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Raging River/Furnace Sky
August 13, 2026

RAGING RIVER / FURNACE SKY leave the wrong notes in and turn home recording into a shared language between father and son

BREAK TO BROKEN
August 13, 2026

“The Hope Experiment” – BREAK TO BROKEN stretch their 90s Dischord roots across three home studios and four labels

Sleepthink
August 13, 2026

SLEEPTHINK turns philosophy, field recordings and eight beautiful ambient pieces of “joy” into a search for something that may only last seconds

French Inahaler, by Nikki O'Leary
August 13, 2026

FRENCH INHALER: behind a synth wave record with no guitars, an old radio and a possibly cursed tape machine

REACT! by Gab Tojino
August 12, 2026

REACT discuss “True Grit”, nine years of shows, friendships, loss and conviction

PLEB
August 12, 2026

PLEB talk ugly sludgecore beast “Grease Trap”, Leeds DIY, political exhaustion and keeping control

DEFY YOU
August 12, 2026

Happy HellFest: DEFY YOU connect Guns Up!, their own demo years and present-day NJHC on their new EP

SCRAMBLED HEADS
August 12, 2026

Grungy emo punks SCRAMBLED HEADS build a quieter life around “Inward, Then Apart”

AMNEZIA
August 10, 2026

Russian punk after 2022: AMNEZIA discusses his protest via a VPN, anonymous accounts, and… AI!

RADIO WEEKEND
August 9, 2026

RADIO WEEKEND turn nostalgia, waiting and panic into six tight melodic punk songs on “Circles”

TRASHxSTRIKE by Jessi Reyes
August 9, 2026

Philly sXe pack TRASHxSTRIKE turn Craigslist demos into “Core Values”, grown-up straight edge without judging anyone

August 7, 2026

CNHC Fest 2026 traces the people, cities and work behind Chinese hardcore

Following Seas
August 7, 2026

FOLLOWING SEAS reconnect after twenty years for a self-titled Birmingham hardcore EP

BAD TO WORSE
August 7, 2026

BAD TO WORSE drops new album, reworks Green Day’s “Jaded” into a straight hardcore banger

Dead Tired (Feat. AoF's George Pettit)
August 6, 2026

Friendship, small rooms and no rush: George Pettit talks DEAD TIRED’s fourth album

SLIIMO
August 6, 2026

Providence space-sludge band SLIIMO open the Kyper system on a new 10-inch

VISCERA///
August 6, 2026

Italian psych post metallers VISCERA/// trace cults, collapse and self-protection across “4. Assets for Psychedelic Warfare”

PROTEST THE HERO
August 5, 2026

PROTEST THE HERO on “Within”, growing older without growing bitter, and keeping the ship alive

NEW FORMS
August 5, 2026

Boston emoviolence band NEW FORMS make grief move fast on mind-bending new EP “Nothing’s Sacred Anymore”

Iron linings
August 5, 2026

IRON LININGS twist noise rock and post-hardcore through “Urban Abyss”

DIMMING
August 4, 2026

DIMMING take New York hardcore towards doom, death metal and a slower crawl with “Dirtnap”

The Mantra Discord’s New Album Collecting Sentiments of a Derailed Past
August 4, 2026

Instrumental post rockers The Mantra Discord trace loss, collaboration and a heavier direction on “Collecting Sentiments of a Derailed Past”

BREC DESTROYER
August 4, 2026

Deathcore act BREC DESTROYER names what grief becomes on “Griefeater”

Antillectual by Niels Vinck
August 4, 2026

ANTILLECTUAL look back on 25 years of touring, politics and DIY work

Dreamwell
August 4, 2026

DREAMWELL interrogate faith, violence and moral surveillance on “Hymns For The Denial Of God”

Concrete Youth
August 4, 2026

Jakarta melodic hardcore pack CONCRETE YOUTH trade breakdowns for melody on infectious debut promo

"Velour on Tap"
August 3, 2026

Indie rockers VELOUR ON TAP map a Maritime Gothic North Atlantic on debut EP “Cruel Harbour”

August 3, 2026

MACHINEKIT turn labour and exhaustion into five industrial punk bursts on “Body Without Organs”

Wealthy Women
August 1, 2026

Sludge noise rockers WEALTHY WOMEN on toxic masculinity, war, and immigration on massive new album “Children”

DUMB WAITER by Nicholas Crider
July 21, 2026

Richmond’s DUMB WAITER go track by track through dense new masterpiece “Change”

BRACH live
July 16, 2026

BRACH channel Central European reflective hardcore on “Plastic Lights”

Astoria, by Brynjar Leó Hreiðarsson
July 15, 2026

Oslo duo ASTORIA let the subconscious write the words on “Fragment”, new EP “‘Colder Than Before'” coming up

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