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Most years I'll think about all the music I listen to throughout the year and while it's a lot I sometimes struggle to come up with 10 records that really made a big impression on me. Like, the kind where I'm going to go back to them for years to come. But ma oh man, 2024 really outdid itself in my view. I actually had a tough time whittling it down this year, which is really rare for me. There…
You have waited. They have answered. “The Mustache Stays” is the newest entry from long-running Portland institution GAYTHEIST . On their first new material since 2020’s “How Long Have I Been On Fire?” the trio once again bring their joyous fun, clever wit, and utterly shredding musicianship to otherwise serious and morose subject matter. The band lies somewhere between the heavily distorted grime…
This month I want to split things between the new and the old. In this age where it’s become completely reasonable for bands that have been inactive for 15-20 years to all of a sudden come back with very respectable reunion records I’m finding many of my old favorites in the ring again. But it’s more important for new bands to make their mark in order to keep this thing going on and on. I’m a big…
The next instalment in our monthly covers singles series is now live and it marks the return of PINKO and they are covering Fugazi 's "Do You like Me?" This is the first new Pinko material in several years and you can find it at the link below: hexrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hex-25-year The LP version of the comp is still up for pre-order and these ought to be shipping before the end of the year…
The themes here this month are first, all bands who are presenting follow ups. It's their second, third, or fifth, whatever record. Second theme: a virtual cornucopia of variety as colorful as the leaves in a New England forest in October. And hey, it's October! So this fits. Let's go. I wanted to kick things off this month with two highly anticipated releases that sonically sound exceptionally…
The next cover in our ongoing monthly cover series comes from our old pals in GREAT FALLS as they lay waste to "Mandible" , originally by Rorschach . As an added bonus/surprise vocals for the track have been provided by Dave Verellen from Botch . I could go on and on about how much all those bands mean to me, but I'll leave that for you to read in the extensive linear notes which will be featured…
This month is all about either very well-known bands presenting their latest, or bands who should be really well-known offering incredible new work…. for the most part anyway. It’s really been quite a stellar year for new music so far but I’m starting to think this last month has presented some of the most impressive stuff I’ve come across so far. Literally everything on this month’s listening…
It was really a no-brainer to task the best live band in Portland to cover the best live band, period. For some reason, to me, it made total sense to ask Gaytheist if they would be willing to cover Rocket From the Crypt. I didn’t even know if they were fans, but if they weren’t that would be odd. Turns out they were huge fans and embraced the idea. But just why does it make sense to pair these two…
I get it. It's getting late into the summer. You're just tired and ready to move onto new stuff. Or you're trying to eke out the last bits of fun before pumpkin spice is forcibly injected into your lungs, eyeballs, ears, whatever and you have to actually start wearing pants again. But I just can't help it. You need to know some things. And those things are all the extremely local (to all sorts of…
“Slip” by NYC post-hardcore progenitors Quicksand is my favorite record ever and was incredibly formative in how I think about music. Its influence is undeniable and it continues to resonate with myself and many other people to this day. I remember first hearing them through seeing the video for “Fazer” on Headbangers Ball when “Slip” had just come out and thinking it was something new and…
