Low Threat Profile - LP [2011]

Low Threat Profile - LP

Remember when I said New Lows might be the best hardcore of 2011? Well really, it has nothing on this. I guess I wasn't expecting this to come out. I thought Low Threat Profile only had one 7" in them. If you don't know who these guys are, its the powerviolence dream team. Features Andy from No Comment, Matt from Infest and Bob from Lack of Interest. The first 7" is tight as fuck, but this is still good. Apparently that first (and only) 7" was supposed to come out pre-2001 but something happened and it was sat on for 9 years. Anyway, short fast tunes by angry old dudes. Amazing LP.

Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: I [2011]

Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: I

I tried to get my friend andrew to post on here but he gave up pretty soon after I invited him. Here's what he was going to say..

So I was asked to come and contribute a bit to this blog and luckily for me I had recently come across the new Earth album Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: I. I would assume that Earth is a very polarizing band, with those that are totally stoked on a new Earth record and those that couldn't care less about this boring shit. In this record Earth progress further from the..

Anyway, I was listening to that Date Palms record before hand. Right after this Earth record came on and I still thought it was Date Palms (check it out below!). This Earth record isn't far off from the previous release "The bee's made honey" and it's definitely no Earth 2. So if you if you're into whatever I just mentioned, check it out and BUY IT!

New Lows - Harvest of the Carcass [2011]

New Lows - Harvest of the Carcass

Deathwish Inc’s latest release “Harvest of the Carcass” by New Lows..First of let me state that this band does have a great live performance and they were really nice dudes when they came here the first and only time. I was really into hardcore at the time of all this, maybe because my good friend was doing a lot of the shows who in return was getting me excited about everything. Over the past few years, everything that has been coming off of Deathwish’s label has been pushing me away from something I was really into. Same goes for B9 and other smaller labels (Lockin Out, Third Party, Six Feet Under.. Although they were the first to put out those NAILS records.) And then there is the kids. Always the kids... tattoos, awkward party attitudes and now it seems lifting weights is cool (I do support leading a healthy lifestyle, but take everything in moderation..)

Here’s the dirty. Stupid cover. (Beating a dead horse, Bannon) Terrible album name..There are some serious riff’s on this album that go into the New Lows song structure which is cool. I’d love to see this record live and they should promote it. This might be the best “hardcore” record in 2011.

Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement [2010]

Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement


As I was writing that last post about The Black Angels, I decided to put on this band Lower Dens. After seeing them on "The lists" of 2010 and listening to them, I gave them a shot. I'm about an 8th through the record and so far I'm really impressed. Perfect music to unwind a day with crappy weather outside. Slow melodic tunes with a female fronted singer, Jana Hunter (I could barely tell it was a girl until I looked it up). Also listed as "freak-folk". Great tunes.

The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream [2010]

The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream

The Black Angels are one of the better bands to come out in recent times. Their past two records have been played over and over on my turntable and ipod til I got sick of them. This record came out a few months back and I immediately bought it without doing the whole download and give it a chance because they are consistently good in my books. However I let this record sit on the back burner for so long. I didn't even put it in my top 10 because I completely forgot about it. This 5 or 6 piece band from Texas puts on one of the better live shows I've seen in my life and I try to see them every time they pass through town. Want the dirty? It's Psychedelic Rock without any "tape" effects or weird looping. The band can recreate the sound recorded. I would 100% recommend downloading this if anything I've mentioned interests you. If you want the first two records, well today is your lucky day.


Passover [2006]
Directions To Seek A Ghost [2008]

Enjoy.

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde [2011]

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde

As much as I kinda dislike this band and their schtick, there is something left to be desired about this band. It's like bad (or good if you like that) 80's pop rock mixed with modern day garage. I feel like this would be the band you'd ask a girl to dance to, or a song that could've been in 500 days of Summer. Dreamy love rock. Am I doing a good job of trying to describe what this band feels like to me? Probably not, but you read my post's anyway and enjoy the time we have together. People like this band, maybe you should too?

Date Palms - Of Psalms [2010]

Date Palms - Of Psalms

I bet you can tell what kind of record this is by the cover. Very psychedelic. I found this on a best of list for 2010. This type of music really mellows me out, especially at work (while deleting large video files, very relaxing). From the original post about this The instrumentation is varied. There are lush drones throughout and interesting tape effects, but the contrast of drones and full-on half-time bass riffage gets me every time.

Get heavy man.