Brief Lives – Whistleblower 7”
Brief Lives is a new name for me but on their new 2-song 7” they get the job done with their particular brand of abrasive post-hardcore.
Superchunk – I Hate Music
This Chapel Hill quartet has been a consistent force for almost 25 years and don’t show any signs of slowing down just yet.
Pale Angels – Primal Play
Holy shit, are there still bands that don’t feature Mikey Erg?
Propagandhi – How To Clean Everything (20th anniversary edition)
There are probably a lot of punkrockers out there who weren’t skating twenty years ago simply because they weren’t even born yet.
Unkind – Pelon Juuret
Finland’s Unkind is a brutal band that manages to lift crustcore to a whole new level on “Pelon Juuret”.
Transplants – In A Warzone
On the third Transplants album, it seems that the experimentation of previous releases has been largely replaced by a more straight-forward punk-rock sound.
Letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful
LA-based post-hardcore outfit letlive. caused a lot of waves with 2010’s “Fake History”. Critics were quick to compare them to Glassjaw and Refused and did so with reason.
Alpha & Omega – No Rest No Peace
Los Angeles’ Alpha & Omega are back with “No Rest, No Peace”, their Bridge 9 debut and second full-length overall.
Creepvine : 80's hardcore pioneer sues every country in the world
G**g G*nn, guitar player for 80's hardcore pioneers Bl*ck Fl*g, appears to be sueing every country in the world for using a flag. Additionally, a high number of penitentiaries have also been sued because "the cells have black bars".
August Burns Red – Rescue & Restore
I have tried to listen to as little metalcore as possible the last couple of years because I almost OD’d on it back when when every band out there seemed to be making the same album.