The Sorry State weekly newsletter is my fount of hardcore knowledge. The staff picks section isn't limited to genre though so has a nice range of tips, which can include Daniel going deep into The Stranglers or The Undertones. I like it.
https://www.sorrystaterecords.com/pages/sorry-state-s-weekly-newsletter
Ha! In my world, Kasshuve's EP is recent, but it was released in 2020. Anyway, really good stuff
Al Dorado May have mentioned this before; I'm digging this snotty Hattiesburg hardcore. Six songs, around 6 minutes. Silo Kids demo
sick! i missed this one... the hattiesburg crew are so fucken cool. played there in 2018 and was blown away by what they were doing in such a small town with limited resources. and just the love of putting on shows and trying to find ways to keep things interesting. we were the only out of towner when we played so they set up a support band battle royal with this big digital clock counting down 10 minutes, each band had to play one song, change instruments, and were eliminated if they were still playing when the timer was out. winner got to headline the show with a full set. coolest thing i've ever seen!
Uptown ruler 666 420 MURO and YELLOWCAKE are the best two current hc bands
Holy shit, Yellowcake are intense
BARELY HUMAN when we played so they set up a support band battle royal with this big digital clock counting down 10 minutes, each band had to play one song, change instruments, and were eliminated if they were still playing when the timer was out. winner got to headline the show with a full set. coolest thing i've ever seen!
Wow! That is so hilarious and genius
Toxic State coming out with a Nisemono LP sometime soon most exciting thing for me
sicboy
in light of the egg punk drama i'll enthusiastically +1 the "members of snooper" band G.U.N. being one of the best recent LPs i've heard
Vinnie Vacuum bought their lp and tape. going to see them on March 1st
FoolDiddly hell yeah
Fresh new combo out of Truro, Nova Scotia, featuring 50% of the people who made the aforementioned Misanthropic Minds 7".
I asked this over on the see/saw discord, but I figured I'd ask here too. I feel like I'm missing some formative hardcore history. Listening to some of the recent crop of more "weirdo" hardcore bands (Lasso, Electric Chair, Ancient Filth being three in particular), I'm realizing I'm not sure where a lot of these sounds came from! The answer is likely that they're influenced by lots of stuff outside of hardcore, but am I missing out on influential bands? Obvious reference point for EC is Poison Idea, but otherwise I'm trying to trace back some of these sounds to the source and feeling like I have some major gaps in my knowledge.
terminalsunset Havent' heard the other two but Electric Chair doesn't sound "weird" in any kind of way to me? Just classic sounding, straight-up early eighties influenced USHC, ie they probably listen to Jerry's Kids and the Boston not L.A comp? Correct me if I'm wrong, I think I only listened to their first 7''.
I also wouldn't consider any of them weird either. Just classic USHC like you said. Maybe bringing in some 'weirdness' via Void
sicboy I see what you mean with Void, but at this point they've influenced so many bands that whatever felt "weird" about them... Well, it doesn't anymore? Still the best though, don't get me wrong.
I guess I'm using "weirdo" to differentiate from the more macho muscley hardcore. Electric Chair is probably one of the easier to pin down in terms of influence, although some of the guitar leads are really out of left field to my ear in a good way! Lasso is the most recent band I heard where I just felt like I didn't have the requisite reference points to know precisely what I was listening to. They're from Brazil, so maybe I need to dive deeper into that scene at large?
Stoked for that Nisemono LP on Toxic State
sicboy Maybe bringing in some 'weirdness' via Void
on the topic of Void inspo -- OSBO from sydney are my favourite hc band in sydney atm and have been for a while... much '80s USHC influence, but in an interesting way i think, not a paint-by-numbers way. also one of the few HC bands in syd who play more with non-hc bands than they do the pure stuff, popping up on all kinda bills. real hardcore for the people stuff!
terminalsunset A guy I know always compares Electric Chair to the Germs. They have a ratty quality like Crazy Spirit did, I guess. I'd also say the three bands you listed are basically tapping into the original hardcore bands, Lasso perhaps more into South American '80s greats I am not aware of. Ask Martin Sorrondeguy or the band, I'd say. Ancient Filth sounds a bit more polished than the other two to me, but not to the point that I'm tapping out. I like their Lp a lot and stocked it. No copies sold yet though so the Europeans are yet to take note.
I'm too stupid to hear whether guitar riffs are different or influenced by a particular band. After 20 years of listening to hardcore punk I still don't understand what a dbeat is. Don't try to explain. I don't care.
