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  • 2012

    With some wild, stringy guitars combined with some faux English vocals and a heavy atmosphere, China’s Stalin Gardens have a pretty impenetrable and tortured post-punk album on their hands with Shanghai Void. The band rips through the nine tracks on this new album with the dissonant, narrated swagger of

  • 2012

    Connecticut’s Fins have a new 7″ EP on the vay via Obscure Me Records titled Lawn Mower. “Foxfire” is one of the cuts from it, and believe me when I say it’s pretty dirty, rough, and wild. The last third is especially messy with elements of indie rock,

  • 2012

    Converge drops a new track as the band’s October 9th release date for All We Love We Leave Behind draws nearer. Jacob Bannon’s vocals are feral, the guitar riffs are thrashy, and the gang vocals are pretty energizing as well. Stream to your heart’s content!

  • On Title Fight’s latest album, there’s no doubt the band has matured with its mix of pop punk, post-hardcore, and emo as well. However, they don’t exactly have the most definitive take on these genres. WATCH THE REVIEW

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    Cerce by Cerce Following May’s promising Tour Sampler CD-R, Boston-based hardcore punk group Cerce have released an eponymous, six-track EP. Stream the release above by way of the band’s Bandcamp. Cerce finds the band developing the visceral, to-the-point sound of the aforementioned tour sampler, as well as the

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    Canadian rock upstarts METZ are gearing up to release their self-titled full-length debut via none other than the long-standing Sub Pop Records in October. Following “Headache,” “Wet Blanket” is the second track to drop from the album, and is available to stream above. With plenty of emotion, dissonance, and distortion

  • 2012

    MiSTOA pOLTSA by MiSTOA pOLTSA MiSTOA pOLTSA is a noise and garage rock project, and above, you can stream its seven-track eponymous album. I suppose the music of MiSTOA pOLTSA could be succinctly described as “unrestrained.” “Noisy” doesn’t quite cut it when describing the thick yet grimy wall of

  • 12 Bar Bruise by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is a garage rock group with both noisy elements and pop sensibilities. The band just released 12 Bar Blues, a twelve-track release which you can stream above via their Bandcamp.

  • 2012

    Punk rock and post-hardcore outfit Title Fight drops a hilariously disturbing video for one of their latest tracks, “Secret Society.” Considering the video details a bloody crime of passion committed by a pre-pubescent girl who has a crush on some motorcycle-riding dbag, I’m not surprised the comments have been

  • Holograms drops a colorful, eye-blasting new video collage for one of the more upbeat tracks from their new, self-titled album. Check out a review of the LP here.