This year...Were U a poser or were U a punk?
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Gordy's Best of 2010 pt.1
I thought it would be pretty easy to figure out what my top ten albums of the year were, but then I actually looked at the records that came out this year and I couldn't even bring it down to ten. So here's my top ten EPs and top ten LPs in alphabetical order.
Top Extended Plays
-Bukkake Boys - 2nd EP - Sorry State --- DownloadI think every review I've read has said the true statement of "stupid name, great tunes."
Seeing them live a few weeks ago made me wish I lived in Chicago, just so I could see them more.
-The Ergs! - Thrash Compacter - Grave Mistake/Firestarter --- Download
Got 3 minutes to kill? Not what you would expect from a Pop-Punk band.
-Leather - Anchorite - Caesar Cuts --- Download
They tore it up live, the record is no different.
-Male Nurses - S/T - Deranged --- Download - original post
As a wise man once said "The hooks on this record make me squeal."
-Much Worse - Proper Execute - Pass Judgement --- Download - original post
I know, "get off Kevin's dick" right? But really, best album to drive to this year.
-P.S. Eliot - Living In Squalor - Freedom School --- Download
Great follow up to the LP, can't wait for more.
I forgot how good this record is, but after just listening to it, it edged out Condominium for this spot.
-Sinks - I Drove The Sinks - Fashionable Idiots --- Download
They sure know how to go out in style, probably their best.
-The U.V. Race - I Hate You - Fashionable Idiots --- Download
I've gone days with Garbage In My Heart stuck in my head.
Gordy's Best of 2010 pt.2
Top Long Players
-Autistic Youth - Idle Minds - Dirtnap/Black Water --- DownloadOne of the best bands going comes out with their 6,000th awesome record
-The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years - Kill Rock Stars --- Download
Triumphant return from one of my favorite people ever. I like this for a lot of the same reasons that I like The Evens.
-The Dopamines - Expect The Worst - Paper and Plastic --- Download
Top of the line pop-punk from Ohio-a-whoa-o.
-Double Negative - Daydreamnation - Sorry State --- Download
Lots of hype about this album, all of it well deserved.
Punk? Pop? Jangly Rock?... Who gives a shit? Its Great.
A little more spacey then previous efforts, but the Wipers influence is still there.
If their EP was 5 songs longer this would be it, which is fine by me.
I got one of the EPs and didn't like it much, but this blew my socks off.
You're probably thinking "WTF is this shit?" Its John Davis (Q And Not U) playing Pop, and it's dope.
A few chicks and a dude makin' it happen. punk as fuckkkkk.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Vom - Live at Surf City 7"
VOM RULES. Essential late 70's LA hit. These songs are so addicting it's nuts. This be their only record, but there's a live bootleg out there somewhere. VOM were basically a little pre-Angry Samoans project with Gregg Turner and Kevin Saunders. Hilarious lyrics and dangerously catchy licks. Possibly the only real punk band.
download here.
Check this sick vid too.
Glam - S/T 7"
First recordings from Barcelona's GLAM. Dick ripping Spanish hardcore punk reaving in the vein of early 80's international frenzies like Lixomania from Brazil, Italy's Declino, or more recently Spains own Invasion/Destino Final. A nice little modern taste of wild euro hc. Ex-members of Über, whom I've never heard, I suppose I'll check them out too. The rip is from the band. Don't have this one quite yet! This one's out on LAVIDAESENLAMUS. US people hit up Grave Mistake to get on this. Cover art- witchybaby?
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Killed By Deaf
Alright, I'm fucking bored. I'm under about 20 inches of snow in Minneapolis right now so I just thought I'd share some of my top fave KBD singles while I sit inside all fucking day (not like I ever go outdoors anyways). Check out this new KBD reissue label called Last Laugh Records. Better to spend 8 bux rather than 200, right?
1. Satans Rats - You Make Me Sick
Total UK punk slammer. You'll be singin' this one all the way to boozetown. B-side kinda sucks though.
2. The Delinquents - Alien Beach Party
Very new-wavey, 2nd track makes me real horny.
3. Freestone - Bummer Bitch
SUCK MY DICK, EAT MY ASS, LICK MY BALLS.
4. Cracked Actor - Nazi School
Both tracks are quite dangerous. Zieg Heil.
5. The Haskels - Taking The City By Storm
Four sweet sweet midwest punk hits. Love the shit out of this one.
6. The Numbers - EP
Aussie punk, a bit power-poppy, still killer. The track 'Private Eyes' is priceless.
7. The Dils - I Hate The Rich
Contains possibly the catchiest chorus ever?
8. Non Compos Mentis - Ultimate Orgasm
"You don't a need girl...or a boy..."
9. The Skunks - Cant Get Loose
EARTHQUAKE SHAKE, the fave off Bloodstains Across Texas
10. GG Allin - You Hate Me and I Hate You
Yup.
11. Hates - EP
One essential ass tejas rec.
12. Silly Killers - Knife Manual
Mean, lean, 'n not too clean.
13. Mentally Ill - Gacy's Place
Duh.
14. Die Electric Eels - Cyclotron
Favorite clevo single.
15. X-X - S/T
Juicy ex-Electric Eels fart punk.
40 Total trax of sweet skuzz. Download 'em all here.
Total Control - "Retiree b/w Meds 2" & "Stare Way"
Okay, Lemme talk about this record since it's the one I heard first out of the two. I first bought this on a whim at Permanent records earlier this year, only knowing that it had members of Eddy Current and SJN/UV Race. At this point, I think it was in February, or March, when I was really digging deep on synthpunk naughties like Nervous Gender, as well as a lot of minimal synth//postpunk shit like Minimal Man and and Snowy Red, so it was perfect timing...and I loved the fuck out of this rec, probably didn't leave my turntable for a few days. Total Control is genius really, reviving the minimal synth and experimental post-punk eras and throwing it out to a hc/punk audience (this one is on Iron Lung Recs). "Retiree" is a dance-y, synth heavy hit, definitely taking strong sides of the french 80's coldwave scene as well as the LA synthpunk groups ala NervGender and the Screamers; it makes me real hot. The b-side is a dark, cold, bleed-out track, which sucks out all my loneliness. SOYOUNGBUTSOCOLD.
This is still available I think @ Iron Lung HQ--- It also looks like Iron Lung has an LP for Total Control in the near future - hope I don't pee my pants.
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So it wasn't until about 6 months after I got the Retiree 7" that I heard the Stare Way 7" which came out in like fucking...2008 or something. I had been looking for it, but couldn't find it online and the record had been sold out for sometime already. I hadn't even come across 'Stare Way' until after I saw em live w/ UV Race. So eventually I found a link online and GOD, I came- I was floored really. This first record is so so so much different than the "Retiree" record, and 100% captures the steeze of their live gigs. On this one, there's hardly any use of synths or electronics, but rockin' guitars and smashing live drums. I kind of think of it as the 'HARDPUNK' EddyCurrent. The shit's realfast, realgroovy, ohsocatchy, and those Australian accents....makin' my heart throb. A killerkiller Swell Maps cover is on here too, one of my true favorite bands. This record really has infinite replay value. Smart Guy records just repressed this rec in the states, as well as a new single for Total Control titled "Paranoid Video", which traverses more into the world of new-wave minimal synth for the 2k10 (WINDOWS XP SAMPLES!!). Peep it all here. If you haven't kicked these guys yet, now's yr chance. P.S. Anyone know what the fuck's up with the cover art? Mysterious guy stingray? They look kinda cute.
download here.
or..
download both records here.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
FASHIONABLE ACTIVISM - ISSUE #1
Fashionable Activism is now in print! First issue now available. Interviews with NO CLASS (KC) and MAUSER (FL). 20 full sized pages. First run of 100 with red covers. 3ppd US // 5ppd World. Distros holler.
Purchase here: http://passjudgement.bigcartel.com
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The UV Race - Homo CS
God. I FUCKING LOVE The UV Race. Got to see them three fucking times in September, along with Total Control (who are absolutely mind blowing live). Honestly, they are the best punk band right meow-not many bands get the hair on my neck to stand on end. Anyways..new tape I picked up from em when they played Chicago, all these tracks are going onto an LP that should be available real soon, (not sure who's putting it out). 10 more brilliant tracks of fuzzed out punk the way Aussies have always been kickin' it (see: The Victims, The Clean, The Numbers, etc.). On this guy there's a bit more discordant noisey bumps and experimentation (the LP spans almost 35 minutes), but still perfectly captures the catchy KBD garage steeze. Ripped in two tracks, sorry, shit would have taken forever.
Note: This is a just a cassette rip. Buy the LP when it comes out for the real deal.
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Sucked Dry CS
Another killer band coming out of the woodwork in Kansas City. Sucked Dry have existed for a bit but haven't released much, maybe just a demo? I'm not sure how to describe this... The recordings are fairly 'modern' sounding, not the monolithic 'fast n pissed' get up, but it does kinda has the same production of a Ceremony record or something...but without the faggotry. Solid stuff. I haven't listened to something this fast in a while. Peep it.
download here.
Mauser - 2010 Summer Tour EP
Crushing raw punk from Gainesville, Florida!! Totål Kaaos, Disorder, Anti-Cimex worship. I'm obsessed with how much this sounds just like Crude SS, PERFECT. I interviewed Mauser for the first issue of the printed Fashionable Activism zine, which should be out soon, so look for that! This is their first release, no demo. 7" on Vinyl Rites next month! Raw Punk 2.0 in full effect! Hails. Band contact: Mauserpunk[at]gmail.com
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Omegas - Joyboy Mix Vol. 1
Quirky little mixtape from the mighty Omegas. Feat. live and unreleased Omegas bombs, Bad Choice and Urban Blight traxx, songs about hoagies, "Louie, Louie", and more. A full hours worth of skuzz. B-Side is a full recording of one of their sets.
download here.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Nuclear Family - S/T LP
This post from Kevin covering thier EP introduced me to this great band. I listened to that once and couldn't get my hands on it soon enough, I have since spun that record to a pulp. But I was actually getting quite frustrated because I could not find any information on this band that I love so much (just found this). Imagine my surprise when I walk into Extreme Noise to find this LP front and center. Boy it does not disappoint, 8 songs and 16 minutes of bliss in the form of female fronted melodic not-quite-hardcore punk. I am a bit conflicted about this record, because on one hand it sounds just like the 7", which is great, but I would love to hear where this band could take things. Hopefully they will show us on the next release, if there is one. Loudpunk
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Evens - S/T
The temperature is a pretty consistent 50-something degrees, the trees are beginning to look bare, it smells like dead leaves, and I have this album running through my head over and over. It must be fall. As silly as it sounds one of the best descriptions for this band that I've read is "post-post hardcore". It's exactly what you would expect when you consider who's in the band, Amy Farina and Ian MacKaye, who were in The Warmers and Fugazi respectively. The sound is somewhere between those two bands but much more mellow/mature, with Mackaye suppressing his bark and actually hitting some notes (Farina aint no slouch on vocals either). So yeah, I did another Dischord post, and these two got a kid to feed so buy it from 'em.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Reckless Aggression - Demo
This is hot hot hot. Reckless Aggression hailing from down under in the land of Australia. 9 tracks of boot boy hardcore for the alike. Singer Meatdog is a reckless aggression alone, he has "MEATDOG" tattooed on his head, and above that, a fucking spider. Killer. If you were missing the sweet licks of 86 Mentality....forget it...this is even more crucial. Total 4-Skins, Combat 84, UK Oi smashness with the real deal stompers from United Blood and Chunks. Hard. Demo released by on Urban Blight vocalist's label Combat Action Tapes, the tapes are all gone, sorry. THE BOOT BOYS ARE BACK.
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