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
Introducing REND From Adelaide
SECRET WORLD Interview With Guitarist Josh Campiao
CROSSCHECK Interview With Drummer George
NEWS
DRAIN Announce New LP "Is Your Friend"
DRAIN announce their new album ‘...IS YOUR FRIEND', due for release on November 7th via Epitaph Reco...
NIHILISTIC EASYRIDER Announce "Deluxe Edition" LP
Narrow Head’s frontman Jacob Duarte delivers a masterfully crafted, hook-drenched mixtape fuelled by...
ASSERTION To Release New LP "Basking In The Gaslight"
Assertion announce resilient sophomore album, Basking In The Gaslight, out July 25th through Spartan...
SUPERCHUNK Announce New LP "Songs in the Key of Yikes"...
SUPERCHUNK is back! Their new album, Songs in the Key of Yikes, is out on August 22 through Merge Re...
New BATTERY Track Released And LP Reissue Announced
Battery have released a new track "My Last Breath" pieced together with archival video footage.
New SKINHEAD LP 'It’s a Beautiful Day, What a Beautiful...
Skinhead will release 'It’s a Beautiful Day, What a Beautiful Day' on June 20, 2025, via Closed Cask...
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
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.
CROSSCHECK Interview With Drummer George
Perth (Boorloo) band CROSSCHECK are set to release a new 7 track EP "On The Offensive" through ...
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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