
Dischord Records, who never stopped releasing records on vinyl even when most did, have been quite busy lately with the superior format. For about a year or so now, the label has been revisiting a lot of their back catalog that they in many cases they let go out of print on vinyl and have [...]
Mar 31, 2010 | Categories: General | Tags: colored vinyl, DC Hardcore, Dischord Records, Flex Your Head, Governemnt Issue, Minor Threat, punk reissues, record collecting | 1 Comment »

J.F.A. – To All Our Friends LP DC Jam Records I think the first JFA 7″, Blatant Localism, was the first hardcore 7″ I ever heard, if not the second (a Black Flag 7″ may have been the first, I’m getting too old to remember), regardless, that band of skate punks from the desert of [...]
Mar 25, 2010 | Categories: Records, Reviews | Tags: colored vinyl, Hardcore, JFA, punk, record reviews, skate rock | Leave A Comment »

Tampa, FL death metalers Cannibal Corpse are gearing up to hit the road in the band’s first headline run since the band headlined the Hot Topic stage on 2009’s Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Joining Cannibal Corpse on The Evisceration Plague Tour is 1349 (on select dates), Skeletonwitch and Lecherous Nocturne. Decibel & Metal Sucks Present: The [...]
Mar 23, 2010 | Categories: Music News | Tags: Cannibal Corpse, death metal, metal, metal blade records, Skeletonwitch | Leave A Comment »

Well those purple vinyl ones sure didn’t last long as I received another new color of the legendary first Adolescents LP in the mail on a brand new color courtesy of the mighty Frontier Records. This time out this SoCal punk artifact is available on limited edition opaque green vinyl. It looks like some sort [...]
Mar 16, 2010 | Categories: Records | Tags: adolescents, classic punk, colored vinyl, frontier records, punk records, Punk Vinyl, record collecting | Leave A Comment »

Friday night the Bottom Lounge played host to a big metal show featuring a couple big veterans playing alongside a few newer bands. The result was a little bit of something for everyone, providing the something you were looking for was fast, heavy and mostly brutal thrash or death metal. Newer band, Lazarus A.D. started [...]
Mar 15, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: bottom lounge, chicago, Concert Photography, evile, Kreator, Lazarus A.D., live music, metal, nachtmystium, Show Reviews, Thrash Metal, Voivod | Leave A Comment »

According to the fine folks over at Riot Fest, the second 7″ in the Naked Raygun 7″ series will be released on June 15th. The band also plan to film their first music video in over 20 years and tour Europe for the first time in just about as many! Looks like it is going [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: Music News | Tags: Chicago punk, naked raygun, punk rock, riot fest | Leave A Comment »

American doom supergroup Shrinebuilder – comprised of Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (Om, Sleep), Scott “Wino” Weinrich” (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Spririt Caravan) and Dale Crover (Melvins, Altamont) – today embark on their new US tour, kicking it off at The Casbah in San Diego, California. The band will pound the West Coast all week [...]
Mar 03, 2010 | Categories: Music News | Tags: doom, metal, music news, Neurosis, Shrinebuilder, tours, wino | 1 Comment »