Review: La Dispute/To the North/Marathon/Quiet Steps/Ironhide, Burst City, January 26 2011

In the last week of Burst City's short life as a music venue, I can't think of a better gig to have as one of the last ones. It was definitely one of the most memorable for me. It was Australia Day, it felt like one of the first real days of summer, I just came from a BBQ and there was great music. And Australia flags abound:


We get there at 3, but it turns out the doors didn't open until 4. No problem, plenty of time to get an ice cream and some beer to cool off. As we came back Ironhide had taken the stage, but most people were still hanging outside. When I go in and feel the heat, I see why. Bloody hot outside, no fans or air conditioning inside, but Ironhide still put on a great show.

Featuring the lead singer of Nuclear Summer and another singer I simply dub the "Umbrella Dude", they played some very hard and heavy music. And I enjoyed the shit out of it. For the end of their set they pulled the singer of To The North and some other dude out of the crowd to sing for them.


We all went outside, had a few beers, and tried to cool off and dry the sweat off before Quiet Steps came on.


I featured these guys a while back as part of my spotlight on Brisbane bands, but this was the first time I was able to see them. Although their recordings are a bit more screamo, at Burst City they came through as a more indie band. Regardless, they were awesome. And their bass player was the bass player for To The North.

And that was really the running story of the two days. Despite the main band being from America, they love Brisbane. And they assembled the best of Brisbane's music family. Most of the guys in these bands performed in two bands over the two days of the La Dispute tour. It just goes to show how amazing it is for music in Brisbane and how much of a family they really are. Even with our adopted friends in La Dispute.

At this point, it was too hot. We ran off to the cinemas to buy slurpees only to come back towards the end of Marathon. They weren't as tight as normal, maybe the heat was getting to them. That didn't stop them giving it a go, but they really fell apart towards the end, especially when playing their cover of Iggy Pop & Peaches song Kick It. I love what they do with it normally, but they were having a bit of an off day.

The heat was starting to get to everyone, but no one was going anywhere. To The North were the last of the locals and they got a much better reception at Burst City than the night before at the Zoo. However, at this sweaty point, you know everyone was just waiting for La Dispute. I even snuck into an elevated corner point in preparation, ignoring the waterfalls of sweat coming off me.

A little procession of an Australian Flag was made from the back of the room to Adam's bass amp and then things got underway.


They played a very similar set to the night before, with only a few minor changes. The main one for me was out with the Last Lost Continent, and in with Said the King to the River, the song I was most keen to see.


When most bands play Burst City, they tend to play a bit on the floor as well, due to the smallness of the stage. Unfortunantely this wasn't the case for La Dispute, as every available inch was crammed with bodies scrambling to see what could be one of those bands that on their next tour will probably be too huge to play small venues.


All up, it was a great two days of seeing great bands. I could not have asked for a better way to spend my Australia day.


And if La Dispute love Brisbane as much as they say, hopefully we'll see them again very soon.

Review: La Dispute/To the North/Fires of Waco/Nuclear Summer, the Zoo, January 25 2011

After not shutting up about this band for the better part of six months, the day finally arrived where I got to see them.

After a few delicious burritos, we rocked up early to catch locals Nuclear Summer. Their sound was similar to La Dispute in a way, however they took it to a much heavier end result with the singer at times employing an almost metal growl.

I raved about them after seeing them play Burst City a few weeks back, but I was more swept away this time, due to the much better PA of the Zoo. By far my favourite of the opening bands of the gig.


Fires of Waco came in next, showing why they are one of Brisbane's most talked about up-and-coming bands.


They played a fast melodic punk, which all of the scene kids got into. There was lots of dancing and even more sing-alongs with the microphone in the audience. Their stature is growing quite rapidly as a great live band, probably as they have one of the best drummers you'll find in Brisbane:


They finished off their set with a sublime cover of At the Drive-In's One Armed Scissor, getting the crowd nicely warmed up.

The final opening band was To The North, also from brisbane. It was because of them and their friendship with La Dispute that this tour happened. Unfortunately though, they were unable to connect to the crowd. They played a style of punky math-rock but the whole time the crowd seemed rather uninterested and you could hear the talking over the music.

I didn't manage to get any pictures as the crowd was swelling at the front of the stage in anticipation for La Dispute.

There was already a bit of bumping and shoving at the front of the stage when before they came out but it turned into an excited crowd singing and dancing when the music kicked in.

They met every expectation of mine. Although they only played a short set (about 7 songs in under 40 minutes), there was an energy and enthusiasm there that just radiated over everyone. They were truly thankful and excited to be there. Maybe less so when some of the asshole crowdsurfers kept trying to hug the lead singer and steal the microphone.

Sidenote: I'd like to congratulate 95% of the crowdsurfers on their behaviour. Most of them when landing on stage would just walk themselves directly off. That is good form. It's the other 5% that were idiots.


They played songs from their album and both of the amazing songs from their split with Touche Amore (How I Feel and Why it Scares Me). A notable omission from their setlist was the opening track to their album, Such Small Hands. I was non-fussed by this, as I consider it an intro track, but a fair percentage of the crowd (including a few of my mates) went along purely to see this song.

The set didn't seem long enough, but luckily La Dispute decided to do an encore of the song The Last Lost Continent. 12 minutes of pure emotional music. A great way to finish the set.


Do yourself a favour, go this afternoon to see these guys play Burst City. There are a few remaining tickets left at the door. I think in this smaller intimate venue they will truly shine.

What can I do? The river's overrun. We're swimming in a flood, you know

All of my flood related blog titles are songs from my soon to be "Flood - the Mixtape". It's actually hard to find songs about flooding and I haven't had much time, but it will happen hopefully. Even just to live in my car.

As you can see from above, the water line on my apartment was barely head height. I got truly lucky. All I lost was the stuff in my garage: a drum kit, old golf clubs, some furniture, a fridge, a keg and random other things. Mere metres down my street was different. Poor souls. You can see my pictures on my Flickr, including a huge boat found in a park down my street.

But now, flood related music news!

Big Day Out released a release releasing the fact that they are still open for business. And they're donating $20k to the flood efforts. Honestly, I forgot that BDO is like a week away, I still have to sort out my transport/accomodation/etc. Obviously I had thought of other things this week.

The cancelled Mos Def/Talib Kweli show at the Tivoli has now been moved to January 26. EDIT: Now at the HiFi. Existing tickets will be honored.

The Beautiful Girls show at the HiFi tonight has now been moved to March 18.

As I mentioned yesterday, Burst City was hit by the flood water. Last night's Danish punk show was cancelled, but tonight's show with Blank Realm and Feathers will be going ahead.

Woodland is still open, with the Health/Death Set/DZ gig in full force tonight.

I would encourage anyone going to gigs to use public transport where possible please. It's free right now, and after being stuck in traffic for 5 hours last night trying to get to and from my place to clean, it's kind of annoying. You're not helping the flood people by being on the roads unless you have to.

And now the big one: Flood Bank, a benefit for flood victims, will be held at the Old Museum on February 3. Some of the best local indie bands will be playing, including:

Violent Soho
Ball Park Music
Inland Sea
The Medics
Bang Bang Boss Kelly
The Baby Seal Club
Blonde On Blonde
Grand Atlantic
Texas Tea

Tickets are $30 and go on sale this week from Oztix. The event is 18+ and licensed. Get in quick, it should be great and will help people much worse off than me.

If you're under 18 and want to help buy listening to music, an all-ages show will be announced in the next few days.

Good luck my fellow Brisbane music-fans that were affected by the flood.

"rise" said the king to the river

As I may have mentioned lately, we are in floods right now in Brisbane. As I may have also mentioned a lot in the last few weeks before the floods, my current favourite band/most anticapated concert will be La Dispute.

The two things in common between this is Burst City, the venue for the all-ages gig. As of yesterday afternoon, Burst City looked like this:


The brown brick fence is Burst City. As you can see from the mud that signifies the peak waterline of the flood, it's gone past Burst City and into the neighbouring building. Fingers crossed that the slightly raised venue is okay and this amazing tour goes ahead. It would be shameful to see Burst City close. Even though it is shutting down for good at the end of the January, it's had such a good run that I'd love to see it go out with a bang.

Best of 2010: Gigs

So it's that time of the year again, when the internet is overloaded by bloggers arguing over what in fact was the best-faux-hipster-lofi-core-pop-punk band of the year and why their opinion is better than NME/Rolling Stone/Pitchfork. And don't worry, mine will show up at some point in time, but I still have about 20 albums to listen to and not much free time to do it. So for now, with only a few hours left in the year, I thought I'd do my top five gigs of the year.

2010.
49 gigs (2 festivals).
182 bands.

It's down on the last few years, that's for sure. I'm not sure who to blame... My old job with it's travel, my new job and settling in, old age, having seen a lot of bands before and not wanting to see them or the GFC, I just didn't go to as many gigs this year. That being said, some of my favourite gigs of my life have been this year, specifically the last few months. So let's begin:

5. I've had to call this one a tie, as I just could not take one of these off my list, they were both amazing.

5a) Mark Lanegan, July 6 @ the Zoo
Two men: one standing with an acoustic guitar; the other singing such beautiful songs. I can't remember last time I stood there absolutely spellbound by someone's voice (maybe the Thrills in 2008). I didn't know most of the songs (except for the one Queens of the Stone Age song he threw in at the end) but it didn't matter. When someone can sing that beautifully and command such a presence with just his voice, it is truly memorable. I may have even swooned a little.

5b) Revival Tour (Tim Barry, Ben Nichols, Frank Turner, Chuck Ragan), April 28 @ the Rosemount Hotel (Perth)
Sure, I was disappointed that I was travelling for work through their Brisbane show, but seeing this in Perth was probably even better.

4 great punk singers on acoustic guitar, with 2 backup multi-instrumentalists, getting together randomly on stage for 3 hours, playing their own songs, each other's songs and whatever they felt like in a neo-punk-folk-country style. Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Frank Turner, Tim Barry (Avail) and Ben Nichols (Lucero) are even better performers acoustic than they are with full bands. Not to mention the fact that I made some great friends that night and even met the guys.


4. The Pixes, July 31 @ the Zoo
A last minute announcement was made that this was the warm up show for the Pixies before they headlined Splendour in the Grass the next day. The show was unexpected. Earlier in the year I saw them play a fairly mediocre and lacklustre performance at the Convention Centre and had actually written them off as no more than a cash machine living off our fond memories. But then, given the opportunity to see them play a tiny-ass club with ~450 other people, I could not say no!

They rocked through 28 of their classics on a stage that couldn't even fit their setup properly. I was standing less than 2 metres from them (compared to the Convention Centre where I was probably 100 metres away). It was a very rare one-off gig, and I will never go see them again, so as not to tarnish this special performance.

My full review is here.

(FYI, apparently their headlining set at Splendour the next day was horrible. So I'm glad we got to see it privately).

3. Graf Orlock, Dangers, June 19, Burst City
One of the main reasons I started blogging was for the band Dangers. At the start of the year I was obsessed with this band, and still am. I started blogging because I wanted to share this album with as many friends as possible. So when they came out on a little DIY tour of Australia I had to go, as it may have be the only chance we will ever get.

Having seen Dangers and Graf play the Tempo Bar the day before, I was already excited. But seeing them play a little club hall, with an amazing all ages crowd (and BYO alcohol) was an experience. Everyone there was really getting into it and the main bands went all out. Even the four local bands opening were great, leading to just a huge evening of hardcore music (which was followed by seeing Carpathian play another gig and Australia play a World Cup soccer game. It was just a huge day).

My short review is here.

2. Dave Hause, Hot Water Music, Bouncing Souls, December 11 @ the Zoo
This gig would have been amazing purely for Hot Water Music playing one of their rare live performances or for the Bouncing Souls doing their first Australian tour in about 3 years or even for a nice unplugged set from the lead singer of the Loved Ones. But what made this gig memorable was the encore. All 3 international acts came on together to sing each other's songs, changing instruments/singers mid song sometime. This was what an encore should always be and capped off an amazing evening.

My full review is here.

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1. Baroness, October 17 @ the Zoo

I've never seen a band enjoy themselves on stage so much. I've never seen a predominantly metal crowd like so spellbound and in awe of what they were seeing. Put those together and Baroness just fed off the raw energy and put on an amazing show. They showed how talented they were as musicians and just couldn't stop smiling and enjoying themselves the whole set. A set, mind you, which went an extra 30 minutes past the scheduled ending time. A set which included an encore of a song they hardly play, because they enjoyed themselves so goddamn much. And a set which ended with a band absolutely humbled and thanking us like it was also the best night of their life. Lucy and I just walked out smiling and giggling like little school girls in love, it was that amazing.

My short review is here.


2010 was full of great gigs for me. Some of these will be top 5 of all time for me, I just know it. However, 2011 is shaping up to be even better. I'll be seeing some of my favourite bands like Future of the Left, Interpol, Sufjan, Streetlight Manifesto, La Dispute, Primus, Belle and Sebastian and the Hold Steady. I'm also heading to at least 4 more festivals. And that's just all in the first few months of the year. 2011 is set to blow me away with live music.

Happy New Year to my readers

Nuclear Summer

The first band in today's Brisbane music special are a band I saw play the Roma House benefit gig on Saturday at Burst City. They are Nuclear Summer and here's a picture I took:


They may actually have been my favourite band of the day. Not taking away anything from the other great bands, but I really enjoyed Nuclear Summer. From their live show, I imagined my description of them to be This Town Needs Guns, crossed with La Dispute with much heavier vocals. Basically indie-math rock with heavy screaming vocals. They had me in at the start of their set though, with their guitarist just hitting his guitar and yet making some beautiful noise out of it.

They were handing out a demo at the gig, for free, which I managed to pick up. But lucky for you at home, they've also put it out on their website, right here: http://nuclearsummer.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/demo-10/

(EDIT: The link may be broken, try this: http://thepeelstreetband.com/ns.zip)

The demo has the vocals a bit more gravelly and punk style, but it still shows off how excellent this band is.

Rather unsurprisingly, they'll be opening for La Dispute on their Australian tour, so catch them January 25th at the Zoo. 18+

The death of all ages shows in Brisbane

I was lucky as I spent my formative teenage years in mid western America, where drinking/concert rules were muddled. Bars could hold all-ages shows before 10 pm, but you had to be over 19 to stay in the bar after that. And you had to be 21 to buy alcohol. Very odd laws, but luckily I got to see some great all ages shows and some great bands in awesome little bars, many of who are doing massive stadium tours now.

When I first moved to Brisbane the all-ages scene was great. There were lots of DIY venues in and around the city for bands and most venues were licensed to serve alcohol and have underage children. As time went on and as the "hardcore/scene" kids with their fight dancing rose in numbers I noticed a sharp drop off in all-ages venues. Some of the little ones closed down, including the milk-bar. And then there were two incidents that became the catalyst for the slow death of all ages shows in Brisbane, both at the Arena (my favourite Brisbane venue, now turned into an R'n'B night club).

They happened within days of each other, from memory, but one involved the lead singer of Escape the Fate getting his penis out on stage and playing with himself. Charming. The next one I was present at, which was the Parkway Drive Horizons tour. It was carnage. Fights broke out everywhere. Cops were carrying kids out. Blood and ripped clothing was everywhere. At the end of the show, the kid I was standing behind punched the fire alarm, broke the glass and set of the alarm. As we made our way outside the freaking riot squad was assembling.

Well, that was pretty much the end of the Arena.

Little venues popped up to fill the void, because let's face it, the kids love their music. And when it comes to hardcore especially, the kids will always turn up to shows. A few venues took in the slack. The Princess Theatre did a lot. But it's main money was always in Sunday morning church revivals/services. When one show too many went insane, that was the end of that. I have a feeling I was present at the last show there too. Amity Affliction/Deez Nuts/Daylight Curse. I remember naked kids running around covered in blood. I was just standing back petrified. It's not what I go to shows for.

Two venues recently have tried their best to fill the void. And both have done amazing jobs. The Fort in Fortitude Valley and Burst City in South Brisbane. Burst City is amazing. It's an old RSL hall and it hosted one of (if not #1) my favourite shows of the year: Dangers and Graf Orlock.

(Edit: Thanks to the wonderful Ellie, I found out I made a mistake. This picture is actually from the Red Rattler Room show in Sydney, and as always taken by the talented JHat. It looks very similar to Burst City though. And I'm at work now and can't be bothered changing it).

But now we are losing Burst City. Apparently it's up for sale and it's last show will be in January. Which makes it's second last show one of my most anticapated shows of 2011: La Dispute. So get in kids while you can, and enjoy this great venue. Also, for you over 18's, it's BYO. Yes. You can show up to a hardcore show with as many tallies as you desire.

Next Saturday is a great show as well. Get in there and see some great local hardcore bands, raising money for a good cause. The Friday also sees America's Heavy Heavy Low Low play there on their last tour.

Come January 29th, it's the last show. Bands playing include:
Teargas (Thrash Thrash Thrash)
No Anchor (Death to those who wait)
Loose Grip (Noise not music)
Thick Skin (Positive negativity)
Last Chaos (Final Bloodbath)

Facebook Event page here.

So get out there and enjoy Burst City while you can. Before you know it, there won't be any all-ages venues left in Brisbane and you'll lose the passion and fun that comes with these shows.

Heavy Heavy Low Low farewell tour

Heavy Heavy Low Low are an American thrash/mathcore band. I'll be honest, I had never really heard of them until a few weeks ago. Mainly because with a name like that, I will tend to ignore you. But then in one day my mate asked me if I was going and I saw this kick ass poster hanging off the walls at the Jubilee.

So I checked them out. And realised they are everything I like about that style of music. They combine all of the different heavy genres I adore: grindcore, thrash, mathcore and hardcore. Luckily I got on the band wagon with enough time to spare, literally a few days.

Because they are breaking up. This is their first and last tour ever down under. They'll be playing the Jubilee on December 16th (18+) and Burst City on December 17th (AA).

They are supported by NSW crazy grindcore guys Totally Unicorn.

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La Dispute tour

If you've talked to me about music in the last 4 months, I've waxed lyrical about this band over and over again. I've probably talked your ear off about them. They've just fit in perfectly to my current situation in life and their music has just been oh so agreeable to me.

For some reason I missed them on their DIY tour last year and I'm still hating myself for it. Luckily, they're going to be making up for it. Unfortunately, it's a much bigger tour this time around.

We'll be getting two shows in Brisbane.
18+ will be at the Zoo on January 25
AA will be at Burst City on January 26

I will be ditching all Australia day plans this year and going to both without fail. I am incredibly excited about this.

If you haven't caught my earlier rants about this band, they do a sort of hybrid spoken-word style post-hardcore with noodly indie math-rock style guitars at times. They also have much more engaging lyrics which has caused some people to dub them "literate". Get in and see this, or you'll probably regret it in a few years when everyone is talking about this band.

You can stream their last album on their Bandcamp.

As a sidenote, this may be my gig of next year, much in the same way Dangers was at the start of this year. Both tours are eerily similar. And I hope the gig at Burst City is just as amazing.

More local All Ages Hardcore shows!

So it seems that Burst City may now be the place to go for all ages shows. Sure, it hasn't had as many big bands as the Fort, but it's getting more and more of the local stuff, which can be just as good. Case in point:

I've waxed lyrical on at least one of these bands before, Marathon. I really dig their new EP and they are a bunch of great guys. They play in a style similar to Cursed and seem to be playing any hardcore show I've been at this year.

Fires of Waco and Headaches are two newer locals that are starting to get their names heard a bit. Fires of Waco have a more of a post-rock sound (think old At the Drive-In or the Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower) while Headaches have spawned from the band that was the Gifthorse.

The one band that I've heard so much about but have never seen is Dick Nasty. I've been wanting to catch these guys for years, given the way they are spoken about and revered on 4ZZZ. They've apparently been kicking around Brisbane for years, playing a sublime mix of hardcore punk. So I guess this show will finally be the excuse I need to get off my ass and listen to them.

Marathon new EP tour

Marathon are one of those local bands that you always see opening for everyone. And when you don't see them playing, you see them at all the shows you go to. And you even share beers with them at Rosies. They've got a new EP out, which is currently sitting in my inbox, waiting for me to listen to. I know, I'm slack, but I've been busy.

To launch the EP they'll be playing an all ages show at Burst City this Friday. This is also the kick off of their Never Safe Tour. They'll be playing with Thick Skin, Vassals, People Rain and Lo!

They've also been added to the Snitch show tomorrow night with I Exist/Extortion/Sex Wizard. Tomorrow will be amazing local hardcore.

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Dangers/Graf Orlock, Burst City June 19 2010

I liked it so much I went back a second time. 6 bands, all ages. I could write another review about it, but I think I covered it well on Friday. Both Dangers and Graf were better this time, I think the product of it being less loud and more understandable. Anyway, this post is basically to post a video I took:

Graf Orlock/Dangers/Infinite Thought Process/Marathon (Tempo Bar, 17 June 2010)

I had been waiting a long time for this show, so it was with great expectations that I walked into the Tempo Bar this afternoon. The Stage Door at Tempo Bar seemed a strange place for a hardcore show, it was too nice and brightly lit. Way too classy and it even had clean toilets!

That aside, about 150 punters half filled the basement venue. Most got in early to see local boys Marathon take the stage. This was their unofficial new album release show and they played a few tracks of their recently completed (days ago) album. One of their friends took the second microphone to add vocals to one of the closing songs and the crowd had obviously seen them before, as they joined in with singing some of the songs.

Sunshine Coast boys Infinite Thought Process were next, playing their progressive hardcore and metal. Their guitars were fast, the singing was heavy and the songs were long; none of which is a bad thing. They were all talented musicians, but at no point did they try to out play each other, instead creating complex yet beautiful melodies, interspersed with breakdowns and lightning fast solos. This was best demonstrated in their instrumental song, when the lead singer sat down for a breather. The remaining musicians played a lush sounding song, slowly building it up, until it eventually ran into their next song which happened to be the heaviest of the set.

Dangers started by thanking us for showing up, as they weren't expecting more than maybe 5 people. They came out hard and fast, within one song there were already monitors tipped upside down and clothing lost. The passion and energy exerted by the lead singer was amazing, he put his entire being into singing each song. He explained to the crowd that despite the overly depressing and suicidal themes of their music, it was really about a celebration of life and living, before dedicating the song Cure for Cancer to his grandfather who had a long battle with cancer.

The small, yet energetic crowd was given a masterclass in hardcore music philosophy. The entire band played as hard and as heavy as they could. The singer spent most of his time in the crowd, fighting and dancing with the few brave souls at the front that kept colliding with each other, and to the lesser extent the floor. A healthy mix of both of their albums was played and a few explanations were given for the newer songs as well.

Obviously more than a few of the crowd were in for Dangers only, as their was a lot less people by the time Graf Orlock took the stage. Not that there was much of a changeover, with the guitarist being the same for both bands and all of the same equipment being used.

Graf's cinematic grindcore is an experience in itself. Their soundcheck was the theme from Predator, which got me and Clus quite excited. Every song was introduced with samples from movies and the guitarist would also stop mid-riff to press the button to play more samples.

The volume and intensity was cranked up, with the Tempo Bar flooded with feedback the entire time. My poor ear plugs barely drowned out the noise. But this suited their grindcore sound. The band played to the smaller crowd on their first visit to Brisbane, with both guitarists and the singer coming out to the floor and throwing themselves into the few of us standing at the front of the stage. They closed their too short set with the Dream Left Behind, the sounds of Jurassic Park converting Clus into their new biggest fan.

If you get the chance, you can see Graf Orlock and Dangers again on Saturday at Burst City or Sunday at Shed 5. Both all ages shows. I'd recommend going to see them, as this was an amazing gig. And Dangers, if you are reading this, play Stay at Home Mom next time please.

Dangers

If you have talked to me about music in the last few months, you know I won't shut up about this band. For good reason. Dangers have put out one of the best hardcore albums of the last few years. And we are lucky enough that they are coming to spend a few weeks in Australia, touring with grindcore band Graf Orlock.

The opening track from their new album (called Stay At Home Mom) should get you into it:


It's also the song that I got the name of the blog from.

The shows:
17 June - Tempo Bar (former Bar 288), local supports are Marathon and Infinite Thought Process. Both great bands that I've seen. Marathon are hardcore, Infinite Thought Process channel Between the Buried and Me. Like a Xerox machine. 18+. $10.
18 June - Northern Rivers Sound, Lismore. AA
19 June - Burst City.  This show starts at 4pm, leaving plenty of time to go see Carpathian at Thriller (Rosies) that night. $15. AA
20 June - Shed 5, Gold Coast. AA

If you like hardcore, do yourself a favour. Go see these shows. They are cheap, so I don't really hear any excuse why you shouldn't. Even if you are going to Strung Out or Carpathian during that weekend, make the effort. I'll at least be at the Tempo Bar and Burst City shows.

Graf Orlock
Marathon
Infinite Thought Process