#doghouse records

[diggin-the-grave]

the get up kids - something to write home about (1999) - inserts and ads

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Discogs: Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy

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Another Wall - Globe - 7″ - Doghouse Records - Dog-22

Pressing Stats Pressing #:  1st Color: Green Black Qty Pressed:  ??? Additional Info:  N/A

Track Listing:

Globe

Hectic

In Time

Synopsis:

So in the mid 90s, the hardcore scene saw a reinventing so to speak.  In the 80s you had your hardcore punk (Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains etc.) your street type hardcore (Agnostic Front, Warzone), that whole youth crew movement (see Revelation Records 2-20) and for the most part that was it.  In the 90s you saw a consistent delivery of those sub genres however things started to happen.  Alot of those 80s bands began to expand their horizons.  Some went towards becoming much more metal, others went the emo direction, post hardcore exploded, tough guy hardcore bands made a name for themselves and melodic hardcore stood up as a thing.  Personally, I hate subgenres, they are often redundant.  Just take a look at all the nonsense out there nowadays.  Throw out an adjective and put “core” behind it and boom a new subgenre.  Anyways, Another Wall was a short lived band out of CT that went the more melodic route that I often reminds me of bands like Shelter, Prema, and Four Walls Falling.  The breakdowns are still there, the passion is as well and yes they are hardcore even though many may choose to argue at points.  In any event, this 7″ deserves a listen.  It really shouldnt be buried in a collection or in the dollar bin at a dollar store.  Another Wall was a band that fell through the cracks and deserve more attention.  Very typical 90s HC and that is a good thing.

Doghouse was one of those labels back in the day that had its own personality regardless of the release.  What i mean by that is that certain bands, scenes, labels have that sound like the Epitaph sound or the Clevo scene, Doghouse had that look.  They could have released a Cannibal Corpse LP and it would have that Doghouse look to it with no gore or corpses to be found.  Very artistic, 90′s emo approach etc.  Many were turned off by it cuz it wasnt punk enough, but I always like it.  I loved the label until the late 90s when they went towards a much more corporate approach but that was their right.  In many ways, Doghouse inspired many other labels to do the same such a Initial Records and Immigrant Sun just to name a couple.  The Another Wall 7″ is pretty representative of that approach.

Rating: Overall Vinyl Presentation 3/5 Music 3/5

[revkilltaker]

Endpoint – Catharsis - LP - Doghouse Records - Dog-10

Pressing Stats

Pressing #: First Press

Color:  Black

Qty Pressed: ???

Additional Info: Other Pressings Available

Track Listing

Caste

Remember

Iceberg

Promise

Inside

Stone

Days After

Guilty By Association

Maturity

Last Song

8/10

[revkilltaker]

Endpoint – After Taste - LP - Doghouse Records - DOG-24

Stats

Pressing #:  1st

Color:  Black Vinyl

Qty Pressed: 584/3000 (2500 Black, 500 Red)

Additional Info: Other Pressing Available

Track List

Force Fed

Circumvent

Decision Maker

Keating

Beggar Song

Lowland

Passive

Witness

Dirge

Myth

After Taste

Survivor Time

Rating

7.5/10

Synopsis

Endpoint for as awesome as they were, never got the love they deserved in the bigger markets.  I never understood why.  Sure they flirted with going over to the Emo/Post Hardcore side from time to time, this LP being part of that, but they were still a true hardcore band through and through.  The Midwest unfairly had a stigma in much of the arrogant east coast scene.  I loved them, and I really enjoy this LP even though the signs were there at this point that the band was going in different directions.  Just look at what came from the members after this.  Passionate, thoughtful lyrics and vocals, driving Louisville sound that always makes my heart a flutter.  I really miss this band and a reunion is far over due.

The layout screams Doghouse Records.  I loved the early days of Dirks hard work and great ear for music, these days...not so much.  All those early Doghouse bands though, Endpoint, Tramlaw, Omaha, Joshua, Falling Forward, Majority of One, and on and on and on.  After Taste takes a break from that traditional hardcore look and band font (I do miss that) and gives a much more artistic and whimsical feel to the release.  Again, Doghouse was just doing things differently.

[nineteenfiftysix]

Say Anything - Alive With The Glory Of Love (...Is A Real Boy, 2004)

[revkilltaker]

Endpoint - The Last Record - 10″ - Doghouse Records - Dog-030

Pressing Stats

Pressing #: 1st Color: Black Qty Pressed: ??? Additional Info:  Comes in Yellow also

Track Listing

Chalk

Pencil Break

Strings

Mather’s Point

Brown County

Synopsis:

Endpoint hailing from Louisville Kentucky was often pigeonholed due to their location and sound.  Being from the mid Atlantic area and not on the east coast thus falling into the generic NYHC scene/sound or Boston etc. but also having a very west coast sound such as Insted or Outspoken also hindered their reach.  I for one always enjoyed them and the various bands that developed from their ashes, esp. By the Grace of God and Elliot.  I always found enjoyment in hardcore bands that had their own sound, moreso than bands that just blended in with the rest.  I liked originality and these guys had it.  This release though was a clear sign that the band was over.  Their sound on this is much more reminiscent of where they went from here, and their HC sound probably just got tiresome to them.  It happens and luckily then went on to other forms of greatness.

Little effort put into this release and it shows.  Sorry Dirk and Endpoint but its a generic letdown.  I loved the look of the In a Time of Hate and Catharsis LPs they were so damn eyecatching, this simply is not.

Rating: Overall Vinyl Presentation 2/5 Music 3/5

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Colossus of the Fall - Those Years - 7″ - Doghouse Records - Dog-033

Pressing Stats

Pressing #:  1st Color: Black Qty Pressed:  ??? Additional Info:  N/A

Track Listing

Those Years

Square

Synopsis:

An original taken from the 10″ and a cover of the Metroschifter song Square.  I always liked this band and the whole midwestern emo scene in general.  Not sure how or why Doghouse went on the direction they did, but at one point I always looked forward to Doghouse releases.  Colossus of the Fall eventually evolved into the band Omaha which I loved back in the 90s as well, so if you dig this, check them out as well.  Groovy and grindy kind of emo with Eddie Veddar like vocals.  So much different than what folks today would call emo.

So much 90s indie emo personality to this 45 both in music and in layout.  I mean it screams the stuff really.  Beautifully laid out and packaged giving the owner the feel that it was handmade.  Perhaps it was as there was only one pressing from what I know.

Rating: Overall Vinyl Presentation 4/5 Music 3/5