Philadelphia, PA-based hardcore unit Soul Glo stopped by NPR to perform on the station's Tiny Desk Series. In the 15-minute set, the band rips through four tracks and even cause a bit a movement within the office, which doesn't seem to happen too often.
NPR shared the following:
We have hosted rap legends, Broadway musicals, pop stars, world-renowned classical musicians, indie rockers and folkies — there's a universe of music at the Tiny Desk that keeps expanding. But we have never featured a hardcore punk band at the NPR Music office ... until Soul Glo.
Hardcore and punk are vital not only in how I understand the world but also challenge myself; it's music that feels first, then screams. Soul Glo crystalizes its anger and anxiety — about trauma, anti-Blackness, mortality, survival — with a pummeling prism of classic hardcore speed, psychedelic noise, sludgy riffs and a spitfire vocalist with exasperated-but-exhilarating run-ons, who finds moments to step back and bounce like an emcee would.
But punk can also be unpredictable because, at its heart, punk does not want to be contained. Soul Glo's set features tracks from 2022's still thrilling Diaspora Problems, plus a loosie from last year. Halfway through "Driponomics," Pierce Jordan gets on the Desk, but dips in and out of the microphone's range to commune with the throng of punks gathered. The same happens with the band's outrageously chaotic and catchy closer "Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)," but what the mics don't capture in Jordan's verse, the crowd more than ably makes up for in the gang vocals that feverishly scream back the hook. (Yes, that is me stepping into the frame to get a mic back in Jordan's general vicinity.) Oh, and in a Tiny Desk of several firsts, a mosh pit broke out in the office; I'm still smiling about it.
Soul Glo set list:
1. Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future))
2. If I Speak (Shut The F*** Up)
3. Driponomics
4. Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)
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Post CommentRemember when these whiny ass bitches got arrested in the deep south because they had w33d in a no-go w33d state, then claimed it was a racist conspiracy? Pathetic unaccountable clowns.
Ooof that is an awkward performance but we have nod along and say it's good because you know why...
Can the guy that posts the list of shittiest bands add this one please
No one in Philly actually listens to or likes this band. Unlistenable.
Gutter trash band. Singer looks like the homeless guy I used to pay $5 to watch my car when I went into the Trocadero for shows back in the day.
Woke horseshit. NPR is state-owned propaganda.
I made it to 1:06 before I turned it off. Atrocious.
No one in Philly actually listens to or likes this band. Unlistenable. ^^^^ Even the most hated bass player in Philly hates this band.
This band liked the Coming to America sequel.
Their next album will receive a 9 on Lambgoat especially if that retard Eliot reviews it.
GG rocking hoop earrings is so cringe. Dude had abused a lot of women before joining this band prob still does now does shit like this
tiny desk concerts are pretty f*cking played out
I love punk. I love hardcore. I love rock. I love metal. I love hip hop. I love funk and soul. I love jazz. I have appreciation for most any subgenre or fusion in-between. That being said, this band just kinda sucks. And this is not a flattering format for them to play. Pass.
Am I supposed to be shocked the NPR crowd likes and is promoting these guys ?
They make End It sound like prime Black Flag. What's the beef between them & Joe Hardcore? There has to be one as they never play his shows/he never books them. Both from Philadelphia yet never working together. .
What's the beef between them & Joe Hardcore? There has to be one as they never play his shows/he never books them. Both from Philadelphia yet never working together. Simple answer, they're not into the knuckle-dragging FSU shit
When being black is a substitute for being good
I gave this a shot but man this is embarrassing
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Horrible band, "liked" by who probably don't even really like them.
This band sucks. I don't do the white guilt/white knight hardcore thing, b/c unfortunately that's now a thing in hardcore.
What's the beef between them & Joe Hardcore? There has to be one as they never play his shows/he never books them. Both from Philadelphia yet never working together. Simple answer, they're not into the knuckle-dragging FSU shit That's not a beef that's a general dislike. There must be a specific beef between them & Joe.
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