Hardcore for Nerds

2009

October 111
September 154
August 177
July 104
June 273
May 287
April 133
March 151
February
January
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Woods - ‘Broke’ from How To Survive + In The Woods I’ve been thinking about my...
Dec 16th

Douglas Martin's Top 10 Songs of 2009*

douglasmartini: *Culled exclusively from Tumblr audio posts: Eat Skull- “Heaven’s Stranger” ...
Dec 16th
Warch Watch
douglasmartini: Sonic Youth- “Bull in the Heather” incl. shout-out to Bikini Kill and Kathleen...
Dec 16th
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cargohoo: youmustbemistaken: Feels Blind — Bikini Kill
Dec 16th
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - ‘10x10’ from the Is Is EP. had I heard it in time, this would have...
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
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aubade: hardcorefornerds: Woods - ‘Rain On’ (Live on WVKR) from the ‘To Clean’ 7”, 2009. really...
Dec 15th
velveteenrabbit: uncertaintimes:crashinglybeautiful: ...
Dec 15th
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Future of the Left - ‘Arming Eritrea’ Live on WOXY five song (this, ‘Chin...
Dec 15th
via Karl of Those Geese Were Stupefied, The Year. 20-16, on Future of the Left - Travels With Myself...
Dec 15th
esteticadiamore: I think this is safe to say I FUCKING...
Dec 14th
aubade: nihilnoetia: <3 tied with the fall for my...
Dec 14th
apropos the two preceding pictures, one of the best parts of my undergrad history degree was being...
Dec 14th
(via aubade)
Dec 14th
domino: Ishikari nisshi - Matsuura Takeshiro (1860) (via...
Dec 14th
Warch Watch
chrisyamashiro: husker du - “makes no sense at all” beautiful video - somewhere between fun and...
Dec 14th
The Obligatory End of Year List: Hardcore for...
Dec 14th
the year in winning: douglas martin's top 20...
Dec 14th
douglasmartini: Vinyl Sunday: Woods- Songs of Shame back...
Dec 13th

Tour Support = Your Support

polyvinylrecords: I’ve blogged before (here and here) about our involvement with Kickstarter and...
Dec 13th
polyvinylrecords: The Asobi Seksu Rewolf purple vinyl just...
Dec 13th
Vinyl Sunday: Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes and the...
Dec 13th
Warch Watch
vinylsunday: rainysanctuary: The Dead Weather - Will There Be Enough Water? (United Record...
Dec 13th
vinylsunday: (via nightmaresanddaydreams)
Dec 13th
kelseymcardle:hardcorefornerds: Dananananaykroyd - ‘Watch This!’ from Hey Everyone! (2009) ...
Dec 12th
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Dananananaykroyd - ‘Watch This!’ from Hey Everyone! (2009) such a sweet song, when you...
Dec 12th
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unbornwhiskey: FUGAZI: “SUGGESTION” (LIVE 1991) As described to a friend earlier today: This...
Dec 12th
“Does n e 1 know what it is like to sit down and pee out of...”
— does HRO take misogyny to...
Dec 12th
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velveteenrabbit: sharksabove:BiBaBiDi Suicide - Dream Baby Dream (1979) I think I prefer the...
Dec 12th
velveteenrabbit: ...
Dec 12th
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moneyfire: Battlestations ~Fight Like Apes Number 3 of 2009: …Golden Medallion ~Fight Like Apes ...
Dec 12th
singwithourheros: pas-d: teenageknife-fight: ...
Dec 12th
“When I sat down to write about the album’s opening...”
— Nicholas Rombes,...
Dec 12th
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marychrist: somesongsconsidered: The Ramones: “Blitzrieg Bop” (Words/music: The Ramones,...
Dec 12th
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douglasmartini: Song: Dirty Projectors- “Spray Paint (the Walls) (Black Flag Cover)” I think I...
Dec 12th
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Unparliamentary language on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. (via Maman Poulet - Gogartygate...
Dec 12th
bingoparaphernalia: Thanks, abbyjean. Teachtaireacht...
Dec 11th

Albums of the Decade Poll

postpunk: I’d like to do an albums-of-the decade-poll with readers of this blog and other Tumblr...
Dec 11th
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fireengines: faithandbegorrah: bingoparaphernalia: conorh: In the Dail (Irish Parliament)...
Dec 11th
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Dananananakroyd get a coveted spot on the AV Club’s 2009: The Year in Band Names (in the...
Dec 11th
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The Radiators - ‘Walking Home Alone Again’ from Ghostown (1978) “The night...
Dec 10th
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The Gaslight Anthem - ‘The Patient Ferris Wheel’ from The ‘59 Sound “never...
Dec 10th

new jersey ain't the whole world

thenotes: agrammar: In a reality TV world, no place is deemed more real than New Jersey....
Dec 10th
'Moral values' of abortion law defended
Dec 10th
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erikcarter: Earth ft. Kurt Cobain – “Divine and Bright”
Dec 10th
(via erikcarter)
Dec 10th
boatzone3: hgmonster: Lester Bangs and the boys We’ve...
Dec 10th
boatzone3: hgmonster: abloodymess: (via...
Dec 10th
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tumbledore: Vampire Weekend - “California English Pt. 2” Oh god. “Horchata” was Vampire Weekend...
Dec 9th
“…the real triumph of Budget 2010 is constructing the...”
— Vincent Browne, Irish Times. ...
Dec 9th
“Were u ever emo?”
— Carles
Dec 9th
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douglasmartini: yourmercurymouth: Grass - Animal Collective The obligatory I Don’t Really Hate...
Dec 8th

Remember postmodernism?

boatzone3: It’s amazing how the Snuggie ads basically out-Snakes on a Plane Snakes on a Plane,...
Dec 8th
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chrisyamashiro: sweet apple - “do you remember” j. mascis and dudes from cobra verde, winning at...
Dec 8th
HWM - Forever and Counting and Slint - Spiderland. for...
Dec 8th
Obama Jobs Summit Wonk + Manifestational...
Dec 8th
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Hot Water Music - ‘Rest Assured’ from Forever and Counting (Doghouse Records, 1997) ...
Dec 7th
“It’s not until the destructive epic of a title track,...”
— Stylus Magazine: Embrace,...
Dec 7th
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Rites of Spring - ‘End On End’ “…I had a feeling from end to end Tried to...
Dec 7th
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Swing Kids - ‘Forty Three Seconds’ “It’s already been said by every god...
Dec 7th

which part of songs do you like? (this...

agrammar: Off to the side of last week’s spat about Animal Collective, I kept talking about the...
Dec 7th
An Appeal to Copenhagen
Dec 7th
“More and more good-to-excellent music is getting produced...”
— Simon Reynolds’s Notes on the...
Dec 7th
Warch Watch
newwavetimewarp: The Clash’s London Calling album, as well as the single of the same name, were...
Dec 7th
tumbledublin: Dublin Sessions (via bluglio &...
Dec 7th
velveteenrabbit: migue-e good night.
Dec 7th
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One Last Wish - ‘Burning In The Undertow’ (1986) post-Rites of Spring band (Guy...
Dec 6th
Vinyl Sunday - Rites of Spring (II)
Dec 6th
Vinyl Sunday - Rites of Spring (I)
Dec 6th
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Ham Sandwich - ‘Out of the Darkness’ (new-ish single)
Dec 5th
The Post's Protectionism Strongs Again: It...
Dec 5th
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marychrist: anomolly:noriotgrrrlsallowed: Rites of Spring: “Persistent Vision” from Mike...
Dec 4th
Embrace, Rites of Spring, and One Last Wish:...
Dec 4th
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Lungfish - ‘Friend to Friend in the Endtime’ (Talking Songs for Walking, 1992)
Dec 4th
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Fight Like Apes - ‘Do You Karate?’ video by Eoghan Kidney. old song, new twist...
Dec 4th
Irish hipster making anti-chillwave music/’urine...
Dec 4th
tumbledublin: Johnson’s Court, Dublin. December 2007. I...
Dec 4th
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marychrist:pajamaplanet: The Undertones: “Teenage Kicks” so hard to beat.
Dec 3rd
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boatzone3: Jesus Lizard, Boilermaker, from the Liar reissue. This band changed my life, of...
Dec 3rd
Just How Pro-Choice Is America, Really? --...
Dec 3rd
Imagine if the internet as we know it now was...
Dec 3rd
Catholic pilgrims have suffered eye damage...
Dec 3rd

words of the year, words of the decade

tristn: Sent a few nominations to the American Dialect Society’s word of the year and word of the...
Dec 3rd
unbornwhiskey: UNBORN W.K.: JETS TO BRAZIL: PERFECTING...
Dec 2nd

Dave Eggers on being a critic

agrammar: peterwknox: veiledyellow:portraitoftheartistasayoungman: Do not be critics, you...
Dec 2nd
fuckyeahshoegaze: migue-e: abloodymess: It’s amazing...
Dec 2nd
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So Cow - ‘Runaway’ (Del Shannon cover, original released in 1961) “from any...
Dec 2nd
the decade in winning: douglas martin's top...
Dec 2nd
twostarhotel:hardcorefornerds: Fugazi - The Argument yesss! i bought this LP in august in a...
Dec 2nd
Fugazi - The Argument
Dec 1st
hatethefuture: Nexting the inevitable übercrash of...
Dec 1st
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postpunk: Fugazi - Full Disclosure Lest we forget, Fugazi released an album in 2001 and it is...
Dec 1st
New Blogger in Action for hipsterrunoff. ...
Dec 1st