More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Like most older hardcore fans, I was pretty devastated when Bane decided to call it quits as they were easily one of my favorites and a mainstay in hardcore. So it’s a bit surprising that Bane vocalist Aaron Bedard’s latest project Antagonize has mostly been flying under the radar. Boston’s Antagonize released a 5 song […]
If you listen to hardcore at all, you shouldn’t need any introduction to New York hardcore band Sick Of It All. These NY veterans have been cranking out albums since 1986 and haven’t had a lineup change since 1992 (26 years is at least 100 in punk years). All of this without a breakup or […]
While pretty much every modern punk band is influenced by Agent Orange and The Dead Kennedys, not too many carry the banner successfully blending surf vibes with ferocious 80s hardcore. Yet New Jersey’s Night Birds do exactly that, all without sounding completely derivative and managing to keep things fresh. Celebrating their 10 year anniversary as […]
I recently caught New Jersey’s hardcore band Sick Shit play in a dingy bar basement in Trenton with PEARS, and I was completely blown away. So much so, that after catching their set I quickly grabbed their EP Thick Spit. Released in March this year and recorded in central Jersey (yes it exists you north […]
These days a Paint It Black show is a bit of a rare occurrence, so when the Philly hardcore band announced they’d be playing at Asbury Park’s House Of Independents the day before The Bouncing Souls “Stoked For The Summer” show, I decided to just make a weekend out of it. Paint It Black I […]
I sort of hate the term supergroup, but there really isn’t any better way to describe the newly formed Beach Rats, featuring Pete and Bryan from The Bouncing Souls, Ari from Lifetime, and Brian Baker from Minor Threat/Dag Nasty/Bad Religion. When I saw that they were playing their 2nd show ever at Philly’s intimate PHILAMOCA, […]
Yesterday the highly influential hardcore band 7 Seconds decided to call it quits… you can read their official statement here, but TLDR: due to a bunch of personal health problems they’re hanging it up). Lightening the mood a bit is punk satire site The Hard Times with their piece about “Aging Punk Marks Himself Safe […]
Rat Cage’s Caged Like Rats is so damn hard hitting and has more ferocity than most bands these days, I was completely shocked to learn that it was actually a one man project from Sheffield, UK’s Bryan J. Suddaby. Playing guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and backup vocals on the 6 song EP, Caged Like Rats […]
A couple weekends ago, I headed to Philly’s Union Transfer to catch one of my favorite hardcore bands around, American Nightmare. I’ve been a fan of them ever since I first caught them play with The Hope Conspiracy sometime in 2003, headed up to Boston to catch their first reunion show a few years back, […]
I’m a little behind on posts, and have a bunch of shows I want to post about as February has been a busy month for me (and the city of Philadelphia as a whole). I headed out to a little rad spot here in Philly called Danny’s Place to catch local hardcore band Open City. […]