Dead to Fall ““Everything I Touch Falls To Pieces” (Victory Records) Back to the basics with this new record. That’s right, fast paced heavy guitars, deep bass lines, and growling coming from one of the hardcore capitals of the world,…
River City Rebels “No Good, No Time, No Pride” (Victory Records) River City Rebels are one of those bands that will never turn a profit because they’ve got to split the money like six ways. Vocalist Dan O’Day has got…
Snow Dogs “Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies” (Victory Records) Perhaps the only redeeming thing on the Snow Dogs latest album “Deep Cuts, Fast Remendies” is their choice to cover Paul Simons’ song “Boy In The Bubble” in somewhat of a signature punk rock style.…
Somehow Hollow ““Busted Wings & Rusted Halos”” (Victory Records) I’m sorry, this sounds nothing like a Victory band. What happened to the hardcore? I looked at the back of the disk and the first thing I thought was hardcore, but…
A.18 “Foreverafternothing” (Victory Records) Roaring from Southern California, A.18 or AKA Amendment 18 spits true hardcore into your eardrum. The lead singer Isaac Golub explodes with intensity and brutality that really mixes well with the mayhem coming out of Tom…
Freya “As The Light Drains” (Victory Records) Being a big Earth Crisis fan before the group split a few years back, it was with great anticipation that I awaited ex-EC throat Karl Buechner’s return. It’s been a while since I’ve…
Silverstein “When Broken Is Easily Fixed” (Victory Records) Holy shit the singer’s voice sounds painful. It sound like one of those fucking dogs that got its voice box cut out so you can’t hear it bark except this guy can…
Waterdown “The Files You Have On Me”” (Victory Records) Fuck yeah! This is the kind of shit I’ve come to expect from Victory, head banging jams that make you want to jump out of a car at 50 miles an…
Spitalfield “Remember Right Now” (Victory Records) Emo is dead. Or at least I wish that it was. No longer are the bands singing of sad stories laid behind a curtain of dreary guitars and tired drums. Goodbye to all the…
Streetlight Manifesto “Everything Goes Numb” (Victory Records) Hope your ready to skank it up, because Streetlight Manifesto is here to put band patches back onto your cardigans. Ska-punks are going to have a fuckin’ field day with this record. I…