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Drills - No More Beer. As someone who thinks hardcore should be as tuneless as possible, I was pumped to discover early 80s outsider Seattle HC band, the Drills, and we put out their 7" in 2007. They had a bunch of demo songs and we picked our fav/most damaged songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0U...
the drills - no more beer
YouTube video by dirtyknobby
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February 7, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Drills - No More Beer. As someone who thinks hardcore should be as tuneless as possible, I was pumped to discover early 80s outsider Seattle HC band, the Drills, and we put out their 7" in 2007. They had a bunch of demo songs and we picked our fav/most damaged songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0U...
Bill Dixon - live in '68. A lot of heavies on this one including an early (first recorded?) appearance by Arthur Doyle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aL8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aL8...
Bill Dixon and University of the Streets Orchestra - 1968-XX-XX, New York, NY
YouTube video by Vintage Music Experience
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February 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Bill Dixon - live in '68. A lot of heavies on this one including an early (first recorded?) appearance by Arthur Doyle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aL8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aL8...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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RIP Günter Schickert. Truly one of the great unsung heroes of the underground German music scene.
December 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
RIP Günter Schickert. Truly one of the great unsung heroes of the underground German music scene.
If you are still looking for a gift for that Messthetics/70s UK post-punk fan in your life, may I suggest our awesome Hardware retrospective? Pairs well w/ the Homosexuals, Reptile Ranch, pragVEC, Normil Hawaiians, Glaxo Babies, Happy Refugees, etc.
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dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
HARDWARE - UNTITLED LP, 1979
Formed in 1977, the Cheltenham-based band Hardware drew inspiration from proto-punk, Krautrock, the CBGBs scene, Pere Ubu, and the more adventurous...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If you are still looking for a gift for that Messthetics/70s UK post-punk fan in your life, may I suggest our awesome Hardware retrospective? Pairs well w/ the Homosexuals, Reptile Ranch, pragVEC, Normil Hawaiians, Glaxo Babies, Happy Refugees, etc.
dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
TIL that Hans Reichel & Achim Knispel had a late 60s underground German avant-rock band called Horizon Cee who, according to Crack in the Cosmic Egg guy, did sorta Cream/Plastic Ono/psych jazz jams
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
TIL that Hans Reichel & Achim Knispel had a late 60s underground German avant-rock band called Horizon Cee who, according to Crack in the Cosmic Egg guy, did sorta Cream/Plastic Ono/psych jazz jams
Surprised Dischord or some other enterprising label hasn't done a Double O retrospective.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3H...
Double-O - Discography (1981-1983)
YouTube video by The Hardcore\Punk Archive
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December 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Surprised Dischord or some other enterprising label hasn't done a Double O retrospective.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3H...
Pink Floyd (minus Syd) & Blue Cheer is a killer pairing. Seattle, 1968.
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pink Floyd (minus Syd) & Blue Cheer is a killer pairing. Seattle, 1968.
Like a lot of folks of a certain age, I only knew Modern English from "Melt With You" and never bothered to check out their earlier stuff & that's a shame cuz they were quite solid. This song sound like a post-punk band channeling Hawkwind. youtu.be/C3FJ9vFFnjo?...
Modern English - Gathering Dust
YouTube video by richardhell73
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November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Like a lot of folks of a certain age, I only knew Modern English from "Melt With You" and never bothered to check out their earlier stuff & that's a shame cuz they were quite solid. This song sound like a post-punk band channeling Hawkwind. youtu.be/C3FJ9vFFnjo?...
Here's the entire episode of denim-clad Tony Wilson's So It Goes where the Sex Pistols made their tv debut in '76. I've seen their performance before but it's cool to watch it in context of what else was happening at the time. Must have been shocking to watch live.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxg...
SO IT GOES - TONY WILSON - 1976 - Featuring The Sex Pistols Live - Granada TV
YouTube video by Steve's Bits And Bobs
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November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here's the entire episode of denim-clad Tony Wilson's So It Goes where the Sex Pistols made their tv debut in '76. I've seen their performance before but it's cool to watch it in context of what else was happening at the time. Must have been shocking to watch live.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxg...
The world could use a vinyl pressing of the Hash Jar Tempo catalog (Bardo Pond plus Roy Montgomery).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled
YouTube video by TvuxoRoiale
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November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The world could use a vinyl pressing of the Hash Jar Tempo catalog (Bardo Pond plus Roy Montgomery).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
John Livengood - s/t cassette on Eurock. Awesome French electronic weirdness from the Spacecraft/Red Noise dude. Never been reissued.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
John Livengood - Same (Cassette, France 1980, Electronic Experimental Ambient) - Full Album
YouTube video by Archaic Inventions
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November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
John Livengood - s/t cassette on Eurock. Awesome French electronic weirdness from the Spacecraft/Red Noise dude. Never been reissued.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
I'm digging this release by Romeo Poirier, which is a really cool collage of studio chatter, false starts, & various other studio sounds normally left on the cutting room floor.
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
Off The Record, by Roméo Poirier
15 track album
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I'm digging this release by Romeo Poirier, which is a really cool collage of studio chatter, false starts, & various other studio sounds normally left on the cutting room floor.
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
The world could use a vinyl pressing of Bailter Space's Solar 3, which only came out on cd back in the day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
Bailter Space - Right Now
YouTube video by AudioCultureNZ
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October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The world could use a vinyl pressing of Bailter Space's Solar 3, which only came out on cd back in the day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
Crime & the City Solution - 1979 demo. Not great, but still cool to hear what they sounded like prior to the main dude moving to the UK & reforming the band with Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, and Epic Soundtracks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
crime and the city solution + 1979 Demos
YouTube video by dirtypearl
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October 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Crime & the City Solution - 1979 demo. Not great, but still cool to hear what they sounded like prior to the main dude moving to the UK & reforming the band with Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, and Epic Soundtracks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
Can — Live at Arles Amphitheatre, France (Aug 6, 1975)
YouTube video by Bootleg Archive
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October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you are a writer who likes money losing ideas, may I suggest a book on the BYG/Actuel series?
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you are a writer who likes money losing ideas, may I suggest a book on the BYG/Actuel series?
Cool article about Ian Thompson's fab book on the underground French music scene.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968
Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Ai...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Cool article about Ian Thompson's fab book on the underground French music scene.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Here are some free Hardware retrospective downloads. RIYL UK-post punk, Messthetics, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Wire, Pigbag etc. Buy LPs here: dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com
hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
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hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
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h8st-ja9v
4n42-k2y9
qwpw-6hnz
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yplj-b94f
t6s6-w9ja
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HARDWARE
hardware79.bandcamp.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here are some free Hardware retrospective downloads. RIYL UK-post punk, Messthetics, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Wire, Pigbag etc. Buy LPs here: dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com
hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
xewk-xf6h
h8st-ja9v
4n42-k2y9
qwpw-6hnz
gh9c-kj56
y424-gk2y
yplj-b94f
t6s6-w9ja
2yh2-ct9b
ated-x26x
hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
xewk-xf6h
h8st-ja9v
4n42-k2y9
qwpw-6hnz
gh9c-kj56
y424-gk2y
yplj-b94f
t6s6-w9ja
2yh2-ct9b
ated-x26x
Generally indifferent to a lot of obscure hardcore since most of those bands just seem plodding, but I've been waiting for this forthcoming Mecht Mensch retrospective for ages.... nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...
Anthology, by Mecht Mensch
26 track album
nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Generally indifferent to a lot of obscure hardcore since most of those bands just seem plodding, but I've been waiting for this forthcoming Mecht Mensch retrospective for ages.... nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...
Looking forward to getting this book on Rochdale's Cargo Studios. The Fall, Joy Division, bIG fLAME, OMD, Discharge, Gang of Four, the Chameleons, and countless other bands recorded there...
September 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looking forward to getting this book on Rochdale's Cargo Studios. The Fall, Joy Division, bIG fLAME, OMD, Discharge, Gang of Four, the Chameleons, and countless other bands recorded there...
Desperate Bicycles interview from The New Wave Magazine #9.
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Desperate Bicycles interview from The New Wave Magazine #9.
Teengenerate was one of the best live bands of the 90s & I am proud to report that Fink continues to rule w/ his latest band, Angel Face. Saw them last night in Seattle & they even included some TG classics in their set.
August 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Teengenerate was one of the best live bands of the 90s & I am proud to report that Fink continues to rule w/ his latest band, Angel Face. Saw them last night in Seattle & they even included some TG classics in their set.
Hardware review courtesy of Razorcake. Order it from our Big Cartel page and dazzle the hep.
August 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hardware review courtesy of Razorcake. Order it from our Big Cartel page and dazzle the hep.