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.