Year: 2026

Five tracks of lo-fi, mid-tempo, stomping cowpunk. A two-piece out of New Orleans, comprised of drummer, Stella, and guitarist, Roach, both of who share vocal duties. While it may seem that there’s nothing particularly spectacular about T.A.C.K.; the songs are incredibly simplistic, the band is merely a guitarist and a drummer, the recording is incredibly…

Absolutely blistering hardcore-punk from Atlanta, GA featuring members of JUDY AND THE JERKS and NAG. Lo-fi, relentless, disturbing as hell hardcore-punk the way hardcore-punk ought to be. Even has a DYS ‘Wolfpack’ cover uncredited on the track listing. What else can really be said? No nonsense hardcore-punk. Get into it. Recorded by Hampton Martin of…

Hot off the presses, a debut cassette from Montreal, Quebec. WAYS OF HIDING offer up 5 songs of spacey, atmospheric, dreamy, meandering post-punk. These songs are not for the short attention spanned, however, with songs averaging around 4 minutes each. I was in the midst of writing about how the incredibly raw recording was a…

Third cassette release by Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s NECRON 9, all of which were released on the bands own label Unlawful Assembly. Absolutely relentless, no bullshit hardcore-punk. This tape was ‘recorded live in 3 hours on 4-trak machine’ as per the liner notes. Actually, aside from the band name, the release title, the band credits, and the…

THE DUMPSTERS – ‘Waste Management’ cassette Lo-fi, distorted, fucked-up garbage punk. With the bands schtick being that of trash, and having seen them play live while all wearing garbage bags, it is unsurprising that this cassette sounds like it was recorded IN a damn dumpster. Angry mid-tempo riffs plod along while the singer, who is…

T.T.T.T. from Buffalo, NY plays out around town fairly regularly. I have seen them with different iterations of band members, and as a solo acoustic act by the brainchild of the group, Jacob King. It’s not unlike how John Dwyer would use THEE OH SEES moniker for full band stuff as well as solo releases…

Five tracks of lo-fi, pissed-off, no frills, fast hardcore-punk from Providence, Rhode Island. Sure, it’s nothing remarkable…yeah, yeah, it’s not reinventing the wheel or anything like that…but IMPULSE in incredibly tight and this tape is not fucking boring, which is something that can’t be said of a lot of bands that try too hard to…

Minimalist kooky artsy synth music from Kalamazoo, MI. A three-piece band consisting of two members of SILICON HEARTBEAT (including the brains behind that project when it was still a solo endeavor) and Ben Lyon who is probably most known for his incredible artwork but is also the vocalist in Kalamazoo outsider punk project LOSER CANDY.…

Novelty one-man-band project from Buffalo, NY. Lo-fi recording, but in a rather endearing way, even if it means I can’t be 100% sure what instruments I am listening to. All songs have cool simplistic synth following along with the rhythm guitar…or wait, is that the tone OF the rhythm guitar? I’m truly not sure, and…

DIZZY DAVIS is the side-project and alter-ego of Radiana Basso from LEOPARDO. In case you’re somehow unfamiliar, allow me to assist you with that. Based in Switzerland, LEOPARDO has released multiple records on different labels, most notably on Feel-It Records, and are a modern garage/psych powerhouse. DIZZY DAVIS seems to share a lot of the…