Look Out #1/Just Out #1

Weekly, bi-weekly, or whenever weekly, we'll try and keep you up to date on records worth watching for (Look Out) and records worth grabbing (Just Out).

LOOK OUT

Rockbottom Records has been a favorite for a while (check out the Humanoids 12" as soon as possible), so it's always nice to hear about new material. Especially when it's a slew of EP's from bands like Loser Life and the Conversions. The site just upped some new tracks by Autistic Youth and Loser Life, so keep your eyes peeled for them.

Immediate future: RBR#9: American Cheeseburger/Canadian Rifle 7", RBR#10: Loser Life "Life Number 2" 7", RBR#11: Autistic Youth 7"
Not too distant future: Canaveral 7", Humanoids 7", Lost Boys 7", The Conversions 7"

Shorebirds owe me some more material before I wear out the self-released EP from last year. Latterman and Jawbreaker alums do it right, and they should be doing it even better soon. Expect some new material off a comp and the bigger news, a summer release for the debut twelve song full-length "It's Gonna Get Ugly" on Rumbletowne.

Going Underground Records can't stop won't stop, nor should they. Two new releases expected for May, both of which you will get: So Cow 7" and Harpoon Guns 7". Especially don't miss the HG.

16oh looks like they're finally going to stop teasing and start delivering on the Bookburner 7". All the parts are finally in, so the release should be right around the corner. Now if only we could do something about that Neighborhood Threat 7"...

Clean Plate may be a bit inoperative right now due to Will Kill's heavy everything schedule, but once he's back from the Ampere tour in June, expect a confirmed treat, the Failures LP (like Ampere? like Das Oath? like this) and a hopefully not too distant announcement about the Aerosols LP.

JUST OUT













Christ on Parade "Loud and Live" LP. Prank was kind enough to rerelease "Sounds of Nature" recently, and now a new gift: 13 live tracks from the 2007 tour. All original material, all killer. You know what this sounds like, so get it. Released by Prank Records.




Endless Blockade "Primitive" LP. Split, split, split, full length, and now another one. All brutal, all the time. Limited cover gone, but plenty of the regular still available. I suggest you get this already. Released by 20BuckSpin.

Flaws "Erect Nation" LP. Stumbled across this while being curious about Tiny Hawks. Featuring members of Tiny Hawks, Palatka, etc., you owe it to yourself to try and find it (these dudes give "off the radar" a new meaning). Exactly how you'd expect all those bands to sound wrapped up into one. Released by Obscurist Press.














Running for Cover "Dark Well" LP. Oh, you're into hardcore? Power violence, you say? Running for Cover provides a reality check for all those newjacks who need it. Seriously, listen to the drums. Released by Art of the Underground.










Who Calls So Loud 2x10". This is some packaging, and some wax. Ex-members of Funeral Diner pick up where Funeral Diner left off. That's about all the info you need. Released by Sorry Records and Adagio830. A bit pricy, so try to track down some local distros for this.

Reviews, Friends, and More Shit

We may not be back until the fall, but that doesn't mean the hits won't stop coming. In the mean time, we'll try and keep you abreast of as much as possible with more reviews and more news. We'll also be sprucing up the linkage and doing a little more house cleaning, so don't lose track.

Also, make sure to check out Hulk's Music Corner early and often. It's Loser Life's own Steven's music blog, which is more on and to the point than we ever will be, probably. Get into it.

Punch "Eyeless" EP

There's playing fast, then there's playing fast. Knocked-off knock-offs muck up the landscape right now, but it's good to know that the real deal still has the unparalleled ability of actually knocking you on your ass. Punch lives up to the name, meting out some real punishing speed. There's no real time to catch your breath here; the breakdowns are too heavy to really start sucking wind. Any doubts of 625 and the Bay Area's relevant need for speed are put to rest right here. Not since Get Destroyed have I been this devastated by an EP, and where as those Snottsdale ragers were content to approximate the Man Is the Bastard treatment, Punch brings some of the harshest female vocals this side of, well, I don't even know. "Fuck prevention/we can't market that." No, you can't.

Split release from 625 Thrash and Discos Huelga. Band on tour right now.

THE INLAND EMPIRE ORGY: Friday May 2 10pm-5am

The regular season is over, but that doesn't mean we aren't going for the pennant. Check in at www.whrb.org and www.recordhospital.org for plenty of great orgy programming--for the uninitiated, orgies are large blocks of themed air.

First up for us: The Inland Empire orgy. The past few weeks have been dominated by bands too fucked for L.A., and that's been through no fault of our own. It's fitting, then, to have these seven hours to look back at some of the great music coming out the Empire, including:

Contaminators
Crime Desire
Human Mess
Loser Life
Waco Fuck

and much more from Going Underground Records, Life's A Rape Records, and who knows what. Join us, and keep an eye out for the "Different Kind of Grind: Two Human Hardcore Band Orgy."

Essayistic promo prose for Friday below:

What does David Lynch’s Inland Empire, a dark, grainy
journey through the dark side of America, have to do with the
actual Inland Empire, the geographical area bordering Los
Angeles just to the west? Aside from sharing a name, not much.
But consider the film’s opening shot: a turntable, spinning in the
dark, over and over, incredibly grainy and obviously video. It’s
this idea that we’re taking and running with over here, because
little known to Lynch and to much of America, there are some
angry punks in the kingdom and they’re letting you know. We
explore the highs and mostly lows of the down-and-out geniuses
behind labels like 16oh and Going Undergound, and bands such
as Loser Life, Heartbeatz, and the Contaminators, to name a few.

Playlist: April 28, 2008

repos - flame still burns
human mess - uncaged animal
baader brains - year zero

logs - thriving in volcanoes
sinaloa - what we could not move
montcalm - i stopped believing in existence

no age - sleeper hold
swinehood - in bad shape
valoids - kick my face

new bloods - eyes
formaldehyde junkies - road hazard
draize - long knives

no thanks - are you ready to die?
libyans - welcome to the neighborhood
young wasteners - ecuador

wolves - 16
daniel striped tiger - an errand to run
solidarity pact - the radical sabbatical

crime desire - in lucifer's grip
anti you - ask me if i give a fuck
john brown's army - royal

sex vid - always home
vivian girls - wild eyes
rodan - milk & melancholy

mark telfian - inappropriate behavior for a grown man

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Inmates "Now We Talkin Hardcore" EP

darvocets - john titor
burn your bridges - revolution now! destroy the scene!
battletorn - intense warfare

soul swallower - dead fall
iron lung - stone hands
francis harold & the holograms - the eagle can't fly with one wing

condominium - hello tomorrow
practice - everyday tranquilizer
meltdown - cashing in

dangerloves - lipsmart
ugly law - wasted space
contaminators - human mess

civic progress - falling apart
waste management - strangled
meth teeth - to my good friends

dynamite arrows - hobo clown love song
godfodder - in the shit
daily void - mass communication culture

waco fuck - sociopathic society
cpc gangbangs - rich rich rich
state - fight to be free

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #11: Inmates "Now We Talkin' Hardcore" EP

This is the last strike of the semester, closing with a new EP from one of the best bands Cleveland has to offer. They had an LP, "Assholes Unanimous" out on Painkiller a while back and this is their newest material. Thick, raw, and really grimey sounding, these guys know how to make you feel great about your hardcore. No amateur bullshit and no pretensions, and as the label puts is: "NO METAL SHIT......., NO SKA ..........., NO LA LA LA ........, NO EMO CRAP ....... JUST GOOD OLD HARDCORE." If you're a fan of any Cleveland hardcore and wish you hadn't missed Gordon Solie Motherfuckers' last show, then this is the record for you. From Even Worse Records: "CLEVO TRADEMARK OBNOXIOUS,NIHILISTIC,OFFENSIVE STUFF,WITH SOME OF THEIR OWN TWISTED FUCKED UP HUMOR. "

A split release between Even Worse and Kangaroo Records, this might not be available through them so check some distros. Don't miss out.

http://www.geocities.com/EVENWORSERECORDS/
http://www.geocities.com/TYSONKANGAROO

Playlist: April 21, 2008

shorebirds - d.o.a.
bridge and tunnel - the rules of children's games
baader brains - be seeing you at camp delta

waco fuck - priced to sell
loser life - undressing you with my mind
darvocets - john titor

age of giants - prodigal son of benito mussolini
sinaloa - seek harbor
daitro - we're not all part of the same utopia

sex vid - always home
havaistys - tunnevammaiset
john henry west - shut yr mouth

crime desire - nadir
fuck this - die in the dirt

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Francis Harold and the Holograms EP

brainworms - not heavy just awkward
waste management - strangled
drunks with guns - melissa explains it all

under pressure - skate for jesus (faceplant for me)
out cold - violent mood swing
apeshit! - hamster

contaminators - minimal minds
cheveu - el tortuga
condominium - let's die

meth teeth - to my good friend
godfodder - no sleep
erase errata - driving test

the daily void - mechanical teeth
scene creamers - session man
daniel striped tiger - untying knots

repercussions - savage mutilation
pissed jeans - don't need smoke to make myself disappear
belching penguin - hellhole

rajoitus - moraal ja jarki

Francis Harold and the Holograms EP

When society fails, the architects of post-apocalyptic America are going to come knocking on the doors of Going Underground Records asking for a soundtrack. We started off this year's round of strikes with the Heartbeatz EP, already tinny and synthy and everything a punk record should be. Fast forward to now; Going Underground manages to unearth another filthy punk neo-relic that squeals and churns and dirges its way across all seven inches.

This is the sound of the downfall of technology. Screeching, plodding, and wildly schizophrenic, Francis Harold and the Holograms more or less shrug off conventional punk warfare and go straight for the inner ear. It's out of control from start to finish, and even when you're singing along, you can't help but feel like you're singing along to your own doom.

Playlist: April 14, 2008

sinaloa - what we could not move
loser life - undressing you with my mind
tranzmitors - teen man

caustic christ - sadist society
what happens next? - stand fast armageddon justice fighter
libyans - welcome to the neighborhood

chromatics - beach of infants
f-80 - casanova
daniel striped tiger - untying knots

gang green - sold out
hated youth - i'm stupid
social circkle - life crisis

torches to rome - this is not a step
spirit assembly - simple transactor
daitro - a plague for another

contaminators - want me dead
repos - track 1
draize - severed throat

brutal knights - teach me sex
blank dogs - the doorbell fire
weapons grade - from birth to the hearse

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Sex Vid "Nests" EP

mau maus - secret society
deathreat - tempers rise
funeral diner - the wicked

total fury - i win, you lose
rites - come get it
ripshit - growing up not old

cancer kids - boston creme
vitamin x - can't you see now
sinks - out of control

kill the man who questions - dose
daily void - mass
mindflayer - take your shoes off

anomie - deny tradition
cadaver in drag - fuck this place
youth of togay - meat machine

four letter word - punk rock ghetto
victims - destroy and rebuild
out cold - menticide

heartbeatz - bummer timez
rot shit - power pop
ringers - walking ghost

angry samoans - you stupid asshole
civil crisis - sidestep
meth teeth - bus rides

volcano! - apple

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #9: Sex Vid "Nests" EP

Took me a minute to realize just what was going on with the latest offering, but consider me fully on board, even if the captain is fucking insane. If you're counting, and you should be, this is Sex Vid's third EP, and any sort of composure has been shed from sheer use, experience, and disaffection. This is raw, people, and if you find yourself alone in the basement with this beast, I'd suggest you get out as soon as possible. Dirty and simmering, Sex Vid doesn't have a problem shoving it in your face, and you shouldn't have a problem with it either. Got it? Good. Bistro Distro's all out, but check the usual suspects (No Way, Grave Mistake, Painkiller, Missing Link, even Interpunk, etc.) before you're officially out of luck.

Also, sorry for the lapse: last week's Strike (#8) was Mentally Challenged. But you knew that already.

Playlist: April 4, 2008

tyvek - give it up
black lips - freakout
disclose - why must we die?

rat byte - search warrant
scapegoat - hemorrhage
career suicide - lost on you

dropdead - legacy of death
draize - dead where you stand
homostupids - apeshit

smackdown - whole fucking wrestling show
crimson curse - sweet baby jesus
out cold - menticide

science of yabra - the beat union
frail - ideal
brainworms - not heavy just awkward

universal order of armageddon - painfully obvious
fisticuffs bluff - pre-installed
crucial unit - squat the woods

kidcrash - the ground eats you
daitro - a plague for another
sinaloa - cause and effect

lats - younger monkey
tranzmitors - plastic genocide
undertones - more songs about chocolate + girls

STRIKE OF THE WEEK
Mentally Challenged EP

astronaut catastrophe - free your mind
angel hair - you were ugly but you got cute again
civil crisis - call it quits

social circkle - life crisis
death of anna karina - themes
shoot it up - high up in the sky

inquisition - we've got a bomb
brainworms - heart-shaped hickey
hot snakes - braintrust

christ on parade - the american in me
insomnio - lifetime
jba - fitting the mood

sightings - back to back
captain condoms - bed bunny
rip shit - times up motherfuckers

yage - eyes to a fist
look back and laugh - kick the chair
nostril - bewdong canoe start

brain handle - oblivion crud
witches with dicks - how to cook for 40 humans
out with a bang - love my life

Playlist: March 31, 2008

Big congratulations to Ben, formerly of the Strike, on becoming a father. The real question; Man is the Bastard lullaby, or Bastard Noise?

insomnio - lifetime
contaminators - ain't so fun
harpoon guns - brain freeze

deathsquad - summer of arson
under pressure - my generation (failed the test)
bron bad - society bullshit

wipers - wait a minute
tranzmitors - plastic genocide
cheveu - el tortuga

thank god - number two
kids return - untitled
daitro - place tolazon

strung up - legal dope
state - girl violence
oxes - track 3

turpentine brothers - get your mind off me
major stars - portable freak factory
fingers louie - blink

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Sinaloa/Daniel Striped Tiger Split EP

bloody phoenix - spoiled lungs
ataque frontal - no habra paz
career suicide - left with nothing

adversary workers - young goodman brown
evens - all these governors
dangerloves - lipsmart

baader brains - baader brains
loser life - undressing you with my mind
by the end of tonight - sweet junk

mentally challenged - disappeared
dead fucking last - dfl
civil crisis - hammered down

crispus attucks - red black blood attack
witches with dicks - secondchance
landed - dairy 4 dinner

big'n - moonshine
crimpshrine - in my mind

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #7: Daniel Striped Tiger/Sinaloa Split EP

The cast of characters are all familiar here; Clean Plate and Narshardaa team up to put out this cross-Atlantic release, served up just in time for (the now defunct) Euro tour for these two Boston area bands. The quality is just as familiar. Daniel Striped Tiger lays down two new tracks of angular, mathy hardcore. Familiar, but different, continuing to push their sound forward. Can't help but hear some old school 90's influence via Kirsch via 2008.

Sinaloa gives a taste of things to come on the flip side; be sure to pick this up along with their incredible new full length insta-classic "Oceans of Islands," out now on Level Plane. There's not much to say. Sinaloa does what Sinaloa does best, except its even better this time. Tighter, more powerful, and incredibly intriguing, this band continues to push the boundaries of emotive hardcore.

Playlist: March 17, 2008

loser life - undressing you with my mind
complete waste - sustain
social circkle - i don't want

gorilla angreb - timen er kommet
total abuse - i deserve to be dead
sinks - get outta my house

wasted time - enemies of common sense
civic progress - falling apart
please inform the captain this is a hijack - asymmetric enemy

waifle - australian for women
los crudos - pelamos (we fight)
dangerloves - lipsmart

contaminators - ain't so fun
kolokol - protestant
brain handle - lifestyle template

the insurgent - hey kid
colbom - prisoner of work
baader brains - year zero

totalitar - du ar status du
down in flames - i don't care that i'm falling apart
slowmotions - target

self destruct - self destruct
no parade - a rising sun so bright it blinds
jenny piccolo - sink or swim

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Insomnio "Walking On The String" EP

kyklooppien sukupuutto - we are being run over
burn your bridges - i love to be ignorant
severed head of state - corpse of hope

victims - how could i lie?
rajoitus - idiootit!
clusterfuck - puny anthem

yaphet kotto - usual suspects
city of caterpillar - untitled #1
this is my fist! - gun crazy explosion noises

invasion - claustrofobia
universal order of armageddon - benedict
career suicide - social circle

kids return - untitled
life at these speeds - younger monkey
elder - town of clay

xbxrx - untitled
tigershark - king d
endless blockade - role models for dummies

make-up - i want some
shoot it up - broadway glass
la piovra - le ultima sigaretta

anti-cimex - victims of a bomb raid
out with a bang - i can't come

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #6: Insomnio "Walking On The String" EP

Another one from No Way; not our fault, they just keep puttin' on the hits. As usual, they say it better than I could:

4 songs of killer spanish punk for fans of old punk/hc where the song matters a little more than the noise. Catchy as hell, but still hardcore in the way that REAGAN YOUTH, BLITZ, and DESCENDENTS were. This is also a must have for fans of newer bands like PELIGRO SOCIAL or NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS. Their lp is absolutely killer, and this was recorded at the very same time, so it's no bullshit.

Playlist: March 10, 2008

social circkle - i don't want
complete waste - why do i bother
tear it up - through being cute

tigershark - he's not a bartender, he's an artist
kung fu rick - paper apartments and paper people
walls - consumed by failure

bloody phoenix - nine months
insect warfare - mind ripper
in disgust - to live a lie

reversal of man - get the kid
from ashes rise - moths to the flame
olde ghost - echo

tem eyos ki - communion
civic progress - depopulate
sed non satiata - les hommes san visage

terminal youth - don't thrash for cash
born bad - worthless
acrimonie - teacher doesn't know...

kids return - untitled
lift at these speeds - younger monkey
baader brains - baader brains

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Loser Life "My Hell" 12"

das oath - good news from the south pole
rot shit - what the fuck is weird punk?
small town - come around

limp wrist - limp wrist vs. doctor laura
towel - your world is shit
in/humanity - let's compromise

civil crisis - hammered down
crossed out - he-man
capitalist casualties - reborn

sinks - get outta my house
wrangler brutes - shank'd
tiny hawks - whenzy

tunnel of love - please, please, please
condominium - faded
mentally challenged - surveillance

elder - town of clay
brainworms - break down the pajama walls
contaminators - drugs

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #5: Loser Life "My Hell" 12"

Loser Life gives you exactly what you expect, perhaps better than ever this time. Fast and furious, it's not that they're pissed off so much as they've grown tired of telling the word to fuck off. Enter "My Hell;" ferocious from start to end that makes you want to charge the mic and scream the greyness away. Twelve inches, five songs, 45 rpm; this ain't a revival, it's something much more, but fuck you if you think they're going to lead you to the promise land. Apparently their hell is the same as Diane Arbus's.

On Life's a Rape Records, a veritable Bakersfield juggernaut. Watch out for new LP's from Crime Desire and Waco Fuck coming soon.

Playlist: March 3, 2008

baader brains - baader brains
thank god - number two
crime in stereo - xxxx

in defence - hardcore is dead
social circkle - i don't want
contaminators - outside inferior

louise cyphre - revolver
daitro - place tolozan
life detecting coffins - faking appendicitis

los crudos - mediocre
olde ghost - echo
birds of a feather - take the chance

forstella ford - order is everything
necktie party - penny box opera
walls - same guy, same story

endless blockade - role models for dummies
insect warfare - mind ripper
infest - kill the peace

mk ultra - nameless in life, faceless in death
seein' red - democracy
dear landlord - high fives

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Complete Waste EP

authority abuse - try to reason
double negative - rehumanization
the stalin - money

la quiete - super omega
devoid of faith - human stooge
brutal knights - grow up throw up

jenny piccolo - bore dome
poison idea - punish me
daniel striped tiger - sex in the sixties

anasarca - stationary people
breakfast - day dreamer
the conformists - black dahlia

funeral - treated as rats
foot village - korea
ssd - boston crew

86 mentality - intro/life trap
out with a bang - wasted needle
anton bordman - no class reunion

destroy la - waste of life
warkrime - fight me

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #4: Complete Waste EP

And the Twin Cities continues to deliver. More hyperkinetic fuck you hardcore in the vein of ANS as well as a whole laundry list of historic skatethrash bands. Three way release by the band, Give Praise, and Rock Bottom, who continue to pump out the essential jams. Get on it.

Playlist: Feb 25, 2008

drunks with guns - hippo stomp
ari ari - liquored up and at 'em
self destruct - self destruct

charles bronson - the tears of a clone
closet fairies - ghetto girls
snack truck - the belgian congo

word salad - electric funeral
carbonas - stoned to death
ape shit - wolf in sheep's clothing

fucked up - colour removal
total abuse - sex pig
sinks - get outta my house

waco fuck - sob
virginia black lung - gentrifuckers
look back and laugh - trashed

social circkle - life crisis
eaten alive - eat your face
government warning - trend city

man is the bastard - feed the octopus
sidetracked - on edge
fruit salad - blood makes me cum

off with their heads - shambles
fuel - incomplete
crime in stereo - unfortunate tourists

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Baader Brains "The Complete Unfinished Works of the Young Tigers" LP

daitro - place tolazon
yage - future is now
plot to blow up the eiffel tower - murder at the five spot

the conversions - big game
guyana punch line - direkt aktionists daily affirmation
the khayembii communique - how to change addictions

the breaks - landlocked blues
cardiac arrest - what's up
civic progress - kill the president

form of rocket - keep smilin' ed smart
xbrainiax - red out
the new flesh - untitled

brain handle - scratching at my skull
dancing feet march to war - the cause from an uncommon heat
issei sagawa - all my best lovers were pre-teens

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #3: Baader Brains "The Complete Unfinished Works of the Young Tigers" LP

So we're bending the rules a bit on this one, but it's completely necessary. Mike Kirsch does what Mike Kirsch does best: makes incredible hardcore music tinged with weird and creative conceits that reinvent and reimagine what punk music is and can be.

This time around, Kirsch borrows some ideas from German revolutionaries, the Baader-Meinhof gang in particular, creating Baader Brains (featuring much of the same cast from the unfuckwithable Please Inform the Captain This Is A Hijack). What you get is an entire cosmology of the Young Tigers, from birth to futuristic victory. Kirsch and crew drop the sass a bit this time, choosing a bit more of a traditional viciousness (think John Henry West), but the high concept is still there. Heard in its entirety, you get the feeling that this is just another unearthed document of man's depravity in humanity's deep, dark bunker.

Split release from Waking Records and Clean Plate Records. Color is probably all gone, and black is sure to be extinct relatively soon. Don't fuck with the brains.

Playlist: Feb 18, 2007

funeral diner - the sword
daitro - des plaies ouvertes
fire team charlie - halvsies

off with their heads - shambles
deathcycle - ten year's later
acid reflux - half spic

civic progress - alling apart
relics - no end
dazzling killmen - medicine me

wasteland - river
civil crisis - hammered down
chronic seizure - hypochondriac

life at these speeds - younger monkey
olde ghost - echo
other men my age - number two

in disgust - copmlete failure
double negative - looking at the rats
insect warfare - oxygen corrosion

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Social Circkle "I've Got Afflictions" EP

formaldehyde junkies - nbsd
cpc gangbangs - teenage crimewave
warkrime - get loose

gordon solie motherfuckers - ghost cry of betray
career suicide - left with nothing
threatener - antlers in the throat

baader brains - baader brains
iron lung - future corpses
young livers - the small hours

frustrations - evil twin
the vicious - dead town
saboteurs - straighten up

skarekrau radio - airplanebomb
condominium - let's die
breathing fire - cease

the swarm - ollie impossible
holier than thou - dumb motherfucker
backstabbers inc. - jaybird

shorebirds - people i live with
thank god - that mouse is cool
ampere - sleepwalking

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #2: Social Circkle "I've Got Afflictions" EP

Social Circkle is up this week for the strike, one of Boston's own. We could write a review, but Doug Mosurock at Dusted Magazine does a better job. Get it, if you can.

"Second single, new guitarist, pretty different approach overall, but Social Circkle still treads on. Gone is the clean guitar of the demo, and abated are the straight lines and the slower, more Anglophilic notions of the first EP. Here the Crickle plows straight into more modern hardcore territory, blazing through four new tracks with almost no room for breath until the more solid, piecemeal riffage of closer “I Don’t Want” takes hold. Still pretty great, just different than before; makes me wonder how their ideas might translate to a full-length. 2000 copies, first 200 on clear."--Doug Mosurock, Still Single, dustedmagazine.com

New Band New Shows

According to the Clean Plate Records website, "there's a new band brewing: Matt Wilga, Andrew Jackmauh, Mark McCoy, and Will Killingsworth are Failures." If I'm not mistaken, that's Mark McCoy of Das Oath and Charles Bronson fame, and Will Killingsworth of Ampere and before that, Orchid.

A new LP has been in the works for over a year and will hopefully be released soon. 14 new songs that can't go wrong considering these guys' backgrounds. The band has some shows lined up for the end of February around the New England area and plan on a Midwest tour with Repos in March.

Check It:

2/22 @ The Breadbox; New Brunswick, NJ with Outnumbered, Ashtray Dirt , Shit Fit
2/23 @ The Ratscellar; Boston, MA with Mind Eraser, Aerosols, Men's Interest
2/24 @ The Red Barn at Hampshire; Amherst, MA with Conversions, Aerosols, Ripshit

Look on the Clean Plate website for updates.

Playlist: Feb 11, 2007

Truncated due to the Beanpot Championship. Sorry, Crimson.

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Heartbeatz "Secret Girls" EP

insect warfare - mind ripper
divider - the sun never sets
walls - just pain

bucket full of teeth - capital distracts & imprisons
holy mountain - birth
scrotum grinder - q: what kind of a name is scrotum grinder? a: a terrible one

double negative - retro abortion
cardiac arrest - hype machine
discharge - a: and children

cross laws - buried alive
gorilla angreb - motorsavsmassakren
la piovra - risacca

lion of judah - war of souls
socialcide - zoned out
repercussions - no peace

tyvek - give it up
humanoids - minor wound
end of a year - midwest

self destruct - self destruct
bored to death - no friend
conversions - dictated desires

youth of togay - never going back

Sat, Feb 11: Social Circkle Record Release Show

This should get good quick. Bring a helmet. Social Circkle celebrates the release of their new EP "I've Got Afflictions" on No Way Records (look for that on next week's Strike). If you missed it last year, also check out Wasted Time's "No Shore" EP on Grave Mistake.

SATURDAY FEB 16th

DIRECT CONTROL - no way records
SOCIAL CIRCKLE - record release
WASTED TIME
CHEAP TRAGEDIES

@ The RATSCELLAR
8pm.
6 bucks
ALL AGES
ratscellar @ gmail (dot) com for info.

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #1: Heartbeatz "Secret Girls" EP

Hyperkinetic, completely fuzzed out punk from Bakersfield, CA. Featuring Neutron Ron of the Contaminators; also the proprietor of Going Underground Records. Check it out while you still can at www.goingundergroundrecords.com, and look out for the second installment on P. Trash Records.

HeartBeatz - Secret Girls 7" EP
Going Underground #11
- 8 Test Presses
1st Press
- 475 Black Vinyl
- 100 White Vinyl w/ Alternate Sleeve, Most came with Junkie Timez Zine
- 25 White vinyl with SECRET Sleeve

A Ripple In Time

We've been out of the game for a while, but no more. Communiques resume tomorrow night, with some new leadership. Baris will be around, but look out for Ben every one in a while at least.

Get ready.