Harijan have been around for ages, so long in fact that they’ve had a hiatus. Having a hiatus was all the rage while ago, just
Read moreMilk Bath – s/t LP (Different Kitchen Records / Naked Time Tapes / World of Hurt, 2020)
Milk Bath hail from Oakland, California. They are a three piece combo. They sound nothing like anything you would associate with Cleopatra’s oft-storied bathtime beauty
Read morePears – self-titled (Fat Wreck Chords, 2020)
I’ll admit it. This is pretty late, this. What’s a brother to do? The world is intent on going head first straight to hell, and
Read moreBothers – s/t LP (Dirt Cult Records, 2019)
Shitting fecking crikey. Sometimes a record slaps you round the chops like a barbarian with a jeffing sledgehammer, mate. This latest offering from the always
Read moreSmall Crush – s/t (Asian Man Records, 2019)
Small Crush are a 4-piece indie-pop band out of the Oakland / Berkeley area of northern California. Remarkably, two members are still in high school,
Read moreTommy and June – s/t (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
What an incredible and unexpected breath of fresh air this is! About a gazillion miles away from both the skate punk heydays of the 1990s,
Read moreZegema Beach Records – New Release Roundup
Screamo, Skramz, Emo-Violence, whatever you call it, it’s a rather niche sub-genre that’s been around since the 90s. Back in the mid-00s, I was all
Read moreGive You Nothing – s/t (Umlaut Records / Snubbed Records, 2019)
It’s kind of cool to be on the receiving end of a pleasant surprise every now and again. I’d class this joint from Santa Cruz
Read moreSweet Jonny – s/t (self-released, 2018)
Sweet Jonny contacted me through Facebook sometime ago for a review of their s/t album. Apologies to Sweet Jonny – it’s taken me a good
Read moreHorror Section – s/t LP (Eccentric Pop Records, 2018)
OK, this is the first of a bunch articles in which I will attempt to catch up on some stragglers from 2018. Wish me luck
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