Alberta Hardcore Comp (Intl Tapes)
Alberta has one of the best DIY/hardcore scenes in Canada, if not the world. It is also essentially unknown to that world, for reasons that are partly due to a lack of touring and recording infrastructure, but are also largely geographical. I could tell you about the weird, harmonious convergence of political punks, hipster kids from the suburbs, and feral children from outlying rural areas that took place over the past four years. I could tell you about the pioneering cassette label Bart Records, and the seemingly police-impervious house venue Castle Awesome, around which much of this scene has centered and developed. I could tell you at length about the historical and political precedents that make punk rock flourish in a conservative province with an oil-driven economy. I could even compile 11 recordings of bands from that scene, many of which were recorded in raw live takes and were never intended to have a broad listenership. But none of that would do anything to show you exactly how significant it feels to be in a basement in Edmonton, screaming along and hurling your body into people who you know would never hurt you, not for anything.
Download Alberta Hardcore Compilation: Single MP3 // Multiple Tracks
1. Gift Eaters – Dues
2. Gyre, Spire and Spindle – Mommy Daddy
3. Maus – Horrors Manufactured Here
4. Grown-Ups – The Lo-Fi Button
5. Snic – MXM FKNGT
6. Bayonets!!! – Glassteeth
7. Red Hot Daggers – VI
8. High Jinks – Love is Love
9. Cope – Possessions
10. Stalwart Sons – Wisdom Teeth
11. Fuck the Tundra – The Good Harvest
(Photo by: Landon Speers)
VIA: the ever-gold International Tapes.
