Man, Christ gets around these days. We’ve Christ On Parade, and now apparently he’s on a crutch. Get well soon Jesus.

Christ On A Crutch is one of the bands where I got their album a long time ago but never really got around to listening to it, and then discovered the awesomeness through the random function of my MP3 player. The music is aggressive punk rock, very similar to Against All Authority without the ska (actually, AAA covers a Christ On A Crutch Song).

Unfortunately, Christ On A Crutch is most famous for one of the bassist who eventually went on to join the Sunny Day Real Estate and the Foo Fighters. They deserve much more recognition than that. This is solid, high energy punk rock which often dips into hardcore territory with songs like “Nation Of Sheep”.

MP3:
Christ On A Crutch – Paranoid World Vision

Read These Or Else:
Black Flag – The First Four Years
Minor Threat
The Adolescents
Municipal Waste – Self Titled EP

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Man, you know there’s no such thing as Leftover Crack! The most prolific of the crack rock steady bands, and it all started with a little EP called 40 Oz To Freed… oh wait, no that’s Sublime. I meant Rock The 40 Oz.

Say whatever you want about Leftover Crack (well, think it over a bit first, maybe sleep or meditate on it), calling them immature or whatever but nobody mixes ska with punk/metal/crust as well as these duders, and Rock The 40 Oz proves it.

If you own any of their other albums then you’ve heard a good portion of this EP, but these songs are in their rawest form. Take S.T.I for example: here the version is much more brutal than what you find on Mediocre Generica.

The reissue also has some rare demos and compilations tracks you won’t really find anywhere else. If you missed this one, definitely check it out if you’re a crack rock steady fan.

MP3:
Leftover Crack – Muppet Namblin

Crack Rock Steady:
Star Fucking Hipsters – Until We’re Dead
INDK – Kill Whitey
Morning Glory
No Cash (For fans of Leftover Crack, Choking Victim)

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Leftover Crack

Hope you’ve had a kick ass weekend. Mine was pretty sweet up until about sunday. Unfortunately my hard drive crashed, losing a bunch of files and causing headaches all around (fortunately, I was able to save the majority of the important ones). I’ll try to make it not effect the site, but if there are periods without any updates, you know why.

Also, just because the day wanted to fuck with me, I received notice that my identity was stolen.
Turns out some douchebag financial service decided that all my personal information was not worth encrypting, and just leave it on a laptop. GREAT IDEA DUDERS!

Hey, but since we like to keep it posi here, why not have a mix about it?

MP3:
Identity #1 – Saving Myself
The Steal – New Friend
Common Rider – Thief In A Sleeping Town
World Inferno Friendship Society – Let’s Steal Everything

More Mixes:
Songs to Piss Off The Personal Fitness Trainer Below Me Mix
Drunken Yuppies Breaking Into My House Mix
Your Job Sucks Mix
Every time it Rains, The Bus Is Late Just To Spite Me

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Interpunk

Today, we here at housewives have something special for all you dear readers. For those who don’t know, kickass band Everyone Everywhere and our friends over at their label Tiny Engines decided that they were going to release their upcoming Self Titled album on the information super highway (we need to bring this term back) by having an MP3 tour, and we are honored to be one of the blogs chosen.

Today we bring you the exclusive track “Tiny Boat” from Everyone Everywhere’s Self Titled, my personal favorite track from the album. I’d get into details about the upcoming album, but seriously, it’s on the internet FOR FREE, stop being such a lazy asshole and go listen.

Also, if you simply can’t wait for all the songs to be released or just want to support the band and label (so they can keep doing awesome shit like this), you can pre-order the vinyl here (comes with a digital copy) or buy the MP3s from the iTunes music store.

If you’re just starting out on this tour, be sure to head over to Dryvetyme Onlyne to grab yesterday’s song, and be sure to bookmark Deckfight so you can go grab Monday’s (4/26) track.

MP3:
Everyone Everywhere – Tiny Boat

This Is Relevant to My Interests:
Songs to Piss Off The Personal Fitness Trainer Below Me Mix
Drunken Yuppies Breaking Into My House Mix

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Tiny Engines

Last night, after my dodgeball game (7-0 motherfuckers), I skipped kickball (yeah, I’m 5) to go see one of my favorite bands Muncipal Fucking Waste. They were playing at The Note in West Chester, so while it was slightly tamer than a Philly show, it was still insane and an awesome time. Also, big props to the sound guy, as every band sounded really good level wise.

Black Anvil

I got there right in time to catch New York metal band Black Anvil. Their music was pretty solid, thrashy metal guitars that had many in the crowd headbanging along. The bass was also really powerful, and with the drums, really carried the song through. I wasn’t a huge fan of the vocals, as I don’t really dig the growls in music (otherwise I’d listen to a loooot more metal) but still an enjoyable show.

Toxic Holocaust

Kings of the fucking waste land. I don’t listen to Toxic Holocaust on record, but let me just say, they fucking killed it live. Thrash metal to the fullest, Toxic Holocaust had a dedicated pit, and had a few stage divers as well. The bouncers didn’t like the stage divers, and tried to pull them down (heh, gooood luck trying to stop stage dives during Municipal Waste guys). Unfortunately, I’m not too familiar with their songs, so I couldn’t really tell you what they played, but I remember them closing with “Nuke the Cross”.

Municipal Waste

Wow, not a boogie board/pool noodle/beach ball in site (mostly because the bar didn’t let them in). The second that Municipal Waste took the stage, there was a massive pit and stage diving began immediately (and the bouncers also gave up on trying to control the crowd immediately). Opening with their Intro and blasting straight into Wolves of Chernobyl, the band didn’t really let up for the rest of the night.

People obviously went apeshit for their older stuff obviously, and they said they were playing a lot of songs they haven’t really done live in a while (Attention Deficit Destroyer). This goes without saying, but if they come around your hood… go see em.

Setlist (Not in Order or complete)
-Intro
-Wolves Of Chernobyl
-Beer Pressure
-Masked By Delirium
-Sadistic Magician
-Thrashin’s My Business And Business Is Good
-Attention Deficit Destroyer
-Thrashin Of Christ
-Boner City
-Bang Over
-Terror Shark
-Mind Eraser
-Acid Sentence
-Head Banger Face Rip
-Unleash The Bastards

Encore:
Pregame/Art Of Partying
Wrong Answer

MP3:
Municipal Waste – Unleash The Bastards

More:
Municipal Waste – Waste Em All
Massive Aggressive
Tango And Thrash EP (Tribute to Kurt Russell)
Hazardous Mutations

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Municipal Waste

There’s those who don’t fucking get it, such as the soon to be completely irrelevant RIAA who is pushing for the federal government to mandate spyware installs on our computer to delete MP3s (no, seriously).

Then there are those who fucking get it. Label Tiny Engines and band Everyone Everywhere have decided to completely give away Everyone Everywhere’s upcoming Self Titled Release through an MP3 blog tour! Everyday (minus the weekend), a blog will host a song off of the new album. We here at housewives are honored to be part of this tour, and we’ll be hosting an exclusive track this upcoming Friday.

The tour begins on April 19th (that’s today dudes) over at The Ripple Effect and will continue for the next two weeks. But you better jump on this tour quickly, because the songs will only be available until May 4th.

Tour date:
01. Tiny Planet @ The Ripple Effect – Monday (04/19)
02. Raw Bar OBX 2002 @ Can You See The Sunset? – Tuesday (04/20)
03. From The Beginning To The Tail @ Built On A Weak Spot – Wednesday (04/21)
04. Tiny Town @ Dryvetyme Onlyne – Thursday (04/22)
05. Tiny Boat @ Battle Of The Midwestern Housewives – Friday (04/23)

Side B
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06. Music Work Paper Work @ Deckfight – Monday (04/26)
07. Blown Up Grown Up @ The Album Project – Tuesday (04/27)
08. Fld Ovr @ Familiarize Yourself – Wednesday (04/28)
09. I Feel Fine by Everyone Everywhere @ Reviewsic - Thursday (04/29)
10. Obama House, Fukui Prefecture @ Clicky Clicky Music – Friday (04/30)

Not to toot my adopted city’s own horn, but I am willing to call Philadelphia the melodic hardcore capital of the world. Ever since Kid Dynamite graced Philly, it’s been a breeding ground for hardcore with many damn good bands: Paint it Black, Lighten Up, Stay Sharp. Wait, you’ve never heard of Stay Sharp? You’re missing out duder.

Stay Sharp’s four song EP (appropriately titled “Four Songs”… although I think they should have called it Five Songs just to fuck with people) have all the makings of that classic philly hardcore: catchy buy heavy as shit melodies, pile on inducing gang vocals, and the majority of songs ending in under 1:30.

Sure, it’s a sound that’s been done many times over, but Stay Sharp certainly does it justice. Definitely worth your time.

MP3:
Stay Sharp – Hatfield Of Dreams

More:
The Steal – Bright Grey
Lighten Up – Absolutely Not
Paint It Black – Amnesia
Friends of Friends

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Stay Sharp

Ska legends Mustard Plug have released a brand new track called “Aye Aye Aye”. I’m not sure if it’s coming off of any new release or anything like that, but here at Housewives, I’m pretty stoked to hear any new material (although I’ve heard them play this one live before).

Check it out.

MP3:
Mustard Plug – Aye Aye Aye

We want the Mustard, we want the Mustard:
Mustard Plug – In Black and White
Mustard Plug Interview

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mustardplug

So this past weekend I headed down to DC to meet up with some friends who live/moving down there. Seems like everyone I’m friends with lives in DC these days, so why not have a little DC mix with the town Stephen Colbert once described as “the chocolate city with a marshmallow center, and a graham cracker crust of corruption. It’s a Mallomar I guess is what I’m describing.”

MP3:
Cloak/Dagger – Walk The Block
Teen Idles – Teen Idles
Minor Threat – Think Again
Embrace – Money
Good Clean Fun – A Little Bit Emo, A Little Bit Hardcore

MORE Mixes:
Everytime it Rains, The Bus Is Late Just To Spite Me
Four Square, Speeding Tickets, and West Virginia
Songs to Piss Off The Personal Fitness Trainer Below Me Mix
Drunken Yuppies Breaking Into My House Mix

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Interpunk

Man, Disfear are the master’s of the d-beat scene, even… (dare I say it?) better than d-beat pioneers and whom the genre is named after, Discharge. I loved Disfear’s last release “Live The Storm”, but never had a chance to check out any of their earlier releases.

Disfear brought the Swedish d-beat crust to a whole new level on Misanthropic Generation. While the band is from Sweden, all of the lyrics are in English. The vocals may sound familiar to some metal fans, as the band features death metal legend Thomas Lindberg from At The Gates fame. But don’t worry, this shit’s punk as hell.

Opener Powerload pretty much sums up the band within 1 minute: rabid vocals, wall of sound guitars, and flirting with metal/grindcore but always staying true to it’s lover, hardcore punk. This is music that is meant to be played loud, otherwise it won’t have the same effect.

MP3:
Disfear – Rat Race

More:
Disfear – Live The Storm
Toxic Narcotic
Raised Fist

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Disfear