Violent Future - Demo

Year: 2012
Label: Painkiller Records

Tracks:

1. Goon Life
2. Government Takedown
3. Bloody Victims

4. Violent Future
5. Life Sucker
6. Fatal Reality

Originally released on a tape, this is Violent Future's material. This is tough, catchy mid-paced hardcore punk that evokes earlier Toronto bands like Bad Choice and Urban Blight. Good stuff. 201 copies of this were on solid red vinyl, and 305 of them were on black. The colour of the inserts corresponds to the vinyl.

https://violentfuture.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2012

VCR - Greatest Hits

Year: 2014
Label: Barfbag Records

Tracks:

1. Beer Shit Night/Pizza Party
2. Tooth Faced Motherfuckers
3. One Trick Dog

4. Fake Freaks (Fuck Off)
5. Bugs Bugs Bugs/Slap Your Mammy

VCR is a maniac synth driven psych punk band that has emerged from the bizarro younger punk scene in Toronto in the last few years. At this point in the game, the band has so many hits that it would hard to determine exactly what their "greatest hits" are, but this is an excellent 7" with very cool art. Mine is a record release edition limited to 30 copies, all on different coloured sleeves, but I'll post the regular edition as soon as I buy one. I believe a number of these are pressed on clear vinyl, while mine is on black. This is also the first record on Barfbag Records, which has replaced the former Labelled Records as the new Stuck In The City record label. Expect cool things.

https://vcr-toronto.bandcamp.com/album/greatest-hits-7

Total Trash - S/T 7"

Year: 2012
Label: Deranged Records

Tracks:

1. Josef K.
2. Opiates

3. Hollow Eyes
4. The Last Man

This 7" was in the works for what seemed like years, and looking back on it, a book could probably be written about the mishaps that occurred during its conception. To say the least, the cover that was used was not what was intended for this record, and neither was the mix. There's nothing I can objectively write about this record except that some people dug it and others (namely MRR) hated it. It's a hardcore punk record made by a bunch of wannabe intellectual young punkers that were fresh out of high school. 400 copies if this bad boy were pressed. There were about 8 or 10 test presses, and you can see one here. 25 of those suckers had the Alexandre Kojeve record release sleeve, and another 20 or 30 or so had a tour sleeve that I'll post sometime soon.

https://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-trash

Teen Crud Combo - Suck It

Year: 2000
Label: Black Lung Records

Tracks:

1. Suck It
2. Beaver County (Pop: Nick)

3. Wash Dish
4. Awful Brothers Night

If Doge was turned into dude who was the singer of a punk band, that dude would be Nick Flanagan. Here is the earliest of Flanagan's pre-Brutal Knights shenanigans on wax, although this 7" doesn't even come with an insert or lyric sheet. The LP has all of these songs, plus other ones and lyrics so it's probably a better buy.

S.H.I.T. - Collective Unconsciousness

Year: 2014

Label: Iron Lung Records

Tracks:

1. Collective Unconsciousness

2. Masochism

3. Nobody Knows Anybody

4. The Stimulator

What can be said about S.H.I.T. in 2014 that hasn't already been said ? S.H.I.T. is a recent Toronto hardcore supergroup comprised of members of Violent Future, Molested Youth, Urban Blight, Purity Control, Owl Eyes, and Eating Glass. Greg, who plays guitar in S.H.I.T. is also responsible for Stuck In The City which puts on the majority of punk and hardcore shows in the city. Over the last two years, S.H.I.T. have been the most active hardcore band in Toronto, releasing 3 7"s in 2014 alone, and founding their own show space, S.H.I.B.G.B.'s. The tunes themselves are also ferocious, lightning fast suckers with those deliciously delayed vocals that sound like they're coming somewhere from outer space that we've all come to love. This is the 1st S.H.I.T. 7" and 1000 copies of this were initially pressed: 800 on black, 75 on purple, 125 on blue. A second pressing of this is on grey vinyl.

http://whatwedoissecrete.bandcamp.com/album/collective-unconsciousness-7

S.H.I.T. - Feeding Time

Year: 2014
Label: Static Shock Records

Tracks:

1. Feeding Time

2. Private Lies

This new single by Toronto's supergroup to end all supergroup's features an excellent rerecording of their unofficial anthem from the band's demo, as well as a ripping new track on the B-side. 200 copies of this were pressed on yellow vinyl and sold at some of the band's shows as well as for mail order.

http://whatwedoissecrete.bandcamp.com/album/feeding-time-7

Purity Control - Coping

Year: 2012
Label: High Anxiety Records, No Idea Records

Tracks:

1. Holy Hell
2. Walking Distance
3. Remote Viewing

4. Bedroom Eyes
5. Bite Marks
6. Separation Anxiety

The other Purity Control 7" released in 2012, after the band became more of a hardcore band and less of a powerviolence band. This is my less favourite amongst the two 7"s. Limited to 550 copies: 400 on black, and 150 on white. Obviously I got the one on white.

http://puritycontrolhc.bandcamp.com/album/coping