Twelve song cassette from what is quite possibly the most prolific underground project active today. BZDET is a solo recording project that began during Covid lockdown, and the sheer volume of releases is staggering—even I, who put out the band’s collection cassette on my own tape label (Tetryon Tapes), can’t fully keep track. Thinking that …READ MORE

A brother-sister egg-punk duo based out of Brussels, Belgium with vocals reminiscent of early anarcho / peace punk stuff not unlike HONEY BANE in her earlier recordings with FATAL MICROBES when she, too, was a young teen. PISS RULES combine that youthful exuberance with driving, kooky, mostly electronic based song writing, still performing live with …READ MORE

Six-song debut release of slow, meandering, drum-machine driven, warbly bedroom-pop songs. A solo recording project from Montreal that feels rooted in nostalgia. Songs seem written to make the listener wistful for…something. Maybe it’s love…maybe it’s lunch…maybe even the songwriter wasn’t entirely sure what they were going for. Some tracks are atmospheric and pretty, though at …READ MORE

With an opening track being an instrumental version of the Billy Joel song ‘Just the Way You Are’ where each line seems to be testing a different Casio keyboard preset, I had no idea what to expect from WATERHEADS. After that, however, we have 8 ripping songs in 7 minutes of throwback 80’s style US …READ MORE

Solo project debut cassette out of Rochester, NY. LETTUCE HEAD is the brain child grown and cultivated by Graham Allan Balcomb, with sporadic help from a handful of other Rochester, NY heavy hitters. Musically, most may know Graham as being involved with Rochester lunatic freak-out project CLIBBUS, but I personally always think of him as …READ MORE

Six tracks of spastic, disjointed, panic-inducing hardcore-punk from the Windy City. Blistering riffs devoid of any sort of melody or sing-songy quality, CUCUY tears through these six songs in about ten minutes — still finding time for noisy intros, outros, and interludes. The frenzied, chaotic musicianship is as tight as the straight-jacket you may find …READ MORE

Finally, a band who understands the correct pronunciation of that word. As a devoted fan of vintage sci-fi, I’ve often wondered why, whenever a visibly uncomfortable actor in a clunky tin suit shuffled across the screen, the townsfolk would flee in terror screaming about “robits!” I naturally took this to be the proper pronunciation. Who …READ MORE

Second full-length release from Detroit, MI power-trio. If you’re already familiar with MOD LANG, who share a member with SHADOW SHOW, you know how these Detroit kids can nail retro-infusion style bands. MOD LANG have got to be the most authentic sounding throwback power-pop band I have ever seen, while SHADOW SHOW focus more on …READ MORE

Only release by short-lived Montreal crust-punk group. Five riff-heavy bleak songs of angry, disturbing, metal infused crust. The guitar work definitely keeps your attention on these songs, complete with catchy riffs, down-tuned chugs, and even the occasional pinch harmonic. While I may not entirely be sure what their self-proclaimed genre term of necro crust is, …READ MORE

Debut release from Sydney, Australia. DUMBELLS play some sort of amalgamation of jangly indie-pop, glammy power-pop / rock-n-roll, PAVEMENT-esque alt-rock, etc. etc. etc. As I have noticed is often the case when a pop band is particularly good at what they do, people tend to hear in them the style which most resonates to them. …READ MORE