VARIOUS ARTISTS

Contributed by AK Rot A brand new compilation tape to benefit the Prairieland Defendants, anti-ICE demonstrators in Texas witchhunted and cumulatively sentenced to centuries in prison for participating in a noise demo at an ICE detention facility in Alvaredo on the fourth of July last year. The tape was assembled in Philadelphia and solidly represents the city's subgenres and scene generations, alongside new and established bands from across northern North America. In the vein of the impressiv...

For some reason I always had an affinity for the Seattle scene, but never for what it was famous for in the 90’s, frankly my Nevermind is probably Are These Our Lives?. I’m happy to see that some of the people who made Northwest Hardcore so exciting for me are still at it (even though they branched off musically), and are delivering this awesome collection of songs showcasing the wonderful current alternative-rock landscape of the Emerald City. 14 bands offer one song each on this LP, among them...