Saturday 10 December 2011

1 in 12 Benefit Download Compilation


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Here's a benefit download compilation of some of the finest diy hardcore/punk bands in the UK. Raging d beat, grind, doom, metal, thrash, power violence, crust, emo & just about any other style of making loud noises with guitars is represented. A lot of the stuff is exclusive to this compilation and never released before. The other stuff is solid gold hits. There's 27 bands in total so it's well worth your time.

Here's what you get:-

ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS
the title track of their LP which has been praised to the heavens by the likes of MRR and seems to be appearing on everyone's 'top ten of 2011' list. Raging d-beat. ex-Heresy etc

DRAINLAND
an unreleased song. if Swans did a 7" on Bovine it might sound like this.

MOLOCH
a killer Crossed Out cover that's only just been recorded.

PINE BARRENS
Experimental crust/black metal-influenced hardcore guaranteed to melt your face off

THE AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN
power violence/grindcore. fast bits & slow bits.

MOB RULES
they used to be fast but now they're not. late Black Flag/Unsane.

VOLITION
unreleased song from their session in the 1in12 studios. crushing sludge/doom

BURNT CROSS
prolific Brighton anarcho punks with an unreleased Crass cover

DEAD IN THE WOODS
His Hero Is Hawkwind. heavy riffs. unreleased.

TIDE OF IRON
ugly noise rock riffs

CLOSURE
a demo of their forthcoming 7". fast hardcore/power violence.

REGIMES
heavy d beats with a dose of metal in there

GRACE
metallic hardcore stuff in the vein of Unbroken/Coalesce/Deadguy

APATT
sorry but this lot are impossible to describe. bunch of weirdos.

BULLETRIDDEN
crust as hell. bullet belts and mohawks.

REDRIGHTHAND
incredibly slow, interminably heavy and possessing an atmosphere of complete and utter despair

THE PROCESS
Holy Terror-ists and Illuminati afficionados. previously unreleased.

LICH
ex-Battle Of Wolf 359 folk in emo-violence overload

CRACKED COP SKULLS
90s d beat crust punk stalwarts. this is an exclusive from a reform session a few years ago.

ARMY OF FLYING ROBOTS
unreleased track from one of the best UK bands of the last decade.

THE DAY MAN LOST
another unreleased track from a session recorded at the 1in12 studios. we're in ultra fast hardcore/power violence territory here

UNQUIET GRAVE
political 90s style mosh metal hardcore. chugs and rants.

JINN
unreleased song from a very under rated band. fast and grindy/power violence but not played straight

QUEER COVEN
one man drum machine queer black metal

FIELD BOSS
worshipping at the alter of Amphetamine Reptile and Unsane

WAR PARTY
tearing it up like an 80s Poison Idea 7". punk rock.

STATE ICONS
more of that 90s political metallic hardcore punk thing

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Sales/Returns Policy:

If you are in any way unhappy with your purchase we will refund you your money.

Please email ewanfrater@googlemail.com and we will attempt to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

Delivery information:

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Saturday 3 December 2011

Pettybone/Trieste/WitchCult/State Icons - Brighton, Sat 7th Jan



SATURDAY 7th JANUARY
@The Green Door Store, Brighton

PUNK V HARDCORE presents an evening of awesome punk rock:

PETTYBONE
Intense political hardcore punk from London! 
Debut album, 'From Desperate Times Comes Radical Minds' out now.

TRIESTE
Urgent, angular melodies from ex-Fabric/Capricorns/Done Lying Down dudes.

STATE ICONS
Noisy, political hardcore to the bone! If we're lucky, they might release something soon...

WITCH CULT
Awesome South Coast Powerviolence! 12" out now on Holy Roar.

Last band will be done by 10:30pm and we're just below Brighton Station.

Non-shitty art by Louisë Zergäeng coming soon...
www.louiseplease.blogspot.com



Saturday 3 September 2011

NIGHT BIRDS + STATE ICONS + LEGAL HIGHS + CLIMAX CHANGE - Brighton, 29th September


THIS ONE'S FOR THE CREW PRESENTS...

NIGHT BIRDS -
rocking 80's-style hardcore punk from New Jersey. For fans of Descendents, Adolescents and Circle Jerks.

STATE ICONS -
Brighton-based, crushing metallic hardcore for fans of the unpopular 90's Ebullition releases. Members of Staathaat / Little Ease

LEGAL HIGHS -
Raucous, divebombing hardcore from Brighton. Ex-Bad Brains / Sheer Terror

CLIMAX CHANGE -
First show! Ex-Burning Times / Abandon Ship! Poppy, garagey punk rock!

7 - 10pm [note early door time]
Thursday 29th September 2011
Sticky Mike's Frog Bar [formerly The Jam]
Middle Street, Brighton
£5 in adv // £6 on the door.
18+

Last.fm event - http://www.last.fm/event/2044355+Night+Birds+at+Sticky+Mike%27s+Frog+Bar+on+29+September+2011

Facebook event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=275276059165952

live footage from 18/8/2011

you'll be surprised to learn that once again it was Darren of Tadpole Records doing the filming. He's going to make a fortune when MTV eventually do their Behind The Music feature on State Icons.This gig was with Trenches, Subsilence and Blod Drunk.



live footage from 9/7/2011

once again Darren of Tadpole Records comes up with some nice footage. This was at the Green Store in Brighton and the other bands were Pettybone, Diet Pills and Legal Highs.




live footage from 28/05/2011

some nice video footage by Darren of Tadpole Records from our gig at the Green Door Store with DKH on 28th May 2011.





Tuesday 16 August 2011

GLASSES (Ger) + CAVES + STATE ICONS + LEGAL HIGHS - Brighton, Friday 2nd September






THIS ONE'S FOR THE CREW presents:

GLASSES -
Raging hardcore from Germany feat. members of Perth Express + Trainwreck

CAVES -
Hook-laden pop punk from Bristol ffo Superchunk / J-Church

THE STATE ICONS -
Crushing metallic hardcore from Brighton

LEGAL HIGHS -
Raucous, relentless hardcore from Brighton. Ex-members of Bad Brains + Righteous Jams


8pm
Fri 2nd Sept 2011
The Cowley Club,
Brighton
£5

Saturday 13 August 2011

STATE ICONS + NO + GOOD THROB - Weds 24th August at The Windmill, Brixton



STATE ICONS
Noisy political hardcore punk stalwarts from Brighton and the South East. Rage. Riffs. Ralf.
http://stateicons.blogspot.com/
http://stateicons.bandcamp.com/

NO
Fierce stomps and intelligent vehemence from London based angries. Members of a bunch of bands: Shitty Limits, Sceptres, Mock Heroic, all those good guys.
http://soundcloud.com/no-london

GOOD THROB
Pissed off shopping bag punk from Reading and London. High concept, low talent wonderscuzz with snot and bile.
http://goodthrob.tumblr.com/

+ 1 BAND TBC
24th August at the Windmill in Brixton. 8pm. FOUR UK POUNDS AND YOU'RE IN.
A Judi Stench Production.
Flyer in the works.
Attendance is compulsory FOR ALL LONDON-BASED INDIVIDUALS.

Saturday 23 July 2011

Trenches + Subsilence + State Icons + Blod Drunk - Thur 18th August, Brighton



Thursday 18th August
@The Green Door Store, Brighton

TRENCHES
downtuned sludge fuelled hardcore from Ireland
http://trenchesband.bandcamp.com

SUBSILENCE
Classic heavy old-school doom in the vein of Candlemass.
http://subsilence.bandcamp.com

STATE ICONS
90s diy metallic hardcore punk worship. Possibly where Amphetamine Reptile and Ebullition records meet
http://stateicons.blogspot.com

BLOD DRUNK
crusty d-beat mayhem
http://www.reverbnation.com/bl%C3%B6ddrunk

Google+

Should you feel the need to put State Icons in your circles on G+ then now you can.

http://gplus.to/stateicons

Monday 27 June 2011

Drunk In Hell + Diet Pills + Closure + Grace + State Icons + Tide Of Iron - Saturday 16th July - Bradford



Saturday 16th July
@ 1 in 12 Club, Bradford

DRUNK IN HELL
undisputed kings of punk. the soundtrack to swimming in a septic tank filled with rats.
http://www.myspace.com/drunkinhell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOvOKIm4mdc

DIET PILLS
leicester's ugliest offspring. grungey noise rock hardcore that's even more sickening than gary linekar's face.
http://dietpills.bandcamp.com/

CLOSURE
raw power violence. fast bits. slow bits. punch yourself in the face bits.
http://closurehc.tumblr.com/

GRACE
metallic hardcore punk like coalesce/deadguy/botch etc from ex-jinn/tsua folk
http://gracencl.com/

STATE ICONS
south coast hardcore punk with a bit of metal and noise rock chucked in
http://stateicons.blogspot.com

TIDE OF IRON
more geordies. more noise rock. more big ugly riffs. more amphetamine reptiles ruining hardcore.
http://tideoffuckingiron.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0BqXqoLgp4

it'll start at some point and cost you something. details will be forthcoming.

Sunday 19 June 2011

State Icons World Tour

here's what we got coming up

Tuesday 21st June @ The Grosvenor, London
/w DRAINLAND + VELOZ + LICH

Friday 1st July @ the Cowley Club, Brighton
/w WEASEL WALTER/ALEX WARD/JAMES SEDWARDS + BOLIDE + DMP (Poland)
yup, him from flying luttenbachers/behold the arctopus etc. wild free jazz times.

Saturday 9th July @ Green Door Store, Brighton
/w PETTYBONE + DIET PILLS + LEGAL HIGHS

Sat 16th July @ 1 in 12 Club, Brighton
/w GRACE + TIDE OF IRON + DIET PILLS + CLOSURE + more tbc
killer alldayer being lined up

Sunday 21st August @ The Hobbit, Southampton
/w some bands that the 'almost but not quite' STE collective like

Sat 9th July - Pettybone + Diet Pills + Legal Highs + State Icons - Green Door Store, Brighton



PUNK V HARDCORE presents an evening of awesome punk rock:

PETTYBONE
Intense political hardcore punk from London!
Debut album due soon...
http://www.reverbnation.com/thesoundoftherevolt
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001847735169&sk=wall

DIET PILLS
Raging noise rock from Leicester!
Debut album out now!
http://dietpills.bandcamp.com/

LEGAL HIGHS
Divebombing Brighton hardcore, ex-Abandon Ship!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Legal-Highs/234555203227418

STATE ICONS
Noisy, political hardcore to the bone!
http://stateicons.bandcamp.com/


Tickets £4 on the door (£1 per band!).

Art by Louisë Zergäeng
www.louiseplease.blogspot.com

Tuesday 24 May 2011

Fri 1st July - WEASEL WALTER/ALEX WARD/JAMES SEDWARDS+DMP+BOLIDE+STATE ICONS - Cowley Club, Brighton





Friday 1st July
@The Cowley Club, Brighton

WEASEL WALTER/ALEX WARD/JAMES SEDWARDS
New York-based drummer Weasel Walter was leader of noise-jazz terrorists the Flying Luttenbachers. Improvising Guitarist Alex Ward has collaborated with musicians as diverse as Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne and Thurston Moore. Guitarist James Sedwards is leader of “brutal prog” band Nøught. As a trio, they make music that encompasses no wave, extreme metal, noise and hyper-chromatic harmonic density.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKskvE5vayQ&feature=related

DMP are an improvising trio from Krakow, Poland. They make loud, demanding sounds with horns, percussion and heavy electronics.
http://www.dmp.orgs.pl/

BOLIDE are an improvising sextet from Brighton with a lot of facial hair.
http://www.thebolide.tk/

STATE ICONS are Brighton-based hardcore punk shouters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQMeXUgOr0

The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton
Friday July 1st
8 till late
5pounds suggested donation

Say you're coming on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=209486919073557

This Saturday Night in Brighton - METAL MONDAY & PUNK V HARDCORE PRESENTS/ STATE ICONS/ DKH at THE GREEN DOOR STORE


METAL MONDAY & PUNK V HARDCORE

THE BIGGEST ALT NIGHTS IN BRIGHTON COME TOGETHER TO BRING YOU A NIGHT OF FREE LIVE MUSIC AND MM & PvH DJ'S

NO VIBES IN THIS DIVE
EVEN BETTER MUSIC PLAYED BAD BY GREAT PEOPLE

OH AND ITS FUCKING £FREE

LIVE MUSIC FROM
( more tba )

STATE ICONS
http://stateicons.bandcamp.com
brighton hardcore to the bone

DKH
http://www.myspace.com/dkhtheband
sludge, hardcore, stoner and doom

Say you're coming on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=149074691828979

photos from the Sauna Youth record release gig

The fine upstanding young gentlemen Mr Matt WPBS took a load of photos from the Sauna Youth/Fair Ohs/Prize Pets/Atentado/State Icons gig at the Hannover Community Centre in Brighton a while back.

Have a look at them all here - http://mattwpbs.com/2011/04/30/sauna-youth-at-hanover-centre-in-brighton

Thursday 14 April 2011

STATE ICONS - Live at the Cowley Club


Our friend Toby did a recording of us playing live at the Cowley Club. Our first gig with Gruel and Jovian. Bit rough as it's a live recording but gives you an idea.

DRAINLAND + VELOZ + LICH + STATE ICONS - London - Tuesday 21st June



TUESDAY 21st JUNE
@The Grosvenor, London
Stockwell/Brixton tube

DRAINLAND
Ireland - Southern Lord/De Graanrepubliek/Bovine records
Only UK gig this year. Unrelenting brutality. Savagery.
http://drainland.bandcamp.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnokZT5RVI

VELOZ
USA - Parade Of Spectres/Karmic Swamp/Prgnt records
hardcore eruption of metallic d-beat frenzy, blazing riffs and unadulterated furor
http://veloz.bandcamp.com/
http://velozband.blogspot.com/
http://soundcloud.com/flan-1/veloz-sworn-to-hunt

LICH
Kent - Parade of Spectres/React With Protest records
Ex-Battle Of Wolf 359 folks summon the spirit of HHIG/Acme/The Swarm etc. Screamo for want of a better word.
http://www.myspace.com/wearelich

STATE ICONS
Brighton
90s diy metallic hardcore punk worship. Possibly where Amphetamine Reptile and Ebullition records meet.
http://stateicons.bandcamp.com
http://stateicons.blogspot.com

£5 entry
8pm doors

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193041250737863
http://www.last.fm/event/1904398+DRAINLAND-VELOZ-LICH-STATE+ICONS+-+London+-+Tue+21+June
http://www.songkick.com/concerts/8766621-drainland-at-grosvenor

NO + BRUTAL REGIME + GOOD THROB + STATE ICONS - Brighton - Sunday 24th April



Sunday 24th April
@The Cowley Club, Brighton

raw political noise execution

NO
raging hardcore punk, raw fury, aggression and speed. members of Shitty Limits & Sceptres
http://soundcloud.com/no-london

BRUTAL REGIMEEastbourne Hardcore - cro mags/wolfbrigade/discharge
http://www.myspace.com/brutalregime

GOOD THROB
Three broads and a chode playing moron punk
http://goodthrob.tumblr.com/

STATE ICONS
hardcore punk metal disorder destruction, anger, despair.
http://stateicons.bandcamp.com

worship at the church of noise

£5 ‘donation’
8-11pm
members/guests all welcome

Saturday 2 April 2011

Sauna Youth/Atentado/Fair Ohs/Prize Pets/State Icons - Brighton - Saturday 2nd April



We (SY) are putting on a release gig in Brighton on the 2nd of April for our second 7"
It's an all-ages, mixed bill show at a real good space.
playing is -

SAUNA YOUTH - More than meats the aye
FAIR OHS - London punks playing Paul Simon & Fleetwood Mac
ATENTADO - Noisy hardcore from Barcelona (members of Destino Final)
PRIZE PETS - The Anti-Mark E Smith with his post punk party band
STATE ICONS - 90's metallic hardcore worship & Ralf being great.

With projections by Pines.
It's at The Hanover Community Centre, 33 Southover Street, Brighton, BN2 9UD
They're using one of their 12 alcohol licenses for this show so there will be a bar.
The doors will be at 7PM, first band on about 7:30PM.
It'll be £6, and i'll be dropping of some tickets to Resident Records in Brighton this week if you want to secure your place in the F.U.N.
ALSO, your ticket/stamp will get you into the club night 13 monsters that night for cheap.
We're also putting on an exhibition of screen-prints to co-incide with this show at the Magnum Opus Tattoo shop in Brighton.
More info here - lostinidea.blogspot.com //huxleyboon@gmail.com
Cheers!