Episode 2 dissects the debut 7” from Lincoln — a band whose later releases would define emo for a decade but whose start was both heavy and melodic.
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Every band we ever loved is back together (except Hoover). Joshua and Jason aren’t entirely sure how they feel about this.
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New podcast dedicated to analyzing influential or should-be-influential records features a discussion of the seminal 90’s split LP by KARP and Rye Coalition on Troubleman Unlimited and the weirdness of the 90’s hardcore scene.
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Video captures the band playing a raw and intense set from their late-90’s catalog.
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1993 live set showcases some of the qualities that made Hoover an enigma in the punk scene as well as early versions of songs from their LP and a lost track.
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Noisy guitars, a lot of yelling and a bit of earnestness on my Post-Hardcore Manifesto playlist on Spotify.Runs the gamut from 90s classics like Drive Like Jehu, Jawbox, and Hoover and contemporary jams from Luggage, Human Impact and Chavez.
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From old DeSoto singles to new releases from Today Is The Day and Cage and recent discoveries like Candy Machine, here’s what had my attention last month
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The influential drummer talks about his childhood, career and struggles with addiction
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“Long-Stretch-Motorcycle-Hymn-Highway” finds Meadows (working as Everlasting The Way) assembling an album with elements of folk, drone, ambient and breakbeats that doesn’t sit in any one genre
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Part of his 90’s run on Relapse sub-label Release where the Japanese noise king was making noise records for metalheads.
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Members of 90s Ottowa bands Shotmaker and Okara hooked up for this short-lived project and released one mini-album of noise-rock influenced hardcore. Click through for a link to a high-quality download of a record that still demands repeat listens.
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After 31 years, Unsane are done. Here’s 55 minutes of music that just scratches the surface of why they were so great.
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A YouTube user just posted a vinyl rip of 1998 post-hardcore/emo compilation “The Eagle Has Landed” and with it a Watts Systems Ltd track that wasn’t on their discography CD.
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