Keep It Clear S/T 7"

I was booking a birthday show for Josh/ a New Direction Fest benefit and I wanted to put a Canada band on it. Consequence Crew was unavailable because they currently don't have a jam space so I asked Andy about Keep It Clear. I completely forgot the band existed. Andy said they are on hiatus until they find a new drummer which led me to dig this record up. You can download the demo from a previous post, this is the follow up release. Straight edge Vancouver hardcore with members of In Stride, Go It Alone, Blue Monday, etc. etc. I look forward to more shows in the future. You know the fucking deal.









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Power - Three Song Sampler

Power was nice enough to help Grimace out with some days the last tour we went on. We had some days dropped so Evan helped us out the last three days which just made me wish we did the whole thing with them. I miss and love those guys. Upon this reflection I'm going to take a moment to plug Unit B. Holy fuck I love that place and am glad I've been able to visit it as many times as I have. Skating all day while hanging with Grimace and friends in Power and Sabertooth ruled. Anyhow, I just picked up the new LP after a Tiki show tonight, I'll review that and write about the show later but in the time being it helped me to name the tracks. The sampler has three tracks from the LP, "Eight Eyes", "In Stride", and "Rotten Apple". On tour I asked Evan if "In Stride" was paying homage to the Vancouver Band we all had such close ties with and it sure as goddamn does. Respect where respect is due. The opening riff is incredibly reminiscent to the style of those bands as well, see the first track on the Keep It Clear demo tape. That little poke at In Stride made it my favorite new track initially but I gotta go with "Eight Eyes" right now. That track is arguably the best one on the lp as well. Upon listening I realized they played this one live a lot before the release of the lp making me think it must be one of the first new ones they wrote. These three tracks are a push in a much more dynamic direction for Power without compromising their already established style and sound. The sound clip at the end of "Rotten Apple" made me laugh. Ok, no more obnoxious stream of consciousness typing, here's the download.

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Keep It Clear - Demo 2007

Here is some more recent Vancouver Hardcore. A S/T 7" came out a bit ago that I will put up later. I enjoy it quite a bit but really don't have much to say about it. Enjoy.



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Consequence Crew - Demo Tape

Fuck yes, Chad(of In Stride and Dichotomy)'s new project. This stuff is great. I got to see them at In Stride's reunion show a little while back and they have been playing a lot more recently. Also has Andy of Keep It Clear playing guitar. Enjoy



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WE'RE BACK! - Updates and an Odd Man Out discography

Wow, this is the longest hiatus I've had from this blog since creating it so I'd like to take this moment to sincerely apologize. Life got busy. I relocated to Seattle and just now got internet. Right in time to move back to Olympia in the coming months because it is the best city in the United States. Even if I had internet these past couple months I would have been way too busy. A million bands have started, a zillion tours have been had, and this goddamn city is popping off. I have a lot of very exciting announcements to make with the coming OHC round three, new GAG, BRICKLAYER and ODD MAN OUT records, and a ton of new stuff to keep you interested in this almost lifeless blog (at this point). I'm here to assure you it's back with a goddamn bang. I have stacks and stacks of discs and tapes that need love and they are all coming to you. Above is a picture of a few of the tapes I'm working through right now... not pictures is all of the tapes and any 7"s or LPs but there are a lot. There are so many great bands going right now and you're going to get them all. I just spent about three hours scanning cassette J-cards and trying to remember my logins so I'm going to sleep. To keep you satiated before I post anything tomorrow (probably after our gig with Battalion of Saints, before if I'm feeling up to it... also what a wild band to play with considering all the suicides and how much I liked them as a kid; will be weird) I have an Odd Man Out discography so far:




Odd Man Out - S/T on Warthogspeak Black
Odd Man Out - S/T on Warthogspeak"Chain" Green
Odd Man Out - S/T on Warthogspeak Test Press of 50 for OHC
Odd Man Out - Demo CS Self Released Black of 30 for Mexico Tour with Protester 2015 alt. insert
Odd Man Out - Demo CS Self Released Blue of 100
Odd Man Out - Demo CS Self Released Test of 1

Soon to come repress on Warthogspeak on Coke Bottle Clear and a whole new disc for our East Coast jaunt. See you guys on the other side... or tomorrow.