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I'm a punk rock guru from Detroit. Part skinhead, part crusty, part metalhead, part hardcore kid, part party kid, 100% punk rocker.
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Worshit- Blessed USA Tour 2012 promo tape review



Worshit- Blessed USA Tour 2012 promo tape review
High-pitched yet gruff vocals by a Russian singer fronting a Russian band, sounding snotty as ever; for them, the 80s never ended, and what a glorious racket they make with their Eastern interpretation of 80s hardcore sounds (the last song is a Minor Threat cover, and one not commonly covered at that).  It’s nothing unique, but the fact that it came from fucking Russia and that it features such fucking weird and awesome artwork is more than enough to catch my attention.  This is a little treasure trove of hardcore that would otherwise have been lost to time and tight information flow control.  A fantastic little find indeed- check it out, as John Brannon might say.
-Aunty Social

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Demolition- Demo 2012 review


Demolition- Demo 2012 review
This is youth crew done fuckin’ right- I can’t get enough of these four songs.  Gritty, somewhat raw production is a big factor in why this demo rules so hard.  The vocals are distant and strained, yet remain laced with enough general misanthropy to be a real punk record, and not some jock hardcore production.  In a more close relation to original youth crew, the lyrics are very catchy, quotable, and are the picturesque set of words to accompany a live gang pile around the mic during a set, with twenty or thirty people singing at the top of their voices.  Another benefit of the more unpolished production is that the guitars, bass, and drums sound a lot more like a punk record than a “hardcore” one (hardcore here meaning breakdown-laced, heavier, slower, varsity font punk), and there’s something to be said when a band so influenced by these sorts of bands still pulls off the energetic slam dance-styled punk rock.  If there’s a new band to jock, it’s this one.  Stage dives and high-fives forthcoming.
-Aunty Social