Fucked Up

June brings us the release of the second part of Fucked Up's "Grass Can Moves Stones" with "Year of the Monkey."  Combined with last year's "Year of the Goat" and the later to be released "Year of the Rooster," this whole project is looking to be the band's magnum opus, an absolutely epic concept album.  Check out the massive "Looking for Heaven and Not Finding It" below, pre-order the download here from the band, and keep looking here at Tankcrimes for the impending physical release (March 24th).

Chat Pile

Oklahoma hardcore punk/black metal/screamo band hybrid dropped a new 7" on Friday that i missed out on whilst working all weekend.  The A-side is a beast and the B-side is a cover of an old Nirvana song.  Check out both "Masks" and the "Sifting" cover below and download them here from Sub Pop (the vinyl is already sold out).

Giallo

There's a lot of horrible shit going on in Minneapolis and the surrounding area right now.  It's only right that some appropriately pissed off music is coming out of the city as well.  Check out the latest from hardcore punk band Giallo from their upcoming new album "Tenebrarum."  Listen to "Sleepwalking" below and pre-order the record here from the Convulse Records.

Slut Intent

Bang your heads with me to some raucous hardcore punk from from Minneapolis band Slut Intent.  The ladies dropped new album "Slutworld" on January 1st, and it's a loud and aggressive burst of energy.  Check out album opening "Peppa Pig" below and download the album here.

Converge

Long running Boston hardcore and metal band Converge are back next year with new album "Love Is Not Enough."  Dig on the thrash metal-tinged banger title track below and pre-order the LP here from Epitaph.

Fucked Up

I don't know if i've ever come across a band that's quite as ambitious as Fucked Up is.  The Canadian hardcore punk group has been pushing and pulling its sound in a million different directions for well over 20 years now, with their ongoing Zodiac series being a perfect example.  That series of releases began in 2006 and will be culminating with the final three installments over the next year, ending on the 20th anniversary.  Said installments will serve as basically one giant opera of sorts called "Grass Can Move Stones."  The first segment is "Year of the Goat," and the opening epic "Long Ago Gardens" is phenomenal.  Listen below, and keep an eye on Tankcrimes Records over the next 12 months for the vinyl releases.

Pyrex

And now for some good, old fashioned noisy hardcore punk from New York trio Pyrex.  Listen to the blistering "Slugman" below and get the "Slugman" 7" here from La Vida Es Un Discos.  Good night everybody.

Record Setter

Get your eardrums ready for new noise from Denton, Texas based hardcore punk band Record Setter.  The group's blend of screamo and punk is always good for thrashing around a bit, and new tune "Peace in a Memory" wails.  Check it out below and pre-order the "Evoke Invoke" EP here.

Fucked Up

It's going to be a good day.  We got new music from Fucked Up.  "Disabuse" was written by Fucked Up main growler Damian Abraham for his daughter after she experienced some bullying.  It rips.  Listen below and pre-order the 7" here from the band and Sub Pop with your choice of album art.

Daily Jam - Words Come Back (Piano)

One of the artists i've been fortunate enough to discover this year is '80s Maryland hardcore punk and proto-emo band The Hated.  Much thanks to the good folks at Numero Group for reissuing the band's brief but stellar output, a highlight of which is demo piano version of the song "Words Come Back."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Hidden Mothers

Maybe it's too early in the morning for this kind of noise, but it's hard to care when the noise rules as much as it does.  Enter Sheffield band Hidden Mothers, whose mix of post-hardcore vocals, black metal guitars, and post-rock aesthetic makes for a both brutal and soaring sonic experience.  New album "Erosion / Avulsion" is out in November on Church Road Records.  Pre-order it here and listen to album opener "Defanged" below.

Chat Pile

Here's some blistering new music from Oklahoma City's Chat Pile.  Check out "I Am a Dog Now" below and pre-order the upcoming "Cool World" LP here from The Flenser.  Weirdly enough, i'm pretty sure i've totally driven by that exact spot on the cover art.

Fucked Up

It feels like a miracle that Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up are still making music all these years later.  It's been over two decades!  And they're still just as bombastic, as emotional, and as inventive as ever.  The band's latest, "Another Day," drops in August.  Check out "Stimming" below and pre-order the album here (download) or here (vinyl) from the band.

Fucked Up

One of the perennial favorites around these parts, Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up just dropped new 7" single "Being Annoying."  It goes hard.  Check it out below, download it here, and get the 7" here from the band.

Daily Jam - Year of the Tiger

I love a long song.

Canadian hardcore punk band (but oh so much more than that) Fucked Up’s “Year of the Tiger” is a long song. And a stellar one at that.

The fifth in the band’s series of 12” singles inspired by the signs of the Chinese Zodiac, 2012’s “Year of the Tiger” soars, a steady riff that just builds and builds, with shifts in direction and instrumentation, gentle piano bits played alongside wailing guitars, Damian Abraham’s guttural snarl backed by the soothing singing vocals of guest contributors Katie Stelmanis (of Austra) and Annie-Claude Deschenes (of Duchess Says), and even an appearance from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. The song is an exuberant epic, a 15-minute blast and flash of melodic drama that sounds like Jim Steinman writing and producing a track for Black Flag in some warped alternate dimension. I suppose that should be expected from a band that released a double album rock opera the year prior.

Fucked Up tend to flex their more ambitious sonic ideas on the Zodiac singles, experimenting with a larger audio palette to varying degrees of success, but end up with the veritable homerun with “Year of the Tiger.”

And who doesn’t like tigers? My son wanted to be one for Halloween eight years ago. So should we all.

Lip Critic

I managed to catch a little bit of live music yesterday at this dying entity we call SXSW.  And New York's Lip Critic brought the noise with their two-drummer assault and noisy, jarring mix of hardcore punk rock, electronic music, and hip-hop.  Check out "Milky Max" below and pre-order the band's upcoming full-length debut "Hex Dealer" here from Partisan Records.

Couch Slut

Here we go.  In April, New York hardcore punk/metal band Couch Slut are back with a new album to pummel our brains and rip our faces off.  Check out "Ode to Jimbo" below and pre-order the "You Could Do It Tonight" LP here from Brutal Panda Records.

Nightfeeder

Here's some grimy, gnarly new hardcore punk from Seattle band Nightfeeder.  The band's "Disgustör" EP just dropped yesterday.  Smash your head against a wall, listen to the title track below, and grab the 7" here.

Infant Island

Fredericksburg, Virginia screamo band Infant Island are back next year with new album "Obsidian Wreath."  The band's mix of emo, hardcore punk, black metal, post rock, and shoegaze is often just what the doctor ordered around these parts.  Check out "Another Cycle" below and pre-order the new LP here from Secret Voice.

SOUL GLO

Here's an expectedly raucous and intense new track from Philly purveyors of noise rock, hardcore punk, and hip-hop, SOUL GLO.  Check out "If I Speak (Shut the Fuck Up)" below and download it here from Epitaph.