Because you're not hardcore...unless you live hardcore...and the legend of the rent was way hardcore...School of Rock anyone? Remember that shit? October's round up contains a selection of heavy hitters (in every possible sense of the word) and one of Phil's biggest disappointments of the year. Was it you? Better tune in and find out! Albums discussed below:

Every Time I Die - Radical

Frontierer - Oxidized

Grouper - Shade

Kayo Dot - Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike

Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life

Kowloon Walled City - Piecework

Mastodon - Hushed and Grim

Young Thug - Punk