Signifying Nothing Podcast January 7th 2012
By admin on Jan. 6, 2012.
United Youth-Fuck Your Standards (Demo)
Vaccine-Patriot (Crime In Blood)
Infest-Break The Chain (Slave)
Lethal Aggression-Newcaster Lies (Life Is Hard…But That’s No Excuse…)
Staring Problem-Scattered Pieces (Pissed Human Dick)
Give-Life Unknown (Self Titled)
Bl’ast!-Look Into Myself (The Power Of Expression)
Crow-Occupied Japan (Vertigo)
Cro Mags-Do Unto Others (Age Of Quarrel)
The Rival Mob-Raw Life (Raw Life)
Black Flag-I’ve Heard It Before (Blasting Concept Volume One)
Mauser-New Threat (End Of The Line)
No Hope For The Kids-Cold Touch of Death (Angels of Destruction)
Overkill-Hell’s Getting Hotter (Blasting Concept Volume One)
Hatred Surge-Brutal Supremacy (Brutal Supremacy)
Siege-Conform (Demo)
Siege-Walls (Cleanse The Bacteria)
Siege-Grim Reaper (Demo)
Christian Mistress-Mother of Mercy (Mother of Mercy)
Blasting Concept-Wake Of The Spudnik (Self Titled)
State Of Alert-Public Defender (Bootleg)
Free Spirit-Selfish (Free Yourself)
Mind Eraser-The Way Is Shut (Brutal Supremacy)
Soul Swallower-Absolute Power (Devoured)
No Tolerance-Sentenced (Demo)
Discharge-Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles (Never Again)
Rest In Pieces-Toys R Us (My Rage)
The Mob-Common Criminal (The Way It Was)
Confuse-Hate War (Japan One)
Cause For Alarm-In Search Of (The Way It Was)
Gil-Find Your Real Self (Japan One)
Antidote-Real Deal (The Way It Was)
Kuro-Selfish Cow (Japan One)
The Abused-Nuclear Threat (The Way It Was)
LSD-Just Last (Japan One)
Bad Brains Live In Philadelphia PA 1982
Fearless Vampire Killers
The Big Takeover
Joshua’s Song
Right Brigade
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Reviews For The Week of July 18th
By admin on Jul. 18, 2011.
Talk Is Poison…one of the best bands of the past 15 years…
State of Alert
No Policy Bootleg LP
This is a pretty complete bootleg LP with all of State of Alert’s recorded material. The No Policy 7” on Dischord, the tracks from Flex Your Head, two demos, and a live set. I’ve heard all of this before, but completeists will dig having all of this in one place. Why hasn’t Dischord done a discography for them already?
Various Artists
Brutal Supremacy Compilation Double 7″
Painkiller Records
The long awaited debut compilation from Painkiller Records does not let down. Mind Eraser and Scapegoat continue to plow through their always excellent careers with a nice handful of unreleased versions of songs from each band. Hatred Surge seem to have had some lineup changes, but I am still reminded of His Hero Is Gone when listening to them. Iron Lung are a band I had heard about for awhile, but never really heard before. They remind me of some late eighties Touch & Go bands like Shellac, Butthole Surfers, etc and some of the nineties Gravity Records emo bands. Pretty decent stuff. All bands are worth your time.
No Hope For The Kids
Angels of Destruction b/w Cold Touch of Death 7”
Backwards Masking Records
This is definitely my favorite NHFTK record. The A side is a heavy, melodic song that reminds me of the Adolescents a lot. The B side is a faster song with some riffs pretty reminiscent of The Misfits. A two song single is about all I can handle from this band. I did not like their LP.
Christian Mistress
Mother of Mercy b/w The Hereafter 7″
Nasjonal Records
Fantastic Venom soaked metal from this Portland band. Great riffs and changes without become boring or tedious, which a lot of metal gets for me very quickly. A lot of people think the vocals sound like the singer of The Gits, and I can definitely see that.
Free Spirit
Free Yourself 7″
Triple B Records
One of the few impressive youth crew records of the past…oh, let’s say, 15 years or so, combine “second tier” bands like Confront and Hard Stance with a bit of Token Entry to put out a great seven inch. I think there is a lot of potential here, unlike most of the junk coming out of this genre.
The Rival Mob
Hardcore 4 Hardcore 7″
Six Feet Under Records
Members of bands like No Tolerance and Mind Eraser (including one of the illest dudes I know, DFJ…his tweets during the Royal Wedding should be taught in schools) playing hardcore somewhere between good Madball and good Ringworm. I love how noisy Doug’s bass is on this record. This sounds modern without all the stupid chugga chugga or tough guy poses.
Supertouch
WNYU LP
Horror Hotel Records
What more can you say about this? The Supertouch NYU set is, by far, the definitive recording of the band. You probably already have this from the tape trading circuit (my rip was the one frequently passed around for years it seemed), so this LP isn’t super essential. It’s a nice idea to get definitive copies of NYU sets. I’d love to see a label do a series of them.
Soul Swallower
Devour LP
Painkiller Records
Back after a multiple year hiatus, Soul Swallower follow up on their debut seven inch with more ugly hardcore in the vein of Citizens Arrest, Napalm Death, and Rorschach. There is a sense of progression here towards a more noisy, ugly, sound. Some of these songs had been on demos recorded around 2006 (one recorded with a member of DropDead), but there are new ones here too. A candidate for record of the year.
California Love
Reaping The Whirlwind LP
Members of Look Back & Laugh playing power violence in the style of No Comment, Neanderthal, and other California bands. This is pretty good, but I rarely listen to it. If you’re a big fan of this style, I would still check it out because I bet you’d like it.
Reveal The Truth
Courage 7”
Pretty generic thrashy youth crew style hardcore from this Florida band. This reminds me a lot of many of the bands on the old Voice of 1000′s compilation. If you can’t get enough of this style, you’re love this band.
School Jerks
Control 7″
Cowabunga Records
Serious early Black Flag worship from this Toronto band. Think Jealous Again era Flag. This band has been progressing quite nicely as each release goes by. I would highly recommend checking this band out.
Maggot Minded
Tape Compilation
A tape compilation with primarily west coast bands. Most bands play decent modern hardcore with the highlight being HIV (ex-members of the excellent band Cold Sweat).
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Free Spirit-Demo
By admin on Sep. 20, 2010.
Free Spirit
Demo
Young band from New England playing straight edge hardcore in the vein of bands like Our Gang, Straight Ahead, and Youth of Today. Not entirely derivative, there is also a modern sensibility to the music that keeps it sounding fresh. During the famed 95-97 period, I bet this band would have blown up.
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Signifying Nothing 03×01
By admin on Sep. 2, 2010.
Sorry I sound so manic during this episode. I was waiting for a phone call about a job, which has had a number of bumps along the way, so I might sound a bit cranky/silly.
- Episode 03×01
Napalm Death-Evolved As One (From Enslavement To Obliteration)
Black Flag-White Minority (Jealous Again)
Negative Approach-Hypocrite (Tied Down)
97a-Blind Fury (Abandoned Future)
Floorpunch-Shottsie (New Jersey)
Rancor-Till The End (Demo)
Free Spirit-Stand As One (Demo)
White Walls-The Great Excuse (Demo)
The Rival Mob-I.I.B. (Demo)
Splitting Headache-Highway Hypnosis (Night Terrors)
Scapegoat-Thoughtless (Self Titled)
Iconoclast-I Like You Less Than Apple Pie (Discography)
Clitboys-I Hate The KKK (Demo)
Mind Eraser-World Unfolds (Generations)
America’s Hardcore-America’s Hardcore (We Got Power)
Bikini Kill-Carnival (CD Version Of First Two Records)
(yes I know the Bikini Kill song cuts off. I didn’t notice until I was done)
Discharge-It’s No TV Sketch (Decontrol)
Direct Control-Hardcore For Heroin (Self Titled)
Out Cold-Useless (Permanent Twilight World)
149 Dead Marines-Abuse (Demo)
1.6-Bullet To The Brain (Broke Up)
Pisschrist-Never Give Up (Split With Framtid)
Shattered Faith-Reagan Country (American Youth Report)
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