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Iron Chic - Not Like This

2010-11-25T03:05:00.003-04:00

ALL of my friends need to hear this and come to love it.

This combines the energy of Dillinger Four with the thoughtful lyrics of The Gaslight Anthem. Dare I say it eclipses both. Although this IS their first full length, so we SHOULD ALL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. But my God this is some of the best music I have heard in a long, LONG, LONG time. It came out in 09 but it is my pick of best LP for best 09 and fuck it, O10 as well.

Listen to it, love the music. Listen to it again, fall in love with the lyrics. Then buy the lp

http://deadbrokerecords.com/store/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=DBR-057LP

SO FUCKING WORTH IT.

So worth it these guys are giving it away for free. Click the pic. Give them some money or don't. Download it, love it and then wish you had given some cash.

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - FROM THE BOTTOM

2010-11-05T23:49:00.004-03:00

Here you go. Off With Their Heads pre Epitaph LP. It's burly punk rock with gruff vocals. What am I talking about? I'm talking about fucking ORGCORE MOTHERFUCKERS. In the vein of Dillinger Four (the grand daddies of orgcore) and Dear Landlord.

These guys make fun up beat SINGALONG (not a suggestion motherfuckers, it's a command) punk rock with the most horribly depressing lyrics ever.
This shit...you will love.

again, I didn't rip this. I stole it from mediafire to share with friends. So upps to the uploader and upps to the band and upps to the fans.

Lyrics need to be read along to the music or else this cannot be enjoyed for what it should be. So uh.........

Here you go:
http://www.plyrics.com/o/offwiththeirheads.html

This album is From The Bottom. You know, f you missed the title.

IGNORE MY HORRIBLE PUNCTUATION! FUCK COMMA'S!

FUCK ME + Fear Of Lipstiiiiiiiiick

2010-10-24T03:58:00.006-03:00

Well I cam back so that I could upload my Bombs Over Providence material as, at this point in my life I have never been more inspired by any band. Their lyrics are protests songs that are written eloquently and intelligently. Search for them on my page and download them. Learn the songs, love them and bellow them at the top of your lungs. If you aren't Canadian then who cares? Us Canucks bellow American protest songs all the time. The sentiment is there.

But anyway, as I've already upped the BOP material (If anyone has their track "The 18th Brumaire of Boomer Ellsworth" which was on the "(coles) Notes From the Underground" comp please fucking hook me up.) I will have to find something else to dish on the masses. One moment please...

Ah yes, Fear of Lipstick. This is a 180 from BOP but also very cool. They're an amazing pop punk band from out of Moncton, NB. Opened for Bad Religion. Have an LP out on Fucking Scam/It's Alive Records. These guys play infectious pop punk that feels like it's been put through a wringer of 50's pop sensibilities. <---- Hey, I could write for shitty zine review section. Download it, you'll love it. Then go here http://www.itsaliverecords.com/store.htm and fucking buy it. I did (actually bought my second copy. One on white and one on black). Also guys, if you don't want this up just let me know and I'll nuke it.

BORN/DEAD

2010-10-17T20:26:00.003-03:00

Wow, I got request. Badass. This is for Born/Dead material. This shit is hard to hunt down online apparently. Here's three full lengths by them Endless War+ Repetition, Our Darkest Fears Now Haunt Us and The Final Collapse. It's basically Tragedy-esque crust with dual vocals and great lyrics.

PS: I own Our Darkest... on green wax, so hot.

Streetlight Manifesto - 99SotR

2010-04-15T13:38:00.002-03:00

Whut up fucks? Here's the brand new Streetlight album. It's the first of many coming cover albums by Streetlight, BOTAR and a few as of yet unnamed Kalnoky projects. This is a pretty fantastic compilations, they really make a number of the songs their own. Standouts include Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Skyscraper, Just and Red Rubber Ball.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Songs_of_Revolution

Don't come for me Kalnoky I didn't upload this one I tracked it down on mediafire AND one LP was purchased in my name. Up's to the uploader and leaker.

Click the pic.

Minivan Halen - General Tao EP

2010-02-08T19:49:00.003-04:00

OK, so the guys from the Halifax, NS punk rock group "Minivan Halen" have offered up the tracks to their new "General Tao" EP.

First off, I'm not sucking their nuts since they provided me with this stuff. Now that that's out of the way, this ep is pretty fucking good. It's a four song rager. The songs stick more to the rock side of punk rock (I'll explain) but also delve into the hardcore aspect of the genre.

If I had to draw a comparison for this album it would be to "Cloak/Dagger" 's "We Are". This four song ep shows the bands rock chops (in that they know how to write some catchy songs) as well as their punk roots (in that they know how to make those songs sound frantic enough to leave you happy). The reason I mention they lean towards rock and not punk is because their songs seem to be structured just a little bit better than the average punk songs which works in their favor.

The vocal however do not lean towards C/D but towards a rawer hardcore lyric-spitting style. Which really helps this 7 inch along. The sore throat vocal delivery is really well done.

This ep is seriously good stuff out of the Halifax scene.

Mark Black is letting me toss the EP up here for you guys.

Click the pic!

Here's their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mvhmvh

Next up is my review of The Strawmen's Jack Rabbit EP

Ab Irato

2010-02-02T12:04:00.002-04:00

For the punks (no garage rock isn't all I listen to now). This isn't recorded super well and the music is a bit messy but shit it's hardcore. This is a hardworking band out of Quebec, Canada. They deliver FUN, drinking hardcore punk with multiple vocalists.

It's a tiny download so nab it and give em a go. To risk sounding endlessly cliche "up canada punks" (I spelled it properly and didn't use capitals to avoid getting beaten up).

http://www.myspace.com/abirato

INCONCEIVABLE + Cold Warps

2010-02-02T11:52:00.003-04:00

So anyways. My ipod bricked on me the other month so my music collection has been fucking decimated which has me bummed out even a month after the fact.

Regardless I am still pretty adept at trolling the internets many resources for obscure shit so here's something sweet I found.

The Cold Warps (demoish) casettes. They're a pretty good garage rock band from out in Halifax, NS. Down it and give em a go.

Check em out here. http://www.myspace.com/coldwarps

The Spits - Pain

2010-02-02T11:39:00.002-04:00

So here's the latest 7 inch by the band The Spits. MRR has instructed me to listen to them. For some reason the rag is heavy on garage rock teh last couple of months so I decided to check some out.

I stole this from someone elses blog. I lay no claim to the rip (ups to whomever it was).

Now the music. This ep isn't for everyone. I'll say that off the bat. It's gritty and fuzzy and ugly but if you like that then it's also super fucking catchy. It's four songs and has only one weak track in my opinion (guess which one). The songs are hook filled garage rock covered in grime with a bit of a punk bite to it.

I literally listened to it four times back to back when I first downloaded it. Great stuff.

Fuck Me

2010-01-20T01:48:00.002-04:00

Well I'll be damned. Almost 1000 hits in about a week. I guess it's time to start contributing again. I've been busy with school and getting my swerve on and whatnot.

I'll post some garage punk and some Crust tomorrow so that there's a reason for people to pop in again.

Paintbox - Flame:Desert

2009-10-06T01:34:00.002-03:00

And here's another great Paintbox two song 7 inch for you guys. As always I can't remember where I stole this from but thanks to whoever got this shit online in the first place as I am quickly finding out that anything and everything Paintbox related is very hard to find.

Paintbox - Genseki

2009-10-06T01:09:00.002-03:00

This band is insane. Paintbox hails from Japan, have released three lps and a handful of eps over the course of their career. I can can't really pin their genre down. They're definitely hardcore but they blend so many other genres into their tunes that it makes them undefinable.

They mix cock rock, pop vocals, gruff crusty vocals, jazz sax, killer solos and what I can only assume is humor (language barrier as it's all in Japanese) and actually make it work 100 percent of the time.

Here's their ep Genseki which is a lead in to their newest lp

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(weak picture)

Disfear - Live The Storm

2009-10-04T20:49:00.003-03:00

So I'm going to post three albums that I cannot stop listening to. Here's the first. Disfear's - Live the Storm. This is the newest release by Swedish d-beat kings Disfear. On this album they picked up the vocalist from legendary Death Metal band At the Gates to lead em.

This album is fantastic through and through. It's got a great hardcore base with crusty death metal guitars that have a significant rock and roll feel to them. So they have all of the best bases covered.

Give it a go if you want to hear some great melodic crust

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Star Fucking Hipsters - Never Rest in Peace

2009-09-18T11:29:00.004-03:00

So it finally leaked. Here's a link to someones upload of it.

I'm listening to it now. Stza said it was his best work since Choking Victims - No Gods, No Managers. I dunno. This disk definitely seems like a grower to me. I'm going to listen to it a number of times before I really let you know what I think. So far there's an awwwwwfuuullll lot of metal. hmm.

edit: I'm actually liking the song they released on their myshit (3000 Miles Away) best so far.

Seems like there is a significant lack of a Crack Rock Sound on this. :(

Hi hi

2009-09-09T15:35:00.004-03:00

I've been transplanted from Hellifucks to Freddy Beach. I'm back on line already so expect me to start uploading things shortly.

I've accumulated a ton of great noisy, blown out, ugly hardcore and a surprisingly decent amount of Crack Rock Steady from around the world that DOESN'T sound like it was entirely aped from the LoC squadron.

So yeah, till then here's something awesome:

Raised Fist - Veil Of Ignorance

2009-09-01T15:54:00.003-03:00

So here it is. Probably my last post for a the next month or two. I have to migrate back to Fredericton where I will have minimal access to the internet. If a certain person allows me to use her laptop then you can expect infrequent upps. Regardless, I should be back up and posting in about two months max.

So here you go. A good final upload. The brand spanking new Raised Fist. Just leaked to the interweb. After the abysmal Sound of the Republic these guys seem to have veered away from the generic hard rock sound that their ship almost crashed on. They seem to have reverted back to their Dedication era sound. This disk is loud and angry. Very, very angry. The lead vocalists singing voice seems to drip with rage. It's got great chugging guitars leaning towards the metal spectrum. It's even got breakdowns that don't make me want to shoot bro-core tards in the face. It's great.

So there you go. 4 months. 94 individual albums uploaded. 1 full movie. And 1 awesome LoC live video uploaded. You're welcome cock-shits.

See you in a bit.

Intro5pect - Record Profits

2009-08-28T23:45:00.003-03:00

Here you go my little mosh monkeys. I believe I'm one of the first blogs online to get this ep out there. Yay me. I haven't heard it yet but I assume that it's going to be more of the same.

No Stza on here I do believe but that's no huuuuge loss. Stza has his mitts in everything these days.

I'm quite certain that this ep of 7 songs will hold it's own against their previous ep and full length.

Give it a go.

Cot Death - The Digital Cacophony of Global Decay

2009-08-28T04:00:00.002-03:00

So apparently there's this DJ over in Scotland that is behind some great fucking bands like My Own Religion, Cot Death, From the cradle to the rave.

http://www.myspace.com/thecotdeathproject

This guys makes some amazing HARD techno fused with crack rock steady influences. It's sort of in the vein of Intro5pect. I am absolutely loving this clossoming sub-genre. I have enjoyed techno in very restricted circumstances. I only like the fast and agressive shit. So when I found out there are quite a few bands merging intense techno with death ska, I kind of lost my shit.

This release is only four songs and is intense as shit. Give it a go if you enjoy either crack rock steady or harder techno or both. You'll love it.

Click this shit to download.

Witch Hunt - Burning Bridges To Nowhere

2009-08-25T16:18:00.003-03:00

So apparently Philly's Witch Hunt have dropped a new lp out on Alternative Tentacles. This one snuck under my radar. Didn't even know it was due out.

I haven't given it a huge listen yet but every other previous effort by them has been stellar. Witch Hunt is a female fronted crusty hardcore band with nice (read: not lame) metallic tendencies.

Give this shit a go.

http://www.myspace.com/witchhunt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Hunt_%28band%29

Cloak/Dagger - We Are

2009-08-24T12:27:00.003-03:00

Wicked. I'm feeling this type of hardcore in a big way now. As of yet I've only found two bands that seem to do it in the way I enjoy. It's 80's throwback hardcore mixed with garage rock 'n roll.

Hardcore n' roll baby.

Here's Washington, D.C's Cloak/Dagger. The album is titled "We Are".

http://www.myspace.com/wearecloakdagger

Check this shit out. You'll love it.

Brutal Knights - Total Rebellion

2009-08-23T15:17:00.003-03:00

Fucking wicked. I found the new Brutal Knights for you guys. This shit is great. Apparently they had it ready in time for their European tour hence why I wasn't able to find it at any of the usual sources. I tracked it down on some Russian live journal so ups to the girl that runs it for this.

It's an 8 song ep 12 inch and it is the same hardcore n' roll that I have come to love and I'm quite certain you're going to enjoy it too.

Leftover Crack / Citizen Fish Split - Deadline

2009-08-21T15:15:00.004-03:00

OK, so I think this is a piece of the LoC pie that I haven't served up yet and one I know my friends have not had the pleasure of hearing yet so here it is. This upload also comes with an added bonus as well.

So this album is a split lp with a long running british ska band Citizen Fish. Personally I'm not a fan. I just dumped their side of the split off my ipod and kept the Leftover songs on there.

These LoC songs are not on par with their two previous releases and you may hate them off the bat but keep trying them. They're growers. I now love all of them. On this split LoC covers two Citizen fish track so it's four original and two covers I believe. On the CF side they also do four originals and cover two Leftover Crack songs. Their takes on them are pretty interesting.

So here it is:

and

Here's the 7 inch that they put out months in advance to promote the actual full album.

This 7 inch has two songs. One by CF and one by LoC. The Leftover Crack song is Baby Punchers. Baby Puncers is on the full album and it features a long spoken word part by Jello Biafra of the band Dead Kennedys. The 7 inch version of the song features (imo) a better piece of spoken word. The theme is the same (class war) on both releases but I prefer Stza's rant. Also the song sounds a little different as well.

Here it is:

Paint It Black - Surrender

2009-08-21T14:16:00.002-03:00

Here's PiB's newest ep it's out on Fat Wreck Chords and I snagged it from another blog to share with you guys. I suggest picking it up it's actually quite a bit better than their previous effort. It's equal part melodic hardcore ala Kid Dynamite and equal parts PiB style (you know how yemin just spits his vocals in your face and it makes you want to pound your face into a wall in time with the break down).

Something I've noticed is that they really have stopped with the melodic aspect to their music. This is something that really drew me to them. I still consider CVA one of my favorite hardcore records but everything after that seems weak in comparison. Every other release has the rage (ten fold) but for some reason it doesn't seem cohesive. Thats not to say they're bad. I', just saying if I had the chance to choose it would be to listen to CVA over everything they're made afterward.

Stand out track here is easily the opener Surrender. As it's the only one with a bit of a melody to it.

http://www.myspace.com/paintitblack

Total Abuse

2009-08-21T00:56:00.002-03:00

FUCK IT, ONE MORE.

Here's an album by Total Abuse a hardcore punk outfit from out in Texas, USA. They play some really interesting, hard hitting hardcore that I'm sure a bunch of you will enjoy. This here is there self titled full length that I FINALLY managed to track down.

There are so many insane hardcore bands coming out of america that it's next to impossible to even here about these bands let alone actually track down any music by them but I'm making my best effort.

http://www.myspace.com/totalabuse

I can't find any album art for it so:

TOTAL ABUSE - S/T

WALLS

2009-08-21T00:47:00.001-03:00

OK, so heres a nice surprise for *some* of you. This is all the music I have been able to track down by Maximum R n' R heart throbes WALLS.

"Featuring 3/4 of the final Cold Sweat lineup (and for that matter, one-half of Iron Lung), as well as the vocalist from Negative Step and Society Of Friends, Walls’ self-titled LP serves as an expansion of their self-released 7” issued earlier this year. Indeed it is filled with a wider array of lurching rhythms, atonal riffs, and angry, stream-of-consciousness vocals, that, in the parlance of our times, “pick up where they left off”. "

The Cold Sweat and Iron Lung powerviolence sound really gets those mrr goons going. Truthfully it is some utterly ripping shit. Check it out. There is a very, very, very small amount of info online about these guys but with a heritage that comes from fucking IRON LUNG and COLD SWEAT. You can't lose.

SO here, I have actually managed to track down WALLS - s/t 12 inch and their WALLS- 12 inch EP. Both kick ass. Check them shits out.

http://www.last.fm/music/Walls

I can't even find an image for this release these guys are super underground for such a hugely respected group of people.

OH WELL CLICK ME FOR THE 12 INCH WALLS EP

then click the image for the 12 inch walls full lp.

Ghost Mice - Debt of the Dead

2009-08-20T22:19:00.003-03:00

Here's an amazing piece of pure folk punk. It's folk punk with two members a man and a woman and they both hand vocal duties. The lady handles the violin and the dude handles the acoustic axe.

It's really heartfelt music. Its got the punk rock attitude and the great folk music backing it up. Couldn't ask for anything more really.

UPTHEPUNKSUPTHEPUNKSUPTHEPUNKS PUUUUNKS!

http://www.myspace.com/ghostmice

Contagium - EP

2009-08-20T22:03:00.002-03:00

SO this is another local band from over here in Halifax, Nova Scotia. These guys are fucking exploding right now. They've been together a short while and they already conquered Canada and 'merica in a huge tour.

They play an awesome doom crust that is just amazing. I'm not sure if I upped their demo here yet but if not I will. This is their first 7 inch and one of the members has been pimping it at a ton of blogs so I figured I'd up it here as well.

http://www.myspace.com/contagiumhalifax

Burnt Cross - Arms Trade

2009-08-20T21:55:00.002-03:00

OK, so I found this gem stumbling through another blog I believe and wanted to get it out to people that check mine as well.

This is an anarcho punk band out of the UK by the name of Burnt Cross. Basically it's what you'd expect from an anarcho peace band. They haven't changed the formula but they do it very, very well.

http://www.myspace.com/burntcross

To check em out and hear their story.

Star Fucking Hipsters

2009-08-20T21:34:00.003-03:00

OK, so this is going to be for the C-squat fan boys primarily. First of all here is a copy of their latest albums demo. I usually steer clear of demos as they aren't as polished and whatnot. I do however, always make it a point to track down the Crack Rock Steady demos. Be it, LoC, Choking Victim or SFH. The reason being is their demos often provide different cuts of the polished songs so it's like being able to hear two distinct but equally interesting versions of the same song. Granted the demo is less polished so take that into consideration but in my opinion, the rawness really add to this type of music.

Star Fucking Hipsters - Until We're Dead Demo

(click the picture)

Next, here's a little treat for you. This is a sampler of their next album which is due out in about 2 months.

STARFUCKINGHIPSTERS - MASTER SAMPLE

It sounds way heavier and I like that. They even cover the song LoC did for that 4 way split Look Who's Talking with F-minus/Morning Glory and that crappy other band.

Here's the sampler. Enjoy. Stza claims it's the best thing he's worked on since No Gods/No Managers.

We'll see.

http://www.myspace.com/starfuckinghipsters

For more info.

I'M BACK BABY SNAP!

2009-08-20T21:13:00.004-03:00

So summer came and washed me out of my house. I've been at the beach fairly consistently. That or drunk. Or too tired to write. Or too bored to write. Whatever.

Long story short, the summer bug got me and this happened:

I'm going to pick this shit up in a little bit. For the first while it's going to be about two posts a week, time permitting. Which means I'll post twice a week, just whenever the fuck I want.

For now it's going to be witty ass comments and fresh uploads. I'll reup any files that died upon your request.

Following this I'm going to get my 'zine finished and online. I'm going to try to do a fresh one bi-monthly.

Alright enough yammering.

Fucknuckles - Better Dead Than Bred

2009-07-07T23:35:00.006-03:00

OK, so my buddy came back from his place in Sarnia, ON and he let me snag a bunch of local shit from out there which I'm going to upload here in the next little while. I guess it's like an Ontario scene report.

I was lucky enough to stumble on this cd in Backstreet Records out in Fredericton a long time ago and it is an amazing piece of hardcore punk rock with a metallic twinge to it. It's twelve songs of intense music which cover lyrics such as the end of humanity and being adamantly against reproduction. Cool shit.

This band is actually fronted by two five foot nothing tough as all hell women and they have fantastic dueling voices.

This album is top notch.

In the next while expect some albums from Bunchoffuckinggoofs, Souped Up Ritalin Boys (SRB) and Shitloads of Fuck-All.

http://www.myspace.com/fucknuckles

Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

2009-07-06T18:32:00.003-03:00

Not much to say about this album other than it's one of their best efforts ever. I've tossed up their previous two albums already. If you don't have those get them straight away.

You should know this band by now. If you don't then get out of punk rock. Seriously, banned from server 24 hours.

http://propagandhi.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagandhi
http://www.myspace.com/propagandhi

In case any of the guys check this out: I bought the gatefold ep and only my shit tard friends check this so...yeah. No suing please. ilu

Download them shits

Projects

2009-07-01T12:27:00.003-03:00

So as of right now aside from tossing albums up here I'd like to branch out a little bit. This is why I have Darin compiling a punk/crack rock steady dance-ish mix.

This is also why I've begun my own zine. It's going to be a cut and paste hack job and it's going to be called "Halifax By Way of Fredericton".

Probably, I don't know. Titles come last.

Expect some essays, reviews and interviews of local acts and even punk shit from as far as BC. I think I'm going to keep it strictly Canadian but who knows. My main goals in this are to spread the word about local east coast punk/hc/metal(I guess) acts and to occupy myself in between drinking this summer.

It's going to be about 20 pages and I'm going to run off 25 copies and had them out at punk shows to impressionable youth *pents fingers* and dumb crusties.

I'm going to get one of my friends to scan the bitch and I'll upload it here for you to download it.

Expect something together within the month.

Darin get off your ass and get something mixed already.

Paint it Black - Amnesia ep

2009-07-01T12:00:00.004-03:00

Well I've posted a bunch of thrash metal in the last little while so I think it's about time to 180 and head back to punkville.

So in not keeping with my semi-theme of posting localish music here's the lastest effort by hardcore kings Paint It Black.

You know, Dr. Dan Yemin, been in Kid Dynamite and Lifetime? The dude with the phd? The dude that suffered a fucking stroke and came back like a year later to form his best band to date?

They've released 3 full lengths and this ep to date. Yemin says that he prefers the 7 inch ep format for fast hardcore music. I agree wholeheartedly.

With hardcore bands I find the records tend to run out of steam before they're 9 or 10 songs into it. This may be due to the fact that a lot of new hardcore bands are throwbacks to the early and mid 80's hardcore acts. Short, angry and agressive songs that sort of sound similar and bleed together.

What I'm getting at is that you can take even one of the best hc acts and they can shit out an album that has 3 or 4 songs on it that sound too similar to enjoy individually. That's why the 7 inch is king in the punk rock community. You can only fit 5-6 songs (89 if you're a grindcore act) on each slab so you'd better be fucking sure that they're you're best.

This album is four songs of greatness and one mediocre song unfortunately. Ah well, they can't all be golden turds.

Am I rite?

Bastardator - Identify the Dead

2009-07-01T11:43:00.005-03:00

Hey. You.

Yeah you, the guy with the face.

Here's a steaming hot bowl of THRRRRRASH.

In keeping my semi-theme of dishing out music that is making it's way to the east coast here's Ottawa's Bastardator and their newest effort "Identify the Dead" now it's a LITTLE paint by numbers but it is a solid piece of thrash metal and I assume the show is going to slay.

They're in town on the 4th and 5th of July. So check them out if yer in halifax.

They're also looking to fill a bunch of dates on their Maratime tour so check their myshit and see if you can help them out.

http://www.myspace.com/bastardator

Good quote from one of the band members.

"Will this be easy for people to find? Are you considering mp3 distribution through stores like eMusic for example?

Jo: You'd have to be a fucking moron to pay for mp3s! I always see mp3 pay-sites selling unauthorized releases of my other band. It's fucked to think that someone would actually pay for that while you could download for free on Soulseek or something like that."

TURBO MACHINE AIN'T NUTHIN TO FUCK WITH

2009-06-26T03:26:00.005-03:00

OK, I just got out of the Trigger Effect show at Gus's pub here in Halifucks. My second time seeing these hard working hard playing fucks in the maratimes. The first show I sar them at was in Fredericton NB. Anyone from there can attest to a bands mettle if they actually make the effort to trek down there.

The show was intense. Unfortunately the only people dancing were me, my three friends and one fine british fellow. My bud Darin got a *tad* tipsy and started dancing around to one of the openers Halifax's own Cuban Assassins who kick ass. No one was into dancing. Lots of tiny woman in the front of the stage and boyfriends spooning made for a rather lame dance pit as you crash into one of those duo's and the girl gets super bitchy and the guy raises his fists at you.

Which is what happened. Luckily the guy was teeny tiny and went after Darin after Darin danced into his girlfriend. Long story short. They got bounced and we danced away. You come to a punk show and don't want people crashing into you then stand to the fucking side. Not the front of the stage.

Anyways, The Cuban Assassins were great and Trigger Effect were fantastic. The two guitarists played off of the stage in front of the crowd the entire set and the vocalist hopped off and mixed it up with the crowd a number of times as well. Hah, one of the guitarists headbutted me in order to get me to start a pit. Mission accomplished.

Anyways, I picked up their newest release on vinyl. It came with a download card. I used it and here it is. As always, you guys don't want it upped let me know and I'll take it right down. Most likely it'll be downloaded a maximum of 5 times here. I ain't that popular.

Haha, oh yeah I bit it face first onto the stage. Bam, right on my eye. Nice. And apparently my knee got tore up. Only noticed now. Nice.

Punk remix

2009-06-24T20:34:00.002-03:00

OK, so my friend MC Darin (or whatever the fuck he wants to call himself) has some nice mixing equipment and he wants to use it. So he's using some of the shit he found here and he's going to be stringing a nice long mix together for you people to enjoy. He expects it to be done around sunday. I'll upload it when he mails it to me.

I are excited.

Bombs Over Providence

2009-06-24T20:16:00.004-03:00

Heres and upload that consists of the physical releases of Bombs Over Providence. They were a band from out in Ontario that broke up after they shitted an ep and an lp on an unsuspecting populace.

Now if I have to pop them into a genre it would be....hmm...well punk/emo I suppose. Now generally emo is not my fair. I verbally bashed many of them in my wayward years. BUT this band is fucking amazing.

The main reason I slagged on the emo sub genre is because of the way the route the genre has taken in recent years. Some emo IE: Fugazi, Rites of Spring etc. is actually good (the bands that started it) as they have major hardcore influences. The emo of today is absolute trash. BOP have an old soul. The have that catchy emotional version of punk with soulful vocals but the lyrics. Oh man, the lyrics. The are 100% anarchistic and politically charged. Something you do not here everyday.

Here is both the ep and the lp. The ep (in my opinion) is leagues better then the lp but you can choose for yourself.

Enjoy.

http://www.plyrics.com/b/bombsoverprovidence.html

http://www.myspace.com/bombsoverprovidence

This is a Standoff!

2009-06-19T15:55:00.004-03:00

Here's some melodic hardcore from out western Canada. These guys recently played here with Strung Out as well as Death By Stereo. Twas a great show. Here's their newest ep. They had it streaming in it's entirety on their shitspace. So I'm going to assume that they don't mind it being online.

1000! +ARTICLES OF FAITH

2009-06-19T14:56:00.007-03:00

Wow, I'm an internet thousandaire. Jeez, there are too many people to thank for all of your dynamic hit and runs. So just eat some hardcore.

Here's two AoF ep's which I managed to scrape up in my internetical journeys. These guys present passionate and intelligent second wave hardcore punk from out of Chicago.

What We Want is Free

Wait

THRASHIN' SKATE PUNKZ FROM HELL WHILE DRUNKZ DROPPING BOMBSENHAGGLE!

2009-06-18T00:47:00.003-03:00

SATANIKNUKLEARWARSTRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLEH

THRASHMETALENHAGGLE!

Here's a super (not super) thrash metal post, four albums by four bands. Four THRASH bands. The only metal that actually exists. You actually imagined every other metal genre.

Kreator
Sacrifice
Coroner
BigWig

Coroner - Punishment for Destruction

I haven't listened to this as of yet but two very extreme...sorry, TWO VERY EXTREME metalheads assure me this is kickass.

Kreator - COMA OF SOULS BLEH!!!!

Fantastic thrash. That's all you need to know. BLEH!

Sacrifice! - Forward to TERMINATION!!

This is the trash band that inspired Propagandhi to get out there. They also inspired the fucking song "The Bangers Embrace". Fuck yeah. Oh yeah, they're Canadian. Canada fuck yeah, comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day yeah!

BigWig - Reclamation

OK, here's the thing: Shut the fuck up. BigWig have put out nothing but pop punk flavoured hardcore in the past. They are popular for that shit but I have never gotten into them regardless of my taste for some poppy punk. This is the first and in my opinon only/best BW album. And yeah, it's thrashy, a huge departure from their other shit. Kind of like Propagandhi has done recently. This is not on par with the big P but then again, what is? This is still a great album that I will always come back to.

Inepsy - No Speed Limit For Destruction

2009-06-15T03:48:00.003-03:00

Here's a quick post before I go back to bed.

You like Motorhead? Then you'll LOVE these guys. I find them to be very similar. NOT in a bad way though. So... rock metal, kbd, thrash, lemmy, I dunno. I just know you should nab it, listen to it, buy the release and see the live show. GOOD SHIT. These guys are super popular out in Quebec (their home province) Wish they'd make it out to the maritimes.

http://www.myspace.com/inepsy

Dog Day - Concentration

2009-06-12T03:38:00.004-03:00

Here's the newest lp by Halifucks's own indie/pop/whatever Dog Day.

Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band

2009-06-09T19:28:00.004-03:00

This is an amazing ska/hardcore/punk/pop/dance record.

Seriously. This disk incorporates sounds of every genre in an insane, spastic way which doens't assault your ears but really drags you into the music.

If you like this release head HERE for more of their releases. They have them all available for free download. (What a fucking novel idea, free music. You know, just to enjoy?) One of the many reasons I enjoy these guys. They call themself a collective but you just know lead singer Jeff Rosenstock is doing the lion's share of the work here. The lyrics are another reason I cream over them, they espouse sleeping in, drinking beers (SHOWERBEERS) and hating work. Things we can all cream our jeans to.

Included with this album I tossed in a favorite b-side. "Tell my Boss 'I hate you (and it's time for you to die' "

Double Negative - The Wonderful and Frightening World Of Double Negative

2009-06-09T18:09:00.005-03:00

It's hard to pigeon-hole this release although, God knows, Maximum Rock and Roll has tried. These guys are one of their "do no wrong" bands. I dunno. Nab it and give it a go. I enjoy it. Its recording value is a little low (in a good way) blown out, pissed off (without being annoying) vocals and it even gets experimental in parts. All in all a nice piece of hardcore out of NC.

http://www.myspace.com/thedoublenegative

Hank III - Straight To Hell

2009-06-06T23:22:00.002-03:00

This guys is great. He's the son of Hank Willams Jr. and is hard as all hell. His goal is to make country music for the outlaws again. He despises pop country for the sound and what it has done to country musics legendary badass starts (Cash etc)

This album is super twangy, has fun, fun, fun drinking lyrics and is an all around fantastic country/punk rock album.

"I'm putting the dick in Dixie and the cunt back in country!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_III

http://www.myspace.com/hank3

Zero Down - A Lifetime to Pay

2009-06-06T23:06:00.004-03:00

I don't listen to too, too much skate punk anymore but this is one Skate album that has always been with me and probably always will be. Aside from having an awesome Name / Album title this is a punk rock gem. The band was formed by a founding member of Strung Out, Jim Cherry. They released this legendary record before Jim passed away due to heart failure (oddly enough Zero Down has a song on the Fat comp Live Fat, Die Young).

This album is fast, poppy and hard the way a well crafted skate punk sick should be. What puts this disk above most others is the lyrics. At times they are depressing and bleak but Cherry always gives you a message that is very inspiring at the same time.

Case in point:

Going Nowhere:

My father worked his life away in all those years
he never missed a day
there isn't anybody that could say he didn't keep his bills paid.
All that time he never got to do all the things in life that he wanted to.
He always kept his family fed by the blood and sweat he shed.
And for the sacrifice he's made this is how he gets repaid.
I'm all grown up but still I'm going nowhere.

Immediately followed by It Ain't Over Yet:

I got so much left to say, I can't believe I'm here again
right back where I started from with an ego left to mend.
We started out as friends and in the end I hope to be
but the problems that you hope to fix won't go away with me.
I'm uninsured I'm overdrawn I'm as broke as one can get.
I may be getting old, but it ain't over yet.

Awesome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Down

Vile Intent - Demo

2009-06-04T18:24:00.003-03:00

Time to man up this old blog with some straight up Frenchie Powerviolence! Short songs, high intensity and fucking heavy music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerviolence

These guys are great, barely any info about them online but they're active, they rock and they're from Quebec. AND they're playing my city Friday! Fucking aces.

You like this shit, I'll toss up some other PV! Charles Bronson, Spazz and maybe some Crossed Out. All great aggressive sometime ridiculous shit.

This is the line up for the show. If you're in Hali come see it, it's all ages at the Pavillion and will kill. If not then check out the bands pages. They kick some heavy ass for the majority.

http://vileintent.likeweeds.org/opentape/
http://www.myspace.com/lastlaughthrashcore
http://www.myspace.com/xenvisionx
http://www.myspace.com/megalodonhalifax
http://www.myspace.com/roadrash902
http://www.myspace.com/burntxchurch

Andrew W. K - I GET WET

2009-06-04T18:05:00.004-03:00

haha, shit. Apparently the guy is coming here to Halifax and he's NOT backed by a band on this tour. I guess it's him improvising on a keyboard for like a half and hour and then karaokeing to his hits over a PA while the audience gets up on stage and has a party with him. WEIRD.

But after downloading his shit the other night. I've come to three conclusions. This guy likes to party. He likes to party hard and he makes FUN FUN FUN fucking rock records. PARTY HARD!

Here's his first album. I Get Wet.

Fredericton Locals - Nandez

2009-06-04T06:31:00.008-03:00

This is a post for the band Nandez. It was headed by a friend of mine by the name of Rob McMullen. I wasn't around during their active phase but I weaseled a copy of their 6 song ep Govern Those Who Govern Us.

It's fairly good stuff. Sort of melodic metal with twinges of melodic hardcore interspersed into it. What really shines on this piece of plastic is Rob's lyrics. Bitter and angry and straight to the point. Great stuff.

A note inside: Now these may be the pissed off idealistic ramblings of a man who sees something wrong with the world but has no idea what to do about it except to get up here and scream my ideas at you in the hopes that one day you will be inspired to pick it up where I have failed to begin. The priest, the politician, those who represent us both offend and defend us. Despite best intentions they obscure reality like so many dangerous drugs: narcotics.

http://www.myspace.com/nandezmetal

1. No Unity
2. Aquaman
3. Tripped
4. Opiates For The Mind
5. Lochness
6. Pile

Some of the titles may be skewed as they used a shitty font for the back of the disk. OK, so in closing here's another taste of what Fredericton NB has/had to offer. This one isn't my every day cup of joe but I'm sure some of you shmucks will appreciate it.

In the future I'm going to continue trying to circulate items from here in NS and items from Fredericton as well. Try to give them shits a little bit more exposure.

Fredericton Locals - Krusty Krabben + Sascrotch

2009-06-04T05:11:00.006-03:00

Heres another scene report if you will from out in Fredericton NB. This place has a serious lack of venue but a serious amount of talent which seems to be going to waste.

Personally my favorite bands from out there are as follows Hard Charger (already tossed their demo up, it's in the archive) Iron Fist, Sascrotch and the defunct Krusty Krabben. I'm tossing up a twofer. The first album is Krusty Krabs demo. It's recorded all to hell, super blown out, screechy and noisy. Sometimes in a good way but usually just in a bad way. Really ahrd to hear the music regardless of the fact that they're a crust band. At any rate it's part of our punk lexicon so here it is.

http://www.myspace.com/bbqcore

Now onto the band that spawned out of them. Sascrotch fun drinking punk rock with lyrics about what they do best, bbqin'. Give this a go for sure. They're running strong, hopefully releasing something new soon and even opened for SNFU when they pulled through Fredericton. GJ.

This recording is not nearly as bad as the KK demo was but keep in mind this is also a demo on cd-r as well. But check it out nonetheless. This stuff is some fun fucing punk. Great live show too.

http://www.myspace.com/sascrotch506

Hard Core Logo!

2009-06-04T04:42:00.003-03:00

This flick is absolutely amazing. Probably my favorite film about punks. It's a mockumentary based around the fictional band Hard Core Logo, the biggest Canadian punk band of all time and their weird, weird, weird reunion tour. It's a funny, inspiring and depressing movie all at once.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Core_Logo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116488/

Check it out, it's well worth, it. Especially for it's ending, it's original songs which aren't half bad and it's brief live appearances of Vancouver punk bands. DOA included!

I had to chunk this up into rar's so down them all to the same folder and extract the first one and you got the flick.

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Propagandhi - Todays Empires, Tomorrows Ashes

2009-06-02T12:02:00.003-03:00

As much as I love their new thrash metal phase and as much as I love Potemkin and Supporting Caste this will forever be my favorite Propagandhi album... shit. This is my favorite album. It's hard, passionate, to the point and so very, very PC.

This is one of those albums that if you don't have it in some format, digital, vinyl, what have you, then you absolutely need to have it.

Holy shit. A bluegrass cover of the title track Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes by the Magnificent Sevens. Kick ass!

http://earitnow.com/uploads/mp3s/magnificent7s/06-magnificent_7s-todays_empire_tomorow_ashes.mp3

Rum Runner - Association / In Guns at Cyranos

2009-06-02T11:20:00.005-03:00

This is a double album post. It's in one rar with both efforts by Calgary's Rum Runner. This is great drinking music. It's a little bit country, a little skinhead and a lot punk rock. It's got everything you need: banjos, gang vocals, fun lyrics, some happy tunes, some sad tunes and some fighting tunes.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=9832416

"The punks are due on maple street and there's nothing you can do. They'll be measuring their mohawks and counting their tattoos. A legion of closed venues lies crumbling in their wake and there's only so much we can take. HEY HEY HEY!

When the punks show up on maple street they'll be hassled by the skins but fresh cuts blur the line of where one ends and the other begins. The punks are scared that if they dance the skins will give them beats so everyone just stares at their feet.

The punks are due on maple street assuming that they'll show cus they're a fickle bunch who's schedules ain't in stone. If the Casualties shirts are in the wash and mom hasn't sewn their patched then it's STOP, they're sitting on their asses. HEY HEY HEY!

You're always talking bout unity, how we're supposed to be a community well I don't want you and you don't need me. Your goals are pathetic, regressive, obscene"

Haha, great stuff.

Strung Out

2009-06-02T11:02:00.003-03:00

Wicked awesome time at the Paragon. This is a Standoff played some tight melodic hardcore. Their live show was pretty fun and the vocalist had some energy to him. The gentlemen and I started the pit which sadly is par for the course for me. Unfortunately I got hurled into a pillar toward the end of their set and the old ankle got stepped on.

Death By Stereo played next and were great live. Fucking intense presence. Not really a fan of their music but what a great live act. I could barely walk during their set so I hopped the barrier and squatted on the stage and got called on it by the vocalist.

Inandoutinandoutsmokesmokedrinkdrinkpitpit

Strung Out were great live. Really together and they played with a high amount of energy. They covered a lot of their bigger numbers and their set list spanned the majority of their albums. Odd note: they were all wearing the same t-shirt. Found that odd. Strung Out actually had a fierce pit going which was really fun. No dicks either, everyone that went down got yanked back up and pushed back in.

Unfortunately I got barred from heading back in for the last three songs (missed my favorite tune: Firecracker) because the bouncers were "watching me" and I "had too much to drink". Fuck that. A: I was nothing but polite to all the bouncers B: I was drunk but I was more excited then anything C: I didn't do anything wrong outside of pushing people around and bouncing off the walls D: It was a fucking bar PUNK show. Isn't that what you're supposed to do? Drink and pit?

Fuck the Paragon.

Anyways.

After the show some odd lady came up to the group and started asking us if we liked music then proceeded to sing us American Pie. Weird.

All in all a painful and very fun show.

No Commercial Value - Demo

2009-06-01T02:19:00.002-03:00

Wow, almost forgot about this this is Stza's first band. They only made one demo and then Choking Victim came about. It's not spectacular and it's not recorded well but it's all part of their anthology.

No Commercial Value - Demo

Now there are a ton of other bands that are semi related to the guys in LOC like the Infested and Union Jack but I'm tired of posting LOC family tree shit for now and all of the major bands involved have been posted so night night ya'll. Fucking Strung Out tomorrow night!

Public Serpents/American Distress

2009-06-01T01:57:00.002-03:00

Skwert of Choking Victim and INDK formed two bands after the break up of INDK they are Public Serpents and American Distress (oh and for further information, the lead singer of American Distress helped found Piss Shit Fuck so in a third cousin kind of way they are clumped in with the Crack Rock Steady scene). Also, not all of these bands taht branch off from the CSR tree are going to sound like Choking Victim. Piss Shit Fuck is super hardcore as is American Distress (they have the same intensity as CV though and Public Serpents are like Choking Victim with more of a hip hop vibe to it.

Public Serpents - Demo and The Feeding of the Fortune 5000

American Distress - Self Titled

Intro5pect - Realpolitik!

2009-06-01T01:41:00.002-03:00

This is the second release by techno hardcore punk band Intro5pect. The reason it's included in this CRS nonsense is because Stza help produced it and I believe he sings on 3 of the seven songs. A very different but really awesome album. They even cover Nazi White Trash!

Intro5pect - Realpolitik!

Morning Glory

2009-06-01T00:43:00.003-03:00

This is the second band which spawned from LOC and INDK. Ezra is again the leader and vocalist and it contains tons of guest stars. It's still CRS but more musically involved.

This includes all of their releases thus far.

The Suicide Singles (KICKSSOMUCHASS)

This is No Time Ta Sleep (full length)

The Whole Worlds Watchin (reissue of their latest seven inch with extra tracks)

INDK/ In Decay

2009-06-01T00:30:00.003-03:00

This is the first band to span out of the LOC. It is a pet project by guitarist Ezra Crack. He does most of the vocals on the project. Skwert a member of Choking Victim and later of Public Serpents (will be uploaded later) and Piss Shit Fuck already upped. They play more musically hardcore songs but still carry the CRS beat.

INDK

This includes their first and so far only full album, Kill Whitey!, their seven inch INDK and the demo for Kill Whitey! which features unreleased tracks!

Leftover Crack

2009-05-31T23:31:00.002-03:00

This is everything that the LOC has squeezed out. It has Shoot The Kids at School (the demo to Mediocre Generica with alternate lyrics) Mediocre Generica, Fuck World Trade demo (alternate lyrics, Fuck World Trade and their latest release Deadline, the split with Citizen Fish.

Don't have it, you need it.

The TWO DEMOS - you may not think you need em but I love some of the different music and lyrics.

Mediocre Generica

Fuck World Trade

Deadline and The Crack Rock Steady Seven Theme Song

Choking Victim - No Gods, No Masters

2009-05-31T22:00:00.002-03:00

So my bud needs the CSR shit so I'm going to devote the next few posts entirely to Choking Victim, LOC, Morning Glory and Star Fucking Hipsters then I'll be back shaking it up.

So without further ado, here's the album that started all the crack smoking, skanking punk rock.

Choking Victims No Gods No Masters

And here's the rest of their output. It's all genius.

VINYL

2009-05-31T20:53:00.003-03:00

Sorry, I'm a little girl for my collection of wax so here's a picture of my 7 inches, the absolute best medium for hardcore punk.

Strung Out MONDAY

2009-05-31T16:50:00.001-03:00

See you fuckers in the pit!!

Canon Law - Boogie Man Slam Dance

2009-05-31T15:53:00.004-03:00

Fucking awesome zombie techno! Not just for halloween! This shit is catchy as all hell.

http://www.myspace.com/canonlaw

Canon Law - Boogie Man Slam Dance

BATTLE JACKETS!

2009-05-31T14:37:00.002-03:00

OK, special post. Last night the goons and I got into a DIY mood for some reason and my bud Darin decided to rip the sleeves off of his nice jean jacket and make a fucking battle jacket.

This is a battle jacket. My battle jacket, it's name is Wanda and I love her. She has treated me well battling swaths through the many hordes of the punk rock pit.

So here's an instructional motif on how to make yer own. Well if yer not a fucking idiot you can do this by yourself but alas I am bored and wish to show you.

First you'll need to know how to at the very least sew a little bit. If not yer fucked. Every punk should know how to sew a little bit.

Now break into your parents or roommates bedrooms. Bust open their closet and select a primo jean jacket. RIP THE ARMS OFF WITH YOUR BAREHANDS. Do so just as the shoulders start. Mine I chose to RIP THEM OFF WITH MY BARE HANDS just after the shoulder. Whichever.

Now run to your room and lock the door.

Ignore their angry pounding on yer door. They are assholes.

Gather all your patches. If ou have no patches you are no punk. BUTm if not:

If you have no patches made it's super easy. Cut up a tee shirt into squares. Buy some FREEZER PAPER go to http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/ pick some shits that appeal to your particular sect of punkdom trace them onto the freezer paper, xacto knife them out, grab an iron, place the stencil on the tee shirt square, heat it until it bonds glob some white, red or black pain on it. Let it sit then rip the freezer paper off then you got a fucking diy patch. Booyeah. Now sew that shit on.

Carrying on. Place em whereever the fuck you want, pin em down and sew em on. Not explaining how this ain't no sissy blog. Punk rock!

Now open the door and push your mom/roommate down. Go to your sisters/other roommates room and grab their studded belt. Rip the studs off and place STRATEGICALLY on your vest. Shoulders, around chest pockets and along seams is ideal. If you want to be creative the fuck you.

You'll also need to toss pins and such on there. Then you should have a fairly decent looking battle vest. Now get out there, get in the pit and fuck shit up. But don't hurt anyone intentionally for fucks sake. If some one falls down pick them the fuck up you stupid fucks.

Getting back to Darin. As I said we got piss drunk so not much work got done but here it is so far. I'll update on her soon. I think it's coming along.

MORE VINYL

2009-05-31T05:13:00.001-03:00

Check me out on recordnerd.com if you have a profile.

I am TrevorM. My collection is small, something like 50 pieces of vinyl but I have some treasures. If you see something you like email me mr.white666@gmail.com for trades.

PS: I'm now on google search 5th page with the search punk blog. Give it a month and I'll be top fucking slot.

MY PRECIOUS

2009-05-31T05:01:00.005-03:00

A scratch on the surface of my vinyl but this is some of my precious.

VINYL OR DIE.

CD'S ARE A FUCKING DEAD MEDIUM!

NoFX
"One Million Coasters"
Coasters and Frisbees
Fish lures for deep seas
Mobiles for infants
They make great Christmas tree ornaments

Bring the whole family,
parking is free
You're going to love
our selection
of 8-track tapes,
Blank floppy discs,
mobile car phones,
Atari 2600 consoles

Guard rail reflectors
Hold 'em hand protectors
Halloween handouts
We got a ten-thousand foot warehouse
Full of cassette tapes,
Persimmon woods,
Ink jet printers,
telephone booths,
Sony Walkman's,
Kodak 110's,
Analog TV's,
Betamax's

And 10 million CD's

RIP CD's. Vinyl lives on!

Born/Dead - The Final Collapse

2009-05-31T04:38:00.005-03:00

This is a band that has been greatly influential in getting me into crust and harder hardcore

http://www.myspace.com/borndeadpunx

I actually found their prfile picture flyered in Fredericton on a lamp post, tore it down and still have it stuffed away somewhere.

There guys are tough, tough, tough, hardcore, occasional multi vocalist crust hardcore at it best. These guys fucking rule.

Born/Dead - The Final Collapse

Requests

2009-05-30T20:27:00.002-03:00

Are more then welcome I have a ton of obscure punk, ska and hardcore. Heavy on the hardcore.

So comment your requests here and I'll get em up.

EDIT: Comments are more then welcome to, what am I doing wrong, what am I doing right, what can I change, what would you like to see?

Mischief Brew - Smash The Windows

2009-05-30T18:27:00.002-03:00

This is my favorite folk punk album and in keeping with what seems to be a CRS theme here it even features STZA on the track Ten Thousand Fleas. Very soulful, gritty guitar work with some strained (in a good way) gruff vocals. Awesome lyrics as well.

"There is power in unions of ramblers that got nothing to own.
But there's more in one fist swingin' mother swearin' 'my children shall never be sold!'"

Fucking right!

MISHCHIEFBREWSMASHTHEWINDOWS

My Own Religion - Keepin' The Piece

2009-05-30T17:14:00.003-03:00

These guys are Crack Rock Steady makers from out in Scotland and they've got a dark vibe to them. Apparently they open for the LOC whenever they make it to Scotland. Good beats.

http://www.myspace.com/myownreligion

My Own Religion - Keepin' The Piece

Lebenden Toten - Near Dark

2009-05-30T16:01:00.003-03:00

This is Lebenden Toten's latest 12 incher. Straight up noisy hardcore from portland hardcore. Female fronted too. Kicks ass!

http://www.last.fm/music/Lebenden+Toten

Lebenden Toten - Near Dark

7 Seconds

2009-05-30T15:36:00.003-03:00

Here's two released both of which are on par for my favorite slot. Their newest release Take It Back Take It On Take It Over and their classic release The Crew.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Seconds

http://www.myspace.com/7seconds

They play really fun fast and inspirational hardcore.

7 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take it Back Take it On Take it Over

The Crew

Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim & The '59 Sound

2009-05-29T16:56:00.003-03:00

They've been told their sound is very similar to a punky Bruce Sprinsteen and now they;ve been asked to open for The Boss. Big ups.

http://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem

Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim

Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues

2009-05-29T13:28:00.002-03:00

In honor of them coming to play Halifax this coming Monday (@Paragon) here's my favorite release by these melodic hardcore monkeys.

Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues

punk/normalcy

2009-05-29T12:42:00.007-03:00

I just finished watching SLC Punk yet again and more some reason this time then end affected me differently. I usually feel smug and superior when Lillard cuts his hair blames his punk problems all on Heroin Bob and buys into the corporate system.

This time around...I don't know. I'm beginning to feel a whole lot like him now. A few facts: I'm not a full blown crust punk, nor homeless, I work but I try to live my life by a stringent moral code that I adopted through years of listening to punk.

Fact: Punk music comes from rage. Plain and simple. They/we are fucking angry about the shit ways or economy/class/cultures are being plundered on the day to day. We're mad because we don't have any friends. We're mad because we get beaten up at home. Whatever the fucking reason be, punk comes as a direct result of someone being incensed with some situation.

They said something in the movie. Rage can only last for so long then it's gone *poof* and you become another tie wearing fucking sheep. So what, we only have a certain amount of time or a certain amount of rage stored up with which we constantly run out of?

The reason so many punks are in it during there youth and then out of it in there mid twenties is because they realize that we're not doing anything. Nothings changing, any efforts we make to get others to open there minds like we have done are all generally fruitless.

Our song lyrics are doing NOTHING but preaching to the choir. Punks that take protest songs and actually use them to protest with are in very very short supply.

So what is punk? A community for people to come together and get their aggressions out (even if they realize that they're not accomplishing anything in doing so or is it a place where like minded people can come together to exact surgical change? Punk shows are a good emotional release and a place to bitch about our stagnant governing bodies for sure but the truth is we've accomplished nothing. Of course there are the good ones that operate in food not bombs, do volunteer work ACTUALLY protest. Those people are very few and far between. The average punk is more about getting their frustrations out and having a good time for once.

So what happens? Kids come to the scene for one reason or another, they bring the fury, have fun, meet friends, start bands, play music, don't back up any of the words they say then they hit 20. By this time most people have a pretty decent view of how fucked the world is on a global, country and provincial level. We're all fucking peons slaving for minimum wages while the people at the top of corporations rake in the profit. NOTHING WILL CHANGE THIS. EVER! We're a world run by multi-national corporations that don't care about destroying foreign lands and using poor denizens of those countries as slaves to make fucking jeans at 2 cents a pair and then turn around and expect you, YOU the fucking guys that got JUST GOT LAID OFF from the factory or where ever that was just shipped over seas to shell out 80 FUCKING DOLLARS FOR THOSE JEANS.

See once most punks start learning about all the atrocities going on around them and that there is no fucking way to stop them. Not protesting, not firebombing, nothing will stop the way the corporations and governments work together to kill us everyday. You see, this is when we stop caring, we become apathetic, we give up and that's when we buy in and start feeling sorry for the next generation of punk.

sigh

I'm 22 and I'm scared I'm starting to buy in already.

No Cash - and the rest

2009-05-28T17:14:00.002-03:00

This pack has the rest of No Cash's output. It's four releases. Their Live at CBGB's Performance, their song Sick Bastards from the comp New York Punk Olympics, their half of the Summertime in the City split with Team Spider and ...well something else.

DISCOG

No Cash - Run Your Pockets

2009-05-28T17:02:00.004-03:00

This is the only full length release from Stza Crack's young protege's No Ca$h. They play tight super fast inventive punk with some Crack Rock influences (might as well make this a CRS blog). They disbanded after this cd came out and the lead singer went on to become MC Devlin in The Mad Conductor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-Cash

http://www.myspace.com/nocashband

http://www.myspace.com/themadconductor

NO CASH - RUN YER MOTHERFUCKIN' POCKETS

The Dumpers - Business as Usual

2009-05-28T16:10:00.002-03:00

Straight up Choking Victim worship. It's gritty crack rock steady shit. Song themes include killing cops, shooting dope, being poor. Standard CRS themes. Fun stuff.

The Dumpers - Business as Usual

Sex/Vid - Ere'thing

2009-05-28T15:55:00.002-03:00

Here's everything I've been able to track down by the punk band Sex/Vid. I can't find much info on them and this shit was fucking hard to track down due to google always wanting to show me porn when I type in sex vid for some reason.

Anyways, I do whatever Maximum Rock and Roll tells me to do and they are always gushing like little girls over this stuff so I wanted to hear it for myself. It's not bad. Punk, heavily distorted, hard on the ears at points but still pretty good. This is for people that can't find shit by them anywhere.

1. Demo
2. Sex/Vid EP
3. Tania EP
4. Nest EP
5. Communal Living 12"

EVERYTHING

Bad Religion - EP

2009-05-28T15:45:00.002-03:00

This is Bad Religion's first ever release. It's a six song hardcore punk ep and a far cry from what they're doing these days. Snotty, angry and sarcastic it's actually almost taking over as my favorite Bad Religion release.

BREP!

Piss Shit Fuck - Use Your Delusions + After the Bombs Drop tracks

2009-05-28T15:34:00.002-03:00

This is everything released by Piss Shit Fuck the hardcore band made by Skwert of Choking Victim fame. Use Your Delusions is an awesome and hard to track down piece of hardcore. It's fucking hard, lo-fi and experimental with some decent lyrics. Highlights are Bleed The Pigs and Had Enough.

http://www.myspace.com/pissshitfuckofficial

And it's not that shitty band Fuck Shit Piss from Nevada.

PISS SHIT FUCK

Leftover Crack Live

2009-05-28T03:39:00.002-03:00

OK, here's a treat. Leftover Crack live in germany. This isn't some big show though. It looks like a spray painted basement show to me with about 30 people in it. Fucking awesome quality for what it is and they cover Choking Victim and LOC songs.

It's in 4 rar files. Down them all to the same folder and extract the first one and the whole video will be extracted from the four.

Took me a while to rar and upload so enjoy it.

1!
2!
3!
4!

Stencils

2009-05-28T00:54:00.002-03:00

Here's a tiny pack of cool stencils from http://www.stencilpunks.org/ some bands and some good politically slanted ones.

Go make your neighborhood look good.

STENCILS

(Dear Justin "Toxicated" Mayer - I ain't stealin em I'm helping circulate em.)

Grim Luck! - Diaries From Roscoe Street

2009-05-28T00:09:00.002-03:00

Grim Luck! are a great ska punk band from down in California. They have an almost distinct sound I say that because they sound like Streetlight Manifesto but with more of a gypsy influence. I've been searching hard for something on par with their fourth wave sound. Don't get me wrong they're not as good but with a few years they'll be there. This is a five song ep and it sounds a little raw but it's great shit.

http://www.myspace.com/grimluck

Grim Luck! - Diaries From Roscoe Street

Shirts

2009-05-27T23:57:00.004-03:00

Whoo, five shirts made so far.

D.R.I or die? lulz to no end.

Stencils from http://www.stencilpunks.org/

Shirts are fun but seriously, print, cut, spray paint in public. Much more fun.

G.G. Allin - The Troubled Troubadour

2009-05-27T21:02:00.004-03:00

This is an expanded cd version of GG Allin's 1990 7 inch. It contains acoustic songs sung by GG with a heavy country bent to them. I hate the douche and almost everything he's done but this album, When I Die in particular is fucking great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubled_Troubador

G.G. Allin - The Troubled Troubadour

Rest in peace you fucking piece of scum.

Gay for Johnny Depp - Blood the Natural Lubricant

2009-05-27T20:56:00.002-03:00

Not really sure what to say about this band. The music is like newer hardcore bands but the vocalist borders on screamo. I for one, can't stand screamo but this ep is fucking amazing. I don't know why but I've been listening to it for years.

http://www.myspace.com/gayforjohnnydepp

Gay for Johnny Depp - Blood the Natural Lubricant

Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits

2009-05-27T20:24:00.002-03:00

This is their second newest lp. It was there first full on foray into thrash territory and it's a fucking wicked venture.

Nab this shit. If you don't have it, you should.

Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits

Koro - Self Titled

2009-05-27T20:15:00.003-03:00

This is my absolute favorite piece of hardcore. This (aside from a practice session) is all they ever released. It's a bit blown out, super fast and has some super snotty vocals. Each song is actually unique enough to make you want to come back to it again which is a failing in an awful lot of newer hardcore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(band)

KORO!

Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules

2009-05-27T19:59:00.002-03:00

Fucking weird ass music. That's the easiest way to put it. This isn't for everyone. Upon first listen I couldn't stand it but the thing grew on me and now I find myself spinning it all the time. It's slow paced, sometimes plodding, it's super fucking distorted with really haunting vocals. Give it a go and give it a couple of chances.

http://www.myspace.com/clockcleaner

Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules

The Holy Mountain - Bloodstains Across Your Face In Decline

2009-05-27T18:39:00.002-03:00

This is some very, very hard to find shit. It's a great 16 song release done by Florida's The Holy Mountain. It's crusty punk rock. A little hard to listen to at times but for the majority of it flows great and has some cool guitar work.

http://www.myspace.com/theholymountain

The Holy Mountain - Bloodstains Across Your Face In Decline

The Lower Class Brats - The Clockwork Singles

2009-05-27T18:09:00.000-03:00

This is a collection of LCB's singles (a best of I suppose). Some great songs by this Texas based street punk band. Highlights are Safety Pinned and Sick, Ultra Violence, Addicted to OI! and their cover of Black Flags The Process of Weeding Out.

http://www.myspace.com/lowerclassbratsrule

The Lower Class Brats - The Clockwork Singles

FEAR - The Record

2009-05-27T18:04:00.000-03:00

This is the first release by California based band FEAR. They wrote some great balls out punk rock and were known for constantly baiting their audiences by hurling fag at them then starting masive fights with them.

They're also greatly known for their Saturday Night Live appearance. Funny stuff.

FEAR - The Record

Deviated Instinct - Welcome to the Orgy EP

2009-05-27T17:47:00.000-03:00

This is the first release by stenchcore british grinders Deviated Instinct. They helped pioneer the crust genre and this ep rips. It's got a med tempo to it for the majority with death metal influences and a gruff vocalist. Great 4 song release.

http://www.myspace.com/terminalfilth

Deviated Instinct - Welcome to the Orgy EP

Crack Rock Steady

2009-05-27T17:42:00.000-03:00

Blaine, this Bloods for you. This is a pretty good quality version of the Crack Rock Steady Seven side of the CRS7/F-Minus Baby Jesus Sliced Up In A Manger Split.

1. Heroin Or Suicide
2. Nobody is Free
3. Drug Song
4. So You Wanna Be A Cop?

CRS7 - Baby Jesus Sliced Up In a Manger

Brutal Knights - Living By Yourself

2009-05-27T17:35:00.000-03:00

These guys are great, not quite a comedy 'core band but the lead singer is a stand up comedian and the lyrics skew towards the comedic. Really good hardcore music with a major bent towards balls out rock and roll.

Good shit.

http://www.myspace.com/brutalknights

Brutal Knights - Living By Yourself

Hard Charger - ST

2009-05-27T17:21:00.000-03:00

This is a post from my favorite local band. They hail from Fredricton NB and they play a great mix of crust and rock and roll. They fucking rip.

http://www.myspace.com/hardchargermusic

Check em out and buy a seven inch off em.

Hard Charger - ST

Anti - Cimex

2009-05-27T17:14:00.000-03:00

Kings of Swedish Crust. This is a rar that packs there first two 7 inches together. The Self Titled and the Raped Ass seven inches. Both are great but have a distinct sound from one another. I'm partial to the first but meh.

http://www.myspace.com/anticimexfanclub

Anti Cimex - Seven Inches