Land Speed, from way back in 1981, was a thrashy collection of quasi-hardcore songs played at nearly supersonic speed. Mould was being tongue-in-cheek — the album wouldn’t sound anything likeLand Speed— but just the same he was dropping a hint: this wouldn’t be a record for the s...
We got to Sobo Ramen at five to five to join the queue of people waiting for it to open. That made us realize that, yes, we are hardcore ramen fans. The owners should really consider opening a fan club and offer discounts . . . as it is, we’ve already started a Sobo Ramen budg...
CM: You know what’s amazing, though—and really, you started off with sharing at the top of it, and we’re able to come together and help one another, meet one another, support one another, cry in front of one another, man or woman. And it’s okay, y’know? That’s—I’m s...
Our homies in The Great Dismal just released a split and their songs absolutely rip. Real melodic indie rock. John joined a hardcore band called Wolfcastle as their vocalist, and Rusty is going to be jumping on as the second guitarist. Moutheater put out a...
Still, the genre has managed to keep rearing its head – first in the mid-2000s, as trance revitalised the happy hardcore sound, and more recently through its impact on the global EDM movement. Twenty-five years since the advent of happy hardcore, we spoke to the people who have been th...