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October 14, 2012
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108, 7 Seconds, A389 Records, Abombanation, Absolution, Amebix, Anne, Artificial Peace, Bad Trip, Beyond, Black Flag, Breakdown, Burn, Charles Bronson, Citizens Arrest, Cold Sweat, Collapse, Cop Out, Crossed Out, Crown Of Thornz, Deadline, Die Kreuzen, Direct, Direct Approach, Discharge, Discipline, Fit For Abuse, Fit Of Anger, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead, Fun With Smack Records, Grave Mistake Records, Hell's Headbangers Records, His Hero Is Gone, Impact Unit, Inhuman, Inside Out, Judge, Knife Fight, Krakdown, Life's Blood, My Bloody Valentine, Negative Approach, NYC Mayhem, Off!, Omegas, Our Gang, Outburst, Painkiller Records, Pressure Release, Quicksand, Raw Deal, Raw Power, Reach Out, Real Cops, Rorschach, Sami Reiss, Sectarian Violence, Show Of Force, Siege, Society System DeControl, Stand Proud, Straight Ahead, Sucked Dry, Taang Records, Tear It Up, The Boston Strangler, The Catherine Wheel, The Faith, The FU's, The Mob, Third Party Records, Totalitar, Tragedy, True Colors, Under Pressure, Uppercut, Vice Records, Violent Future, Won't Belong, Youth Of Today
Things have been slow around here lately. Some of it is lack of motivation, a lot of that stems from a decent downswing in readers/listeners, but also in content. I have not had a lot to say lately for some reasons that, maybe, I will write about sometime. *** Real Cops Demo Excellent NJHC that reminds me of bands like Full Speed Ahead and Tear It Up (who members of this band were in). I see a lot of potential here. *** Sucked Dry Demo Wow, another band that sounds like Cold Sweat is a big influence on them. Obviously, other bands like Crossed Out and Rorschach are also big influences. I…
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July 29, 2012
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Bridge 9 Records, Ceremony, Citizens Arrest, Leather, Nirvana, Painkiller Records, Void, Youth Of Today
Now that I live in Mount Holly, Philadelphia is a 30 minute drive away. So that means I will be at shows there a lot more in the future. This was a great example: I left my apartment at 7:30 and was home by 10:30 (well, 10:45 after a trip to Wawa). I have been meaning to catch Citizens Arrest at one of their reunion shows and just haven’t gotten around to it until now. I enjoyed their reunion record (vinyl now available on Painkiller Records) and looked forward to checking them out here. They were playing with Ceremony, who…
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July 2, 2012
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Arctic Flowers, Black Flag, Caustic Christ, Citizens Arrest, Crisis, Crow, Dead Stop, Disclose, Distino Final, Give, Hoax, Integrity, Meat Puppets, Napalm Death, Omegas, Podcast, Pressure Release, Sacrilege, The Mob, Youth Of Today
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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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November 25, 2011
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4 Skins, Agnostic Front, Beware, Bl'ast!, Blitz, Bloody Hammer, Breakdown, Chain Of Strength, Converge, Crucifix, Defile, Devo, DFJ, Die Kreuzen, Discharge, DropDead, Floorpunch, Gasmask Terror, Gern Blandsten Records, Good Times, Grave Mistake Records, Hatred Surge, Hell Massacre Records, His Hero Is Gone, Innumerable Forms, Integrity, Lockin Out Records, Miles Davis, Mind Eraser, More Than A Witness Records, Neurosis, New Lows, Painkiller Records, Poison Idea, Project X, Rat Cage Records, Rescued From Life Records, Rorschach, Sick Fucking O, Slowburn, Society System DeControl, Solar Funeral Records, Spirit, Stick Together, The Abused, Turning Point, Vision, Voi-Void, Voorhees, Waste Management, Wasted Time, XClaim! Records, Young Republicans, Youth Of Today
Sick Fucking O Demo Members of Voorhees are back with a new band that sounds like…Voorhees. Obviously, not as classic as Spilling Blood Without Reason, but good angry 82 era hardcore that will be enjoyed by fans of Voorhees for sure. Cool Devo cover at the end. Defile Demo 2010 Fast, angry, hardcore somewhere between midwestern style and power violence. I bet live you can hear a bit of Rorschach in their sound too. I’d like to hear more. Slowburn Demo Members of a variety of NJHC bands including Spirit, Vision, and Floorpunch playing melodic, Turning Point, style hardcore. This…
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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 1, 2011
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Bl'ast!, Born Against, Boston Strangler, Breakdown, Career Suicide, Citizens Arrest, Confront, Control Records, Corruption Records, Dave Flynn, Dischord Records, Dusted Angel, Fit For Abuse, Floorpunch, Force Fed, Full Speed Ahead, Gone But Not Forgotten, Gorilla Biscuits, Government Issue, Impact Unit, Jack Roy Records, Negative Approach, Our Gang, Painkiller Records, Sewercide Records, Society System DeControl, Taang Records, True Colors, Youth Of Today
Full Speed Ahead at their reunion show a few months ago. I didn’t even know this happened until I saw the video on YouTube… Boston Strangler Demo Somewhere between Impact Unit and SSD (aka sounds like Fit For Abuse!) comes Boston Strangler. A quick five track demo of ugly 82 hardcore. More soon? Gone But Not Forgotten Seattle Crew Demo Hey, this is pretty good! Somewhere near Confront and Floorpunch, this demo is good Straight Edge hardcore complete with hooded edgeman on the cover. Negative Approach Friends Of No One 7″ Taang Records What is with the cover? A cartoonish…
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April 2, 2011
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Bottled Up Records, Committed, Floorpunch, Outlast, Ten Yard Fight, The Straight Edge, Youth Of Today
Outlast Take Control 7″ Bottled Up Records A Straight Edge band from New Jersey that sounds like Youth of Today– what is this, 1997? Despite the sarcasm, this is not at all bad. They remind me more of Committed or Ten Yard Fight than Floorpunch. Gang style backups, nice breakdowns, and posi lyrics throughout. Just wish they were more creative with their song titles; they sound a bit generic. For what they do, they do it well. Favorite track = “Power for Change”.
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March 28, 2011
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A Chorus of Disapproval, Absolution, Floorpunch, Not Sorry, React! Records, Youth Of Today
Not Sorry Our Choices 7″ React! Records First thing to mind- sick album art! Five songs of old school Straight Edge hardcore. Sounds a bit like Floorpunch meets XChorusX and a bit (yes, yes- a very tiny bit) of Absolution for good measure. Think gang style back-ups, lot’s of “Busts!”, and some hard mosh. I don’t hear the Youth of Today influence that people have thrown around with this band. Big points for them going with this style and not sounding overly generic. The lyrics are actually quite good- introspective and well planned out. They sound like a promising live…
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March 19, 2011
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On Parade, Straight Ahead, Youth Of Today
On Parade Demo Another band with a big spoiler alert in their band name. On Parade are definitely going for the energetic late 80’s style that bands like Straight Ahead,Youth of Today, and others really set the standard in. The raw recording really helps this a lot. I would be interested in hearing more from them.
