COMEBACK KID & REVIVER TONIGHT @ CLUB SOUND

Gonna be a great time. Flyer below...

HEARD A NEW REVIVER TRACK A COUPLE DAYS BACK. IT COMPLETELY RULED.

What did you expect?

REVIVER AT SLUG LOCALIZED

I love this song.

REVIVER: LIVE & "UNDEFINED"

Is it just me or does Matt sorta look like Chino from the Deftones when he wears plaid shirts and plays clubs where no one's grabbing the mic?

REVIVER RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO

JULY 3: REVIVER & DESPITE DESPAIR & THE CURRENT IN PROVO

AT MUSE MUSIC. WILL RULE.

STREAM REVIVER'S NEW EP RIGHT HERE ON GCA... NOW!

Reviver is releasing their new EP Potential Wasteland this week through State of Mind Recordings. You'll be able to pick it up Friday at their Kilby Court release show, but we'll be streaming the record all week long here at GCA.

Listen above and enjoy some color commentary on each track from Reviver frontman Matt Mascarenas below. Hit play and read on:

IX

One of the many members that used to be in our band called this the ‘Marilyn Manson riff.’ Now every time we play it, the music video for “The Dope Show” where Marilyn Manson is wearing the boob suit pops in my head. Great.

LEGACY

This is actually the third song we ever wrote. Like many of the other songs on ‘Versificator,’ the guitar riffs in Legacy were meant for a slow, down-tempo side project, Fortunes. We sped it up, but we were never happy with it. When we were deciding which songs to put on ‘Versificator,’ we had to choose between Legacy and Anthem; Anthem won. We ended up rewriting Legacy and now we’re happy with it.

NEW LOWS

This was the last song to be written for this record. We were home for a couple weeks in February of 2009 and Jeff and I were unemployed and Brian didn’t work until 10:00 am, so the three of us would go jam from 8-9:30am. The early morning jams didn’t last long, but we were able to knock out the basic outline for this song. I had a hard time finalizing lyrics that I was happy with. I already knew what I was going to write about, but I just couldn’t get it out. After months of getting nowhere with it, I decided to open my notebook and write whatever came to mind and just go with it. “I give up. I’ve been trying for several months now to get it all into words.” Looking back on it now, I probably over thought it, but I’m happy with the way it turned out.

Get the scoop on the rest of the tracks after the jump... 

Read more.

LAST NIGHT: BATTLE, HERCULES, ABHF, REVIVER, OCL

How was the show? If you took pictures or video, shoot it to grudgecityhc@gmail.com. We'd love to post it.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, VOLUME 2 AVAILABLE NOW, FEATURES UNRELEASED REVIVER!

Download here. Now. Free. Featuring Reviver, This Is Hell, The Effort, Final Fight and more!

REVIVER PICS FROM BOSTON

Check 'em out at Reviver's Facebook page.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH COMP OUT NOW

Volume 1 in the Enough is Enough compilation series was released this week through Woodland Records.

The donation-based project brings hardcore and punk bands from around the world together in support of same-sex marriage.

The record features tracks from Shook Ones, Bridge & Tunnel and Crooked Ways. Volume 2 is slated for a spring release, and will feature an unreleased track from our very own Reviver! Plans are in the works for a 3rd and 4th offering as well.

Download, donate and support, here.

NEW MUSIC: REVIVER!

We reported a while back that Reviver will be joining dozens of hardcore bands -- This is Hell, Touche Amore and Final Fight to name a few -- in support of same-sex marriage on the Enough is Enough compilation.

Their contribution, "Civil Contract," is now up on their MySpace page. Listen!

REVIVER HITTING THE ROAD WITH A BETTER HOPE FOUNDATION

Salt Lake's own Reviver and California's A Better Hope Foundation are hitting the together from March 21-29. They'll swing through Ogden to play The Basement on the 22nd. Don't miss it!

Here's what Sam of Reviver had to say about the tour:

We've been talking about touring together with ABHF for a couple years now almost . But both our bands are touring so much so it's hard to work around each other's schedules. We just played with them the first time in Denver on our last tour and it was a great time. So we're pretty excited about doing more with them.

FOLLOW REVIVER ON TOUR

Reviver hit the road last weekend and have been sporadically updating their tour blog.

Check back for some entertaining stories from the road.

Reviver's Blog

TONIGHT IN SLC: 01/21/10

Duh...

ONE VOICE: MATT MASCARENAS

I remember seeing Matt slinging a video camera at some of the first hardcore shows I went to. I remember thinking, "I wonder if that little, little kid's parents know where he's at at such an ungodly hour." Something like a decade later, Matt's still breaking curfew. He started playing music with Grace from Gallows/The Masses. Moved onto a guitar spot in Aftermath of a Trainwreck. Guest spotted on a Cherem tour. Then formed Cool Your Jets and Murdock/Challenger. And today he fronts Reviver -- one of the most hardworking bands to ever come out of Salt Lake. Thanks Matt's parents.

How were you introduced to Salt Lake Hardcore?

I was introduced to Vision Of Disorder's self-titled record and was really into it. I started looking for new music that was comparable and somehow came across the Burn the Rat website. A few friends and I decided to go check out a show and kept going after that.

Memorable SLHC shows?

Shows at Albee Square in general. The one that sticks out the most was when Stretch Arm Strong played there. There weren't many people there but it was a great time nonetheless. Another show that comes to mind was when Unearth played at Uprok, well, the coffee shop that was next to Uprok.

Who are your favorite SLHC bands?

My favorite bands to come out this state are Form of Rocket, Parallax, and Pushing Up Daisies. Form of Rocket is a given. Parallax were amazing musicians. They also had a great message and opened me up to a lot of new social topics/problems. I saw Pushing up Daisies at the first show I went to and was really into it. I didn't get to see them again for a good three years or so.

How has the hardcore scene impacted your life?

The hardcore scene was inspiring in a sense that the kids were responsible for everything. It was a underground community/network for kids that saw the many problems going on that and wanted to change things for the better, such as A New Dawn Breaking. ANDB introduced me to veganism.

What are your thoughts on the state of hardcore and its future?

The potential is there, just as it always has been, its just a matter of kids taking advantage of it. That aspect of it has been proven to be unpredictable. Its always up and down. Either way, I have high hopes for the future.

PHOTO ARCHIVE UPDATE 12/29/09

Collapse, Bad Yodelers, Iceburn's Reunion, Reviver, Cool Your Jets, Flyers and more... here.

THIS TUESDAY! REVIVER, ONE CLEAN LIFE, CITY TO CITY IN OGDEN

MUSIC TO BE DOWNLOADED: GCA MIXTAPE, CITY TO CITY, REVIVER, ONE CLEAN LIFE

A handful of records have gone up for download lately. Get your hands on em'!

GCA MixTape: Volume One - Download
City to City - Vision: The Complete Works - Download
Reviver - Versificator - Download
One Clean Life - 2009 Demo - Download

PHOTO ARCHIVE UPDATE: BAD YODELERS, BRAINSTORM, SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, COOL YOUR JETS, DEAD KENNEDYS IN SLC

Head over to the Salt Lake Hardcore Photo Archive! If you're a Flickr user, add us to your contacts: grudgecityhc@yahoo.com.