White Suns - Waking in the Reservoir

2011; 7 tracks
White Suns is a Brooklyn, NY-based noise trio. Theirs is a chaotic, angry, yet uplifting noise. Holy and untouchable, or something. On their last.fm, one person says, "Lightning Bolt meets Slint?"

Here is a quote by Kevin Barry, guitarist and vocalist in White Suns:

"I don't identify with the shut-your-eyes-and-pretend-nothing-is-happening mindset, like the chillwave bullshit going on right now. We live in NYC, where there's homeless people facing tough times making ends meet, and the economy is shitty. For someone to sit in their room and make bedroom pop music that isn't about anything outside of some girl who doesn't like them, I think that's irresponsible when you have a large audience."
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Life's Blood - Defiance

1988; 8 tracks
Life's Blood was a New York-based hardcore/punk band founded in 1987 by members associated with bands such as Born Against and Men's Recovery Project. Defiance is their only full-length, though tracks of theirs appear on some NYHC compilations, a split with Sticks and Stones (1990), and of course some bootlegs . It's really intense and really good.

  Download. Here's the track "Catch Our Breath":