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American hardcore music is experiencing a inventive burst for the time being, owing to bands together with Gulch, Scowl, Drug Church, Drain, Mindforce and End It. The scene has its personal community of YouTube channels, podcasts and web sites that catalog it. And final month’s Sound and Fury Festival in Los Angeles was a robust assertion of goal.
There have been some current precedents for this present second — the continuing crossover success and musical evolution of the Baltimore band Turnstile; the way in which the California act Trash Talk made inroads into hip-hop, skating and streetwear communities. But these have been moments in which outsiders took a gander at hardcore. Right now, the middle itself is rising and thriving.
On this week’s episode, a survey of latest hardcore bands, a take a look at the style’s purposely porous boundaries, and a dialogue of the hardcore scene as music, ethic and feeling.
Guests:
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Tom Breihan, senior editor at Stereogum
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Chris Ryan, editorial director of The Ringer and co-host of The Watch podcast
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