LES PIERRES

The same tape that gave me (and you) the glorious BLACK DEATH demo a couple of weeks back offers up this live set from the little know...

SOSPECHOSOS

Absolutely fukkn killer reverbed hardcore from south Chicago. Every song is fast and catchy as hell, taking cues from '80s Spanish ...

FOSSIL FUEL

I cannot express how essential this 1994 cassette only release is. FOSSIL FUEL were a studio only (or bedroom exclusively) SOCKEYE side ...

ICONOCLAST

To those familiar with the three best known bands named ICONOCLAST, it should be obvious that this is the Japanese one. In 1993, when m...

Lou Reed "The Phantom Of Rock & Roll"

Lou Reed live 1973 January 27, NYC Tully Hall. Tracks 7 & 8 recorded in Massachusetts, Sept. 1 1973. Say what you will, Lou may be a co...

Teenage Head "Electric Guitar"

Yet another Teenage Head record on the other edge of "Frantic City", we believe "Electric Guitar" is an excellent album ...

SUCKED DRY

I like hardcore, and within the realm of hardcore, SUCKED DRY are really fukkn good. Seriously, the slow part in "Human Smoke St...

GRABACIONES ENCONTRADAS

A friend of The Escape just bestowed a killer handful of loaners on me, given to him by family members upon their return from a vacatio...

HESITATION WOUNDS

I know that when I spent a week posting Bay Area demos earlier this month I might have mentioned that a couple of bands were the best band i...

BITE ITSELF // SELF COM

It's been nearly a year since I first heard SELF COM , but I devour everything I can get my hands (and ears on). His sounds are mes...

G.I.+THE IDIOTS

GEORGE IMBECILE AND THE IDIOTS could have shared stages with any number of high profile '80s hardcore bands - the irreverent approach...

JAPANESE WOMEN

The name of this band is sure to result in some unintended traffic to this blog (currently, several visitors a day find their way to a t...

West Memphis 3 are Free

I had the privilege to work on this album with Henry Rollins. Talk about the crime of the century. This pig society, this witch hunt madne...

The Mastertape Compilation Volume 1

What more neecds to be said? Nothing. Look at the bands on this cpmpilation, look at the genres they created, look at yourself wishing you...

Alan Vega "Station"

A natural assassin, no acts here. Alan Vega assaulted the audience, not unlike Iggy. Obviously a later record released after his Suicide f...

SELFISH//FORCA MACABRA

Not much should need to be said here, two of Finland's most notorious exports on one split live cassette. Both bands shamelessly an...

GROANING GROOVE // RINTO

After a three minute buildup filled with tense anticipation, GROANING GROOVE explode into manic and distinctly Japanese fast garage har...

NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS

Late '80s UK comp benefitting Anarchist Black Cross (did you ever wonder how much money a $2 cassette comp could actually raise to benef...

V.A. - 4 Per A//AA Per Tutti 7"

Segue ai coletanêa Italiana rara lançada em 84 que eu achei perdida pela net. Lançada pela A-rivista anarchia, o V.A junta 4 bandas tiveram...

V.A. - 4 Per A//AA Per Tutti 7"

Segue ai coletanêa Italiana rara lançada em 84 que eu achei perdida pela net. Lançada pela A-rivista anarchia, o V.A junta 4 bandas tiveram...

SNOB VALUE

Full throttle '80s hardcore worship from a bunch of Germans? Yeah, I'll take that. SNOB VALUE have done their research, taking ...

BLACK DEATH

How many bands must have called themsleves BLACK DEATH? This one hailed from Reading, England and cranked out a super UK punk demo in 1...

OSMANTIKOS

I made the trek to Oakland last night to see ALPINIST and MASAKARI level a filthy warehouse, and even the mid show appearance of my le...

Würm "We're Off" 7"

Formed in '73 in Hermosa Beach by Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag) they released this 7" in 1982 after being split up for about 5 years....

CERVIX

One more installment from these New York noise dealers, this one a cassette-ography of sorts compiling their two previous demos  and t...

Papi, Queens, Reichkanzlers & Presidennti 7" EP

***PNP has to offload some of our precious gold, vintage vinyl on ebay. Click HERE to see what we have (including this posted 7"). ...

Peroxide "Heart Disease" 10 inch

NYC punk circa '79. Contains their 7" single, demos and a few live tracks from CBGB's. Tracklist: 1] Heart Disease 2] Christ...

NOSE DIVE

NOSE DIVE have been around for nearly a year, but I've yet to see them play...that fact is made all the more saddening after listen...

PERMANENT RUIN

After a week filled with near misses and never-seens from my local 'burgh, it seems logical to start the weekend with one of my fav...

RISING FROM THE RED SAND

Karoline and I went on an excursion to Sacramento and Woodland last weekend, looking for records, looking for interesting picture fram...

DEPRESSOR

One of the more mysterious Bay Area bands of the '90s, DEPRESSOR rarely made their way onto a stage, but their cassette releases ha...

JUMP OFF A BUILDING

Keeping things in the San Francisco metropolitan area, and here's yet another band I missed out on while I was living in the Midwes...