If critical consensus is to be believed, OFF! heralds a new wave of hardcore—even if by faithfully re-creating the first one. The supergroup finds original Black Flag frontman Keith Morris leading Redd Kross' Steven McDonald, Hot Snakes' Mario Rubalcab and Burning Brides' Dimitri Coats through blistering one-minute blasts. They're mirror images of those he once led with Black Flag and Circle Jerks. Perhaps such a wave of hardcore nostalgia will give Negative Approach its due. The influential Detroit ragers boast one of punk's most ferocious frontmen in John Brannon, who wields a lethal bark. Double Negative's mutated hardcore offers a more complex counterpoint to OFF!'s snotty splats, meaning this bill runs backward. —Bryan C. Reed