Mike Bromberg says he was lucky. Born in New York when the hardcore scene was happening, young enough to be right in the middle of it—shows, bands, records, fanzines, the whole structure
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There’s this Lee Bains + the Glory Fires record from 2022 called Old-Time Folks that Luke Ottenhof keeps coming back
Jimy Dawn describes Shaun Day Woods as both a magician and a musician. The distinction matters when you’re trying to
When Josh, the bassist for Middle–Aged Queers, pitched covering Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” frontman Shauners was skeptical. Then Josh
“Vell i cabrejat” translates roughly to “old and pissed off,” which is about as straightforward as it gets. It’s one
Argentine instrumental outfit Monovoth returns with “To live in the Breath of Worship,” an album born from turbulence both personal
Dean Cass and Matt Sullivan have been playing together since 2009, when they met in Fremantle during Cass’s backpacking trip
Brec Destroyer spent 17 years unable to finish one song. He’d write fragments, attempt another verse, then collapse under the
Mitchell Layton was stuck in a loop. Hopeless, depressed, lying in bed in the middle of the day with the
The Indonesian crossover/metallic hardcore band NYCTO sees them as foundational — embedded in authority, relationships, and the everyday machinery of
There’s something unusually patient about releasing music that was written nearly three decades ago. Reagnition by Reagnition Reagnition’s self-titled 12″
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Three years since their last record VOR, the German outfit formerly called Tourette Boys comes back swinging. Thanks, I Hate It drops Friday through Exile On Mainstream, and the title tells you
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The new Damasco album arrives with a clear frame. “Fear is one of our most primordial and instinctive feelings,” the band writes, setting the tone for “Miedo al Miedo,” a record built around anticipatory fear – “feeling fear, anxiety or panic even before it
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Before there was a plan for a release, there was just a
Dramatist didn’t arrive quietly. Before anyone outside the circuit had a track
“Always Looking Behind” arrives January 14, with a self-made video following on
“Three two one, one two three. Hang a Nazi from a tree.”
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When a band has been around for 45 years, the word return usually comes out automatically. Dezerter avoid that trap entirely. 2026 marks their 45th year, but nothing about “Wolny wybieg” is built like a summary or a monument. It’s a forward-moving record, written
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If your first thought is this sounds like noise, you’re not wrong.
SCORN didn’t start as a “new band” plan. It started as a
“New Way Of Life” landed on December 26, 2025, and it already
Moneybag 1327 come from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and “Hate & Vanity” landed
