With a a voice that sounds like he gargles whiskey and gravel every night before bed time, Brian Fallon emerged as this generations pre-eminent blue
Read moreHarker – No Discordance (Disconnect Disconnect Records / Future Void)
A few years back Harker appeared on my radar when main man Mark Boniface released an acoustic cover of Jawbreaker’s Do You Still Hate Me?
Read moreFive things that did not suck in 2017
Regular readers of my hugely popular posts here at A&E may be surprised to discover that, despite my propensity for destroying everything Tony hands me
Read moreScarfold – Divide Decline (Indelirium Records, 2017)
Being the once and former “angry man” on this blog apparently means that I get saddled with all the bolshy hardcore stuff to review. Lucky
Read moreRenounced – Theories Of Despair (Holy Roar)
Renounced have made quite a name for themselves over the course of the last couple of years. With a number of hugely popular releases under
Read moreMake Them Suffer – Worlds Apart (Rise Records, 2017)
I don’t know why Editor Tony keeps giving me these types of records to review. ‘Yeah but you used to be in a hardcore band
Read moreHeavy Pockets – Mopeless (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2017)
Back in 2002 I found myself wandering around at some indie rock festival at Butlins in Camber Sands, of all places. My brain buzzing from far too many Coca Cola’s I happened upon a post gig knees up in some tacky bar, whereupon a wasted Kim Deal of The Breeders trod on my toes as Shellac’s Bob Weston span a Minor Threat song on the turntables.
Read moreEighteen Visions – XVIII Rise Records
Ahhhhh 18 Visions!! Was there ever a band belched forth from the sewer of 90’s straight edge hardcore that inspired such acidic vitriol or fawning adulation in equal measure? It’s been quite a journey for the California metallic hardcore pretty boys.
Read moreStraight Opposition – The Fury From The Coast (Indelirium Records, 2017)
My knowledge of European hardcore is limited to the time frame 1994-2005, when I actually made efforts to maintain an interest in such things. In
Read moreStandpoint (React!) & Force (Control) demo’s 2017
When it comes to hardcore I must confess to being something of an elitist. Too many years spent watching too many bogus bands grind out
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