Plebeian Grandstand/Bone Dance/Divider Split

Three bands, three different interpretations of hardcore/punk, two continents, one policy: Destroy.

BONE DANCE (Boise, Idaho, USA) doesn't want to be your friend. The nihilism you'll hear from these self-described "five loud dudes with shitty attitudes", playing their exceedingly raw brand of chaotic hardcore/sludge, will ring a bell whether you're into GAZA or KEN MODE, BOTCH or CURSED. Conceived with a colossal sense of brutality, yet never forsaking their punk ethos, "West" and "Conniver" will further consecrate this band as one to watch. Remember this goddamned name.

No matter how paradoxical it may seem, DIVIDER (Long Island, New York, USA) would prefer to unite rather than to divide. Uniting the sound of more modern filthy hardcore bands with a strong sense of punk emergency, these two tracks ("Gaia" & "Halios Geron" ) introduce Chris Tzompanakis behind the mic, best known for his work with the influential group SKYCAMEFALLING in the early 2000's. If you're into DEADGUY, THE POWER AND THE GLORY, or VISION OF DISORDER, you've found the perfect soundtrack for your next bare-knuckle boxing match.

As for PLEBEIAN GRANDSTAND (Toulouse, France), if the shrapnel-laden assault that was "How Hate Is Hard To Define" had you asking for more, this time around there won't be any survivors left to beg for a rematch. If the explosion of screaming and distortion that is "Woe Is Me" isn't enough, then the hallucinatory "Woe Is You", with its NEUROSIS inspired, trance-like drums, and a throbbing bassline that builds to a crescendo which threatens to tip the richter scale, certainly will be. The first time I heard these tracks, I felt like ripping off my eyelids. And I won't be the one.

TRACKLIST:
1. Bone Dance - Conniver
2. Bone Dance - West
3. Divider - Gaia
4. Divider - Halios Geron
5. Plebeian Grandstand - Woe Is Me
6. Plebeian Grandstand - Woe Is You

Stream and/or download from bandcamp or download it from mediafire here. And if you like it, support these bands and BUY a copy!

Beastie Boys

Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 is a throwback to the days when the Beastie Boys ruled New York; when you could read 100 pages worth of articles on the Moog organ in their Grand Royal magazine; when you could buy Ben Davis and Fuct in the XLarge Store on Tompkins Square and then skate over to catch them play a surprise punk set with Murphy’s Law at Coney Island High. At the same time, Hot Sauce isn’t just for veteran fans; it’s the rare case of something brand new that replaces the “Greatest Hits” album as a primer for newbies; a perfect soundtrack for 30 more years of endless summer.

Tracklist:
1. Make Some Noise
2. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
3. OK
4. Too Many Rappers [new reactionaries version] feat. NAS
5. Say It
6. The Bill Harper Collection
7. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win feat. Santigold
8. Long Burn The Fire
9. Funky Donkey
10. The Larry Routine
11. Tadlock’s Glasses
12. Lee Majors Come Again
13. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
14. Here’s A Little Something For Ya
15. Crazy Ass Shit
16. The Lisa Lisa/Full Force Routine

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Mike Bird

MIKE BIRD UPDATE:
People have constantly been asking about other ways they can help out Mike, so here are some other ways you can help:

Write him a letter!


Patient: MIKE BIRD
E.C.M.C.
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, New York 14215

Draw him a picture, write him a poem, tell him a story, anything!
Just let him know you’re rootin’ for him.
No one wants to be sitting in a hospital bed BORED all day long.
HELP keep him entertained!

Several people are selling shirts, bracelets, jewelry, and other awesome things and donating SOME or ALL of the proceeds to the Mike Bird Benefit.

COLD CUTS MERCH EXCLUSIVE Mike Bird Benefit t-shirt. Limited edition. 100% profits go to Mike Bird Benefit.

BUFFALO STYLE Available in WHITE or BLACK. Get these while they’re HOT. They will NOT last! 100% of proceeds go to Mike Bird Benefit.

Agitator Exclusive. Limited edition. Only available until May 2nd. Get yours NOW. 100% profits go to Mike Bird Benefit.

moshSTRONG BRACELETS! 100% of proceeds go to the Mike Bird Benefit.

Dream Catcher Jewelry Ashley X Christina hand-makes her own jewelry. 100% of purchases made on her page in between now and April 28th get donated directly to the Mike Bird Benefit.

If none of this interests you, please please please donate to the paypal account set up for him (sticktightbuffalostyle@gmail.com)
Hardcore isn't just a genre of music or style people claim, it's a family. When one of us gets knocked down, we help them back up. This is our way of helping out Mike. Just remember that a dollar goes a long way.

Help Mike Bird

On the evening of Thursday, April 14th 2011 the Buffalo hardcore community gathered at Mohawk Place to support Terror and Trapped Under Ice as they took the stage to play a show.

With plenty of pile-on’s, stage-diving, sing-along’s and an incredible vibe of unity and energy, the show got off to an awesome start.

However, what began as a good-old hardcore show ended in a tragic incident that has forever altered the life of one of Buffalo hardcore’s very own members.

MIKE BIRD, regular show-goer, hardcore kid, and a member of the Buffalo Straight Edge community, was knocked to the ground by a stage-diver. Hitting his back and head on the concrete floor, Mike had to be rushed to the hospital via ambulance to be treated for his injuries. Unable to move his limbs, or feel any pain in his lower-body, Mike received emergency spinal surgery for his injuries.
The official diagnosis indicates that Mike broke the C5 and C6 vertebrae in his lower spine. With no feeling in his legs, it is unclear how soon 19-year old Mike will regain use of his lower body and be able to walk (or mosh) again.

Without the luxury of being able to afford his own health insurance coverage, this injury is crippling financially as well.
An ambulance ride, emergency room visit, sophisticated spinal surgery, X-Rays, physical therapy, and medication leaves Mike Bird with a medical bill that will most-likely amount to a six-figure sum. His lack of insurance and limited mobility will make paying this debt an impossible task.

The Buffalo hardcore community is banding together, pooling our collective resources and organizing benefit events to help offset Mike Bird’s medical bills.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED AND MUCH APPRECIATED.

The community aspect of hardcore is something that transcends the boundaries of cities, crews, cliques, scenes, and sub-genres.
We are ALL hardcore kids; we’re all cut from the same cloth.
We ALL go to shows, we ALL stage dive, and we’ve ALL had our share of mishaps.

It could have been any one of us in Mike Bird’s shoes.
He just happened to draw the short straw that night and get knocked down.
But as we all know, when someone gets knocked down in hardcore, we PICK THEM BACK UP.

Several benefit events are being organized within the Buffalo scene as we speak.
I’m told that both Terror and Trapped Under Ice are both on-board for a special merch-run related to this incident.

a PayPal account has been set up for donations and absolutely 100% of the money donated to this PayPal will go DIRECTLY to Mike Bird’s medical expenses.

If you have ANYTHING you can donate via PayPal, a quarter, a dollar, two dollars, please send donations via paypal to:
Sticktightbuffalostyle@gmail.com
NO donation is too small.
Mike Bird has NOTHING, so ANYTHING you can donate will add up.

If you have any questions about this fundraising effort, or want to help out and become involved, shoot me an e-mail at FrankNiemiec@yahoo.com
Thanks.

Incendiary / Unrestrained Split

Incendiary have their two tracks from their split with Unrestrained up for stream and download on bandcamp. Check it out here or buy a hard copy here.