My most listened to records NOT from New England (released in 2017)
Here’s a bunch of records that really impacted me in 2017 that were made in other parts of the USofA or anywhere…
SPHC
Exit Hippies – Dance Maniac
Weird ass band who I’m not overly familiar with, but nevertheless has been around since 2003, releasing records all the while. EXIT…
chris defalco’s (Belated) BEST OF 2016
2016 was a year where I didn’t do much but listen to 98.9 Nash Icon, Steely Dan, and The Rita… But in…
SETE STAR SEPT – BEAST WORLD
The rule of thumb for casual Sete Star Sept fans has always been that the LPs are the most essential releases. While…
PUTREFAÇÃO HUMANA – COLHENDO DESESPERO
Originally released as a cassette in 1994, an archival effort from Brazilian labels Purgatorius Records, Virus Productions, Positive Noise Records, Calafrio Discos,…
chris defalco’s YEAR END TOP TENS (OR THEREABOUTS)
While nothing got the same volume of plays for me this year as Sun Kil Moon – Benji or the Battle Trance…
SUN CHILDREN SUN — S/T
Sun Children Sun is. What exactly Sun Children Sun is tends to be a little harder to point down. Whatever it is,…
Anal Butt — Also Pays Tribute To The Smiths
It’s been a while since I have hyped something from the SPHC camp, and while Anal Butt’s first tape isn’t an SPHC…
Nü-klē-ər Blast Suntan — PROPHETIC VISIONS
Easily my top record of 2015 so far, Prophetic Visions, the second album from Nü-klē-ər Blast Suntan, finds the band at their…
GAS CHAMBER — STAINED HAND
SPHC have continued to step up their game, releasing some of the finest records in the various realms of punk and hardcore…
NEKROMANTIKER — S/T
After a demo and a handful of 7” records, 2013 saw the debut LP of the Netherlands’ Nekromantiker, split-released by SPHC and…
Chris Defalco’s YEAR END TOP TENS
ALBUMS 1. Battle Trance – Palace of Wind LP (NNA Tapes) – Monster debut from this sax quartet. Hard to really pin…
