Absolution

Alan played on Agnostic Front's 1987 album Liberty And Justice For..., and he also played in NYHC bands Crawlpappy and Absolution.

Gavin : Everything is very instantaneous now, and you can access almost anything with the flick of a finger. Not to sound pretentious, but there's a craftsmanship that goes into songwriting and the performance, and that's what separated Burn from other bands...

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...

Before things took a turn for the worse and got all stabby, Webster Hall hosted performances from Vision of Disorder, Sai-Nam and Absolution as part of a five band bill that would have also included Sick of It All and Cro-Mags if the CBGB Festival Friday show didn't end early...

While I was checking out the brutality at Maryland Deathfest 2011 back in May (pictures from day 1 HERE, day 2 HERE, day 3 HERE, and day 4 HERE), NYC was keeping it brutal in their own way, with the 2011 edition of the Black & Blue Bowl...

While I was checking out the brutality at Maryland Deathfest 2011 back in May (pictures from day 1 HERE, day 2 HERE, day 3 HERE, and day 4 HERE), NYC was keeping it brutal in their own way, with the 2011 edition of the Black & Blue Bowl...

Gorilla Biscuits at CBGB 2006 (more) Gorilla Biscuits will return from the dead to play the annual Black & Blue Bowl (previously the Superbowl of Hardcore) on May 28th at Webster Hall alongside Agnostic Front (playing a special set), Terror, Antidote, Absolution, Down to Nothing, Maximum Penalty, No Turning Back, Backtrack, Take Offense, Bottom Out, and a secret guest...

Julian Casablancas @ L.A.'s Downtown Palace in Nov. (more by Darren Kim) tonight in NYC * Marc Ribot @ NY Guitar Fest * Brad Mehldau @ Highline Ballroom * Drug Rug, The Tales @ Brooklyn Bowl * Extra Life, Nat Baldwin, Lichens @ Union Pool * Grant Hart, Drink Up Buttercup, Sisters @ Cake Shop * Julian Casablancas, Telepathe, Tanlines @ Terminal 5 * The Hot Rats, The Heavy, Sean Bones @ Bowery Ballroom * Bambi, The Shondes, Royal Pink @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Savoir Adore, Mon Khmer, Cruel Black Dove @ Mercury Lounge * DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Low B, Roxy Cottontail @ Le Poisson Rouge * Big Troubles, Blissed Out, Procedure Club, Quilt @ Silent Barn * Jack Oblivian and the Tennessee Tearjerkers, Mannequin Men @ Bruar Falls * Kyle Bobby Dunn, Richard Lainhart, Sarah Lipstate, Michael Waller @ Issue Project Room * Zee Avi, Rory Scovel, Stardweller, Kevin Barker, Kumail Nanjiani, Tim Harrington @ The Bell House * Teengirl Fantasy, Stellar Om Source, Young Buffalo, The Binary Marketing Show, The Static Jacks @ Pianos What else...

Cro-Mags (jam) @ Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by Tyler Nutter) Knitting Factory closes its Tribeca location for good on New Years Eve. I think that's one of the reasons so many good shows are starting to pop up there, one of which is the Anticon anniversary party on December 18th, and another of which is the Cro-Mags (jam) show happening in the main space of the club on December 28th...

Agnostic Front @ Knitting Factory, 8/21/08 (hardcoreshutterbug) Hardcore is always screaming about unity, and in times like these, it's admirable that those aren't empty threats...