“How do you like your pop-punk? Melodic, full of hooks, and sometimes light hearted? Do you wax nostalgic of the days when bands like Weston
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7in & EP Round-up August 2018 part 3
Marko & The Bruisers / The Prozacs – Massa Fuckin’ Chussets split 7in (Bruiser Records, 2018) This split 7in, as you’ve no doubt figured out
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Ogikubo Station – We Can Pretend Like (Asian Man Records, 2018)
As some of the readership may recall, Ogikubo Station’s debut 12in, s/t EP, made my personal top 10 list of 2017, with 6 songs of
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Bar Stool Preachers – Grazie Governo (Pirates Press Records, 2018)
Bar Stool Preachers is a name I see cropping up more and more often on social media feeds. Admittedly I’d never gotten around to checking
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Mad Caddies – Punk Rocksteady (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018)
The Mad Caddies have never done anything that made me think they were any more interesting than the sport of golf. I’ve spent more time
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Personality Cult – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
Personality Cult is the new project of one Ben Carr of Natural Causes. These guys are from North Carolina, and there’s another three of them
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Get Married – Songs for the Sleepless (Asian Man Records / Wiretap Records, 2018)
Get Married are from San José, northern California, and as far as I can tell, Songs for the Sleepless is their first full length record,
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Odd Robot – Amnesiatic (Wiretap records, 2018)
Odd Robot are from Fullerton, Southern California, and describe themselves as playing power pop with raucous hooks. Amnesiatic is the follow-up to their 2017 offering,
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7in & EP Round-up August 2018 part 2
Forever Unclean – Woof EP (Hidden Home Records / Disconnect Disconnect Records Bearded Punk Records / Pee Records, 2018) Forever Unclean are a trio from
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AJJ – Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012 – 16 (sideonedummy, 2018)
AJJ, or Andrew Jackson Jihad (as they were once known) is a name I’ve been aware of for some long number of years now (they’ve
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