Radio Silence / A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music

John Joseph will be reading from his book The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon tonight at Solas in the East Village as part of St. Marks Books Reading Series at Solas.

An evening with John Joseph! (of Cro-Mags fame, author of Evolution of a Cro-Magnon and Meat is for Pussies). The St. Mark’s Bookshop Reading Series at Solas (that’s our favorite bar around the corner) features the same eclectic mix you’ll find in the bookshop’s stacks. You’ll see some of the best poetry, fiction and contemporary thought the East Village has to offer, two Thursdays a month. All readings begin at 7:30 PM, sharp.

John Joseph reading
Thursday August 6, 2009
7;30PM (sharp!)
Solas
232 E. 9th St.,
New York, NY 10003
(nr. 3rd Ave)

Photo: Cro-Mags at The Ritz, New York, New York. 1986; Photographs by JJ Gonson.

Hardcore legend and friend of Radio Silence, Jeff Nelson has an amazing collection of “stuff.” Jeff’s house in Ohio is filled with a lifetime’s worth of things from candy wrapper collections to military heraldry. Somewhere in between his collections of “Vintage Gum Wrappers” and “Iguana’s, plastic” is Jeff’s “Hardcore” archive. Now, after many years, Jeff is getting rid of some of his collection. Above is a Minor Threat test pressing, that as of this writing, is going to sell for somewhere around $2000.00 (sorry for not posting this sooner collector dudes). Oh well, you missed it. No biggie though, Jeff has a lot more where this came from. Keep an eye on his auctions in the future.

The subject matter in Radio Silence might only reach into the early 1990s but the spirit of the book is celebrating hardcore. There’s no gravestone that says RIP Hardcore 1978-1986 or 1994 it’s something that continues to grow and blow our minds. We’ve been blessed to have some of the greatest bands, past and present, be a part of this process. Most recently in Toronto we had our most varied show stacked with bands of different styles and genres spanning hardcore’s history.

One band in recent years that stood out to me visually and sonically has been Lion of Judah. Their unique sound and visual presentation embodies what we wanted to capture in the pages of Radio Silence, a celebration of tradition told in a modern voice. Their sound has nods to the signature notey riffs that many Revolution Summer DC bands employed as well as the crunchy attack of classic NYHC mixed their personality and some interesting tempo changes.

We’re proud to team up with Lion of Judah and Youngblood Records to offer you a streaming version of their upcoming 7″ Number-rology which will be released September 15th.

Please visit the following links for info and support them on their current US tour. Some of their members have another incredible band called Give that you need to check out immediately, especially if you’re a fan of Swiz.

Youngblood Records

Give

LoJ

We had a great time in Toronto a few weeks ago. Great turnout. Here are the portraits Jesse shot at the shows.
Friday at Gibson Showroom
Saturday at Annex Wreckroom

Our dudes Amenity are playing on Saturday July 18th at the Chula Vista Hardcore Fest with Take Offense and a bunch more shredders. If you arent in Toronto with us for the Radio Silence / Toronto Weekend, then make a bid for this.

Filmmaker Jem Cohen with special guests Ian MacKaye and John Cohen present:
Film and the Folk-Punk Connection
IFC
Wednesday July 15th, 2009

Featured films include:
John Cohen’s 1963 music documentary That High Lonesome Sound
Jem Cohens Nice Evening, Transmission Down, a portrait of Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous
a short film of Patti Smith’s cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit
never-before-seen outtakes from Jem’s Fugazi film Instrument
As well as other surprises.

Movie Nights with Jem Cohen at IFC

Photo: Fugazi at Columbia University, 1990 by Glenn Maryansky

I know Terry Richardson is punk or whatever but this pic of him in the 1990s “floating ray” T-shirt pic taken from the aNYthing Glob…speechless….uncomfortable…funny.

Equally as perplexing as this.

We are going to be  in Toronto Canada, July 16th-19th for some great shows and parties. Thank you to Ewan at Embrace Presents for working out all the details and making this weekend happen.

 
Thursday July 16th / 7pm / all ages
Fucked Up, Vivian Girls, Women + guests
The Phoenix Concert Theater
410 Sherbourne Street
Toronto, ON, Canada
$16.00 advance at Ticketweb.ca or in Toronto record stores Rotate This, Soundscapes, Play De Record & Hits And Misses 

 
Friday July 17th / 8pm / 19 and over
Stuck In The City Presents:
Radio Silence Gallery
Hosted by Dave Smalley
featuring DJs Mark Ryan & Anthony Pappalardo
Gibson Showroom
1205 King Street West 
Toronto, ON, Canada
$10 at the door

 
Saturday July 18th / 1pm
Negative Approach
Supertouch (The Earth Is Flat lineup)
Dave Smalley Solo
The Wrong Side, Hellmouth (ex Cold As Life/Suicide Machines),
Pulling Teeth, Pala, Bad Choice
The Annex Wreckroom
794 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON, Canada
$24.50 Advance at Ticketweb.ca or in Toronto record stores
Rotate This, Soundscapes, Play De Record & Hits And Misses

 
Saturday July 18th / 11pm
Toronto Hardcore Midnight Madness Screening
The Last Pogo, Not Dead Yet,
No Warning Documentary “Still Bleeds”
Location to be announced day of show
$5 at the door

 
Sunday July 19th
“Chip on My Shoulder; The History of Slapshot”
Feature length documentary film by Ian McFarland & Anthony Moreschi
Special guests producer Ian McFarland and Mark MacKaye from Slapshot
The Royal 608 College St.
Toronto, ON, Canada
$10.00 Advance at Ticketweb.ca or in Toronto record stores
Rotate This, Soundscapes, Play De Record & Hits And Misses

 
Weekend passes available at Ticketweb.ca

Our friends Mike and Reid from Selector magazine are having a launch party for issue one this weekend in Japan. The show will feature artwork from a handful of the people featured in issue o1. Radio Silence has two photographs in the show; one from Rusty Moore and one from Philin Phlash.

Selector Tour: Tokyo, Japan
May, 9th, 2009
PLSMIS Gallery
Aoyama, Tokyo

Andy Capper over at Vice UK has some words about his old friend Kim Jones and his collection of vintage hardcore shirts. Sneaker Necks might recognize Kim as the creative director behind Umbro’s Y-3 line, and stylist-in-demand to celebs like Kanye and stuff. One of the first printed features about Radio Silence was the mens version of V magazine, VMan and conincidently included a story that Kim had styled with his personal collection of hardcore shirts.

Vice - Kim Jones: More Than Fashion

Link via: Drane (thanks dude!)