No need for a punk history lesson here, instead we'll just get to the (leftover) meat of the matter as I finally get around to post...

Mid-Eighties East Coast Hardcore on the (somewhat) emotional tip, yet packed w/ power chords & sing-alongs, etc. I always looked at...

In my mind, a classic Los Angeles hardcore record - one that does not get the love that, say, the Adolescents got ... Underrated as...

The pride of Milwaukee Hardcore, these guys need no introduction (at least around the L-RV)… Here we have a promotional-only collec...

Santa Rosa, CA's own Kings of Powerviolence make their second appearance here on the L-RV, and damn if they aren't overdue… ...

(START OF RANT): Plan? What plan? There never was a plan … I certainly never thought I'd still be "writing a blog...

29 strong & still in your face, The Pride of Frederick, Maryland lays waste with its brick-to-the-face manner of unrelenting thrash...

Offered up today for your internet leeching consumption is a collection of (studio) outtakes from Samhain's "Magnum Opus" ...

Chaotic hardcore fuckery. A ton of melody floating in a cesspool of electronic catharsis. Fat hooks, jarring rhythms, abrasive vocal c...

Been quite a while since I last listened to this… Bought this when it came out - out of print now, really Dischord? - and damn if ...

Back before Jesus Christ Allin became "The Highest (heroin) Power" who threw shit on everyone, Kevin Michael Allin was worsh...

Not much to say here - it's fuckin' FEAR !!! They've been featured here possibly more than any other band; this recordin...

"UNREST IS RIGHT"… Probably one of the three hardest records I've ever tried to describe would be "Sea of Unrtes...

Sometimes I don't want to share the goods, bro. I'm sorry. Every now and then though, there comes a record that just defies...

Such a good band. The sound of urgency. Arguably Buffalo, NY's best HC band ever . Here's a fantastic-sounding set of fur...

Mid-Eighties manic / blistering hardcore from the mean streets of Boise, Idaho. While there plenty of frantic moments on this recording...

The Kings of Punk make yet another return to The L-RV - I'm not quite sure, but they may hold the record for most posts around here...

So maybe that's not a photo of one of Gremany's oldest & greatest rippin' hardcore/powerviolence bands ever, but John Wat...

Eleven minutes of pain, paranoia, fear, anger, & "all-meat-no-filler" power-riffing, repeatedly pummeling you into submission....

Pulled out an old favorite today - some "Destructo Rock" for you from the Queen City (Charlotte, N.C.). ANTiSEEN is a veritable j...