SEE YOU IN HELL US tour dates!!!

People are already talking about Chaos In Tejas, which is a few months away. One of the bands that are on the bill is SEE YOU IN HELL from the Czech Republic. They've been around for a while. and released some great stuff. Their recent releases with SYSTEMATIC DEATH, and CONTRAST ATTITUDE, both on Insane Society Records, are top shelf stuff. Pick this stuff up from them when they come through your town or order it direct from the label: http://www.insanesociety.net

Here's the tour dates:

SYIH+LOTUS FUCKER
June 1, Wednesday: Nashville TN
June 2, Thursday: Austin TX (Chaos in Texas)
June 3, Friday: Austin TX (Chaos in Texas)
June 4, Saturday: Austin TX (Chaos in Texas)
June 5, Sunday: Austin TX (Chaos in Texas)
June 6, Monday: Kansas City MO
June 7, Tuesday: Minneapolis MN
June 8, Wednesday: Milwaukee WI (with Origin of M)
June 9, Thursday: Chicago IL (with Origin of M)
June 10, Friday: Cleveland, OH
June 11, Saturday: Pittsburgh, PA (with xBrainiax)
SYIH+xBRAINIAx
June 12, Sunday: Philadelphia, PA
June 13, Monday: Washington, DC
June 14, Tuesday: Baltimore, MD (with Lotus Fucker, Origin of M [Japan])
June 15, Wednesday: New York, NY
June 16, Thursday: Albany, NY
June 17, Friday: Boston, MA

SCHOOL JERKS / CULO / TIMEBOMBS show in Fullerton, CA

Here's a flyer for the SCHOOL JERKS / CüLO / TIMEBOMBS show in Fullerton, CA at the Riff Haus.
Make the drive!

SCHOOL JERKS / CULO TOUR DATES!!!!!!

Alright, I have the tour dates for SCHOOL JERKS and CüLO. Looking forward to this!!! I plan to hit at least two of their shows in the LA/OC area. See you there. And the flyer was taken from the staticoponx website.

Feb. 18h - San Francisco - Hemlock Bar (1131 Polk Street) w/ Wild Thing
Feb. 19th - Sacramento - Axewave Manor (2426 33rd) w/ Verraeterisch
Feb. 20th - Los Angeles - South Central Farmers Collective (41st and Long Beach Blvd) w/ Tuberculosis, Destruye Y Huye, Drapetomania
Feb. 21st - LA-area - TBA, hopefully something but email us if you can help
Feb. 22nd - Phoenix, AZ - Sound Kontrol (25th Street and Chambers) w/ Elders, Otro Mundo, No Bunny
Feb. 23rd - Fullerton - Riff Haus (1150 E. Valencia Dr.) - w/ Bad Antics, Concussion, Timebombs
Feb. 24th - Bakersfield -  Munoz Gym (1931 E. California Ave) w/ DADT, Carcinogenz
Feb. 25th - Oakland - The Swamp (35th and Market) w/ Ecoli, Neo-Cons

On the way down Culo only are playing
Feb. 11th - Minneapolis
Feb. 12th - Fargo, ND

A quick list of my favorite releases of 2010. A bit late, but...

Here's a list I compiled in late December of my favorite releases of 2010, in no particular order.

NU SENSAE "TV, Death and the Devil" LP

MUCH WORSE "Proper Execute" EP

THE ENERGY "First Album" LP

MASS HYSTERI s/t LP

COMPLICATIONS s/t LP

THE BOSTON STRANGLER demo tape

UX VILEHEADS "First.. EP

REGULATIONS "To Be Me" LP

TOTAL ABUSE "Mutt" LP

GASCHAMBER s/t LP

SOTATILLA "Vituiks Meni" EP

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY "Through The Confusion" LP

PAHAA VERTA s/t LP

TIMEBOMBS "Mumbling" 10"

NOMOS "Notes From The Acheron" 12" EP

CULO "Military Abuse" EP

BLOODTYPE s/t EP

SYSTEMATIC DEATH / SEE YOU IN HELL split EP

COAL FREAKS s/t CD

I have a couple reviews to post soon. Things here are busy at the moment, so time and energy is sparse... 

The print issue is still in the works. Have a couple more interviews to transcribe and will complete the layout soon after. 

Whatever became of Felix from Life's Halt? Right here....

When I first moved to LA in 1997 Felix Reyes was one of the first people I befriended. I believe Life's Halt were pretty much starting out at that point. I do remember going to some of their practices when Nate played drums, and one time we rode our bicycles up and down Venice Beach putting up LH stickers on any inanimate object we could.
Life's Halt eventually blew up and put out a few records, did a couple tours, or more. They split up in 2001 I think. Noel went on to play in Annihilation Time, Jon and Charlie have been in a number of bands, and Felix played in a couple as well. Then he moved away, started a family.
But, as time went on he got the itch to play again, and has a new band called Big Crux. Sounds more San Pedro than Seattle. But I think this was where he was bound to end up, since he talked a lot about the Minutemen way back when.
You can check them out here at this site:http://bigcrux.bandcamp.com/

ZINE UPDATE AND ODDS & ENDS...

Alright, working on the print version at the moment. Should be interesting, and it's definitely diverse in its coverage. Interviews include Total Abuse, Glass Candy, Secret Society of the Sonic Six, Gary Panter, Timebombs, and more. Check back at least by the end of this month for an update.

Went to the Timebombs / Dry Rot / Nomos / The Men show at the Unity Church in Long Beach last weekend. Awesome night the whole way through. Best hardcore show I've been to in some time. The whole line up was solid.

Cülo, and the School Jerks are coming through California in February. I hope to attend a couple of their shows. I hear the Fullerton show should be amazing. More details will be posted as I get them.

Within the next week I'll post my top records of the past year. Nothing to lose sleep over, but you know...

Going to a show on a Wednesday night? Yeah, if it's the TIMEBOMBS.

So I'm messing around and bored on a Tuesday night and start checking out websites looking for shows in the area. I see the Timebombs are playing at the Blvd the following night with Progeria, and Mindless and a couple other bands. I stared at the image for a few moments, wondering if this thee Timebombs, the band who's put out nothing but great records, and in particular their recent 10", "Mumbling", and the "I Belong In Hell" LP from last year. Both still available from Cowabunga Records. Do a search on the net for the site, if you don't already have these. The first couple EPs were straight up hardcore, whereas the latest two, though still very much hardcore, are more noisy and misanthropic. Distortion permeates everything, the cover art and lyrical subjects are darker and less, ermm... I don't know, definitely not for the weekender types.
So yeah, turns out it was thee Timebombs who played. They had some problems with the bass cabinet at first, but once it was rectified they ripped it up for a brief moment and it was over. Maybe a 10 minute set at best? I haven't seen a band play a set this short since the days of Mohinder, and that was back in 1993 / '94. No pause, all go. I didn't even see a set list. I must admit, as much as I enjoy their records and try to spread the gospel to others to pick 'em up, these guys are even better live. Run, don't walk, to see them when they play your area.
Here's a few photos I managed to get from their set.