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news + noise from joshua hardisty / Halifax A.D.

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Nail Worship podcast #2: Lincoln’s brutal emo
classic material, nail worship
Nail Worship podcast #2: Lincoln’s brutal emo
classic material, nail worship

Episode 2 dissects the debut 7” from Lincoln — a band whose later releases would define emo for a decade but whose start was both heavy and melodic.

classic material, nail worship
Nail Worship outtake: Reunion Fever
classic material, nail worship
Nail Worship outtake: Reunion Fever
classic material, nail worship

Every band we ever loved is back together (except Hoover). Joshua and Jason aren’t entirely sure how they feel about this.

classic material, nail worship
Nail Worship podcast #1 out now
classic material, nail worship
Nail Worship podcast #1 out now
classic material, nail worship

New podcast dedicated to analyzing influential or should-be-influential records features a discussion of the seminal 90’s split LP by KARP and Rye Coalition on Troubleman Unlimited and the weirdness of the 90’s hardcore scene.

classic material, nail worship
Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise
new music
Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise
new music

Abilene (members of Regulator Watts, June of 44, Just A Fire and Bloodiest) quietly dissolved in 2004 but not before opening yet another chapter in their sound with these final songs written with Doug McCombs on bass.

new music
Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order
new music
Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order
new music

The complete output of the early 2000’s post-hardcore outfit is finally seeing an official re-release by HALIFAX A.D.’s 795 Media and Landland Colportage.

new music
Death To False Art episode 6: How to stop procrastinating
life
Death To False Art episode 6: How to stop procrastinating
life

Do you procrastinate? Does it make you feel lazy and worthless? See if friction is what’s holding you back.

life
Death To False Art episode 5: Don’t follow the rules
life
Death To False Art episode 5: Don’t follow the rules
life

Can’t finish (or even start) projects? Maybe you’re working by a set of rules that need to be tossed.

life
Death To False Art episode 4: How to find motivation
life
Death To False Art episode 4: How to find motivation
life

Can’t find the motivation to make art? Here’s a way to fix that.

life
Death To False Art episode 3: Just Start
life
Death To False Art episode 3: Just Start
life

Trying to start a new art practice the “right” way can keep you from starting at all.

life
Death To False Art episode 2: How to Make Time for Making Art
life
Death To False Art episode 2: How to Make Time for Making Art
life

How to make time for productive creativity when you have no time

life
Featured
Nail Worship podcast #2: Lincoln’s brutal emo
Apr 5, 2024
Nail Worship podcast #2: Lincoln’s brutal emo
Apr 5, 2024

Episode 2 dissects the debut 7” from Lincoln — a band whose later releases would define emo for a decade but whose start was both heavy and melodic.

Read More →
Apr 5, 2024
Nail Worship outtake: Reunion Fever
Mar 28, 2024
Nail Worship outtake: Reunion Fever
Mar 28, 2024

Every band we ever loved is back together (except Hoover). Joshua and Jason aren’t entirely sure how they feel about this.

Read More →
Mar 28, 2024
Nail Worship podcast #1 out now
Mar 28, 2024
Nail Worship podcast #1 out now
Mar 28, 2024

New podcast dedicated to analyzing influential or should-be-influential records features a discussion of the seminal 90’s split LP by KARP and Rye Coalition on Troubleman Unlimited and the weirdness of the 90’s hardcore scene.

Read More →
Mar 28, 2024
Pick up new tees in the shop
Nov 24, 2023
Pick up new tees in the shop
Nov 24, 2023

Two new clean typographic designs for the first releases under my own name

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Nov 24, 2023
Watch Lungfish play a rare live show in 1998
Oct 4, 2023
Watch Lungfish play a rare live show in 1998
Oct 4, 2023

Video captures the band playing a raw and intense set from their late-90’s catalog.

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Oct 4, 2023
Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise
Oct 2, 2023
Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise
Oct 2, 2023

Abilene (members of Regulator Watts, June of 44, Just A Fire and Bloodiest) quietly dissolved in 2004 but not before opening yet another chapter in their sound with these final songs written with Doug McCombs on bass.

Read More →
Oct 2, 2023
Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order
Oct 1, 2023
Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order
Oct 1, 2023

The complete output of the early 2000’s post-hardcore outfit is finally seeing an official re-release by HALIFAX A.D.’s 795 Media and Landland Colportage.

Read More →
Oct 1, 2023
Death To False Art episode 6: How to stop procrastinating
Jan 27, 2023
Death To False Art episode 6: How to stop procrastinating
Jan 27, 2023

Do you procrastinate? Does it make you feel lazy and worthless? See if friction is what’s holding you back.

Read More →
Jan 27, 2023
Death To False Art episode 5: Don’t follow the rules
Jan 24, 2023
Death To False Art episode 5: Don’t follow the rules
Jan 24, 2023

Can’t finish (or even start) projects? Maybe you’re working by a set of rules that need to be tossed.

Read More →
Jan 24, 2023
Death To False Art episode 4: How to find motivation
Jan 22, 2023
Death To False Art episode 4: How to find motivation
Jan 22, 2023

Can’t find the motivation to make art? Here’s a way to fix that.

Read More →
Jan 22, 2023
new track: “A New Point of Entry” — HALIFAX noise
Dec 11, 2022
new track: “A New Point of Entry” — HALIFAX noise
Dec 11, 2022

Joshua Hardisty’s new guitar-driven tracks nods to drone metal and full-frequency harsh noise.

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Dec 11, 2022
Death To False Art episode 3: Just Start
Dec 11, 2022
Death To False Art episode 3: Just Start
Dec 11, 2022

Trying to start a new art practice the “right” way can keep you from starting at all.

Read More →
Dec 11, 2022
Death To False Art episode 2: How to Make Time for Making Art
Sep 20, 2022
Death To False Art episode 2: How to Make Time for Making Art
Sep 20, 2022

How to make time for productive creativity when you have no time

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Sep 20, 2022
Death To False Art episode 1: Teach Yourself
Sep 15, 2022
Death To False Art episode 1: Teach Yourself
Sep 15, 2022

Presenting the first episode of a new video series by Joshua/HALIFAX A.D. Consider it “Everything I Wish I Learned When I Spent $100K on Art School”.

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Sep 15, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jun 1, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jun 1, 2022

New heaviness from Whores, Portrayal of Guilt, Human Impact & Conjurer, beats from Commodo, Palpa & Dalek One, and a reissue of the best band you’ve never heard, Laddio Bolocko (ex-Dazzling Killmen & De Facto). Plus like a ton of other jams.

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Jun 1, 2022
Dennis Bovell’s remix of “The Smoke” highlights all the right elements
Apr 27, 2022
Dennis Bovell’s remix of “The Smoke” highlights all the right elements
Apr 27, 2022

Dub mix of the Radiohead side-project The Smile amplifies and extends all the best parts of their 2nd single

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Apr 27, 2022
Listen to the first previews of John Wiese & Dean Spunt’s collabo LP on Drag City
Apr 26, 2022
Listen to the first previews of John Wiese & Dean Spunt’s collabo LP on Drag City
Apr 26, 2022

Team up of veteran noise master and No Age drummer showcases precisely edited material that jumps back and forth between hits from Spunt’s drumkit and a range of abstract sounds.

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Apr 26, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jan 7, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jan 7, 2022

New punk/rock from Atom Driver (ex-Deadguy), Strangelight (members of Kowloon Walled City, The New Trust + Western Addiction), revisiting Mouthpiece, and classic instrumentals from O.C.’s 1994 debut Word… Life.

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Jan 7, 2022
Hoover’s Alex Dunham on Sonic Youth, Talking Heads and other influences on new podcast
Aug 5, 2021
Hoover’s Alex Dunham on Sonic Youth, Talking Heads and other influences on new podcast
Aug 5, 2021

The Regulator Watts & Abilene guitarist is joined by Kevin Williams (of the mighty 90’s UK emo band Fabric) to discuss formative songs on the “Screams From The Gutter” podcast.

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Aug 5, 2021
Johnny Greenwood illustrates the difference between a genius and a dilettante
May 10, 2021
Johnny Greenwood illustrates the difference between a genius and a dilettante
May 10, 2021

The Radiohead member and composer’s body of work benefits from a particular addiction to novelty.

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May 10, 2021
How to balance art and family
Apr 23, 2021
How to balance art and family
Apr 23, 2021

How do you find time for art once you start having kids? This 5-minute video breaks down the main issues and how you might resolve them.

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Apr 23, 2021
Rewind: Marc Johnson’s “Lost & Lakai’d” part (2013)
Apr 23, 2021
Rewind: Marc Johnson’s “Lost & Lakai’d” part (2013)
Apr 23, 2021

MJ’s unused Pretty Sweet footage made for a pretty good video part on it’s own.

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Apr 23, 2021
Heavy Rotation
Apr 22, 2021
Heavy Rotation
Apr 22, 2021

New hardcore from Colonial Wound and No Escape, unreleased Distance and Skream, and recent discoveries Why Bother?, Tunic, and False Pockets. Plus a bunch of Unbroken and an ambient section.

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Apr 22, 2021
Premier: Reaganite “untitled power cut” EP
Apr 21, 2021
Premier: Reaganite “untitled power cut” EP
Apr 21, 2021

This electro-acoustic piece by mvajoshua was the result of letting the process get off-track.

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Apr 21, 2021

 

 

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Music

Featured
Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise
Oct 2, 2023
Listen to unreleased Abilene songs with Doug McCombs of Tortoise
Oct 2, 2023
Oct 2, 2023
Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order
Oct 1, 2023
Abilene (ex-Hoover) “Endee Burial” 3LP discography available for pre-order
Oct 1, 2023
Oct 1, 2023
Heavy Rotation
Jun 1, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
Dennis Bovell’s remix of “The Smoke” highlights all the right elements
Apr 27, 2022
Dennis Bovell’s remix of “The Smoke” highlights all the right elements
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
Listen to the first previews of John Wiese & Dean Spunt’s collabo LP on Drag City
Apr 26, 2022
Listen to the first previews of John Wiese & Dean Spunt’s collabo LP on Drag City
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jan 7, 2022
Heavy Rotation
Jan 7, 2022
Jan 7, 2022

Skateboarding

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Rewind: Marc Johnson’s “Lost & Lakai’d” part (2013)
Apr 23, 2021
Rewind: Marc Johnson’s “Lost & Lakai’d” part (2013)
Apr 23, 2021
Apr 23, 2021
Watch a montage of ’96 Tampa Pro highlights with a legendary line-up
Apr 16, 2021
Watch a montage of ’96 Tampa Pro highlights with a legendary line-up
Apr 16, 2021
Apr 16, 2021
Watch “Chéparia” — Austin TX scene video with a new Austin Amelio part
Apr 15, 2021
Watch “Chéparia” — Austin TX scene video with a new Austin Amelio part
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
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