hardcore
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HUNGER PAINS by DNF HOMESICK by DNF Featuring members of Touche Amore and Trash Talk, California powerviolence outfit DNF scratches a darker kind of itch. With throttling and heavy riffs and grindcore-style blast beats, these two tracks from the quartet’s new 7″ are an all-out assault. The vocals of
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[audio:http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/6.%20Mother%20Abyss.mp3]MP3 Black Breath is a Seattle band I fell quickly in and out of love with in ’09 and ’10. The adrenaline-pumping riffs on the band’s debut EP on Southern Lord were satisfying, but the band didn’t bring
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After dropping a few tracks from it, I have to say the forthcoming Killer Mike, El-P collaboration, R.A.P. Music, is one of my most anticipated hip hop albums this year. It’s placed second only by Death Grips, of course. This latest track from the Mike-rapped and El-P-produced
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[audio:http://theneedledrop.com/mp3/off- king kong brigade.mp3] Unlike most revivalist hardcore groups, the members of LA’s punk supergroup OFF! were actually around in the 80s to make the kind of music that they’re now emulating. Also unlike many revivalist groups, they don’t try to
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A track from the forthcoming El-P album, Cancer For Cure, which will be out on Fat Possum on May 22nd. Like usual, El-P brings a hard flow and beat, and the dude sounds hungry as hell. Here’s to hoping he kills it later this year.
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March 20th / Alternative Tentacles Track list: 1. Rat 2. Decay 3. No Chance 4. Pigeon 5. Metropolis 6. Ghost 7. Don’t 8. Stuck 9. Roach 10. Ha Ha Ha
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West1996 by Lute Between this mixtape cover and the sound of his music, Lute takes his love of gritty, hardcore 90s hip hop pretty seriously. The kid sounds young, but he raps like a veteran street poet who’s seen a few things. Nice flow, tight boom bap beats, and
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Here’s a track off the latest album from SanFran screamo and hardcore outfit Loma Prieta. Their new album is titled I.V., and it’s on Deathwish. On “Fly By Night” Loma proves itself to be just as harsh and aggressive as any other band in this style. The
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Ave by Absolutist Absolutist is an Irish band with some extreme, uncompromising musical tendencies. Their latest release, Ave, hardcore punk tempos, crusty production, and some sludgy bass, too. The vocals have some character to them, and there’s usually a nice element of harmony thrown into each track by the
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California’s Ceremony drops a new single that brings a new British punk sound into the band’s repertoire; however, it just doesn’t do that much for me. WATCH THE REVIEW
