So, back when Cave In's Until Your Heart Stops dropped on the hardcore masses several years back, I had the chance of catching the band at Middlesex County Community College. Those who live in or went to shows in Jersey know about this place. Anyway, being the music nerd that I am, I asked Steve Brodsky about Kid Kilowatt (which was just featured in a news byte in Second Nature fanzine mentioning the band changing its name from Ester of Wood Rosin); he said if I mailed him a tape he would send it back to me with their demos on it.
So I did just that and waited a while before it popped in my mailbox. I listened to this tape for years hoping to see a full album from the band (remember, Cave In had not gone all Space Rock or Indie Rock on us all yet so Kid Kilowatt was kind of their softer alter ego except with guys from Piebald and Converge helping out at times). I got teased with a version of the Scope on the first Hydra Head sampler.
Finally several years after the fact...the Hit Single 7" record came out. And I played the hell out of that as well. It had 2 songs not on the demo so it was the closest to new I thought I would ever see from the band. A couple of years following that the LP version of the record came out. I played the hell out of this record until the CD came out. I was psyched about this because it finally had "Tug of War" on it which was one of my favorite songs from the demos.
I still love Kid Kilowatt to this day.
check out their only CD Guitar Method if you ever get the chance...it's good stuff
In Remembrance of Kid Kilowatt
Posted by Bob • January 29, 2008
Bob • January 29, 2008
Oh Gehenna...how you make me smile
Posted by Bob • January 8, 2008
I broke out my CD for the Gehenna- The War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness and saw something that always made me smile. Allow me first to preface who this Gehenna is. These guys were a desperate batch of dudes who were rumored to be homeless vagabonds that made some of the most ragged and ruthless bands to ever play the hardcore/ punk scene. There recorded music is incredibly raw sounding but worth checking out.
The following is a tract that came with the CD, I do not endorse these activities and am posting this because it is funny to me
These Activities will enhance your enjoyment of Gehenna's music:
- Being paraded before press photographers by the FBI after a 10 week standoff at your Montana bunker
- Saving your urine in bottles to defend your squat when the pigs come
- Stealing a car to rush your girlfriend to the hospital after she has been shot in the head
- Finishing your root beer before attempting to set your broken nose bar-handed
- Spending an evening walking up and down the street looking for a place to shoplift dinner
- Shaking the roaches out of your clothes in the morning
- Smoking your last cigarette
These Activities may interfere with your appreciation of Gehenna's music:
- Taking communion
- Consulting a Lawyer
- Trimming your lawn
- Balancing your checkbook
- Shampooing and conditioning your hair
- Joining a video buyers club
- Becoming an officer of the peace
- Eating
Bob • January 8, 2008
Issue 2 of my print zine "I'm A Pretender" - available now!
Posted by Matt • December 7, 2007
Hello. Some of you might remember (or have participated in) my experiment over the summer collecting people's wishes on this page. I got over 160 entries and published them all in my print zine, "I'M A PRETENDER" (named after an Exploding Hearts song). This is what issue 2 looks like, and you can see the cover here.
The zine is a 24 page black and white A5-sized booklet that I write and design myself. Issue #1 was mainly 'creative writing' stuff (mostly short fiction and poetry); issue #2 has a wider mix of stuff and is hopefully a little funnier and more entertaining to read. The centrepoint of the issue is the Wishes project and the results, but as well as that there are such features as "My top 5 biggest social anxieties", "4 people you have never heard of", a modern-day retelling of the Viking armageddon story (Ragnarok) and perhaps the only zine columnist who happens to be an eagle. "How can I get my hands on this zine, Matt?!" I hear you cry. "Well", I answer confidently, "Pick an option from the list below:"
UK people
* Message me your address and I'll mail you a copy. Simple!
* If you fancy posting me a self-addressed envelope with a stamp on it, that would be nice, since I don't charge for the zine and don't include any ads, so I make a loss printing it.
Non-UK people
* Paypal me around $4 USD (or whatever your currency is). That's steeper than usual due to the crappy exchange rate and the pricey £2 I have to pay for international delivery, but I can't afford to mail it out myself (see above!).
* [email protected] is my Paypal address.
* Alternatively, if you wanna do a zine trade or something I'd be down for this. Email me, same address as above.
Some useful links:
- my deviantART page (with content from issue #1)
- I'M A PRETENDER Myspace Profile
Matt • December 7, 2007
Most Awkward Interview Ever?
Posted by Michael • November 7, 2007
Imagine being in this kid's place...
Michael • November 7, 2007
Colbert '08
Posted by Michael • October 17, 2007
Even though it is just a joke, I'd still vote for Stephen Colbert for president before I'd vote for anyone else for running, outside of the longshots that have no change in hell of getting more than a fraction of one percent of a the vote.
For those out of the loop, head here.
Michael • October 17, 2007
Latest news stories
Nocturnal Prose exposes Western Interests
Posted in Records on August 15, 2026
San Antonio, TX political post-punks Nocturnal Prose are releasing their first long player Western Interests on the band's own Total Agency label. Featuring Yole Centeno on guitar, vocals, and synth, Nick Obregon on 2nd guitar, Aaron Marin on bass and Alan Codd on drums, the band had previously released a … Read more
Oso Oso US tour dates
Posted in Tours on August 20, 2026
Indie-emo band Oso Oso of Jade Lilitri will be touring the US this fall, joined by Leisure Hour and Bad Luck on lne leg of the tour and by Liquid Mike and Bugsy on the other. Read more Oso Oso 2026 Tour Dates October 7 - Allston, MA - Brighton … Read more
Cross Check with a new single
Posted in Bands on August 20, 2026
Five-piece metallic hardcore band Cross Check just shared a new single, "Wildfire." And if you're wondering, yes, they are form Canada. The Montreal-based band formed in 2022, then released a 2023 and the if you’re not afraid then why are you shaking EP in 2025. The single is available via … Read more
Split Silk in September
Posted in Records on August 20, 2026
Skeletal Lightning just announced that Split Silk, of Atlanta, GA, has joined their roster with a new album out next month. Be The Divine will release on Sept. 18. Started as "sadgirl emo noise" by vocalist/guitarist Lucca Cassandra Carver, the project evolved into a full band and last released Bitter … Read more
All about The Family Business Ltd (feat. Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels)
Posted in Records on August 19, 2026
A new ska collective called The Family Busineses Ltd has shared news of an album on Hellcat Records, out Sept. 25. The lineup on the first single features Jordan Cardy (Rat Boy), Preston (The Ordinary Boys), and Antonee First Class (The English Beat), joined by Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels … Read more
Goblin Cock presents Traumanaut
Posted in Records on August 19, 2026
Goblin Cock, aproject form Rob Crow of Pinback, going by alter ego Lord Phallus in the project, has announced the new album Traumanaut, out Oct. 9 on Joyful Noise Recordings. The record is a follow-up to Necronomidonkeykongimicon (2016). Hear a new single below. Read more TRACKLIST 1. Flowers Grow 2. … Read more
"Lonely Now" with New Junk City
Posted in Records on August 19, 2026
Atlanta, GA punk band New Junk City has shared news of a new album called Where Could I Go? The new record is the band's fourth, out via Lauren Records on Nov. 6. The first single is called "Lonely Now," out today. Read more Where Could I Go? Tracklist: Big … Read more
Fire Sale splits with The Corps
Posted in Records on August 18, 2026
Fire Sale has a new split EP coming out on Negative Progression Records. Is it a pattern? Maybe, as the band released a split with Pulley on the label last year. This time around they teamed up with The Corps for a 4-song EP called Split Decision, out on Sept. … Read more
The Body & Cel Genesis collaboration album
Posted in Records on August 18, 2026
The Body has a new collaborative record out before the end the year, the new Whole Wide World, with Cel Genesis, out Nov. 13 on Thrill Jockey Records. The record explores heavy sounds with dual drumming and trance music, among a plethora of deeper influences. Listen to the first single, … Read more
Dead Neanderthals announce Flesh Is Fragile
Posted in Records on August 17, 2026
Dutch expiermentla grind duo Dead Neanderthals will release a new LP on Oct. 2. If you read the headline first, you can probably surmize that it's titled Flesh Is Fragile. The band, comprised of Otto Kokke (synthesizer) and René Aquarius (drums, vocals), play heavy, distored tunes that, they note, lean … Read more
Gatta Morta is Born
Posted in Bands on August 17, 2026
Gatta Morta is the new supergroup formed by Buzz Osborne (Melvins), JD Pinkus (Butthole Surfers),Coady Willis (Big Business), and Clinton Jacob (Mr. Phylzzz). Their new EP, Burn Witch Burn, is available now via Amphetamine Reptile Records. Check out the visualizer for their track "Black Hall" below: Read more Osborne comments: … Read more
Godflesh on the Brink of 'Decay'
Posted in Records on August 17, 2026
Godflesh have announced their new album, Decay -- available September 25th via Relapse Records. You can check out their new track "Living/Ending" below: Read more Justin Broadrick comments: Decay was born from the same sessions as Purge. It was one huge pool of songs. I picked what I felt was … Read more
As We Shiver ahead of the release date
Posted in Records on August 15, 2026
As We Shiver, a melodic post-hardcore band from Houston, TX, have a new EP on the way -- a split with Compilations of Austin, TX, which will be titled Down The Middle (Diverse Chorus Records). Check out a new song below. Read more Read more
Fucked Up Quicksand
Posted in Tours on August 15, 2026
Quicksand and Fucked up will be touring Canada later this year, just after Quicksand wraps up a run of dates in the US with Bane as the band continues to support their 2026 album Bring on the Psychics (Equal Vision). Dates are shared below, including a stop in Fresno, CA, … Read more
Vita Ruina's Modern Frames
Posted in Records on August 15, 2026
Post-hardcore band Vita Ruina will soon release a new 7", Modern Frames, out via Mind Over Matter Records on Sept. 18. The title track is streaming below, with the band noting: At its heart "Modern Frames" is about discovering that while the ‘frames’ we live in might break, change, or … Read more
Having The Conversation with Lockslip
Posted in Records on August 14, 2026
Metallic hardcore band Lockslip shared a single from their upcoming debut album The Conversation, out Nov. 6. The record will release via Bleakhouse, run by King Yosef, who also appears on the lead single, "Gray World." The Los Angeles, CA based band formed in 2022 and has released a self-titled … Read more
What do Scorpion Milk, Ulver, Gang of Four and Devo have in common
Posted in Records on August 14, 2026
Scorpion Milk is following its Slime of the Times debut with a new 6-song EP called Flesh Masks For Skulls, out via Peaceville on Sept. 25. The new EP has four new songs, plus two covers: "What We All Want," originally by Gang of Four and "Gut Feeling," originally by … Read more
A benefit from The Format
Posted in Bands on August 14, 2026
The Format just released a bonus track from the Boycott Heaven sessions, “The Bar Is Set So Low,” as a fundraiser for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota’s Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, Immigrant Defense Network, Advocates for Immigrant Rights, and Latino Memphis. The band wrote the song as tensions with ICE … Read more
"Typing..." with Kaonashi
Posted in Bands on August 14, 2026
Kaonashi shared a new single today (below), "Typing...", out in advance of tours with The Callous Daoboys and The Number Twelve Looks Like You, as well as the Never Home Festival next weekend. The single releases via Equal Vision. Read more Tour Dates: 8/20 Philadelphia, PA – Never Home Fest … Read more
The Flenser welcomes Genital Shame
Posted in Records on August 13, 2026
We debated between the band and album title winning our headline, and here's where we landed: a direct quation of the first 5 words of today's press release announcing that Genital Shame will release Wellness Plan on The Flenser on Oct. 30. The black metal project from Erin Dawson explores … Read more
