Accidente

Here's a band I fell in love with last year.  So much so, that I put out a cassette version of their self-titled first record.  They are called Accidente and are from Madrid, Spain.  The music is melodic, forceful and dynamic and the lyrics are impassioned, urgent and devoid of cliche.  They are also some of the sweetest people on the planet.  Their second record was just released on January 1st and is entitled Amistad Y Rebelion. The pop sensibilities are stronger and the songwriting is slightly more adventurous, yet the feeling remains the same.  It's a triumphant and impressive second record and I can't wait to see what these kids do next.  Bands like this are what punk is about to me...I love nerding out on long lost 80's hardcore records, but those are just artifacts, long dead and fossilized.  Punk is about the now, it is about the people around us and what we can create together.  Punk is about a better life for each other, or at least a life that is more our own. Bands like Accidente keep the flames of the present burning, shining light on the now and showing us that we still have so much work to do, that we are every bit as important as the "legends" that precede us.

You can download both albums for free on Accidente's bandcamp HERE

LPs are available in various distros around the world and if you want a cassette of the self titled album, they are only $4 and can be found at my label/distro's site HERE

Corrupted - Noothgrush split & El Mundo Frio

Corrupted ALWAYS brought the ultra heavy.  You get the fantastic split with Noothgrush (their tracks, too) and then you get the hour and eleven minute commitment to DOOM that is El Mundo Frio.  Personal favorite.

CORRUPTED / NOOTHGRUSH SPLIT 

EL MUNDO FRIO

Nausea

Here's some Nausea for ya.

SMASH 

Rai Ko Ris

Rai Ko Ris formed in 2000 in Kathmandu, Nepal and have been bashing out their bouncy, catchy and aggressive punk ever since.  Kinda reminds me of a rougher Electric Deads.  Here's the Himalayan Frostbite EP from 2003 plus their track from the Underground Asia comp.  Very good stuff.

RAI KO RIS

Post Regiment

Hands down one of my favorite punk bands.  They were just so much better than everyone else.  Get all of these, but know that the first half of Death Before Metal features the band before Nika became the vocalist and turned them into something entirely their own.

DEATH BEFORE METAL

SELF TITLED

CZARZLY

Crackbox - Plug It The Fuck In Tape

Crackbox ruled.  Tough, poppy, earnest, no-fucks-given punk rock from NOLA.  I dare you to shrug off "Dead Friends."  My copy of this tape got eaten, boo.  One or more of these folks were in Pray For Death and the singer is now in Violent Sects, who also rule.

PLAY IT LOUD!

I can't find an image of the cover :(

but this one's pretty cool

Grouch - Fuck The World As Soon As Possible

Hey you, hope you're doing well.  The first post for this new year is...my old pop punk(region rawk?) band.  Too bad for you!  We were called Grouch and we started a band even though we knew that two of us were about to move to the West Coast (I stayed here).  We were all about to explode from anxiety and life and whatnot and when I listen to these songs I feel like all that tension and panic is oozing out of the speakers.  That could easily just be me, though.  We hastily wrote and recorded this cassette tape, and it actually turned out well...but then some mysterious force got hold of the master tape and what we were left with is this warbly, trebley, scratchy and slightly sped up version of the band.  Oh well, it's what it is and somehow oddly appropriate.  I love these songs and I loved playing music with the other two people in the band.  One of them moved to the Bay and was in Neon Piss (Rest In Piss), the other you might know from his old band Shorebirds and he's in the Northwest somewhere, hopefully playing music still.  Enjoy maybe.

FTWASAP