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Public Serpents-The Feeding of the Fortune 5000 (Tent City)
2008-06-06 22:14:00
This is the new band from some dude that was in Leftover Crack Choking Victim (this was a complete error on my part, this band has nothing to do with Leftover Crack and I don't know why I wrote that and then didn't catch when I proofread this. Sorry for any confusion). They're self-proclaimed "Crack Rock Steady", which is a label I've never really understood because to me it just sounds a lot like Rancid without the snappy bass lines. I could spend all day talking about the cheesy artwork on this record, predictable (and cheesy) lyrics, and the boring arrangements, but I've decided to take the high road and try to approach this record with an open mind. There are some cool riffs on this record, like in the song "Dummy" that's got a poppy third-wave type sound with some funny background vocals and a chorus that reminds of the Freeze stuff from the 90s. If the whole album was as high-energy as that song, I could actually see myself sitting around listening to this. The song cuts...
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Legion-Savior 7" (Wake Up and Live)
2008-06-01 02:00:00
I'm really happy about Legion. They're one of two Birmingham bands right now (the other is Now I Have a Machine Gun) that I feel are representing the best of what Birmingham has to offer as far as the musicians in the band, and are making the effort to tour and prove that Birmingham has a lot more to it than rednecks or Christian hardcore kids. I finally got to see this band for the first time a little over a week ago when I visited Birmingham for the first time in a while. They played a house show and the crowd was pretty nuts considering the close quarters and Alabama heat. Their show last night in Chicago (w/their tourmates Die Young, Ceremony, Life Long Tragedy, the Muzzler, and Sabertooth Zombie) was top-notch. Their van had just broken down and were behind to the tune of a grand on tour, but they went out played just as loud and fast and you could hope for. I got their new 7" on Wake Up and Live Records the morning of the show (that's a fucking epic story I'll save for lat...
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Podcast 5/17/08
2008-05-18 05:27:00
Currently drinking: Moylan's IPA. A spectacular IPA for the price ($3.50 for a bomber). A great American style IPA, full of hop but pretty even, without the bitter taste IPAs are typically known for. Reccomended!This episode is a little heavy on the Midwest (especially Chicago!) bands with a classic track by the Quincy Punx from Minneapolis, and new ones from Rager, the Sidewalk Cracks, and Sweet Cobra, all Chicago bands. The Midwest stand out here is from the State, who are legends in the Michigan scene due to their classic 7" from back in '84. The track on the show is BRAND NEW from a record that just came out and smokes their old material. I don't leave out classic American hardcore, though, as proven by the stellar Siege track from the Dropdead demo in 1984 from Boston, and there are even some international bands thrown for good measure. L.S.D. and Stanhansen are both Japanese (the L.S.D. track dates back to a rare 7" from '86!), Marching Orders are heading up the current Au...
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Naked Raygun-Throb Throb LP (Haunted Town)
2008-05-17 19:10:00
Throb Throb is one of the top 10 best 80s USHC records of all time, and it's absolutely the best Naked Raygun record in my opinion. I have a CD version of this that that was sort of a rush job done in the 90s, which is what I've always listened to. There was NO mastering, it was like they just plugged in the record to a DAT and cut out some pops. The tinny, thin production lent something to the recording, it made it sound dated and, in some ways, even more "hardcore", but it wasn't the way this record was meant to be heard. Haunted Town has done a great job putting this version of the record together. The artwork is perfectly re-created and there's a complete lack of over-sized label logos and contact info (which is sadly almost the norm now in high-profile reissues). The mastering job is huge. When you drop the needle and "Rat Patrol" comes in with just the one guitar, it's a long few seconds waiting to really hear how it's going to sound, and when the band kicks into full ge...
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L.S.D.-Discography LP (Schizophrenic)
2008-05-17 06:53:00
I slept on this record for a looooong time. I honestly avoid a lot of Japanese releases because they're pretty trendy. This is a case where I have humble myself and just admit that I missed the fuck out. L.S.D. were one of the early Japanese hardcore punk bands and this their entire recorded output, spanning 1984-1986 and culled from five separate sessions. The A side is really what you're after here, which includes all the original recordings of their songs. There is a recording that was originally released as a flexi in 1984 (flexis seemed to be really popular among Japanese groups), a 7" they recorded in '86 called Jast Last, a song from a comp. LP and one song from a demo later in their career. All the music is excellent, a good mix of mid-tempo punk and faster thrash style hardcore that is pretty fucking heavy all the way through. The coolest thing about the whole side of the record is that the different sessions don't offer a huge contrast. Releases like this tend to be a ...
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SSD To Tour This Summer
2008-05-15 02:57:00
You may or may not have heard about the SSD "reunion" happening this summer. This is all you need to know:"There is absolutely no truth to any speculation that SSD will be performing this summer. The fact is original vocalist David Spring "Springa" is assembling a band of hired guns to tour and rip off the public playing under the name SSD. Due to his selfish actions David Spring has officially been terminated from ALL association with the band SSD. His attempt to recreate SSD in 2008 will utterly fail and I hope the public will not attend his performances and if they do they make it as miserable as possible for him to remain on stage safely. I know I personally will make every attempt to make him pay for his corrupt, cheating selfish actions. SSD will always be a team with integrity. It's unfortunate that a fat overweight "has been" and "nobody" will try to fool the public under the mighty moniker SSD.His overall contribution to what made SSD such a special band is so far under th...
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Podcast 5/04/08
2008-05-04 17:59:00
Well, I'm back. Work is still crazy and my shifts are being moved around, but I had some time and wanted to put this together. This episode is a little NYHC heavy (Token Entry, Stimulators, H2O), but it also hits Finland for some awesome progressive metal/hardcore, and pulls a couple other great selections from Europe with Mad Sin and the 4Skins. The obscurist points are here as well, with a great number from Agness Bernelle and a lost Freddie and the Freeloaders track recorded at the legendary Sun Studios back in '65.The Process-Svidande KritikNaked Raygun-Rat PatrolCut the Shit-No IntegrityAgnes Bernelle-ChansonetteMad Sin-Wicked WitchStimulators-Loud Fast Rules!Token Entry-The Bright Side4Skins-Plastic GangsterH2O-EZ.2.B.AntiFreddie and the Freeloaders-The Octopus SongGorgonized Dorks-Cycle of DepravityTom Waits-Green GrassView feed to suscribe)Download the Podcast

Where Have I Been?
2008-04-07 01:06:00
Currently drinking: Eye of the Hawk Select Ale (Mendocino Brewing Company, Saratoga Springs, NYSo, for the readers here who don't know me personally, this is what's going on for me right now. March 25th was my 21st birthday. March 24th, I got laid off at my job. I walked into a very labor intensive job that required a lot of studying and putting in a lot of hours. It fucking sucks, and it turns out, I'm not making ANY many (actually coming close to losing money) because it turns out I'm no good at sales because I'm not nearly as big of an asshole as I used to think I was. So, I'm back to square one. It's hard finding good work when you're young, married with children, have no marketable skills, and live in a large metropolitan area (Chicago). Hell, I even tried to join the Navy because they send dudes to school for journalism, and they don't even want me because I've got asthma. I'm gonna' wait two months and then lie about though, so I can spend the rest of my days in a...

V/A-I Thrash, Therefore I Am (Schizophrenic) review
2008-03-27 01:36:00
Finally, parts of the legendary Borderless Countries Tapes are seeing a proper vinyl release. I Thrash , Therefore I Am was volume 18 in the series, and arguably the most famous and best. To my knowledge, this isn't the collection in it's entirety, but just the best that could fit onto on LP, so it will suffice. I wish every one of the tapes would be remastered and reissued in this format, but they would probably be waaaay too expensive for anyone to actually put together. Mob 47 provide a perfect introductions to this record for old and new hardcore fans alike. They belt out 9 tracks of top-notch Swedish hardcore that set the standad for all to follow. Product Assar offer up two tracks of lo-fi, relentless punk rock. All pretty straight forward and doesn't break any barriers. Sounds like standard 80s style thrashcore. Honestly, I could take or leave these two songs, as they aren't bad, but are definitely the worst on here. The next set is Moderat Likvidation. The quality on thei...
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Tom Lehrer-That Was the Year That Was LP Download
2008-03-22 22:24:00
In the never-ending quest to educate (or piss off) the "punk rock" crowd that regularly reads this blog, I now give you this. Tom Lehrer's That Was the Year That Was is a brilliantly crafted work of satire originally released in 1965 (re-released on CD? Possibly, I don't know, and don't care, this is just fine). His songwriting style is well honed, as he can still sound like himself no matter what style he's copping at the time. Part of this remind me a lot of Phil Ochs, not only in his voice and playing, but in his sarcasm and his sense of humor towards his subjects, but his sincerity towards the topics he addresses. Lehrer is not a revolutionary, and wasn't trying to change society, or any one's opinions at all, and apparently wrote music because he just couldn't sit still. Some of these songs could have been written yesterday and they'd still be relevant. "National Brotherhood Week" is still spot-on, even for today, and other's, like "Who's Next?" are on topics (nuclear...
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Alternate Action/Marching Orders
2008-03-20 02:11:00
I got two awesome records in this week that I decided not to separate into two posts. Alternate Action are from Canada and play Oi!. Not hardcore, not "street" punk, it's Oi!. I haven't heard a band nail UK Oi! like this since...well, since the first time I heard old UK Oi!. It's incredible. To all the people who hold bands in this genre to the impossibly high standard of Shock Troops, this is your new favorite band. There are four songs on this 7" that are all varying degrees of awesome. Extra points for being on the coolest looking slab of color vinyl I've seen in a looooong time. Buy it on InterpunkI also got a split with Alternate Action, which is a little bit more hardcore tinged than the 7", but still good. The band on the B side, Marching Orders , may actually be better. The sound like Oxblood, but more melodic. And still menacing. Like...Menace, remember them? Or Major Accident. Holy shit, this record fucking rules. Buy it on InterpunkAlternate Action on MySpaceMarching O...
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Black Flag-Complete 1982 Demos download
2008-03-15 23:08:00
First off, I got this from Mike Parsons, who posted it on the Best of Times messageboard (a Birmingham hardcore board that I still read ocassionally). I am doing nothing more than sharing it with the people who read this blog, and am not taking credit for compiling, ripping, or even finding this gem. I have a vinyl copy of this called 1983 Demo 's (misplaced apostrophe in tact) that was bootlegged in the UK by a label called Hardcore Archives. "In 1982, legally restricted from releasing new records, Black Flag secretly recorded a demo, mainly consisting of songs that would later be used on their albums My War and Slip It In. Tracks 1-10 were taken from these sessions, although some sources indicate that these 10 selections are not in fact the complete 1982 demos.On July 11, 1984,[1] shortly after Kira Roessler joined the band, Black Flag recorded a few tracks live at Radio Tokyo studio in Los Angeles, including a short interview. Tracks 11-14 are taken from these sessions. Some sour...
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An Albatross-Freedom Summer Live download
2008-03-15 22:49:00
Holy shit, this recording is perfect. Everything is clear, but it sounds live and raw as hell, it's a live recording that actually warrants being bootlegged and listened to over and over again. The songs are all pretty clear and the groove sections play out well. The recording is good, but the set is what really makes it. These guys are really a great live act. Even if you never really listened to An Albatross (I was never really familiar with their whole catalog or anything), this is a good listen. It actually works as an introduction to the band instead of just being something only die hard fans would ever appreciate. It was recorded April 20th 20065 in New York City. One again, I decided to rip this as two files, side a and side b. There are actually visible groove gaps to distinguish the songs, but there are no gaps in the audio and I didn't feel like there was a point in taking the time to try and separate the tracks. Picture is courtesy of indieworkshop.com. My copy is black...
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Godstomper/Gorgonized Dorks splti 10" (Agromosh) review
2008-03-13 02:49:00
I got this a few weeks ago because Godstomper was on it; I had never heard of Gorgonized Dorks even though they apparantly have a million releases. I didn't really got a chance to sit down and listen to it until last night, and I'm glad I waited. The Gorgonized Dorks side of this record is spectacular. I haven't had this much fun sitting down with a hardcore record and reading through all the lyrics as the songs play in a really, really long time. Actually, this record is a fitting introduction to the band for me personally because this is same feeling I got while listening to some of the first records I heard by Godstomper. The music isn't groundbreaking, it's the same short bursts of grind you can hear on tons of records nowadays (26 songs on one side of the 10"!!!). The recording quality is kind of on the low side of things, and the vocals are all one level, just sort loud talking with a bit of screech and the high end turned all the way up. There's no way to really explain...
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Podcast 3/11/08
2008-03-12 03:28:00
Sorry this is late. Still busy, no post. Enjoi!Imperial Leather-Busting My SeamsStraight Faced-Course for DestructionPositive Reinforcement-Get What You WantGod and the State-Art for SpasticsUnseen Force-Push Back3-D Invisibles-Beach Party MassacreMurderer's Row-Broken BonesMischief Brew-All About the Class WarPatriots-The Guilty Walk FreeKakka-Hatta 77-Sirpa Ja Make Youth of Today-I Have FaithThe Trouble-Self DestructDownload the Podcast !View Feed (for subscribing!)

Slumlords-Involuntary Skinhead 7" download
2008-03-02 18:11:00
This is one of my records that turned up while I was cleaning out our spare room, and I'm really happy about it because it's out of print and, like most of the Slumlords singles, almost impossible to find. Everything the Slumlords did was top notch. I seriously can't think of one bad song on anything they did. They put out a whole lot of singles that I wish I could get my hands on and two solid LPs before they broke up about a year ago. I love how they were able to move between really serious observations on hardcore and life in general and funny joke songs without any sort of hiccups. Their first demo has recently been pressed onto a 7", but I haven't heard it yet. The A side of this is record available on their second LP, On the Stremph!, same recording, same everything (so it will sound better than my rip from vinyl). The real gem here is the B side, which is a cover of the Scorpions' "Wind of Change". It's a horrible introduction to the band, so if you've never heard them...
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Some stuff
2008-03-02 00:17:00
So I'm cleaning out my computer/record room. I've finally got my records organized and together instead of strewn around the room, and it feels so great. I also found all the records I'd misplaced, which will result in a couple of awesome downloads later this week. ALSO, if you haven't heard (I hadn't until just the other day, how did I miss this?!?!?), Combat Rock Industry have released the LAMA live LP! Lama put out some of the really early, super influential, Finnish hardcore. I've ordered mine from Koi Records and can't wait for it!Buy it on Interpunk
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Band 101 Chapter 3-Songwriting
2008-02-28 04:09:00
Read Chapter 1-Forming a bandRead Chapter 2-Practice, Practice, PracticeThe obvious next step after an article about the importance of practice would be about getting shows, but you shouldn't get ahead of yourself. Rushing into shows is a bad idea, especially if you're a younger band and don't really know what it feels like when you "gel". For this reason, I want to cover songwriting first. You might argue that songwriting is a totally subjective field and no one can tell you how to write songs, and you'd be right. No one can teach you how to write, not like John Lennon wrote, that comes with talent, but there is a method to the madness. I'm going to cover this in two sections, music and lyrics. I could write an entire book on the subject, but if you really need an entire book about writing songs, you shouldn't even bother. Your first few songs should be easy to force out. You just put a few chords together for a verse, and then some more for a chorus, maybe a bridge, and you...
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Spazz/25 Ta Life-A Love Story...Of Hate 7" (Edison) review
2008-02-26 02:49:00
This record has apparantly been sitting on shelves for 8 years. It was set for release and the place that was printing the covers went out of business and took all the money. If that's the case, they could have issued them without covers? I don't know, whatever. Also, because this was sitting around so long, all of the songs on this record have their way onto other collections for each band, this is really more for a collector or someone who has never heard either band than anything else. I still think this is an odd pairing. If there is some sort connection between these two bands that I don't know about, please clue me in. The 25 Ta Life tracks sound exactly like all the other 25 Ta Life songs they recorded. I guess if you're into the style it's good, and while it's certainly better than a lot of the generic "NYHC" mosh stuff, it's almost completely uninteresting to me. The Spazz material is excellent, but everyone knows I love powerviolence. It makes me want to go out and ...
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Fuck This/State split 7" (Punks Before Profits) review
2008-02-26 02:36:00
I was wary of this record. State were a cool band from way back when who put out a great 7", that's amazingly still in print. I had heard they did a few reunion shows last year that were really good, but I still just have a hard time believing all these reunions are legit. However, I was delightfully surprised with their side of this split. It's raw and angry, they haven't lost any of their bite over the years, and they're an example of how vets can actually put out new stuff without sounding stale. If you never heard them the first time around but you're a fan of early Touch and Go Records stuff, you should love this. Fuck This is a new Michigan band featuring Ryan, the former bassist of I Object! splitting vocal duties with a girl. It's good stuff, fast hardcore that doesn't break any barriers musically (also reminds me of early Touch and Go), and honestly loses a little in the recording. The lyrics remind me a lot of I Object!, both in delivery and subject matter, very pro...
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Podcast 2/23/08
2008-02-23 19:58:00
I decided that instead of skipping an episode, I'd just re-scatter the schedule. There might be some issues with this one, I'm trying a new way to sequence the show and have some kinks to work out, so bear with me. I like the playlist a lot, though, so get into it. (Intro) Tragedy-"The Intolerable Weight"Converge-"No Heroes"Dalek:Engam/The Blackstones-"The Bag I'm In"Dead Boys-"Sonic Reducer"Conniption-"Hopeless at 21"Whoppers Taste Good-"Cheap Beer"Wendy Rene-"After Laughter (Comes Tears)"Thought Criminals-"Display/Response: Action"The Dicks-"Rich Daddy"Eddie Fontaine-"Nothin' Shaking"Scream-"Who Knows-Who Cares?"Download itView feed (for subscribing!)
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Bloody Sods/This is the Life
2008-02-23 04:45:00
I upped these really quickly the other night for a message board and thought I might as well cross-post them here, sans the usual long, boring text with them. I've had a shitty fucking week and don't really feel like doing much else. V/A-This is the Life Volume Six25 track comp. of Japanese thrash and hardcore. The legendary MCR Company put this out (MCR are the longest running DIY punk label in the world). If people get into this and I get the time/patience in the next couple of weeks, I'll rip my copy of Six Weeks Omnibus Volume 2, which is another amazing Japanese hardcore comp that I don't think was ever put out on CD. Download itThe Bloody Sods-Get Outta My HeadOne of the fastest, most intense Southeastern hardcore bands ever. Think Minor Threat influenced by thrash metal with split vocals by a bunch of rednecks. I saw these guys a few times, and made a show with like 10 kids feel packed and they could start a mosh pit in a church. Sadly, one of their singers died in a moto...

Scream-Still Screaming LP
2008-02-22 04:35:00
The sad thing about Scream is that they'll always be remembered as "that band that Dave Grohl used to be in". The fact is that the band was amazing and Dave Grohl didn't play drums on this record, anyway. This record fits right into the early Dischord aesthetic. There was a pretty distinct vocal style going around DC in the early 80s, and you can usually call out the bands from that scene based on vocals alone. These guys went so far past that, though. They weren't as insane as Minor Threat, but they approached hardcore punk with the same carefree style that allowed the evolve within the scene, but by their own standards. There's a melodic element to this record that was almost non-existent in the rest of the East Coast bands at the time, the songs were markedly slower than other DC bands, but they retain the urgency of the scene. I'd say that this is one the most under-rated early Dischord Records. Maybe even the most under-rated (the only one that might be above it, in my opi...
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3-D Invisibles-They Won't Stay Dead LP Download
2008-02-18 02:14:00
My wife introduced me to this band a couple of years ago. Apparantly they still play annually in Detroit, and she happened to catch one of those gigs. She had a bootlegged copy of their first record, Jump Off the Screen, which is a lot more surfy than this. This record reminds me a lot of the UK garage/psychobilly stuff coming out at the time. I know I harp on American Psycho bands a lot, and rightly so, and all I can think of while listening to this is "Man, these guys are way better than the Quakes."This record came out in 1989 on Neurotic Bop Records, and it was the bands last album (there was one between this and Jump Off the Screen that I've never heard. As far as I know, there was only one pressing and it's never been officially issued on CD (you can buy CD-R copies from the band, one like my wife had that's obviously DIY). There a pretty good site with some info on the band hereTracklist:Side AThey Won't Stay Dead Creature From Outer SpaceDown in the DungeonFrankenstein St...
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Korova Download
2008-02-17 22:36:00
I know, I know. There was supposed to be a Podcast up today. I didn't do it. It's been a hectic week and rather than throw this together right now at the last minute, I'll just take the time off and resume the show next time. Sorry. I didn't get much stuff in this week, anyway, so I would have been short of stuff as it is. BUT, how about this instead:YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE KOROVA IF THERE IS A FUTURE... EP FOR FREE RIGHT HERE. I don't believe in charging for digital downloads. I have put the entire EP up for download for free, with a "Donate" link, like Radiohead. I expect that most people who would buy the record on vinyl will buy it anyway, and since there is no CD vesion (and won't be), I don't want to leave out those who don't own a record player, but I think it's unfair to charge them money upfront for an intangible format. I don't believe in the restrictions the RIAA has put on digital music, and I am doing this as a "fuck you" to them and anyone else who wants ...
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I Still Hate the Radio
2008-02-14 17:05:00
The radio station I'm forced to listen to at work is celebrating St. Van Halentine's Day. Since Valentine's Day is all about finding somebody to shack up with, and Eddie Van Halen's guitar style is all about masterbation, I'm finding a conflict of interest.
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Band 101 Chapter 2-Practice, Practice, Practice
2008-02-14 03:50:00
Read Chapter 1-Forming a Band After you have a band together and the basic idea of where you want to go sound wise, you have to practice. This is where 90% of bands fall apart. "Yeah, man, let's practice Tuesday at 7," and then Tuesday at 7 comes and nobody shows. Joey's fighting with his girlfriend, Gabe is stoned, and Jason just forgot. Repeat a couple more times and nothing ever happens and the idea of the "band" fizzles out. You have to get together, set a time to practice, and stick to it. Take it seriously. Be there on time and be there ready to practice, and remember that you can't opt because you "just don't feel like playing today." If you were on tour and didn't "feel like" playing you can't just cancel the date. If you want the band to really work, you should be practicing once a week AT LEAST. You can start off maybe going every other week while you figure out your schedules, but the biggest thing is getting a few practices under your belt. I'd say that after five ...
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Dynamite 8-The Medicine CD review
2008-02-12 02:38:00
This is an awful, boring, and grating record that tries to be both punk and "accessible" to a mainstream audience and fails at both. All I could think of the whole time I listened to this was that it sounded like the band that some "rocker" girl on American Idol would start after she duped her 13 year-old girl fanbase into thinking this music was good. There are a few points of catchy-as-hell guitar riffs, especially the closing riff on the title track, but it's all lost in generic songwriting, boring arrangements, and the most imperious vocals I've ever had to listen to. I've listened to this CD several times on several seperate occasions thinking maybe it would grow on me, but instead it actually gets worse. I can't make judgement calls based on a sound, but it honestly feels like this band is trying to capatalize on their "ex members of..." credits (that include Fabulous Disaster and the Angry Amputees), and they're also taking full advantage of the (backwards and sexist) "p...
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Vitamin X in Chicago 2/8/08
2008-02-09 19:42:00
Vitamin X are touring the states for the first time in 4 years. It's a short, two-week stint that is mainly just to get some extra cash while they finish recording their new LP in Chicago (which they actually finished mixing yesterday!). I caught their show in Chicago at Galaxie last night. I totally forgot a camera, so I don't have any pictures, but the show was great. It was the first time in a looong time when I went to a show and enjoyed every single band that played, and there were five bands on the bill. Cold Shoulder were good, fast hardcore. The best thing about them was the Dave Grohl lookalike on lead guitar that fucking shredded through songs with some killer thrash solos. Poison Planet were good. Fast and tight, good but probably the weakest band that played all night. They seemed to be the most pro-active band on the bill (the singer booked the show), and the singer gave good talks between songs about the importance of DIY and supporting the underground, but he knew t...
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Antillectual-Waves 7" (Square of Oppositon) review
2008-02-09 16:44:00
I'm late jumping on this, as it came out this past summer specifically for a US tour the band did. Antillectual are from the Netherlands, but you'd never guess it from listening to them. The music sounds very West Coast US. It's pretty melodic and poppy (but still fast and edgy) punk rock. These guys are probably more kids who grew up on Fat Wreck Chords stuff in the 90s and then got more overtly political and pissed off as they got into darker stuff. Think of the angry elements of Propaghandi with the more melodic elements of Strike Anywhere and you'll be somewhere close to imagining what these guys sound like. The guitar-work is great, lots of cool riffs and interesting changes. Actually, the musicianship is pretty good all across the board, and the song structures are all pretty unique and well thought out. Some of the vocals are a little annoying, as the singer gets into the whole nasely thing from time to time, which takes away from the otherwise catchy melodies he's singi...
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