Armlock
ARMLOCK The mark of any great artist is the capacity to retain a beginner’s mind, to continue loving the thing you love while learning how to fold in what you learn as you grow. That’s true of Armlock, the Australian duo of Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell, and integral to the creation of their new […]
Dirty Projectors (solo)
DIRTY PROJECTORS (solo) DIRTY PROJECTORS have launched their own label imprint Well-Tempered Zealot (via Joyful Noise & Secretly Distribution) with the song “Jumbotron,” their first new music since early 2025. Subverting expectations, there’s no guitar: David Longstreth here plays the piano, alongside Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear) on drums, Karl McComas-Reichl (Jeff Parker Trio) on upright […]
The Body & Cel Genesis
THE BODY & CEL GENESIS Tension, contradiction, curiosity, animosity and affection; these are all as essential to the collaboration between The Body and Cel Genesis as are the drummers, the sounds of Trance music, of Distortion and of Electronica. Sonics delivered by voice, that carry the weight of experience and emotion, whose meaning bends to […]
Madman & Demonstrate
MADMAN Pittsburgh hardcore, new 7inch on Rebirth Records DEMONSTRATE Philadelphia straight edge, new 12 inch self released by the band DOWN TO THE WIRE South street wolfpack, From Within Records BALLISTIX Raging NJ Hardcore Punk, 7inch ep “CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS” out now ON THE GROUND New Kutztown band from the ashes of Joystick Fury
Pig Pen
PIG PEN The plan was to start a band that was all longtime friends. The idea was to embrace the scene they grew up in. The result is Pig Pen. The band is made up of vocalist Matty Matheson (chef, restaurateur, and actor from FX’s The Bear), guitarists Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire, Dooms Children) and Daniel […]
R.A.M.B.O.
R.A.M.B.O. R.A.M.B.O. is a Philadelphia hardcore punk band blending anarcho-punk, youth crew, and crust with political lyrics, absurdist humor, and theatrical live shows. During their original 1999–2007 run, they released two albums and two split 7″s and toured at least 35 countries, including Cambodia, Iceland, Serbia, and Indonesia. They returned in 2022 with Defy Extinction […]
Portraits of Past
PORTRAITS OF PAST Portraits Of Past prefers to be called a hardcore band, though many other adjectives and sub-genres have been leveled at them over the 30 years since these five childhood friends initially called it quits. After many years of pent-up demand from listeners old and new, the darkly melodic, explosive, and reluctantly “legendary” […]
Reversal Of Man
REVERSAL OF MAN Florida’s hardcore trailblazers, Reversal of Man, return. Between 1995 and 2000, the band released a full length LP, three split LPs, a 10”, various split 7”s, and a few compilation tracks. In the five years they existed, stretching members between Tampa and Orlando, Reversal of Man grew through several lineup changes and […]
pageninetynine
PAGENINETYNINE Started in 1997, pageninetynine is a band from Sterling, Virginia who redefined what “punk rock” could mean and be, touring relentlessly and releasing a plethora of albums, splits, singles and more… all from a venerable squad of miscreants on the outskirts of the nation’s capital. Pageninetynine is celebrated as one of the longrunning torchbearers […]
First Day Back
FIRST DAY BACK Thundering out of Santa Cruz’s thriving and resurgent music scene, First Day Back have spent their final years in college solidifying their place in the emo revival revival. Heralded as the rightful torchbearers of second wave emo, First Day Back recalls the vocal exasperation of Cap’n Jazz, the twinkle of American Football, […]