new noise.

Dead Reich from New York (raw hardcore breeding ground!)  A great mix of Anti-Cimex and Disorder.

      


Stripmines-"Crimes Of Dispassion" LP from Sorry State, the whole lp is available for streaming HERE.

Grrrl attack!

The last 2 years I've been surpised by how many great bands pop up from this shithole called Athens and manage to pull out something new and refreshing,to my ears at least. This time I'm not talking about some noise punk or crust stuff that most of you reading this blog are used to....I'm talking about Daughter, a new grunge-y, post punk, all-female band that will soon release their first ep. Taking obvious cues from bands such as Hole and Nirvana, mixing it with good* 90's rock'n'roll and bits of new wave ala Wipers. I never was a fan of grunge and never gonna be but listening to Daughter made me realize that there are actually some good elements in the genre that when mixed with the right attitude the result comes of nothing less than great! Give the band a listen here:  http://www.reverbnation.com/daughterband

*(by "good" i don't mean the highly overrated Pearl Jam, there were way better bands!)

στρειτ φρομ δε στριτς!

I went through a pile of old cd's sitting on my shelve collecting dust and picked up "Cause For Alarm" by Agnostic Front, I haven't heard the whole in years and to tell the truth, at first I didn't like it at all. I was used to the "Riot, Riot Upstart" stuff plus, for some reason, I hated anything that had to do with mixing metal elements into punk, which is of course what Agnostic Front did in their first albums. But here I am now, banging my head and fists to the intro of The Eliminator! Definitely a record that passed the test against time...twice!

         

"Killing is my business and business is fine!"

January 2012 playlist

Mayflower-"I Never"
from Second Best Sunsets CD
by Kiss Of Death records
U.S.A

Pick Your Weapon-"Strange Things Are Afoot At The Circle-K"
from Everywhere We Go,Things Fall Out CD
by ?
U.K

They Stay Dead-"Betray"
from Cursed EP
by ?
U.S.A

The Creamers-"Gut Reaction"
from Slow Burn EP
by Secret Beach records
U.S.A

The War Goes On-"Shitty Life"
from their s/t demo
Self-released
Denmark

No Problem-"Isn't This Fun"
from And Now This LP
by Deranged records
U.S.A

Trash Talk-"Blind Evolution"
from Awake EP
by True Panther records
U.S.A

Brain Slug-"My Rites"
from Distort New York EP
by Hardware records
U.S.A

Deadly Reign-"Time To Die"
from No End In Sight LP
by Coruption Recordings
U.S.A

Inhuman Poison-"The Source"
from their upcoming s/t EP
by Scull Crasher, World's Appreciated Kitsch, Scarecrow & more.
Greece

I Want You Dead-"Cvlts"
from their upcoming EP
by 7 inch distro
Greece

Black Trinity-"A Bleak Existence"
from the upcoming split w/t Cancer Spreading EP
by Scull Crasher, Goodbye Mankind, Scimmia Bastarda, Sick Punk Prod,
Deathcrush, Zas, Aback, Alcoholic Desaster & We Don't Fight It
Greece

Special thanks to Alex from Screaming Beards blog for the Mayflower, Pick Your Weapon & Stay Dead tracks!

All past playlists are available for download here: http://soundcloud.com/takingyoudownwithme/sets

a life in abyss...

Rarely someone remembers my first "real" band and when they do I tend to get so fuckin' nostalgic about it. My good friend and fellow punk comrade, Mike from Fifteen Counts Of Arson blog dig up a recording from back in 2005 (i think) and post it on his blog along with an extensive review of the band that finally answers a lot of my questions about our influences at the time when we wrote the songs.

The band was called Avgrund Livet, you can download the songs straight from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?8p5y5rocslww8qa

"...one last breath and we're all drowning...."

hardcore shows....

...this is how they should be

misery just never ends...

There's not enough time for a proper post so here's just some stuff I listen a lot lately. First off, I was introduced to The War Goes On few days ago and can't stop listening to their demo,  pure punk fuckin' rock! check'em at Screaming Reality blog.

I strongly advise you to check out Portland's Raw Nerves, burly hc in Poison Idea style. Brilliant delivery & execution, I'm sure they can create a great atmosphere on stage 'cause their records do! Don't miss!
Website|http://rawnerves.net/
Bandcamp|http://rawnerves.bandcamp.com/

Inimical records from the U.S has some killer records, including aforementioned Raw Nerves, below are two tracks from their latest releases, ace stuff! Website|http://www.inimical.com/

Book of Black Earth - Cross Contamination by inimicalrecords

 

Misery - Just Never Ends by inimicalrecords

For those who care, January's playlist will be up next week, if you'd like to contribute a couple of songs from your band/label get in touch: ba_kalis[at]hotmail[dot]com