What do you get when you mix up noise rock, stoner, sludge and vocals full of anger and bitterness. You get German Castro, amazing band from Nashville, Tenessee. Their music is fuzzy, dirty, sometimes chaotic, a little bit depressive from times to times, but it will hit you like a brick in the head with… Read More German Castro – The Passion of German Castro (Nailbat Tapes)
Royal Hungarian Noisemakers are a very active collective of nosicians from Budapest, Hungary and luckily I’ve had a chance to hear them live before. Their experimentations may vary depending on a mood, occasion, space they’re performing or recording, but most importantly, their performances are spontaneous and good. Fixateur Externe is a musique concrete project of Kálmán… Read More Royal Hungarian Noisemakers / Fixateur Externe – Split CD (Unsigned)
Good Riddance is definitely one of those bands who can brag with the fact they never recorded a bad album in their entire career and after more than successful Peace In Our Time which has been published back in 2015, they’ve managed to treat us with another great album called Thoughts And Prayers which has… Read More Good Riddance – Thoughts And Prayers LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Bystander is a relatively new project of Greg Bennick, who’s well known for being a vocalist for a Trial, tireless activist for human rights, and perhaps you also caught some of his brilliant motivational spoken words. Beside a drummer Chad Rapper and bassist Shariq Ibriham, both of Decline, they’re bringing back old school hardcore punk… Read More Bystander - Where Did We Go Wrong LP (Safe Inside Records)
You’re craving for some relatively cheerful mid-tempo tunes full of melancholic melodies and singalongs? Then Woof EP by Forever Unclean will be right up your alley. Perhaps I am a bit late with discovering this band but better late than never. Forever Unclean are coming from Copenhagen, Denmark and Woof EP is their third release… Read More Forever Unclean – Woof EP (Disconnect Disconnect / Hidden Home Records / Bearded Punk / Pee Records)
Recently, I’ve stumbled upon a very promising hardcore punk band from Oakland, California. I was impressed by the sheerness of their sound, monumental guitar riffs which are bringing old school hardcore punk back on the map with a style, gritty distorted basslines, very impressive maniacally fast drumming and last, but most important, brilliant female vocals… Read More Provoke – Still Here 7”
Ground is back once again with some crushing chaotic tunes. This time band is way more influenced by modern hardcore punk and thrash metal but still layered by the good old chaotic sounds of powerviolence and grindcore. Ground delivers twelve new ridiculously aggressive tracks, with a high percentage of material being comprised of the ferociously… Read More Ground – Mourn Innocence CD
Fine Dining is a skate punk band from Los Angeles, CA comprised of veteran punk rock musicians who wanted to offer something more than just plain and simple punk rock. The band consists of Chris Navarrete on vocals, Kevin Wells on guitar, Simon Johnson on drums and Paul Minor on the bass. If I am… Read More Fine Dining – Grass Fed Tunes CD (Emmer Effer Records)
Gets Worse are pretty much a well known in the underground music circles. The band has been formed in Leeds, UK in 2012. and they have a dozens of blasting releases which will probably melt your brain down during the listening. Snubbed LP is their latest full lenght record with twenty relentless tunes full of… Read More Gets Worse – Snubbed LP (Dead Heroes / No Bread)
Growing up in the eighties and nineties, you couldn’t miss even a single episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a TV. The series has all the elements of an era, spanning from skateboarding culture and punk rock movement to the themes we are still concerned about today, such as radiation or interdimensional traveling, but… Read More Turtle Rage – Critical Thinking EP (Incredible Noise Records)
Chilton is a brand new band based in Brooklyn, New York curated by Josh Carothers of IFarm & Earworms. When the Earworms disbanded in 2017, he decided to start a melodic punk rock band, so he made a call to Bill Stevenson from pioneering punk bands such as Black Flag, Descendents and ALL to jump… Read More Chilton – Little Birds (Dead Broke Rekerds)
The Hamiltones are instrumental surf rock trio based in Buffalo, NY and their debut 7” The Shape Of Walter is such a great homage to the classic horror movies and surf rock scene. The band is comprised of John Toohill (Science Man, Alpha Hopper, Radiation Risks, Night Slaves) on guitar, Richard Reynolds on bass and… Read More The Hamiltones – The Shape Of Walter 7” (Swimming Faith Records)
