It All Comes Down To This

I love hardcore and punk. Those are my two favorite genres and the vast majority of records I won can be classified as one or the other. Or ...

Arguably the hottest hardcore band from Germany on the arguably hottest label from Germany right now. Echo Chamber from Cologne, which is al...

It‘s funny how hardcore comes and goes in waves. Right now, the German hardcore scene is in a much better state than it used to be in a long...

Not too long after ordering Diary I felt the need to dive deeper into the Sunny Day Real Estate catalogue. I didn’t find any decently priced...

I got another record from the same seller I bought the CCME on Caroline Records. This copy is part of the 2nd press on Caroline Records, alt...

Here’s adding to my officially non-existent, yet steadily growing Youth Of Today collection. This time I managed to find a first press of Ca...

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the first Spaced LP . I‘d been reminded of Spaced‘s first LP because they had a new record up for pre-o...

One more puzzle piece down of the Karate discography. Some Boots is yet another stage of the band’s evolution and makes sense in the contex...

It’s still a big deal when Rev signs a current band. I feel like in the last couple of years Rev has done a much better job signing current ...

As mentioned in previous posts I was on a 90s emo trip some time ago and listened to a bunch of bands or records I’d never listened to befor...

I was really into the first two Gouge Away LPs, so when I recently saw that they had a new record out, I didn't hesitate to add it to an...

My man in Australia, Dan, also included some 7"s in his last shipment. I once mentioned that I really liked the first The Saints LP ( I...

  Received another parcel, curtesy of my good friend and fellow Bane collector Dan. If you want some comprehensive info on Bane records, che...

If you read my blog on a regular basis, you might have noticed that I really fell in love with the band Karate. And I mean really fell in lo...

Something To Write Home About is one of my all-time favorite records. It‘s perfect in every which way. That record and Red Letter Day are ...