Lucky Thirteen

I've had lots of ideas for things to write about this time, but after spending time re-launching the Suspect Device distro Suspect Device Shop all those good ideas have disappeared. So here's some records I've bought over the past couple of weeks.

Anyway, The new Artcore is out, issue 29, and it comes with a superb comp LP. "Terminal Decay" has tracks by 1981, Endless Grinning Skulls, Night Birds, Arctic Flowers, Off With Their Heads, Pettybone, Hygiene and lots of others. Twenty tracks, thirteen of which are previously unreleased. You can order it here Artcore Fanzine.

I also bought the Anthrax 7" that is a benefit for the 1 in 12 Club. A great band and a great cause. It's a limited release, so I don't know if there are any left, but it's got to be worth an email to see if you can still get your hands on a copy - anthrax_uk@hotmail.com

My friend Casey Jones sent me a copy of the No For An Answer 7""It Makes Me Sick". Recorded by the same line-up that recorded "You Laugh" EP, and it sounds like No For An Answer should sound. Great hardcore, good lyrics and great to hear that these guys can still do it.

There's a Hard Skin singles LP out too, so I had to buy that as well. It felt like being a kid again, buying dodgy singles collections that I probably shouldn't.

I been on the hunt for the Speed Kills 7", but hopefully I can get my hands on a copy in the next week or so, once I've been paid. I have a download of their demo and it's a real ripper.

Ok, that's it for now. Go buy some records...

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12 Bars Of Gold

It's that time of year again; so here it is, my 2011 top 10 lists....

LPs

Night Birds “The Other Side Of Darkness” LP Grave Mistake

Violent Arrest “Tooth & Nail” LP Boss Tuneage / Tadpole

Section 13 “Burning Bridges” CD Boss Tuneage

Arctic Flowers “Reveries” LP Inimical

Endless Grinning Skulls s/t LP Viral Age

Brain F≠ “Sleep Rough” LP Grave Mistake / Static Shock

The Phoenix Foundation “No Love Lost” LP Stonehenge

Deep Sleep “Turn Me Off” CD Grave Mistake

Zounds “The Redemption Of...” CD Overground

Burnt Cross “Mankind’s Obituary” CD Tadpole

EPs

Punch “Nothing Lasts” 7” Deathwish

OFF! “First Four EPs” 7” Boxset Vice

Whole In The Head “Them & Us” 7” Tadpole

Night Birds “Midnight Movies” 7” No Way

1981 “Decay” 7” Kämäset Levyt

Epic Problem “EP” CD Self Released

Burnt Cross “Fight The Law Not The Poor” 7” Tadpole

Pet Milk “Philadelphia Punklife” download

Career Suicide “Cherry Beach” 7” Dirtnap

The Shirks “Cry Cry Cry” 7” Grave Mistake 

Reissues

Culture Shock “Everything” CD Boxset Bluurg

HDQ “You Suck / Hung Drawn & Quartered” CD Boss Tuneage

Faith “Subject To Change & First Demo” LP Dischord

Depraved / Visions Of Change s/t CD Boss Tuneage

Exit Condition “Impact Time / Bite Down Hard” LP Boss Tuneage

Night Birds “Fresh Kills Vol.1” CD Grave Mistake

Exit Condition “Days Of Wild Skies” CD Boss Tuneage

Political Asylum “Winter” CD Boss Tuneage

UK Subs “The Complete Punk Singles Collection” CD boxset Captain Oi

Skids “The Singles Collection 1978-1981” CD Boxset Captain Oi

Live

Violent Arrest - The Hobbit, Southampton

Subhumans - The Joiners, Southampton

Night Birds -  Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton 

OFF! - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

Punch -  Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton

Deep Sleep -  Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton

Peter & The Test Tube Babies - The Prince Albert, Brighton

Stupids - The Prince Albert, Brighton

Liberty - The Joiners, Southampton

Steve Ignorant - Shepherds Bush Empire, London