Neighborhood Brats

I've read reviews of Neighborhood Brats that described them as "female-fronted Black Flag". So I kind of became intrigued, despite the fact that I think the term "female-fronted" is just plain stupid. Just to make that clear, I don't dislike bands that are fronted by women, but I don't see the need to put special emphasis on this fact, making this some sort of novelty.
Anyhow, bands that sound like or are compared with Black Flag are definitely worth checking out. This 7" is good punk rock music, no doubt, but I don't see where the Black Flag comparison comes from, except for the fact they were "inspired" by a riff from Rise Above in one of their songs. I'll definitely check out some of their other stuff, but so far I'm not sold. The Youth Of Today cover is pretty cool though.

Give

I usually try to buy records in whatever original format they were released on. However, I have a really strong dislike towards 7"s that come with only two songs. Seems like such a waste of vinyl, plus I'm too lazy to get up from the sofa after just one song to tell you the truth. That's where the Singles Going Confetti compilation comes in really handy, which compiles all the songs that Give have released as 7"s so far. There's also a bonus song on this compilation, which made picking up this one even more attractive.
The singles compilation was released by Deranged Records and Assault Records. This is the black variant on Deranged Records out of 400.

High scores

A buddy of mine has been selling a couple of his records to finance a few releases of his own (check koepfen.tictail.com). Win-win for everyone, because I was able to pick up these two Highscore LPs. Good fastcore made in Germany from the early 2000s. If you don't know them, make sure you'll give them a listen. They didn't end up on 625 Thrashcore later on without a reason. If you make it on a US label as a European band, you know you got something good going.

The first LP is called New Fuel. It was released in 2000 first on Bushido Records (no connection with the German rapper…) and later on Deranged Records. This is the latter version. Nothing fancy, but I'd wanted to have these LPs for quite some time, so I wasn't particularly picky about the pressing. Plus I could help out a good dude.

I also picked up the second Highscore LP - Unsuspecting Actors In A Bad Soap Opera. This is the Stereodrive Records version. I have no idea about pressing numbers, but honestly, I don't really care about that. Just wanted to have the records.