I suffered a brief hemmorage of punk and hardcore during high school (just ask Dmac if you doubt this; i later turned to d.metal, then grindcore). Post-high school, I moved on to more jazz/funk, hiphop, and electronic flavors. Then, last year, my buddy Jru (of FlavorHerd fame) threw me a curve with Tuner Control's Air Raid vol. 2. Punk, hardcore, rock blended, cut, and mixed like hiphop. And damn, it was good. So I threw it on the iPod, rocked out for a couple weeks, revisited all my old Misfits jams... and then the iPod decided to wipe itself clean and set free all the glorious [stolen] music to which it had given a home (pesky little critters). Then, a couple weeks ago, I was exchanging music with a friend [Hollar at you Tina Fury] and remembered the mix. I promised her I'd pick up a couple copies from the lab. And so I did.

Air Raid [vol. 2] is chock full of all the good shit from high school: Misfits, Minor Threat, Danzig, Op Ivy, The Stooges, Pantera, Motley Crew, The Cars, Le Tigre... The blends are sharp, and not nearly as obnoxious as you might think. And I aint even gonna talk about the Metallica juggle secret track jump-off. Go buy it. Support a couple DJs.

download 3 London Dungeons [direct]
download 4 Stepping Stone [direct]
download 15 Crackin Up [direct]
download 25 Damaged Goods [direct]

buy Air Raid vol. 2 [turntablelab]

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