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Ceremony – Still, Nothing Moves You

Aug10
2008 Leave a Comment Written by J-Sin

Having been lauded by Alternative Press as one of the “100 Bands You Need to Know in 2008”, Ceremony is one of the most critically applauded fast-paced aggressive acts out there. Loud and abrasive un-melodic hooks engage the listener with fierce punk attitude ladled into a blazing fire pit of hardcore and adrenaline. Formed in 2005, Ceremony worked their tails off in the Bay Area punk scene finally reaching some notoriety with their bastion of a CD EP entitled “Violence Violence” which was dubbed an instant hardcore classic. Named in honor of Ian Curtis, Ceremony is a band you can’t miss out on if you consider yourself a true fan of anything hardcore or punk.

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Johnny Foreigner – Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light

Aug09
2008 Leave a Comment Written by J-Sin


Indie dancey punk gouges out eyeballs amid guy and girl vocals that explode with intensity. Energetic hooks with fantastic synth and frenetic guitar stabs are just part of the assault off of Johnny Foreigner’s debut album finally available stateside. Hailing from Birmingham U.K., the trio has been making waves among indie circles in the know. Chaotic choruses that are true barn burners have hoisted this group to the forefront of critical praise lately. Recorded with Machine (Fall Out Boy, Armor For Sleep), “Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light” is out in October on Nettwerk Records. Check it out.

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The May Fire – The List

Jul04
2008 Leave a Comment Written by J-Sin

Oh wow this is some pretty hideous singing. While I am an admitted hater of the garage rock sound, I have been doing this long enough to spot talent. The May Fire has very few chops, very little creativity, and yawns their way into each chorus. Singer Catty Tasso is a breathy singer who wants to conjure Kim Deal real bad (nothing on “The List” would even be a b-side of the lesser Deal twin’s Breeders, let alone anything the mighty Pixies did), but falls real damn short. The best part of this album, which is the final part of a trilogy of self-released EPs, is that it ends after twenty some aggravating minutes. Leaves a bad taste in your mouth because despite its raunchiness it can create an ear worm or two. Boo!

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Static Radio NJ – An Evening of Bad Decisions

Jun22
2008 4 Comments Written by J-Sin

New Brunswick, New Jersey has become the home base of several good hardcore and punk acts in the last decade or so. Some have even made it out of the local scene to go on to bigger and better (depends on your perspective of course) things, that Ronen Kaufman wrote about in his memoir, “New Brunswick, New Jersey Goodbye: Bands, Dirty Basements, and the Search“. Static Radio NJ follows in the footsteps of fellow Jersey natives Lifetime with their sophomore and slightly longer follow-up to their well-received debut “One for the Good Guys”. Unfortunately they may be trying to be too hard to play the sentry role to Lifetime, following so closely in their footsteps they’re just mirroring them. Melodic hardcore punk can be amazing when it has an ounce of originality in it. This is mediocrity and makes one cringe with copyright violations well in mind.

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