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: October 2008
Dinosaur L – Go Bang! (#5) / Clean On Your Bean (#1)
Dinosaur L – Go Bang! (#5) // Clean On Your Bean (#1) (Sleeping Bag Records) 1982. This is considered THE classic New York City loft party record from the early 1980s, a time when Larry Levan’s original loft party concept … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, New York, No Wave, post-punk
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Minnow- 13 Wrongs
Minnow – 13 Wrongs (Noise Pollution) 2008. 13 Wrongs (Noise Pollution) 2008. Another band from Louisville, this new one by Minnow is definitely one of my top discs of 2008. Unlike a lot of the other Louisville bands that I … Continue reading
Posted in Louisville, indie
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Crash Course In Science – Cakes In The Home
Crash Course In Science – Cakes In The Home // Kitchen Motors, Mechanical Breakdown (GoGo Records) 1979. A great electronic single from Philly, Crash Course In Science mine the same area as the Units for similar effect. Again like the … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Electro, New Wave, Pennsylvania, Philly, Synth, power pop
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Ron Hunt / Ronnie G & The SM Crew
Ron Hunt – Spiderap // Ronnie G & The SM Crew – A Corona Jam (Reflection Records) 1979. Another old school classic from the magic year of 1979. This one is a two sided 12 inch with a different performer … Continue reading
Venus Trap – The Key
Venus Trap – The Key (Noise Pollution) 2008. Let’s switch gears here and look at something new. This is Venus Trap outta Louisville. On my favourite label, Noise Pollution. I have yet to hear a Noise Pollution release that wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Louisville, indie
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Sacred Denial – Life’s Been Getting To Me
Sacred Denial – Life’s Been Getting To Me (Four Front Records) 1985. In a continuation of my Jersey post is this first Sacred Denial release, Life’s Been Getting To Me. I recently picked this up in Minneapolis for a dollar. … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey, hardcore
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New Jersey Punk and Hardcore
A friend of mine and I have had this on-going debate about how kickass Jersey punk and especially hardcore was. In my opinion, no scene was more of an underdog scene than Jersey. My friend contends that Jersey’s bad reputation … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey, New York, Punk Rock, hardcore, skate
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color (ZE Records) 1979. One of my favourite recent acquisitions is this release by French/New York, New Wave/No Wave chanteuse Lizzy Mercier Descloux. The way the story goes, Lizzy was in a relationship with Michel … Continue reading
The Mojomatics – Don’t Pretend That You Know Me
Thee Mojomatics -Don’t Pretend That You Know Me (Ghost Records) 2008. A really great Hives-influenced two man garage punk combo from Italy. Like a lot of young’uns, these guys sometimes substitute tunefulness for full-on energy but really, if I had … Continue reading
Posted in Garage Punk, Italy
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Cockney Rejects – Flares N’ Slippers
Cockney Rejects – Flares N’ Slippers // Police Car, I Wanna Be A Star (Small Wonder Records) 1979. I haven’t posted any Oi in a while so why not this? A stone cold classic from 1979. I first heard it … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK, oi
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