Secret Smoker are from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dark Clouds is their second LP, which follows their debut, Terminal Architecture, which was released via Protagonist /
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 moreBedford Falls – Send More Bees (Dead Broke Rekerds / Boss Tuneage / Brassneck Records, 2018)
Y’know when you’ve heard a band’s name mentioned over and over again for years? For me, Bedford Falls (from Cardiff) are one of those bands.
Read moreRed Hare – Little Acts of Destruction (Dischord / Hellfire Records, 2018)
For the unfamiliar, Red Hare are a historied band with deep roots in the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene of the 1980s and 90s. Their
Read moreDie Hoffnung – Elegies and Creation Songs (Belladonna Records, 2017)
Die Hoffnung were from Gainesville, Florida, and this is as far as I can tell something of a posthumous release. The band featured members of
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