With the year winding down, everyone is looking back to what happened this year. Unlike other music blogs, we decided to feature personal “best of” lists from our writers, rather than one collective post.

Music videos are the most logical artistic extension for recorded music. Most people immediately think of MTV or VH1 when they hear the term ‘music video’, but they don’t start or end there.

This album is full of fist pumping, foot stomping tunes from Detroit’s own Walls of Jericho. This being the band’s second release of 2008…

Rooster’s Roadhouse tonight was packed. With a full lineup of metal bands from across the Bay Area, there was no doubt that tonight was going to be loud and heavy. Sarah Mccroskey, concert promoter and founder of Thizzle Sticks Productions, was constantly being thanked…

With many small record labels closing their doors in recent years, there are very few hardcore/punk labels still continuously releasing quality records. We were fortunate enough to interview Biff, the owner of Feral Kid Records, about everything from why he releases records on vinyl to plans for upcoming releases.

While there aren’t hundreds of books on hardcore punk music, there still is plenty of mediocre titles out there. This article will help you sift through the piles and find the books that should be in anyone’s collection.

With a sea of hardcore-punk bands in the world, it is hard to stand out.  Richmond, Virginia’s Government Warning doesn’t have this problem.  While their sound is heavily influenced by 80’s hardcore bands such as Necros, Black Flag, and Minor Threat, they have revamped the style and have made it relevant for the 21st century.  All of their records are worth checking out, but their debut LP No Moderation on Feral Ward is one of the best hardcore records released in the last few years.
Here is a video of Government …

On October 14th 2008, Fucked Up played a soon to be legendary 12 hour free show in New York City.  Throughout the day they were joined by friends of theirs from the Cro-Mags, Vampire Weekend, Vivian Girls, Les Savy Fav, and many more.  Rhapsody, one of the sponsors of the show, have released a teaser with some of the footage captured throughout the day.  Judging by this short video, it looks like this show will be talked about for years to come.