December 17, 2013

ACTIONAUTS - Hash Assassin single (1983)

I knew about this band through the "Last Call" compilation, and even though I've seen this 7" in local record stores I only heard it for the first time a few months back when Dan Walters gave it to me. Some pretty good power pop / new wave type stuff here, produced by Nick Jones of the Pointed Sticks. Shame they didn't put out anything else. According to former member John Cody, the band did have some other recordings that were never released. 
1. Hash Assassin
2. Vagabond
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December 10, 2013

DIRECT CONTROL - You're Controlled LP (2005)

By far one of my favourite hardcore records from the last decade.  When I first heard "Ronnie's Dead" back in '06, I was hooked. Pretty much everything this band put out was great, which really isn't surprising given guitarist/vocalist's Brandon Ferrell's resume (Municipal Waste, Government Warning, Major Damage, to name a few). While I do think this 12" is out of print, it's not impossible to track down. 

1. Direct Control
2. Ronnie's Dead
3. What's The Point?
4. Bucktown Hardcore
5. I Like It Fast
6. Herd The Cattle
7. War All The Time
8. Let's Scorch Scorch
9. Tough Guy
10. Braindead
11. Outro
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