"HC/Punk, whatever that means anymore, over the last few years has been producing some of the best music in all my years of involvement with it - but it feels more fragmented than I’ve seen in forever."
This is interesting. I agree with the first half, but I feel like the fragmentation that was so pervasive throughout the early 2000s has dissipated quite drastically. For most of the early 2000s you had thrash-punk shows, grindcore shows, metallic hardcore shows, pop-punk shows, indie rock shows, noise rock shows, street punk shows, melodic hardcore shows, and so on. At least, this is what I saw i and down the east coast.
These days I feel like tours are so well mixed. The Angel Du$t tour was a great example. Various iterations of Angel Du$t, Candy, Restraining Order, DAZY, Mary Jane Dunphe, Missing Link, Loosey, and others. There was the White Reaper / Militarie Gun / Narrow Head / Mamalarky tour. The GEL / Truth Cult / HIRS Collective tour.
DIY shows around Denver are regularly full of pretty mixed bills. Hopefully the same is happening elsewhere.
certainly, those are all pretty mixed but i think there is this whole other side of hc/punk that never interacts with bands like those you mention - like i'd love to see shows that are like warthog/restraining order or like candy/public acid or tozcos/rotting out. thats more my take... at least i think haha
"HC/Punk, whatever that means anymore, over the last few years has been producing some of the best music in all my years of involvement with it - but it feels more fragmented than I’ve seen in forever."
This is interesting. I agree with the first half, but I feel like the fragmentation that was so pervasive throughout the early 2000s has dissipated quite drastically. For most of the early 2000s you had thrash-punk shows, grindcore shows, metallic hardcore shows, pop-punk shows, indie rock shows, noise rock shows, street punk shows, melodic hardcore shows, and so on. At least, this is what I saw i and down the east coast.
These days I feel like tours are so well mixed. The Angel Du$t tour was a great example. Various iterations of Angel Du$t, Candy, Restraining Order, DAZY, Mary Jane Dunphe, Missing Link, Loosey, and others. There was the White Reaper / Militarie Gun / Narrow Head / Mamalarky tour. The GEL / Truth Cult / HIRS Collective tour.
DIY shows around Denver are regularly full of pretty mixed bills. Hopefully the same is happening elsewhere.
certainly, those are all pretty mixed but i think there is this whole other side of hc/punk that never interacts with bands like those you mention - like i'd love to see shows that are like warthog/restraining order or like candy/public acid or tozcos/rotting out. thats more my take... at least i think haha
Just ordered their new LP from local shop. Thanks for sharing.