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NEW AGNOSTIC FRONT ALBUM! 

AGNOSTIC FRONT have announced that their new 14 song album titled “Get Loud” will be released on November 8th on Nuclear Blast Records. This is the band's first new album since 2015's "The American Dream Died". "Get Loud" was recorded by Paul Miner at Buzz Bomb Studios in Orange, CA and was produced by AF frontman Roger Miret.

We caught up with AF bassist Mike Gallo and this is what he had to say about “Get Loud”…. “This record has a real thrashy vibe. Some stuff sounds like the “Cause For Alarm” era but with a more modern sound.  “Spray Painted Walls”, “Conquer And Divide”, “Dead Silence”, and “In My Blood” are thrashy songs. We will be doing videos for the songs, “Spray Painted Walls”, “I Remember” and possibly the title track. “I Remember” has more of a punk vibe as well as the song “Urban Decay”. There are also a lot of old school songs that take you back to the early years that have that “Victim In Pain”, “United Blood” vibe too. Songs like “Antisocial”, “Get Loud”, and “Attention”. Artwork by Sean Taggart too!” 

AF photo by: Tim Daley, 2018. 

UPSTATE RECORDS NEWS:

UPSTATE RECORDS is busy, filling its second half of 2019 with a steady release schedule.

Detroit's SMASH YOUR ENEMIES was recently signed and is hard at work finishing up their upcoming release in October.

IRON PRICE and DISSENT are hitting the studio for their next studio releases in September and October. 

Alabama's FLAGBEARER have just completed vocals for their upcoming digital release in September.

KINGS NEVER DIE are working on their debut 4 song 7” which should be out this fall. Their track “Raise A Glass” will feature Agnostic Front’s Vinnie Stigma and Mike Gallo. KND make their live debut at NYC’s Niagra on Sep.15th. 

Detroit’s ANTE UP have finished up five new songs and will be hitting the studio in early September. Expect to see their next release coming through in late 2019.

California's NAILED DOWN have compiled a full length release, set to drop in November 2019.

"THE BLOOD AND THE SWEAT: THE STORY OF SICK OF IT ALL’S KOLLER BROTHERS” is an upcoming book being worked on by author Howie Abrams. Look for it in stores in the Spring/Summer of 2020. We caught up with Howie recently to see how the progress with the book was going and here is what he offered up: 

“While the story is being told straight from Lou and Pete's mouths, we're filling in some of the blanks with the voices of those the brothers have spent considerable time with over the years, from their parents, brothers, significant others and kids, to folks they've toured the world with such as Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.), Gary Holt (Exodus, Slayer), Toby Morse (H20) and others. It's definitely not a sex, drugs and rock n' roll story, but more so one of perseverance, an unyielding work ethic and achieving seemingly unattainable longevity. Their supporters old and new will really appreciate it."

We also got a little snippet of what to expect from Sick of It All guitarist Pete Koller:

"When we started Sick of it All, we never even thought about there being a beginning or an end to the band, it kind of just kept happening. We started going to the shows at CBs and were like, Oh, look at these guys:  I mean, Vinnie Stigma, he’s great but he doesn’t REALLY know how to play, and I don't know how to play still (LAUGHS). But, let me write this song, and it was “My Life,” and here’s another one, “Friends Like You,” and we’re still playing these songs today. Everyone’s always like, whether it be my dad or one of my friends, How long do you guys think you’re gonna do this for? It's not like a job where there’s the goal of the golden watch and retiring. Why the fuck would I ever want to retire? I’m doing something that I absolutely love. It's like any other job; there's a routine and it can bore you to tears, but it is the greatest job. In the end, I just look forward to playing the shows, and I’m totally sincere when I say that. When the intro comes on over the PA, I'm ready to lose it. To me there is no end.". SOIA Pete photo by: Anne Spina.

LONG ISLAND'S 64 TO RELEASE DEBUT 7" ON SEPTEMBER 19TH

64 are a relatively new band from Long Island, NY whose members all bring a NYHC pedigree to the table. Members of this band have been in Kill Your Idols, In Your Face, Madball, Mind Over Matter, and (literally) many more. Earlier in 2019 the band started digitally releasing songs via their Bandcamp page with their fifth track “Dead Ass Serious” being released in June. 64 have recently announced that they have started their own imprint called Building 93 Records which (at this time) exists to release the band’s music. Look for all 5 of these digitally released songs to be put out as a 7” vinyl EP on September 19th with plans already in the works for Northeast US show dates this fall. 64 brings a refreshing melodic hardcore/punk style with positive lyrics. Check out a video interview we did with them back in May by clicking HERE. 

SAINT LOUIS HARDCORE SCENE "ADOPTS A HIGHWAY" 

NYC'S THE CAR BOMB PARADE: 

Back in March NYC’s THE CAR BOMB PARADE released their “Opiate For The Madness” full length on Knuckle Down Records. This was the band’s third overall release since starting in 2014. Unfortunately the band had to part ways with their singer Dan “Family Man” but now have the Reverend Nicky Bullets back fronting the band which he helped co-found. With the Rev.Bullets back in the fold the band plans on releasing at least one new single by years end with an accompanying music video to show that the Car Bomb Parade machine never stops as they regain the momentum built up by their full length release form earlier this year. They are currently mapping out new cities to play as well as the possibility of shows outside the US so interested tour booking entities get in touch! Click their "Opiate For The Madness" cover on the left to listen. 

WASHINGTON DC'S SUPREME COMMANDER RETURN WITH "TOOTH AND NAIL" & FREE DOWNLOAD 

Back in May we told you about the return of Washington DC’s SUPREME COMMANDER, returning with new music after a very long hiatus. “Tooth And Nail” is the title of the new 10 song/20 minute offering which is now available as a FREE download for a limited time before it goes up on i-Tunes, Spotify and Amazon on September 9th. The 2019 version of Supreme Commander comes at us motivated with the band already having written 3 new songs for a follow up album, plans for a music video and fall shows throughout the Northeast. Click HERE to listen to the new Supreme Commader. CD versions of this release are also available through the band. 

BANE FACES IN NEW PLACES:

For those out there wondering what the former members of BANE are up to these days look no further than the new band BE WELL who have ex-Bane guitarist Aaron Dalbec amongst their ranks with other members from Ashes, Battery, Fairweather and Darkest Hour. A debut record is currently in the works but in the meantime you can check out some samples of what they sound like by clicking HERE. Be Well play their first show on September 17th in College Park, MD opening for Comeback Kid and H2O. More info on this show can be found HERE. 

Aaron Bedard who was Bane’s frontman is busy with his latest band ANTAGONIZE who just released the 8 song/14 minute “Slip Death”. This new release follows their 2 song promo cassette which came out last September and their 5 song demo which came out in April of 2018. Stream or buy “Slip Death” by clicking HERE 

Bane photo by: JC Photo Media

NYC's NONE ABOVE ALL & ENZIGURI ANNOUNCE NEW MUSIC:

NONE ABOVE ALL and ENZIGURI are teaming up for a new split EP which will feature 4 new songs from NAA with Enziguri contributing 3 new songs as well as a None Above All cover song. The digital version of this release will be available by October 5th to coincide with a split release show at the Nest in Brooklyn, NY with 10” vinyl versions coming out on or around the same time. More info on the October 5th show can be found HERE.

Enziguri is also working on a new 5 song EP of their own titled “Bronx Zoo EP” which will be out digitally for their September 20th show in the Bronx with Cry Havoc, The Last Stand and more with vinyl versions of the new EP soon to follow. Find out more info about the September 20th show by clicking HERE. 

NEW MUSIC FROM MINUS YOUTH FROM GERMANY:

MINUS YOUTH out of Stuttgart, Germany have a new 9 song full length album coming out on October11th titled “No Generation”. The title track can be heard HERE. “No Generation” will be a self-released 12” by the band with pre-orders going up next Friday the 30th. Check in with their social media for more details. 

QUICK HITS INCLUDING THE PREMIER OF KINGS NEVER DIE

KINGS NEVER DIE are a new band out of NY that feature familiar faces in new places with band members having been involved with bands like Stigma, Murphy’s Law, Dog Eat Dog, Mucky Pup, Sub-Zero, Robots And Monsters and more. The band formed in late 2018 and is teaming up with Upstate Records with a video for the track “Before My Time” set to debut on August 9th with their debut EP set to come out later this fall. Kings Never Die make their live debut on September 15th at NYC’s Niagra Bar alongside No Redeeming Social Value, Urban Waste and more. Click HERE for more info on this show and click HERE to check out the premier of the track “Before My Time”.

Long Island, NY’s HANGMAN have a new track out called “New Dawn” which is off their upcoming Flatspot Records release “One By One” which was initially calling for a summer release but now has “fall release” listed so stay tuned. Check out the new jam HERE. 

Italy’s BLVD OF DEATH are hooking up with Edgewood Records with an upcoming 5 song cassette only release titled “Hell Is Full Of Good Intentions”. Look for this to drop sometime in September. In the meantime check in with BOD’s “Swinging Sledgehammers” EP which made its debut back in early 2018. 

NEW VIDEOS!

Since the last In Effect HC update some cool new videos have come out including: 

STRAY FROM THE PATH (“Fortune Teller”)

DAD BRAINS (“Daddy Guilt”)

SHINERS CLUB (“These Four Walls”) and... 

SICK OF IT ALL (“Self Important Shithead”)

Click them blue hyperlinks to check ‘em all out!

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Back in April word came down that a settlement had been reached between the 2 factions that make up what we all know as the CRO-MAGS. As of August 1st John Joseph (vocals) and Mackie Jayson (drums) along with AJ Novello (guitar) and Craig Setari (bass) will be performing shows under the name Cro-Mags “JM” (John/Mackie). In that same April statement they also said that Cro-Mags “JM” will be working on a new studio album.

Cro-Mag bassist and founder Harley Flanagan who now has exclusive rights to the Cro-Mags name surprised many on June 28th with the digital release of “Don’t Give In”, a 3 song EP that will be released by Victory Records as a 7” on August 2nd. “Don’t Give In” is the first new Cro-Mags material in 19 years. Arising Empire will release the 7” in Europe which also has an August 2nd release date. Cro-Mags feature Flanagan on lead vocals/bass, guitarists Gabby Abularach, Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies, Fishbone), and drummer Garry "G-Man" Sullivan.

Flanagan explains, “In late 2018 I went in to the studio to start working on a new Cro-Mags album. After recording the first few songs, I got a strange phone call in the middle of the night that turned out to be from Tony Brummel of Victory Records. I thought it was a prank call; it turned out not to be, and I worked out record deals with Victory and Arising Empire in Europe. One of the many things that make me happy about signing with Victory and Arising Empire is that they are genuinely fans of my music and know the history; they are not just labels trying to make money off us or the genre. I know that I am working with the best team, and the best musicians to launch the next era of Cro-Mags. The “Don’t Give In” track listing is as follows: “Don’t Give In”, “Drag You Under”, and “No One’s Victim”. ALL 3 songs can be streamed now by clicking on the blue hyperlinks listed. Cro-Mags have 3 upcoming shows with the Misfits starting on September 7th (Denver), September 11th (Oakland) and September 14th (Seattle) before doing a 10 date run into Europe that starts on September 27th.

Back in March of 2015 LEEWAY frontman and co-founder Eddie Sutton took the stage at the now defunct Grand Victory in Brooklyn, NY playing under the name “The Eddie Leeway Show” to play a collection of Leeway’s greatest songs./hits to a packed house that went ballistic when given the chance to go off for classic tracks off of Leeway’s first two albums. In the 3 plus years since the night of that revival Eddie has kept things moving along with changing lineups and a switch in names to “Leeway NYC”. On July 12th Upstate Records will release a new 2 song 7” titled “The Tipping Point” which will be the first in a series of 2 song  7” releases which will culminate in a full length record that will contain all of the upcoming Leeway NYC 7” singles. Joining Eddie in Leeway NYC is: Dan Nastasi (Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog), Gordon Ancis (NYC Mayhem, Leeway, Agnostic Front) John Milnes (Mucky Pup), and Dank DeLong (Whiplash). The two new tracks are titled “I’m Your Pusher” and “Message To A Manchild”. Back in May a music video for “I’m Your Pusher” was released and can be seen/heard HERE. Pre-orders for the new Leeway NYC release can be found HERE. 

Back in 2009 BILLY CLUB SANDWICH did a tour of Japan that was professionally filmed and later released as the “Japan Suspects Tour” DVD in 2015 by DEAD CITY RECORDS. A condensed version of the original 70 minute DVD is online now and can be viewed HERE. The original hard copy DVD can still be found and purchased by going HERE.

Later this summer St. Louis’ TIME & PRESSURE will be releasing an 11 song 12” titled “The Gateway City Sound” on Safe Inside Records. The upcoming release will feature 6 brand new songs as well as a remastered version of their 5 song 2018 demo. Look for pre-orders and a full stream of the album on July 12th. In the meantime check out the new track “No. 75” by clicking HERE. The band is currently on a 10 date East Coast run that sees them back in their home state on July 8th with a show at Davey’s Uptown in Kansas City.

Richmond, VA’s OUTSIDER will release their debut 5 song EP titled “When Love Dies” on August 2nd on Flatspot Records. “Life Runs Out” and “Path You’ve Earned” are two of the new tracks they are currently pushing and you can check both of them out HERE. August 1st will see Outsider start up an 11 date East Coast run of shows starting in Raleigh, NC. Pre-orders for “When Love Dies” can be found HERE.

Since our last update we have seen a good run of new music videos come out including new ones from: 

THE OLD FIRM CASUALS, “Casual Rock ‘N Roll”,

RYKERS, “The Six Million Dollar Band”, 

THE TAKE, “Revolution Now”,

THE GEEKS “More Than Ever”,

PEASANT “Life’s End” 

TOUCH, “Ascendancy”.

Click on the blue hyperlinks to check out each video. “Life’s End” by South Africa’s PEASANT is off of their new 9 song full length titled “Unrest Eternal” on Roastin’ Records. Click HERE to stream/buy/get more info.  “Ascendancy” by Hungary’s TOUCH is off of their upcoming debut full length album titled “The Darkness Reflects” which is due out this fall on 9 Lies and Version City Blues. Back in March of 2017 In Effect did a “Fresh Blood” feature with Touch and you can check that out by going HERE. 

DARK SATELLITE MEDIA is a new podcast network brought to you by Jimmy Ferrari, the host of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast. The new network stresses a “strength in numbers” approach to attract potential sponsors and in turn more listeners to podcasts that cover various aspects of the underground music scene and beyond. Dark Satellite also stresses that all content by each podcast is absolutely free and will always remain free. The current Dark Satellite lineup includes:

THE BROOKLYN BLAST FURNACE, 

THE ILL STREET NEWS PODCAST,

RED RIVER PODCAST,

NEIGHBORHOOD KNUCKLEHEAD,

THE GETTING IT OUT PODCAST,

TURNBUCKLE THROWBACKS PODCAST,

THE AUTOMATIC CROWD,

EVERYONE BUT US PODCAST,  

TOWNIES- THREE BROOKLYN NATIVES.

Click the blue hyperlinks to check out each one. Find out more about the newly created Dark Satellite Network by hitting up their Instagram page.

Paul Hudson aka “HR” of the Bad Brains will be releasing a new limited edition solo album titled “Give Thanks” on October 18th through Hardline Entertainment. The album will come in 4 color variants limited to 100 copies of each all numbered and signed by HR. Pre-order info can be found HERE

In other news pertaining to Mr. Hudson, the paperback version of the book “Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of HR From Bad Brains” (originally released in 2016) will hit bookshelves on July 23rd. Authored by New York City scene veteran Howie Abrams and filmmaker James Lathos, this latest edition features a new chapter chronicling H.R.'s recent battle with SUNCT Syndrome (Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing), and his subsequent brain surgery to remedy the condition. It also documents the Bad Brains' most recent reformation with all four original members. Pre-orders can be found now at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. In celebration of the book's release, H.R. will be signing copies and performing an exclusive acoustic set at Generation Records in NYC on July 23 from 7:00-9:00 PM. Generation Records is located at 210 Thompson Street in the West Village..  

The extrmely entertaining DIABLO’S DEN PODCAST is back after a 3 month break. Danny (Lord Ezec from Crown Of Thornz, Skarhead & more) and Jay return with an all new episode of Diablo’s Den. This episode celebrates the 20 year anniversary of Skarhead's "Kings At Crime" album. Former Skarhead members, Brian "Mitts" Daniels (Madball) and Aaron "White Owl" Collins (White Trash, Butterbrain) join the show to talk about the creative process of the album. Danny and his former bandmates go through “KAC”, song-by-song and explain the stories behind the tracks. The guests also talk about the various hijinks and violence that ensued during this portion of the band's career. Click HERE to watch/listen. 

QUICK HITS:

It has been a few weeks since our last update and although much of this info was already shared out through social media I wanted to put together some “QUICK HITS” for those who may not be so glued to scene happenings… and here we go!

So-Cal’s DAD BRAINS return with new music on June 14th with a new 4 song EP titled “Daditude” on Pirates Press Records. Track listing for their latest color vinyl/EP is: “Daddy Guilt”, “Little Things”, “Daditude” and “Father’s Day” which the band recently put out a music video for. Check that video out HERE Dad Brains will play 2 Father’s Day weekend shows in Ventura, CA on June 14th and 16th and pre-orders for the new EP can be found by going HERE

DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR will release “Unfinished Business” on July 26th through Bridge 9. Records. The 8 song, 20 plus minute album has been in the works for almost a decade and comes out the weekend they will be playing the This Is Hardcore Fest in Philadelphia. The clever folks at B9 have a pre-order notification set up for this release which you can sign up for HERE. 

Peace out to Belgium’s THE SETUP who recently announced they were breaking up after an almost 17 year run. They leave us with new music that will be shared over the next few weeks as well as word that their last show will be at this year’s Ieperfest in Belgium on July 5th. “Falsehoods” is the first of the new tracks to be shared and you can listen to that new track HERE. Check out our 2013 interview with their guitarist Raf by going HERE. 

After an 11 year run NY’s BACKTRACK have also announced they are breaking up with a whirlwind of touring ahead of them before that final song is played. June 14th through the 28th sees them play all over the US’ East Coast, followed by a West Coast run in August, an Asian and Australian trip in late September/early October with European dates still to be announced for November. Backtrack’s 2008 demo was the catalyst that first got them noticed before they went on to release 3 full length records with 2017’s “Bad To My World” on Bridge 9 being their final album. 

PERFECT WORLD. PHOTO BY: REBECCA REED

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Eddie Sutton and LEEWAY NYC recently put out a video for their new song “I’m Your Pusher” which can be seen by clicking the graphic on the left. This track along with another new track titled “Message To A Manchild” will soon be released on 45 RPM vinyl and should be available by next weekend’s Black ‘N Blue Bowl appearance at Brooklyn Bazaar on May 19th. Leeway NYC are currently on a 10 date US run with Iron Reagan and Sacred Reich. On May 24th Leeway NYC will play in Warsaw, Poland which is the first date of a 19 date European tour with Sweden’s Lowest Creature. 

Washington DC’s SUPREME COMMANDER are back after a long hiatus with the release of a new 10 song CD titled “Tooth And Nail” that was set to be given away with a paid admission at their May 10th show at Pie Shop in Washington DC. Check out our June 2014 interview with Supreme Commander HERE. Keep an eye on Supreme Commander social media pages for an announcement on when "Tooth And Nail" will be available for streaming. 

NYC's THE TAKE will be releasing their debut 11 song full length in late June on Upstate Records (US) and Demons Run Amok (Europe). Upstate will be putting this release out on limited editon red vinyl as well as CD with Demon Run Amok handling the bulk of the vinyl release in additon to CD's. The band consists of former Agnostic Front and Madball drummer Will Shepler, Scott Roberts (formerly of Biohazard) on guitar and vocals and Carlos Congote of Royal Hounds on bass. A video for the album track “Elitist” was recently released and can be seen HERE. Click on the blue hyperlinks for pre-order info from both labels. 

Congratulations (GEFELICITEERD!) to Cindy (vocals) and Ernst (guitar) of NL’s ALL FOR NOTHING who recently announced that the couple will be having a child. This news also means All For Nothing will be on hiatus for the foreseeable future as well. See ya soon! Check out their “Tried & True” video from 2012 HERE. 

NYC/New Jersey based THE CAR BOMB PARADE and their singer Dan “Family Man” have parted ways leaving the band in search of a replacement. The band is looking for dedicated, motivated and most importantly a “good human” to take his spot. Check out their recently released “Opiate For The Madness” full length HERE and if you think you got what it takes drop them a line. Make sure to check out track 5 “Live For This, Die For This” while you are there! 

Long Island’s NO LIVES have split up but with this comes word of a new band called NEW LIVES that will feature both the former bands singer and guitarist. The former band’s “Violent Side” EP was released in March of 2018 and can be heard HERE. Make sure to check out track 3 “Rosie” which is almost like a mashup of 50’s rock ‘n roll with straight up melodic punk rock. 

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Germany's RYKERS will have a new 15 song album titled "The Beginning" out on May 31st through BDHW Records. The band formed in 1992 and in addition to a bunch of EP's this will be their 6th full length studio album. 3 videos for the songs "Losing Touch", "Let's Ruin The Scene" and "Cast In Stone" have already been released with plans in the works for another 2 on the way. You can check out our 2016 interview with Rykers' bassist Chris Luft HERE. 

The 12th annual PUNK ISLAND fest will take place on Saturday June 22nd on NYC's Randall's Island starting at 10am and running through 8pm and as always is a free outdoor show and is all ages. In 2018 over 75 bands played the show. The 2019 lineup has started to take shape with the following bands already confirmed to play: All Torn Up, Alouth, Babe Patrol, Bushes, Cop/Out, Dead Channels, Dream Job, Eve Minor, Fat Randy, Infinite Pizza, Metorana, Space Bitch, Superdeaf, Swinging Riot, Anxious? Anxious!, The Black Clouds, Color Killer, Cruel Children, Dead Empires, Dental Damage, Four Eyes, Hysteria, Intercourse, Locked In A  Vacancy, Maintenance, NCM, Netherlands, RBNX, Shots Fired! Shots Fired!, Teenage Bigfoot, Abrupt, Cover Your Idols, BINT, Drug Bust, Lakras, Killer Of Sheep, Nerveshatter, Nervous Triggers, None Above All, Onderrock, Public Serpents, Razor Braids, Strange Lips, Thirteen Towers, Trashy and We Are Not Our Bodies. More bands will be announced shortly as well. Keep up to date with Punk Island happenings HERE.  Check out In Effect’s clip of Japan’s Seppuku Pistols from last year’s show HERE. 

It’s not often (or ever) when you see a band come along and be able to say that their lineup came together from NY, New Jersey, Long Island, Colombia and Argentina as well as have members who have played in Youth Of Today, Bold and Mouthpiece but that is exactly what the newly formed LOCKED INSIDE can honestly say. The recently formed straight edge band have 2 songs available online now in "A Force United" and "Your Thoughts, Your Own" which are precursors to an upcoming EP that is already completed. All of Locked Inside’s members will be NY residents as of June with local shows as well as touring planned for the summer of 2019. Click on their cover artwork to the left to check out their new tracks. 

Belgium’s SUNDAYS will follow up their 2015 “Words” release with a new 4 song EP titled “Free At Loss” out next week via all the usual places you download your hardcore music. “Impressions of An Empire” is one of the new tracks and the band has put out a lyric video ahead of the new release. Click HERE to check out the lyric video and while you are at it check out our 2016 interview with Sundays HERE. 

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Southern CA’s FURY are back with a new track titled “Angles Over Berlin” which will be on their upcoming 11 song full length titled “Failed Entertainment”. Boston’s Run For Cover Records will release this new album on May 3rd with Triple B Records also on board with a special limited edition variant. This is Fury’s 2nd full length and the follow up to their “Paramount” album which came out in 2016. Check out “Angels Over Berlin” by clicking HERE and read an interview we did with lead singer Jeremy Stith and guitarist Madison Woodward back in 2016 HERE. Fury photo by: Michelle Olaya Ortega. 

THE BACK TO THE NYHC ROOTS MUSIC SERIES is a new venture brought to you by the New York Hardcore Chronicles Page (Facebook). Shows will be held at Niagra (112 Avenue A) in NYC which was formerly the iconic A7 club. Sunday afternoon matinees will be free with the first shows planned for April 14th and May 5th. If your band is interested in playing at these shows contact the NYHC Chronicles HERE.

St. Louis’ TIME & PRESSURE will be headed to Chicago in a few weeks to start recording with Weekend Nachos’ Andy Nelson for an upcoming 12” that will be released this summer on Safe Inside Records. The A side of the still to be titled record will feature 6 new songs and the B side will have a remastered version of their 2018 demo. Critical Hit Fest (April in St. Louis) and Promcore (May in Tulsa, OK) are 2 of their upcoming shows with an East Coast run planned between June 28th and July 7th which will include dates with Dividing Line and Chemical Fix. 5 dates in California with Dying For It will end the year for Time & Pressure starting on December 27th. 

California’s SAFE INSIDE RECORDS is hard at work lining up new music for 2019 that includes the following on tap: Rejection Pact (Boise, ID) 7”, Frontside (San Diego, CA) cassette (April), Low End (Milwaukee, WI) 7” (May), Time and Pressure (St. Louis, MO) 12” (July), and Bystander (US) 12” EP (mid-late 2019). 

MAXIMUM PENALTY and Reaper Records are working on a collector’s edition 12 inch vinyl reissue of the debut MP demo that came out 30 years ago in 1989. Look for this 9 song classic to be out this May. Maximum Penalty are also wrapping up writing for a new 5 song self-titled EP that will be out by the fall... also on Reaper Records. MP photo by: Danielle Dombrowski. 

Boston’s HAVE HEART have announced a run of 4 shows starting on July 5th in Boston, followed by Los Angeles on July 12th (part of the Sound & Fury Fest), Cologne, Germany on July 20th and Leeds, UK on July 21st. Tickets to the shows sold out immediately (their first shows since 2009) but now there is the possibility of more tickets being put on sale. Check in HERE for updates

DOG YEARS RECORDS is teaming up with Omaha, NE’s JOCKO to release their 2018 “Expression” full length on one sided 12” vinyl this summer. Pre-orders up soon! Check out “Expression” HERE. 

WTF RECORDS out of the Netherlands is at it again with some new music and announcements that includes a new 8 song effort from NY/CT 4 piece COMING OUT SWINGING titled “Step Aside” which will be out on March 15th as a CD digipack. Check out a short sample of the new stuff HERE.On April 19th comes a new 6 song CD digipack from NL based RISE ABOVE titled “Painkiller”. A video for the new track “Empty Handed” can be checked out HERE. WTF recently announced that BLOOD OF KINGS (also from the Netherlands) have jumped on board with the WTF Crew. Recording for their new album will start soon and a 2019 release is expected. Lastly Belgium’s COLDSTARE recently put out a new video for the title track of their late 2018 WTF Records release “Bounce Back”. Check that out HERE. 

THE BASH is a 7 date music and craft beer festival that will kick off on May 11th in Phoenix, AZ and runs through June 16th where it ends in Sacramento, CA. Rancid and Suicidal Tendencies will play on all the shows which include stops in Tucson, AZ, Englishtown, NJ, Boise, ID, Tacoma, WA, and San Jose, CA. Lineups change from city to city but will also include The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, L7, H2O, Madball, Pennywise, Noi!se, Sharp Shock, and other special guests. Tickets are on sale now. More info can be found HERE. 

SOUND & FURY 2019 will be held on July 12th and 13th at the Belasco Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. Friday’s lineup in alphabetical order lines up as: Antagonize, Basement, Dare, Dead Heat, Diztort, Firewalker, Fury, Have Heart, Initiate, One Step Closer and Three Knee Deep. Saturday’s lineup (again in alphabetical order) is: Arms Race, Despise You, Drain Ekulu, Fiddlehead, Incendiary, Inclination, Never Ending Game, and Powertrip. More info including upcoming announcements of additional bands can be found HERE. 

THE WARPED TOUR 2019 will visit 3 cities and have a total of 5 shows with hardcore/punk notables Bad Religion, H2O, The Offspring, and Quicksand playing the June 29th and 30th dates in Atlantic City, NJ. July 20th and 21st is in Mountain View, CA and has notables Face To Face, Fishbone, Lag Wagon, NOFX, Off!, The Offspring, Quicksand, and The Vandals. Saturday June 8th’s show will be held at the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. Visit HERE for more info. 

Toronto hardcore punks THE NEW ENEMY have just released "Illusion Of Choice" on all digital platforms. The recording features five original songs and three covers (Leonard Cohen, Snapcase, Gob). With mixing by Will Killingsworth (Incendiary, Fury) and mastering by Arthur Rizk (Code Orange, Power Trip). Check out the recording HERE. Since forming, The New Enemy has donated all Bandcamp revenues to charity. For “Illusion Of Choice”, they'll be raising funds for YMCA Sprott House, the first LGBTQ2S transitional housing program for youth in Canada.

Old-school Philly hardcore band PAGAN BABIES were one of the opening bands at the recent Alone In A Crowd show/benefit in their hometown. After being asked to play the show the band decided to write and record a new track called “Nazi Is Through” as well as to finally record “My Life” which is a song that dates back with the band to 1988. The band plans on recording more for a total of 5 with some re-recordings of tracks from their “Immaculate Conception” EP from 1987 as well as a cover of Black Flag’s “Depression”. Lead singer Michael McManus also told us that there is a strong possibility of there being more new songs written and eventually recorded. Check out 2 newly recorded Pagan Babies songs by clicking HERE. 

THE OLD FIRM CASUALS new album titled "Holger Danske" is out now digitally and will be available on vinyl and CD on March 15th through Pirates Press Records (US) and Demons Run Amok (Europe). Pre-orders go up on February 18th. The band has already released a video for the track "Motherland" and will be working on another for the track "Casual Rock 'N Roll". Stream or download "Holger Danske" by going HERE. Keep an eye on In Effect Hardcore for an upcoming interview which we recently did with Old Firm members Lars Fredericksen and Casey Watson. The Old Firm Casuals kicked off a UK/Ireland/Scotland run on January 31st and wrapped up in London on Saturday February 16th. 

In our last update we told you that NYC'S SWORN ENEMY will have a new album out on April 5th titled "Gamechanger". The band has since dropped the first sneak peek to this new album in the form of a lyric video titled "Prepare For Payback" which you can check out HERE.

Germany's BORN FROM PAIN have their new album "True Love" out now on BDHW Records and with the release date also comes the release of a 3rd music video from this new full length.  Check out the video for the title track "True Love" HERE. A video for "Antitown" was released back in December and another for "New Beginnings" just 2 weeks on January 31st.  

Boston’s AMERICAN WAR MACHINE first came to our attention with their 3 song “Prey Drive” EP which came out on Bridge 9 Records in October of 2017. On April 12th they will release their debut full length “Unholy War” which will have 12 songs and once again be on the B9 label. The band consists of scene veterans led by Truth who used to sing for Intent To Injure as well as Slapshot members Craig Silverman (guitar), Ryan Packer (bass), and Corey Koniz (drums). Many probably recognize Craig as one half of Agnostic Front’s guitar duo alongside Stigma. Check out the title track to their upcoming album by clicking HERE. If you like what you hear pre-order information for this release can be found HERE. 

Belgium's COLDSTARE have put out a video for the title track of their "Bounce Back" full length which came out last year on WTF Records. Go HERE to check it out. 

.New Jersey's DEAD BLOW HAMMER (who started as Against The Grain in 1996) are working on a new EP titled "No Repercussions". The band has already put up a few of the songs from this EP on their You Tube page including the track "Imperious" which their bassist Rob Kabula (ex-Agnostic Front/Cause For Alarm) revived from way, way back. Check out "Imperious" HERE and then stay on the DBH You Tube page to hear two other tracks from that upcoming EP in "Caste System Skunks" and "Dents". 

DONT SLEEP have signed with Victory Records who plan to release a new album by the band this summer. 

BLACK MANTRA from France will be releasing their 2nd EP titled "Son Of The Modern Age" as a self-released CD on March 1st. The 9 song EP is already available to stream or buy (Name Your Price) online on the band's Bandcamp page. They also put out a lyric video for the track "Outerspace" which you can check out HERE.

COINTOSS RECORDS' latest find and upcoming release will be with TUNING from the Bay Area of California. "Hanging Thread" is a 9 song effort that will be released on CD and vinyl on March 29th. A lyric video for the title track "Hanging Thread" came out earlier this week. Tuning are the openers for the upcoming "Mutiny On The Bay" show/fest that will be held at 924 Gilman in Berkeley,CA on March 9th that has Fury and Strife as headliners. Click HERE for more info on this show. Pre-orders for "Hanging Thread" can be found HERE. 

POINTBREAK from Phoenix just finished recording their new 4 song EP titled "Forsaken" which will be released by Irish Voodoo Records. When we heard this would be a concept album we asked their singer Martin Miramontes to tell us more... "This will be a concept album based off my childhood traumas. It's basically talking about my mind being a "home with different rooms". Every room is a different issues that I have dealt with. One is sexual assault. One is physical/emotional/mental abuse. My mom leaving me. And the last room is my trust issues I have towards relationships because of my past." Pointbreak will also be doing a West Coast tour from May 17th through the 26th with Albuquerque's Lucia. "Forsaken" will be available on 7", cassette, CD and digitally this spring. Check out the video for their song “Pointbreak” which came out last August HERE. 

FREEDOM SOUNDWORKS has just released a very interesting compilation called CLASSICS vs CLASSICS II which features hardcore punk bands doing 2 cover songs each. The idea was to have each band cover a hardcore/punk classic and then cover a song by more well-known bands from the world of Rock ‘N Roll and beyond! The Maniac Inside cover Warzone’s “Always A Friend For Life” and then “Taking Care Of Business” by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Become One does “Everyone Wants To Rule The World” by Tears For Fears, and also “Scuffle Town” by Avail. Those are just two examples but to find out more about this online only compilation click HERE You may be pretty surprised at the remainder of the lineup which includes The Avoiders, Agony Kings, One Less Scumbag, Reason Enough, and Be Gone doing songs by:Reagan Youth, The Kinks, Sick Of It All, DRI, RUN DMC, Cro-Mags, and more. Pipebomb is the only band that does one song and it is “Urban Discipline” by Biohazard that features Biohazard drummer Danny Schuler playing drums on his own song! On February 17th there will be a free show out on Long Island featuring some of the bands on this compilation. The show will also serve as a release party for the new compilation. Find out more about Freedom Soundworks HERE.

REST IN PEACE ALEX BROWN

Alex Brown who played in Gorilla Biscuits, Side By Side, Project X, and was behind the very influential Schism Fanzine passed away late last week due to what some media outlets have called natural causes at the age of 52. I cannot say that I knew the man but his music and those old Schism zines were a big influence on the early stages of In Effect Fanzine and for this I am very grateful. Thank you for your creative work and dedication Alex. 

Graphic by: Jonathan Buske. 

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Six Feet Under Records recently announced they will be releasing a 12" LP with RAW BRIGADE from Bogota, Colombia. No release date has been announced as of yet but two demo tracks for the LP in "The Trap" and "The Job" recently went up and you can check those songs out HERE. Raw Brigade made some noise in 2018 by playing some East Coast US dates including the This Is Hardcore Fest in July as well as releasing their "Kicking Your Face" EP. 

ROTTING OUT have new music out in the form of a new video for a track called "Reaper". No other info about this new song was given or if there is more new music on the way. Rotting Out's "Reckoning" EP was their last official release and came out back in 2015. Rotting Out will play with Xibalba and The Beautiful Ones on January 11th in Los Angeles and on January 12th in Berkeley. Check out "Reaper" HERE. 

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NY's THE LAST STAND and CA's ONE x CHOICE (both pictured to the left) will release a split 7" EP this summer titled "East/West Brotherhood" on Irish Voodoo Records. The Last Stand will have the new tracks "I Can't Look Back" and "Born Again" while One X Choice will have the tracks "The Only Way" and "Blind Eye". Each band should have a 3rd track added as well. Both bands have previously released material with Irish Voodoo. Keep up to date by following TLS and One X Choice. 

ALL OUT WAR will start recording in February for a still untitled new album due out this summer on Unbeaten Records that will feature 10 new songs. April will see All Out War on the West Coast playing dates with Integrity, Toxic Holocaust and Funeral Chic. BELOW THE FROST is a new band with Mike Score from All Out War on vocals and also includes Matt from Hatebreed on drums, Mike from Prime Evil on guitar, and Michelle (ex-Starkweather) on bass. Below The Frost recorded 2 songs for an upcoming 7" and when asked what it sounded like Mike told us "A mix between Celtic Frost style metal and Amebix style punk". They are still shopping the 2 songs they recorded to labels and could be ready to record for a full length by the spring. 

MANIAC from Western MA formed in 2010 and released their debut full length "War & Insanity" in June of 2018 online with limited edition cassettes. New Age Records will be re-releasing "War & Insanity" in early 2019 on vinyl, cassette and CD. Check out the full length HERE and keep up with New Age and this release by following them HERE. 

"UNDERDOGS II" is a new 20 band cassette compilation available now through Dog Years Records. Some of the bands included are Dying For It, Better Days, Time & Pressure, Redbait, Raw Brigade and Berthold City. The original release sold out of the 100 tapes offered in 3 days and another 50 went up shortly after. Don't like cassettes? Download it off of their Bandcamp page! Every penny from the sales of cassettes and digital downloads will be donated to RAINN which is an anti-sexual assault organization.  

NY's COMBUST will be releasing a new 12" EP with Edgewood Records this spring. It will be titled "The Void" and has the following track listing: "Tigers And Rats", "One Last Wish", "What's Left", "The Devil's Crown", "Force My Hand", and "The Void". Stay tuned for more details. 

AGENTS OF MAN will be back with new music in 2019 as they have 3 new songs they are currently in the process of recording. Mixing is being done with Maximum Penalty's Jimmy Williams at his studio in West New York, NJ and mastering with Len Carmichael at Landmine Studios. The working title to this 3 song release will be "Love Like A Gun". This will be Agents Of Man's first release since their 2005 "Count Your Blessings" album on Century Media. Members of Agents Of Man have also played in Maximum Penalty, Skarhead, One4One and Bulldoze. 

NY's BRICK BY BRICK will have their new album "Hive Mentality" out on February 22nd on Upstate Records. The album will feature 7 new songs with guests Jessica Pimentel from Alekhine's Gun, Tony Foresta from Iron Reagan/Municipal Waste, and Vincent Bennett from The Acacia Strain. In addition to the 7 original tracks look for covers of Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind" and Motorhead's "Iron Fist". Pre-orders are available starting on January 11th HERE and a video teaser for the new album can be seen by clicking HERE. 

MA's KIND! CREW have dropped the "crew" from their name and are now known as just "KIND!" They have a new release in the 7 song "Haven" EP which came out on January 2nd. Wide Eyed Noise will release "Haven" on cassette in early February along with a fanzine surrounding the band's history. Keep an eye out HERE for more info on the cassette/fanzine release. 

Howie Abrams (pictured to the left between Pete and Lou Koller) who was the author of "Finding Joseph I, An Oral History Of H.R. From Bad Brains" and "The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists" has begun work on an autobiography of Sick Of It All's Koller Brothers titled "The Blood And The Sweat: The Story Of Sick Of It All's Koller Brothers". The book is scheduled to be out in the fall of 2019. We asked Howie to give us a little bit more on his mindset about working with Lou and Pete on this new book and he gave us this: 5 Things I Already Know About Working on Lou and Pete Koller’s Book:
1. They’re friends of mine, so there’s a lot of extra responsibility that comes with this one.
2. They’re one of the greatest hardcore bands ever, so there’s a lot of extra responsibility that comes with that.
3. I want the SOIA story to be told, but I really want people to learn about Lou and Pete’s lives as individuals and as blood siblings.
4. They’re both funnier than you think.
5. They’ve gone through A LOT to get to this point!

CA's TORSO have their new 4 song EP "Build And Break" out now on Revelation Records. This is their first release since their 11 song "Sono Pronta A Morire" record that came out back in September of 2015 and is the band's 4th overall release. Check out some of the 7 plus minutes of mayhem HERE and click HERE to check in with Rev for ordering information. 

Revelation Records and Equal Vision Records are sponsoring a new video series called "The Story Of Don Fury Studio" which will have new installments every 2 weeks that you can watch on Don Fury's You Tube channel. The first chapter is up now and is called "Long Island To The Bowery" and runs a little over 8 minutes in length. If you are into NYHC and do not know the name he probably was the recording engineer or producer on some of your favorite records from back in the day and he is still at it now! Click HERE to check it out! 

PA's ACTIVATE have transformed the Philadelphia Eagles football team's fight song into a thrash remix in honor of the team's current playoff run. Click HERE to check it out. "Critical Mass Extinction" is the new 12 song full length Activate is working on for a hopeful spring 2019 release. 

NJ's HARDWARE FANZINE which put out 9 issues between 1993 and 1996 will soon be available as a special edition book from Shining Life. The 400 plus page anthology will also have the unreleased issue #10 as well as extra material never before seen in their pages including photos, writings, letters, memories as well as the history of In My Blood Records. Stay tuned for info on how to buy the upcoming Hardware Zine Anthology HERE. 

MINDFORCE guitarist Mike Shaw (pictured to the left) was involved in a serious head on automobile accident while at work last week when another vehicle went into his lane. Mike is currently unable to walk with multiple fractures in his leg as well as having broken ribs. His left leg will have to undergo multiple surgeries and he has months of physical therapy ahead of him before he can walk again and return to work. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help with his families day to day. If you would like to read more about this and/or donate click HERE. Mindorce has also announced an indefinite hiatus. Get well Mike!

Mindforce photo by: Gustavo Morales. 

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RICHMOND'S BREAK AWAY BREAKING UP WITH LAST SHOW IN FEBRUARY 2019

Richmond, VA’s BREAK AWAY will be breaking up with their last show being February 23rd, 2019 at the Warehouse in RVA. Lineup for this last show to be announced December 3rd. We got in touch with Ace Stallings (singer for Break Away) to get some more info on why this breakup is happening and here is what he had to say…

“In regards to Break Away retiring… Break Away has been a band for 8 years. We have put out 2 LP’s, 2 7”s, played almost every hardcore festival, have toured most of America many times over and toured Europe twice. It’s time for us to make some room for some other bands to rise up and fill our spot. Bands do the scene a disservice when they occupy a space just to occupy it. We have said everything we need to say in regards to our content. We successfully continued the legacy of Richmond straight edge, helped usher in a new wave of bands here and experienced things that some people merely dream about. We are all still best friends and will all be continuing to play in other bands together. Our retirement is a positive one.” Check out our August 2017 interview with Break Away by clicking HERE. 

While still on the topic of Break Away, THE VERDICT are a new Richmond, VA band that have 4 out of the 5 members of Break Away as well as 8 other people involved from bands like Red Vision, Downfall, Neuromancer, Shattered Xistence and Watchdogs. On Halloween they put out a 6 song release titled “Hostis Humani Generis” on Bandcamp with Edgewood Records to follow up shortly with cassette versions of this release. Click on their photo to the left to listen to it now. 

Maine’s COMBATANT just put out a new one in “Witness To Destruction” which is 9 new songs available now on their Bandcamp page. Not Like You Records/Fanzine out of ABQ, New Mexico will be releasing “Witness…” this January on 12” blue vinyl limited to just 100 copies. Check these guys out! As for the fanzine side of Not Like You they are currently working on two new issues… the first being an all photo issue followed by issue #8 which will have an old unpublished Circle Jerks interview from the 1980’s that was never published, NJ’s Search and Bobby Draws Skullz who is this sick artist based on the East Coast. Follow Not Like You HERE. 

New Jersey’s SILENCE EQUALS DEATH are back with a new song and video for the track “Plague” which is part of a 4 song/band 7” compilation on Patient Zero Records going under the title of “Spreading The Infection” due out November 30th. The Broken (Albany, NY), Panzram (Upstate NY) and One Less Scumbag (NH) round out the 4 band lineup for Patient Zero’s debut release. A compilation release show will be held on November 30th in Pittsfield, MA that both Panzram and Silence Equals Death will both be performing at. As for the “Plague” video, check that out HERE. With well over 50 cameos you are bound to see a familiar face or two from the world of hardcore music. 

In our October 20th update we mentioned that the “URBAN STYLES, GRAFFITI IN NEW YORK HARDCORE” book was headed for a second expanded edition that will include a limited edition flexi-7” with 1 song each from both Crazy Eddie and Johatsu. The Crazy Eddie track titled “Urban Styles” can now be heard by clicking HERE. The books author Freddy Alva wrote the graffiti inspired lyrics to this song and approached the band about performing the song using his lyrics. Artwork by Orlando Arce, intro by Lord Ezec from Crown Of Thornz/Skarhead with the video montage produced by Adobo Productions. While on the topic of Crazy Eddie, their guitarist Lenny B runs a pretty cool vlog called “Cocktails And Conversations with Lenny B” which was just updated with its first new episode in a while titled “British Invasion”. Check it out HERE. 

NOWHERE ROADS are a new band out of NJ/PA who have that familiar “current and former members of” label attached to them with the names Wisdom In Chains, Floorpunch and Edgewise being the names that jump out at you. Formed in late 2017 they are now ready to strike with their debut 4 song EP titled “Toil Every Second” due out on December 14th on Coin Toss Records. “Uncivilized” is one of the new tracks off the new EP and you can check it out now by clicking HERE. Their first show will be on December 16th in Scranton, PA with fellow CoinTosser’s Sunstroke and they are also slated to play the Alone In A Crowd reunion/benefit show in Philadelphia on February 16th along with Terror, Pagan Babies, Maximum Penalty, Break Away (last Philly show), Search and Let Down 

NYC punk/hardcore/thrash 3 piece FRAGMENTED will release their new 8 song effort titled “Thrashblast” on November 30th, a date that will also see them play a free show in Queens, NY dubbed “Queens Vs The World”. This release show will also feature Scarboro, The Third Kind, Ruin By Design, Skum City, and Crisis King. Details on this show can be found HERE. “Thrashblast” is tabbed as a digital release to be found on their Bandcamp page but limited CD copies will be available at the November 30th show. Four additional NYC/Long Island shows are booked after this show throughout the end of January and they are looking for more. Their bassist/singer Tom Reardon books shows in Queens and is looking for people to book Fragmented and for “show trades” with other bands. “In The Presence Of” is the new tune that they are pushing ahead of the release date and you can hear that track by clicking on the "Thrashblast" cover. 

Back in December 2016 we did a Fresh Blood feature on these Belgium dudes called “SUNDAYS”. At the time we called them “the best Bridge 9 band not on Bridge 9 Records”. Word comes now that they are working on a new 4 song EP that will start recording in mid-December at Shellshock Studio with mixing and mastering being handled by Jay Maas who used to play guitar in Defeater (another Bridge 9 tie in!) The 4 song EP will be released digitally in early 2019 and later on in the year there are plans for a vinyl version as well. Check out their “Words” 7 song EP from 2015 HERE. 

Germany’s RYKERS recently announced they are working on new material. We hit up their bass player Chris Luft to get some info and this is what he had to say…“Besides numerous EP’s/Mini LP’s and 7”s this will be our full length album number 6. It will be titled: “The Beginning…” and right now we plan to have 14 songs on it, totally mixing up old-school hardcore, punk rock, metal and our well known NYHC edge. We are going to record at Andy Classen’s (ex-Holy Moses) Stage One Studio and will release the album (April/May 2019) on Beatdown Hardware Records (BDHW). I`m pretty much looking forward to record the new tunes and I am sure a lot of people will be surprised. With our newly added guitar player Steve (who formerly played in the German thrash outfit EROSION) we definitely added some more brutal riffing to the band… stay tuned!” 

DON’T SLEEP have a new video out now in “Lazarus”, SLASHERS are a NYC skate band we recently found out about. They have a pretty cool video in “Skatecation” that came out back in February. Their debut full length will be out in early 2019 as well. “MORE STAGE DIVES” is a new podcast out of NYC with hosts Ryan (singer of Ache) and Hil (singer of None Above All). 4 episodes to date. Check ‘em out! ANGEL DU$T dive deeper into their unique vibe with two new songs in “Big Ass Love” and “Take Away The Pain”. Our next update will have H2O’s Adam Blake with a “20 Questions With” interview, working on another one with Chicago’s LA ARMADA and In Effect’s year end wrap up is in the works as well.