Big Kids

Follow up EP, Don't Be A Baby, to Oakland's Big Kids amazing debut LP, Hoop Dreams. Also, look forward to a split 7” w/ Joyce Manor on Brick Gun and Solidarity coming soon.

Tracklist:

1. Don't Be A Baby
2. I Am A Romantic Comedy Dude
3. You're So Fucking ps

Download it now, and if you like it (I'm sure you will), then pre-order it! Check out their other merch, too.

Irons / Pulling Teeth Split

Long awaited split featuring Irons: J. Bannon (Converge, etc), Dwid Hellion (Integrity, etc), and Stephen Kasner (Blood Fountains), and Baltimore's Pulling Teeth. Get into it.

Tracklist:
1. Irons- Letting Go
2. Irons- Light Bringer's End
3. Irons- All Life Needs Death
4. Irons- Sky Funeral
5. Pulling Teeth- Generals Of Dark Hymns
6. Pulling Teeth- Dismissed In Time (Remix by J. Bannon)

Get it now and if you like it, BUY IT.

Losin' It

I randomly came across this band thanks to a reblogged post from someone that I follow on tumblr, and I checked out their bandcamp to stream a few tracks.

Usually the people that ''promote'' their bands via tumblr aren't great ones, so I didn't get my hopes up. I pressed 'play' on the track entitled 'Losin' It' (which is also the band name), and I was taken aback. They have a sort of old school hardcore punk feel to them, and it's loud and fast and just the way I like it.  After I streamed a few tracks, I decided to download the whole ep, and I suggest you do the same. I hope big things happen to these guys.

Click here to stream their ep and download it from bandcamp. It's free!

Sound and Fury 2011

This is the first of two announcements about the line-up for this years Sound and Fury fest. The next set of bands will be revealed on April 26th.

1. Agitator
2. Alpha & Omega
3. Band of Mercy
4. Between Earth and Sky
5. Bitter End
6. Ceremony
7. Deafheaven
8. Down To Nothing
9. DYS
10. FocusedxMinds
11. Hardside
12. Harvest
13. Incendiary
14. Joyce Manor
15. Maker
16. Nails
17. New Lows
18. Power
19. Ringworm
20. Rotting Out
21. Sleepwalkers
22. Soul Search
23. Stick Together
24. Suicide File
25. Take Offense
26. Venia
27. Violation
28. War Hound

Hellfish Family is the presenting sponsor. Check out their website and get some killer merch from some of your favorite bands!

It's at the same location as last year:
Earl Warren Showgrounds - 3400 Calle Real St, Santa Barbara, CA

Buy your tickets soon, because they will go fast! And if you have any questions about the tickets, contact: tickets@hellfishfamily.com

Hellhorse

Twelve Gauge has signed Tucson, Arizona’s, Hellhorse (with Nate from Black Teeth), and I'm glad they did. My friend sent me a link to their bandcamp to check out the songs they have posted and I was blown away. It's full of so much gnar. If you like any sort of thrash or doom influenced music, check these guys out immediately.

They've just recently released a 3 track demo which left me wanting much more. They don't have any albums available for download just yet, seeing as there is no previous music from them, but they have two songs from the upcoming 6-track EP, Decade Of Dust, which is set with a release date for some time next month.

Click here to check out the tracks I Am Disposable and Pig on their bandcamp.
Also, if you'd like a copy of their demo, visit their blog.

Punk Necessities

Pretend you have a friend that's literally just getting into the nearly flawlessness of Hardcore and Punk. They come to you asking for suggestions of music to check out. What are the first 10 albums that come to mind?

These are mine:

1. Minor Threat - Out Of Step

Tracklist:

1. Betray

2. It Follows

3. Think Again

4. Look Back and Laugh

5. Sob Story

6. No Reason

7. Little Friend

8. Out of Step

Download here.

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2. 7 Seconds - The Crew

Tracklist:

1. Here's Your Warning

2. Definite Choice

3. Not Just Boys Fun

4. This Is Angry, Pt.2

5. Straight On

6. You Lose

7. What If There's A War In America

8. The Crew

9. Clenched Fists, Black Eyes

10. Colourblind

11. Aim To Please

12. Boss

13. Young 'til I Die

14. Red and black

15. Die Hard

16. I Have A Dream

17. Bully

Download here

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3. Justice League Discography 1983-1988

Tracklist:

1. Down Again

2. Farewell

3. Chain Of Strength

4. In Love With An Idea

5. Shattered Dreams

6. Solitary Confinement

7. Never Me

8. Disarray

9. In The Cold

10. Looking Back

11. Things Have Changed

12. Falling Apart

13. Don't Forget The Kids

14. Style

15. Time To Stop

16. Use Your Own Head

17. Think Or Sink

18. Reactions

19. One More Time

20. In My Tears

21. Remember When

22. As Far As The Eye Can See

23. Thousand Needles, A

24. Part Of The Fall, A

25. Looking Back

26. Attitude

27. United Way

28. Use Your Own Head

29. Think It Through

30. Hardcore

31. Be Yourself

Download here.

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4. Black Flag - Damaged

Tracklist:

1- Rise Above

2- Spray Paint

3- Six Pack

4- What I See

5- TV Party

6- Thirsty and Miserable

7- Police Story

8- Gimme Gimme Gimme

9- Depression

10- Room 13

11- Damaged II

12- No More

13- Padded Cell

14- Life of Pain

15- Damaged I

Download here.

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5. Descendents - Milo Goes To College

Tracklist:

1. Myage

2. I Want To Be A Bear

3. I'm Not A Loser

4. Parents

5. Tonyage

6. M-16

7. I'm Not A Punk

8. Catalina

9. Suburban Home

10. Statue Of Liberty

11. Kabuki Girl

12. Marriage

13. Hope

14. Bikeage

15. Jean Is Dead

Download here.

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6. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Tracklist:

1. Kill the Poor

2. Forward to Death

3. When Ya Get Drafted

4. Let's Lynch the Landlord

5. Drug Me

6. Your Emotions

7. Chemical Warfare

8. Calfornia Über Alles

9. I Kill Children

10.Stealing People's Mail

11.Funland at the Beach

12.Ill in the Head

13.Holiday in Cambodia

14.Viva Las Vegas

Download here.

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7. Youth Of Today - Can't Close My Eyes

Tracklist:

1. Expectations

2. Crucial Times

3. I Have Faith

4. Youth Of Today

5. Take A Stand

6. Positive Outlook

7. Can't Close My Eyes

8. We Just Might

9. Youth Crew

10. Take A Stand

11. Stabbed In The Back

12. We Just Might

13. Wake Up And Live

14. Standing Hard

Download here.

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8. Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster 

Tracklist:

1. The Creeps

2. Another State of Mind

3. It Wasn't a Pretty Picture=

4. Telling Them

5. Hour of Darkness

6. Mommy's Little Monster

7. Anti-Fashion

8. All the Answers

9. Moral Threat

Download here. Also, noticeable mention goes to their self titled album, which includes an amazing cover of Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire.

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9. Angry Samoans - Back From Samoa

Tracklist:

1. Gas Chamber

2. The Todd Killings

3. Lights Out

4. My Old Man's A Fatso

5. Time Has Come Today

6. They Saved Hitler's Cock

7. Homo-Sexual

8. Steak Knife

9. Haizman's Brain Is Calling

10. Tuna Taco

11. Coffin Case

12. You Stupid Jerk

13. Ballad Of Jerry Curlan

14. Not Of This Earth

Download here.

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10. Bad Brains - Bad Brains

Tracklist:

1. Sailin' On

2. Don't Need It

3. Attitude

4. The Regulator

5. Banned In D. C.

6. Jah Calling

7. Supertouch/!!!!Fit

8. Leaving Babylon

9. Fearless Vampire Killers

10. I

11. Big Take Over

12. Pay to Cum

13. Right Brigade

14. I Luv I Jah

15. Intro

Download here.

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Well, that's it for my 10! There are plenty others that should be on here, but I think this is a pretty swell list for someone just getting into punk music. They're in no specific order, just the way they came out of my brain.

Foundation

Foundation is really getting a name for themselves. They're slowly becoming one of the best new bands in modern hardcore for me.

This is a vinyl rip from the scene group ''Gravewish'', when a better rip becomes available, it'll go up.

Tracklist:
1. A Thousand Ways
2. At Your Mercy
3. Counter (Path Of Resistance cover)

Get it here now and if you like it, BUY it!

Power

Power is a four piece hardcore band out of Bremerton, Washington. I was recently introduced to their music by a good friend of mine, so why not share it with you guys as well?

They have a Life Of Agony vs. Biohazard feel to them and they will knock your socks off with that fuck-you-in-your-face attitude. It's definitely worth getting into and something I'd recommend to others.

This is their self titled demo that they released a couple years ago. If you're into it, be expecting a full length album out of them in the next couple of months from Twelve Gauge Records.

Tracklist:
1. Animal / XXX
2. Last Time
3. The Wind
4. Y.T.I.D.

Download it here and if you're into it, buy a copy, too!

Run For Cover Records Winter Sampler 2011

Run For Cover Records have released their 2011 winter sampler. You can stream and/or download it from their bandcamp. The sampler includes tracks from Fireworks, Man Overboard, and Daytrader, among others.

Tracklist:
1. GDP - Quintuplets
2. Man Overboard - Again
3. Daytrader - Kill My Compass
4. CSTVT - Rogers Alexandra
5. Fireworks - I Grew Up In a Legion Hall
6. Hostage Calm - Young Professionals
7. Daylight - Two of a Kind
8. Seahaven - Head In the Sand
9. Tigers Jaw - Smile
10. Memorial - Mile High City
11. Koji - Stay
12. Transit - Footwork
13. Basement - Plan to Be Surprised

Click here to download.

Title Fight

Title Fight have a new album coming out in May titled Shed. 12 tracks of pure awesomeness, is what it is. In all honesty, Shed is, by far, no The Last Thing You Forget, nor is it a terrible album. I'm currently on my first full listen through of it as I type this and I'm impressed. I don't know exactly what I was expecting with this album, but I was hoping for... more. If that makes any sense. Regardless of all this babble, it's definitely worth checking out. Much love to these guys.

Tracklist:
1. Coxton Yard
2. Shed
3. Flood of ’72
4. Society
5. You Can’t Say Kingston Doesn’t Love You
6. Crescent-Shaped Depression
7. Safe In Your Skin
8. Where Am I?
9. Your Screen Door
10. 27
11. Stab
12. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

Download it now, and if you're into it, go ahead and pre-order it!