Lists & Guides

I’ve always found the label “old-school hardcore” a bit ambiguous, generally describing any band whose songs draw on early ’80s sound and attitude. Over the past few years, plenty of groups…

Three months into the new year, and the outlook isn’t exactly rosy. As I find a moment to write this, a terrorist apartheid state has violated a ceasefire to demolish more homes and kill…

Last year we reviewed more hardcore punk releases than any year before, setting a high mark not only for the number of features, but also for the highest traffic and time spent on our site.…

At the beginning of 2024, I was lucky enough to become a regular contributor to the online publication Cvlt Nation, who gave me full creative freedom with my features. I began a series…

Another year, another “Best Of” list. As always, it’s incredibly tough to trim everything down to the top 10 releases of the year. In the end, I couldn’t resist adding a few extra releases…

What a time to be alive… if you’re lucky. We’re living in an era where our social and political climate makes the time of Reagan/Thatcher, Watergate and everything politically disastrous…