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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.
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.
Dub mix of the Radiohead side-project The Smile amplifies and extends all the best parts of their 2nd single
Team up of veteran noise master and No Age drummer showcases precisely edited material that jumps back and forth between hits from Spunt’s drumkit and a range of abstract sounds.
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.
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.
HALIFAX A.D. builds a Jim O’Rourke-inspired track from Converge samples
The reformed post-hardcore group continues with the hazy, informal sound they brought to life on “Interiors”
The filmmaker behind the Emerica videos used Super-8 and 16mm film shot from 1995–2010 for the video.
Breakcore pioneer Aaron Spectre ditches the Botch samples on “Better Days” to instead hyper-produce his own original hardcore songs to great effect.
“System Failure” captures an OG of the scene at his cold, mechanical best
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.
New video by Rob Shaw animates the rapper’s latest collaboration with artist Jeremy Fish
The Cypress Hill producer expands on the psyche rock vibe of his recent rap beats and revisits bass music for new album on Sacred Bones.
The Pittsburgh noise-rockers put tunes from Radiohead, Bjork and The Germs under new ownership.
This mixtape of quarantine recordings is built around effects-driven drums that act as a perfect soundtrack to the COVID-19 era: a build up with no release in sight.
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.
The new record from East Coast hardcore vets signals a move into 90s noise rock territory
The founder of post-hardcore outfits Regulator Watts, Hoover and Abilene releases 7 tracks of spare, atmospheric and emotive work.
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
Sean Meadows (June of 44/Lungfish) teamed up with members of Hallux and La Lus for and quietly released this weird, engaging record in 2019.
The Universal Order of Armageddon/The Convocation guitarist has reunited with UOA bandmate Colin Seven for more of his signature noisy psyche-rock.
Their first single “November” sounds like a world-weary Jesus Lizard drenched in melody and atmosphere.
The dubby “Semazen” from their collaborative LP Kozmik Bazaar recalls the downtempo grooves meets weirdos moments of the 90s like New York’s illbient scene or the post-rock movment in Chicago where the walls were falling between rock, jazz and noise.
“Tempi Morti” is a frantic barnburner in the vein of classic Gravity bands like Heroin
New project from John Rejba of Boys Life and The Farewell Bend has got an infectious energy.
Heavy as f**k Florida outfit taps into the same combo of metal, hardcore and noise rock as Kiss It Goodbye, KEN mode and Cult Leader.
DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill and Meyhem Lauren just dropped ANOTHER project, the Members Only EP. Check that out as part of an “one eight one nine”—an hour long Muggs playlist pulled from his 2018/19 projects with Mayhem, Eto, Mach-Hommy, Roc Marciano and CRIMEAPPLE.
This Chicago band plays off repetition to highlight whats happening in the shifting layers of texture.
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.