Here in the U S of A we generate an insane amount of media, and that includes music. Our record stores are chock full of just about every kind of music originating from every corner of the country. And we import a ton of music too. It seems like our appetite for music is insatiable. […]
Tag: Hardcore
Galleons Lap – “Themes And Variations – A Counter Industrial Revolution” (1991)
Recently Seattle lost a member of its music scene with the passing of Kevin Diers, who hosted the Loud & Local and Metal Shop radio shows on KISW, at the all-too-young age of 39. Record store Apollo Exos stepped up to help the family by selling off Kevin’s record collection, which as you can imagine […]
Strebers – “Ur Led Är…” (1986)
I’m always intrigued by the odd random record appearing in the midst of a “New Arrivals” bin. How did this mid-80s Swedish hardcore rarity (only 1,000 copies pressed) end up nestled between the Carpenters and Neil Young over at Easy Street Records in West Seattle? It’s a fairly valuable record (and was priced accordingly), so […]
Contrasto – “Statico Senso” (2001)
When we travel I always try to pick up local music, and our recent trip to Italy was no different. One of the shops we visited was Transmission, located near Rome’s Termini train station, and it was chock full of great rock records across subgenres. I could have easily spent a few hours there, but […]
Sofa Head – “Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)” (1989)
Full disclosure – I bought this on our recent trip to Minneapolis because it was on the city’s own Profane Existence Records label and I assumed, as it turns out incorrectly, that Sofa Head was a local band. And… I was wrong. But from the ashes of my mistake I inadvertently discovered a pretty damn […]