Mind Eraser

Rorschach at The Charleston (more by Ryan Muir) Last year’s jaw-dropping lineup at Chaos In Tejas was sick, and 2010 is proving to be no different…

Mind Eraser is PISSED. Seattle’s Iron Lung swung by Cake Shop on 11/8 to put the finishing touches on a tour that included dates at The Fest 8 in Florida (not to be confused with Festival 8 in California) a few weeks prior, and Fucked Up‘s Fucked Up Weekend 2009 with fellow Cake Shop performers Mind Eraser and Nomos (other FU performers included Cro-Mags (jam), Burning Love, Career Suicide, and even Metric)…

Charles Maggio of Rorschach June 1993 at ABC No Rio with Assuck & Scrog. That’s the last time that the mighty Rorschach blessed NYC. The band called it quits shortly after, splintering into projects like Gern Blandsten Records, Beautiful Skin, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, and tons more, but those great successes only highlighted an undeniable fact: Rorschach were innovative and before their time…

I haven’t been to a matinee in a while, but if they’re all this good, look for X’s on my hands every week. Sex Vid, Iron Age, and Mind Eraser teamed up with RZL DZL and The Rival Mob (mems-Mind Eraser) to decimate Cake Shop on June 6th, one of a pair of shows for Sex Vid that day (Death By Audio was later that night)…

DOWNLOAD: Iron Age – “The Way Is Narrow” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mind Eraser – “Teenagers” (MP3, Meat Puppets cover) DOWNLOAD: Altar of Plagues – “Gas In Veins/Amesoeurs” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Amesouers – “Earth” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Old Wainds – “Cold Twilight of the Worlds” (MP3) Brooklyn’s own Hull will release Sole Lord via The End Records on May 26th…

Amebix, in a rare moment of calm? (more by Justina Villanueva) Chaos in Tejas 2009 is on and poppin’, having laid out May 21st-24th in Austin for a crust/punk/hardcore field day(s)…