Maniac are without a doubt my favourite current hardcore band. They are legitimately ill as all hell and my habit of wearing a Maniac T-shirt
Read moreRamallah – The Last Gasp of Street Rock n’ Roll (State Line Records / Randall Records, 2020)
Habitually I don’t re-run reviews. However, we have some special circumstances right here. After some unfortunate legal circumstances with the label that was supposed to
Read moreDeath Before Dishonor – Unfinished Business (Bridge Nine Records, 2019)
Alright then. Boston hardcore legends, Death Before Dishonor have returned to the fray with their first album in over a decade, and fourth album overall.
Read moreStaff top twenty of 2018: Tony Maher – LPs (#20 – #11)
The other day I posted up a list of my top ten 7in records and EPs of 2018. Have a look, and see if you
Read moreArt Thieves – Russian Rats (State Line Records, 2018)
My transatlantic (transatlantean?) buddy Mark Lind has been talking up the buzz on Art Thieves for quite some time now, and threatening to unleash the
Read moreOnly On Weekends – Another Wasted Night (self-released, 2018)
“How do you like your pop-punk? Melodic, full of hooks, and sometimes light hearted? Do you wax nostalgic of the days when bands like Weston
Read more7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 1)
Dark/Light – s/t (Dirt Cult, 2018) Portland, Oregon’s Drak/Light (which is apparently pronounced as Dark Slash Light) describe themselves as ‘cold weather music for combating
Read moreTurnstile – Time & Space (Roadrunner, 2018)
Mentally, I associate Roadrunner with (back in the day) the early Sepultura back catalogue, dodgy Krishna hardcore like Shelter, and some dodgy tough guy hardcore
Read moreGiver – Where The Cycle Breaks (Holy Roar / Powertrip, 2018)
Contrary to popular opinion, I do enjoy a bit of hardcore, me. I’m just picky as fuck, mate. I’ve no time in my life for
Read morePinkerton Thugs – End of an Era (re-mastered re-issue) (State Line Records, 2017)
Although this record was originally released way back in 2000 via Go Kart (remember them? And those sampler CDs of variable quality that they used
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