1987 marked somewhat of a peak in the changing of the guard in NYHC. Just as Revelation Records and bands like Youth of Today were winni...

 After witnessing Bloomfield New Jersey's IDES decimate the already shaky foundation of Montclair's Meatlocker,  I was ea...

Hailing from Pittsburgh PA, Killer of Sheep play a no holds barred style of Hardcore that takes it's influences from Hardcore Punks ea...

On their 2013 Demo Cleveland's  Fuck You Pay Me offer two songs of raw, relentless, melt your face Hardcore that will impress any and...

Fast paced and fun, World War IX didn't crash the party to push politics, anarcho idealism or animal rights...they came for the keg, ...

It was one of those last minute decisions to jump in the car and head up to Montclair to fill my ears with some good tunes. The shows Facebo...

Female fronted Hardcore band from Detroit that features impassioned vocals and riffs that rip and shred their way through some of the most...

wreaths by Wreaths Wreaths have been my  favorite local band for a few years now. I've seen them numerous times all around NJ and I ha...

Detroit's Death are one of the most intriguing music stories to emerge in years. Formed in the 1971 by brothers Bobby, David and Danni...

On their second release and follow up to January's 'Mines' EP, South Jersey's Purple Suns show they are definitely a band...

Born out of the ashes of the band Suspect. Review Here New Jersey's Ratnip follow a similar musical path while kicking up the musici...

Blistering hardcore punk delivered at lightning speed with pin point precision and accuracy. WARXGAMES takes all the speed and nihilism o...

The mighty riff masters Pelican have released the first single " Immutable Dusk" from their upcoming Southern Lord Lp "...

Before the Bad Brains, the Ramones and the Clash, there was DEATH!

In the oddest of couplings since President Obama and Governor Chris Christie walked hand and hand along the Jersey Shore. Brooklyn's exp...

New rock doc to shed light on the greatness that was/is Big Star. The bands dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim,...

"As far as stories of lost and found recorded material go, few tales can be told where all the pieces of the puzzle come together ...

After a historic reunion performance at this years Black N' Blue Bowl. NYHC legends Judge have scheduled their first ever European show...

Last night I dusted off my old bones and headed over to Maxwells just in time to catch my favorite Crunch Pop nerds Stuyvesant. As the clos...

Nations Afire are streaming their debut full length 'The Ghost We Will Become'. The album is due out July 2nd on Redfield Reco...

Though it is way too late to do a review of the  Big Eyes performance at Brooklyn's Death By Audio; It's never too late to post a...

In the days and weeks leading up to Black Flag's reunion show at Warsaw in Brooklyn my interest in attending reached an epic low. The fa...

New Jersey's Emotive Drive were a hardcore band that got their start in the late 1980’s and released an 8 song demo in 1989. The band ...

Poor Lily play music that is a little hard to describe, and unfortunately, they only gave me two songs to sample from their sophomore albu...

Tomorrow I'll be posting my review of Cinema Cinema's "50 ft. Queenie" single which was just released last week by Dromed...

Modern straight edge hardcore with a touch of  early 80's British street punk thrown into the mix, at least to my ears. Overall, the...

It's been almost a year since I originally sat down with Cinema Cinema in their dilapidated Brooklyn rehearsal space. During that st...

If you've been following the many highs and absolute lows of Thinning the Herd over the past year or so you will know how absolutely i...

When I originally picked up Big Eyes 2010 Demo Ep it was with the hopes of balancing out my Grave Mistake Records cart. There I was bring...

The highly anticipated debut has finally landed and damn, it sure is good. For those living outside of Jersey Nation, Cold Fur brings toget...

Gritty and emotive post core that hits you like a rush of adrenaline into the blood stream. Four songs of thoroughly impressive rock that ...