Currently Spinning: The Eat, Consular, Torche, Jay-Z, Biggie, Dead Kennedys, Murs, Morning Again, Ramparts, All Bets Off, The Ergs, Ceremony, Pulling Teeth, As Friends Rust, Tim Armstrong, Ben Weasel, The Movielife, Vision, and The Beltones
Time lapses between albums can be a tricky phenomenon and this tends to ring especially true for punk and hardcore bands. The conventional wisdom holds that return albums are lackluster and leave longtime supporters wishing the band simply played shows and left their recorded legacy in tact. But H2O never adheres to convention. Their widespread appeal is a result of … Read more
There is no doubt in the sincerity of Toby Morse's declaration that H2O have nothing to prove. And while their canon of endlessly catchy and inspiring melodic hardcore songs speaks for itself, their return has generated intense speculation about whether we're getting an album of melodic New York hardcore or poppier leaning tunes a la Go. While I've never fully … Read more
Wolves & Thieves play melodic rock n' roll-inspired hardcore seeping with East Bay flavor. In the same way The Suicide File and Hour of the Wolf play music definitively rooted in hardcore punk, albeit with a heavy rock n' roll influence, Wolves & Thieves unquestionably sound like a hardcore punk band. They simply refuse to be fettered with the frustrating … Read more
Carnal Knowledge deliver a nice blend of fuzzy guitar-driven punk that is reminiscent of the nascent riot grrl records crossed with the East Bay bounce that anyone growing up punk in the 90's grew to love. And to top it off, they have dual vocals - something I've been a sucker for ever since I first heard Blatz. While their … Read more
I first fell in love with The Eat upon seeing them live in Miami, FL at their 1996 reunion show. I had heard plenty of buzz about them from locals such as Los Canadians and The Crumbs, but nothing could prepare me for the ebullition that occurred as they returned in top form while several generations of South Florida punks … Read more
No band this year has moved me the way Ramparts has. Anthony Anzaldo delivers Greg Ginn-meets-Aaron Melnick fury while former All Bets Off vocalist Sammy Winston has written some of his finest lyrics to date. Ramparts set the bar high with their Tramps Like Us demo released earlier this year and followed it up with a phenomenal 7" debut, Whiteboys … Read more
Vice TV has posted footage from Annihilation Time's 7/17/07 Brooklyn show here. Read more
Baroness posted a track from their upcoming full length The Red Album here. The album will be released September 4th via Relapse Records. Hyperrealist Records will be releasing a very limited vinyl version of the album around the same date. The band has plans for a U.S. tour in September … Read more
Vice TV's Practice Space recently featured Fucked Up. The episode includes interview and band practice footage. It can be viewed here. Read more
Vice Magazine has posted an interview with Washington D.C.'s Coke Bust. The interview can be read here. Coke Bust will soon be releasing their Fuck Bar Culture 7" on Third Party Records. Read more
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