The Strangely Addictive and Abrasive Sounds of Ismatic Guru
Ismatic Guru, the most demented duo amid the Rust Belt ruins of Buffalo, New York, inject their absurdist trajectory of synth-punk...
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Sydney Salk
Jul 2
Pop Hysteria: "I Just Wish We Had More Hours in a Day So That We Could Play Together All the Time"
No one can get you writhing and wriggling to the beat like Pop Hysteria, Long Beach's latest dance-punk outfit and Lizzy Mercier Descloux...
Sydney Salk
Jul 1
Porta D'Oro: "I Always Had a Problem Sticking with Genres, Even When Playing With Other People, I Always Ended Up Pushing the Boundaries of Whatever Kind of Music We Were Making for Better or Worse!"
Porta D'Oro, the hypnotic, boundary-pushing solo project of Giacomo Stefanini (Kobra, ONDAKEIKI) finds its first LP release in Così...
Joseph Massaro
Jun 20
Self Improvement: Danceable but a Caustic Force
Formed during the pandemic as a long-distance project, but now based in Long Beach, minimal post-punks Self Improvement have artlessly...
Sydney Salk
Jun 13
The Spatulas: "It's Interesting to See What Develops From Opening Myself up to So Many Different Musicians"
Between their sparkling debut LP "Beehive Mind" and December's EP "March Chant," the Spatulas have been expansively busy. How does...
Joseph Massaro
Jun 10
Nag: "'Fear' Is About the Anxiety in Reality and the Anxiety We Create in Our Minds"
Back in May, Atlanta underground institute Nag released a new tape titled Fear , seven tracks that inject their blistering and dark...
Sydney Salk
May 13
Geo: "I Believe We All Find Beauty in Imperfections, Things That Aren't Right, That Don't Fit, It's Life"
Straight from planet Earth... here comes Geo! The Dutch no wavers' debut album, Out of Body (Erste Theke Tontraeger) has already infected...
Joseph Massaro
Apr 25
Vacation: "Most Bands Break Up or Change Names A Few Years into the Game, But I Think With Us, a Listener Gets a Key to the Time Capsule That is Our Band"
Cincinnati rockers Vacation don't need much of an introduction. If you've ever seen them live, then you're familiar with their...
Joseph Massaro
Apr 16
Choncy: "We Are at a Point Now Where We Play Through Our Set Quickly, With Little Breaks, Intentionally Shaping Our Set in a Fluid Way to Keep the Crowd Moving"
Before they hit the road throughout the USA, we caught up with Cincy post-punks Choncy to talk all about hitting the slot machine jackpot...
Sydney Salk
Apr 15
The Serfs: "We Try to Record in Some Capacity Everyday, so the Music is Always There"
A trio of tireless sonic innovators, Dakota Carlyle, Andie Luman, and Dylan McCartney, make up the axis of Cincinnati's rock scene as The...
Joseph Massaro
Apr 12
Beige Banquet: "I Think We're All Just Amazed That We Could Play a Tiny Sweaty Bar in a City We've Never Been to and People Would Just Turn Up and Enjoy the Music"
While on the tail end of their European tour, we caught up with Beige Banquet's founding member and guitarist-vocalist Tom Brierley, who...
Joseph Massaro
Apr 5
Night Slaves: "There Are A Lot of Trails We Have Not Gone Down, Yet"
Buffalo underground statesmen David Kane and John Toohill's throbbing, multi-pronged mutated assault Night Slaves returned today with...
Sydney Salk
Mar 26
R.M.F.C. on 'Club Hits': "I'm Not 17 Anymore and I Think I've Figured Out How to Make Better And Less Derivative Music Since I Started"
R.M.F.C. was the first Australian punk band I got into, over that strange pandemic summer of 2020. Meanwhile, on the complete opposite...
Sydney Salk
Mar 22
Smirk's Nick Vicario Reflects on Moving Out East and Saying Goodbye to Old Self-Destructive Tendencies on New Single "Bad Behavior"
Since 2021, Smirk has been an essential force of sharp and catchy songwriting across of the web of punk rock in the truest sense. Nick...
Joseph Massaro
Mar 15
Wet Dip: "We Didn't Expect to Record Our Demos Again But Caufield Schnug Suggested It Would be Great Since They Had Changed in Various Ways Enough for a Full Length Album"
One of my favorite releases that I felt wasn't talked about as much near the end of last year was Wet Dip's first full-length statement...
Joseph Massaro
Mar 5
Video Premiere: Vessel Grapples With Numbness and Apathy Through Dance-Infused Post-Punk on "Lost Appeal"
Ahead of the release of their debut album Wrapped in Cellophane , out April 2nd on Double Phantom Records, today we have the pleasure of...
Joseph Massaro
Feb 7
Premiere: The Minneapolis Uranium Club Return with the Freewheeling Earworm Strum "Tokyo Paris L.A. Milan"
Ahead of the release of their anticipated fourth album, Infants Under The Bulb, The Minneapolis Uranium Club, or sometimes just Uranium...
Joseph Massaro
Feb 1
Grazia Pays Homage to Sleaze and Kitsch on Debut EP 'In Poor Taste'
Heather Dunlop and Lindsay Corstorphine, who make up the London duo Grazia, inject an eccentric rush of impeccably tight KBD-damaged...
Joseph Massaro
Nov 2, 2023
Premiere: Ismatic Guru Returns With Their Revved-Up Warp Tempos on "Mind Fever"
Ismatic Guru, the heady weirdo punk recording project between Buffalo, New York's multi-instrumentalists John Toohill (Science Man) and...
Joseph Massaro
Oct 12, 2023
Leipzig Post-Punks Onyon Walks Us Through The Synth-Soaked Underworld of 'Last Days On Earth'
Onyon made a big impression when they dropped their self-titled debut cassette EP, which caught the attention of Trouble in Mind Records...
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