The second installment of H2O cover releases kicks off with the CroMags "Hard Times" a song the band has been playing live for a while and despite Toby Morse's high pitched vocals they pull off nicely. Next up Sick Of It All's "Friends Like You" gets some attention and is probably the weakest of the three songs. My fave Madball track "Pride" wraps up proceedings and it's a little difficult to hear it without Freddy's voice behind it. While the California 7 inch worked well, this one doesn't seem too as much as the ilk of band's covered are much harder and heavier, and the H2O sound really doesn't seem to do the songs justice.
HIGHLIGHTS
THE ACCUSED Interview With Singer Blaine Cook
MILITARIE GUN Announce New LP: God Save The Gun
SECRET WORLD Announce New EP: Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me
NO APOLOGIES Return With New LP: Life
New Pat Flynn (Fiddlehead/Have Heart) fronted band: HOW MUCH ART
GRIDIRON heading to Australia in 2026 for COMEBACK KID Tour
NEWS
SCHOOL DRUGS ‘Funeral Arrangements’ Compilation LP
Indecision Records has announced the upcoming release of a new LP for SCHOOL DRUGS titled "Funeral A...
SPEED Announce New EP "All My Angels" And Release Video...
SPEED have announced ALL MY ANGELS, a new three-track EP which is set for release on October 23
Convulse Records Announce New LP For DESTINY BOND
Convulse Records has announced the upcoming release of a new LP for Destiny Bond titled "The Love" o...
BY A THREAD Release New Track From "Mirrored Life" ...
Vancouver’s late-’90s post-hardcore band By A Thread return with LP Mirrored Life out September 12th...
SPACED Join Pure Noise And Announce 'No Escape' EP
SPACED have joined the Pure Noise Records roster and announced the No Escape EP due out October 17th...
OUSTED Release Video Off Debut EP "How Do You Cope?"...
Baltimore hardcore band Ousted announce How Do You Cope? EP out September 19th on Ashtray Monument R...
TOURS
THE GIFTHORSE "Give My Body To This Town"...
After a few years on hiatus and a couple of new bands forming out of the ashes of the initial breaku...
OUTRIGHT "Avalanche" Reason and Rage
What felt like a long time coming, has definitely been so damn well worth the wait. Melbourne's Outr...
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM "Get Hurt" Island Records
The Gaslight Anthem return with their fifth full length album, having released last album "H...
NEW BLOOD
Introducing REND From Adelaide
REND are a new band out of Adelaide who dropped an awesome two track EP last year off the back of a ...
Introducing DEFIANT GROUND From The Gold Coast
DEFIANT GROUND are a new band out of the Gold Coast who have just released their demo through Set Th...
Introducing BULLY SQUAD From Sydney
BULLY SQUAD are a new band out of Sydney who dropped an impressive demo this year through New Ethic ...
INTERVIEWS
THE ACCUSED A.D. Interview With Singer Blaine Cook...
The Accüsed A.D. finally visit Australia in 2025, Rod Hunt chats to singer Blaine Cook ahead of the ...
SECRET WORLD Interview With Guitarist Josh Campiao
We catch up with Josh Campiao from Sydney band SECRET WORLD to talk about their debut 7inch "Guilt I...
2024 The Year In Review
Welcome to our annual end of year wrap up, as we celebrate and dissect 2024, the year that was.
LOOKING BACK
Revisiting BAD BRAINS 1994 Australian Tour w/ THE...
The "Rise" tour of 1994 was the one and only visit the BAD BRAINS would make to Australia with THE M...
Looking Back On HENRY ROLLINS and the HARD...
In this latest feature of Looking Back we investigate how the classic release of "Let There Be Rock"...
Revisiting NIRVANA's 1992 Australian Tour
Nirvana's 1992 tour of Australia is etched into the history books as a feat of legend for many reaso...
COLLECTORS
Inside REGAN CADD's Record Collection
Regan Cadd is from Melbourne and really likes youth crew hardcore, especially the glory days of R...
Inside MATT FOOTY HORVATH'S Record Collection
Matt "Footy" Horvath has been an avid collector for a very long time and owns some very. very, ra...
Inside RYAN WILLMOTT's Record Collection
Take a peek into the record collection of Ryan Willmott, filled with Mindsnare, Radio Birdm...
CRUCIAL FIVE
Graham Nixon on TRIAL AND ERROR RECORDS
Resist Records kingpin, Graham Nixon breaks down his top five favourite releases from the Trial an...
Nigel Melder on RESIST RECORDS
Trial and Error Records mastermind, Nigel Melder breaks down his top five favourite releases from ...
Nick Horsnell on REVELATION RECORDS
Miles Away frontman, Nick Horsnell delivers his top five releases from the Revealtion Records cata...
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