Wednesday, March 9, 2011

MY NAME IS SATAN - REFUSE TO KNEEL LP

My Name Is Satan - Refuse To Kneel LP
Belfast, 2000, Control Records, CD

Quite simply the best HardcorePunk record to come out of Ireland. This will rip your fucking face off!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

BREAKFALL - WORDS SO SOFTLY SPOKEN MCD

Breakfall - Words So Softly Spoken MCD
Northern Ireland, 1998, Strength In An Age Of Weakness Records, CD

A rarity for Ireland, especially in the late 90's, a SXE hardcore band. Features a member of that other infamous Irish SXE band Circle Again. Well recorded and it does whip me back to the sort of hardcore I was listening to in the late 90's :) Thanks to George of the excellent xxx Irish Edge xxx blog for sending this on.

THE SUN, THE MOON & THE STARS ZINE ISSUES 1 & 2 (86/87)

The Sun, The Moon & The Stars Zine - Issues 1 & 2
Ireland, 86/87, DIY, Zine

Thanks again to Tommy for scanning this one up. "International HC zine done by George and Paul, mostly focusing on music, including a piece on Dezerter and punk in communist Poland" - Tommy.

DOWN IN THE HOLE ZINE - ISSUES 1 (NOV 88') & 2 (FEB 89)


Down In The Hole Zine - Issues 1 & 2
Ireland, Nov 88' and Feb 89', DIY, Zine

Thanks to Tommy for sending me on the pdf's of this late 80's Ireland zine with a very international slant. I also love how this zine contains crosswords, you fucking never get that in zines now! "Down in the Hole was a zine done mostly by Dave and Michael from Three RRing Psychosis/Killercrust with some limited input from me from 1988/89. Focused mostly on the international HC scene of the time it had other bits and pieces including prose contributions from Smeggy Angus. #2 has a short story in Angus' Sven Hassel style.

Interviews include Ripcord, Ooperation Ivy, Larm, Stikky, So Much Hate, No Comment, 7 Minutes of nausea etc." - Tommy Trousers

THE MOONDOGS - THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR LP

The Moondogs - That's What Friends Are For LP
Co. Derry, 1981, Sire Records, LP

The only full length LP from this classic Northern Irish powerpop band. Includes most of the singles and some extras.

download Moondogs - Thats What Friends Are For LP via mediafire

Monday, February 28, 2011

STALAG 17 - LIVE '86

Stalag 17 - Live '86
Belfast, 1986, Unreleased

Pretty decent quality14 tracks from Stalag 17 here, one of the finest anarcho-punk bands Ireland ever produced. Dunno where this was recorded, any ideas anyone else?! Thanks to Gabe for sending it on.

PROTEX - I CAN ONLY DREAM 7"

Protex - I Can Only Dream 7"
Belfast, 1979, Polydor, 7"

2nd Protex 7", and the 1st after they relocated to London.

PROTEX - A PLACE IN YOUR HEART 7"

Protex - A Place In Your Heart
Belfast, 1980, Polydor, 7"

Another excellent Protex tune and a cover of 'Jeepster' by T-Rex

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

CONTORT - AN ISLAND OF NOISE IN AN ISLAND OF SILENCE TAPE

Contort - An Island Of Noise In An Island Of Silence
Dublin, 2010, Distroy Records/DIY, Tape

No way am I gonna write the description for this one! This is a band that I am delighted to have been involved with over the past year. This 8 track demo is now sold out, recorded on 4 track by J.Grimes in the Karate Club practice space, this is as noisy as noisy punk can be :) The following is taken from a description of the band by our good friend Jeri from Black Seeds Records (Malaysia). "Hailing from Dublin, Ireland. This cute yellow tape providing 8 tracks of wall of noise and chainsaw buzzing guitar! The vocal always reminds me of Taff from DISORDER. Opening tracks with slow intro and there you go, listener will having a earache if they got a chance to see them live. If you into GAI, CONFUSE, SWANKYS, GLOOM and old DISORDER you probably love this tape. Recorded using 4-track machine thats the way raw noise punk should be done."

Monday, December 20, 2010

STATIC ROUTINES - ROCK N ROLL CLONES 7"

Static Routines - Rock N Roll Clones 7"
Louth, 1979, GVI, 7inch

One of the few bands from south of the border to be released by Good Vibrations, pity this is their only release :(