"A treat for your feet if you don't eat meat"

When I first turned vegan in 1994 (there was a period of darkness in my life when I returned to being vegetarian but that's already more than half a decade behind me now) it was quite a challenge to put together a nice vegan breakfast and that wasn't only due to financial restrictions. Becoming a vegan in the little shithole village I grew up in wasn't really the easiest choice. Even for my soy-milk I had to make the trip into the next city but buying in bulks was out of the question mainly because of limitations caused by the method of transportation i.e. going by train. Nowadays you can get that stuff in every supermarket all over the place next to a slew of other vegan products.

So things - luckily - have changed quite a bit. Yet we still have to face a similar problem: Footwear! Leather is still all over the place and if you're trying to go for a hundred percent there's still the question of what glue was used to hold your canvas sneaker together. Not to talk about other shoes than your average sneaker. Especially now in the cold most vegans I know feel that problem.... well... feet first haha

Although I know about vegan shoe stores they're still extremely rare and honestly speaking don't offer too many good looking shoes if any. Now that might be just me being picky as always but if you know what I'm talking about and are in dire need of good vegan shoes here are a few online sources that combined give you a range of choice no vegan shoe store can afford to have readily available. Maybe you'll get lucky. Fancy vegan shoes can only up your chances if you catch my drift. Hahaha

I know there are probably more sources available but these are the ones I know of. Feel free to add more in the comments section.

Avesu

Brave Gentlemen

Dr. Martens (vegan line)

Eco-Vegan-Shoes

Good Guys (don't wear leather)

Keep

Mac Beth

Moo Shoes

Novacas

Three Leaves

Vegan Kicks

Vegetarian Shoes

Vegane Zeiten

Wills

 

Remission stream songs of their new 7"

One of the best bands I got to know in 2012... or was it 2011?... anyways.... One of the best bands around these days is REMISSION from fucking Chile! For me they are the ones really putting Chile and thus South America on the Hardcore-Map. I bet there are more hc bands where they come from and I know there are better known bands in at least Brazil but any band from South America I ever listened to (not that there would have been many but still) didn't arouse my interest in the least. I cannot even name one other band from that continent. Only band that needs an honorable mention because a friend of mine played in it is Invictus Maneo from Mexico but unfortunately there was too much metal and I'm not sure if Mexico is considered South America already although I'm pretty sure a lot of US americans do ;)

Also I think South America over there is the equivilent to eastern europe over here if you catch my drift! Any band from those regions is not really prone to a lot of attention by hc kids who are not from that particular area. It's a shame and I have to admit being guilty of doing the same. Everywhere I look all channels are floated with bands from the US, Canada and west europe with a little bit of Australia thrown in the mix. And all my hands are already busy trying to sort through the debris of that Tsunami.

Therefore it is even more exiting to come across a band like Remission (to get back to our actual topic). And without cutting them any slack for being from a not only hc-wise marginalized part of the world I have to say I'm very siked on their upcoming 7" on Amendment Records who might just as well be from South America and would therefore be the only label I know of that operates from there. Without a proper oldschool real life address on their website it's hard to say but judging by the bands they put out and all the spanish going on (which I unfortunately didn't care about learning back in school. Talk about a bad decision in life) it could very well be but who knows or cares? In any case they played a huge role in getting the band some exposure and finally having releases on React! Records and germanys Assault Records.

To be honest I have to mention that although I liked their LP right away I wasn't too sure if I would listen to it often but it grew on me. A lot!! Probably because I also love Verbal Assault. Remissions music is the perfect way to honor Verbal Assault's legacy without just being a clone. And their lyrics? Well... up there with the best of them.

'Pain understood' is the title of the new single and that's pretty much giving away what the topic is they're dealing with on this 2 song platter.

On their bandcamp they write 'pre-order from Rev' but I send Pablo a message and he let me know that he's going to put some copies on his webstore soon too. So either way I suggest you get your hands on this piece of hot wax and if you're still undecided or just curious about the new tunes here's the whole shebang:

KUMULUS the next new band from Cologne, Germany

Next to Cobretti, Finisterre, Zosch, Lambs, the almighty Hangin' Tough and all the other bands I'm forgetting about right now (sorry) they add a new flavor to Cologne's assortment. At least it's new to me. If I'm wrong let me know.

They are an instrumental band that bring bands like Russian Circles, Pelican or Neurosis to mind without sounding too much like any of them. Which is mainly due to the apparent influence some of the 80's Wave bands had on their music. So it's not just the next clone in a line of many but a fresh addition to the variety of that genre. Usually I pass this kind of band by without paying too much attention because in most cases they are just not worth it but they managed to keep me listening to that preversion track for all of the genre-typical 6+ minutes. And i didn't get bored at all. If anything it made me curious about what more there is to come. So if you like any of those mentioned bands chances are you will like Kumulus.

 

Richie Dagger + Filler + Salad Days - jan 19th AK47

Stepdown announced a new show for friday january 19th @ AK47 in Düsseldorf, Germany

Expect some red hot action from

Richie Dagger

Filler

Salad Days

GIHC stream teaser track of upcoming MINUTES 12"

From the GIHC-HQ come these news:


Things are happening! Good things!!
The final mix of the upcoming MINUTES 12" is in.
Big THANK YOU to The Atomic Garden Recording Studio.
We uploadad one track to our bandcamp to tease you....




 

Mindset euro tour

Most people probably know already but just in case you don't.

XXX STRAIGHT EDGE XXX

Nails announced new LP

Just read that on twitter:

"NAILS "Obscene Humanity" 7" is a re-recording of 3 songs from our first record. New album "Abandon All Life" coming Spring 2013. It's good."

Good News!!

xCOUNTERx demo news & upcoming shows

Good Intentions are one step closer to releasing San Francisco Straight Edge band COUNTER's demo Tape in europe. Can't wait! So stoked!!

And check out those sweet shows they'll play in March

Songs for new REPLICA 7" are being mastered

I don't know what blog pointed me towards the REPLICA bandcamp profile where you can listen to their demo. But I know that I liked it enough to tell people in a hardcore related group on facebook to check them out. And apparently my buddy doing the Mosh Eisley Blog likes it so much he ordered the Tape and posted about it. Resulting in the band thanking him on their fb wall and mentioning his blogpost.

Now all the while later here I am telling you that you still might be able to get their demo from them or from Gasmask Records out of the Czech Republik. Why didn't I do that earlier? Well with Chris already covering the demo and me not really having the time I didn't think of it much.

But now I have some more time on my hands for stuff like that and just saw that they sent off new recordings for a 7" to be mastered. I'm definitely looking forward to hear those new tunes and who knows maybe when that platter drops I'll pick up both releases

Let's see if they pick up my ramblings too. Haha.

Anyways. Check them out. It's raw. It's fast. It's hardcore. It's punk.

Hangin' Tough working on new songs

And unfortunately that's already all that can be said for sure. It's probably gonna be a 7" and maybe... maybe it's gonna come out on Good Intentions HC. Who knows? It will be quite a while until they are ready to talk business. #slackedge ;)