Transit
Stay Home
Run for Cover (2009)
Just as a clock comes full circle, so does the music world. Every couple of years the music cycle rotates back around from a previous time as it highlights a specific style, sound, or message of influence. Transit is part of the new wave of melodic punk bands that draw heavily from the 90's emo scene. Imagine tidbits pulled from … Read more
Transit
This Will Not Define Us
Barrett (2008)
Imagine it's the last part of 90's and you're some wide-eyed kid who thinks you're older late-teens brother is the coolest person in world. Your older brother also plays guitar in a cool band and owns records by bands named Texas is the Reason, The Get Up Kids, The Movielife, and Braid. One sad day your brother heads off to … Read more
Transitions
Positive Hardcore
Independent (2008)
This CD is a three song demo of 90's hardcore on the posi tip (obviously). It sounds like a cross between Mouthpiece and Undertow. So you probably already tell I like this. It's a complete throwback to when I got into hardcore and not breaking any new ground but for three tracks you really can't complain. It's heavy with simple … Read more
Trap Them
Filth Rations
Southern Lord (2010)
What a seriously excellent release, regardless of its aural brevity, from Trap Them (whom are quickly becoming a stalwart outfit in the independent punk / hardcore / metal genres). Relentless touring, passion, and good records will do that for bands sometimes. Particularly if they do so in same furious manner this band has. Filth Rations, though, is different from other records … Read more
Trap Them
Seance Prime
Deathwish Inc. (2007)
Deathwish Inc. is definitely an interesting label. Their releases span the clearly generic (Damage's Final) to the very progressive (along with Converge's own releases on the label I'll cite The Power and The Glory's Call Me Armageddon). However, their more forward thinking releases tend to fall under the same category of super abrasive, showing a lot of noise rock/crust influence, … Read more
Trap Them
Sleepwell Deconstructor
Trash Art (2007)
For those of you unfamiliar with Trap Them (or Trap Them and Kill Them or 77+K7, I'm not sure which moniker stuck) you have to be familiar with Backstabbers, Inc. right? Well, if for some reason you aren't, this is dirty, dirty crust-grind. The distortion is through the roof, and none of that polished metal sound that you get from … Read more
Trap Them / Extreme Noise Terror
Split
Deathwish Inc. (2008)
Admittedly, this is one hell of a split record. Seriously, it would be interesting to have been a fly on the wall when this idea was tossed around by the guilty parties. Starting with Extreme Noise Terror because of their longevity (having formed in England in 1985 and still going) and place in punk and grind history (with Napalm Death … Read more
Trapped Under Ice
Secrets of the World
Reaper (2009)
Normally it would concern me seeing the amount of hype leveled at a band, let alone one with only three short releases to their name. The demo was released only two years ago; it was energetic and capable but not truly breaking any ground. Then they got signed to Reaper Records and released Stay Cold, a short EP that was … Read more
Trappist
Ancient Brewing Tactics
Relapse (2018)
I could write way too many words about this album, but instead I’ll keep it short and mostly to the point. Ancient Brewing Tactics from Trappist is a 33-minute album about beer. The band includes familiar faces with scene-ties to the likes of Spazz, Despise You, and the metal-themed restaurant Grill ‘Em All. The latter (which I’ve never been to), is probably … Read more
Trash Talk
Eyes And Nines
Trash Talk Collective (2010)
Over the five years of their existence, Trash Talk has been consistently evolving and changing with each release. With Eyes And Nines, their newest full-length, the band shows their top-notch progression once again.Produced by Joby Ford of The Bronx, Eyes And Nines pulls no punches as far as getting right to the grit of this record. “Vultures” starts out the … Read more
Trash Talk
Plagues
Malfunction (2008)
2007 was a huge year for this group of young men from Sacramento. A relentless touring schedule in support of their debut full-length, Walking Disease, fueled a hype machine - not necessarily in a bad way - that landed them on Malfunction Records and onto a lot of hardcore kids' favorites of '07 lists. Plagues picks up where the band … Read more
Trash Talk
Trash Talk
Trash Talk Collective (2008)
Trash Talk, the hype band come hardcore mainstays through relentless touring, have a lot of eyes and ears on them with the release of their self-titled album. Adhering to the D.I.Y. ethics that are the backbone of punk, the Sacramento band opted to release their newest album themselves, leaving behind Deathwish Inc., one of the largest labels in hardcore. If … Read more
Trash Talk
Walking Disease
Rumble (2007)
Some bands are like wine; they only get better with age. Trash Talk's new "full-length" effort is a great example of just that. Trash Talk has been playing shows since late 2005, with a demo, seven inch, and split with Bay Area friends Steel Trap put out in just over a year. But this is what we've really been waiting … Read more
Trashcan Sinatras
In the Music
Lo-Five (2009)
The new record by this Scotland group features a finely polished veneer that glides smoothly through your ears from start to finish. The solid interplay of guitars between John Douglas and Paul Livingston continues to take each song to dizzying heights. Coupled with the sincere vocals of Frank Reader and the solid back-beat provided by Stephen Douglas, you are guaranteed … Read more
Traveler
Going Home
Independent (2011)
All right, Traveler don't waste time, so neither will I. The Cleveland punk/melodic hardcore group write short, enjoyable pieces that are stripped down to their absolute bare essentials. The four tracks of their debut EP Going Home take only around seven minutes of your time to listen to. The songs are chock full of happy melodies, major chords, and general … Read more
Travoltas
Back To The City
White Russian Records (2021)
Somehow it seems to me that Travoltas released Until We Hit The Shore only last year or perhaps the year before. But nooooo, it’s been four years already. That record is still on heavy rotation here, especially when the weather is sunny and the temperature is high (but not too hot). So I was so happy to hear a new EP by … Read more
Travoltas
Until We Hit the Shore
White Russian Records (2017)
Reunions make me cringe. I’ll just say it like it is. I dislike reunions. A lot. I am always afraid a band will ruin their legacy. Or at the very least it will feel different. This is most likely due to the fact I’m a different person than I was when I listened to a band first. New material just … Read more
Treasure Fleet
The Sun Machine
Recess (2015)
You can’t have your middle finger in the air all the time. As such, Isaac Thotz (The Arrivals) has stepped away from his punk-leaning project to explore spacey 1960’s inspired psychedelia with The Treasure Fleet. The band also includes members of Smoking Popes, The Lawrence Arms, and Sass Dragons and was produced by Preston Bryant of Andrew Jackson Jihad, so … Read more
