Krystina Krysiak is a Boston-based musician (Curmudgeon, Bad Idea, Terminal Crisis), tape distro proprietor (Sour Tapes) and compulsive record collector. When not on tour, she is usually watching Chopped, working at a dog treat bakery, and thinking about records. You can read her livejournal at hardstep.tumblr.com.

2013’s Top 10 Massachusetts Demo Tape Offerings According To One Person

1. Death Injection (STRAIGHT EDGE)

2. Nervous Condition (fast hardcore for political punx)

3. Leather Daddy (stripped-down punk)

4. Longings (post-punky punk)

5. Gatlin (heavy hardcore FFO guitars)

6. Dis-iplin (punk FFO consensual pegging)

7. Chain Rank (classic Boston-style HC)

8. Tomboy (poppy and thoughtful stuff)

9. Lovechild (raging hardcore)

10. Savageheads (furious punk stuff)