Sadly, most punk releases have become predictable copies of other predictable punk records. As much as I love d-beats and adults with charged hair using a chorus pedal, sometimes it just gets boring. Now, before you get triggered let me also say that I have no interest in attacking you

I guess you could say I’m down with PMA, but damn do I like my sludge dirty, doomy and full of dirge. So when I really need to feel some down-tuned misery I put on TOADLIQUOR. These dudes were from Arroyo Grande, CA and starting in the early 90’s they

Earlier this year, Vancouver’s BAPTISTS released their third full-length on Southern Lord, Beacon of Faith. Baptists are hometown heroes and their Vancouver shows have a reputation for getting rowdy, and their album release show was as wild as any. Our comrade Taylor Ferguson was on hand to capture the frenzied

There have been some superb hardcore releases so far this year. Vein’s newest release errorzone is an outstanding hardcore record. Canadian metallic-hardcore outfit SLUMLORD dropped their masterfully chaotic Preview of Hell earlier this year, too. However, with just under 5 months left in this calendar year, my undisputed hardcore record of

We are all living in a fucked up reality show. Music is one place that I can find peace. I love putting on rageing music that I can imagine shapeshifting into a weapon of destruction that I could use to end the life of the oppressors. AXIS OF DESPAIR‘s new LP Contempt

Sunn O))) are towering figures of dread. Their live shows are the stuff of frightening legend, a ritual to pure volume, pushing the concept of metal – and the human body’s capacity for aural punishment – to its absolute limit. White1 is a curious record in a curious discography, marking