Milwaukee didn’t leave behind an SST or Dischord. It left behind Die Kreuzen. In the early ‘80s, while the coasts were stitching their punk myths into label catalogs and legacy acts, Milwaukee
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San Diego’s Hauntu will release their new single “Mote It Be” on August 15th, 2025, as part of the 7-band
Zach Butcher has been on both sides of the DIY spectrum — fronting bands and running a label. Now 30,
“How can we move forward when we’re going nowhere?” Eric Gagne opens “The Worm Moon” with that question, framing the
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“Iarmhaireacht”, the new EP from Dublin’s Nerves, arrives August 15, steeped in layered grief, archival unease, and the sense that
This week’s roundup opens in the raw corners of hardcore, post-hardcore, and screamo—where new releases meet unearthed archives and small-label
In 1992, three Texas hardcore bands exploded onto the Dallas/Fort Worth punk scene. Sharing a love of politically charged underground
Tulsa hardcore band weepcar are set to release their debut EP So You Keep Your Eyes Closed at the End
Out of a Denver basement back in 2017, FOX LAKE started splicing hardcore, hip-hop, and metal into something heavier, sharper,
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Chicago’s hard rockin’ post hardcore emo trio Heavy Seas returns with By Degrees — a record that doesn’t sugarcoat its intentions. Across ten tracks, the band threads together raw emotional urgency with
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Poptones’ second album “Pure”, out September 26th via Happy Metal Records, trades restraint for range. The Copenhagen trio—Mads Bertelsen, Simon Hiemstra, and Anders Poulsen—sound less like they’re chasing a sound and more like they’re chasing instinct. Recorded in fragments across Denmark, India, and Italy,
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Volk Soup test the finesse. The Leeds six-piece have spent the last
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The story of OutControlJoys begins where two of Nepal’s underground punk bands—Anautho Prashna and grindviolence outfit Rog—left off. After a final DIY show in 2017, both bandssolved dis as Pokhara’s once-active hardcore scene began to quiet down. s/t by OutControlJoys “We all the members from both
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South Wales hardcore outfit Maelstrom are releasing their second EP, cutting straight
Recorded at Earth Analogue Studio, engineered and mixed by Sanford Parker, mastered
“False Point” arrives digitally on July 3, 2025, pairing two rising Midwestern
With the release of Krater, Charlie Werber (LOVELY LITTLE GIRLS, THE FLYING
