Sidetracked - Dead Radical Split

As a 2008 release I believe this is the second newest in the works of Sidetracked. The keen ear will take notice that the track "Stand For" contains "Is It" from the Hustle Tape; a nice touch indeed. Further mentionables include a Prong and Minutemen cover. The Minutemen cover is logical but the Prong one is less expected, nevertheless, coming out great.





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Black Bagged - Demo

Black Bagged played a few shows, did one tour and then broke up. From the stories I've heard of the tour it seems to be one of the driving reasons for their disbanding. I think their demo is fucking great. Travis recorded it himself for a school project and it sounds awesome. The band features Travis from Sixes and Matt from Outlook but sounds like neither. The band itself has more of a crust melodic drive to it, but don't worry, it's not pretty melody... I used 'drive' because it's the only word I could think of to describe it. Disregard what I just said actually, just listen to it. It's intense. Also read the lyrics; great lyrical content that demonstrates deep social awareness pertaining to the America's and colonialism. Also two subject matters relating directly to Olympia's current political events/protests. The package deal is a great listen.



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Sunset Riders - S/T

A great follow up to the release of the demo tape, this 7" shows a little more musical maturity - the recordings are much tighter. Priceless Times, Get A Grip and Get Real are re-recorded and the new tracks deal with life pressures, growing up, and calling out straight-edgers and posers. I love it.





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Sidetracked/In Disgust - Split

Sidetracked split with In Disgust, 2007. Check out the ridiculous artwork.



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Owen Hart - Discography

I just remembered I had this; seeing as I never had a copy of the demo, this would be the best way to get all of Owen Hart's stuff up here. After having been a band for seven years these eight calculated tracks are all you get. Whether the lack of song writing bulk could be ascribed to goofiness or the fact that they seem to be carefully constructed is up to you to deduce. Rumors of a cover album and a new record are afloat. Although the lyrics are unintelligible by merely listening, Timm speaks, albeit a bit too idealistically and forcefully, of important issues involving rape, religious dogmas, racism, sexism, etc. Timm helped me through a difficult transition from remaining reserved to continuing to push forward with Sixes. I was having a difficult time continuing with the band because some of the issues I spoke about were a bit to close to home. We discussed the issue of rape and how it feels when we speak about it onstage and others jeer. Needless to say Timm is in part responsible for keeping Sixes alive so thanks a lot my friend. Tacoma Heavy Metal. Funny side note: On the Pantera cover, the rain noises were created with everyone's mouths. Upon listening to it knowing this information, it sounds pretty fucking gross... yet convincing.





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Owen Hart - 5"

Owen Hart 5" from the sole proprietors of the Tacoma metal-based hardcore. Two tracks, enjoy.

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Poseidon - S/T 7"*

Seriously honest and passionate. This record basically epitomizes everything I could ever want from a release. I have nothing negative to say about this record aside from maybe the goofy artwork. Musically this is seriously powerful. If it resonates even half as well with you as it does me, you won't be disappointed. I feel like my relationship with them as friends was strengthened through the vehicle of music. Poseidon and Sixes did a tour together and it was one of the most fun trips of my life. It was a strange mixture composed of the fun of the time Benn Evan and I stole a forklift and the seriousness of communicating heartfelt issues. I have to say I feel for Benn and respect what he has to say about issues. Without further ado; get ready for some chaotic drumming and compelling lyrics.



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Fever - SES 7"

Brian Skiffington is involved in an incredible amount of projects from the Tacoma music scene. What is being showcased now is his band Fever. This band demonstrates, what I believe to be, complete control by Brian i.e. he is the mastermind and calls all the shots; as a direct consequence there's some seriously silly stuff contained. Musically, I feel people who like another local area act Iron Lung will like this. The two bands could be likened but Brian's flare is quite unique. They played what I believe was their first show at the Weiner Shack in 2007 where Brian passed out informative pamphlets with lyrics for the 'performance'. The 7" contains an instrumental track entitled "SES" where he gives a very thuggish shout out to Tacoma, 16OH records and his coined term, 'South End Style' [not yet recognizing that Olympia is the true south end of the Puget Sound]. Has Brian gone totally crazy with his south end style rhetoric? You be the judge.





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White Wards - Demo

This is the first demo tape from White Wards released this year. These tracks feature the band as a four piece, Lawson was later replace by Ian S. on bass and Ian J. was added on second guitar. As far as this demo goes, I really enjoy it. It's much cleaner sounding than the new tracks; by this I mean less noisy, less feedback. The tracks are more bass heavy and just gnarly sounding in general. If you're a fan of blisteringly fast hardcore check it out. Peep the latest happenings of White Wards at OURSOUND





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Red And Black Music Video

If you haven't seen it yet, now you have. Just finished recording an 11 song cassette EP at much better quality. Be ready to Taste The Rat.



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HPP - New Tape

The newest HPP tape, just in time for rumors of breaking up. Damn, the new tape is sweet, way more hardcore punk influenced than the previous. Noisy and fast. Unfortunately, in true HPP fashion there are no lyrics or song titles. Check out track 7, it's fucking awesome.

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Board Youth - 2008 Tape

Board Youth just broke up recently. They played their last show at a borderline frat party - it was fucking crazy. Right before the show we were skating at Lacey park and I got hit by a titan on a bike while doing a backside air. After I fell to flat my ankle folded and his bike and body weight landed on top of it. Needless to say I had a softball for an ankle so I had to watch the show from the side. The show was at some dude's house in Hawk's Prairie and it was a party for a bunch of guys going off to Iraq. They were all absolutely plastered and socially confused. I honestly felt sad for them, they were border-line crying on the mic. When we first got there we expected a fight for sure [Robert had fought one of the juggernaughts there before], we were a bunch of visibly dirty goofy punk kids and they were all well-dressed abercrombie or hot-topic clad, cologne wearing army dudes with judging eyes. After they got a good deal drunk they started warming up to us. Board Youth played and it was fucking wild, people were circle pitting, skanking, and moshing up a storm, after the set there were a few odd encounters but most of the dudes there were stoked on it. Most of them had the same comments; "how old are you guys?", "I've never heard music like that before!". Then the army dude's band played and holy shit was it hilarious. They covered screeching weasel, jane's addiction, green day, and, after a warning for us 'youngins' that we might not know the song, a black sabbath song that they called ozzy osbourne. Regardless, fucking awesome last show. Board Youth has received quite a bit of shit over the years. As retort to this I say, how good of a band were you in when you were 15? All these kids started the band at 15, are super young, and fucking rip! They skate hard and well and play awesome hardcore punk! Board Youth is, and always will be, sick. For fans of the Adolescents, Ill Repute, RKL, and Wasted Youth, you won't be disappointed. Peep the lyrics because they're awesome. They also demonstrate a social awareness most don't have at that age. I'll try and put up their earlier tape later, at this moment I can't find it.



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Sidetracked - Just A Front

I have no negative words for sidetracked and this 7" is my second favorite release. Nine songs clocking in barely under four minutes. Awesome record, also mention-worthy that it is 16OH's first release.



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Dichotomy - Demo

Dichotomy is some dark hardcore. I enjoy it because there are some serious overlaying existentialist themes. The tape as a whole [artwork, music, lyrics] is dark and depressive. Lyrics pertain to fear, paranoia, stolen human rights, psychology, self recognition; all major themes to existentialist thought. There is a direct reference to Kafka and Orwell as well as allusions to what might be Dostoevsky and Nietzsche. On top of awesome personal-philosophical themes the music is ripping [and somehow groovy] and the vocals are super harsh and gnarly. On top of it everyone in the band seems awesome. We played with them at the HCC and the bass player showed me how to stick your arm up a vending machine to pull out soda. Chad who previously sang for In Stride also plays guitar for the band, so of course he and Nick [the bassist] skated with us. Skate to live, live to skate.

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Sex Vid - Live At QB

Sex Vid Live at QB (A burrito place in Oly open at heinous hours). I just can't stand their fans. Tape contains songs from the Lp, second and third 7"s, and a GBH cover.



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HPP - Demo Tape

Want some feel good skate jammers? HPP is for you. Adding to the extreme diversity Olympia's music scene embodies, HPP enters. Somewhere between garage-punk and hardcore punk; HPP incorporates some melody to create music I have an extremely hard time finding comparisons to. If I had to think of something maybe more aggressive sonic youth songs? The closest they come to the abrasive hardcore-punk edge are tracks 4 and 7 which are bit more rough and quick. The rest of the tracks have a bit of a dancy melody with a serious piss-punk vibe. Dillon's vocals really pull it off. Unfortunately I have no track names or lyrics, I've never actually talked to Dillon about what his songs are about but I have asked him for lyrics. The two sides of the tape are labeled Maggot Mind and Capt. Trips Ballsington: The A side is 9 ripping punk anthems and the B side is a live set. HPP shows are always wild and fun, they have a new tape out that I'll put up as soon as I rip the tracks. Enjoy!

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Power - Demo Tape

Before I had ever seen Power play a show, Evan gave me a copy of this demo. Although the tracks were difficult to find at first seeing as it was recorded on a spray-painted value village tape, the digging was worth the find. The most recent to date Tiki-House affiliate project; Power as a band shows a move toward a much more heavy hardcore formula. Some notable mentions are some strong back-ups by the man Silima, a guest spot by Red & Black's own Adam Barnes, yet to be identified goofy into-outro music and a hilarious Stone Cold Steve Austin sound sample at the end of The Bottom Line; one of the first ripping straight edge anthems of Power. I remember Evan showing off a wrestling DVD he had gotten that I believe the sound clip came from. The songs on the demo tape are very different from the 7" recordings although they share two tracks. The tape tracks have a different feel to them and incorporate some fast drumming whereas the 7" record is more groovy and a lot heavier/more full sounding. At first I thought the 7" was way better and the tape was harder to listen to but I've begun to enjoy the tape more and more and find myself listening to it way more often. Give a listen for yourself, I'll put the 7" up another day. Oh, one more note; I asked Benn if they named their band after the Agnostic Front song. He told me they named it after the haphazardly compiled SS Decontrol discography Al Barile put together in 1991. Pretty goofy.

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