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Signifying Nothing Best of 2011 Podcast

By admin on Jan. 18, 2012.

Cro Mags-We Gotta Know (Age of Quarrel)

New Lows-Last of The Rats (Harvest Of The Carcass)
Citizens Arrest-Soaked In Others Blood (Soaked In Others Blood)
Waste Management-Too Much Unity (Power Abuse)

No Tolerance-Empty Words (No Remorse, No Tolerance)
Technocracy-Aggressor (Diary of a Terrorist)
NYC Mayhem-Want Authority (Crossover Days)

Bastard-Defective Chain (Controlled In The Frame)
Soul Swallower-Burning For The Ultimate (Devoured)
Give-I Am Love (I Am Love)

Void-Condensed Flesh (Sessions 81-83)
Scapegoat-Bleach (Self Titled)
Death Evocation-Relentless (Self Titled)

Vaccine-Drug War (Crimes In Blood)
Mauser-End Of The Line (End Of The Line)
Omegas-Excessive Force (Blasts Of Lunacy)

Faith-Untitled (Subject To Change Plus First Demo)
Gasmask Terror-Dead End (Like Daggers)
Negative Approach-Kiss Me Kill Me (Friends Of No One)

Cockney Rejects-New Song (Greatest Hits Volume One)

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Best of 2011

By admin on Jan. 2, 2012.

2011 ends as a pretty strong year for new releases. Wading through the bullshit in hardcore seems to get harder and harder each year, but here is a list of the top records in various formats I enjoyed this year.

Demos/Tapes/CD
• Our Side
• Cervix
• Blessed Offal

Seven Inch or Less
• V/A-Brutal Supremacy Compilation
• School Jerks-Control
• Citizens Arrest-Soaked In Others Blood
• Death Evocation-Self Titled
• Waste Management-Power Abuse
• No Tolerance-No Remorse, No Tolerance
• Vaccine-Crimes In Blood
• Mauser-End Of The Line
• Give-I Am Love
• Gasmask Terror-Like Daggers

Longer Players
• New Lows-Harvest of the Carcass
• Soul Swallower-Devoured
• Scapegoat-Self Titled
• Technocracy-Diary of a Terrorist
• Omegas-Blasts of Lunacy

Reissues
• Cro Mags-Age of Quarrel
• Supertouch-WNYU
• Void-Sessions 81 to 83
• Faith-Subject To Change
• Bastard-Controlled In The Frame
• Adrenalin OD-Let’s BBQ
• NYC Mayhem-Crossover Days
• Negative Approach-Friends Of No One

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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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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.

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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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Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty One

By admin on Oct. 9, 2006.

Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty One

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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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