rolling punk/non-indie underground 2012

ha i saw them on thursday, chris thompson seemed kind of uncomfortable

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Saw them again a week or so ago and they were great, though w/r/t to Thomson he seemed distracted and unapproachable before they played and the second they got done he was totally normal, easy to talk, etc.

They forgot to bring any merch though so I didn't get a single

the standard quality of the recording here betrays how awesome this band were last night: http://marychrist.bandcamp.com/album/mary-christ

they're on a US tour, go see em.

also, agreed with Izzy re the new Nu Sensae.

in the new MRR, they give it a totally substandard review, and i totally almost want to write a damn letter. eugh.

MRR gave a substandard review, how unusual

naomi punk from portland! good stuff!

http://naomipunk.bandcamp.com/

Went to Power of The Riff yesterday. Finally got to see this AWESOME San Francisco band called COPS. Members of XBXRX, Death Sentence: Panda!, and Total Shutdown among others. Gnarly as all hell hardcore with the occasional synth thrown in. You can find links to their songs by clicking on the pictures on their tumblr. http://nobodylikescops.tumblr.com/ . The other bands that played were really good too. Retox killed, Bio Crisis were really cool post-crust from Mexico, and I had never seen Noothgrush live, and they were WAY more awesome and energetic than I expected.

finally saw Hasps (2/3rds of Gay Beast), and they are amazing

xp COPS is 2/3rds of Death Sentence: Panda!

naomi punk is great! seeing them in a couple weeks!!

new black pus out today

http://blackpus.bandcamp.com/

this Bits of Shit album is getting a bit of interest down here. Looks like they put on a pretty awesome live show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22pPow8Lkf0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD165RDo2og

Black Pus is online only right now by the looks? I would spring for a CD(R) cos he packages em nicely

I like that he tweets as http://twitter.com/AhaFan88

I would buy most of these records based on the band names alone

lightning bolt's about to go on the road and have a new record coming out at the end of sept, so no physical copies of the new black pus, think he's just blowing off steam tbh

but he's got others in varying states of availability including one on load. that new one's pretty stupefying tho - "play god"!

also, all recorded on a tascam cassette 4 trk

it is bafflingly tricky to buy Load releases in the UK atm - they don't deal with any bedroom distros that I know of but they don't turn up in eg my local store either (and they used to)

there's probably some big online place that has em idk

are you in london? I know they switched distro's a while ago. amazon maybe? plus I think they take international orders on their website if you wanna order direct.

lightning bolt tour dates btw

08/21 Washington DC Rock ‘n Roll Hotel
08/22 Richmond, VA Gallery 5
08/23 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade
08/24 Atlanta, GA The Goat Farm
08/25 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
08/26 New Orleans, LA Big Top Three Ring Circus
08/27 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
08/28 Dallas, TX Sons of Hermann Hall
08/29 Austin, TX Emo’s East
08/30 Santa Fe, NM Sol Santa Fe
08/31 Phoenix, AZ Trunk Space
09/01 Los Angeles, CA FYF Fest
09/03 Oakland, CA The New Parish
09/04 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
09/06 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater / MFNW
09/07 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club
09/08 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
09/10 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
09/12 Denver, CO Rhinoceropolis
09/13 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
09/14 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College
09/15 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
09/16 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
09/17 Pittsburgh, PA Lawrenceville Moose
09/18 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
09/19 Baltimore, MD Floristree
09/20 Brooklyn, NY 285 Kent
09/23 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

oh cool, they're playing New Parish in Oakland again. Rickshaw Stop is kinda bleh for a venue to see Lightning Bolt

hey guys. here are some tour dates for The Blind Shake. I command you all to go see them they are the greatest live band.

Thursday, August 23 Brooklyn, NY
Public Assembly
Duchess Says

Friday, August 24 Columbus OH
Double Happiness
Duchess Says

Saturday, August 25 Bloomington, IN
TBS

Sunday, August 26 Chicago, IL
Citybuild
Duchess Says (Montreal), Terrible Twos (Detroit), Fake Surfers

Monday, August 27 Detroit MI
Lager House
Duchess Says

Tuesday, August 28 Toronto ON
Lee’s Palace
Duchess Says

Saturday, September 22 Minneapolis
Ritz Theater

Friday, September 28 Nashville TN
The End

Saturday, September 29 TBA

Sunday, September 30 New Orleans LA
Siberia

Tuesday, October 2 Pensacola FL
Sluggo’s

Wednesday, October 3 Orlando FL
Will’s Pub

Thursday, October 4 Tampa FL
The Hub

Friday, October 5 Tallahassee Fl
Club Down Under

Saturday, October 6 Atlanta GA
E.A.R.L.

Sunday, October 7 Raleigh NC
King’s

Monday, October 8 Richmond VA
Strange Matter

Wednesday, October 10 New York NY
Cake Shop

Thursday, October 11 Brooklyn NY
Death By Audio

Friday, October 12 Bridgeport CT

Saturday, October 13 Providence RI

Sunday, October 14 TBA

Tuesday, October 16 Moncton NS
Plan B

Thursday, October 18 Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax NS

Friday, October 19 Quebec City QC
L’Agitee

Saturday, October 20 Ottawa ON

Sunday, October 21 Toronto ON
Parts and Labour

Monday, October, 22 Detroit MI
Lager House

Tuesday, October 23 Milwaukee WI
Cactus Club
________________

Wednesday, October 31 Chicago IL
Empty Bottle
Football, Outerminds, Paul Cary

Thursday, November 1 St. Louis MO

Saturday, Novermber 3 Austin TX
Fun Fun Fun After Party

Saw Naomi Punk tonight, they really brought it

Tinsel Teeth and their vocalist have parted ways. LAME up the lame!

nuthin lasts forever

Wiccans' 2nd LP, "Field II" will be available tomorrow from Katorga Works

here's a track - http://soundcloud.com/katorga-works/kw-018

tomorrow? hasn't it been out for a while? i bought a copy off them live earlier in the summer, it's good but not as good as the debut

iirc it's getting released by a Euro label around now so maybe that's it? I did mean to buy it when that happened

i'm in the band. the tour copies were 110 test presses that were done for tour because it wasn't ready in time.
these are the final copies.

it's out in europe on Hardware as of a few weeks ago.

brain tumors is some serious hardcore

http://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-you-forever

it's been quiet in here... too quiet...

http://divorce.bandcamp.com/

love that there's a little kid running around in the crowd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQyFx_u7lU

lol winning sperm party

going to see hank wood & the hammerheads next month :-D

yeah they're good them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esG22B5-Ozs

^ think i quite liked this lp iirc

Loving Divorce

child abuse killed it in pvd a couple weeks ago, hope they play a show w/ divorce if they come to the US, the flyer will look like a social services ad

great Nu Sensae show on friday at a squat in Oakland. Peace from Vancouver also played, killed it. their records sound kind of like Sonic Youth: http://peacevancouver.bandcamp.com/ . also, Straight Crimes (Erin from High Castle/Sister Fucker/Child Pornography with Brad from Huff Stuff Magazine) played and they're probably the best new Oakland band of 2012.

http://soundcloud.com/straight-crimes . they've gotten much tighter since these posts.

New Sex Church 12" pre-order ends today:

http://instantpleasure.bandcamp.com

Any of you guys have/hear the new Guinea Worms? I loved the 2xlp from CDR last time, but am seriously curious how they have gotten since then.

Since Edward suggested it...

Any love for Drunk In Hell here? Have knocked me sideways both times I've seen them, they might just be my favourite band in Britain.

http://drunkinhell.bandcamp.com/

yeah that's a nice little drunks with guns/flipper fixation they got there

Looking at their gig history, they've played very few times outside of the North East. I think they're in Glasgow at the weekend?

me and other ppl had some cloud talk going at the weekend about setting up a UK tour w/ them and other bands (specifically, ones featuring the participants) but idk if it would be that practical. they seem to genuinely not care about getting more widely known and have had a debut album planned for at least two years, plus a split single w/ Kilslug. but yeah they completely floor me

nu-kilslug still an unbelievable thing to me. played a show with them last year and they went 90 minutes, basically doing every song they knew because the crowd wouldn't let them stop. they also put out a pretty demented record this year, 11" red vinyl that plays from the inside out, in a hardcover leather sleeve embossed w/ gold lettering. the label's selling them at a loss, total labor of satanic love.

this is really great! like nation of ulysses meets joy division

Ex Nuns - Piss/Shit Mountain EP (i know...i know)

http://exnuns.bandcamp.com/album/piss-shit-mountain-ep

no apologies for scatology on the rolling punk thread

after I sent out a mixtape to my friends with music by a band named Diarrhea Planet on it I lost all compunction for that kind of thing... sounds pretty good

RIP pat dzieweczynski of TVBC, legendary underground band here in minneapolis, he was in the original 80s lineup alongside paul metzger and freddy votel (votel was later in the cows, now in skoal kodiak)....but they were amazing, still play sometimes w/different lineup...but definitely flew the flag for weirdo punk funk jazz post punk improv in the 80s

you can listen to their classic album Ex-Cathedra here:

http://tvbc.bandcamp.com/album/ex-cathedra

http://drunkinhell.bandcamp.com/

Okay I'm really wishing bandcamp had a built-in volume control right now. Goddamn.

I feel like a weasel asking this every year instead of keeping up with this thread, but are there any consensus best punk/emo/noise-rock/hardcore/post-hardcore albums I should be checking out this year before making my EOY list? I feel so out of the loop, and the recommendations I get here are always so good

hank wood & the hammerheads, fnu ronnies, and white load are probably my top 3 of the year