Drug Church, World Impact. The vocalist gargles with razor blades, the groove is sludgy but fast, the chorus is killer and the lyrics are great. This shouldn’t work but it does. I found this band in an article about Turnstile and the future of hardcore, and it gives me hope. I want more of this to restore my faith in guitar-based rock.
This is a beautiful piece of kit, and had I $500 to blow on it, I’d do so willingly: the Brennan B2. It’s a micro jukebox powered by a Raspberry Pi. Feed it CDs and it’ll rip them; you can load preripped files via USB. It’s configurable via web interface; it also can play internet radio.