Powerfulviolence: Infest Live Review Infest/Iron Lung/Gehenna/Warcry/Gag at El Corazon — Saturday, March1st, 2014 by Jim Walkley At the outset, Don’t Be Swindle readers, I regret to inform you that vegetarian nachos are no longer being served at El Corazon. Sad but true! Instead, you may now choose between tater tots, a hot dog, a …
Weekend Nachos Interview with John Hoffman
Questions by Jim Walkley of Don’t Be Swindle Weekend Nachos recently released Still, their fourth full-length LP as a band. It’s somewhat rare for a “powerviolence” band — if you could limit the Weekend Nachos sound to just that — to release full-length LPs; a band such as Sidetracked, for example, is mainly an …
Archagathus / Nak’ay – split 10″
What was probably a few months ago now, I had the pleasure of seeing Nak’ay live. When I first heard them a few years ago (split with Unholy Grave) I didn’t know shit about them, other than that they came out of the ruins of Daisycutter. That particular split (the 5″ with Unholy Grave) is …
Gowl- Buzzbox EP
This record, fuck… is brilliant. Gowl manages to do so much with so little. The riffs, drumming, and song structures are primitive, yet unique. The tones and recording production are ugly. The lyrics are disguised in murk and sleaze. The whole ordeal is uncomfortable. The layout looks like it was rescued from the trash. There …
Interview with the Oily Menace
The Oily Menace come oozing out of Michigan eating kale, borrowing lyrics, and grinding your mind. Interview by Will T. and answered by Kevin and Dylan of The Oily Menace. They can be found online at http://theoilymenace.13bels.net/ and theoilymenace.bandcamp.com and facebook. How did you get started? Dylan: Well Kevin has a soft spot in …
Cynarae Interview
Cynarae Interview with Kyle Oels (Vocals) Introduction/Questions by Jim Walkley of Don’t Be Swindle zine Live photos by Will Butler Seattle, Washington’s Cynarae fuse the grueling, crust-endebted aural wreckage of bands such as Mörser or Systral with a weighty nod to ’90’s metallic hardcore as outlined by Catharsis and Unruh. Unlike vast numbers …
Water Torture Interview
Interview by Eric Beasley So what’s the background on Water Torture (band member names, how did you form, etc…)? Moezes – drums Matt – bass Ian – bass It started off as me and Moezes around the fall of 2011. Ian joined as 2nd bass probably 6 months after that. Moezes and I have been playing …
Integrity Interview
Interview with Dwid Hellion (Vocals), Rob Orr (Guitarist), and Jon Gates (Second Guitarist) Questions by Jim Walkley (Interview conducted in a basement dressing room at the Neumo’s venue in Seattle, the site of the last-ever Undertow show on June 30th, 2012, which featured Integrity as a supporting band). Jim: What’s cool about that S.O.B. album …
Krupskaya Interview
by Eric Beasley When thinking of Stoke-on-Trent, UK, a grindcore band with a Russian name is the last thing that will come to mind. But trust me, they are there. I was able to catch up with them via e-mail over the last week and after a three year hiatus, Krupskaya are looking to pick …
Warsaw Scene Report 2012
Hello My name is Karol and I am running a facebook Warsaw Grindcore fanpage. I was asked to write a Warsaw scene report for Don’t Be Swindle so I thought “why not?“. In the following article You will find some information on a bunch of bands from the capital city of Poland and hopefully that …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #7 Podcast
An ill prepared podcast for your listening pleasure. Hope you enjoy. 1. Vile Intent – Muzzle2. Archagathus – Real Fancy3. Artimus Pyle – Bloodless War4. Liberate – Amigo Imaginario5. GAZA – Am I Mad6. Gyga – Butcher7. Mukeka Di Rato – Moldar8. Malpractice Insurance – Surgical Sabotage9. Worlds – Nomadic Exile10. Bastard Noise – Seeing …
Your Top 5 Active Bands
I asked this question last night on the DBS Facebook page. Here are the responses, with mine first: Juan Butts – Death Toll 80k, War Master, Misanthropic Noise, Gowl, (my two local faves) and Ilsa. Connor Donegan – No Tolerance, The Rival Mob, Coke Bust, Double Negative, and No Tomorrow. Bartholomew Howitzer – Curmudgeon, Iron …
Sore Throat vs. S.O.B. vs. Disrupt vs. Septic Death
I personally have listened to Disrupt the most out of these bands because their music is easier to come by. I love their politics. S.O.B. has an obvious special place in my heart, see the name of this blog. Septic Death I love and had the luck to find some of their stuff on Discogs …
TTT – Top Three Tapes – Fun for all ages
Aaron Screwface, 30 Napalm Raid/System Shit – Split Obacha – Demo any Archagathus John Alberty, 17 Triangulum/Tzalemoth – Split Black Murder – Promo ’94 Bologna Gang – Demo Nick Keller, 16 V/A – There’s No Way Out Vol.3 Wehrmacht – Shark Attack Siege – Drop Dead Robert Avery, 33 St. Vitus – Heavier Than Thou …
2012 and Beyond!
After about a year long hiatus of posting and gathering print material for issue #2, DBS has been reawakened. Dontbeswindle.com is the new location and now contributors to issue #1 have access rights to post here. I’d like to welcome James Walkley, Ralph Haunted Hotel, Vii Caos, and hopefully soon Paul Praise and Pat Backslider. …
Don’t Be Swindle – Issue #1 digital edition
Or download: http://www.archive.org/details/DontBeSwindle-Issue1
Don’t Be Swindle – Issue #1
Debut issue of this new half-sized zine compiled by Will Butler himself (To Live A Lie Records). Issue #1 features interviews that highlight a variety of heavy music genres, from the devastating grind of Looking For An Answer, to Idaho’s fastcore maniacs Hummingbird Of Death, up-and-coming powerviolence wrecking crew ACxDC, and the legendary Eric Wood …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #6 Podcast
Sixth episode is a To Live A Lie Records-centric episode, in fact all songs are from TLAL. Self promotion to inspire me to do more podcasts. 1. Sex Prisoner – Piss When I Cum (0:50) 2. Sick/Tired – Last Stand for a Deadman (1:21) 3. Shitstorm – Nevernding Genocide (0:15) 4. XBRAINIAX – Fuck the …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #5 Podcast
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode 5 1. Lapse – Posthumous 2. Curmudgeon – Gran Machismo 3. What Life Is – Street Lights 4. FCH – Japanese Wisdom I 5. Parlamentarisk Sodomi – Introduksjonell Mistillit 6. Sakatat – Unknown Title 7. Beach Babes – Cold Pizza 8. Bloody Phoenix – Isolated 9. The Kill – We …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #4 Podcast
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode 4 1. Suffer – Numbered 2. Pissed Happy Children – Ready to Fight 3. Pandemonium – No More Talk 4. Cthulhu Youth – S.O.S.D 5. Female Snake – Adulthood 6. Kieltolaki – Maailma Menee Helvettiin 7. Blank Stare – Fuck Drugs. Fuck You. 8. Crippled Youth – Positive Scene 9. …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #3 Podcast – by the Other Will
This was pretty fun to do. Enjoy! Don’t Be Swindle – Episode 3 1. Doom- Circles 2. Sore Throat- Hang Norman Tebbit 3. Sore Throat- Filthchain 4. Gore Beyond Necropsy- Leavin’ Here 5. Iron Butter- Willieburger 6. Final Exit- May 7. Asocial Terror Fabrication- Under the Dark Force 8. GoFuckYourself- Mormons Can Fuck Off pt. …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #2 Podcast
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode 2 Heresy – Dog Torture Mihoen – Geinstitutionaliseerde Ideale Vorhees – Feed The Poor Neos – Destruct Malicious Grind – Hardcore Wall Flower DYS – Brotherhood Bathtub Shitter – Fuck Hip Raper Framtid – We Must Impart Slight Slappers – Normal Life Toast – Plastic Kill Order Sea Of Shit …
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode #1 Podcast
Don’t Be Swindle – Episode 1 Very first episode of Don’t Be Swidle Podcast with Will Butler as your host. Antidote – Real Deal Lärm – Hippies Satanic Malfunctions – Dealing Out Death Electro Hippies – Run Ronald Hummingbird Of Death – Where’s The Fun Quattro Stagioni – How Will I Live Tomorrow Knuckle Scraper …
Too Early for Spring Cleaning
Every few weeks, I purge my record collection to make room for new stuff, and to get money to buy new stuff. There’s no motive of gain, some sort of pyramid scheme, or anything like that. To me, records have a utility to them. I’m not a collector, I’m just a listener. So, when searching …
5 Grindcore Records You Probably Didn’t Buy in 2010
The following are five noteworthy records released this year that I heard almost nothing about. Were it not for my love of discovering new music, I wouldn’t have known to get these. I had to really think about 5 good grind records from this year, as it seemed a sad year for new grind releases. …
Best Album Of The Year
…is Contagium‘s Archaic LP. The album contains 9 songs of pure aural bliss from these three Halifax punks. Contagium knows how to seek out a lumbering rhythm, and use it to plod along through a song until piledriving the speed at just the right moment, allowing chaos to ensue. The sparingly-used vocals are bleak and …
Anticipation
Here’s a preview of some of the records that I’m drooling over myself just thinking about. Some are out, and I don’t have a copy yet, and some have been announced as coming soon. 1. Suffering Mind self titled LP- I already heard the tracks, because Kuchar was nice enough to send me the mp3s …
Human Error / Black Hole of Calcutta split 7″
I received copies of this 7″ today for my distro, and I was curious to check out Human Error’s new stuff. I had heard a few songs quite some time ago, so I wanted to know if I would like them as much as I remembered, or more. What ended up happening, was that I …
Interview with Nashgul (Spain)
This interview was conducted sometime in Summer ’09 for Noise Reduction Zine #3, which hasn’t been printed. In celebration of Nashgul’s new LP, (that I received this week) I decided to post the interview. Enjoy! -Will BSP 1. The first thing that I want to ask is about your band name. Are you Lord of …
Total Wreck – Demo 09
Total Wreck – Demo 09 CD-R http://www.myspace.com/totalwreckva Thrash punk that isn’t snotty, a nice change! Lyrics are very ryhme-y. Well recorded, I dig this a lot more than a lot of the throwback hardcore stuff that is out here, so check these dudes out! -willfastcore N.E.K. vs. Septix tape http://www.karasukiller.com NEK side starts out sounding …
Ablach – Aon CD
I had seen the name of this band around, and thought they’d be a lousy black metal band, but I’m really glad about how wrong I was. Ablach are not a shitty black metal band, but instead a fucking headcrushing mess of crust/grind/death from Scotland. This CD features 13 songs in 19 minutes, not somethign …
CD Reviews
Rabid Dogs – Italian Violence CD myspace.com/rabiddogsgrind This appears to be their debut album that they shipped me in a bubble mailer from Italy. It got cracked so I’m just going to listen to their Myspace songs because although the packing job was pretty losy, they took the time and money to send it all …
Cellgraft – Demo Cassette
Cellgraft are from Florida, and they play no-frills grindcore in the style of Assuck. This cassette has 13 tracks, never hitting the minute mark. The guitar sounds metallic and sharp, and if they have a bass player, I didn’t notice on the recording. The drumming is good, along with the drum production, which is usually …
Reviews – Tapes for now, CDs for later
Magnum Force – Demo ’09 tape Blastcat Records Mega blasty. Musically reminds me of MAGRUDERGRIND or IN DIGUST. Where has this band been hiding that I haven’t heard of them before? Tape is demo quality but very listenable. Six songs including a song called ‘Party Song’ which has no lyrics. The last song totally rips, …