Year: 2026

Crawling from the depths of Detroit, Michigan and featuring members of the killer speed-metal punk outfit JAIL, O.N.I. has chosen more of the blackened metal / lo-fi crust route of infusing metal into punk. This debut demo features six songs of rudderless, meandering riffs with verses and choruses flowing together into a bit of an…

It took me a few listens to really understand what I was hearing with this new release from NAG. Since 2016, the Atlanta, GA group has been cranking out release after release of post-punk-infused dark, brooding punk. This cassette sounds nothing like that. I had wondered if perhaps NAG was doing an atmospheric, moody soundtrack…

A self-released cassette comp that is equal parts intriguing and baffling. Promoted as “fourteen rare tracks from the underground punk scene, unearthed and presented to you in this compilation.” This is exactly the type of tagline that tickles the fancy of this KBD-obsessed crate digger. What we actually have here on A Compromising Situation is…

How this band is not a household name is absolutely mind-boggling. What began as a New Jersey based solo project in 2018 really stepped on the gas once Covid lockdowns kicked in. The only time I was lucky enough to catch this band live was in a dingy basement in New Brunswick, NJ. It was…

Nine-song debut demo out of Buffalo, NY. SVS jam-packs each of these tracks with as many riffs as you can possibly fit into songs that rarely cross the one-minute threshold. Somehow they still find time to toss in wildly catchy breakdowns without ever coming across as macho or tough. SVS plays relentless hardcore-punk while managing…

DELICIOUS MONSTERS follow up their debut full-length cassette on Tetryon Tapes with what sadly ended up being their final release. A last gasp in the form of a five-song tape staying true to the form we’ve come to expect. Milwaukee, WI upbeat post-punk loaded with a heavy dose of zany, art-punk eccentricity. While that dose…

I really had no thoughts or expectations about what LUCKLESS was all about when I was preparing to listen to this cassette. Very unassuming, minimalist artwork surrounding a four-song cassette, labeled with a label maker. LUCKLESS is a four-piece band from Toronto, ON comprised of guitar, bass, drums, and synth. Vocal duties are shared between…

This band has been kicking around for a while at this point. I booked them on a tour in the early 2010’s and they were absolutely outstanding. Blistering, relentless hardcore-punk from Fort Wayne, IN. A group of people that when they rolled up to the gig you simultaneous felt the desire to befriend them and…

Jake King has been operating under the T.T.T.T. banner for a few years now, while also releasing music as J. KING, JACOB KING, and now… JAKE KING. From release to release I find myself having no idea what to expect, since the stylistic lines between these aliases tend to blur. My gut feeling has been…

Five song solo egg-punk project from Montreal, QC. I’ve seen the tape named ICSTQ standing for I Can’t Stand To Quit, but on both the front cover and the spine of the cassette there is no “I” in Can’t Stand To Quit. The tape begins with the allegedly titular track of “ICSTQ” which starts off…