Comeback Kid - Rain City Sessions

This year, like each and every year to follow I did everything in my power to avoid the temptations to buy records
I already owned in some way, shape or format while remaining monetarily healthy. It was a lot simpler than I thought.
"Go to the beach, feel the sun on my face and eat a good meal before returning home to the enormous amount of records I already own and barely listen to. As a record enthusiast and collector.              I find Record Store Day to be as amateur and misguided as a Santa Con bar crawl on           St. Patrick's Day.

Then came Comeback Kid's Rain City Sessions. The live EP recorded at
Rain City recorders on May 4th, 2014 features six previously unreleased live Comeback Kid classics as well as a impressively unwound cover of Nirvana's classic  Territorial Pissings.

While just an EP. Seven songs in all. Rain City Sessions made a lasting impression on this listener. Giving the overall feel of an LP with it's emotive and passionate attack at these songs. It seems just like yesterday when I was referring to them as leaders of a new breed of Hardcore bands that were returning positive Hardcore to it's long lost glory. Years later as I find my tastes evolving and aging out of the music. Rain City Sessions reminds me of everything I've grown to love about Comeback Kid in the last ten plus years. The energy, honesty and integrity. To put it lightly, Comeback Kid remind me of everything I still love about Hardcore. File under "Essential".  James Damion

Boysetsfire - Bled Dry / Bring Back the Fight 7 inch

Released jointly by Magic Bullet and
End Hit Records and back on April 20th 2013 exclusively for Record Store Day.
Boysetsfire gave everyone one hell of a good reason to go out, celebrate and support your local record stores. 'Bled Dry' skips the melody so often associated with BSF and goes straight for the jugular with it's vicious riffs and searing vocals.
Whereas the B sides 'Bring Back the Fight' brings Nathan's vocal delivery to a level of savagery often reserved for darker Hardcore and Metal bands. The songs vicious rhythms and tribal beats had me thinking BSF were bringing more than just a grudge to this fight. One could picture the band sharpening their knives deep in the woods as the music played.
Looking back, I don't recsall picking up any record store day releases back in April. I'm just glad someone left a copy of this one behind.
Because there are some of the best 3-4 minutes my ears have experienced in a long time.
James Damion

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Those Mockingbirds Debut New Single and get Unplugged for Record Store Day.

This Saturday Those Mockingbirds assembled at Hoboken's Tunes to play an acoustic set in conjunction with Record Store Day. I stopped in to say hello and listen in before heading to the city. I really enjoyed the intimacy of the set and the surrounding happy faces. The band has a brand spanking new single which you can listen to right here. Click below to download. James Damion

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