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The Brokedowns - Six Songs EP
The Brokedowns' Myspace
The Brokedowns are a four piece punk band from Illinois who've been around for about eight years now, fine tuning their mix of hardcore, pop punk and wry lyrics with each release. Here's their Six Songs EP which should give you a good idea as to what these guys are about.
The Suicide File - Live on WERS 7"
The Suicide File's Myspace
The Suicide File were a hardcore supergroup from Boston featuring members of The Hope Conspiracy, Give Up The Ghost, and Death by Stereo, amongst others.
This is them playing live on WERS, a radio station that broadcasts out of Emerson College, circa 2004. Think four of hardcore's finest musicians venting their political angst and anger at full blast in a cramped room, then tack on a four minute interview at the end.
That's this album.
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence's Myspace
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence is a "supergroup" featuring Paddy from Dillinger Four, Aaron Cometbus (of Cometbus, Crimpshrine Pinhead Gunpowder, etc, etc, etc), plus Spitball and Emily. They play unpolished and raw but vaguely upbeat punk similar to bands like Dillinger Four (duh), Crimpshrine (double duh), Toys That Kill, and This Is My Fist!. Here's both The Gateway Handshake 7", which is a re-post, and their self titled album, which I just uploaded.
Self-Titled
The Gateway Handshake EP
Enjoy.
Also, if you like these, then you might want to check this out as well:
Dillinger Four/Pinhead Gunpowder Split 7"
Dear Landlord/Off With Their Heads [Split 7"]
Dear Landlord's Myspace
Off With Their Heads' Myspace
Here's another great split, this one coming from two of the pop punk scene's most prominent members - Off With Their Heads (who are often compared to Dillinger Four) and Dear Landlord (who are often compared to Off With Their Heads). You'd think that, given how popular these two bands have become, this split would be all over the web, but for some reason it isn't. Oh well.
Anyone who likes good, honest, no-frills pop punk should download this.
Dillinger Four - Live at the 7th Street Entry
Dillinger Four's Myspace
Anyone who's ever seen Dillinger Four live (or listened to their First Avenue Live album) knows that they put on downright amazing shows.
This is a bootleg from a show they did back in 2001. I'm not sure who made it or where it came from, and I can't find anything about it online aside from a last.fm page with the track listing. The sound quality is great though (possibly soundboard?), as is the setlist, which features some the best songs from their pre-Situationist Comedy albums.
And yes, there's stage banter.
Born Against / Yuppicide - (not quite) Live at ABC No Rio Split 7"
Yuppicide's Myspace
Born Against's Myspace
"How many many Germans are you gonna find at ABC NO RIO?"
-Steve of Yuppicide
WHAT I ORIGINALLY WROTE (see UPDATE below for some Real Talk!)
This is one of my new favorite splits. Featuring two legendary New York hardcore bands playing three songs each at one of the NYC scene's most beloved venues, the ABC No Rio squat (which is no longer a squat house), I'd call this a must have for any fan of early NYHC.
Yuppicide, who reunited last weekend after a twelve year hiatus, deliver a solid performance with a Negative Approach cover to boot. The Born Against side sounds like total chaos. Since one of the guys from Yuppicide asks "why has the stage diving stopped? Do you guys not like us?" after they play their first song, it seems like Born Against probably had kids flying towards them they whole time they played.
UPDATE!
I was talking to one of the guys from Yuppicide about this split and they shared a rather interesting story.
Basically, it's a sham. The show never happened, nor did Yuppicide and Born Against ever, EVER play a show together. Ever. This split is comprised of tracks from various shows they did in Germany that were than cobbled together by a small German label and released without either band's consent or knowledge. They then cobbled together a fake show flyer to put on the cover.
It's an unauthorized bootleg of a show that never happened on a tour that didn't exist, featuring two bands who never shared a stage with each other.
Tell tale signs of fakery:
1. "$27 at the door." For a hardcore show at a squat house? Really?
2. Listen to the crowd chatter. You'll hear a surprising amount of German.
Blacklisted - Live from Nowhere USA 7"
Blacklisted's Myspace
Blacklisted are one of the best hardcore bands out there today.
While their newer material shows a band experimenting and evolving, their older material is some of the most relentless, uncompromising, pessimistic hardcore ever.
This is a live album they put out on 6131 Records, which features recordings from a show they did at The Muse in Nashville, Tennessee. Blacklisted shows are intense, and while this 7" doesn't quite capture the feel of a hundred kids destroying each other, it's still a great album.
Blotto / Ringers - Split 7"
Blotto's Last.FM
Ringers' Myspace
The second of the two Ringers splits.
Here they're paired with Blotto, a pop punk band from Japan, which makes for a much better match than Ampere.
Ampere/Ringers Split 6"
Ampere's Myspace
Ringers' Myspace
Here's the first of those two Ringers splits. This one's with Ampere.
Pop punk on one side, noisy screamo on the other.
Enjoy.
Ringers - Hurry Up and Wait
Ringers' Myspace
Ringers are an amazing punk band from Boston who I've been listening to a lot lately. This is their newest album, which is probably their best album to date. It reminds of a mixture of Off With Their Heads, The Clash, and Mischief Brew.
They have two other albums which are both pretty good as well, and two splits that I'll probably post soon.
UPDATE: The splits were posted and can be found
here (w/ Blotto) and here (w/ Ampere).
And yes, the new computer finally arrived.
Coalesce - Last Call for the Living 10"
Coalesce's Myspace
This album is a rare 10" that was only available at their "last show ever" back in 2000. If you haven't heard Coalesce before, go pick up their new album, OX. It's just as good as their old stuff and a bit more accessible to newcomers than their old material (and way more accessible than this). If you're an old fan who has almost everything, this is for you.
Last Call for the Living contains demo tapes and unreleased material from early on their career. The demo tapes are rough, with Sean Ingram using a whole different singing voice, melodic/jammy elements, and occasional female vocals. The second half contains alternate takes of Simulcast and Harvest of Maturity, as well as a song called On Their Behalf.
I'd also suggest seeing them live, no matter what it takes. Every show I've seen of theirs since the reunion has been better than the last, with great sets that mix old and new songs, awesome crowds, and Jes Steineger's increasingly crazed performances. This band has only gotten better with age.
I know I haven't posted in a while, but I swear I'll be back soon, once I get my new computer. The old one (r.i.p) was dropped, and no longer has a working screen or cd-r, and since macs are expensive to replace ($789 for a three year old computer), it seemed smarter to just get a new computer and transfer over all my files.
Here's where the fun comes in.
After waiting a few days, I get my new macbook pro. I start it up, super excited, and as soon as it turns on, the whole right side f the screen turns to static. I call the mac tech support line who tell me to go into Manhattan and get it repaired. The Apple store in Manhattan argues about my warranty, and then advises me to just send it back for a new one anyway.
I call the tech support line again. They e-mail me the expedited shipping slips and tell me that once they receive the broken one they sent me, the new one would be shipped with two-day shipping. I send it off, and expect to see the new one in a few days.
A few days later I check the apple orders tracker, and it says the got my computer and the new one should arrive tomorrow. Three days later, it hasn't arrived.
I call tech support again. The guy tells me that they haven't received my computer. I ask why their website says it's received and the new one is already in shipping, and he yells at me that the site is wrong, and it's either my fault, or fedex's.
I check fedex, which says the package was signed for days ago, and call apple back. This time I ask for a manager, who explains that they accidentally entered my order as a refund, not a replacement, and therefore my computer wasn't shipped. Why it says it's being shipped online, and why the purchase hasn't shown up as refunded on the credit card is a mystery. The solution, is that I buy a second computer (minus $100 for the inconvenience), and wait for the last one show up as refunded. So as of now, I have a new computer on the way (and hopefully that refund for the last one, because I don't want to have to call them again) and once that comes, music will be posted.
Till then, I will do some re-runs from my first post, if only so CaptainCrawl can index them.
