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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.
