Freddy Alva

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Freddy Alva’s Favorite Releases of 2018

By Freddy Alva |

The No Echo contributor's highly subjective, biased, and one-sided best of the year.

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Hard Wax: UK Bovver Rock Lives on in “Days of Glory” (PREMIERE)

By Freddy Alva |

Oi! Oi! Oi!

Interviews

Joe Bruno: OG NYHC Roadie Shares Some of His Favorite Memories

By Freddy Alva |

Beastie Boys music videos, touring with Murphy's Law, Glen E. Friedman photo shoots, and much more.

Features

TRIBU Bring Shamanistic Psychedelic Shoegaze Sounds from Peru

By Freddy Alva |

A veteran from the South American hardcore scene explores a new sonic palette.

Lists

Freddy Alva’s Top 12 of the Year

By Freddy Alva |

The Urban Styles, and longtime No Echo contributor, shares his year-end musical picks.

Features

Urban Styles Mixtape: Soundtrack to the Graffiti In NYHC Book

By Freddy Alva |

Featuring a spoken word intro by Chaka Malik from Burn.

Reviews

Matinee: All Ages on the Bowery, by Drew Carolan

By Freddy Alva |

A book that captures the punks, skinheads, and assorted misfits at the dawn of the CBGB's hardcore scene.

Reviews

Scene Crime, 2017 Demo (Self-Released, 2017)

By Freddy Alva |

Members of Life's Blood, NY Wolfpack, and The Disenchanted bust it out Albany Style in 2017.

Features

Life’s Blood: Born Out of Chaos, Doomed to Failure

By Freddy Alva |

Jason O'Toole, Adam Nathanson, Neil Burke, and Sean Murphy died for your sins in 1988 AD Hardcore.

Features

Vitriolic War Prayers: Born Against Flyer Art

By Freddy Alva |

Founding guitarist Adam Nathanson on some of the stories behind the imagery he created for the band.

Reviews

The History of Nemesis Records, by Patrick Kitzel (Reaper Records, 2017)

By Freddy Alva |

A deep dive into the label (and man) behind records by Insted, Brujeria, Uniform Choice, and much more.

Features

A Death in Queens

By Freddy Alva |

On what would have been his 49th birthday, an old friend pays tribute to a NYC original.

Lists

Top 12 of 2016, by Freddy Alva

By Freddy Alva |

These records, books, movies, and live shows made my year.

Reviews

45 Adapters, They Call it Justice (Contra Records/Longshot Music, 2016)

By Freddy Alva |

NYC's premier maximum R&B/Oi! outfit drops some new vinyl with purpose.

Reviews

Blood Eagle, Demo '16 (Self-Released, 2016)

By Freddy Alva |

New Wave of British Hardcore gone metal?!

Reviews

Crown Court, Capital Offence (Katorga Works, 2016)

By Freddy Alva |

The young British Oi! outfit keeps the classic bootboy tradition alive.

Interviews

Javier Villegas (Born Against, Cattle Press, Iabhorher, Our Gang)

By Freddy Alva |

"The first albums I ever owned on vinyl were Love Gun and Alive!, by KISS."

Features

Catastrophic Visions: Industrial Noise in 1990s Peru

By Freddy Alva |

Digging deep into some of South America's harshest sounds.

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