As anticipation builds for SPEEDWAY’s debut full-length A Life’s Refrain—out April 11 via Revelation Records—the Stockholm hardcore crew drops a melodic hammer in the form of “Permission to Dream,” featuring EKULU’s Chris
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Brooklyn’s Cash Bribe have dropped a new single, Death Tax, with a video directed by Charlie Jordan and a release show already in the bag—April 3 at Bar Freda, Queens, alongside Torsion, Bardo, and Keefchamber. It’s the first cut from their upcoming EP Demonomics,
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In early April, the U.S. administration under Donald Trump reignited a familiar fire: economic protectionism cloaked in nationalism. Among the first tremors was a sharp turn in tariff policy—targeting imported goods, manufacturing components, and in some cases, even finished records. For major conglomerates, it’s
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