No Age - Live 11-19-2008 @ Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio

No Age - Live 11-19-2008 @ Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio

I Love No Age. This was captured with a digital hand-held recorder last night by my buddy Ryan when we saw them in Columbus with the incredible Silk Flowers & Soft Circle. Today I painstakingly cut it up into separate tracks, named them & even made artwork since I get annoyed when artwork is missing on iTunes. Very nerdy, yes. But don't lie, you'd do the same.

This was one of the best sets I've seen No Age play yet. Enjoy.

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Buy their records from Sub Pop.

Or buy them from Post Present Medium.

No Age on Myspace.

v/a Mein Comp 7" - Youth Attack! Records - 2004

v/a Mein Comp 7" - Youth Attack! Records - 2004

A who's who in American Hardcore circa 2004. I normally don't care much for compilations but how can I ignore one with such an awesome line up. Ten "political" songs from the likes of Knife Fight, Fourteen Or Fight, Limpwrist, The Oath, Punch In The Face, John Brown's Army, Tear It Up, Gate Crashers, Reagan SS & Last In Line with George W. Bush samples mixed throughout. Standout tracks for me are Knife Fight, The Oath & PITF but the whole record plays through great with no need to skip tracks. The records cover can be dismantled and turned into an Anti-Bush stencil, smash the state! right?

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Soddam Inssein - War, on Drugs LP - Post Present Medium - 2003

Soddam Inssein - War, on Drugs LP - Post Present Medium - 2003

I had the pleasure of hosting a SDI show at my former residence, The Real World House in Portland Oregon in the summer of 2003. They played with two very short term relationships, Bad Cop Worse Cop(Pete of D. Yellow Swans & James of Alarmist) & George Caulron (my good friend Nick & I's two man punk fuck off). Without a doubt SDI stole the show. They played in our very small closed in backyard/concrete slab and tore it the fuck up. People were stage(porch)diving and circle pitting with nowhere to run to. Hands down one of the best house show experiences I've ever had. SDI was comprised of members of Amps for Christ, Weird War & Herr K but really sound absolutely nothing like those bands. Instead you are offered some intense and angry political punk hardcore leaning towards Black Flag & Fox News. The LP came with a sticker on the cover with the following claim - "The most annoying band I've seen since FLIPPER." - Jello Biafra.

Buy it from PPM here.

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First Time - You Can't Hurt Me 7" EP - Jonny Cat Records - 2003

First Time - You Can't Hurt Me 7" EP - Jonny Cat Records - 2003

Mix up the mix. This is the sole release from a Portland band that my old friend Shea played drums for. If you are into the Westcoast power pop punk sounds of Clorox Girls, Tyrades, etc etc then check this out too. This EP was released in a small quantity(maybe 300) by Jonny Cat records and came packaged in cloth covers with faux-blood splatter. Not sure what else to say other than this is a fun 7" with a surprise cover song on the B side.

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*** After posting this I realized an error in track one, it is actually tracks 1 & 2 combined. I'll cut it up later and replace the download link. sorry. ***

Order 66 - Demo I - Self Released - 2008

Order 66 - Demo I - Self Released - 2008

Another recent demo tape, this one from some close friends from Cincinnati. Order 66 formed in the fall of 2006 when one Alex was bored of the bands he was in and the other Alex decided to start playing drums. They played their first show that winter with Italy's La Piovra and shocked and awed the crowd with their brand of powerviolence bile. Fast forward two years and they've added a third face, Kyle on bass and tightened up everything. What was once a second rate Crossed Out is now a behemoth to be reckoned with. Four songs of galloping hardcore drawing influence from Bucket Full of Teeth, Tragedy & Ampere to name a few... At least that's what my deaf ears can hear.


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Order 66 at Murmur, Cincinnati 9-30-08

Herds - Demo Tape - Self Released - 2008

Herds - Demo Tape - Self Released - 2008

Herds is a newer band that formed last winter in Milwaukee Wisconsin and features ex-members of Charles Bronson, Get Rad, Threatener, etc etc etc. That all hardly matters though, because Herds stand on their own. This is straight up edgy fierce hardcore with poetic lyrics seemingly dealing with nature most of the time. I had the pleasure of seeing Herds last spring in Chicago at the 2nd to last Repos show and was blown away. I had high hopes just by knowing who was involved but that wasn't enough to prepare me for what I saw/heard. They already have a 7" single out on singer MP's Deerhealer Records and a full 7" EP on Fashionable Idiots. I suggest you seek out both! Haiku Violence.

Herds on Myspace.

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