Apache Dropout’s self-titled debut was one of 2011′s most grievously overlooked albums. The Bloomington, Indiana, trio offered 11 songs with howling vocals and infectious hooks, and while they’re often lumped in with other garage punks, their guitar-driven sound owes more to Nuggets than Black Flag. “Teenager,” for example, is organ-driven bubblegum that laments the exquisite [...]

Inferno Records/Metal Blade Records 1997 Criminal are a South American band that are relatively unknown here in the United States, but have a sizeable following in their homeland. No doubt it is thanks to their potent brand of death metal/thrash with a hardcore bent. This was actually the band's sophomore release and the first album I heard from the band. Originally it was released on Inferno Records, but seeing as it sold some 10,000 copies in Chile alone it wasn't long before someone took notice. Metal Blade records came along to publish the album in ...

gerade mal 19 jahre alt ist die aus dem schottischen carrbridge stammende sängerin, ihre letzte ep "black currents" erschien bereits im januar, muss hier aber noch erwähnung finden, bevor mit "eggshells" dieser tage (21.05.) eine neue single erscheint: rachel sermanni : the fog by rachel sermanni breathe easy by rachel sermanni ihre april tour hat sie leider nicht zu uns geführt, da stand nur das uk auf dem plan, aber dennoch ist die erwähnung hier nicht ohne hintergrund, denn die anfang april erschienene "obituaries ep" ist aller ehren wert: laish : obituaries by laishmusic der kopf der mercury rev benannten band ...

Last year, Cian Nugent came to a lot of people’s attention with his full-length album Doubles. With just two songs at 45 minutes long, the album was no hop skip and jump easy release. It was an album of steely … Read More... →

Spin : Started as a rebellious lark in 1988 by a boho Zelig named Larry Hayes (who took the sobriquet “Livermore” in a nod to a northern California nuclear facility), Berkeley-based Lookout! Records was run as a seat-of-the-pants labor of love and hate until it shuttered completely earlier this year. In addition to grooming Green Day (a 12-year-old Tre Cool played with Livermore in a band called the Lookouts), the label is best known for documenting the scraggly, playfully defiant East Bay pop-punk scene, based around, and in reaction to, the famed 924 Gilman Street club (but mostly enjoyed in countless ...

D.I.Y. and hi-fi have rarely gone hand in hand. From the muscular crackle of Black Flag to the basement anthems of Guided by Voices, the sound of indie rock has long been the proudly noisy product of four walls and a four-track recorder. As laptops have replaced boomboxes, the aesthetic has endured, with bands embracing [...]

OFF is back, and they are as pissed off as ever.  With their latest Self Titled album, OFF rips through 16 punk rock tracks in 15 minutes, leaving behind a whirlwind of old school hardcore destruction. For those who don’t know, OFF is a punk band fronted by Keith Morris (of Black Flag/Circle Jerks fame) [...]

Back in early 2011, I caught Turner">Frank Turner at a small venue in Adelaide. It was just him and his guitar creating an unbelievable and remarkable wall of sound. So heading to watch him play with his band, The Sleeping Souls , I couldn’t help but think (*see wanka card) ‘but will it be the same? Will the band take away from Turner’s prowess and leave his lyrics drowned out? Trying not to sound like a hyped up school girl at a Bieber concert here but it was THE BEST LIVE SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! Now I ...

Off! – Off! | CD Vinyl Download “Cracked” (mp3) Download “King Kong Brigade” (mp3) Off! is a punk band whose four members also play in Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Rocket from the Crypt, The Black heart Procession, Hot Snakes, Thingy,...

OFF! OFF! Vice Records [2012]  Fire Note Says: You got 15 minutes? Then you have time for the hardcore punk supergroup OFF! Album Review: Do you think that OFF! has some street cred? Well - considering the hardcore punk supergroup is fronted by Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides) on guitar, Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) on bass and Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes) on the drums, I think all answers point to yes. Their self-titled debut rocks at you with 16 tracks in just 15 minutes so OFF! is all about business and clearly ...

Compact Discs : Released: Dec 1984 Genre: Hardcore Punk Label: SST Number Of Tracks: 8 The third official LP from the influential hardcore punk band, "Slip It In" is a natural extension of the proto-grunge sound that was brewing on "My War".

On May 4 th this year, the turntables of hip-hop stopped suddenly when the shocking announcement of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s death started appearing in our Twitter’s timelines. Music fans across the globe were left spinning and in disbelief by the news, but alas, it was true. The hip-hop pioneer, activist, film director and founding member of one of the genre’s most influential groups, had lost his three-year-long battle with cancer and passed away in his native New York City aged only 47. In his wake, he left a huge legacy, including countless classic albums, tracks and ...

After an abortive attempt at recording a new Circle Jerks album, SoCal hardcore icon and original Black Flag singer Keith Morris formed OFF! with Burning Brides guitarist Dimitri Coats, writing some of the most potent and vitriolic songs of his long career. Powered by the monster rhythm se...

After four punk-rooted, blink-and-they're-over EPs, LA hardcore revivalists OFF! released their first full-length album today through VICE Music. Clocking in at a neck-breaking 16 minutes, the album is filled with aggressive, inspired cuts like "Wiped Out" and "King Kong Brigade." We caught up with the band's frontman, former Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris.

Seminal rock/punk outfit Redd Kross have announced their first new full length in fifteen years. The band, which at various times included members of Bad Religion , Black Flag , Circle Jerks , Samiam , The Misfits and many others . The 10-song album features the Neurotica lineup with founding brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald as well as guitarist Robert Hecker and drummer Roy McDonald. The record is titled Researching The Blues and is due out August 7th, 2012 via Merge .