richmondpinball Caught you all play in Raleigh last night. One of the best sets of music I’ve seen live. Thanks for a great show

Glenn Lester Our Man In Jazz meets Red meets Band Of Gypsys meets Instrument Soundtrack…Uptown. AOTY? Yes, sir! Favorite track: Serpent Tongue (Slight Return).

dianekupelian Another devastatingly powerful yet beautiful album by the most interesting instrumental band operating today. Do not miss these guys if they play near you. All the tracks are favorites, but special stand-outs include The Rules of The Game, Clutch, 30 Years of Knowing, and, with its sly reference to Hendrix in its title, Serpent Tongue (Slight Return). This is a band that folks will be talking about decades from now.

chuckiesparkles With the first two Messthetics albums, in order to get them to feel as this one and the other one with JBL you have to yell "JAZZBO" before every song. I'm glad that adding such a fantastic Sax player solved that. Favorite track: Deface the Currency.

Brendan Ford A classic from a time where there were so many great hardcore records coming out of the northeast. Great production on this record too, unlike so many hardcore albums from the era. Favorite track: Brass Bones.

rahnos Damn, Ruined Lives is such a good Hardcore album. Glad to have discovered it.

Darknight Hardcore punk rock which snarls and bites at the audience just to get a reaction, great production from Mr Kurt Ballou gives it the extra crunch,get it now so you can blow up your amp and destroy your neighbour's lives. Favorite track: Pillar of Salt.

Michael F. A classic in the realm of what I term the Ebullition Records sound; that cross of staccato, rifftastic off-kilter song structures and insane presentation. The precursor to the likes of Every Time I Die. Before emo/hardcore was a dirty word used to describe haircuts and disenfranchised rich kids. Classic. Favorite track: Morning Sickness.