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July 14, 2014
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A Chorus of Disapproval, Black Sabbath, Bold, Confront, Crucial Response Records, Deep Six Records, DYS, Helmet, Infest, Intent, Magic Circle, Manpig, Negative FX, No Comment, Outburst, Shipwrecked, Slayer, The Rival Mob
These never went up last year I guess… Magic Circle Scream Evil People from the usual Boston bands come together to do this two song single of Late seventies and early eighties inspired Black Sabbath style metal. This reminds me a lot of the excellent Dio era record The Mob Rules. I have heard there is an LP out now? Manpig The Grand Negative Deep Six Records I love being proven wrong in hardcore, and the fact that this long rumoured record finally has happened is a great example of this. Manpig has been a legendarily rumoured band as long…
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November 2, 2013
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7 Seconds, Absolution, Better Than A 1000, Bob Shedd, Carcass, Ceremony, Chelsea Manning, h2o, Judge, Killing Time, Maximum Penalty, Mindset, Nails, The First Step, The Rival Mob, Tragedy, Trayvon Martin, World War IV, Youth Of Today
t seems that I make an annual trek now to This Is Hardcore for at least one of the days. A few of my friends went to see Tragedy the night before, but I had to wrap up grading for a summer class so I could not go. I wanted to clear out grading so I had the weekend to myself so I could see Judge. I thought I left for the show early enough to catch World War IV, but some traffic miscues and finding parking meant I only caught their last two or three songs. They sounded good…
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January 20, 2012
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540 Records, Back To Back Records, Bastard, Beyond, Bl'ast!, Brotherhood, Circle Jerks, Cold Sweat, Confront, Corrosion of Conformity, Critical Point, Cro-Mags, Cyclopean Records, Deep Six Records, Deranged Records, Devoid Of Faith, Die Kreuzen, Discharge, Dischord Records, Double Negative, Eyeball, Eyehategod, Flower Of Carnage Records, Four Walls Falling, Gasmask Terror, Give, Guerrilla Records, Hoax, Ignition, Impact Unit, Infest, Iron Age, Krakdown, Lack Of Interest, Low Profile Threat, Mainstrike, Mind Eraser, Necros, Negative Approach, No Comment, No Tolerance, Nomos, Omegas, Our Side, Outlaw Order, Parts Unknown Records, Pigsticker, Powered Records, Release, Rites Of Spring, Seasons Of Mist Records, Society System DeControl, Stick Together, Swiz, Technocracy, The Icemen, The Rival Mob, The Snobs, Touch & Go Records, Triple B Records, Turning Point, Underdog, Void, Waste Management, Youngblood Records, Youth Of Today
Nomos Demo Great 82 style hardcore from this New York band. There are a lot of modern influences on this band’s demo including Cold Sweat, The Snobs, and other, hey, early 00 bands. I would like to hear more. Our Side Demo Really raw, late eighties, influenced hardcore in the vein of Release, Youth Of Today, and Four Walls Falling. With a better recording, I sense this band could be pretty good. I want to hear more. Pigsticker Demo I really like this demo. Pigsticker reminds me a cross between Circle Jerks and Necros with sloppy, raw, production values that sounds pretty authentic to the early eighties…
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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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July 25, 2011
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Annihilation Time, Anti Cimex, Bl'ast!, Black Flag, Blasting Concept, Blessed Offal, Bridgetown Records, Discharge, Floorpunch, Fred Hammer, Fu Manchu, Infest, Iron Age, It's Alive Records, Life Of Agony, Lockin Out Records, Madball, Mauser, Mind Eraser, No Comment, Painkiller Records, Ringworm, Roadrunner Records, Six Feet Under Records, Slowdive, The Rival Mob, United Youth, Vaccine, Vinyl Rites Records, Voorhees, War Hungry, Whirl
Mind Eraser at some Scion sponsored gig. I giggled at how DFJ bums out the bouncers. Blessed Offal Self Titled Tape Death metal coming highly recommended by friends who dig this stuff. While a few songs go on forever, Blessed Offal keeps them interesting with enough changes of pace to not lose me. This is pretty good. United Youth Demo Decent 88 style hardcore that goes by in the blink of an eye. I see a lot of potential for an ep. Keep going. Vaccine Crimes In Blood 5″ Painkiller Records I am glad this is a 5″ because there…
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July 18, 2011
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Adolescents, Backwards Masking Records, Black Flag, Butthole Surfers, California Love, Christian Mistress, Citizens Arrest, Cold Sweat, Confront, Cowabunga Records, Dischord Records, DropDead, Free Spirit, Gravity Records, Hard Stance, Hatred Surge, His Hero Is Gone, HIV, Horror Hotel Records, Iron Lung, Look Back & Laugh, Madball, Mind Eraser, Napalm Death, Nasjonal Records, Neanderthal, No Comment, No Hope For The Kids, No Tolerance, Painkiller Records, Reveal The Truth, Ringworm, Rorschach, Scapegoat, School Jerks, Shellac, Six Feet Under Records, Soul Swallower, State of Alert, Supertouch, Talk Is Poison, The Gits, The Misfits, The Rival Mob, Token Entry, Touch & Go Records, Triple B Records, Venom
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…
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February 25, 2011
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DFJ, Discharge, Dissed & Dismissed Fanzine, Four Walls Falling, Give, Ignition, Mob Mentality, Release, Rob Fish, Stick Together, Swiz, The Rival Mob
My first show of 2011, and first since the summer, had me traveling up to Asbury Park at the last minute to see a few bands I’ve been meaning to check out. After a long afternoon in my office, (someone pays me to code wikis and listen to Discharge…what a world) and a quick trip to Walmart for earplugs, where I observed a near fight, I was off to Asbury Park. Parkway North is such a mess. Potholes everywhere, construction half completed, and a massive amount of shitty drivers on the road. Can I have my taxes back? Getting to…
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September 21, 2010
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Madball, Mind Eraser, Ringworm, The Rival Mob, xFilesx
The Rival Mob Bitter Rivals Demo 2007 Members of XFilesX, Mind Eraser, and others come together to combine the best parts of early Madball and Ringworm into some brutal contemporary hardcore. Very heavy riffs and great mosh parts. This band has run a bit under my rader, but I am looking into more by them for sure.
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September 2, 2010
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1.6 Band, 149 Dead Marines, 97a, America's Hardcore, Bikini Kill, Black Flag, Clitboys, Direct Control, Discharge, Floorpunch, Free Spirit, Iconoclast, Mind Eraser, Napalm Death, Negative Approach, Out Cold, Pisschrist, Podcast, Rancor, Scapegoat, Shattered Faith, Splitting Headache, The Rival Mob, White Walls
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. 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…
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