It’s that man Reynolds again. This time with an eloquent and informative breeze through his approach to the last 20 years of UK ‘ardcore. Remarkably readable and fascinating.

Energy Flash – The Hardcore Continuum

Theory and Its Discontents
The text of a talk by Simon Reynolds delivered at FACT, Liverpool, Wednesday 11th February 2009. 
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notes for points to be brought up during the dialogue segment with Mark Fisher but weren’t owing to time running out
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afterthoughts on the past, present and future of the hardcore continuum