A.B.A.Q #1

Not a long post today (it's Friday, let's party), but just a lil' reminder that I have only a few issues of A.B.A.Q #1 left. 

An inky collaboration between two friends, A.B.A.Q tackles real issues plaguing the mind of the American hardcore "kid" (that's codespeak for "upper middle class wigger"). Why kids with Neckbeards love Xibalba. Why clueless Mom's love Paper Trail. Why Harley Flannagan refuses to use commas in his Facebook status updates. The real shit.

Also a softball interview with Sorry Excuse, some hardcore news briefs, and some real polarizin' reviews. A quick read, but well worth your parent's pennies. (12 pages, 1/2 size)

(Attn Foreigners: We'll ship to ya, but we're not doin' bulk/wholesale stuff. Limited quantities. Yarrr....)

It even got a review here. 

Snap one up at the bigcartel here. 

ENUF (Logo Power #1)

My ADIDAS

New Jersey's hardest. Unless you've been camped out under a rock, you know about this band's pedigree. Cool logo here. I can't get behind homeboy's Yankees hat, but great lettering and the barbed-wire effect isn't cheesy.

For the unenlightened: Sucka Mosh

My War Records (Core Core Core #4)

Still on dat My War tip. Also, Insurance Risk's How Much More 7" was a great 90's record that doesn't get acknowledged too much. \m/ ** \m/ 

Free Spirit 2012 Demo (Demo Dogz #5)

Pink-Hand Sandies

Free Spirit doesn't need an introduction, but this demo does. Woah. It's a little teaser for the forthcoming 12" (which promises to be a stomper) and I'm going to say it showcases a bit of a "darker side" for them. 

The vocals are way nastier and burlier (I should know this, but is that Gil singing? It sounds quite a bit different than on other releases) and the drums have Paincave mitts all over them. I get vibes from Alone in a Crowd (mostly in the lyrics) and the mosh bits remind me of Uniform Choice. Why do so many people hate this band again? I don't know. Screaming for Change is perfect.

Dig the artwork too. Pink is punx and so are hand-drawn graphics of fists. The cursive lettering is a cool Straight Ahead homage (maybe?) too. 

Anyway, a really muddy version of "Casting Down" was featured on the Joy Boy Mixtape Vol. III, but this one's a lot cleaner. Opening riff rules and the back and forth vocal trick is clutch. "Control You" has a bit of a funky backbeat with an ironclad mosher, and both "Figure You Out" and "Selfish" showcase great divebombs (and the latter really reminds me of UC's "Scream to Say").

Very excited for the upcoming full-length. These are my favorite songs they've done so far.

Cassettes are only available at the shows, so the journeymen can have their pic, but for those of us not in the city-limits, we can take a samplin' here.

Latin heat (Core Core Core #3)

'Rican Havoc!

Yeah yeah, I nicked this from the New Breed Comp Facebook, but it was too kyut to pass up. I saw Merauder on a reunion in Philly. Couple of notables: My buddy Wiggles (who's now an ultra famous hip hop video director) got knocked out temporarily and peed in his pants a little bit, and there was lots of talk of crack transactions in the alley next to the venue. Kewl.