Posted by Vuk Varicak on September 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Category Music, Reviews · Tags 2012, boston, brooklyn, Demo, floorpunch, gag, Hardcore Punk, LP, mind eraser, new york, no tolerance, nomos, NY, olympia, pollution, Punk, Review, school jerks, shoxx, terminal state, the rival mob, Toronto, toronto hardcore, world war 4
Posted by Vuk Varicak on July 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Follow @hearwax Hoax – 3rd 7” By now, Hoax are pretty notorious for their blackened-weirdo-anthemic hardcore, or whatever you want to call it; probably even more so, for leaving showgoers bloodied after their performances. I’ve always thought that the punk community should be a haven for the freaks and weirdos of society, and this is [...]
Category Music, Reviews · Tags 2012, 7", a mountain far, anasazi, brain fever, calgary, d-beat, dawn of humans, death rock, emoviolence, goth rock, Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, hardware records, hearwax, hoax, kremlin, Music, painkiller recods, post-punk, Punk, Review, Screamo, Toronto, toxic state
Posted by Alec McKay on July 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Follow @hearwax It’s like Jeff Lohrber and Enabler knew just what extreme music needed upon forming in 2009; a band that covered all the bases. The splintering trends in the more niche sects of modern hardcore now sees many bands specializing in their fields while decreasing the scope of technique and ambition in their releases… [...]
Posted by Kyle Pombiere on July 15, 2011 · 1 Comment
Follow @hearwax If you remember, Travis Barker released an album earlier this year called Give the Drummer Some. It was alright. Nothing to write home about. This is kind of like that. Blink-182 hasn’t had a full album for eight years. Their next one, Neighbours, comes out in two months; here is the first single. [...]
Posted by Vuk Varicak on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Follow @hearwax A few weeks ago, Hearwax posted an interview I conducted with Crime In Stereo’s Kristian Hallbert. Amongst other things, he talked about the great deal of time and effort that was invested into their latest, I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone, which didn’t really strike me as anything overly significant at [...]
Posted by Logan Broger on December 21, 2009 · 1 Comment
Follow @hearwax The Armed are currently recording their new EP, and as part of it, are asking for you to download an MP3 and contribute some vocals along with it, in hopes of building the greatest gang vocal of all time. Instead of reiterating everything on their site, how about you just go there instead.
Posted by Logan Broger on September 26, 2009 · 9 Comments
The Armed’s debut full-length – the largely DIY effort These Are Lights – is the surprise of 2009. Not since Trap Them’s Sleepwell Deconstructor has there been a debut so vibrant and promising that the listener foams at the mouth in anticipation of future releases. Not that These Are Lights isn’t tight – it is a staggering amalgamation of punked-out chord progressions, polyrhythms, and off-kilter riffs and drumming – but you can’t help but expect huge things in the future. As a debut, These Are Lights is a light in a rather dark tunnel in its scene. Songs like “Terrordactyl” and “Kingbreaker” are three-minute headsmashers that will make any fan of heavy music happy, while closer “The Great Fatsby” is one of the best songs of the year. Period.
Category Interviews, Music, Reviews · Tags Converge, DEP, Dillinger Escape Plan, Godcity, Hardcore, Interview, Kurt Ballou, Metal, Nine Inch Nails, Option Paralysis, Punk, Review, The Armed, These Are Lights
Posted by Logan Broger on May 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Follow @hearwax Who are you? My name’s Greg Benedetto. I’m one of the members of Stuck in the City. What is Stuck in the City? Stuck in the City is a collective of individuals who work together in various capacities to put on shows in Toronto. We also maintain a website, where we post photos, [...]
