melvins-Yuppie Cadillac
Crucifix-Another Mouth To Feed
Tear It Up-Number One Wish
Razor Blades-Plastic Messiah
Think I Care-Burn
The Misfits-London Dungeon
The Klan-Cover Girls
Straight Ahead-Point Of View
Battalion Of Saints-Too Much Fun
Pearls & Brass-The Face Of God
Struggle For Pride-Wake Up To The Nightmare
Breakfast-El Burrito’s #2
Pisschrist-Infected
False Liberty-Unity
Neos-Churchgoer’s Motive
Floorpunch-What’s Right
Sick Of It All-Just Lies
Infest-Three Or Nothing
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