My transatlantic (transatlantean?) buddy Mark Lind has been talking up the buzz on Art Thieves for quite some time now, and threatening to unleash the
Read moreAspiga – Dragged Through the Years (A-F Records, 2018)
Yet another surprisingly good release from A-F Records, here, following swiftly on the heels of This Will Haunt Me by Dollar Signs. For the benefit
Read moreYoung Mountain – Lost Tree (Through Love Records / Zegema Beach Records / Miss The Stars Records / Hardcore For The Losers / Dasein Records / Pundonor Records, 2018)
So this is another of those occasions when a band has approached me out of the blue for a review of their new joint. This
Read moreAttan – End Of. (Fysisk Format, 2018)
Attan are from the northernmost part of Norway, so it’s small wonder that this is bleaker than a nuclear winter and as punishing as fuck
Read moreThe Drowns – View From The Bottom (Live From The Rock Room / Bypolar Records / 1984 Records / Gunner Records, 2018)
The Drowns are a new band from LA and Seattle, featuring members of previously established bands on the circuit such as The Briggs, The Shell
Read moreOnly On Weekends – Another Wasted Night (self-released, 2018)
“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
Read more7in & 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
Read moreOgikubo 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
Read moreBar 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
Read morePersonality 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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