We need to rebuild a sense of community

 

I really suck at buying records sometimes. I had definitely seen verse and they had this at the merch table and like a moron I didnt buy it.  Of course this was before i really bought vinyl, but still. Anyway, years later now i have a First press of Rebuild on gold out of 823. Rivalry did a great job with this, particularly the vinyl, its not some flimsy garbage but nice and heavy. 

 

Another awesome thing is the lyric sheet, one side lyrics, the other side big ass tour poster. Of course since its got the lyrics on it i cant use it as a poster but still cool. 

Both your faces have green eyes

 Another record that took me too long to own. I never actually got to see Righteous Jams, but i've listened to them enough where I had no reason not to own this LP. At least now i own it. Second press on Gold vinyl out of 1000 on lockin out Records.  I usually like to own first press's but at this point i just didnt care what pressing it was, I just had to have it.

  

Here's the back cover on the left and one side of the insert on the right. Look how ripped Joey C was. When i saw the Invasion reunion at few years ago he was skinny and not ripped. Thats what moving to brooklyn and trying to become a model/hipster will do to you. I wonder if he could even do the 100 pushups that he talked about in that town of hardcore interview anymore. 

T & S

 

Ah Tegan and Sara!  Something different now and again is a good thing and T&S embodies that fully. Ive been into them for a while now and pretty much love all of their back catalog.  But i didnt find myself getting that exited for this LP's release. Maybe because the new single Closer annoys me. This record isnt bad by any means, But they are definitly going for more of a dancy/electronica/whatever feel.  Its a bit of a step in a different direction for T&S.  It still has the indie elements that they do so well, but its not what they were. I guess we cant expect everything to stay the same forever. 

Reason to believe

 

So my interest in this band came purely from reading about them on other blogs.  I was so excited to hear them and i found a 2nd press of the next door on ebay for ten bucks and grabbed it. After spinning it i found i wasnt really impressed but maybe its one of those records i need to listen to a bunch before i like it.  Weird this about this record is that someone wrote their social security number on the vinyl label(i covered part of it).   What in the world would possess someone to put that number on anything that they werent going to keep?  People are dumb.

Mob justice

 

Easily one of the most anticipated LP's of the year and Rival Mob's debut record on REVELATION mob justice!  From start to finish this album is awesome. I really didnt pay attention to the mob after Raw Life came out.  Hardcore for Hardcore kinda bored me but this record has brought me back around. Whatever colors this is i know its limited to 400 and apparently already goin on ebay for 40ish bucks. Guess i'm lucky to have grabbed it in the preorder.  Rev did a great job with this record.  The sleeve is just a little bit wider making it super easy to slide the record in and out of it.  Im not sure if other people get frustrated when you cant get the damn lp back in the sleeve but i do.  And that doesnt happen with this record.

Naked Aggression

 

Yo so Naked Aggression is a punk band I used to listen to in highschool.  I thought they were fucking sick but haven't listened to them at all since highschool. Fast forward 8 years later and im in academy records and i stumble upon the Gut Wringing Machine lp.  I immediately get excited because of nostalgia and the fact that i had no idea it was on vinyl.  This was a no brainer for me and i purchased it instantly, not even worrying about whether or not i would even still like the band/record.  Well, I listened to it and the record has aged well and it is still a killer punk record. 

Die Young - The Message

 

I never really paid much attention to Die Young when they were active. I dont know why as they have all the things that i love: the 90s hardcore sound, straightedge and vegan.  After spinning this a bunch i have to say that its fucking awesome. So heavy and so angry and just makes you want to move. As best as i can understand, This is die young's last lp.  This has a ill screenprinted cover and on gold is limited to 100.  But whats really sick is the booklet. Its got stories from all the band members, a complete show listing and full pressing info! After checking out the show listing, I found out they only played my area once, no wonder i never got into them.

Crowbar

 

So I only recently got into Crowbar.  I have to say this might be the heaviest record ive ever heard. Devastating.  I was recently browsing the internet and stumbled upon a link to order this record.  Apparently it had never been pressed onto vinyl til now.  So of course being able to grab a copy was exciting and i went for. Out of 100 on Swamp Green

Title fight

 

Im sure there are a ton of title fight posts on the blog sphere about this record.  I dont know what it is but this band literally blew the fuck up. I had ignored them for a long time after kingston came out. I dont know what it was but i kinda just wrote them off. Talking to my friend Keith at a Blue Scholars show a month back he explained to me that the band really matured and that i would probably like them now. I always trust his reccomendations so i downloaded Floral Green and yep, i like it. I Knew i was too late to get a copy on color vinyl, so i settled for the regular black press which i purchased from Generation. 

 

Pretty cool, this LP has a heavy dude sleeve that slides up to reveal a gatefold lp with lyrics printed on the inside. One of the more creative packagings i've seen.  

 

Fights at hardcore shows are inevitable, Everyone is already angry, just one thing can set it off, pun intended. One of the bigger fights ive seen was actually at a title fight show out east. This was before anything was out besides Kingston. Title Fight was on and it was a very small bar that did not allow any kind of crowd climbing.  Being the connection TF has with LI, everyone was going nuts and of course climbing.  I believe one of the security guards grabbed someone in dog pound by the neck and tried to pull him out the side door. This led to a ton of people fighting with the security guards.  Someone threw one of those plastic outdoor chairs at the guard and there were definlitly people crowd climbing to get to the fight.  Unfortnatley that ended the show and Cold World did not get to play. 

Nothing in Vain

So a few weeks ago I decided that my indecision collection is not complete without the MPB recordings with tom singing. This means i need the demo and all variations of Nothing in Vain. I set off to begin. I found a copy of nothing in vain on white/black/grey splatter on ebay and bought it.  The seller was from europe so i had to pay like 10 bucks in shipping. A week or two later I was in Academy records in brook and low and behold, there was a copy of the same record, for the same amount i had won it on ebay.  I subsequently bought that too, knowing full well I had one coming in the mail already.  I dont know what possessed me to buy a 2nd copy, ive spent a lot of money on records but this was clearly the most pointless purchase ive done. Regardless, Nothing in Vain rips.

 

Above: copy secured from Academy.

Below: copy secured from ebay. 

First record of 2013!

So i wanted to take a break from catching up from my 2012 pickups to introduce the 1st record i got in 2013.  This is both the first record i purchased in 2013 and the first record to come in the mail. 

This is a Compilation that came out sometime in the mid 2000's.  Its got Holding on, Close call, My luck,  Die hard youth and What feeds the fire on it.  But the main/only reason I'm interested in this record is because Kill Your Idols is on it. Therefore, I must collect it. I've only got like 2 other colors of this besides the test now, and i believe there are four colors total.  Ive never put much effort into completing this one, but maybe I should since now i have a test press. Pressing info on this is unknown.