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January 18, 2012
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Bastard, Citizens Arrest, Cockney Rejects, Cro-Mags, Death Evocation, Gasmask Terror, Give, Mauser, Negative Approach, New Lows, No Tolerance, NYC Mayhem, Omegas, Podcast, Scapegoat, Soul Swallower, Technocracy, The Faith, Vaccine, Void, Waste Management
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…
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January 6, 2012
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Antidote, Bad Brains, Bl'ast!, Black Flag, Blasting Concept, Cause For Alarm, Christian Mistress, Confuse, Cro-Mags, Crow, Discharge, Free Spirit, Gil, Give, Hatred Surge, Infest, Kuro, Lethal Aggression, LSD, Mauser, Mind Eraser, No Hope For The Kids, No Tolerance, Overkill, Podcast, Rest In Pieces, Siege, Soul Swallower, Staring Problem, State of Alert, The Abused, The Mob, The Rival Mob, United Youth, Vaccine
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…
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January 2, 2012
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Adrenalin OD, Bastard, Blessed Offal, Cervix, Citizens Arrest, Cro-Mags, Death Evocation, Gasmask Terror, Give, Hatred Surge, Mauser, Mind Eraser, Negative Approach, New Lows, No Tolerance, NYC Mayhem, Omegas, Our Side, Scapegoat, School Jerks, Soul Swallower, Supertouch, Technocracy, The Faith, Vaccine, Void, Waste Management
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 •…
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August 15, 2011
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Amebix, Antidote, Bridge 9 Records, Cause For Alarm, Cro-Mags, Deranged Records, Discharge, Geoff TDT, Hands Tied, Infest, Invasion, John Coltrane, Livewire Records, Rain On The Parade, Ressurection, Shark Attack, The Abused, The Mob, Urban Waste, Youth Of Today
A 1965 performance of Naima by John Coltrane. Antidote Thou Shalt Not Kill 7″ Bridge 9 Records Along with Infest, when I got into hardcore there wasn’t another band talked about in such mysterious and hushed tones as Antidote. The record was expensive, but the music was great. There was a bootleg 12″ of it with other early NYC eps (Cause For Alarm, The Abused and either The Mob or Urban Waste), but for most people, this was a record to get on tape, which I had a really nice dub from a virtually mint copy in 1997. Obviously,…
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August 15, 2011
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Anti Cimex, Cause For Alarm, Channel 3, Chaos UK, Chaotic Discord, CIA, Circle Jerks, Cro-Mags, GBH, Impact Unit, Negative Approach, Podcast, Poison Idea, Scream, SNFU, The Fartz, The Proletariat, The Stalin, Youth Brigade, Youth Patrol
GBH-Knife Edge Channel 3-Manzanar Youth Brigade-No Song The Proletariat-Religion is the Opium of the Masses Negative Approach-Nothing Poison Idea-Made To Be Broken Chaotic Discord-Fuck The World Scream-U Suck A/We’re All Fed Up SNFU-She’s Not On The Menu The Fartz-Campaign Speech Impact Unit-My Friends, The Pit Youth Patrol-America’s Power Anti Cimex-Cries of Pain CIA-Commie Control Youth Brigade-Violence Chaos UK-Kill Your Baby Cause For Alarm-United Races Cro Mags-My Myself The Stalin-Title In Japanese Circle Jerks-Paid Vacation
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May 25, 2011
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Cro-Mags, Crucifix, Knife Fight, Mind Eraser, Nausea, Obliteration, Painkiller Records, Totalitar
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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March 30, 2011
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Cro-Mags, Crow, Discharge, Krishna, Sorry State Records
Crow Vertigo b/w Occupied Japan 7″ Sorry State Records Unlike so many American bands that get poppier, trendy, or keep putting out the same record over and over, Crow continue to impress me as their sound evolves over the past twenty plus years. Always influenced by Discharge, their sound is now a heavy, metallic, assault. I am reminded of a rawer Best Wishes era Cro-Mags (minus love songs to Krishna). Hopefully Crow will continue to record records like this one.
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March 29, 2011
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Cro-Mags, Mightier Than Sword Records
Cro-Mags Age of Quarrel Reissue LP Mightier Than Sword Records Do I really need to review this? I’m sure you know that the staff of Signifying Nothing unite about this record. This reissue does a decent remixing job that sounds a lot better than the CD reissue which was done in the nineties. Tacked on at the end are the three demo tracks which have been floating around the past few years. If you’re looking to upgrade the sound of your Age of Quarrel album check this out.
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March 8, 2011
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Cro-Mags, Hands Tied, Livewire Records, Ressurection, Rest In Pieces, Skull Crusher, The Icemen
Skull Crusher Blinded By Illusion LP Livewire Records Members of Hands Tied and Ressurection heading in a more metal direction. These guys are obviously going for Best Wishes era Cro-Mags, later Rest in Pieces, or The Icemen, but this record hasn’t held my interest that much. The intent is there, for sure, but it doesn’t really grab me. You’ll have to decide on this one for yourself.
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January 3, 2011
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Adolescents, Agnostic Front, Avengers, Barack Obama, Capital Scum, Cop Out, Cro-Mags, DRI, Government Warning, His Hero Is Gone, Jon Stewart, Lindsay Lohan, Mauser, Meat Puppets, Saint Vitus, Sun Ra, The Faith, This Week's Memo
One of my students pointed this out the other day: our War-Pig-In-Chief Barack Obama continues the wars of the previous administration (and seems to be moving them to Pakistan as well). So much for “change,” suckers. My student then commented sarcastically, “boy, isn’t it great that there are monthly protests in Washington to end the war since Obama got in?” Oh. Whoops. Yeah. Funny how that all stopped once Bush was out of office. Democrats are just as pathetic as Republicans. The only reason anyone marches now is when Jon Stewart commands it. How pathetic. Monsanto, Coca Cola, Microsoft, and Blackwater…
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