Friends, bands and good vibes, is what basically summarizes Groezrock every single year. And the good vibes often cause me to miss a bunch of bands that were highlighted on my time schedule. This year wasn’t an exception. So no extensive report on the awesome time I had catching up with friends from all over, … Continue reading
I think that most hardcore kids can agree that this year’s line-up wasn’t nearly as good as the one from 2013 or 2014. However, I’ve come to know Ieperfest as a more-than-music-festival, and that’s exactly what I enjoy most about it. Each year friends from all over Europe (and the world) gather in this tiny … Continue reading
Culture Abuse from San Francisco, California have released the first track off of their new album Peach. Call them punk or garage, the band dares you to try to catagorize them. Due out April 8th via 6131 Records, Peach is a barrage of raw punk, swaggering garage, and hooky power pop that refuses to be … Continue reading
Heavy Chains have teamed up with Flatspot Records for their next release. The new breed from New Jersey aims to revive and continue the legacy of hardcore punk on the Jersey Shore. The band will be recording their yet-to-be-titled debut EP this fall with an early 2016 release. The quintet from the Jersey Shore formed in 2013 … Continue reading
Kids Insane from Tel Aviv, Israel have release a second track off of their 12″ split EP with Venice-based punks Slander. Check out ‘Just Ice’ in the YouTube player below. The record comes out on Tangled Talk Records as well on Take It Back Records, Mustard Mustache,Drugusingpeoplerecords, Mosh Potatoes, World’s appreciated Kitsch, Assurd Records and Trivel … Continue reading
Our good friends from Israel in Kids Insane have released the first track off of their upcoming 12″ split EP with Venice-based punks Slander and asked us to exclusively stream it. We feel privileged to present ‘Dear Politics’ to you, a punk rock anthem dedicated to voicing political opinions in a country that has seen more than … Continue reading
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
In 2010, four kids crossed paths and started playing music together for the sake of playing music together. Their band name only saw the light of day when they were preparing for their first try-out show and had to put a name on the bill; LOTUS, a reference to a Shipwreck A.D. song on the … Continue reading
Hailing from Antwerp, Belgium, youngsters in LOTUS bring a fresh wave of groovy punk hardcore to the table. They know exactly what they want, how they want it and when they want it. So after playing together for a number of years they have carefuly scheduled the release of their 8-track album Israel on November 22nd. I spoke … Continue reading
Freshly rechristened Code Orange – formerly known as Code Orange Kids, have come surging out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with another outrageous foray into the world of demonically heavy music. Set loose by Deathwish Inc., I Am King – the band’s second full-length release, blurs the already hazy lines between hardcore, metal and punk. This remorseless … Continue reading
Legends Arising 