New band from Chicago. What a good start for 2013. Really fast d-beat influenced hardcore punk with some (short but) cool guitar solos thrown in. To say it in their own words: "We like to
get high and play fast punk and I think that it really shows in our sound". You get 6 songs in 4:40min. I can assure you, it sounds as dirty and fucked up as the cover looks. It will be out on tape soon on Hardware Records, I think. Keep your eyes open and buy a copy once it's out.
"Out of the rain soaked gutters of the gloomy Northwest comes Seattle's own Growing Stronger. Their EP "Toxic Fumes" is a furious onslaught of angry straight edge hardcore, much in the vein of 97a and No For An Answer."
What went wrong here? Why is this band still so unknown/underrated? Only 100 listeners on Lastfm. I don't get it, the record even came out on React! Records and they feature members of Not Sorry and Get The Most. If you haven't checked them out yet, for what ever reason, now is the time to do it! Definitely one of the Top 10 Records of 2012! Make sure to watch the video below, it's a music video to one of their songs and contains their genesis, haha.
With this new material Sex Drive picks up just where they left off with their first 7". You get 3 Songs of pure hardcore punk in the vein of early 80's bands like Negative Approach or Necros. I was a little skeptical about the last song at first, it sounds quite different than the other songs, it's slow and really sluggish. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, not at all, but in this case I needed a few listens to get into it. After all I think it fits the package pretty good.
This download only contains the Sex Drive side of the split, since I don't have the digital version of the VVovnds side. (Update: Click here for VVovnds Side)
Also, if you haven't checked out Sex Drives first 7" and/or want to know a little more about the Band: Click Here!
Okay, another one of my favorite bands around right now. Kremlin from Toronto, Canada play lo-fi (hardcore) punk that's somewhere between Discharge, Terveet Kädet and some obscure Japanese bands like Sexual or Sodom. This download includes their whole discography to this point (at least to my knowledge). It includes their 2 Demos, the 'Will You Feed Me' 7", the track 'Leave Nothing Alone' form the 'People Mostly Suck It' comp, a live set with really good sound quality from a radio show that includes 2 brand new songs, and a preview for their upcoming 12" that includes 3 new songs. Also they are on tour soon, go to a show if they play near you.
Party Punks Fuck Off! Midwest Wolfpack in full effect!
Why is this band so underrated/unkown?! I don't get it. Raging fast, ultra pissed and desperate hardcore from Indianapolis, somewhere between Let Down, Negative Approach and SSD. One of my favorite Bands around right now. This download includes their whole discography to this point (at least to my knowledge). Unfortunately the the song titles from their 2009 Demo are missing, if you know them please contact me (I know, a lot of the demo songs are also featured on the LSHR 7" but there are still 1 or 2 names missing). The tape from 2010 has no song titles either, but that's because there are no song titles at all on the tape. Other than the two tapes this download includes the Life Sucks Hardcore Rules 7" from 2010 and the S/T 7" from 2011.
My favorite release is the Life Sucks Hardcore Rules 7". When you listen to it you think that the only lyrics are "Fuck you, I'm sick of you!" and that's exectly what the music tells you. Actually it has more lyrics than that, you can check the lyrics for every release ,other than the Demo, on discogs.
You can still buy the S/T 7" from Six Feet Under Records, so do that if you like it.
'Victimized' is an out-take from the 'No Remorse, No Tolerance' Session. It was released on the Discography LP that came out on Quality Control for the euro tour. I think you can still get it at some mail orders, or you buy it on ebay for over 40€. I ripped it from the record, but it turned out pretty good.
Oh shit! How good is this demo tape?!?! Raw, angry, female fronted hardcore punk in the vein of Negative Approach or SSD, that sometimes really reminds me of F-Minus. I downloaded it a few months ago and thought it was pretty cool right from the start. But it wasn't until recently that I realized how awesome it really is. I was driving in my car when 'Expectations' came on shuffle, I wasn't sure if it was F-Minus or Won't Belong at first, but what I was sure of was that this is probably the best song I've heard in a while.
