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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.
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Sunday, July 12, 2015

XNo MoreX- demo tape review

XNoMoreX- demo tape review
This Midwest XVXers play classic hardcore punk with a mix of youth crew and political 90s hardcore sensibilities never straying far from their steadfast beliefs in a better way of living, that being a sober, poison-free one.  Though the lyrics are pointed and invective and that sort of thing can be very valuable, the serious use of the term “bloodmouth” is rather cringe-inducing, similar to the way a band would ask you to “check them out on Myspace” or do a Minor Threat cover.  Despite that, it still provokes some thought and manages to bring the mosh.  It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it spins it just fine.

-Aunty Social

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Kontrasekt- End of Destruction 12" review

Kontrasekt- End of Destruction 12” review
Drenched in reverb and apocalyptic overtones, this diabolic d-beat trio is at first glance rather simple and cookie-cutter:  “Oh fuck,” you think, “Not another goddamned Discharge/Confuse/Totalitar rip-off!”  Not this time, true DIS-believers.  There is something subtly sophisticated and differently dissonant about this band- maybe it’s lyrics, a more intelligent approach to cacophonous music, or an unidentified attribute to the entirety of the band altogether.  Whatever it may be, it takes the seemingly drab and done D-beat raw punk sound and enhances it, makes it seem fresh and new once more.  The guitar tone is just right, the vocals akin to a B-12 bomber over Berlin, and the drums the thundering crash of the bombs as they hit- war time music for anti-propagandists, to be sure.  Suitable music to be played at the nearest Gathering of the Crusties, though these cats aren’t rank and file- they outrank and take cuts, and it’s just as well, for they should.

-Aunty Social