Only Crime isn’t averse to a melody, and their fierce delivery will shame most of the young bands trying to follow. Try to keep up, kids, this is how it’s done.
The sound is reminiscent of Rancid and The Suicide Machines but, to be brutally honest, The Code is quite a bit better than either and poised to be huge.
Fuzzed-out, bass-driven, obscene Birthday Party versions of the Batman theme. Like Wire and Gang of Four, they can be skillfully brutal and remain intelligent.
A record that’ll be out (or is out) on Dirtnap. Dirtnap discovered The Briefs, and a bunch of other dirty, noisy “The” bands. Here’s another. Sounds good.
A punk band from Boston, part Slapshot, Social D, Dropkicks, and all anthemic street punk whoa-oh. Names like Jim Siegal (recorded DKM) and GMM are dropped.
From Huntington Beach, part great punkpop, a little screamo, the guitarist throws in a bit of Swedish metal soloing, and there are some hardcore chugs.
The responses to what y’allz out there thought would be a good collection. For fans of Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Rollins Band, and me.