Cincinnati's Mixtapes have been an incredibly busy band. In a span of less than two years, they've released an album, 3 EPs, and a split. Their latest EP "Hope Is For People" is one of those albums that just immediately puts you in a good mood the second it starts. If you're not smiling (or at least singing along with the whoas) halfway through, I'm forced to assume you hate fun or have no soul. With 6 songs clocking in at 11 minutes (and one of those songs are just an acoustic version of another), Mixtapes really hit [...]
San Francisco's Punch have done what I previously would have thought as impossible. With their latest "Nothing Lasts" EP, the band somehow managed to create something even more ferocious and pissed off than their "Self Titled" album. I've said it before and I'll say it again: while many have touted Punch as one of the most aggressive female-fronted hardcore bands around today, I want to take it a step further and say that Punch is easily one of the most furious hardcore bands around. Their 7 song, 9 minute long "Nothing Lasts" EP is one hell [...]
Sometimes it seems like Canada has it all: public health care, better maple syrup, and a plethora of damn good skate influenced punk rock. Ontario based Adelleda is the latest band to add to great canadian punk, and their 8 track "Herkimer Street" is 20 minutes of melodic skate bliss. While I realize that it's certainly cliche to compare a melodic punk band to early Propagandhi, I can't help but listen to some of Adelleda's riff's and be reminded of the Manitoba legends (hell, their song Implausible Denial reminds me of I-Spy a bit before I even knew [...]
When I first heard Graf Orlock, I was blown away immediately. Any band that could take the Jurassic Park theme song and turn it into a grindcore song gets an A+ in my book. Los Angeles self described "cinema-grind", Graf Orlock mixes music and movies, and with their latest (well, released in 2009) "Destination: Time Today", the band brings some of the most furious grind I've heard in a long time. Admittedly, I don't watch many movies. I simply don't have the attention span to sit for 2 hours at a time and stare at a screen without [...]
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So for the past few days, I've been laboring (and laboring) to move this humble ole' blog Midwestern Housewives from blogger over to our own host using WordPress. This shouldn't effect anyone too much (I hope) as I tried to make it as seamless as possible (let me know if you experience any issues in the comments, I'm still playing around with it). So why after nearly 5 years (which is an eternity when it comes to online blogs) would we move? Few very simple reasons. 1. Google, [...]
(Hitler learns he's not on Grey Area's setlist...I found this while looking for Grey Area on youtube. I love the internet.)Yesterday was completely ridiculous. After heading to the Philly's piazza to watch a free Newfound Glory show (I don't think I've ever seen so many fights break out), then Philly's shit show "Makeout Club", I headed over to the Fire to catch melodic hardcore legends Grey
(Hitler learns he's not on Grey Area's guest list...I found this while looking for Grey Area on youtube. I love the internet.) Yesterday was completely ridiculous. After heading to the Philly's piazza to watch a free Newfound Glory show (I don't think I've ever seen so many fights break out), then Philly's shit show "Makeout Club", I headed over to the Fire to catch melodic hardcore legends Grey Area. Unfortunately I missed all of the openers sets except the last two by The Reveling (to which I [...]
If there is one band that always manages to surprise the hell out of me, it's Fucked Up. I remember listening to their demo and Epic in Minutes back when it came out and thinking they were pretty solid hardcore band, but not the messiahs of hardcore many were touting them to be. Now ten years later they release "David Comes To Life" and not only are the 'too cool for school' writers at
If there is one band that always manages to surprise the hell out of me, it's Fucked Up. I remember listening to their demo and Epic in Minutes back when it came out and thinking they were pretty solid hardcore band, but not the messiahs of hardcore many were touting them to be. Now ten years later they release "David Comes To Life" and not only are the 'too cool for school' writers at Pitchfork collectively jizzing their pants over it, it's listed as #83 of Billboard's Top 200 of 2011... [...]
If I can sum up Dangers "Messy Isn't It" in one word, it would be 'uneasy'. Just looking at the album art should give an impression as to what to expect: raw and challenging. The album opens immediately challenging the listener "why didn't you kill yourself today...Prove to me that the air you breathe wasn't better served by the leaves of a tree".Playing furious and incredibly aggressive
If I can sum up Dangers "Messy Isn't It" in one word, it would be 'uneasy'. Just looking at the album art should give an impression as to what to expect: raw and challenging. The album opens immediately challenging the listener "why didn't you kill yourself today...Prove to me that the air you breathe wasn't better served by the leaves of a tree". Playing furious and incredibly aggressive hardcore, Dangers 19 song (well, with two interludes) in 35 minutes album is easily becoming one of my favorite hardcore releases. [...]
Like a gang-bang porn, sometimes 4 artists come together to create something incredibly beautiful. When I heard that Black Numbers was releasing a 4 way split between Grey Area, The Reveling, The Copyrights, and Luther, the word anticipation would be an understatement. Shit, I would have picked this up for the two Grey Area tracks alone even if the rest of the songs were flatulence as
Like a gang-bang porn, sometimes 4 artists come together to create something incredibly beautiful. When I heard that Black Numbers was releasing a 4 way split between Grey Area, The Reveling, The Copyrights, and Luther, the word anticipation would be an understatement. Shit, I would have picked this up for the two Grey Area tracks alone even if the rest of the songs were flatulence as performed by Duran Duran, but instead each of the two songs by each band are worth checking out. The split kicks off [...]
So you've probably heard about the whole SOPA/PIPA mess going on. It's gotten bad enough to the point where major companies like google and craigslist are taking a stand on it. Pretty much, imagine if you're grandparents tried to "fix" the internet. It's sort of like that. And YOU can make a difference.What is this nonsense?SOPA is the House's version of the bill, and PIPA is Senate's.
So you've probably heard about the whole SOPA/PIPA mess going on. It's gotten bad enough to the point where major companies like google and craigslist are taking a stand on it. Pretty much, imagine if you're grandparents tried to "fix" the internet. It's sort of like that. And YOU can make a difference. What is this nonsense ? SOPA is the House's version of the bill, and PIPA is Senate's. Both bills were designed to stop internet piracy, but they [...]
Originally hailing from NJ, I've been a Bigwig fan for a VERY long time, yet I realized that I haven't posted one of my favorite albums by them. In the interest of not failing my home state (and by consequence, not having defender of NJ Danny Devito come by and kick me in the balls), let me just state that Bigwig's Invitation To Tragedy is an essential.Released over 10 years ago back in
Originally hailing from NJ, I've been a Bigwig fan for a VERY long time, yet I realized that I haven't posted one of my favorite albums by them. In the interest of not failing my home state (and by consequence, not having defender of NJ Danny Devito come by and kick me in the balls), let me just state that Bigwig's Invitation To Tragedy is an essential. Released over 10 years ago back in 2001 (shit, that's a sobering thought), I remember logging many skate hours to the beautiful sounds [...]
Atlanta's The Wild have been getting a lot of press as of late. I never got to check out any of their albums, but I am loving their split with Run Forever.The split starts with the folksy ballad "Street Names" and the incredibly catchy harmonica driven, dual male/female vocals of "To Be Content". Besides the fact that "Street Names" starts off like Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without The E
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