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A good amount of new records are coming in to the MATW webstore and going through the stuff had got me thinking. I first had started doing the trading thing back when I was working on Special Forces Records with Aaron Leonovich in the mid 90's. I remember some records that I picked up on trades that I was psyched to get that I had a harder time unloading to the NJHC crowds back then. Below are

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Dito Montiel of Major Conflict fame has a new movie coming out called "Fighting" with Channing Tatum. The trailer has already been making the rounds. It'll be in theaters on April 24th. Check out the website for the movie at www.fightingmovie.net.

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[Battletorn- the early days]Like a bunch of people who have been involved with this kind of music, there was a period of time when I didn't go to a lot of hardcore shows. It wasn't that I had "moved on" or liked the music less, or anything as dramatic as getting "fed up" with "the scene" and so stopped going to shows. True, there was a good deal of hardcore music I was just plainly not interested

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In case you stumble on here every now and then, I just wanted to direct your attention to a new Battletorn record and some webstore updates. More Battletorn news and posts on the horizon!The last Battletorn LP "Reflect the Filth" is now up for pre-order. Test presses to be approved this week, so we hope to be able to ship these things in early/ mid April. Pre-order now, since MATW is only getting

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All photos by Kate Munn. Many thanks to her! Check out her flickr page hereAs of the last entry where I tell the tale of the Cheap Tragedies LP, we find our friends having just recorded a massive LP whose recording seems to have taken its collective toll on the band, resulted in a near-break-up, and probably left madman Erba wielding a knife more than once in studio shenanigans. By that point in

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In my estimation, Ultra Violence's I Want to Be Somebody is one of the hardest, most under-appreciated NYHC anthems this side of Last Warning. While youtube/ live video is going to do it justice, I was psyched to find UV's performance of it at the A7 reunion on youtube. Tony and co are gigging again, so you NYC heads should make sure you catch them.And for the love of god, Tommy Kennedy, where

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Just a quick post today. Mainly with a few current bands you should check out.First off, Sista Sekunden from Sweden. For some reason, I really dig this video.Next up, a new band with some friends and former bandmates. Sexual Suicide playing as one of the "current"/ non-reunion bands (though Wendy was in Anti-christ Newsboys in the mid-80's) at the A7 reunion in NY this past December. Then,

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I have to admit there's an awful lot I rather hate about putting out records. I hate filling out all the forms, coordinating with multiple companies and suppliers, trying to get everything shipped to the appropriate places (which has been made even more complicated when I moved up to Montreal). But getting the records in my hand finally is a treat and probably the most satisfying aspect of the

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So of course it took a little bit longer than expected/ hoped, but 1) still not so bad in hardcore time, and 2) everything turned out awesome. The Cheap Tragedies LPs are starting to ship now, and the pre-orders will be the first to go out. (If you pre-ordered, you'll get e-mail notification this week as well.) Below you'll find a picture of the clear vinyl (limited to 300), and the gatefold

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This one's been up on youtube for a few weeks and my attention was directed to it by a message board, so I won't pretend like I unearthed it, but it's certainly cool enough to share. File this in the "never thought something like this existed" category, it's a video of Rapid Deployment at CBGB's. (Someone should throw up an Anti-Warfare video next!!) Apparently, RDF drummer Phil is currently in

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Cheap Tragedies played a record release show last week. As with many things in hardcore, there were some delays that caused the records not to be ready. We knew better than to assume everything would go smoothly, so we had some additional test presses made up in the first batch. Since the initial plates turned out great, the band screened some covers for those test presses and made a special

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Omid from Battletorn put out his latest release on Outlaw Recordings. It's a 12" by Clevo band Mach II which features Jamie Walters of Boulder/ Midnight fame, so you know it's quality. It'll be the band's debut output on vinyl and Omid opted to go for a "Livin' Easy" version of the record (as opposed to a "Die Hard" version). So what you get is a one-sided 12" with silk-screened covers, hand-

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Omegas released their demo. In a few days, you'll be able to buy some slam-skank-cassettes up at the MATW webstore. But if you're one of those new-fangled types, you can just download the mp3s by clicking right here. Here you go, some footage of Inside Out NY, courtesy of a certain Mr. Core Junkie.And now things come full circle, as well have a picture of Omegas wearing Inside Out NY shirts.

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My friend Wendy Eager of Guillotine recently told me she was very pleasantly surprised to have found a Borscht video on youtube. Borscht was always one of those real hard-to-find bands, that nevertheless some of the older heads talked rather fondly of, but I hadn't heard more but a few songs of. I had to see the video for myself. Some rather big coincidences here: first of all, Tim Broun (the

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All right people, it's coming soon. Here's a little sneak peak at the cover and a nice little description for you. Heads will roll....Cheap Tragedies- Volume 1: Souvenirs and Evidence LP COMING SOONFollowing hot on the heels of 7"s on Livewire Records and High Anxiety 416/ No Idea Records, Cheap Tragedies wastes no time in dropping an absolute rager of an LP. Comprised of some well-seasoned clevo

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So, a fine fellow by the name of Ben Alvie posted some of his videos on the Livewire Message board and amongst the newest batch was a fine False Prophets video, which I will have to share with you now. That led me to the realization that there were other cool FP videos on youtube, one of which was from a show at Tin Pan Alley, which I'll be posting as well. Love me some False Prophets.My friend

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This one has made its way around a little bit and is bound to become something of a minor internet sensation... amongst hardcore folks with computers at least. What we have here is some A7 footage-- the only I've ever seen to be honest, and has Agnostic Front performing one song, a good 5 minutes of setting up and banter, and some band playing a few covers beforehand. To be quite honest,

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It's been a while, so we were in order for a new podcast. Well here it is, starting off with some classics by the way of Krakdown and Madball. I still haven't found the time/ inclination/ appropriate method to transfer my vinyl to mp3, so I'm still only able to use tracks I have access to mp3 or CDs of. Nonetheless, a couple interesting tracks find their way into the podcast this time around:

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A couple of quick updates:Some months back I peeped a new blog done by this guy Rob (who's also in the band Brain Dead who've just release a split 7" on Montreal/ Sherbrooke label Vinyl Addict) called You Breed Like Rats that was pretty cool. After making my way back there a few times to read some of the interviews that popped up (a good mixture of new ones and reprints with Citizen's Arrest,

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So Cheap Tragedies came on a little Canadian jaunt and played a show in Toronto (Burlington, actually) and Montreal with us screwballs, Omegas. Good times, plenty of hi-jinx, and a good amount of recuperating afterwards. The good folks at Hardtimes.ca came out to the show at LBH in Montreal and interviewed Cheap Tragedies and put together a montage of some of the show footage, both of which you

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.... and this video pops up on youtube form their show at Huck Finn in Nagoya. I realize I'm biased, but.... awesome. Two dudes, loud & distorted music. I'm sure William and Omid are still recovering, but I hope to get the scoop on how it went shortly. In the meantime... dig the video:

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1.I do regret having to refer to a conversation on a message board for this post, but some months back, Mike Scondotto or Inhuman fame spoke about Breakdown as a band that was "cool to like" and wear their shirts, but not actually cool to go see. Of course, this was in no way a dig at Yonker's best exports. I can't speak to Breakdown's heyday shows circa demo-era. However, '96 through '98

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Well, here we are with the second part of the Battletorn interview. Again, this was a Battletorn interview that was done a while back by their friend Mary and submitted to Maximumrocknroll.... who, for some reason or another, rejected it. Rather than posting some more pictures with this interview, I'll throw up some of the artwork and flyers that have accompanied Battletorn on their journey thus

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I generally try to keep label business separate from this blog, but for the time being our website is out of commission as far as substantial updates. But we've got some exciting news to share for 2008, and I figured here's as good a place to put it as any. As you can read below, we'll be working on a site re-design shortly and that, along with my tackling Dreamweaver will finally mean regular

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This interview was done with the guys from Battletorn and I believe submitted to Maximumrocknroll, who didn't like it for some reason. Oh darn. It's a good read though, so you can now read about it here. A bit on the long side, so I'll post half now and half later. I suppose it would be a convenient place to mention that the CD version of "Terminal Dawn" with remastered "Burn Fast" tracks will be

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