In Tiny Mix Tapes’ 2004 review of this split, the reviewer ends their wrap-up with, “Please, guys, pick up your guitars.” TMT did not like this record. Said it wasn’t catchy, loud (what, like, volume?), fast, or danceable. It’s the kind of one-star review that makes you want to buy the record, so thanks? This MORE…

I want to tell you it’s going to be okay, but that’s a lie. The truth is it’s going to be okay then it’s going to get bad then maybe it’ll be okay again for a while. The only consistency I see is how inconsistent life is. This is the shit world, the world of MORE…

People always say shit like, “Ohhh, this band sounds like nothing that came before.“ As sweeping gestures go, that’s pretty empty. Maybe YOU think so-and-so-band sounds like nothing that came before, but there’s a LOT of shit out there. Chances are there’s something that sounds exactly like the band you think is completely original. It’s MORE…

UNDER ATTACK is a band focused on “vicious precision hardcore” made up of vocalist Alex Copeland, guitarist Mark Telfian, bassist/vocalist Jason Hodges (Suppression, Oozing Meat), and drummer Dave Witte (Municipal Waste). Collectively, the band has an extensive “ex members of” list including Limp Wrist, Discordance Axis, Human Remains, Hail Mary, Eucharist, and many, many more. MORE…

SONIDO DE LA FRONTERA – “Si Quieres Mas” (Ft. El Chevy) video Sonido De La Frontera is the combination of Soundsystem culture, hip hop production aesthetic, and the sounds of Latin America’s most prolific dance music: Cumbia. The result is a bass oriented, dance driven music with a sound unique to the border between San MORE…

Das Oath’s self-titled CD-EP came out 17 years ago today via this very label. In celebration of good things born, here’s a list of things this record is not. 1) Bro hardcore shit 2) Boring. 3) Sleepy. Lifeless. Phoning-it-in. Nope. 4) American. Vocalist Mark McCoy was born in Cuba. The rest of the band is MORE…

That night after the reading we’re in a country bar down by the river and the bartender is buying our drinks. Why, we’re not sure, but it’s tequila sunrise after tequila sunrise and I’ve fed ten bucks into the jukebox to play every version of “Carmelita” in a row then every Townes song they’ve got. MORE…

I’ve heard it said your mind is at its best when you are in a new place. Dropped suddenly in a new town, a new city, you see your surroundings with fresh eyes. Your memory is stronger. You are alert to all stimulus and sensory information. Maybe this is because instinctually you know you are MORE…

Bobby Bray I’ve known since 4th grade. I was in Ms Shaw’s. He in Ms. Albertson’s across the hall. I’ve watched him go from the saxophone section of band class to The Locust to Holy Molar to INUS. All of it makes sense. There are gaps of years in between and the gaps are the MORE…

We’ve all got a different version of what “home” is. Maybe it’s the house you grew up in. Maybe a city or a state or a country. For some of us “home” is a person, or a group of people, or a community or a scene to come back to when you’ve strayed too far MORE…