#Atlanta hardcore punk

[sethhulsey]

Physique from Olympia, nag chloride and whiphouse are locals !

Flier: Ross Adams !

[doyoulikethisemoband]

[felopunk]

Nurse - S/T 2023

[adamparrishdyke]

i dont have any fandomy hyperfixations at the moment so i just watch documentaries and like. learn. getting lamer and having fun

[bestfuckinmusic]

A.M.Q.A. - Mutant Cats From Hell - 1988

Atlanta crossover/hardcore from the 80s. Never been sure about what AMQA stood for though!

[sethhulsey]

I didn’t book this but you should go.

[walkinclosetrecords]

Splooge - Heavier Than Heaven (WIC049)

Genre: Crust Punk/Sludge Metal Location: Atlanta, Georgia Released October 4th, 2022

https://walkinclosetrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heavier-than-heaven

[punkrockhistory]

Fugazi perform 'Waiting Room' at the Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, March 29, 1996.

Photo by Molly Stevens

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory

[randomvarious]

Terminus City - "Landlord Bastard" The East Coast of Oi! 1999 Oi! Punk

Plays: 2.2K+ on Spotify // 300+ on YouTube

If you've been following me for over a year now, you probably know that a big component of this blog at one point was to present songs by mostly obscure acts that I felt were deserving of much more love and attention than they'd ever received. I've said it many times before and I'll say it again here: one major goal of this blog is to dig up all this slept-on shit and ultimately, little by little, piece together a thorough and mostly untold and unknown history of music.

And I think various artist compilations and DJ mixes are a pretty neat avenue for accomplishing that goal. They can be retrospective and present the big, era-defining hits; they can be samplers that show the best of what a label has to offer; and most importantly, they can be ephemerally contemporaneous and provide a snapshot of what a certain slice of music was like during a highly specific period of time. Those latter ones seem to capture those raw, authentic, and pure little moments of history like nothing else out there really can and it's those types of compilations and DJ mixes that I tend to derive the most joy out of.

The simple fact of the matter is that almost all music is ephemeral and also cloistered. It stays in its scene and it gets some brief play within that scene and then it just pretty much vanishes into thin air, never to really be thought of again. But of course, it doesn't actually vanish; it just sits there on dust-collecting vinyl, tapes, CDs, 8-tracks, hard drives, and iPods that haven't been touched in years and it also hides in the dark corners of YouTube and streaming services, almost totally ignored by ~[<{the algorithm}>]~.

So, here I am, like the guy at the beach with his trusty metal detector in hand, recognizing the fact that there's all this cool, decades-old shit just laying out there that's barely ever been exposed to the masses, just wanting someone to get the same level of pleasure from it like I have.

I love so much music, I love discovering all these little gems, and I love showing them to other people. And now I'm happy to say that I'm gonna be writing about individual songs once again. I'm gonna be providing you with killer tunes that you've more than likely never heard before by acts you've more than likely never heard of, and I'm going to give you their backstories and provide their proper context. Simply put, this shit deserves to be more known than it currently is and you should know how it all fits into this vast, woven quilt of music history.

So, without further ado, let's fuckin' go, shall we?

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Today's song post is about landlords. We sure do hate 'em, don't we folks? We fork over a hefty portion of our paycheck every month to them just to keep a roof over our heads (that's fucked up, isn't it?) and then they do little to nothing in return to make that payment ever seem worth it. They're never there when you need them when something needs fixing, so what's the point of them in the first place? Why do we let them get away with all the scummy, underhanded shit that they pull? Hey, someone should write a song about these bastards!

Well, here's a group that did just that. Introducing a relatively short-lived punk band from Atlanta called Terminus City. Critic Mesquita Borges provides some background on 'em:

Assembled in 1998, Atlanta-based Terminus City endowed frenzied conceptions of hardcore punk, taking on Oi! style's most dashing heritage. Associating pushy guitar sets with raging vocals, the squad crushed the local punk rock scene and quickly began to be named along with the best Oi!-styled teams. Formed by Frank (vocals), Guillermo (guitar), Wes (bass), and Chris [drums], the band started off by playing a series of concerts in the Atlanta area, being the opening act for bands such as Patriot or the Dropkick Murphys. Recording a series of singles and appearing at the Arizona Street Punk Festival in 1999, Terminus City gradually began to congregate a respectable fan base. During late 1999, the crew recorded what turned out to be their debut full-length, Justice Isn't Always Fair, which hit the record stores in 2000.

So, '99 is when Terminus City made their first releases, which consisted of a 7-inch of their own, plus three other 7-inches that they split with other bands. And in addition to those releases, they also ended up contributing a pair of exclusives to two different compilations that year as well: "You Shook Me All Night Long" for Oi Oi - A Tribute to AC/DC and "Landlord Bastard" for The East Coast of Oi!

Now, oi! as a genre has something of a checkered past. It's a working-class kind of punk rock, but it's had some strains of fascism, white nationalism, and reactionary politics within its ranks. And you'll even find some of that grossness on the East Coast of Oi! comp itself, with a song like "Welfare Case" by Squiggy. That's a song I'll never write praiseworthy things about, and, by the way, Squiggy, didn't Clinton pretty much obliterate welfare by the time you'd released your dumb song anyway? Find a fresher shitty thing to write about!

Anyway, I don't know the full discography of Terminus City, but if "Landlord Bastard" is any indication, then it doesn't seem like these guys fell into that bad strain of oi!. Landlords are typically an enemy to working class politics, so I don't think you'd find a right-wing band lamenting about them. But I guess I could be wrong 🤷‍♂️.

Anyway, it's never *just* the message that'll get me to love a song; the music itself's gotta be good too, of course. And Guillermo's guitar tone as well as the main squealing riff that he sports with it throughout the verses on this song are both nothing short of spectacular; pretty simple in execution, but also catchy as hell, and serving as a nice contrast to both Wes' deep, accompanying bassline and Frank's gravelly vocals too. Blast it in front of your landlord and if they give you any guff about it, then crank it up a notch with this classic from The Coup (YouTube) 😈.

Also, if you like this song, I included it on this broad 90s punk playlist that consists only of tunes that I’ve come across by way of compilations. And it’s also on YouTube and YouTube Music, with a few more added bonus tracks that aren’t on Spotify. 

Feels really good to be fully back ☺!

[cuartoretorno]

Jueves: 09/05/24

Buenas tardes camaradas como les va hasta ahora en la semana? todo bien? yo como de costumbre sigo en casa tranquilo hablando con el Equipo Corporativo! de hecho Pavel y Andre están en el Castillo (San isidro) de Anfitriones con algunas invitadas de mi círculo Amical! espero que todo esté como de costumbre Equipo en Orden!

Hoy mi Ra abat está de Regreso de Canadá ayer plan de la tarde salieron de viaje en dirección a la Ciudad de Atlanta para visitar Mis Negocios (Showroom Gibson y Fender) de hecho su anfitrión en este viaje Relámpago fue Dallas un viejo amigo de la ciudad! bueno al parecer las chicas ya están de regreso ahora en la noche así que ya me contaran como les fue!

Por lo pronto no hay más que contar! seguimos con la agenda de la semana así que nada! veremos qué nos depara el viernes o sábado para ver si sale algo con mis Bros de la Escena Hardcore Punk en el Casco Viejo!

Cualquier cosa no olviden que sigo pendiente de todo como de costumbre desde casa! abrigence mis amores ya hace frío, hay brisa pero la noche es gélida! descansen y si van a organizar algo Coordinen con el Equipo y me confirman! nos vemos mas tarde hablamos See You! Buenas noches!

[brasilcalling]

Bahian band Lasso releases EP and tours the US

One of the most relevant bands in the Bahian hardcore punk scene, Lasso is releasing its third EP as well as heading off for an extensive tour across the United States – 18 shows in 18 cities, including New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Cleveland. The new work, Ordem Imaginada, an EP with 7 songs, was released in April by two labels, Sorry State Records (from the USA) and Static Shock…

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FILE UNDER: POST-HARDCORE, NOISE ROCK, SLUDGE/DOOM, SLUDGE PUNK, CRUSTGRIND/ DOOM METAL, ETC...

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a gig/show flyer design for band's -(16)-, GRIEF, SEVEN FOOT SPLEEN, DAMAD (Savannah, GA sludge metal/punk), & SOCIAL INFESTATION (Atlanta crustgrind/ DOOM), performing live at the C-11, on Monday October 5, c. mid to late '90s, c. 1996-'97.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3444976962129865943.

[screamingforyears]

IN A MINUTE:

A POST_PUNK EXPRESS… // @lunacylunacylunacy is here w/ “UNIVERSAL PRESSURE,” the second single/title -track from their forthcoming EP (5/26 @dedstrangerecords) & it finds Pennsylvania-based noisenik bringing the “deep electronic cuts that shake & rattle with power” ethos across 4 mins of blownout hell_scaping. “PEACH FUZZ” is the latest single from @mandyindiana’s forthcoming LP titled ‘i’ve seen a way’ (5/19 @firetalkrecs) & it finds the Manchester-based quartet of Valentine Caulfield (vocals), Scott Fair (guitar), Simon Catling (synth) & Alex Macdougall (drums) soundtracking your next industrialized rave_up. @pardoner.band are here w/ “ARE YOU FREE TONIGHT?,” the lead single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘Peace Loving People’ (6/23 @barnonerecords) & it finds the SF-based quartet of Max Freeland (guitar/vox), River Van Den Berghe (drums), Trey Flanigan (guitar/vox) & Colin Burris (bass) bringing their brashly subdued & post_punked SlackerRawk. “BIG MAN” is the lead single from @spy.worldwide’s debut LP titled ‘Satisfaction’ (6/2 @triplebrecords) & it finds the BAY AREA HARDCORE PUNKs charging straight out the gate w/ a face pummeled ferocity before pumping the brakes w/ a deliciously sludge’d final-third push. @vessel.atl are here w/ a new standalone single titled “TELEPHONE” (@doublephantom) & it finds the Atlanta-based quartet of Alex Tuisku (drums/vox), Keron Robinson (guitar), Dan Pulido (bass) & Isaac Bishop (sax/vox) bringing that NYC PostPunk vibe across a 1:51 clip of bookishly skronk’d NuWave. “BE STILL” is the latest single from VULTURE FEATHER’s forthcoming debut LP titled ‘Liminal Fields’ (6/2 @felte_label) & it finds the Hayfork-based trio of Colin McCann (vocals/guitar), Brian Gossman (bass) & Eric Fiscus (drums) bringing a rangy bout of art_rawking PostPunk.

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TUNES ARE STREAMING BELOW...

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[punkrockhistory]

Fugazi perform 'Waiting Room' at the Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, March 29, 1996. Photo by Molly Stevens

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory

[theindyreview]

Album Review: New Junk City - Beg a Promise

#AlbumReview: @NewJunkCityATL - Beg a Promise Spirited, heartfelt punk rock packing the kind of melodies that are equally joyful and wistfully nostalgic @AFrecordsPGH @part_time_pr #newmusic #review #punk #poppunk #rock #alternative #NewJunkCity

Armed with the kind of melodic pop hooks and timeless narratives that summon up whisks of nostalgia, New Junk City‘s latest album Beg a Promise is the kind of punk record that will become a best friend for road trips, night-out after parties, and cathartic hours of contemplation. The Atlanta group should expect to gain the type of hardcore followers that groups like The Gaslight Anthem and The…

[draconcopede]

One of A kind