Rival Mob

This Is Hardcore 2015 lineup (The Exploited, Chokehold, The Suicide File, American Nightmare, Snapcase, Slapshot, more)

This year marks the 10th edition of Philadelphia’s annual This Is Hardcore festival, and the lineup is stacked as usual. From July 23-26 the festival brings hardcore to Philly including the Danzig-less Misfits playing the Danzig-written Earth A……

Haymaker playing NYC w/ Rival Mob after A389 Bash

Haymaker at A389 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) Ontario’s long-running hardcore/grind act Haymaker re-emerged in 2013 with their first recordings in almost 10 years for A389 Recordings, who work with a lot of bands that fit the above genre tag…

Rival Mob, Blacklisted, World War 4 & Stick Together playing NYC +++ related upcoming hardcore festivals

Blacklisted at Cake Shop in 2010 (more by Brian Reilly) Boston hardcore traditionalists The Rival Mob, Philly boundary pushers Blacklisted, World War 4 (fronted by Mark Porter of NJHC band Floorpunch, plus other members of that band, The Rival Mob, and more), and Wilkes-Barre straightedge band Stick Together (whose lineup includes Ned Russin of Title Fight, plus members of War Hungry and Bad Seed) all played This Is Hardcore in Philly last year, and they’ll soon team back up for what will be a very solid quadruple bill in NYC on June 7 at Le Poisson Rouge (co-presented for that show are on sa…

Damaged City 2014 lineup (Infest, Los Crudos, Priests, Boston Strangler, Rival Mob, Coke Bust & more)

Infest in Miami, 2013 (more by Kris Alan Carter) The lineup and details for this year’s Damaged City Fest in Washington, DC have been announced…

Magic Circle released stellar debut (stream it), playing NYC

Radigan with Magic Circle at Chaos in Tejas 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Magic Circle’s lyrics communicate depression via loneliness, betrayal, death, and suffering, but Brendan Radigan’s as likely to lash out as lament when he sings them…

Ceremony touring with Ed Schrader's Music Beat around This is Hardcore (dates & updated schedule)

Ceremony at Warsaw in 2012 (more by Joe McCabe) As mentioned, ever-evolving punks Ceremony are set to play this year’s This Is Hardcore festival in Philly (they play on 8/10) alongside Kid Dynamite, The Suicide File, Modern Life Is War, Judge, Blacklisted, Tragedy, 7 Seconds, Paint It Black, Code Orange Kids, Nails, Defeater, No Redeeming Social Value, Gwar, and m…

Cro-Mags playing megashow at Bottom Lounge with Rival Mob, Breakdown, Damnation AD, No Tolerance & more

The Rival Mob at 285 Kent in Brooklyn, April 2013 (more by Tod Seelie) Somebody get this guy a trophy. Whoever booked what is arguably the hardcore show of the year in Chicago, deserves some sort of kudos…

New York's Alright took over NYC this weekend (pics)

Crazy Spirit (and fan) at 285 Kent (more by Tod Seelie) If you were anywhere near The Acheron, 285 Kent or Le Poisson Rouge this weekend, you might have notices the masses of leather jackets, studs, spikey hair, and general attitude…

Rival Mob played 285 Kent with Stick Together, Give, Waste Management, WW4, Prisoner Abuse & more (pics)

It got a little incestuous at 285 Kent on Saturday (2/23), when Massachusetts band The Rival Mob played their record release show with special guests Stick Together, Give, Waste Management, WW4, Prisoner Abuse and Brain Slug (NY’s Inside Out cancelled)…

The Rival Mob ready 'Mob Justice'; win a prizepack for Record Release show

Vocalist Brendan Radigan opened The Rival Mob‘s set at This is Hardcore with an arguably flawless statement of purpose: “This first song we’re gonna play is not for some political bullshit…
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