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DOWNLOAD: Trash Talk - Explode (MP3)

Trash Talk

A few minutes before this terrifying Sacramento hardcore band took the stage, Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham told me that Trash Talk has "the most violent pits I've ever seen." That's a more powerful endorsement than anything I could offer, but this band definitely won my night through sheer brutalizing menace. This was SXSW, so it's not like people in the crowd were ripping each other's heads off, but I did see more stagediving, spinkicking, and fighting over a broken mic during their set than I saw during the entirety of SXSW 2009. More to the point, the band themselves just drip contempt in all directions, even when they're not playing a note... Trash Talk are playing a bunch more shows this week, and I've got half a mind to catch all of their sets - [Pitchfork]
I wasn't at the above-reviewed SXSW show, but I did see the blistering hardcore band two other times during the week. Trash Talk also destroyed at the pizza party (video in this post) and at Red 7 two days later (new set of pictures in this post) (they were good in 2009 too). Besides ripping through the faves (at this year's shows), Trash Talk also showcased tracks from their new LP Eyes & Nines, due digitally May 18, or otherwise on June 8 via the band. Now TT have dropped a taste in the form of "Explode" available for download above.

Trash Talk are scheduled to support Alexisonfire along with La Dispute and Therefore I Am at Bowery Ballroom on May 22nd. Tickets are still available. The date is part of a larger tour with AOF and TT. All of those dates, with some more lost photos of the ensuing melee at the Red 7 party and some video of the band playing "Explode" at Hoeks Death Metal Pizza, below....

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Trash Talk play "Explode" at Hoeks, 3/18/10


TRASH TALK - 2010 TOUR DATES
Apr 13 2010 Stereo Glasgow
Apr 14 2010 The Rock City Basement Nottingham
Apr 15 2010 Engine Room Brighton
Apr 16 2010 The Garage London
Apr 16 2010 St. Mortiz London
Apr 17 2010 Champions Bournemouth
Apr 18 2010 Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff
Apr 19 2010 The Flapper and Firkin Birmingham
Apr 21 2010 Peabody's Down Under Cleveland, Ohio*
Apr 22 2010 St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, Michigan*
Apr 23 2010 The Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York*
Apr 24 2010 The Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland*
Apr 25 2010 Canal Club Downstairs Lounge Richmond, Virginia*
Apr 27 2010 Ground Control West Palm Beach, Florida*
Apr 28 2010 The Social Orlando, Florida*
Apr 29 2010 State Theater St. Petersburg, Florida*
Apr 30 2010 The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia*
May 1 2010 Greene Street Club Greensboro, North Carolina*
May 3 2010 Warehouse Live Houston, Texas*
May 4 2010 The Door Dallas, Texas*
May 5 2010 Emo's Austin, Texas*
May 7 2010 The Nile Mesa, Arizona*
May 8 2010 Chain Reaction Anaheim, California*
May 9 2010 The Troubadour West Hollywood, California*
May 10 2010 Slim's San Francisco, California*
May 11 2010 Peter's Room at Roseland Theater Portland, Oregon*
May 12 2010 El Corazon Seattle, Washington*
May 14 2010 The Venue Boise, Idaho*
May 15 2010 In The Venue's Club Sound Salt Lake City, Utah*
May 16 2010 Marquis Theater Denver, Colorado*
May 18 2010 Triple Rock Minneapolis, Minnesota*
May 19 2010 Lincoln Hall Chicago, Illinois*
May 21 2010 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York*
May 22 2010 Theater of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
May 23 2010 The Palladium (Upstairs) Worcester, Massachusetts*
Aug 10 2010 Oya Festival Norway, Oslo
* with Alexisonfire, La Dispute, Therefore I Am

Comments (15)

Awesome pics!
So glad they are coming back through

Posted by TXn | April 13, 2010 2:18 PM

Homo-erotic male bonding. (that's okay though...)

Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2010 2:43 PM

Hahaha wow, people really listen to this shit, huh? Just listened to that Mp3 and I'm speechless.

This aggression will not stand, man!!

Posted by The Dude | April 13, 2010 3:11 PM

"Homo-erotic male bonding" Anon 2:43pm

---EWWW, please stay home that night if this is what you are looking for dude!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2010 4:28 PM

Aggro white male repressed physical bullshit, find another excuse to beat each other up besides the music. yawn. what is this 7th grade? fucking white boys with small dicks

Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2010 4:55 PM

All the people talking about LCD being the best live show have never seen Trash Talk live.

@4:55
Please stay home and change your tampon.
And FYI, two of the guys in Trash Talk are black, making your comment even more ignorant.

Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2010 5:54 PM

i love watching shows where people beat each other up, its the best live show ive ever seen. they should tour with drunk driver and molest girls every night

Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2010 8:26 PM

There's so much better hardcore out there. Listen to The Rival Mob.

And yeah, 4:55, stick to whatever bullshit you usually read about on this site. Dont attempt to explain hardcore. You sound like a 50-year-old dad talking about "devil music".

Posted by GregBX | April 13, 2010 9:25 PM

The point of hardcore is that it by and for "the hardcore" and not concerned with industry bullshit like SXSW... It's weird, I go to shows, read the zines and buy the records, and I've never heard of this "hardcore" band. It's not a question of selling out, just mislabeling. They are a hipster indie rock band that happens to play rock music that sounds kinda like what hipsters think hardcore sounds like. Like Fucked Up.

Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2010 9:36 PM

Strange stuff. This 46 year old dad dips into BV every once in a while to get a sense of what you whippersnappers are up to, and frankly, while that tune ain't bad, it ain't much. Well, the two part "harmony" during the skank part near the end is ok.

I mean, I know HC was rarely about music, especially in NY. I was there, the bands sucked. But at least the best of the originators each had a unique sound or viewpoint or, gadzooks, an artistic "voice."

Just throwing it out there, but how is this shit anything more than just (admittedly necessary) boy stuff. I don't want to be the old fogey but can someone point me in the direction of something as distinct as Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Void, Negative Approach, early DRI, (and of course Flag, who while they might've started some balls rolling were certainly on their own path).

Posted by noisejoke | April 14, 2010 12:31 AM

these guys are the next biohazard!

Posted by Anonymous | April 14, 2010 12:46 AM

noisejoke, there is no such thing as complete and total originality in modern hardcore. No one ever claimed that there was, but there are still some bands that think outside of the box, and who actually have a message worth hearing. As I stated above, The Rival Mob is a great example. Then there's Modern Life is War, Go It Alone (those 2 are broken up but amazing nonetheless), Mindset, Blacklisted, Defeater, Incendiary (local band from LI).

All of those bands are the real deal; passionate, earnest, and genuinely pissed off. Plus hardcore bands are way tighter musicians nowadays than back in the 80s (with the exception of the Bad Brains, no one can touch them to this day).

Posted by GregBX | April 14, 2010 1:19 AM

bowery ballroom show is the 21st, they're playing philly the 22nd

Posted by Anonymous | April 14, 2010 1:29 PM

@GregBX - thanks for the tips. Yes, back then most bands couldn't actually "play." Most lost their innocence, sound, originality when they got up to speed. DRI became a snore, Die Kreuzen managed their own gloomy thing for a while, GI traveled a fine line as they aspired towards Rock. The Misfits could barely play but at least they had tunes!

Posted by noisejoke | April 14, 2010 9:38 PM

these guys are the fucking stupid jocks of hardcore, go watch ufc and get a boner morons

Posted by Anonymous | April 14, 2010 11:15 PM

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