I had given up on hardcore punk, labeled it a tired genre, too constricted.  The Founding Fathers of Hardcore Themselves had to change their styles to stay fresh.  Ian MacKaye formed Fugazi.  Black Flag went Sludge.  Husker Du and The Replacements evolved into, well, Husker Du and The Replacements.  The only modern hardcore seemed “punks” clinging to some youthful rebellion without any artistic merit.  At least that’s what I thought, until this cocksure opinion of mine was forcefully challenged this […]