By a Thread

 

Well, here we have an under appreciated Revelation record. By a Thread's the last of the daydreams. This is on white vinyl limited to 226.  There are no other colors for this record, or presses. Just 226 on white. Pretty limited and im not sure why Rev did that but who cares. I saw this on the back wall at generation and asked the guy to pull it down for me. First he thought i said "minor threat" when i said "by a thread".  Then of course the lp was all the way in the back and up high behind the cd stacks so he had to get a ladder. No worries though he didnt fall. And i got this great emo lp.  

Hollow Earth

So i developed a new system for adding records to this blog. Now when I get them I take the picture on my phone right from the blogger app, then I save the post for when I actually feel like writing it.  This saves me from having to keep records organized into records that need pictures taken of them for the blog, records that i have pictures of and just need to upload the picture from photobucket to blogger, and new records. Unfortunately this has led me to have a huge backlog of saved posts of just pictures of records.  

 

Hollow Earth's We are not Humanity came out like mid 2012 i think. I got it in the fall, spun it a bunch and thought it ruled. Totally that 90''s hardcore style that i love. I think the current singer for shai hulud sings for this band and this band is easily better than current shai hulud.  They were really making some people take notice right when the lp dropped, they even played NYC a few times(both i bitched out on), but since then I havent really heard anything from them.  Hopefully they tour again but who knows.  Regardless, this record is awesome. I grabbed this from Generation months after it came out and somehow they had the blood red version which is limited to 75. Sick

Propagandhi

 

Chris hanna never looks happy in any picture he is in.  And i dont think that its like he's posing to be all hard and shit. I just think he is legitamately angry at everything.  Hence leading to very mad and very sarcastic lyrics, as such has been the theme of Propagandhi.  Failed states is their newest lp and while its not my favorite propagandhi lp yet, its fucking killer. Im an idiot and they played the city back in October and I bitched out and didnt go. Well, that made me miss out on Capital also playing(which i had no idea was happening) and John Joseph coming on stage and signing a Cro-Mags cover w/ Propagandhi. I must stop bitching out on shows.  

Xibalba

 

At first i fucking hated this band. Fucking Xibalba what the fuck kind of name is that? But then I heard the song "Cold" and that opinion changed. Holy shit that song is heavy as fuck as well as the rest of Hasta la Muerte.  This came out on Southern Lord records last year, black double lp limited to 1000(not that limited). The label did a great job with the packaging, the gate fold and the heavy duty lps.  I love how they included black dust sleeves, kept the dark theme of the record going throughtout.  Oh and did i mention that this record is heavy as fuck? Oh yea i did.  

Culture

   

Yo I love 90s hardcore. Culture fully embodies 90's hardcore. So i love culture.  They just recently played down in Miami for some minifest or something.  To Coincide with that show ghetto josh records put out this lp of demos and shit.  There's 2 different covers, this one which is the screenprinted smokestack cover and another with like starving children on it. Both are limited to 150 and this one is #80.

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Rival schools

 

Im gonna flat out say it, I love everything Walter Schriefels creates.  The man cannot make bad music, end of story.  For whatever reason i didnt preorder rival shools "pedals" when it was coming out. This led me to not buying for a long ass time after it was released. I had even seen rival school post release and still didnt buy it. I think the fact that the damn thing cost like $30 is what stopped me. But on a recent trip to generation i was feeling ignorant about spending money so here it is. Rival Schools on 180 gram awesomeness.  Now i just need to get the United By Fate LP when im feeling ignorant enough to drop $60.  

Memorial

 

Out of the Ashes of Renee Heartfelt came Memorial.  Equally awesome as the former. I missed the boat on both bands of course and I never get to see them play live now.  I ordered this LP along w/ the Basement Preorder from Run For cover.  Not as good as The Creative Process/Berlin but it is still really friggin good. 

Hope Con

 

I am sad that i have never seen the Hope Conspiracy.  All their records are fucking awesome and I can only image how awesome they must be live. This is their most recent record thats not really all that recent anymore. Perfect mid-2000's hardcore when it wasn't just about moshing hard but it was about emotion too.  I think i read something about them making a new record or touring soon, but I cant remember exactly. But i do know i need to pick up all their prior material on vinyl. 

Bouncing Souls

Yo this is the new Bouncing Souls record called comet. I love the souls. I have had some great times of my life that I can attribute to this band.  I had taken a picture of the front cover of this lp, but it didnt upload correctly and im too fucking lazy right now to retake it. This is inside the gatefold and its fucking awesome.  Overall this lp is pretty good, but it has to have THE WORST song the souls have ever written on it, called "we love fun".  Seriously? The lyrics are so fucking dumb and the song is just too corny and obvious.  I mean you guys are the fucking bouncing souls, we know you love fun. No need to hurt my ears with a lame ass song about it. goddamn. 

War All The Time

 

Thursday is one of the first 2 bands that I first started listening to when i got into "alternative" music. It was them and Taking Back Sunday that opened the doors for me.  Ill never forget the first Thursday show i went to, as it was my first real show ever and TBS also played. It was in january 2002 at the Sahara (rip) in Syosset on Long Island.  The whole show was such a blur but I remember it being amazing and I was immediately hooked.  Anyway, I've followed thursday's material and pretty much loved everything.  I slept on buying a copy of War all the Time when it came on out Vinyl, but a recent trip to hot topic in november(not that recent i guess) led me to buy the Hot Topic exclusive color of it. 

RIP Thursday.

Destined for anything!

 

This fucking record took me so long to get its stupid.  I've seen LLT a couple times, once when all they had out was Destined for Anything and then maybe 2 more times after Runaways came out.  I dunno why but i was never that into them, I had the cd of this record and i had the LP of runaways but i never game them much attention.  Well a few years after they broke up I revisted DFA and i fell in love with it.  Its so hard but yet so emotional at the same time.  The first song has me moshing in my room every time.  After the revistitation i decided i needed the LP.  This proved difficult as no one had it on their HYE lists and it wasnt popping up on ebay.  Finally after maybe a year or so It finally popped up and i forgot to fucking bid! Then a few months later this one popped up. I wasnt missing it so i set a bid and waited.  The seller only posted a picture of the cover with no pic of the lp and no color description.  So it ended pretty low and I won it.  Super happy.  

ENOUGH

 

I think i first heard about this band on the B9 board. Someone had posted a link to their demo or something of that nature and I checked it out.  I dont remember my feelings on it at the time, and promptly forgot about the band.  Moving along I kept reading about them in Mike's blog and how awesome they were.  Well after he posted about them a third time i finally decided to check them out and i ordered the LP from Rev. I definitly fucked up by not getting this lp sooner.  Its fucking awesome straightedge hardcore.  They arent really doing anything different, but they are just doing it so well.  I can see myself spinning this one for a while.

Basement*

I have no idea how i got into basement. I honestly dont remeber what it was that made me check out this band. I didnt even listen to them til right about when this LP came out.  Which after hearing i Immediatley ordered from Run For Cover.  And of course wouldn't you know it, they were breaking up with the release of this record.   The worst part is they've played long island a few times and ive either not gone or not watched them.  Sucks because i absolutely love this record. It comes with a huge ass poster too.  But since i dont really put posters up its staying in the lp sleeve. Mustard of 500

RATM XX

 

Goddamn i cant remember the last time i bought a record/cd that had a parental advisory sticker on it.  I used to think i was such a badass when i was in middle school and i bought a cd with one on it. Now that never happens.  Whats the special occasion for this sticker? Well its the Rage Against the Machine 20th anniversary issue of the s/t LP.  See the burning monk? YUP. Gotta love rage.  This is a band that i definitely ignored for many years, I'm working on fixing that right now. 

MLIW mess up

 

Last month Joe at Lifeline records made a store where he was just selling OOP and limited Lifeline stuff. I got super excited since i had been trying to pick up some modern life is war stuff and i saw a great opportunity.  Im not trying to collect the band by any means, but i just wanted to get my hands on 1st press copies of all their materials.  Its kinda silly that i didnt have that stuff since I got to see MLIW plenty of times while they were around and had the 1st pressings with them.  Anyway i went to buy a copy of My Love My Way on clear, and i guess at somepoint i either misread or clicked the wrong link, because when i got the record, I had my 2nd copy of Witness. Im not that bummed by it, since this is still limited to 150 and the blue witness i already had was limited to 1000.  Still need to get MLMW though!

Chain

 

So i feel like this is going to be a really obligatory blog post. But whatever. Everyone has been picking up the represses of the one thing that still holds true. The more i kept reading them the more it made me want to pick it up. I was never really that into chain but i figured what the hell.  So i saw it in generation last month and went for it.  Turns out i really like chain and have been spinning this multiple time a week since i got it. I think clear is the 4th press. Not really sure though.

New lows

I first saw new lows just after they put out the demo. They were on a tour with downhill fast. I caught the tour at a bar called Rembrandts 5 minutes from my house. There were maybe 15 people at that show. I actually ended up liking downhill fast more at the time. Since then they have dropped off the face of the world. But new lows still remain, and are one of the heaviest bands out. I've been meaning to pick up harvest of the carcass for a while and finally did at generation last month.  Killer lp. Can't wait to see them in May on long island.