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The title track from the latest single by Ottawa’s ZEX.

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Brutal vegan-as-fuck crust from the UK.

Making animal rights a punk issue again!

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From “Discharged”,  one of the finest tribute records on record.

Extreme Noise Terror annihilates a classic!

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A track from the only release (as far as I know) by Martin Crudos’ band Needles. Excellent fast hardcore, as you would expect from Martin.

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It’s so rare to hear state-Communism called out in modern punk rock*, even though it can be as destructive as fascism. Aside from Black Kronstadt (in their name, mostly), Iskra, World Burns to Death, and a few others, there are very few bands or songs that attack statist leftism.

Back when Defiance was still a band worth listening to, they did a song about state socialism on their “No Future No Hope”. And here it is.

*I should point out that when I say “punk rock”, I’m referring to bands that fall in the “left of left”/”radical left”/”anarchopunk”/etc circles. There are plenty of right wing/conservative/fascist “punk” bands who Rock Against Communism. However, these ideologies are the furthest thing from PUNK. Punk is liberation, fascism is the polar opposite. Punk is freedom, and right wing ideologies are oppressive as fuck. I hope this goes without saying, but right wing “punk” is “punk” in name only. Fuck them.

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Iowaska were a weird psychedelic peace punk band from the UK who existed in the late 90s/early 2000s. One of my favorite weird bands around. Unfortunately they no longer exist due to some horrible circumstances.

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Portland’s Harum Scarum performing in Slovenia in 2000 or so. Good audio quality for a squat show

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Severed Head of State were one of the finest “crust supergroups” around, featuring members of World Burns to Death, Resist, Tragedy, etc.

From their best album, as far as I’m concerned.

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The Generatorz.

A little-known lady-fronted Montreal punk band from the late 90s. Fun, simple punk.

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Good, dark anarchopunk.

1981. Fuck yeah.

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Cleveland Bound Death Sentence fucking rule. For fans of Dillinger 4, Crimpshrine, Pinhead Gunpowder... and really, anything to do with Aaron Cometbus.

Claude bless ‘em

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Bullshit!

Bullshit!

Fucking Bullshit!

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From the second LP by Austin’s World Burns To Death

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One of the few songs to directly call out the anti-woman agenda of the 90s fundamentalist supergroup The Promise Keepers.

As always, Aus-Rotten fucking nailed it.

Guest vocals by Adrienne Droogas of Spitboy fame

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Ballast are a band I would have loved to see.

Mid-00′s melodic anarchopunk from Montreal

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One of Calgary’s finest bands ever.

We miss them very much.

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Avskum.

They fucking rule.