There’s a tradition in the Western Isles of Scotland where congregations sing biblical psalms in Gaelic, unaccompanied, voices layered over each other in something closer to a drone than a hymn. It’s
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Six notes on a guitar, looped and warped through pedals until it barely sounds like a guitar anymore. That’s how
A small Buddha magnet sat on the piano while Ania Babrakowska wrote. It had travelled back from Japan in her
Sydney punk duo Smallways. didn’t sit down and plan a conceptual two-part record. They felt it happening before they had
Four people in a practice space in Mabgate Bleach, Leeds, recording short, abrasive songs with no solos and fairly pessimistic
The name Gooey Cookie came from a friend trying to remember the band Gouge Away and getting it spectacularly wrong.
“What Sets Me Apart” opens the record — track one, front and center. That’s not an accident. Dylan, who handles
A punk band based in Pune, India, writing a politically charged song about the United States, then remotely co-directing a
Twenty-six years after its original release, Hudson Valley, NY’s Joshua went back and completely re-recorded “A Whole New Theory” —
Flatwounds get the 90s tag a lot. Helmet, Alice In Chains, Fahrenheit 451 — people hear the thick riffs and
There’s a guy in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, who picks up a vinyl pressing of his band’s new album at
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You won’t always find this kind of sound on these pages. The usual rotation here leans heavier on hardcore, post-hardcore, punk — the stuff that hits fast and leaves bruises. But every
Premieres
Chicago, goth-pop duo, ClubDrugs premieres their incandescent new single, “Overdose.” With its sheer tenacity, the dream-like soundscape distributes charming tension that breeds equal parts anxiety and serenity. Composers Maria Reichstadt (vocals, synths, bass) and John Regan (vocals, synths, guitar, drums) encapsulate their stellar ambivalence
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There’s a specific kind of punk band that stays interesting because they
Fifteen years in and Barren Womb are still not interested in making
Depression Nap didn’t build a fancy website website. They barely have social
Murcia’s Le Mur don’t ease you into “Porno“. The second single off
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Brighton’s Fakeyourdeath already made a strong case with “Shapeshifter” earlier this year — we covered the single back in February when it dropped, and the response was hard to ignore. Now their second EP “(Non)entity” is out in full, produced again by Wayne Adams
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There’s a particular thing that happens in DC when musicians from different
Emergency Broadcast started in 2016 in Istanbul, built by drummer Gigi as
Oslo’s Damokles have been frequent visitors to these pages, and with good
There’s a particular weight to hardcore records that don’t just channel anger
