Hardcore Podcasts
September of 2010 I put together eight Hardcore Podcasts. You can check them out here if you are interested. For more insight into how I came up with the years 78-90 for the First Wave you can read about The Hardcore Superiorty Myth.
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Your Food – Poke it With A Stick
Your Food Poke it With A Stick (WhoreDog) 1983. This is the last of my Louisville posts (at least for the time being) and I am going out with a bang. Your Food is another amazing band that came out … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Louisville, Midwest, New Wave, Punk Rock, indie, post-punk
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The Tanzdiele – Muzik, Muzik, Muzik
The Tanzdiele – Muzik, Muzik, Muzik // Candy (GeeBeeDee Records) 1982. This is hands-down, my favourite NDW recording ever. I got it off of Mein Walkman Ist Kaputt a year ago. Unfortunately, Mein Walkman Ist Kaputt took down their archives … Continue reading
The Endtables
The Endtables – Process of Elimination, The Defectors // They’re Guilty, Circumcision (Tuesday Records) 1979. If you have been following the Louisville lovefest that has been happening here on LDoMoE, you should be expecting this one. A bonafide kbd classic … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Louisville, New Wave, Punk Rock, post-punk
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This One is About The Ladies
So it is so unbelievably hot out there right now. I’m not talking desert heat either. I’m talking about swamp heat. The kind of heat that makes you feel like you are wading through hot, wet jello. Of course as … Continue reading
Tubeway Army – Bombers
Tubeway Army – Bombers (Beggars Banquet) 1978. I know what you’re thinking. First Wall of Voodoo, then DEVO and now Gary Numan? Joe Stumble, you have lost it. Well, you kind sir, are wrong. Have you ever seen Gary Numan’s … Continue reading
VRKTM – Excess / Defect
VRKTM – Excess / Defect (Noise Pollution) 2007. Another goodie that I recently received from Noise Pollution Records was the new CD by another cool band from Louisville, KY named VRKTM. . They were initially formed by Jason Lowenstein from … Continue reading
Posted in Louisville, indie
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DEVO Hardcore Volume Two
This second set of obscurities is pretty awesome but not as good as Hardcore Volume One. I certainly recommend buying at least the first four DEVO albums as they are very much in print and very entertaining. Because I said … Continue reading
Bold Beginnings : Louisville Punk 1978-1983
Bold Beginnings : Louisville Punk 1978-1983 (Noise Pollution) 2007. The other day I got this CD from the uber-cool Noise Pollution Records label outta Louisville, KY. It’s called Bold Beginnings : An Incomplete Collection Of Louisville Punk 1978-1983 and it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Louisville, Midwest, New Wave, Punk Rock, hardcore, indie, post-punk
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Fanzine Archives
Recently on the TIRC Message Board, I got some interesting news. Namely, an online archive has been released of old MRR, Flipside, Suburban Voice and Heart Attack back issues. It’s a pretty amazing project. I mentioned in my Jet Lag … Continue reading
Posted in Rants, Video
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D.I. – Don’t Mess Around With the Punks Dude!
So…Imagine yourself as an adolescent in 1983. C’mon…indulge me here. It’s 1983 and your parents are in their mid-to-late-thirties. Maybe even their early thirties or forties. Regardless of exactly how old they are, they lived through the 1970′s and may … Continue reading
Posted in California, Punk Rock, hardcore, skate
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