There are two different versions of this album, with one featuring half time drumming. There are also guest vocals from Dinosaur Jr, The Tragically Hip and Alexisonfire frontmen. None of these measures however really seem to add to the album's appeal. Backing up the brilliant "David Comes To Life" was always going to be hard to do. Any high point will always serve as a comparitive. On their latest effort, the band has continued to move futher and further away from their inital explosive hardcore sound and a band I once found really unique and appealing have started to blend their songs together into one long blur that falls a bit flat. I kind of feel like Fucked Up need to stop releasing, every single song they write and concentrate a little on collating the better songs into less spariodic releases.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEWS
Revelation Announce JUDGE "Chung King Can Suck It" LP
In celebration of the 200th release from Revelation Records, Chung King Can Suck It has now been rem...
FEVER SHACK Release New EP "Not Fuckin About"
Melbourne's FEVER SHACK have released a new four track EP titled "Not Fuckin' About".
CLONED APPARITION Release New Track "Holly Green"
CLONED APPARITION announce their singing to Static Era Records (Clearbody, Splitview) and share...
Epitaph Records Release ALL "Live Plus One" As Double LP...
Epitaph Records has pressed for the first time on vinyl ALL "Live Plus One" as a double LP offering....
SCHKEUDITZER KREUZ / DECIDE TODAY Split 7" & Tour
Schkeuditzer Kreuz (AU) & Decide Today (US) announce split 7” vinyl release and Australian tour
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Convulse Records Release New EP For SPEED PLANS
Convulse Records has released a new EP for SPEED PLANS titled "D.U.I."
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 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 ...
Introducing BLOODMOUTH From Canberra
Bloodmouth hail from Canberra and are devoted to spreading their message of animal liberation by any...
INTERVIEWS
CROSSCHECK Interview With Drummer George
Perth (Boorloo) band CROSSCHECK are set to release a new 7 track EP "On The Offensive" through ...
PROCESSION Interview With Jarrod Birch
After a string of catchy singles, Procession are set to release their debut album through Team Glass...
2023 The Year In Review
Welcome to our annual end of year wrap up, as we celebrate and dissect 2023, the year that be.
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...