Cursed III: Architects of Troubled Sleep (March 25, 2008!)

This is one of my most anticipated releases of spring 2008. Cursed is an amazing hardcore band from Toronto who completely rule. Here is the cover art.
The album drops next Tuesday, March 25. They’re touring Canada, lets hope they make their way down to San Diego, we’ll welcome them with open arms. From the look [...]

South By Southwest Day 2.5

Naked Raygun
Yes day 2.5. The days go from about noon to 3am. Or that’s when I start realizing I’m seeing some band I should be writing about and scratch some notes in my book with a some note that says “remember this,” and nothing else to reference what I’m supposed to be commiting them [...]

South By Southwest Day 1.5

Dub Trio live at Red Eyed Fly
The key, when entering this particular environment, is to avoid spirits, sticking to beer will save your life at the end of the night. I’ve seen those who decide to walk the path of shots and mixed drinks. They’re ugly man. They get carried out by their slightly [...]

Cursed: The best new Hardcore Band!

These Cannucks play a brand of throaty viking style hardcore/rock that makes my nuts tingle and my fist raise automatically. Their last record, titled Two, is a monument of aggression to behold. “Clocked In, Punched Out” is a wonderful indictment of working within the system. Who knew Canadians hated working as much as Americans? Here’s [...]

Anti-Matter Anthology:

So anybody familiar with how amazing underground music was in the early nineties will tell you that the anti-matter comps werethe best way to get familiar with the newest and best in post hardcore. The music on these records set the stage for what would later become the emo scene of the late 90’s. There [...]

Bad Religion: An Interview with Greg Hetson

____________________________________________________________________When it comes to bands that have made their unique mark upon an ever-expanding world of music, Bad Religion’s 20-plus years of playing rank up there with The Beatles as far as influential bands are concerned. Of course, many of those bands may never play the Hollywood Bowl or the Bowery Room in New York, [...]

Situation of Noise: An interview with Justin Pearson of The Locust

____________________________________________________________________In our Starbucks coffee driven fast food and reality based short attention span world, certain challenges arise to the creative minds of our generations. Sometimes these challenges are met with variant modes of creative outlet and of recent years it seems to be occurring in music. The base for era spanning communication has [...]