More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
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 […]
On a cool Saturday night, I headed to Philly’s sold out First Unitarian Church to catch power violence pioneers Infest for their first ever show in the city of Brotherly love. The church basement was completely packed out when the California punk band with people looking to let off some steam considering everything going […]
I have to give Weekend Nachos credit… I went to a local power violence show recently and it seemed like every younger kid was wearing a Weekend Nachos shirt, and saying that it was these Illinois dudes that got them into power violence to begin with, so they definitely have a sizable following. I will […]
On Saturday night, I headed to a bike shop called Wolf Cycles out in West Philly for a local punk/grind show. Upon entering, I immediately fell in love with the place. Bare bones, upstairs show in a room no bigger than a living room, I got there right in the middle of ASD’s set, and […]
This past Thursday I headed out to Philly’s small club The Barbary to catch a grindcore/powerviolence show. The place had a decent amount of people in it for a random winter Thursday night, and while I unfortunately missed some of the openers (especially Boroughs, from what I’ve heard of them, they’re fucking sick), I was […]
Some days you just need some more fucking grind in your life. Last night I headed out to Philly’s intimate Kung Fu Necktie to catch Fantasy Panther who was opening for sludge legends metal Jucifer and playing with Philly’s own Callous (I completely missed HIRS who I’ve heard good things about.) Callous: Callous plays incredibly […]
Take a quick look through your record collection, how do you feel about ripping powerviolence hardcore? If you dig it, then you’ll definitely love DNF’s (or Duke Nukem Forever) 7 inch release Hurt. Featuring members of both Trash Talk and Touche Amore, DNF plays eye gouging hardcore similar to the likes of old Punch or […]
United Nations played a rare show in Philly earlier this week, and I missed it. Oh well. I can say I’ve been spinning their Self Titled pretty much nonstop since though. A brief history: United Nations is surrounded by secrecy with most of the official members identities kept hidden due to contracts, etc. Founded by […]