Fourteen or Fight - S/T 7"

The Chicago hardcore 7" of the 2000's is right here. Fourteen or fucking Fight! Raging, raw, straight forward hardcore with catchy hooks & tasteful pinches of melody while still staying aggressive and capturing the 80s USHC style. Probably best known for doing the split with the Repos, but sadly get hardly any attention beyond that. The band started as ex-Charles Bronson/MK-Ultra, now these dudes are still shredding in bands like Manipulation, Herds, Chronic Siezure RIP. This Lengua Armada hit has been out of the press for quite some time, good luck finding this gem. A true classic.

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Condominium - Gag 7"

The 4th vinyl offering slung by the monumental Condominium. Another single to add on to their growing empire of triumphant releases. The record starts with 7 minute epic jangle "Gag", then leads to the hard hitting squall, "Redemption Song", not unlike the hit of their last 7", "Barricade". Then the record ends with a rattling instrumental track that could be taken right off Death In June's - The Guilty Have No Pride. Another excellent effort by this Minneapolis (now) trio. Released by Deer Healer Records, head over to their catalog for purchase, not many copies left. This is not to miss.

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Operation Makeout - Hang Loose

Here's an awesome band that I've rediscovered in a big bad way the past couple weeks. I first found out about Operation Makeout a few years ago when I was first getting heavy into Sleater-Kinney and wanted to find something akin to them. And yes they do sound a lot like S-K, but one thing they do not have that this band does is some great dueling male/female vocals at times reminiscent of X. It seems that people have pretty much forgotten about them (if they even bothered to learn in the first place) which is a shame because a lot of people are missing out on some catchy tunes.

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No Class - Tape

Yes. Been listening to this monster of a cassette non-stop since I picked it up at the Abused / Career Suicide gig in St. Louis last weekend. Kansas City stooges No Class bring some of the best hardcore I've heard in a hot minute. Get ready for some old school chord progressions, hard mid-tempos & hot straight forward vocals. Members of past KC ragers Black Mark & Wound Up. "You're Over" is the fucking jam. Mosh. E-mail the band for a copy ~ noclassnoclassnoclass[at]gmail.com | thewayyoutreatme.blogspot.com

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Raw Nerve - LP

The master rip of this 14 song masterpiece, straight from the band. No bullshit crumby sounding usb turntable rips. Raw Nerve do everything perfect here. Fourteen songs in under 14 minutes, no boring stinkers as most LP's seem to have. Perfect pack of short, violent rippers & mid-paced slammy jabbers with the obvious hit of the LP titled "Hemlock". Includes the recording of the 'secret' double grooved track. Few copies still available from Youth Attack. HardCore lives!

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OUT NOW: Much Worse - Proper Execute 7"

7 tracks of high energy, uncontrollable hardcore punk. Fans of 9 Shocks Terror, Cut The Shit & Gauze not to be disappointed. Limited to 300. Hand stamped labels & hand numbered inserts. 40 alternate & limited covers for sale as well. THANKS.

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http://passjudgement.bigcartel.com

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Copies will be available shortly from Grave Mistake, 16oh & Sorry State.

Pigeon Religion - Crystallized Meth 7"

The 3rd vinyl offering from Arizona's sexoid trio Pigeon Religion. Two tracks off the Crystallized Meth Cassette which was released last year in exiguous quantities and a new exclusive song titled Rust. All that's here is more fuzzed, feedback ridden Flipper worship with deathrock gazes. Buy this over at Video Disease. Copies are going fast.

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Veins [Cassette]

The HardCore to end all HardCore is here. The Mark McCoy & fabulous Das Oath member shredding on guitar with tormenting vocal blitz courtesy from Berdan of the late Drunkdriver. 6 tracks of fierce, sensual harCore reminiscing the first Oath 7". An instant classic. Limited to 333 copies, released by the Youth Attack empire. Fascinating and enigmatic packaging. Sold out. A repress of this cassette on a 7" in the works. Enjoy.

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Defile - Demo 2010

New Chicago hardcore band featuring Raw Nerve member on Vocals. Defile wallow through 7 tracks in three and half minutes drudging in a cesspool of tuneless blight. Buy a copy of this mess here: http://lifetimeproblems.bigcartel.com

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Young Governor - Guv Luv Mix Tape Vol. 1

Following the same direction as Fucked Up with their handful of "Mixtapes" they've released over the years. Young Guv brings us his Mixtape featuring unreleased recordings of Marvelous Darlings, The Bitters, and Guv himself. Strange and hilarious Remixes, odd samples, and random audio like "A Christmas Message from Dwid Hellion" on Fucked Up's 3rd Mixtape. The hit on here is "Jonas Brothers ft. Demi Levato and Guv - This Is Me". The mixtape ends with Guv saying, "This is the stupidest thing I've ever done". Almost a half hour of entertainment and hot fuzzed-out punk jams. Was available for a while, now sold out. Enjoy.

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Omegas - Psycho Dives on Slam Skank Anthems

Canada strengthens their reigns on hardcore with Montreal's, Omegas. Psycho Dives on Slam Skank Anthems was their first offering released back in late 2008 then pressed to wax in 09. This 4 song demo is six minutes of everything that I love about hardcore. Omegas keep things loose, bringing to mind some Boston favorites ala DYS and jams off Is This My World?& maybe a little bit of Government Issue. Recording on this release is off-the-wall perfect, Jonah Falco must have had some kind of touch to this fierce demo. As the title suggests, there's no real better way to describe this perfect release other than Psycho Dives on Slam Skank Anthems. This tape is finally sold out but a new Omegas 7" is out now on High Anxiety records- Copies are in the Parts Unknown store as well. KICK IT.

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Vaccuum - Demo

Another killer band from the Bay Area. Vaccuum feature klans from the Repercussions, Morpheme, and some other California rippers. Vaccuum offer some violent turbulence with 9 tracks of blistering international hardcore outcry. Lot's of piercing, noisy GISM-esque guitar tones with an assault of speedy Scandinavian hardcore a long the lines of Headcleaners & Terveet Kadet. Send $4ppd to VLARUSSA@GMAIL.COM for a copy of this monster of a demo.

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White Walls - Demo & Live 02.06.2010

I saw this band last night in Chicago. The set was great, the singer has a great voice and a pretty tight group of musicians as well- no sloppiness. I think they played all their songs too. White Walls play a kind of discordant, ugly brew of hardcore, not too different than the recent Sex/Vid and Cult Ritual. Feedback ridden guitars and shrieking, dissonant vocals take place as a muddy tone gravitates with My War style riffing. The demo is a 5 track, 8 minute long ripper (My favorite song being "The Great Excuse". Mosh.), courtesy of the band. The live recording takes 3 new songs, two from the demo, and a cover of Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings". Ohio takes heed to another young hardcore great. I guess they have members of menacing Ohio band Order 66 (Maybe it's the singer?). Demo pictured on the left, Live 02.06.2010 the right. I think the demo is in it's second pressing, email the band for a copy, or something: http://whitewallswhitewalls.blogspot.com

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Scapegoat - Tour CS

New tour-only cassette from one of Boston's most punishing bands. The tape has 8 new ruthless Crossed Out-styled rippers, a very tasteful Anti-Cimex cover, and a live set from 2007. I like these new songs more than the ones that were on the Painkiller 7". These new ones are written so much better with more speed and vigorous execution. I sadly didn't see this band on their tour, but had a pal pick up a tape for me. All sold out, all gone. I split the tape into two tracks: One being the new material, and the other being the live in Ventura, California- I included a picture of the tracklisting in the folder for babies who want to know. I heard a rip of this on some other blog and it was fucking horrible. This one I did sounds quite a bit better. Just sayin.

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Morpheme - S/T 7"

Latest contribution to the world from Prank records. Morpheme, from the bay area of California present us with a total fury of tumultuous hardcore punk, not unlike Japanese legends Confuse & Gauze. The singer of Morpheme is from Japan and the entire record is sung in Japanese. Morpheme also have an awesome Scandinavian HC feel ala Anti-Cimex and Mob 47. Morpheme appeared on a split with Japan's D-Clone earlier in 2009. They're now broken up, and members now play in Yadokai (Their demo is a few posts down). Limited white vinyl of this 7" is still available to order.
Pay 6.50 PPD to prankrec[at]mindspring[dot]com for a copy.

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