post-hardcore — Early Ambient — a blog by Halifax

Watch Lungfish play a rare live show in 1998

Video captures the band playing a raw and intense set from their late-90’s catalog.

classic materialmvajoshuaOctober 4, 2023post-hardcore, lungfish, daniel higgs, asa osborne, dischordComment

Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise

Abilene (members of Regulator Watts, June of 44, Just A Fire and Bloodiest) quietly dissolved in 2004 but not before opening yet another chapter in their sound with these final songs written with Doug McCombs on bass.

Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order

The complete output of the early 2000’s post-hardcore outfit is finally seeing an official re-release by HALIFAX A.D.’s 795 Media and Landland Colportage.

Heavy Rotation

New heaviness from Whores, Portrayal of Guilt, Human Impact & Conjurer, beats from Commodo, Palpa & Dalek One, and a reissue of the best band you’ve never heard, Laddio Bolocko (ex-Dazzling Killmen & De Facto). Plus like a ton of other jams.

Heavy Rotation

New punk/rock from Atom Driver (ex-Deadguy), Strangelight (members of Kowloon Walled City, The New Trust + Western Addiction), revisiting Mouthpiece, and classic instrumentals from O.C.’s 1994 debut Word… Life.

Heavy Rotation

New hardcore from Colonial Wound and No Escape, unreleased Distance and Skream, and recent discoveries Why Bother?, Tunic, and False Pockets. Plus a bunch of Unbroken and an ambient section.

Watch the video for Quicksand’s new single “Inversion”

The reformed post-hardcore group continues with the hazy, informal sound they brought to life on “Interiors”

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Heavy Rotation

Mostly new tunes from DJ Muggs, Caspa, Lasse Marhuag, Demons, Tech Level 2 and BENNY the Butcher. Plus one of the best PJ Harvey songs ever in its demo state.

Heavy Rotation: sending off the year with a heavy playlist

2 hours of punk, hardcore, rap and noise including new bands from Current and Kowloon Walled City members, PJ Harvey demos from “Is This Desire?” (finally!) and a new Rob Sonic tune.

TRVSS blaze through 3 covers on their new EP

The Pittsburgh noise-rockers put tunes from Radiohead, Bjork and The Germs under new ownership.

new musicmvajoshuaDecember 22, 2020noise rock, hardcore, post-hardcore, metal, radiohead, bjork, trvss, the germsComment

Heavy Rotation: a great week for new rap and metalcore

Plus Facialmess, John Wiese, Demdike Stare and some stuff I that might actually be embarrassed to like.

Heavy Rotation: new Katie Perry and Sissy Spacek paired with unreleased PJ Harvey and Merzbow

Plus Young Widows, Joe Colley and the most perfect pop song ever.

mixesmvajoshuaSeptember 22, 202090s, post-rock, post-hardcore, math rock, noise rock, pj harvey, merzbow, young widows, harsh noise, sludge, katy perry, sia, joe colley, sound artComment

Our massive post-hardcore playlist has been refreshed

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.

Slow Death (ex-Cable) return with an evolved sound

The new record from East Coast hardcore vets signals a move into 90s noise rock territory

new musicmvajoshuaMay 12, 2020cable, noise rock, hardcore, post-hardcore, metal, slow death, atomic actionComment

40 of my favorite rap, hardcore and post-rock songs from February

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

Zach Barocas of Jawbox gets personal on The Trap Set podcast

The influential drummer talks about his childhood, career and struggles with addiction

classic material, interviews, lifemvajoshuaMarch 3, 202090s, jawbox, zach barocas, the up on in, post-rock, post-hardcore, noise rock, bells≥, comorrahComment

Human Impact is the NYC noise rock supergroup from Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop & Swans members

Their first single “November” sounds like a world-weary Jesus Lizard drenched in melody and atmosphere.

new musicmvajoshuaJanuary 16, 2020noise rock, post-hardcore, experimental, swans, unsane, cop shoot cop, jesus lizardComment

Unearthed: 30 Second Motion Picture “Can’t Kill Time”

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.