Treason
An early contender for best release of 2020, Ohio bruisers Treason have raised the bar in Hardcore with their new E.P True Believers, out now on New Age Records. With ex members of Culture and…
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Treason – True Believers EP (New Age Records)
Well this was a swift roundhouse kick to the mush and no mistake. Treason, the Cincinnati straight edge crew who feature ex Culture and Terror members in their ranks, return with their new E.P True…
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Trapped Nerve
It has been a big weekend for UKHC and I’m feeling quite spent so forgive me if this months column is more succinct than usual. Sav Fest took place at Temple Of Boom in Leeds…
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The Dividing Line debut \’Not For You\’…
“It is an absolute honor to be on New Age Records,” says vocalist Casey Homa. “It’s mind blowing to me that this band will be on the same label as Turning Point, Mouthpiece, Outspoken, Strife,…
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Drug Control – Clear Sight 7” EP (New Age Records)
Somebody once told me that love without commitment wasn’t really love, it was just infatuation driven by endorphins. And she was almost certainly right, as even though I’ve never been able to commit to being…
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Crippled Youth – Join the Fight 7” (Reissue) (Revelation Records)
Oh man, this takes me back to my rabid, eighties tape trading days and every single time I spin it, I can’t help grinning like a sugar junkie who’s been locked in a candy store…
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New Heart – Feel the Change (Blood & Ink)
I’m not straight edge, have never had the edge and almost certainly never will. But I love, and have always loved, xSxEx Hardcore and while I don’t adhere to the philosophy, I can and do…
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Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History – Tony Rettman (Bazillion Points)
First things first, I’m not Straight Edge. Never have been and almost certainly never will be. But, for the last three decades I’ve had an ongoing love affair (in purely musical sense of course) with…
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Uniform Choice – Screaming For Change (Reissue) (Southern Lord)
Few bands dare dream that they’ll ever make the same kind of impact as Uniform Choice did in their relatively short existence, and even fewer actually mange to attain the same sort of mythological status…
