Self Defense Family

7 of Patrick Kindlon's (Drug Church, Self Defense Family) favorite live concert videos

Patrick Kindlon chooses and talks about 7 of his favorite live videos, from Morrissey to Mazzy Star, and his commentary is as highly entertaining as ever.

Self Defense Family release cover of Neil Young's "On the Beach" from live LP (listen)

”’On the Beach’ is repetitive and makes the listener feel isolated and atomized,” says vocalist Patrick Kindlon. ”It felt like a natural fit for us.”

Self Defense Family announce live album, share "I'm Going Through Some Shit"

“We’d been playing as a six-piece-sometimes-seven-piece-sometimes-more for awhile. It was an ambitious time. Very few of us are technically great musicians, so there was a problem-solving element to the whole thing. And we made it work, sometimes fantastically. We thought it important to document that. Otherwise, nobody would believe we pulled it off,” says Self Defense Family and Drug Church frontman Patrick Kindlon.

Militarie Gun's Ian Shelton: "We're going towards the original intent of hardcore, instead of this formulaic thing"

Hardcore is moving forward right now, but as one of the genre’s current brightest voices, Ian Shelton, puts it, it’s really moving back towards the original intent of the genre. He talks about that and much more on the newest episode of the BrooklynVegan podcast…

Thrice, Touche Amore & Self Defense Family played Terminal 5 (review, setlists)

This great post-hardcore triple bill rolled through NYC on Thursday night…

Thrice, Touché Amoré, Self Defense Family announce fall tour

Jim Ward will also join this killer lineup for the Texas dates.

Self Defense Family soundtracking new graphic novel by vocalist Patrick Kindlon (stream a track)

Self Defense Family/Drug Church vocalist Patrick Kindlon and artist Goran Gligovic have a new graphic novel on the way, with a soundtrack by SDF…

Patrick Kindlon (Self Defense Family, Drug Church) talks favorite albums of 2020

”This year was clarifying in some ways. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels like a change is imminent. Look how many old acts are on my list. That’s not sustainable. We have to give a bit of a mulligan to young acts as they were likely afraid to release in a year they couldn’t tour…”

39 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Andrew Bird, Empress Of/Amber Mark, Virginia Wing, Skip Marley, Megan Thee Stallion, Mavi, Nothing, Sex With A Terrorist (Self Defense Family, Regional Justice Center), and more…

26 New Metal & Hardcore Songs Out This Week

New songs by Alice Cooper, Inter Arma (Neil Young cover), Exhumed, Gaerea, The Acacia Strain, Protest the Hero, Misery Signals, END, Nuvolascura, Entry, Skeleton, Chelsea Wolfe’s new band Mrs. Piss, and more
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