Follow @hearwax So, twenty one years (and then some) later and it’s finally out. The speculation for this record raised many questions, all of which Kevin Shields recently answered in the most direct way imaginable – by actually releasing it, via mybloodyvalentine.org, where it’s still available for purchase. The fact that it was even released [...]
Follow @hearwax Hyperbole aside, 2012 may have been the best year music has ever had. The envelope was pushed, welcome new trends started, and most of all, narrowing it down to ten albums was near impossible. But I managed, and as a result, have come up with the following list. Feel free to tell me [...]
Follow @hearwax Last Monday, after rehearsing some new material, my bandmates and I started discussing possibilities for our new band name. What word – or combination of words – would be a perfect descriptor of our music? We gave examples of our favourite names: Cursed, Baring Teeth, and New Lows came to mind first. Gaza, on the other hand, [...]
Follow @hearwax School Jerks – LP To say that 2012 has been a good year for Toronto hardcore would be a massive understatement, as it’s almost surreal how much has happened in so little time. You’ve got new records from Column Of Heaven, Direct Approach, Kremlin, Purity Control, and Total Trash, debuts from Violent Future [...]
Follow @hearwax Solace and Stable return with an intelligent and often intricate second LP; The Systematic Erosion of Integrity – Which shouldn’t be much a surprise… Much of what works here also worked to great effect on 2009′s Adaptation and the Seclusive Remedy (a debut well respected around these parts). This is riff-driven melodic death [...]