Santiago, Chile band CRONOS DEBE MORIR recently released their EP, “Despertar” on February 5th, with six blistering tracks of really quality punk rock contained within. The four-piece band formed as long-time...
RVIVR: The Tide
posted by Charles Stepczyk
RVIVR, a four-piece punk rock band from Olympia Washington, released their excellent two-part “From the Tide” 7″ on Dec. 31, 2016 via Dead Broke Rekerds here in the US. Fast forward to the beginning of...
Los De Esta Noche: S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los de Esta Noche (The Ones From Tonight) are another band we are featuring this week out of San Antonio, Texas. The group is a Latin roots rock band with a soundscape ranging through Ska, Cumbia and Conjunto music. ...
Les Coureurs de Remp...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Grenoble France rock rap and musette band, LES COUREURS DE REMPART (formed in 2015) released their six track EP “Pavés de la dernière pluie” in Sept of 2016, a really fascinating mixture of sounds with...
Amyl and the Sniffer...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Amyl and the Sniffers are a punk/rock band from Melbourne Australia comprised of former housemates who wrote a handful of tunes and released their debut EP, “Giddy Up“, all in a span of twelve hours. Amyl and...
Lifewentpear: Treat ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Cologne Germany punk four-piece LIFEWENTPEAR released today’s featured track “Treat Objects Like Women” on their very solid EP “2016 Demo“, released late that year. It’s a raw and...
Sour: Flickin’...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature is a rare find, a release of pent up frustration centered around today’s holiday here in the US. Its maybe for those who found it didn’t go quite as they hoped or just can’t stand the...
The Inventors: 10s &...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Chicago group The Inventors are a four piece rock band that formed in 2014, taking their influences from almost every genre in the musical spectrum – punk, indie, rock, folk, you name it. The band started as a group of...
Whelmed: Song for Ia...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Three-piece band Whelmed hails from Bloomington Indiana, having recently released several great tracks of Jawbreaker/Fifteen-esque political pop punk. Their newest four song self-titled EP was recorded in the spring of 2016...
Infinite Signal: The...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After beginning as a solo project in 2007, Carlsbad/Irvine, CA based pop-punk trio Infinite Signal slowly gained momentum as the project took flight in Minneapolis, MN, following their eventual arrival here in Southern...
Sour: Keep It Classy
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Keep it Classy” is the powerful closing track from the stunning six-track EP “Death on Jefferson St.” via Pensacola, Florida based punk trio, SOUR. The EP came out in late November 2016 and is...
Sightlines: Life and...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s excellent feature “Life and Death of a Star” comes from Canada’s SIGHTLINES, a Pop-punk/power-pop group from Vancouver. This past year they released their most recent LP on Alarum/Big Smoke,...
Anti Poison Slammer:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
‘Fold the Curl‘ is the lead-off track on the compilation, ‘I Don’t Wanna Be A Part Of Your So Called Punk‘ from Norwegian punk-pop outfit – ANTI POISON SLAMMER. The intermixed vocals here...
Rebuilder: The Natio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The National Bohemian is the opening track off the 2015 LP ‘Rock & Roll In America‘ by Boston Massachusetts pop-punk band REBUILDER. This entire album is pretty impressive past this great opener and can be...
VIETRAHM: Louie
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Chicago based surf-garage band VIETRAHM has been reportedly pummeling the planet with their special blend of psychedelic punk rock since 2015. The exceptional debut single “Louie” first arrived in March of 2016...
Wood Chickens: King ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today after randomly searching for Wisconsin bands on a hunch, I miraculously ran into the brilliant new album by Madison, Wisconsin punkabilly band, WOOD CHICKENS. Their debut thirteen track debut “Countrycide”...
A MARC Train Home: R...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Washington D.C. dream-punk band A MARC TRAIN HOME, who first came together in Spring 2013, most recently released the powerfully driving song “Revolutionary Girl” this past year on the ten-track LP, “High...
Permanent Makeup: Si...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we revisit an album from Florida post-punk band Permanent Makeup, an unholy union of sounds along the lines of Treepeople, Fugazi and Pavement. “Signal or Noise” is the second track we’ve featured...
LOS VVS: Untitled #1
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature “Untitled #1” comes from the Parisian garage-punk and surf rock band LOS VVS’s 2016 4 song release “EP Tape“. This beautifully primal single is the third track on this...
Dot Dash: Summer Lig...
posted by Stuart Morrison
To mark the start of summer a couple of days ago (see link below for UK Met Office explanation), DC based Dot Dash have released Summer Light as a free download from BandCamp (see that link below too). It is from their...
Telecult: C-R-O-I-X
posted by Charles Stepczyk
C-R-O-I-X is the second track on the debut 7″ by Parisian band Telecult, reportedly issued by P. Trash Records, Capoulet Records and No Glory Records. The band is a three-piece comprised of Got, Nicolas and Thomas who...
Of the Fact: On My O...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Of The Fact is a four-piece pop punk band from La Crosse, Wisconsin. They have always made it a point to give their music a strong presence and with their “do it yourself” attitude, they have gained the respect...
Irish Moutarde: Fare...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Bagpipe, electric guitars and whisky: Celtic punk as it should be! That’s what Irish Moutarde offers you, a St.Patrick’s day party everyday, starting today to head into the long weekend. Irish Moutarde is a...
Dubois: Forgot How t...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tucson, AZ label Diet Pop Records recently released their 2016 new music sampler featuring twelve great tracks by up and coming musicians, a sampler that looks to be an annual practice from the label – released a month...
Rest: Forgiven
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Boston Massachusetts punk/shoegaze band REST put together a six track EP “Destroy Me” in February of this past year, reportedly recorded in a Basement in Southbridge. “Forgiven” is the lead-off track...
Post-Punk Podge &...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
As we officially cross over the threshold into what appears to potentially be a landmark election day here in the States, I thought it would be good to change it up and feature a political anthem from outside the country. ...
The Bear Season: You...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Bear Season are a pop punk band from Montevideo, Uruguay who look to have ceased activities around 2013 as some of their social media account streams have stalled out earlier that year. Regardless of this, the music is...
Mr Moustache: Mentho...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The three song Menthol EP was released on February 14th of this year, a nice dose of punk rock out of Bordeaux France for this fine Saturday, reminding me of a few classic SF bay area bands of old. The EP, which was issued...
The Plates: Riot Squ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Plates is a Denver based Punk/Reggae band featuring original Samples drummer Jeep Macnichol , original Heavyweight Dub Champion frontman Stero Lion, and Kingston Jamaica bassist Ian Anderson. You may remember our...
Fuzziebär: Funny Ass...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We recently stumbled upon the Brunswick Germany based band Fuzziebär over on BandCamp, where today’s feature was possibly best described by one of the many album purchasers as “Totally worth my neighbor wanting...
Pony Time: Time Tell...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Seattle rock duo PONY TIME have a new single out ‘Time Tells Me’, the first track on the band’s forthcoming fourth LP, Rumours 2: The Rumours Are True, set to officially drop on September 11th. The band is...
Institute: Perpetual...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Politically speaking, not much has changed about the way Institute exists as a band since signing to Sacred Bones. Having members in Glue, Wiccans, and Back to Back, all fellow stalwarts of the Texas punk scene, helps...