Tom Greenhouse took on this alias to make glorious tumble-down post-punk garage all by himself, then got a bunch of band members to make an album that pretty much kept the same sound (that’s good!), and, excepting some saxophone and backing vox, has done everything you hear on Sod’s Toastie on his own again. What […]
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“Newly excavated ’80s UK DIY” is the sort of hype that will get me to reflexively open my wallet faster than you can say “it was easy, it was cheap, go and do it,” so Minimum Table Stacks had me right where they wanted me with their appended reissue of the one-off, two-song 1981 7” […]
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The Portland scene continues to churn out some of the best and most unique hardcore/D-beat. Case in point: DESTRIPADOS (“gutted”), a four-piece consisting of members from Peru and Columbia who have created a masterfully blistering, ear-bleeding record of hell on earth. A few of the songs are delivered in Spanish, and each one tears the […]
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When George W. Bush took office in 2001, there was a certain subset of punks that, in a beleaguered search for a silver lining, would say “at least we’ll get some good bands out of this.” Along the same line of thinking, I suppose one could consider that Ronald Reagan was a bigger influence on […]
Read full "Material LP" reviewOn this week’s MRR Radio, Patrick from 11 PM records showcases hardcore from the southern states of the US…mostly recent and all ripping.
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Intro
BLIGHT – Bad Example
The South And More Part 1
EAT THE STREET – Primal Brain
THREE WEEKS – Foodeater
NIGHT TERROR – Tempter
BIG CITY– Bad Anxiety
FUCK OFF AWAY FROM ME – Slavescene
WALKING TARGET – Mehkago NT
SCHIZOID LOOP – Paprika
HAND IN HAND – Choir Cherry
HYSTERIA – Menthol
GAME OVER – Rabies
The South And More Part 2
BROKEN JAWS – The Floor Above
HUMAN TRAITOR – ectoplasm
CUT YOUR RED – manic
NO ONE – rifle cult
BIKER LOVE SONG 2 – Big Bleach
SAME DAY – Necro Hippies
JAKTEN – Vittna
CAKE – Haircut
SUICIDE – Socialcide
The South And More Part Part 3
MUTANT STRAIN – Headache Hash
MUTANT STRAIN – Pill
MUTANT STRAIN – Can’t Have a Lick
JUNK – Zig Zag
PERVERT IN SOCIETY – Mystic Inane
MISTER FANTASY – Ex Cult
BREAK FREE – Dry Spell
ACCEPTABLE LOSS – Cross Laws
BLANK MERIDIAN – Blackball
FUTURE IMPERFECT – Judy and the Jerks
WORLD GONE TO SHIT – Devil’s Hand
GOVERNMENT – Koro
N.U. – No Uniform
WHAT IS TO COME – Vagra
Outro
HOMEBODY – Skinman All MRR Radio Shows
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