Last Sunday we went out to see Torrance, California’s punk outfit Joyce Manor in Castricum, the Netherlands. While till in awe of their 2011 self-titled debut LP and jamming this beautiful vinyl on a regular basis, the band released their third full-length album Never Hungover Again on Epitaph Records last summer. SPIN praised the band’s … Continue reading
I was super bummed when I found out that Discourse had cancelled their European tour with Raindance that was initially planned for this month. However, there’s good stuff coming from the South Carolina quartet in the near future. The band has announced plans to release their debut full-length in early 2015. Titled Sanity Decays, the effort was … Continue reading
Last night Anne and I went to see GIVE in Amsterdam. A little later than expected, Dutch hardcore band Fever opened up. I was looking forward to finally see them live, as their name has been popping up on show posters regularly lately, but unfortunately they played a rather sloppy 15-minute set. The potential is definitely there … Continue reading
The Dull Eyes are a fairly new band from Dusseldorf, Germany who like to describe their music as “space shit”. We had the privilege of exclusively streaming their new EP Titanomachy in its entirety and we definitely feel the spacey, fuzzy vibes. We asked singer Jannis some questions about his band and the new release, check … Continue reading
If you’re a regular reader of these pages, you probably must have noticed how deep we’re attached to the European hardcore scene. One of the most abundant emanates from England. There’s so much diversity and quality within the amount of UK bands lately, it’s always great to get to know some of them better. Here … Continue reading
Breaking Point have release a brand new music video for ‘Power’ featuring footage of their show at CTW Fest. The track comes off of their latest LP Set To Burn, which is out now through Carry The Weight Records. The video was filmed and edited by Lukasz Targosz of Keep This Moment, check it out! Breaking Point: Facebook … Continue reading
In September we introduced you to a young uprising band from Belgium called LOTUS. After playing together for a number of years, the guys have finally decided to put their fresh wave of groovy punk hardcore out on vinyl and tape. On November 22nd they are releasing Israel, their 8-track debut album featuring some of the … Continue reading
Last night, we attended one out of the four official “comeback” shows of Basement in Europe. Even though the band had already played at BAM Festival in Barcelona on September 20th, they officially started their 4-day tour at Trix in Antwerp yesterday. NewMoon, a band consisting of former Midnight Souls members, opened up and pleasantly … Continue reading
Gone To Waste from Dortmund, Germany have released a video for the title track off of their new LP Barking Dogs Don’t Bite. The video was directed by Niren Mahajan and produced by Vacation Studios. Check it in the Vimeo player below. We’re also exclusively streaming Barking Dogs Don’t Bite in its entirety; head over here to give … Continue reading
GIVE from Washington D.C. and beyond have announced a European tour in promotion of their forthcoming LP Electric Flower Circus. They’ll kick off their tour this weekend in Cologne, Germany and hit eleven countries in more than three weeks. Check the full list of dates below and make sure to show your support! European pre-orders for Electric … Continue reading
Legends Arising 