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Interviews

John Yates (Graphic Designer, Founder of Allied Recordings) Discusses His Career

By Carlos Ramirez |

He's worked on releases by such bands as Spitboy, Lifetime, and Buzzov•en.

Features

War Babies: NYHC Musicians Come Together for New Project

By Carlos Ramirez |

Between the two of them, they've played in such bands as Kill Your Idols, Brain Slug, and C.R.

Features

Insight: Salt Lake City Hardcore Unit “Take it Back” on Return Track/Music Video (PREMIERE)

By Carlos Ramirez |

Listen to the first new material from the band in 30 years from their forthcoming retrospective compilation.

Reviews

Laffing Gas, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Gulch (Beach Impediment Records, 2020)

By Ralph Aloia |

15 minutes of Midwestern hardcore for you to chew on.

Interviews

Turbonegro Frontman Tony Sylvester on Style, His Early Hardcore Years + More

By Carlos Ramirez |

"I collect a lot of everything, much to my wife’s chagrin and the limits of my apartment’s structural integrity."

Photo Spotlight

Photographer Spotlight: Jennifer Tenorio

By Carlos Ramirez |

"...my cousin gave me a Trapped Under Ice shirt, so I looked them up and was like, 'alright. this is sick,'"

Features

Enouement: Welsh Band Crafts Timeless Emocore

By Dan Agacki |

FFO: Fiddlehead, Jade Tree, the Anti-Matter compilation

Record Collectors

Record Collector: Simone De Luca, aka trapjoe999

By Andrew Orlando |

His Revelation Records stash is a sight to behold.

Features

Static Age: The Spirit of ‘80s Hardcore Punk Flows Through San Jose Band’s Veins

By No Echo |

Any band named after a Misfits record will get our attention.

Features

Heel: Alaskan Band Keeps Things Nice and Filthy on Latest Record

By No Echo |

"A fair amount of the music up here is life-affirming bullshit we don’t tend to align with."

Features

New Artist Focus: Lockdown

By No Echo |

"I think our sound falls around early Death Threat, Merauder, Cold as Life, and Madball, of course."

Interviews

Former Pulling Teeth Singer Mike Riley on His Hardcore Archival Projects

By Adam Yoe |

"I love the comments the flyers get that fill in gaps in my memory."

Features

Fortunes: Bleak Reality of Texas Metallic HC Band's Surroundings Gets Channeled Into Their Music

By No Echo |

"Our lyrics are about the struggle and the hustle of being poor and chasing your dreams."

Features

Steel Nation: Pennsylvania Hardcore Band Pushes the Envelope on Latest Single

By J. Sparkes |

Listen to a track from their forthcoming The Big Sleep album.

Features

Reflect: A New Hardcore Group Emerges from the River City

By No Echo |

"...I think it’s cool that there are so many subgenres within the subgenre coexisting in 2020."

Reviews

C.H.E.W., In Due Time 7" (Iron Lung Records, 2020)

By Hugo Reyes |

Have you heard latest release from the Chicago hardcore punks?

Features

The Story of Turning Point's It's Always Darkest...Before the Dawn Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

Going back to the 1990 full-length with members from the New Jersey hardcore band.

Features

Threat 2 Society: NJHC Outfit Suffers Setbacks, Returning Determined on Forthcoming EP

By No Echo |

"...we were ready to record, but I ended up getting diagnosed with a rare form of cancer..."

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