Sounds from the Basement

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Concerts I attended in 2009

So since I go to a lot of concerts and try my best to review everyone of them I go to I’m sharing here a lot of the shows I attend throughout the year. My first year of going to shows was 2009. I was fourteen and Metallica was my first concert. For the next couple of weeks I’ll be posting the shows I went to. Since 2015 is not over I’ll be taking care of what concert I’ve seen so far this. Once the year is over I’ll be writing down every concert I attended from January to December. This week will be 2009 and mention something a little about each one from saying which was the best and why.

Concerts Total- 6

Bands Total- 13

Nassau Coliseum- Metallica, Machine Head.
Madison Square Garden- Slipknot, Coheed and Cambria.
Jones Beach- Judas Priest, Whitesnkae, Pop Evil.
Madison Square Garden- Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs.
Nassau Coliseum- Kiss, Buckcherry.
Madison Square Garden- Metallica (2), Lamb of God, Volbeat.

The best show of 2009 was Metallica at the garden. The Crowd was better, the sound was better and it was the Garden the greatest area in the world. The 2^nd best and the 3^rd best show were Slipknot and Green Day. Slipknot is one of my favorite bands during that time period. Green Day was my first punk band to see live. For all three shows the openers were great. Since this was my first year going to shows I had the chance to see some albums in their entirely. At the Jones Beach show Judas Priest played their album British Steel and when I saw Kiss at the Coliseum they played Alive. I would say the least favorite one because no of these shows sucked is Judas Priest. It was cool but the openers were pretty lame for me especially Pop Evil.

Monday, July 6, 2015

CDC, Surge of Fury, Ten Ton Hammer, Red 100, and Razor's Edge at AMH 7/5/15

Last Sunday, CDC made their return to Long Island. CDC is currently on tour with

Belgium

’s Surge of Fury and they brought the fury. This was probably my first time seeing a full on beatdown on Long Island. There weren’t a lot of people there maybe about forty at the highest. The show was at Amityville Music Hall which is the number 1 place to see a hardcore show on Long Island. Even though this is a small venue I love seeing hardcore shows here.

The opening band was Razor’s Edge. Razor’s Edge are from Long Island and are mix between heavy hardcore/beatdown. The band seemed like they were joke and had a lot of fun fooling around. The breakdowns of the band were great and really heavy. There was no crowd reaction but if they had a fan based there would nothing but fights with the way they played.

The next band up was Red 100 who is also another Long Island beatdown band. I felt this band was trying really hard. The music was okay and I felt I had better watching Razor’s Edge. Red 100 actually had people moshing but only for a little bit. Red 100 had some good breakdowns but overall I wasn’t really into them.

Up next was Ten Ton Hammer. Ten Ton Hammer is a heavy hardcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was really pumped to see this band because I heard good things about this band. Ten Ton Hammer was crushing their riffs so hard. Very gnarly band they are. What I like about this band was this is that I felt they were diverse. Their guitarist looks like he came right out of a crust punk band. The one thing that sucked about this set was that there was no one there watching their set. It was pretty lame seeing that no one was caring for this band. I thought they were good for a band that just came out of Philly out of nowhere.

Surge of Fury was up and they are currently their first tour of the United States. Surge of Fury are a hardcore band from Belgium. Surge of Fury kicked a lot of ass. My thing about these bands from Europe is that they all do the same style. This is a reason why I never cared for the European hardcore/beatdown scene. Surge of Fury were really nice guys and they played their hearts out. I’m completely sold on this band and I’m mad I didn’t have enough money to buy merch from them and support them. There was movement for this band but not a lot. I wish more people were into them because the riffs they played were very heavy. They are only playing East Coast dates on this small tour but if they ever tour

America

again don’t miss out.

CDC was up and the crowd went off even though there were only thirty people present. CDC is a beatdown band from Lansdale, Pennsylvania. To me Surge was the best of the night but CDC had the fan base also the sing alongs. Each song was intense and pit seemed tame but if there more people there would be a lot of DEATH. I really enjoyed this band a lot. I’m not really into beatdown but I really liked CDC a lot. CDC I’ve been around for awhile and they still got it. If you like Beatdown and heavy Hardcore then check out CDC because you’re missing out.

CDC- 9/10

Surge of Fury- 9.5/10

Ten Ton Hammer- 8/10

Red 100- 6/10

Razor’s Edge- 7.75/10

Amityville Music Hall- 9/10

Overall Concert- 8/10

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Photo showcase: Old Again//Broadside//Korean Large//At Bay//Figure Eight//Amboy

Friday, July 3, 2015

Upcoming Shows July 3-July 9

Here's another week of shows we would like to you check out.
July 3
1. Saint Vitus Bar- Crime In Stero, Incendiary, Royal Psalms, Soad Bomb.
2. Revolution Bar- Powerman 5000, Soil, 3 years Hollow, One More Breath, Permanet Scar, Adiron.
3. Surf Lodge- The Growlers.
4. Obriens- Gutterlife, The Tallest Tress in The Universe, Hiatus, The B-List.
5. The Lab at GameChanger World- Dikembe, Empire! Empire! (I Was a lovley Estate), d'aracy, Teenage Halloween, Stillwells, The Planet You, Weirc and Wonderful Words.
6. Backyard Show New Hyde Park- The War Within, Reasons, In My Sights, 32 Pints, Forever Forget, Turnkey, Good Intentions.
7. The Acheron- In Aeona, Abrums, Huldra.
8. The Grand Victory- Old Wounds, Vein, Go Deep, Icurus.
9. Ridgewood Elks Lodge- Siani Vessel, Pinegrove, Help Me Help You, Mojo Jojo. Basement Beers.
10. Mr. Beerys- Go Big, Eli Whitney & The Sound Machine, All New Episode, Freya Wilcox & The Howl.
July 4
1. ABC No Rio- (A) Truth, Apathy Cycle, Get Ignorant, Scarboro, T-Rex Tag.
2. The Silent Barn- Swirlles, Krill, Advaeta.
3. Backyard Show Whitestone- Old Again, Broadside.
4. The Grand Victory- Nardo, Sepov, Dandy Lions, Robert Fireball Mitchell.
July 5
1. Amityville Music Hall- CDC, Surge of Fury, Ten Ton Hammer, Red 100, Razor's Edge.
2. Amityville Music Hall- Sleep on It, Real Talk, Turnkey, Phantoms and Fablers.
3. Even Flow Bar and Grill- Slaughter and The Dogs, The F.U.S, Urban Waste, Gangway!, The Muckrakers, macseal, Yum-Yuckers.
4. Shea Stadium- Slingshot Dakota, Dikembe, Big Eater, For Evererst.
5. Baby's All Right- Swirlles.
6. The Meatlocker- Ill Earth, The Uncommonly Good, Azrail, Noir, Transient in Barcelona, The Subcultures.
July 6
1. The Bowery Ballroom- Mudhoney, Pampers.
2. Saint Vitus Bar- Goatwhore, Ringworm, Black Breath, Theories.
3. The Silent Barn- Nude Beach, Outer Spaces.
4. Hardcore Sweet Cupcakes- Dikembe, Slingshot Dakota, Tri-State Era, Hoops.
July 7
1. Music Hall of Williamsburg- GirlPool, Alex G, Frankie Cosmos, Hello Shark.
2. The Grand Victory- Car Bomb Parade, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Strapangers, Alouth.
July 8
1. Aboard The Jewel- Electric Six.
2. Don Pedro- Ivy, Slugga, Nurse, Nandas.
July 9
1. Irving Plaza- Stiff Little Fingers, Turbo's A.C.'s, Two Man Advantage.
2. The Grand Victory- Noiseheads, False Pterodactyl, The Glazzies, Malkasian.
3. The Satland Ballroom- Say Anything, Modern Baseball, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hard Girls.
4. Asbury Lanes- Electric Six.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

A brief history of Queercore, past and present.

With the SCOTUS ruling on same sex marriage, I thought it prudent to discuss something musically based in light of it. "Queercore" or "Homocore" as it was formerly known was a genre that started out in the mid 80's with bands such as The Dicks and Big Boys as well as other bands writing songs with a message of anti homophobia such as MDC(Millions of Dead Cops) and 7 Second, and The Nip Drivers with their song dedicated to Quentin Crisp who was a queer English writer and storyteller.
Other mediums where "queercore" began to blossom were in the form of fanzines such as J.D.s. penned by GB Jones. The genre would expand further in the late 1990's with many more bands taking the identity, and the movement to a further level, mainly because of J.D.s. releasing a cassette entitled J.D.s. Top Ten Homocore Hits with bands such as Fifth Column, Nikki Parasite, Big Man, and Bomb, as well as acts such as The Apostles, Academy 23, No Brain Cell, and Gorse. Other bands in the 90's also took the cause, with bands like Los Crudos and Go! having outspoken queer members.
Some other bands in the genre at this time worth noting as well would be

Anti Scrunti Faction
God Is My Copilot
Pansy Division
Sister George
Tribe 8
Mulkilteo Fairies
Behead The Prophet NLSL

Throughout the 90's many other Zines in the punk scene sprouted up either supporting or being directly involved in the LGBTQIA+ movement(though the acronym wasn't as long back then) such as Chainsaw and Outpunk. Chainsaw becoming a record label that signed many queercore acts. Many zines began to associate with either paganism or Riot Grrrl and still others with Anarchism most of all.
In 2002, 4 and 6 Homo A-go-go was a festival held in Olympia Washington that was almost entirely devoted to the genre, and in September 2005 a book was published entitled Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock. The early 2000's also saw bands like Limp Wrist(a SXE band) and the Electropop group Gravy Train!!! and the indie rock outfit Butch Vs. Femme.
The scene is burgeoning currently in England, and in the states many bands take on the identity and cause. Bands such as Senses Fail with their outspoken queer vocalist Buddy, the trans hardcore band G.L.O.S.S. (who we've reviewed on this blog before), Body Betrayal, Bleed The Pigs, Girl Crush, Damn Broads, Panic At The Disco! Deafheaven and many many more now would fit this category in its own right, whether having openly queer members or being very vocal on the issue.

In my opinion, this is such a diverse genre, and I would highly recommend checking out any of these bands, looking up the zines and finding your own way, this blog wholeheartedly supports freedom to love whoever, be whoever and fuck whoever you want, BE YOU, LOVE YOURSELF AND WHOEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT!!!

Releases of this year so far

So the first half of 2015 is over and in the last six months there were a number of great releases. There was number of albums, EPs, Splits, and Demos. Here are some of the releases I loved so far this year.

Title Fight- Hyperview
Jeff Rosenstock- We Cool?
Turnstile- Nonstop Feeling
Commonwealth- Bold Print
Superheaven- Ours is Chrome
Ceremony- The L-Shaped Man
Turnover- Peripheral Visions

Here are the rest of the releases I thought were good and worth to check out.

Adventures- Supersonic Home

Agnostic Front- The American Dream Died

Anti-Flag- American Spring

BlackListed- When People Grow, People Go

Break Away- Face Aggression

Chastity Belt- Time to Go Home

Citizen- Everybody is going to Heaven

Coliseum- Anxiety Kiss

Cult Leader- Useless America

Desaparecidos- Payola

Disgrace- True Enemy

Elvis Depressedly- New Alhambra

Enter Shikari- The Mindsweep

Eternal Sleep- Belief In The Truth of Nothing EP

Four Year Strong- Four Year Strong

GIVE- Sonic Bloom EP

G.L.O.S.S. - Demo

Gottem- Cool EP

Harms Way- Rust

Hangman- Hangman demo

Metz- ll

Milk Teeth- Sad Suck

Nice Shot, Kid- Personal Space EP

Noisem- Blossoming Decay

Old Wounds- The Suffering Spirit

Refused- Freedom

Rotting Out- Reckoning EP

Shorebreak- Severance EP

Steel Nation- Harder They Fall

Stick Together- Stick Together

Stick To Your Guns- Disobedient

The Story So Far- The Story So Far

Swervedriver- I Wasn’t Born to Lose You

Touché Amore/Self Defense Family- Self Love

Vice- No One Gets Buried With You EP

War on Women- War on Women

Westpoint- Dive

Whatever Nevermind Compilation

Xibalba- Tierra Y Libertad

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

July Festivals

Here’s another month of festivals we would like you to check out. Now most of these festivals are in America but we do celebrate some festivals internationally. Also we do not mention any festivals that are huge like Bonnaroo or some major stream bullshit fest for fans of Punk, indie, metal, and hardcore.

Burger Boogaloo

This is a two day festival in Oakland, California. Burger Records are presenting this fest and also features two stages. The music is garage rock, punk, indie, and alternative. The festival takes place Mosswood Park.

Day 1 July 4

Flesh Land Stage: The Mummies, 5.6.7.8.’s, The Gories, Untamed Youth, Legendary Stardust Cowboys, Trouble Makers, Bombon.

Psychoville Stage: Shannon & The Calms, The Pandoras, The Thunderroards, Magnetix, Fe Fi Fo Fums, Danny & The Darleans.

Day 2 July 5

Flesh Land Stage: Black Lips, King Khan & BBQ Show, Jonathan Richman, Guantanamo Baywatch, Nikki Corvette, Sneaky Pinks, Vial.

Psychoville Stage: Fuzz, Audacity, The Zulus, Apache, Dancer, Gooch Palms.

Obscene Extreme Festival

This is a four day festival that takes in Czech Republic. This is a popular extreme metal and grindcore festival. This is the Czech’s version of Maryland Death Fest. Its from July 8 till July 12.

Lineup: 7 Minutes of Nausea, Alea Iacta Est, Analkholic, BBYB, Blood, BodyFarm, Broken Hope, Bulldozer, Centinex, Cloud Rat, Cote D’Aver, Deche-Charge, Destructive Explosion of Anal Garland, Dilution, Enema Shower, Entropiah, Evisorax, Failure Trace, Feastem, Fissure, Foetal Juice, Fredag Den 13, General Surgery, Get Worse, Gore and Carnage, Head Cleaner, Hemdale, Hideous Divinity, Hirax, Icon of Evil, Incarceration, Inhumate, Internal Bleeding, Jasad, Korfast, Lahar, LautSturmer, Lifeless, Lividity, Lower Than Zero, Martyrdod, Maruta, Mindful of Pripyat, My Minds Mind, Nak’ay, Nervosa, Obituary, Pig Destroyer, Posthumous Blasphemer, Primary Resistance, Protector, Putrid Offal, Rabid Dogs, Rompeppop, Satanic Malfunction, Sedem Minut Strachu, Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench, Sick of Stupidity, S.O.B., Squirtophobic, Teethgrinder, Teething, Terrorizer LA, Test, Thanatos, Unholy Grave, Untamed, Urtikaria Anal, UxDxS, UxLxCxM, Vital Remains.

Motor City Fest 2015

This is a two day festival that takes place in Detroit, Michigan. This is a hardcore festival that is located in The Tangent Gallery.

Day 1 July 10

Lineup: One Life Crew (Playing Crime Society), Build and Destroy, Poison Tongues, Brick by Brick, SBLC, Manic Outburst, THEM.

Day 2 July 11

Lineup: Surge of Fury, Steel Nation, Special Guests TBA, CDC, Ante Up, Smash Your Enemies, All My Blood (reunion), Yesterday Youth, Death in Custody, Dementor, Cycle of Violence, Blue Collar Stompers, The Worst Of.

Summer of Hate 2015

This is a one day annual festival in Ohio. This is for fans of heavy hardcore and beatdown bands. The event takes on July 11 and its all ages plus it’s for free.

Lineup: Crowd Deterrent, Life After Death, I.C.D., Taste the Steel, Detriment, Race Riot 59, Mental Prison, Silverhammer, Domestic War, Presence of War, Alcon.

Gigawatts Festival 2015

This is an annual rock festival that takes place in Brooklyn, New York. This is a three festival that takes place at The Wick, The Well, and The Wicked Lady. The fest is from July 24-26 and has over 80 bands.

Day 1 July 24

Lineup: Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Amanda X, Liturgy, Celestial Shore, Rivergazer, Heaven's Gate, Surfbort, Palehound, Paperhaus, Anomie, Journalism, Vulture Shit, BAMBARA, O-Face, Parlor Walls, Huffers, Secret Crush.

Day 2 July 25

Lineup: Anamanaguchi, Miniature Tigers, Ava Luna, Pile, Sunflower Bean, Potty Mouth, Quarterbacks, Jack + Eliza, Fort Lean, The Mystery Lights, The Bottom Dollars, Maxo, Motion Studies, Forever Lesbians, EULA, Future Punx, Shark?, Slonk Donkerson, Mannequin Pussy, Shapes, Sofa Club, Larry + The Babes, Jangula, Piers, Warn the Duke, Retail, Bugs in the Dark, Hounds Basket, Whiskey Bitches,

Day 3 July 26

Lineup: Braid, Swearin’, Laura Stevenson, DOM, White Mystery, Cheap Girls, Beach Slang, Dirty Fences, Chumped, LORDO, Dances, Honduras, By Surprise, Boytoy, Adult Dude, Matty Rico, The Yin Yangs, Guerilla Toss, Guardian Alien, Horse Lords, Giants Claw, Show Me The Body, Zula, Dan Friel, Banned Books, Palm, Gold Dime, Big Neck Police.

This is Hardcore 2015

This is an annual hardcore festival that takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a four day festival and it takes place July 23- 26. The First day takes place at Union Transfer and the remaining three days are taking place at the Electric Factory. This is biggest hardcore festival in The United States.

Day 1 July 23

Union Transfer: Snapcase, Chokehold (The Reunion), Code Orange, Morning Again, Foundation, Agitator, Blistered, Break Away, Eternal Sleep.

Day 2 July 24

The Electric Factory: American Nightmare, The Suicide File, Nails, Defeater, Cruel Hand, True Love, Build and Destroy, The Geeks, Malice At The Palace.

Day 3 July 25

The Electric Factory: The Misfits, Cro-Mags, Bane, Killing Time, Biohazard, Reach The Sky, Turnstile, Xibalba, Wisdom In Chains, Suburban Scum, Rock Bottom, Sand, Lifeless, HomeWrecker, Time Bomb, No Zodiac, Absolute Suffering.

Day 4 July 26

The Electric Factory: The Exploited, H2O, Negative Approach, All Out War, Power Trip, Rival Mob, Slapshot, Twitching Tongues, Harms Way, Mindset, Foreseen, Fuck You Pay Me, Forced Order, Disengage, Blind Justice.

King of Monsters Records Fest

This is a two day festival that takes place at The Nile Theater in Meza, Arizona. The two day festival is celebrating the 20^th anniversary of King of Monsters Records. This fest features a lot of punk, hardcore, powerviolence, and grindcore bands.

Day 1 July 31

Lineup: Los Crudos, Infest, Culture, Done Dying, Generacion Suicida, Modern Problems, ACxDC, Iron Oath, Cold Sore, The Light, OSS, City Hunter, Territory, Ausencia, Humiliation.

Day 2 August 1

Chokehold, Groundwork, Trap Them, Creation is Crucifixion, Suffering Luna, Chest Pain, Bleach Everything, To The Point, Seizures, Civilized, Crime Desire, Unrestrained, Elders, Gatecreepers, Culture Shock, Lakra, Cloak, Bloodroot.