While we can all agree that the greatest release of all time on Merge Records is The Fuckers “QuickCash” 7″, the debut 7″ and sole release by Richmond, VA’s Dynamic Truths is definitely a close second. The band was the…
Year: 2020
Writing About Hardcore Is Like Dancing About…Hardcore. Kor-Phu s/t LP (Roy Records, 1984)
Ah, 1984: Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, “Thriller”, “Ghostbusters”, the debut of Apple’s Macintosh desktop computer. What a time to be into hardcore punk. So much to sneer at, so much to malign. If you were a punk-curious teenager living anywhere…
“My friends are important to me/I take friendship, seriously.” – Don Lennon
In 1996 I was living in Northampton, MA among the “Five Colleges”. I wasn’t a student, I actually worked two jobs full time: record store clerk by day, restaurant line cook by night, but I pretty much lived the life…
“Shit is hot up in the 6 right now.” – Aubrey Graham…..Dream Warriors “And Now the Legacy Begins” LP (Island Records, US, 1991)
Before Drake, if you were to say “Canadian rapper” to almost anyone in the US the first thing out of their mouth would probably be, “Oh yeah, like SNOW. ‘Infoooor-mer!‘” While Snow definitely left a bigger mark on the 90’s…
Dollar Bin Dandies: Art Thieves 7″ (HoZac, 2009)
I may have jinxed myself when I subscribed to the original Sub Pop Singles Club. I think the first record I got in the mail was the AmRep “Smells Like Smoked Sausages” 2×7″ comp or maybe the L7 single and…
“If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.”- Theodore Roosevelt…Crippled Pilgrims “Head Down – Hand Out” LP (Fountain Of Youth Records, US, 1984)
When you’re following the timeline of any city/scene from the advent of 70’s punk, to the second wave of punk (ie the first wave of “posers”) to the nascent beginnings of “hardcore” and its iterations, somewhere along the line you’re…
Dollar Bin Dandies: White “This Is A Black-Owned Business” 7″ (Behemoth Records, 1998)
As the saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” and I thought I’d take the time to highlight some records I love that’re often floatin’ around for next to nothing. Some of this stuff might not be easy…
“At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me.” – Chris Burden
The first time I ever saw a Born Against record was at Rhymes Records in New Haven, CT in 1991. I was 15 or 16. It was on a new release rack next to “Steady Diet of Nothing” by Fugazi,…
“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.” – Audrey Hepburn
The curse of getting a song you don’t like stuck in your head can be absolutely maddening. I’m not even sure I can think of too many times where I got a song I do like stuck in my head…
How to Photoshop a “Premium” Badge onto your whosampled.com Profile Pic in 3 Easy Steps
I don’t think I’ve ever been able to look at a Jan Hammer record without unconsciously thinking “Miami Vice”. The series ran a total of 5 seasons during which I went from age 9 to 14, prime TV viewing time…