Powerfulviolence: Infest Live Review Infest/Iron Lung/Gehenna/Warcry/Gag at El Corazon — Saturday, March1st, 2014 by Jim Walkley At the outset, Don’t Be Swindle readers, I regret to inform you that vegetarian nachos are no longer being served at El Corazon. Sad but true! Instead, you may now choose between tater tots, a hot dog, a …
Weekend Nachos Interview with John Hoffman
Questions by Jim Walkley of Don’t Be Swindle Weekend Nachos recently released Still, their fourth full-length LP as a band. It’s somewhat rare for a “powerviolence” band — if you could limit the Weekend Nachos sound to just that — to release full-length LPs; a band such as Sidetracked, for example, is mainly an …
Cynarae Interview
Cynarae Interview with Kyle Oels (Vocals) Introduction/Questions by Jim Walkley of Don’t Be Swindle zine Live photos by Will Butler Seattle, Washington’s Cynarae fuse the grueling, crust-endebted aural wreckage of bands such as Mörser or Systral with a weighty nod to ’90’s metallic hardcore as outlined by Catharsis and Unruh. Unlike vast numbers …
Integrity Interview
Interview with Dwid Hellion (Vocals), Rob Orr (Guitarist), and Jon Gates (Second Guitarist) Questions by Jim Walkley (Interview conducted in a basement dressing room at the Neumo’s venue in Seattle, the site of the last-ever Undertow show on June 30th, 2012, which featured Integrity as a supporting band). Jim: What’s cool about that S.O.B. album …