There’s a TERRIBLE FEELINGS interview in the new MRR and a WHITE LUNG interview in the new Razorcake.
UNLEARN
Review from Razorcake : In the hands of a writer with a better knowledge of crust, this would be the place where the review says, “If you like (insert litany of Cold War-era Eastern European bands with lots of Ks in their names here), then you need this.” But, all I can tell you is that this is raw and crusty and possibly D-beat and on Dreamsicle-colored wax and that the guitars are so distorted that they’re practically three-dimensional. When I put this on, I found myself running up and down the hall of my apartment like Indiana Jones being chased by a gigantic, rolling boulder of caustic, life-threatening punk. Hot damn
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just added a bunch of new distro titles on the online store - marvelous darlings 7”, impalers 7”, red dons 7”, culo/tenement 7”, tenement lp, inservibles lp, mother’s children 12”, brain tumors 7”, discharge 7"s, nasa space universe lp, total trash split 7” etc…
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UPDATE coming… will include BLOODY GEARS, NATURAL LAW, TERRIBLE FEELINGS, NO CLASS, WILD CHILD, CULO, TOTAL TRASH, NEON PISS, WHITE LUNG, CREEM, and other pleasantries…
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The MARVELOUS DARLINGS are playing their first show in years with Matty back in town
JAN 26 @ SNEAKY DEES
8$ 9PM
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MARVELOUS DARLINGS
(First show in years - A Welcome Home Matty/Single Life 12” Relase Party)
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ACTUAL WATER
(Paisley Orchard 12” Release gig!!)
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THE GET NUNS
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TROUBADOUR
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MARVELOUS DARLINGS single life LP & CD and CULO life is vile…so are we LP come out this week. Ebullition, Revolver, FAB and Gravemistake should have copies soon. Preorders will be another week since my copies (coming into Canada) always takes a little more time.
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CULO
‘Life is vile … and so are we’ compiles CULO’s three sold out 7”s (Nuke Abuse, Military Trend, and Toxic Vision) plus nine bonus tracks from the same recording sessions which were previously only available on limited tape releases or not at all. Total piss and vinegar hardcore delivered at high velocity and at no expense to catchy riffing. This is a hardcore punk monster and absolutely mandatory! Comes with full color newsprint poster and download card. Now accepting preorders for color vinyl (pink and blue options). Ships 1st week of December.
Listen here:
http://www.derangedrecords.com/images/uploads/media/01_CULO_FM.mp3
Order here:
http://www.derangedrecords.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=28
MARVELOUS DARLINGS
For the uninitiated, the Marvelous Darlings features Ben Cook from FUCKED UP doing some of the best 77’punk meets power pop since the EXPLODING HEARTS. Single Life compiles a string of 7” vinyl releases by the Darlings, which have all now long sold out. As great as the singles are on their own, this is one of those cases where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. CD format and download coupon (for LP) includes 5 bonus demo takes of their hits. Now accepting preorders for color vinyl (pink and blue options). Ships 1st week of December or earlier.
Listen here:
http://www.derangedrecords.com/images/uploads/media/01_I_Dont_Wanna_Go_To_The_Party.mp3
Order here:
http://www.derangedrecords.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=28
TERRIBLE FEELINGS
12: Malmö @ Babel + Invasionen
14: Hamburg, DE @ ROTE FLORA w/ Bent Cross
15: Utrecht, NL @dB’s Studio w/ Jeff The Brotherhood
16: maybe Nurnberg
17: maybe Ljubljana
18: Venice, IT @ TBA
19: München, DE @ Kafé Kult w/ Raein
20: Wien, AU @ Arena
21: Praha, CZ @ Klubovna Povalec
22: maybe Dresden
23: Berlin, DE @ Cortina Bob
24: Köpenhamn, DK @ Ungeren w/ Autistic Youth
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Weds 9/28 San Francisco, CA at SubMission (2183 Mission St) w/ Gehenna, Cardboard Funeral, Neighborhood Brats
Thurs 9/29 Riverside, CA at Division 9 (3850 Lemon St) w/ Knife Fight, Harness, Disapproval
Fri 9/30 Las Vegas, NV at The Aruba (1215 Las Vegas Blvd South) w/ TBD
Sat 10/1 Phoenix, AZ at Tribe (2238 N 24th St) w/ Avon Ladies, Gay Kiss, Tempe SS
Sun 10/2 Long Beach, CA at Que Sera (1923 East 7th St) w/ Low Places, Nasa Space Universe, Francis Harold & the Holograms
Mon 10/3 Bakersfield, CA at Munoz Gym (lineup TBA soon)
Tues 10/4 San Francisco, CA at the Hemlock (1131 Polk St) w/ Yadokai
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NEW RELEASESS OUT NOW:
NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE panic 7”
2nd 7” from Sweden’s Negative Lifestyle offers more of the same sloppy 80’s hardcore punk by way of Europe. On Panic, the band returns with 7 new tracks that include a few melodic gems that really sets this record apart. No bullshit, no reverb, no trend-hop – just a three piece trying to play pop songs using 80’s hardcore as its medium.
TERRIBLE FEELINGS impending doom 7”
North American pressing of their superb Impending Doom 7”. Someone described the music as “Loud, dark, therapeutic, and rough around the edges”, and Anton once said he played “black angst-ridden power pop.” Both quotes sum up Terrible Feelings pretty well. Doomsday pop with punkrock roots. Place their sound somewhere in the wastelands between Wipers, Masshysteri, Ebba Grön and Murder City Devils. Album and US tour in the works for Spring 2012. Here are a few kind words from MRR that will serve as a good introduction to many:
There is a chance that this may be my new favorite band, which is a bold claim to make from a measly two song record. TERRIBLE FEELINGS, from Malmö, Sweden, sound like they are taking cues from THE WIPERS, GORILLA ANGREB, KNUGEN FALLER and BURNING KITCHEN while maintaining their own voice in the music. It’s difficult to write and produce a two song 45 that people will actually listen to more than a couple times, but this record has me flipping the thing over and over repeatedly because these two songs are both fucking amazing. “Impending Doom” hooks you in with the first staccato guitar chord and keeps your attention throughout the whole song. The lyrics are about losing your faith in just about everything and are so terribly bleak that I wanted to write a letter to the band to make sure they didn’t kill themselves immediately after recording this. On the flip side is “Death To Everyone”, which keeps the bad times rolling. The music is upbeat and poppy, but the lyrics are about complacency and forgetting about your dreams. There is musical interlude that sounds just like that part of that one GERMS song that says “I want out now!”. You can sing those lyrics along with this part and it fits in thematically but doesn’t detract one bit from the song! Clean guitars, steady drums and emotionally dark lyrics all combine to make you dance and feel like shit at the same time Listen to this and imagine living somewhere that only has five to six hours of daylight in the wintertime. This will definitely be one of my favorite records of the year and hopefully there will be enough bleak winter months over there to inspire a full LP
Listen to the 7” here: http://soundcloud.com/terrible-feelings
UNLEARN s/t LP
Posthumous album by Vancouver’s noisy raw punks. Follow-up If you’ve witnessed this bands live set you already know what to expect. A loud and noisy fury of raw punk leveling everything in their path. Vocals distorted in anguish and a wall of guitars tweaked to ear splitting frequencies held down with an impressive d-beat attack. These guys are definitely into Disclose and Meanwhile.
VACANT STATE fill the void 12”
Debut 11 song Lp. Early 80’s influenced USHC. If you know Vacant State this is what you come to expect, an obvious Boston crew (Last Rights, Negative Fx, SSD) influence along with Negative Approach. With an Oi twist comparable to more current bands like 86 Mentality and Commitment Crew. Artwork By Dry-Rot’s Jordan Darby.
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CULO life is vile…so are we LP (compilation of 7”s and demos), MARVELOUS DARLINGS single life LP (compilation of 7”s)
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REVIEWS:
MRR339 : This is music for maladjusted adults who are too old to be able to relate to teenage problems, but whose feelings of alienation have in no way withered with age, and are looking for something that musically and lyrically captures the frustration of adult punk life in the same way that, say, so many ADOLESCENTS songs are a product of teen angst. One of my favorite things in the world is bands effectively fusing hardcore with catchy yet aggressive or paranoid melody, as bands like SOCIAL CIRCKLE and DEEP SLEEP have done in recent years. NO PROBLEM beat their contemporaries at this game : taking up the anger to Falling Down levels, yet writing an entire LPs worth of multi-dimensional, fully-formed, memorable songs that are devoid of even a note of filler. This band is touring the US and Canada this summer, and if they’re half as good live as they are on this LP, it’s gonna be a goddamn blast.
IMPURE LARD blogspot : Well it’s about fucking time for the first post since we decided to get going with this again and I can’t think of a better one to start with than NO PROBLEM’S new LP. I won’t bore you with the personal history I have with some of this band’s members but I assure you my opinions are purely objective when it comes to hardcore. If it’s a half assed effort on anyone’s part I definitely don’t pull punches. And this dear inter-web music nerds is a fucking ripper! When I spun this piece of wax visions of surf punks smashing the shit out of each other in a circle storm came to mind. And as a matter of fact it was something I witnessed twice last month during their live shows… Think berets, engineer boots and plaid shirts tied around the waste. Think of a time when rage was more focused and personal. This is seasoned hardcore played by seasoned hardcore veterans. Homage to the mighty Agent Orange and TSOL are no accident and their Edmonton roots shine through on the faster SNFUish numbers. Make no mistake though - this is not cut and paste hardcore, and although the influences are apparent these prairie boys make sure to put their own twist on it. The raw but warm recording really works for this type of stuff and it’s something they seem to have kept consistent through the previous two ep’s as well…. It’s not often a band can really capture the energy and intensity of their live show - especially in this “right click” hardcore world where a shitty recording is regarded as “raw” and “brutal”. No; this was a deliberate effort to put out the best hardcore record of the summer and make good on that goal. Mission accomplished. Although it has been a great summer for killer releases, hardcore wise its been as dry as a nun’s slash. Enter NO PROBLEM with this slam dunk. Classy dudes churn out a future hardcore classic.
TALK’S CHEAP : Wow, this is a really solid debut LP from Edmonton’s No Problem. This LP comes hot on the heals of their two 7 inchers, both on Handsome Dan records…I liked the 7 icnches alright, but the LP is heads above both records. No Problem went out to Toronto to record the album with Jonah Falco (Fucked Up/Career Suicide)...and while I originally questioned why they had to go across the country to record their record, upon listening to the LP, it’s evident that they made a wise decision. The production on this record is perfect for a modern, 80’s influence hardcore-punk record. Killer guitar tone, vocals that are just tough enough without coming off thug…and 13 brief but catchy tracks. There’s alot of 80’s hardcore in there, but it’s tempred with enough other influences that it doesn’t soud tired. I immediately hear stuff like the Adolescents and Angry Samoans(on one track in particular)...and if you’re a fan of early Fucked Up and Career Suicide stuff, this will probably be up you alley too. This is one of the best records I’ve heard from a Canadian band in quite some time…pick it up and catch ‘em live if they come through your town this summer. They put on a great, energetic, live set (if you ingnore the drummer), that’s well worth checking out.
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THE MEN immaculada LP
Out now - Repress of THE MEN’s self-released album originally limited to 500 copies. 8 songs of desperate, fuzzed out, riff laden punk/post-punk. But this release really is an excellent mash of shoegaze and drony soundscapes with buried vocals beneath it all. Dreamy at times and get that Sonic Youth vibe. Their new album just came out on Sacred Bones records.
TERRIBLE FEELINGS
Expect the north American press of the TERRIBLE FEELINGS ‘impending doom’ this August. Here are a few kind words from MRR that will serve as a good introduction to many:
There is a chance that this may be my new favorite band, which is a bold claim to make from a measly two song record. TERRIBLE FEELINGS, from Malmö, Sweden, sound like they are taking cues from THE WIPERS, GORILLA ANGREB, KNUGEN FALLER and BURNING KITCHEN while maintaining their own voice in the music. It’s difficult to write and produce a two song 45 that people will actually listen to more than a couple times, but this record has me flipping the thing over and over repeatedly because these two songs are both fucking amazing. “Impending Doom” hooks you in with the first staccato guitar chord and keeps your attention throughout the whole song. The lyrics are about losing your faith in just about everything and are so terribly bleak that I wanted to write a letter to the band to make sure they didn’t kill themselves immediately after recording this. On the flip side is “Death To Everyone”, which keeps the bad times rolling. The music is upbeat and poppy, but the lyrics are about complacency and forgetting about your dreams. There is musical interlude that sounds just like that part of that one GERMS song that says “I want out now!”. You can sing those lyrics along with this part and it fits in thematically but doesn’t detract one bit from the song! Clean guitars, steady drums and emotionally dark lyrics all combine to make you dance and feel like shit at the same time Listen to this and imagine living somewhere that only has five to six hours of daylight in the wintertime. This will definitely be one of my favorite records of the year and hopefully there will be enough bleak winter months over there to inspire a full LP
Listen to the 7” here: http://soundcloud.com/terrible-feelings
BRAINKILLER
Review of their LP from MRR 338
I have to admit that I am a BRAINKILLER fan. In fact I celebrate their whole catalog. With that said this Lp is pretty damn badass. Yes, it is more of the sound that BRAINKILLER has crafted by melding together the best parts of Japanese hardcore with the intensely deep American HC roots. This band manages to move fluidly into FRAMTID musicality from early DEATHREAT, and DEVOID OF FAITH, barking mean, growled sometimes chorused vocals. I know the comparisons have been made before, but that’s what this shit sounds like, maynge! The initial UK peacepunk spoke word moments are actually quite good. The dude is pissed, incensed and rabid. The first song on the B-side, “the cure” makes me wanna fucking tear my face off. Goddamn…Those relentless drums sound like an ape wildly pounding the shit outta itself. Distorted high-end guitar fuzz tones hit your brain in the most ugly sonic assault while delivering some infectious riffage. The bass hits you in the throat and seems to have no restraint. The lyrics deal with the religious myth, the end of the world and how fucked everyone and everything is. The call to action is made and it is convincing. Some may argue that these themes are old news, but I would disagree. Punks are pissed for a reason, assholes, and we aren’t gonna stop being pissed. This is brutal, heavy, mean and angry. It might make you cry, but BRAINKILLER fans don’t cry… we do push ups and dance in a circle. Fuck yeah.
NEO CONS
Review of their 7” from MRR 338
I was stoked to find this in my review box because I heard it was coming out soon and I’ve been extremely curious about it. I’ve not been let down! NEO CONS play raw, in-your-face hardcore with a garage punk twist. There’s a lot of hullabaloo about the singer of the band hailing from the godlike 86 MENTALITY, but really this is something totally different and stands entirely on its own (plus he was the drummer in 86 MENTALITY, not the singer). Yeah, it has a similar angry, driving hardcore approach, but it has a DWARVES-like punk aggression as well, and the combination freakin’ works! And then there’s the one song that almost sounds like a lost tune from DOA’s Hardcore ’81 LP, which is a damn good thing. All six tracks on this EP rule. You might have to listen to it a couple of times before you reach an epiphany, but it will certainly happen. Recommended!
B-LINES s/t 12” (DY189 split release with Nominal)
Review from eyeplug.net
Hailing from Vancouver, four strong Canadian upstarts B-Lines know a thing or two about punk rock insurrection. Their debut long-player is anything but lengthy, with a total of just nine songs. A typical track runs about a minute in length (the longest on the LP is 1:54). The LP flies by in just under twelve minutes. I played it three times back-to-back on the way to work this morning.
Stating their primary objective as ‘doing shows’, B-Lines claim to be inspired by a shared love of vinyl and cassette tape culture. The band are allegedly pinning their hopes on their collective ‘bad taste’ confining them to eternal ‘obscurity’. We like that! Rolling self-confessed influences such as Red Kross, The Angry Samoans and The Descendents into a silver king-sized Rizla, B-Lines forge a sound that strips cobwebs at will, and in these increasingly convoluted and over-produced digital times, that’s half the battle won from the get go!
When you grab a copy of this from iTunes, be sure and download a copy of The B-Lines EP ’n’all. That way you get another six songs, including the morontastic ‘Social Retard’, and the rather splendid ‘Dryer Fire’. Then you can take time to track down a vinyl copy on Deranged Records, but don’t hang around, there are only 500 copies!
In terms of sonic lineage, B-Lines riffs are spiky, their guitars sound immaculate. The bass cuts space like benzodiazepines cut heroin. The drummer could give Animal from The Muppets a run for his money. The songs have titles like ‘Hastings Strut’, ‘Psychedelic High School’ and ‘World War Four’. The singer yelps and shouts, in fits and starts. The music surges then falters, the tempo rarely alters. It’s all over before you know what’s mugged you, time for another hit.
As you may have noticed by now, I have resisted the temptation to conform to post-modern-standard-music-hack-technique and inflict personal observations with regard to who B-Lines remind me of, or who I consider they ‘sound’ like. In the current climate, the words ‘punk’ and ‘rock’ should surely suffice. All you need from me is my assurance that if you like Punk Rock and you trust my judgement, then B-Lines is a record you should move heaven and earth to own. It’s the perfect companion piece to Tyvek’s ruling Nothing Fits (In The Red, 2010). No comparisons, no hyperbole, no generalisations, no hacking jacket required. B-Lines: punk rock and fucking roll.
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NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE 7”, VACANT STATE 12” and TERRIBLE FEELINGS 7”
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