ROUGH KIDS - the state I'm in LP available

Anyone else stoked on the 2 7"es and 1 split 7" the ROUGH KIDS released so far? I think they're great. Not the best or most original I've ever heard but definitely an enjoyable spin then and again. Yes, there's room for them to improve but that only makes every new release the more interesting. Of course Recordlabels tend to be a little over-enthusiastic when promoting their roster but the below description from SORRY STATE sure has me on the look out for that record to pop up in a local store or distro. Unfortunately international postage (especially with the announced raise) is killing this one for me but I'm sure I will be able to pick it up sooner or later

Building on the sound of their previous two singles, LA's Rough Kids polish things up for their debut full-length on Sorry State. Benefitting from a bigger, more ambitious sound (including a punchy mastering job by Dave Rahn from the Carbonas), Rough Kids trade in classic punk hooks delivered with an intensity that will snare even the toughest hardcore kids. Lovers of '77 punk will flip for the sick Johnny Thunders licks, fans of modern bands like No Hope for the Kids and the Observers will love the big, dark vocal hooks, and the hardcore kids will bang their fist the entire time. A truly outstanding collection of songs.

The mailorder-only version is limited to 100 copies and features orange vinyl and a hand-screened obi strip.

From what I heard the ltd. version is going fast if it ain't already all gone by now.

If you're not familiar with the band at all or wanna give it a listen first although you are.

Here you can stream the whole thing:

GIHC stream MINUTES' upcoming debut 12" 'Narrations about the god of dogs'

Mixing and mastering of MINUTES' upcoming debut 12" 'Narration about the god of dogs' on GOOD INTENTIONS HC is done! You can stream the songs on bandcamp or listen below. Let us know how you like it!

If things go right the vinyl will be available in time for their euro Tour in march. Dates coming soon.

Rumor has it that the thing will be available for free download before the record is out. Who knows? Maybe it will...

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:

The Queen of Rock-a-Billy is back

If only I had more money. I would buy each and every regular (not those crappy best of or golden hits repackagings) WANDA JACKSON record but unfortunately what little I have is tied up in all the hc and punk releases that are popping up left and right not even taking into account all the classics my collection still lacks.

Her 2003 Heart Trouble LP on Sympathy For The Record Industry is amazing and the latest output I listened to so far. The 2011 released The Party Ain't Over LP was on Third Man Records. Which as you might know was founded by Jack White. A guy I dislike very much. First of all because of this awfull band of his that everybody thinks is so cool while it's totally lame and boring which led to the general ungrounded hype around the dude. And secondly because I feel that he fucked up the 2004 release Van Lear Rose of the last still living Queen of Country. Of course Linda Gail Lewis is good and it was a pleasure to meet her on her Tour supporting the 2004 Boogie Woogie Country Gal release on Castle Records and Dolly Parton released some great records but they cannot hold a candle to either Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells or Loretta Lynn.

Although the CD release of Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose was on Interscope Records the Vinyl edition was on Third Man and Jack White mixed the recordings. I was so stoked on getting that release but listening to the CD was a total let down. That boy has no idea how to handle the recordings of a country legend. I think while going along he somehow aquired a bit of knowledge about how to mix his own music and this he applied to the latest Lynn output. It might be possible that I was distracted by the CD sound (when I first heard Earth Crisis' fantastic All Out War release on CD I didn't like it as well which later appeared to be a misconception due to the inferior medium) but I don't think that's the case although I feel an urge to give the LP version another try.

This experience had me disregard Wanda Jacksons 2011 LP The Party Ain't Over because as I already mentioned it's on Third Man. Which probanly means it was fucked up too. But brklnvgn tells us that there is hope. A new LP is in the pipeline and Sugar Hill Records is taking care of the release which seems to have a due date in October. It's supposed to have a back-basics approach that the producer for the Unfinished Business LP encouraged. Wanda being in favor of this might be saying that she was somehow not satisfied with her last record. Why else would you be changing Labels? Or is Third Man defunct? Didn't they just release some fancy stuff for Record Store Day? Whatever it is I'm siked for the new release.









And she has a few US Live Dates coming up over the next months plus one show in Berlin in Nov. Let's hope she adds some more. If not I might have to go on a little trip across the country.


08/10/12 Knucklehead's Saloon Kansas City, MO
08/11/12 Blueberry Hill St. Louis, MO
08/12/12 Hi-Tone Memphis, TN
08/17/12 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
08/18/12 Philadelphia Folk Festival Philadelphia, PA
08/31/12 Minnesota State Fair St. Paul, MN
09/01/12 Minnesota State Fair St. Paul, MN
09/02/12 Bumbershoot Festival Seattle, WA
09/12/12 The Square Room Knoxville, TN click here
09/16/12 WorkPlay Theater Birmingham, AL
09/28/12 Bartlesville Community Center Bartlesville, OK
10/12/12 Highline Ballroom NYC
11/9/12 Bassy Berlin, DE

In the rare case of someone not being familiar with her music here are some songs for you to stream.

 

Quick fix - sick steal

Shamelessly stolen from SWNK. If you follow that preceding link you will be able to check out a Sick Fix song if you don't know what you're dealing with here. I for one am not too siked about the Band but would most definitely go check them out if I had the time to. So if you can go see them. Seems like quite a few droogs are into that Band. Might make for a god show.

 

Washington DC’s straightedge powerhouse SICK FIX have just wrapped up their debut LP ‘Vexed’ which is set to be released this upcoming July on A389 Recordings.


Recorded by Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations (Baltimore, MD), ‘Vexed’ comes loaded with twelve tracks of fast and crushing, pissed off female fronted hardcore.

Formed in 2006, SICK FIX released a self titled 7″ (Third Party Records) which was followed by a self released tour demo in 2009. Sharing members with other active regional bands (such as MAGRUDERGRIND, LOTUS FUCKER, NATURAL LAW and COKE BUST) may have hindered SICK FIX from being overly active in the past. However, the band will be making their debut overseas appearance this summer joining COKE BUST on select European tour dates!

SICK FIX UPCOMING SHOWS

06/15 Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Artspace

EUROPEAN TOUR WITH COKE BUST

07/20 Rokycany, CZ @ Fluff Fest
07/21 Leipzeig, Germany @ Zoro
07/22 Dresden, Germany @ Chemiefabrik
07/23 Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
07/24 Malmo, Sweden @ Venue TBA
07/25 Oslo, Norway @ Blitz
07/26 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Skjul 46
07/27 Copenhagnen, Denmark @ Venue TBA
07/28 Hannover, Germany @ Korn
07/29 Munster, Germany @ Baracke
07/30 Canterbury, UK @ The Chantery Club
07/31 Leeds, UK @ Wharf Chambers
08/01 Glasgow, UK @ Nice And Sleazys
08/02 Dublin, UK @ The Pint
08/03 Galway, UK @ Venue TBA
08/04 Manchester, UK @ Krak Gallery
08/05 Birmingham, UK @ The Wagon And Horses (afternoon show)
08/05 London, UK @ The Big Takeover (evening show)

 

I'm not so Sorry

A few days ago I told you about the upcoming new WHITE LUNG LP and here it is. Order via Deranged or your favorite retailer. If your still undecided give it a listen first. Exclaim streams the whole thing. And here is the link to my older post if you didn't check that awesome new video out yet. What are you waiting for?

Still somewhat alone in a crowd

In my book I already marked them as disbanded. Can you blame me? They put out a very good "s/t" 7" in 2005 and managed to top that with the 2006 release of their "Ghost stories" LP. Then I was able to see them promote that record live in europe and have never heard from them again ever since. But on April 24th Metal Sucks uploaded the new WHEN TIGERS FIGHT record called "Death songs" for your streaming pleasure.

If you know anything about the 90s US HC scene you should know that you can never go wrong with a band that Ken Olden is a part of. Dude hasn't been in a bad band. Including Damnation AD which is a huge reference here. Also Mike McTernan's voice is still as intense on the recently released When Tigers Fight LP as it was on Damnation AD's masterpiece "No more dreams of happy endings". Unfortunately though it seems Ken has left the band which I think you can hear in the new songs. They certainly are different to those written 6 years ago but maybe that's just a natural evolution of their sound. Now I know it's vital for a band to evolve in order to stay interesting but I have to admit not being too fond of the newly embedded melodic elements. But albeit this and the cover being rather hideous the band still delivers a good full-length that's well worth a listen. And who knows maybe this is just another case of a record underlining my statement that music can never sound any better on any medium than on a vinyl record.

In conclusion my advice would be for all you old-timers who don't know the band yet to get acquainted with their older material first and the youngsters might want to start with the new LP as it has a few more modern elements.

You can order different versions of both LP's from Closed Casket Activities.

Black Widow

Is the title of the new BURNING LOVE 2 song 7" out on High Anxiety Records. More info here.
Available at your favorite vinyl dealer. Stream the b-side song on Brooklyn Vegan.

The song "Hateful comforts" form their upcoming LP "Rotten thing to say" is available for your listening pleasure on Alternative Press.
Stay on the lookout for its release on Southern Lord Records and meanwhile go see them live if you can. For now I only know about these North American dates but I think I heard something about a euro tour.


5/02/2012 123 Pleasant - Morgantown, WV
5/03/2012 TBA - Cleveland, OH
5/04/2012 The Funeral Home - Buffalo, NY w/ TV Freaks
6/09/2012 Silver Dollar - Rotten Thing To Say LP Release Toronto, ON w/ Purity Control
6/11/2012 TBA - Detroit, MI
6/12/2012 The Borg Ward - Milwaukee, WI
6/13/2012 TBA - Minneapolis, MN
6/14/2012 TBA - Winnipeg, MA
6/15/2012 MoSoFest - Saskatoon, SK
6/16/2012 The Palamino - Calgary, AB
6/17/2012 KOC Hall - Kelowna, BC w/ Depressing, Ratwheel
6/18/2012 Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC w/ Depressing, Baptists
6/19/2012 El Corazon - Seattle, WA *@
6/20/2012 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR *@
6/21/2012 The Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA ^@
6/22/2012 The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA %^@
6/23/2012 Glass House - Pomona, CA Southern Lord Showcase %@
6/24/2012 The Casbah - San Diego, CA %@
6/25/2012 Chasers - Phoenix, AZ@
6/27/2012 Club Dada - Dallas, TX &@
6/28/2012 Red 7 - Austin, TX &@
6/29/2012 Walter's - Houston, TX &@
6/30/2012 3 Ring Circus - New Orleans, LA ~@
7/01/2012 529 - Atlanta, GA ~@
7/02/2012 Kings Barcade - Raleigh, NC ~@
7/03/2012 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA ~@
7/04/2012 Talking Head at Sonar - Baltimore MD #@
7/05/2012 Radio Bar - Boston, MA #@
7/06/2012 Acheron - Brooklyn, NY #@
7/07/2012 The Barbary - Philadelphia, PA #@
7/08/2012 Blind Bob's - Dayton, OH #@
7/09/2012 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (NO Martyrdöd)@
7/10/2012 Borg Ward - Milwaukee, IL (BB & Enabler ONLY)@
7/11/2012 Medusa - Minneapolis, MN (BB & Enabler ONLY)@
7/13/2012 TBA - Spokane, WA@
7/14/2012 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR (BB ONLY) !@
* = w/ Poison Idea
^ = w/ Noothgrush
% = w/ Pelican
& = w/ Power Trip and Wild/Tribe
~ = w/ Dead in The Dirt
# = w/ The Secret
! = w/ Autopsy
@ = w/ Black Breath, Enabler, Martyrdod