post-hardcore
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I think the first time I ever heard of post-hardcore outfit La Dispute was in a blogTV. Someone had sent me a song to be reviewed, I played it, and a majority of reactions were pretty negative. I think mine was especially bad. It had to be at least a
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New York’s Rational Animals are a difficult breed to describe. Metal, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, and insanely aggressive garage rock all flow within the veins of these four dudes. It makes me wanna spit out one of those hybrid comparisons: It’s kinda like a cross between Drive Like Jehu
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Distal by Crash Of Rhinos While getting caught up in the emotive hardcore revival movement that’s been gaining steam here in the United States in the past few years, I have unfortunately ignored a lot of the similar music that’s been coming out on the other side of
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On the band’s sophomore album, Touche Amore generates some of the most empowering emotional hardcore I’ve heard in years. Yeah, the lyrics do make mountains out of emotional molehills, but the punk spirit powering the music is the same that made classics in this genre so, well, enjoyable.
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Yes, it’s an ambitious and risky mashup of instrumentals made of Fugazi songs and verses from Wu-Tang-affiliated albums: Wugazi. Produced by Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy, some of the combinations here go over better than others. I think I would have come to the conclusion that these worlds are
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Topshelf Records is an underground record label based in Massachusetts that has steadily been gaining recognition and esteem since it was founded in 2005. They have put out vinyl releases for nearly 30 independent artists, many of which are characterized by an emotive punk sound that has been on the
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Recently, a lot of my video comments have been peppered with suggestions of the Men’s new album, Leave Home. These guys are a Brooklyn rock outfit with a rough, saturated sound that brings me back to some of my favorite Big Black tracks. Not only that, but the vocals
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On their debut full-length on Deathwish, Deafheaven take their seamless blend of black metal, post-rock, and post-hardcore to a new level of musicianship and recording quality. Though this may not be the most original black metal record on the block–yes, a lot of groups have been putting tons of
