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Distants – LP (Salinas Records, 2024)

May 16, 2024 Tony Maher Record Review

I’ve been vaguely fucking with the music of Distants online for a few months now, but didn’t really know how to get ahold of their

Back Teeth – ‘Guillotine’ Video Premier & 7in release announcement (Little Rocket Records / Sell The Heart Records / Sounds of Subterrania, 2024)

April 25, 2024 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Premiere

Apathy and Exhaustion is proud to present to you Guillotine, the debut video from Back Teeth. The track is taken from their self-titled 7in EP,

Tearjerker – s/t (Little Rocket Records / Sell The Heart Records, 2023)

October 18, 2023 Tony Maher Record Review

There’s something unique about post-industrial small towns in the North of England in their seeming ability to spawn legendary or at least heavily cult status

Nightmarathons – Hidden Vigorish (A-F Records, 2022)

November 16, 2022 Tony Maher Record Review

Nightmarathons are from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to their bandcamp page, “Nightmarathons melds varying punk, post punk, and first-wave emo influences to create their own unique

Screaming at Traffic – ‘Bitter’ UK video premiere and album announcement

March 26, 2022 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Tour announcement

The internet had suspicions that it had seen the last of the Apathy & Exhaustion blog, but some motherfuckers (like my good self) exist purely

7in and EP round-up: January 2021

January 28, 2021 Tony Maher Record Review

Custody / Bear Away – split lathe cut 7in (Brassneck Records / Disillusioned Records) Custody (Helsinki, Finland) and Bear Away (Scarborough, UK) are releasing a

Video premiere: Elder Abuse – Bored (Little Rocket Records)

November 28, 2020 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Record label feature, Record Review

Winnipeg pop-punk/punk rock quintet Elder Abuse has returned with their newest collection of music since their highly acclaimed 2017 debut album, Burnt. The band is

7in and EP round-up: November 2020 (part 1)

November 19, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

Elder Abuse – Take it Easy [digital only] (Little Rocket Records) Elder Abuse are a 5 piece from Winnipeg. Seemingly if you type Elder Abuse

7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)

June 5, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

An Uneasy Peace – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records) This band came uncomfortably close to being called “Unfuckable Chainsaw”. Verily. This EP has finally seen

7in & EP round-up February 2020

February 15, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

A bit of another sweep up of odds and ends from last year in the main, this, I’m afraid. The main thing is that I’m