Having recently had my love of emo-violence and screamo reignited by some fantastic releases this year, it seems the scene in Tokyo is very much
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Phantastic Ferniture – Phantastic Ferniture (Polyvinyl, 2018)
I recently got this album but it took me a little while to listen to it. I soon realised I had been missing out: it
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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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7in & EP Round-up August 2018 part 1
Goodbye Blue Monday – Misery Punk Ruined My Life EP (Make-That-A-Take Records, 2018) Goodbye Blue Monday hail from bonny Scotland, and this 3 song EP
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7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 4)
Character Actor – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records, 2018) Character Actor is something of what I guess you’d call a “supergroup”, featuring members of The
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7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 1)
Dark/Light – s/t (Dirt Cult, 2018) Portland, Oregon’s Drak/Light (which is apparently pronounced as Dark Slash Light) describe themselves as ‘cold weather music for combating
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Sex Tourists – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
It’ll come as no surprise to the majority of readers that I hold no truck with electronic music, beyond “not minding” a few New Order
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ISS – s/t (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
As far as I can make out, ISS are a duo (Eddy and Rich) from North Carolina. This is their second full length joint, following
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Gods of Mount Olympus – s/t (Bird Attack Records, 2018)
Gods of Mount Olympus features members of Unwritten Law and No Use For A Name, who make up a backing band for keyboard player, Brian
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The Fritz – s/t (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
Not that it’ll be news to anyone, but… I really love that typical US hardcore sound from ’79 – ’86. In particular I have a
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