I've Got Afflictions is the second 7'' by Massachusetts' Social Circkle. Another US band playing 80s-style hardcore today. No bullshit, unpretentious lyrics and certainly fast. This is the only record I have by them although I hear that their demo and first 7'' were a lot slower. Sounds like a slightly rawer Wasted Time with less throat-y vocals. Good stuff.
Ripping hardcore punk straight out of the Netherlands. Fast, pissed and raw in an early 80s style (better than a lot of US bands doing the same thing, which is rad!) Some of the lyrics are a little off due to the language barrier, but even that is pretty endearing and a great change from a lot of the pretentious bullshit floating about just now. This band play A LOT of shows and have been to/are in the US, so pretty much everyone who reads this should get a chance to catch a CP show some time. I hope I do! Get into this.
Raw Nerve's demo tape = 10 tracks of angry, angry, angry, distorted hardcore. Awesome speed and some great, unpretentious lyrics. Everything that's good about hardcore punk. They're with Youth Attack now and will have an LP out pretty soon.
Acid Witch play heavy, psych-tinged doom with growled vocals and some death metal-style riffing littered around. There is a real 80/90s-horror-movie feel to the record and some of the intros & interludes sound as though they could be lifted straight out of a movie soundtrack (listen to the first half of Cauldron Cave or Realm of The Wicked). Unfortunately their take on 'classic horror' winds up cheesy and very lighthearted. I've been listening to this on repeat today. Check it out.
