Chris Defalco’s BEST OF 2019
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve put one of these together. While this failure has been partly due to a…
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LOOSE NUKES – HARDCORE RULES
Pittsburgh/Philly’s Loose Nukes – not to be confused with the Loose Nukes from Houston – play hard-hitting hardcore with a skate vibe…
BODY PARTS – COUNT THE DEAD
Body Parts is a new duo featuring New Bedford renaissance man Trevor Vaughn (Wound Man, XFilesX, etc.). The band plays a blend…
PHOEBE BRIDGERS – STRANGER IN THE ALPS
Stranger In The Alps is a higher profile record (and one that has been out longer) than those I usually write about,…
Interview with Steve D’Eva of Foreign Objects Beer Company
Foreign Objects Beer Company is a New York brewery headquartered in New Paltz that is quietly amassing a strong – and diverse…
PSUDOKU – DEEP SPACE PSUDOKUMENT
2017 was a bit of a lost year for me. It was a year in which I didn’t listen to all that…
Interview with Lawrence George of Brick & Feather Brewery
On a weekday afternoon last fall I stopped into Brick & Feather Brewery in Turners Falls, MA to chat with owner-brewer Lawrence…
SKINNED ALIVE – DEMO
Flying in under the radar at the end of last year, Skinned Alive quietly dropped one of the best demos to come…
NAPALM DEATH IS DEAD – MEAT OF SLAVE
Finishing 2017 strong, Polish label The Child With No Name dropped an essential single-sided 7” from Japan’s noisecore greats Napalm Death Is…
CHAIN CULT – DEMO
One of the first new releases to come through my speakers in 2018 was this demo from Greek punks Chain Cult. The…
POWER TRIP – NIGHTMARE LOGIC
Texans Power Trip return with their second album, Nightmare Logic, released earlier this year on Southern Lord. Opening with an industrial rumble,…
ERECTILE DEMENTIA – ROCK N’ ROLL ABORTION
After several years of tapes and splits, Doug Long’s Erectile Dementia finally drops an LP. Rock N’ Roll Abortion, co-released by Long’s…
