"If this is any indication of the quality of their upcoming album, due hopefully some time before the end of the year, then it's gonna be a belter." - MacDara has found something to believe in with The Bridges Of Madison County's The Divil Wears Prada EP.
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"Overall, this is pretty much the essence of hardcore right here, and if you don't want to skip back to the start and rock these babies again immediately, I'm not sure you and I can be friends."
"Then halfway through he throws that map away, sprinting off on a tangent imbued with a spirit of uncertain joy that's starkly opposed to the source material's nihilistic, misanthropic menace." - MacDara on Cian Nugent's Grass Above My Head / My War Blues 7".
"If you're any kind of a punk you need Kill from the Heart in your collection" - MacDara on the recently reissued Dicks LPs Kill from the Heart & These People.
"Your appreciation of it will no doubt depend on your tolerance for repetition, but by placing it at the front of the running order, ESTEL clearly don't give a fuck. I like that." - MacDara on ESTEL's 2011 album A Massive, Glorious, Uphill, Shit-Fight.
"You've gotta have grade-A titanium balls to pull that off" - MacDara checks out Dying Fetus' recently released LP Reign Supreme.
"Minimalism is the order of the day here, but minimal doesn't have to mean weak or devoid of character." - MacDara's take on Chord's latest, Gmaj7.
"So what's the prognosis? On the basis of the 13 tracks presented here, Maxïmo Park's condition is stable..." - MacDara on Maximo Park's new LP The National Health.
"So we can surmise that Ides of Gemini don't go for the jugular. So what is their weapon of choice? For the first half at least, it's sheer occult power." - MacDara on Constantinople from Neurot Recordings' Ides Of Gemini.
"...if you were coming to Freak Puke expecting to hear the Melvin's softer side, you'd be quite far off the mark." - MacDara on the Melvins' 18th studio LP Freak Puke.