In honour of defunct-as-of-yesterday hardcore outift Throats, here’s a ‘Something Low From This Way Comes‘ from their self-titled EP.
Fantastically heavy in their own ‘not a single fuck given for melody’ kind of way, I know they will be missed by many around the country.
- CG
God DAMN it. Another one for the tally of great bands lost this year.
That’s right folks; Twelve Gauge Records’ noisy hardcore signing Throats announced last night on Twitter that – and I quote directly – “THROATS IS DEAD. FUCK OFF”.
They later elaborated:
“We have decided to call it a day. We are thinking about a last show but it’s not 100% certain yet. Some leftover merch will be going cheap on the bigcartel in a few days. Goodbye.”
Seems like one of those things we won’t get much more information about. They played some damn good shows and put out some damn good records; not a dud amongst them. They will be missed by those who knew them.
- CG
Wednesday May 5th marked the end of my academic career. It was a busy day to say the least, but lacked the appropriate fanfare I felt it deserved. Where were the fireworks? The champagne? The cheering crowd to carry me on their shoulders?
I pretty much anticipated this though. My university is lamer than a duck with two broken legs, and so in anticiaption I snatched up two tickets to go and see Narrows, featuring Dave Verellen (ex-Botch) and Ryan Frederiksen (ex-These Arms Are Snakes) in order to celebrate properly.
The first support act came in the form of Holy State, who for me were unremarkable. They had a few good moments, but lacked that edge that makes an adequate live band essential. Most notably, they talked a little too much. This is a lesson a lot of small band could learn; more noise, less mouth. Like I say, not bad, but nothing spectacular. View Full Article »
