April 2010
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NAILS- UNSILENT DEATH
Entombed, D-beat infested...
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Metal's old/new flavor of the month: Power...
Calling recent Power-Violence bands revivalists is kinda/pretty/absurdly far from the truth. Firstly, I can’t think of a single one that doesn’t borrow heavily from their grindcore brethren. Secondly, the Power-violence sound is changing. Bits of sludge, metal, and electronics are seeping in like a bubbly cyst. Nonetheless, PV and PV influenced bands having been popping up all over...
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More Great Bands from the Golden State
Sunny San Diego was at one point a breeding ground for good ol’ fashioned hardcore punk and the (legitimate) emo/screamo movement. Labels like Gravity Records and Three One G keep San Diego a center for braincurdling punk loveliness. Here are a few of the standout bands of said scene:
Antioch Arrow
Members of both Gravity and Three One G, Antioch Arrow create chaotic yet melodic punk that...
March 2010
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Austin's Sweet-Ass Album of the Month: Triptykon-...
Once a month, I, holy lord editor, Austin will post a new album that I find compelling and worth checking out.
I am not some ol’ fogy who was around when Celtic Frost or Hellhammer were first making waves. Honestly, I really didn’t care about Tommy G. till a few years after Monotheist came out. But now I am a Tom G. Warrior convert. What I had heard of Celtic Frost pre-Monotheist...
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More things are changing around here....again.
Instead of just two writers, there will be four of us writing once a week. The move is shifted towards this for two reasons: 1. Quality over quantity. 2. School. School is in full swing for Chance and I, so its difficult for either one of us to spend time working on the blog. The move from writing 5 to 4 days a week frees up more time and allows for me to step back and focus on how to make this...
Great Bands from the Golden State
I was born and raised in California and I can’t really imagine living anywhere else. I haven’t been everywhere in the world, but it’s hard for me to imagine a better place to live. The beach and the mountains are both just mere hours away and the weather here in San Diego just can’t be beat. Also, barring Mexico, we have the best Mexican food anywhere. The culture is so...
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A recommendation for music before you sleep
I can not sleep unless I am listening to music and to me the best sleepytime music is the kind that is spacey or creepy. I am not as familiar with the second half of Slint’s masterpiece, Spiderland, as I am with the first half, because just about anytime I listen to that record I am getting ready to fall asleep. Recently, I have been enjoying Do Make Say Think’s most recent album, The...
therecipe asked: you know what i meant....120,000....
therecipe asked: Awesome idea for a name. '12,000 feet'.
Rad.
Rad.
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Mammoth Diaries Pt. II
My body is ravaged. We got an extra foot of snow the first night, which is great, but makes one work that much harder to get down the mountain. In combination with the snow, my friend was a little energizer bunny. Day two and three consisted of as many double black and black diamonds as possible (for reference, see here) as my friend could fit in. Sometimes I just wanted to take a nice easy blue...
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Kool-Aid Lost his Mojo
Mr. Kool-Aid has been suffering a string of poor entrances to bad parties. In one case, Mr. Kool-Aid accidentally found himself breaking down a wall in the middle of a bar shoot-out. Bar owners’ Jew and Miss Stingy sued. This is the Defense Lawyers final speech to the jurors.
Do you want it to be any good? Do you want your tantamount forages into justice to be lost? Then hold firm sweet...
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FUCK YES, I WANT MY INTRO PAGE TO LOOK LIKE THIS →
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HIGH ON FIRE: BASTARD SAMURAI DAY 1
so far we...
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Not a whole lot of thought went into this one, but...
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February 2010
17 posts
I was inspired by listening to all of the old...
DAMN THEM BLOGS
what are some of your favorite music blogs? Please, we could use all the suggestions you can throw at us. We are currently working on a perpetual project about sweet-ass blogs. we have plenty, but our appetite has yet to be sedated.
We also like specific types of blogs.
For Example,
grindandpunishment.blogspot.com
Great grindcore reference!
Stonerrock.com
Well..take a guess, I bet you can...
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ARTWORK
I’ve always been a huge fan of quality band artwork.
Here are few that I’ve really enjoyed the past few years:
-Austin
Things are going to be a bit slow around here...
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GOALS, DAMN THEM!
Sorry for my lack of post yesterday. We like to keep this a five-days-a-week type of deal. Unfortunately, there are only two of us right now and I was thoroughly enjoying spending time with my girlfriend yesterday. Despite that, I spent a significant portion working on goals, new column ideas, and other stuff. I am excited to tell you that some of these ideas are coming closer to fruition and will...
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Sunday
I’m sitting here watching the Super Bowl Halftime Show (which I am legally obligated to do as both an American and a man) and I have to say that the Who still rock pretty hard for a band that can order their Grand Slams from the senior citizen menu at Denny’s. I have always preferred the Who to just about any of their classic rock colleagues except maybe the Beatles. They have a...
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All Tomorrow's Parties 2010, curated by Matt... →
Over the past ten or so years, the festival environment has changed dramatically. I’m sure most of yous all are aware of this. Coachella has become an incredibly successful festival based on the idea of bringing “quality acts” to their stages. Sometimes I wonder, because Coachella has built a name for itself, do high profile acts want to perform at Coachella because of the...
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Speaking of Beach House...
…I was browsing Pitchfork today and came across a video for the song “Norway” off their new album. The caption for the video described the band as haze-pop. Haze-pop! What the fuck does that even mean? It’s bad enough that there is a genre for every goddamn band that doesn’t quite fit into a larger category, but now we must also endure these stupid definitions like...
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January 2010
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Watch
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WatchTHIS IS AN ODE TO GRINDCORE
Grindcore is not for everybody, hell, most of the music I talk about here never will be. Most people won’t understand it either, but I believe it demands respect. No other genre allows itself to go as fast, as dark, or as rough as Grindcore. How many of you are musicians? Have you ever had a music professor tell you to slow down? Most musicians I know have a...
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Sweet sweet capitalism
I feel a little queasy whenever I go to Guitar Center. There is something about people playing guitar in public that bugs me. I understand that there is a perfectly legitimate reason for people to be playing guitars at a guitar center, but I’m not entirely convinced that there aren’t at least a few boners who just go there to show off. Personally I try not to advertise that I play...
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