Creativity over consumption?
This summer we had the bright idea of creating a simple zine. Mostly just our own thoughts and ramblings. Here is the e-version. Buy a record and we will send a paper copy. Enjoy.
-a
New Arrivals - 6/12/2021
Happy Record Store Day!!! If you can do so safely…visit a physical record store today. They’re amazing places and the entryway into this world for so many of us. Stille wouldn’t exist without the inspiration of so many stores we’ve visited over the years.
But we know it’s a total bummer when your local shop doesn’t have that new hardcore or grindcore LP you’re looking for. We’ve got you covered with a lot of stuff you won’t find in your typical store… Check out the list of some new arrivals below. Find all this & more over in the shop.
New Arrivals - 6/12/2021
New Stuff & Restocks (lots on color vinyl….check out the shop to see what colors we have in stock)
Amenra - Mass VI - LP
Better Than a Thousand - Just One LP
Better Than a Thousand - Value Driven LP
Better Than a Thousand - We Must Believe - Discography 2xLP
Boysetsfire - After the Eulogy LP
Breakdown - The ‘87 Demo LP
Buggin - Brainfreeze Flexi 7”
Colonial Wound - Degradation 12”
Converge - You Fail Me Redux LP
End of a Year - Self Titled 7”
End of a Year - You Are Beneath Me LP
Fiddlehead - Springtime and Blind LP
Frail Hands - parted/departed/apart LP
Gatecreeper - Self-Titled 12”
Gaza - No Absolutes in Human Suffering LP
Ghost Spirit / Frail Hands - Split LP
Head Wound City - Self-Titled 12”
Incendiary - Cost of Living LP
Incendiary - Thousand Mile Stare LP
Jarhead Fertilizer - Product of My Environment LP
Loma Prieta - Life/Less LP
Loma Prieta - Self Portrait LP
Modern Life is War - Fever Hunting LP
Modern Life is War - Tribulation Worksongs Vol 1 7”
Neurosis - Pain of Mind LP
Origami Angel - Somewhere City LP
Sabertooth Zombie - Midnight Venom LP
Self Defense Family - Wounded Masculinity LP
Single Mothers - Self Titled 7”
Swing Kids - Anthology LP
There Were Wires - Somnambulists LP
Trapped Under Ice - Secrets of the World LP
Trapped Under Ice - Stay Cold 7”
Udusic - Self-Titled 7”
Udusic - Ugly 7”
World Peace - Come and See LP (last copies….out of print with no plans for a repress)
-V
Best of 2020 (Vince's List)
It’s almost over. Yes, 2020 can fuck off….you’re heard it a million times already.
This year has been defined by loss. Millions have lost love ones. Many more have lost their livelihoods, their passions, or at best…their sense of normalcy. We have lost our safety nets, old coping mechanisms, the closeness of family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. The things that we haven’t lost have changed. Even music has changed. The loss of live music has rippled throughout our world affecting the artists we love and the sense of community they sustain for all of us.
My favorite albums embody the shared sense of loss, anger & sadness that we all experienced this year. It was especially hard to keep it to only 25 this year, but here they are. Each one of these albums helped soften the blow of 2020. Try out something you haven’t heard of….they’re all incredible.
-VH
1. Soft Kill - Dead Kids R.I.P. City
2. Jeff Rosenstock - No Dream
3. MSW - Obliviosus
4. Korine - The Night We Raise
5. Georgia Maq - Pleaser
6. Infant Island - Beneath
7. Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
8. Gilt - Ignore What’s Missing
9. Scalp - Domestic Extremity
10. Retirement Party - Runaway Dog
11. Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast
12. Soft Kill - Premium Drifter
13. Initiate - Lavender
14. Dikembe - Mush
15. Power Alone - Rather Be Alone
16. Soon - What the Fuck Did We Do to the Earth
17. Narrow Head - 12th House Rock
18. Vanguard - Rage of Deliverance
19. Diet Cig - Do You Wonder About Me
20. Changeling - III
21. Lucky Malice - Magnetic
22. Nø Man - Erase
23. Lié - You Want It Real
24. Vile Creature - Glory Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
25. Crowning - Survival/Sickness
2020 - A Year in Review (Amanda's List)
Not sure what can express my feelings more this year than all that hardcore has got to give. The hardcore that I keep coming back to is angry, political, feminist, quick, and yet hopeful at times. Power Alone embodies all of these in a swift, poignant album. All We’ve Got is a 40 second song and is the perfect anthem for the shitshow that was 2020. Other hardcore that falls into this field is from Initiate, Nø Man, Buggin, Smut, & Raspberry Bulbs. While hardcore fills up the many of my top 25 - there are other gems that brought me joy in their lightness (Diet Cig), danceability (Korine), and ease (Georgia Maq). This year exasperated the gaps between so many and so much. You need a balance of hard and soft to get through it. Personally, 2020 has brought so much rage & pain and yet I have found some solace in the midst of chaos. Isolation forces reflection and self-acceptance. I go into 2021 knowing more of who I am, what I want, and how I want to live.
Cheers and remember we are all we’ve got.
🖤ab
Power Alone - Rather Be Alone
Soft Kill - Premium Drifter (Demo)
Emma Ruth Rundle/Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
GILT - Ignore What's Missing
Diet Cig - Do You Wonder About Me?
Korine - The Night We Raise
Ratboys - Printer's Devil
Soft Kill - Dead Kids R.I.P. CIty
Georgia Maq - Pleaser
Jeff Rosenstock - No Dream
Initiate - Lavender
Lucky Malice - Magnetic
Narrow Head - 12th House Rock
Peel Dream Magazine - Agitprop Alterna
Caroline Rose - Superstar
Couch Slut - Take a Chance on Rock'n'Roll
Bully - SUGAREGG
Vile Creature - Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
THICK - 5 Years Behind
Nø Man - Erase
Insect Ark - The Vanishing
MSW - Obliviosus
Knxwledge - 10,000 Proof
Retirement Party - 1988
Buggin - Buggin Out
“We’ve all been burned, our patience wears thin
Try to protect ourselves, guard our emotions
And yes, a big “fuck you” to those who abuse
But we need to be real to the ones who are true
Because the only thing that prevents despair
Is knowing that our friends will be there
Listen to each other, it’s how we grow
And challenge what we think we know
'Cause in the end, we’re all we’ve got
Drop your fucking ego, bring each other up”
Power Alone “All We’ve Got”