Head Wound City’s 2005 Three One G debut opens with a harsh, grinding, power-saw of feedback for nearly a minute before the band kicks in together—squalling hard like a storm at sea with vampire bat shrieks of guitar, thundering bass, blitzing drums, and they don’t let up for the next seven tracks, which are as MORE…
Records released in the wake of 9/11 come with a certain mark of feeling. It doesn’t matter whether the songs were written in response or even recorded after the attacks; the art we take in after trauma is often branded irrevocably by what went down. Get Hustle’s Rollin’ in the Ruins (particularly “Black Stallion Medallion” MORE…
Being alive is fucking hard no matter who you are. Being alive during a pandemic is of course even harder and so is being alive in the dirty heart of peak capitalism. One of the ways we make the shittiness of life feel less terrible is to find things we love and believe in—things that MORE…
Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Jason Hamacher to the podcast. Jason is the drummer for Zealot R.I.P. and has also drummed in Frodus, Decahedron (with Joe Lally of Fugazi, need to sneak that in here), Battery, and Combatwoundedveteran, among others. Jason talks about functioning with attention deficit hyperactivity and channelling it into creative projects such music MORE…
Stream episode 15 of Cult and Culture, via Soundcloud, here. The concept of Cult and Culture began as a short segment created by Justin Pearson, an internationally known musician, record label owner (Three One G Records), author, and actor. He is best known as bassist/vocalist for bands such as Dead Cross, The Locust, and Retox. MORE…
Before I left San Diego, I drove around town in the car I’d borrowed and bought 10 burritos to put in my suitcase. I stayed up all night in the bedroom of the house I grew up in. I DM’d and sent texts to friends. “Great to see you.” “Hoping to come back in December.” MORE…
Questions to ask yourself: 1) How much good would you do if someone cut you in half? 2) How long does half a boat float before it goes down like a stone? 3) You’re still hungry after half a meal, right? No matter your answers, on this 7” half of the Locust does just fine. MORE…
It’s been five years since the release of Silent’s debut record on Three One G, A Century of Abuse, and what a fucking shitshow it has been. Just a week after the record dropped, Donald J. Trump won the election to become the 45th President of the United States. Then the new global rise of MORE…
I don’t believe in superstitions, but I do all the superstitious shit. I wish on trucks carrying loads of hay and I don’t walk under ladders or chance breaking mirrors. When I see a penny sitting tails-up, I toss it a few feet away. (If I find it again, and it’s heads-up, then it’s fine MORE…