Karol Kamiński

DIY rock music enthusiast and web-zine publisher from Warsaw, Poland. Supporting DIY ethics, local artists and promoting hardcore punk, rock, post rock and alternative music of all kinds via IDIOTEQ online channels.
Contact via [email protected]

L'eveil "Wars of Abstraction"

September 30, 2026

Ohio L’eveil put progressive rock and metal through one acoustic guitar on “Wars of Abstraction”

KMKZ

September 29, 2026

Northern Polish hardcore punks KMKZ ask who pays for our comfort on “Szóste Wielkie Wymieranie”

WORMBOUND by Justin Mondschein, @justinlansdale

September 29, 2026

Philadelphia melodic hardcore punks WORMBOUND turn work, money and powerlessness into “Senseless Nonsense”

Sanndröm

September 29, 2026

Swedish synth project Sanndröm head toward the end of a Jämtland trilogy with “Tropical Non Heat”

RETALIHATE

September 28, 2026

Vancouver’s metallic hardcore act RETALIHATE brings machine-tight brutality to “Core Wounds”

ENDSWELL

September 28, 2026

Wisconsin emo band ENDSWELL turn friendship, fallout and growing up into high octane new album “Everything Confided Will Be Forgotten”

MELTING PEOPLE

September 28, 2026

Brooklyn hardcore band Melting People turn aging, lost time and family illness into “Demo 2026”

the great ox

September 24, 2026

THE GREAT OX IN THE BELLY OF A SNAKE carry fourteen years of Pennsylvania noise and Vulturepeak history into “Euphoric Dread”

Ashley Reaks

September 24, 2026

Harrogate artist Ashley Reaks returns to punk on twentieth solo album “Post-Hope World”

HELICON

September 24, 2026

Glasgow Psych Rock band HELICON and AL LLOVER about making Arise

Vaelthunder

September 24, 2026

Melodic metalcore act VAELTHUNDER turn a decade of old riffs, disappearing networks and internet fatigue into “Expose / Exist”

Gooseberry by Peyton Miller

September 24, 2026

Gooseberry premiere “Gnash” and explain how “Simple Sucker” found its perfect fool

The House Flies

September 24, 2026

Illinois dark post-punk band THE HOUSE FLIES take us through old photographs, country churches and disappearing places on “Lions and Ore”

Black clothing, by Muhammad Dzaki Zaidan,

September 23, 2026

How Black Clothing Became a Visual Language Across Punk and Metal

Photo by Esteban Garita

September 22, 2026

“Zero / Uno”: a two-song dialogue between San José shoegaze/post-hardcore band Adiós Cometa and Tokyo screamo band Cissné make

przeprosiny, by Jacek Brzoza

September 22, 2026

Katowice emo/shoegaze trio przeprosiny turn dream loss into captivating debut album “femme”

FIRSTLINE

September 21, 2026

Madrid Latin hardcore band FIRSTLINE carry migration, family memory and life between countries into wild wild new EP “TRIBU”

DEVIL CITY CULT

September 21, 2026

DEVIL CITY CULT carry years of Madrid hardcore and metal history into “Murderous Retribution”

WIKI live

September 21, 2026

Experimental noise rockers WIKI bring their own rules for improvisation and recording into adventurous debut EP [sun]

Rotunda, Warsaw, photo by Kowalczyk

September 20, 2026

Canadian experimental duo THE NAWROCKIS made “Kapusta” from live improvisation, family history and nearly four decades of Polish connections

TheUrbanFarmer

September 19, 2026

TheUrbanFarmer talks “Psyop Of Unknowns”, media manipulation and making music with AI

Society of Beggars

September 18, 2026

Melbourne alt-rock band SOCIETY OF BEGGARS ask “How much is enough?” inside the consumerist doom-loop of “I Want I Want”

My Death Diary

September 18, 2026

MY DEATH DIARY lost the masters, kept the songs, and found their way back into Jakarta emo

THE MORMONS by Daniel Guzman

September 18, 2026

THE MORMONS finally record a 28-year-old song on “Rats”, alongside ghosts, dead machines and failing bodies

Cara, Wellness, by Sam Blieden

September 18, 2026

Emoviolent screamo band WELLNESS push metallic hardcore through black-metal melody on a record built for physical limits

Holy Pinto, by Brandon Tasker

September 17, 2026

HOLY PINTO connect love, commitment and Milwaukee life across the indie-pop of “Wedding Season”

Bat Leather

September 17, 2026

BAT LEATHER bring five blasts of brutal minimalist noise rock on “Dark Arts”

Youth Avoiders live, photography: Joan Dastarac

September 17, 2026

After almost 25 years at Revelation, Adam Lentz starts Bottom Six Records with YOUTH AVOIDERS’ “Defiance”

SKIIMO

September 17, 2026

Rocky Mountain emo, panic attacks, Kyoto trains and a dog named Calvin: SKIIMO on their self-titled LP

FALESIA by Nik Erik Neubauer, @nikerikneubauer

September 16, 2026

Alle Foglie Fest: seven screamo bands talk class, gatekeeping, autonomous spaces and the cost of keeping DIY alive

September 16, 2026

10 melodic post-hardcore records to comeback to: from HOPESFALL to UNDEROATH: naming the records behind SHELTER & SOUND

Last March | Aaron Stauffer

September 16, 2026

Aaron Stauffer keeps counting waves on the way to 100 songs: listen to “Last March”

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DIY rock music enthusiast and web-zine publisher from Warsaw, Poland. Supporting DIY ethics, local artists and promoting hardcore punk, rock, post rock and alternative music of all kinds via IDIOTEQ online channels.
Contact via [email protected]