Born Bad - Moron Music 7"

Woah this is cool. Third 7" from California's really -killer-SSD/Negative-Approach- worship-with-hints-of- Career-Suicide-hidden-about punks Born Bad. Probably one of my favourite Fashionable Idiots releases in a long time, it kinda is fast, but then breaks and slows down at the right points into sludgy mosh-parts. Most people into hardcore will like this. They call themselves Bullshit Hardcore, and that's probably what they are. Awesome. - Nick [Fashionable Idiots]

Masshysteri - Paranoid 7"

Limited to a mere 200, this record already goes for $60+ on eBay. Hype? Well, err...yeah. At £30 for one track, 'Paranoid' is arguably one of the most expensive records per track there is knocking about and I'm certainly in no rush to sell my copy either, but...it really does little for me.

Now don't get me wrong I do like Masshysteri, I really do, but they've followed an annoyingly poppy direction after The Vicious, and left their Wipers-worshipping/stealing behind. Which is a shame. 'Alienated' and 'Obsessive' were two really really awesome records, but there seems to be very little coming from them anymore. This single, is a bit too sugary sweet, it's not really punk, it's just something that's there. The annoying screams PAAAAAAARRRAAAANO EEEEEEEED does get a bit draining after a while. That's not to say it's not a bad record, because it's not, I just don't really dig it.

At Trashfest, the crowd was dull, yeah it was during Turkey/Holland, but no one really cared, and the music was uninspiring at best. The only time everyone got into it was during a Vicious song, I'm not one to judge a band on crowd participation but it's obvious that Masshysteri aren't as exciting as they used to be. They appear to be slowly burning out. I just hope they release a killer LP that proves me wrong. Sorry dudes. - Nick [Hell Yes!]

The Shitty Limits in NME

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Dean Dirg - RAUS!

Shit! It took me way too long to get hold of this record. I don't even know why. Maybe because I was stupid enough to think that Dean Dirg couldn't top the classics they already have. But THIS RULES. For serious. Track after track, this delivers, oh it delivers on every fucking level.

Dean Dirg are back, with avengence. Fourteen tracks in under fifteen minutes, they haven't stopped doing what 'they do'. I'm so happy I'm seeing them in a few days. No more "I Won't Pay's", no more "I Am Boreeeed's", no more "ROCK OUT'S", get ready for this. Everyone take note, get this record, put it on, turn it up to thirty and lose your mind. WOW. - Nick [Wasted Sounds]

Play It Faster Podcast Number FOUR!

Can be downloaded HERE:

Includes, new and old shit from: cro-mags, the briefs, angry samoans, cloak dagger, deep sleep, skrewdriver, social circkle, circle jerks, modern life is war and various other bands. i'm not giving away the playlist anymore cus that's boring. listen, you might be in for a surprise! it's just over 30 mins long!

any problems, errors, mail me at nick (at) playitfasterrecords.co.uk or pm me on here; thanks!

can be downloaded by following this link:

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Oh Kerrang, Oh Kerrang.

I remember the days I always used to buy Kerrang. Long journeys with my Mum would result in me begging her to buy a copy for me at the Esso on the A12/M25 London interchange. I remember when I'd come out of hospital, I wrote her a list of what to get me whilst I was lying comatosed in my bed, Kerrang was top of that list, followed closely by Beano and Spurs magazine. As she popped over the road to the local post office, I put on the CD that I'd got from the week before. Dexter Holland's mix-CD. Holy shit I thought. This was fucking ACE. I still have it today, and there are still some real gems on that sampler. Black Flag, The Misfits, Minor Threat, the list goes on...

Now, this is by no means a rip on Kerrang. Well, actually, it is. That was a lie. But I mean, a magazine's got to do all it can to sell units, and that's fair enough. But the thing that that hacks me off is that Kerrang used to have credibility. Now it just relies on fifteen year olds on Myspace for opinions. It now compares any band with a vaguely hardcore riff to Gallows; including the band Maths. Excuse me Kerrang, but even my dementia-ridden Greek grandmother could pull out a better comparison. Do your research. That's what you're paid for. I even laughed when the called Your Demise a 'Champion wannabe' band. HAVE YOU ACTUALLY HEARD CHAMPION YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOTS. Or did you quickly gloss over their influence list on MYSPACE and insert whichever one would sound funnier? What are you going to do next? Compare Bring Me The Horizon to Metallica?

This is the final straw YOU FUCKING MORONS. Next time I see a kid in skinny jeans, a black and red striped jumper buying a copy of Kerrang with Against Me on the front cover with the subititle "SAVIOURS OF PUNK ROCK" "BETTER THAN THE CLASH WERE" "BEST BAND IN THE WORLD" "BETTER THAN REFUSED" "EVEN JESUS LIKES THIS BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or whatever TOTAL FUCKING GARBAGE you come out with, I'm going to fucking grab their head, smash it on the fucking counter, carve "TASTELESS FUCK" into his forehead with a HB pencil, and fucking post him to you in pieces. You're the worst thing about music in this country, and I can get better journalism from the DAILY FUCKING MAIL'S 'LETTERS' SECTION. PRICKS.

Public Apology to the Red Dons

I recently stated that the Red Dons 7" 'Escaping Amman' on Deranged was "boring". I admit I was mis-guided, and the record is actually awesome. I'm issuing a full and frank apology to my friends for thinking that I would be unable to appreciate the music. When, infact, I can.

My new review is as follows:

Escaping Amman is a great record. A grower infact. At first I cast it aside, underneath a stash of Damned and Ramones records, disregarded and un-loved. I dragged it from its shell after listening to the LP (which, similarly, I never listened to after listening to this 7"), and it was really good, although had a few parts that I still don't quite *get*. I cracked on the little bit of plastic, cranked it up loud, and really can't see why I didn't like it the first time. Was I drunk? Was I still reeling from the fact that the Poison Control 7", that I got at the same time, was so unspeakably awesome. We will never know.

I have, of course, learnt from this lesson and will, in future, listen to a record fully before I jump to any rash and negligent conclusions. Sorry Red Dons. Sorry world.

Acid Reflux - Secret Power E.P.

This is the second 7" from Albany's Acid Reflux (haven't heard the first, so you're not getting any references). It's been a bit hyped up, and to be honest I didn't find it that great. It sucks because I usually love anything No Way puts out, but this jus' ain't that special.

It's as standard as hardcore punk goes, but it doesn't really go any further. The instrumental bit at the end is interesting; yet boring. A couple of the songs are cool though, with basslines obviously pilfered from Limp Wrist (I know, they share a drummer; blah) being the better parts of the record. Buy it, listen to it, turn it off and put the new Nightstick Justice or Social Circkle 7"'s on instead. - Nick [No Way]

Hammer - Blue 12"

Lord know what inspired me to buy this. I think it was because Id seen it sitting in the Deranged store for ages and it intriged me, so I bought it.

This is, like Deranged say, like Gauze, or G.I.S.M. (only minus the excellent solo's). Its boss to the max. These guys really know how to shred and I think this is their 3 or 4th release, all the rest are out of print. But this is brilliant. Lyrically I havent got a clue what's going on because I just don't speak Japanese, and the lyrics sheet is also in Japanese. Now, mad props for this, I think more foreign bands should sing in their mother tongue, why the fuck should they cater to a Western Audience, we should learn their language!



But anyway, this 7 tracks on a 12" (which probably could have just been on a 7") but they're pretty damn boss, these four guys certainly know how to play, and to be honest Im yet to find a Japanese band that just doesn't blow me away with their technical ability, even if they're playing something as simple as D-Beat or Crust, they can just play, thats it, they have "THE GIFT".


Id definitely recommend getting anything you can lay your sweaty little hands on by them, because they're pretty fucking sweet and definitely 100% better then the Arctic Monkey's, Nick.


J.W [Deranged]


hoping Nick gets raped by a broken vinegar bottle and fisted with salt.

Smart Cops - S/T 7"

Six tracks of high-octane Italian trashy hardcore punk comprises Smart Cops' first 7" on Sorry State Records. Similarly with a few other related bands, with the exception of a few, Smart Cops don't sing in English, which is also nice, and it also means I can bond further with my Italian friends by asking them to translate for me. Kicking in in just under eight minutes and, with the creds of having ex-La Piovra/Ohuzaru/Endless Inertia members, this band are good.

Anything else I can say? Not really, although if you're a fan of aforementioned bands (although Smart Cops only really sound like La Piovra) you'll probably know/know of this band already. They're also better than Azriel, Jake. Fans of the Fashionable Idiots discography will lap this up in a split-second. On your marks...Go. - Nick [Sorry State]