January and February 2023 punk news | #Meganews 16
Discover January and February 2023 punk and DIY world news
Here is our meganews, the first one of 2023 and the second one with the new features. Discover now January and February 2023 punk news! A friend called the meganews the way bands and others have a chance to say “Hey we exist!” as Maximum Rocknroll used to do, and we absolutely cannot let go of this archival work. The meganews work is long and laborious, but what can we say… Your feedback gives us the energy to go on and we invite you to give us your opinions by writing to us. We will always be happy to reply!
Band: Downtown District
Album: Pressure
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: not available
From: Leiden, Netherlands
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Issues such as narcissism, favoritism, and the enormous impact of the fictional reality created by social media are addressed. All this takes place in a powerful blend of punk, ska and post-hardcore. Throughout the album the band also experiments with heavy breakdowns, samples and even a brass section.
Band: Kepi and Friends
Album: Full Moon Forever
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: LP/CD
From: USA
Label: Pirates Press
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: “Full Moon Forever” is a cover album by Kepi featuring Ara Babajian (The Slackers), Ian Fowles (Aquabats, Gerard Way), Aaron Minton (Prima Donna) and Kevin Preston (Green Day). Pirates Press Records is going to reissue the record by Groovie Ghoulies “World Contact Day”, originally released in 1996.
Band: TV Shock
Album: In Your City
Subgenre: 77 punk rock
Physical format: 12″ LP
From: Sardinia
Label: Take The City Records
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: in Spring the first LP by the band from Sardinia with members of THE RIPPERS, THE OOPS, BARMUDAS, UGLY SOUND, THE FREAKS will be out. If you like 77 punk by Buzzcocks, Vibrators, THE BRIEFS, CYANIDE PILLS, THE STITCHES, RADIOACTIVITY, TOMMY AND THE COMIES, BAD SPORTS, this is a band for you! You can listen to some songs here!
Band: Küntsquäd
Album: S/T
Subgenre: crust punk
Physical format: To be defined
From: Melbourne, Australia
Label: Wormholedeath
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: the Crustmetal/Deathpunk quartet led by frontwoman Paula Condell, singer and guitarist, is inspired by bands such as Sepultura, Discharge, Damaged and Carcass,with death/black/doom metal and crust punk influences, blending it all in a pure in-your-face music.
Band: RANCŒUR
Album: S/T
Subgenre: cold oi!
Physical format: LP / tape
From: Nancy, France
Label: LP: Kanal Hystérik, Maloka, Rusty Knife, Fire And Flames, La Distroy, Offside Records, Mass Prod, Rumagna Sgroza, La Face Cachée and Dure Réalité. / Tape: Dans Le Vide Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: glacial sound that harkens back to the oi! and post punk sound of the 80s, hence “cold oi!” Released finally in vinyl format is this 11-track album. For fans of Syndrome 81, Blitz, Camera Silens. The band has components from Lorelei and Streets of Rage and is avowedly anti-fascist. It has also been listed among the best of 2022 by our crew!
Band: La Piena / Autoblastindog
Split: Polluzione
Subgenre: Punk Hardcore
Physical format: 7″ vinyl
From: Grosseto / Monte Amiata
Label: Spaccio dischi, impeto records, wrongdisk rec, cave canem diy.
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Punk Hardcore split 7″ focused on environmental issues.
Band: Skinny Rats
Ep: Calm Your Ego Down
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: Not available
From: Rome
Label: Diy
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Not available
Info: melodic punk rock with female vocals influenced by bands such as Weezer, Ramones, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, Billy Talent and Green Day.
Band: Stanis
Album: Living Has Consequences
Subgenre: Melodic Punk HC
Physical format: CD and Tape
From: Bologna
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: This second work by Stanis is influenced by bands such as Belvedere, Satanic Surfer, Cigar, Good Riddance, and Hi Standard. Few tracks, carrying the marks left by the pandemic years, but rich in meaning for the band.
Band: Orphan Riot
Album: S/T
Subgenre: Punk
Physical format: CD
From: Burlington, North Carolina, USA
Label: Coffin Curse Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Fast and powerful punk with emotional lyrics. FFO Rancid, Alkaline Trio, The Lawerance Arms and The Bouncing Souls.
Band: The Jems
Demo: Buy One Get War
Subgenre: Post-Hardcore
Physical format: not available
From: Indonesia
Label: Diy
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: There is a strong hardcore influence in this song, but with a dub reggae-style bass combination, which is Fugazi’s trademark. In addition to Fugazi, The Jems are also linked to Husker Du and At The Drive In.
Band: Plizzken / The Drowns
Album: split 7″
Subgenre: punk rock / rock n roll
Physical format: 7″
From: Germany / USA
Label: Pirates Press
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: split between the German band Plizzken with its melodic, scratchy punk rock and the US rock n roll band The Drowns. Both bands released records in 2022 also via Pirates Press.
Band: Pig Sweat
Album: Don’t Panic
Subgenre: Hardcore punk
Physical format: 12″ LP
From: Bern, Switzerland
Label: Agipunk
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: 10 tracks that are aggressive and get right in your face like a Mike Tyson punch. As per Agipunk’s release, “PIG SWEAT will take you back to Washington DC or Boston in 1981 with their straightforward HC.”
Band: Terminal Filth
Album: Death Driven
Subgenre: crust punk d-beat stenchcore
Physical format: 12″ LP
From: Berlin, Germany
Label: Agipunk
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Already from the name of the band you should understand that the influence of Deviated Instinct is more than evident. However, the band has managed to find its own sound and has churned out this record at times dark and slow and at times aggressive, fast and with the right melodies. For fans of early Hellshock, Antisect, Amebix and precisely Deviated Instinct and in general of crust made in Agipunk!
Band: Rotary Club
Album: American Tower
Subgenre: punk
Physical format: 7″
From: Reno, Nevada, USA
Label: Iron Lung Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Powerful, edgy riffs and tempo changes with a sound that will blow the minds of early Killed by Death fans. Debut EP for the Nevada band.
Band: Speed Plans
Album: Statues of God
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: LP
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Label: Iron Lung Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: If what you are looking for is a nasty, fast, low-fi and powerful record, then look no further, you have arrived. 15 tight tracks for the Pittsburgh band.
Band: Atarassia Gröp
Album: Brace sotto Cenere
Subgenre: combat punk
Physical format: CD. 7″ vinyl out in March
From: Como
Label: Madbutcher
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: 4 new tracks to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary! Available now on CD via Mad Butcher Records. In March two different versions will be out on 7″: one via Kob records with cover art by Zerocalcare and the other also via Mad Butcher Records.
Band: Demikhov
Album: The Chemical Bath
Subgenre: noise / post-hardcore
Physical format: vinyl, tape
From: Brescia
Label: DioDrone Records (Italy), Kontingent Records (Bulgaria), Sweetohm Recordings (Greece)
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: As per the press release, this second album by the noise/post-hardcore band presents itself as a concept album in which the events of contemporary history intersect with the theoretical horizons of the scientific avant-garde.
In particular, the events of Russian scientists and cosmists, who at the beginning of the 20th century propagated the idea of a science destined to defeat death as the last enemy of humanity, find space.
It was precisely the body of the first leader of the October Revolution, Lenin, that was made the object of such interests: through the 6 tracks, the record traces the events to which that body was subjected, from the first attempts at embalming, through the ultimate preservation treatment (the “chemical bath” that gives the record its title), to the construction of the imposing mausoleum harbinger of a religious cult still intact today.
Band: Jonestown Kids
Album: S/T
Subgenre: Hardcore punk
Physical format: 12″ LP
From: Emilia-Romagna
Label: Radio Punk, The Fucking Clinica, ZAS, Assurd, Punti Scena, Rebound Action, Shove, ForeverxTruexRecordsx
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: new Radio Punk co-production. We are in good company in announcing this new record of massive and devastating hardcore, a frightening wall of sound, suffice it to say that two bassists find space in this lineup! Between hardcore and powerviolence, not to be missed! Fun fact: it was pressed at the new vinyl factory “Vinylcore” in Padua, Italy.
Band: Tear me Down / Contrasto
Album: split “Vecchia Scuola”
Subgenre: punk hardcore
Physical format: 7″ vinyl
From: TMD: Cagliari, Rome, Viterbo, the world / Contrasto: Cesena
Label: Hellnation, Radio Punk
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: New split and new co-production for us. Militant hc legends TMD and Contrasto 7″ split with 5 new tracks, three by TMD and two by Contrasto. Two bands that are still on top form and are lifeblood in punk hc, diy and politics!
Band: Pensieri Oltre
Album: Nonostante tutto Nonostante voi
Subgenre: Sludge, doomdeath, crust
Physical format: CD available, tape coming soon
From: Arezzo
Label: DIY, Passionenerarecords, agripunk, Fanteria di Prima Linea
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Heavy, slow and haunting sounds, a desperate scream of impending doom. Several of the lyrics were written with the help of Dez Agripunk, DIY co-produced by passionenerarecords and Fanteria di Prima Linea, for fans of Amebix, Antisect, Asphyx.
Band: The Bucky Bombs
Album: Bombs Away
Subgenre: Melodic Nedcore
Physical format: not available
From: Fife, Scotland
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: for fans of Ramones, Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies, and especially lovers of Buckfast, a caffeine added fortified wine with 15° alcohol!
Band: Headons
Album: Hatet
Subgenre: punk
Physical format: LP / CD
From: Sweden
Label: AMTY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: punk n roll influenced by Blitz and Headcleaners. A mix between punk and hardcore!
Band: Rong
Album: Würst
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: 12″ vinyl
From: Canada
Label: kinda cool records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: All-female power trio, easygoing and irreverent punk rock. “This one’s for all the losers, freaks, loners, outcasts, for anybody who’s ever felt left behind, but never defeated. It’s a war cry to the misfits to band together, and build something better.”
Band: The Offenders
Single: The Messenger
Album: “Orthodoxy of new radicalism” out in March
Subgenre: combat punk
Physical format: vinyl, CD
From: Berlin
Label: Long Beach Records
Where to listen
Info: the single anticipating the album due out at the end of March has been released. The politicized punk rock band brings us a melodic and impactful song. The meaning of the lyrics is to be found in the phrase “Through the borders of different states, through the flames of the barricades (…) until the last one will break free.”
Band: Michael Khill
Album: Infierire sul malessere
Subgenre: Hardcore Grindcore
Physical format: CD
From: Modena
Label: Zas autoproduzioni, Wrong Disk Records, Controversy Records, Cincillà Records, THC DIY PROD, True Believers DIY booking, Rumori in Cantina Records, Koe records, Stuff
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Crust sound, modern hardcore approach, Italian lyrics. FFO: Misery Index, Napalm Death, Nausea, Extreme Noise Terror, Terror, Hatebreed, First Blood, Madball, Vitamina X, Knocked Loose
Band: N.E.0.N.Inc
Album: The Time Changes The Problems Don’t
Subgenre: digital punk /
Physical format: no
From: Jacksonville, Florida.
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: futuristic and dystopian imagery, sounds somewhere between electronic and the rawest punk. the meaning of the record lies in the phrase: “The time changes, the problems don’t.” Impossible to describe, listen!
Band: Guiding
Album: Will
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: tape
From: Tokyo, Japan
Label: Extinction Burst
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Japanese school fast Hardcore that reminds of Wide Awake, Mindset, Death Side and Systematic Death!
Band: Anymal Function
Album: What’s The Point
Subgenre: hardcore / anarcho punk
Physical format: not available
From: London
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Polish anarcho punk – hardcore band based in London. Key words: involvement, DIY spirit, punk attitude!
Band: Holycrost
Album: klandestin
Subgenre: crust punk
Physical format: tape
From: Bogor, Indonesia
Label: Greg Mike and Kim
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Crust punk heavily infected with hardcore and metal. 5 tracks, 8 devastating minutes!
Band: The Havoc
Album: Our Rebellion Continues
Subgenre: street punk
Physical format: vinyl
From: Los Angeles, California
Label: Voltage Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: the street punk band active since 2001 returns to delight us with a new album titled “Our Rebellion Continues,” almost a response to the 20-year-old record “Our Rebellion Has Just Begun.” 11 tracks melodic and raw at the same time!
Band: PsyOp
Album: Permanent underclass
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: tape
From: Washington D.C.
Label: Tape House / Nuclear Family Records / Wrecking Crew Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Four songs about collapsing cities, class warfare and destruction of the individual. Massive hardcore punk and definitely old school, after all, the land where these guys come from, is a land of hardcore tradition!
Band: COCKRING / FASTCASE
Album: split ep
Subgenre: queer hardcore / fastcore
Physical format: tape
From: Sacramento, California
Label: No Time Records / ThrashTapes
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: The two Sacramento bands “split” on cassette tape with their explosive hardcore. Slower and more cadenced and with changes of pace the Cockring, queer hardcore band “for the freaks, for the fags.” Very fast and very violent thrash/fastcore side Fastcase.
Band: Warbeat
Album: Охотник За Головами
Subgenre: metalpunk
Physical format: not available
From: Russia
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: metalpunk, d-beat, crust from icy Russia! The band with several releases behind them is back with 7 powerful tracks between punk and metal.
Band: Artificial Joy
Album: 100% Pure Joy
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: LP / CD
From: Los Angeles, California
Label: Shitkicker Records Vinile / Break The Records CD
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Raw hardcore punk, shot through the roof but with just the right touch of melody. Screaming and powerful female vocals really distinctive! A nice mixture all to listen to!
Band: Bregados
Album: Bagaudas
Subgenre: oi! punk
Physical format: not available
From: Madrid
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Dark artworks, truly unique vocals, melody and aggression, the first name that comes to mind is La Inquisicion! These Bregados are an incredible discovery!
Band: Collywobbles
Album: Il Tempo di un Momento
Subgenre: Ska-Core
Physical format: CD
From: Pavia
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Collywobbles present their new album, “Il Tempo di un Momento.” Four years after the release of “Satelliti Fuori Orbita,” the Pavia-based band is back with a new project, “We live keeping ourselves in the balance, unable to find that moment.” With this album Collywobbles wanted to tell the story of that long moment that has been going on for two years now. A hard, liberating record in which they tried to render the mixture of emotions that has accompanied them in the past years by juxtaposing more scratchy tracks. Among the tracks of “Il Tempo Di Un Momento” they vented frustrations and anxieties between the distortions of the title track and La Risposta, and then sought some peace lulled by the suggestions of quieter, more contemplative tracks. Whether skapunk rants or gentle rocksteady, “Il Tempo di un Momento” recounts the myriad feelings that have overwhelmed the band in recent years: it is about stalled projects, broken dreams, bewilderment and loneliness, but also the joy of finding each other, hugging, dancing and starting to make music together again.
Band: Home Front
Video: Faded State
Album: Games Of Power out on March 3
Subgenre: punk, new wave, rock n roll
Physical format: LP
From: Canada
Label: la Vida es un mus
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: due out March 3, the band’s album mixes punk, new wave, indie, pop, rock n roll into a truly unique and brilliant formula. Here’s the video for “Faded State”:
Band: Marching Orders
Album: From 2002 to 2020: Brothers In Arms
Subgenre: oi!
Physical format: double LP
From: Melbourne, Australia
Label: Contra Records, LSM vinyl
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: All 7″s, all singles plus four new songs by the Australian oi! band go into this double 12″ gatefold that traces the road taken from 2002 to 2020.
Band: Geishas Of Doom
Album: Sickest Music For The Sickest People – Vol. 4
Subgenre: punk rock lo-fi
Physical format: tape
From: Netherlands
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: This fourth EP marks the end of a musical journey inspired by 1980s American punk. However, the band is already projected into an as yet unknown future! Speaking of this EP, once again it was written in a day, recorded on a four-track cassette deck and created on the spot. The end result is a primitive, psychotic and angry indictment of perfection, narcissism, polarization and hypocrisy.
Band: Belgrado
Video: Boixar
Album: “Intra Apogeum” out on April 28
Subgenre: post punk new wave
Physical format: LP
From: Barcelona
Label: La Vida Es Un Mus
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Fourth album out for the Barcelona-based band with Polish, Venezuelan and British members. Polish lyrics with typical new wave / post punk rhythms and melodies. Enjoy this video below:
Band: Brain Tourniquet
Album: …An Expression In Pain
Subgenre: powerviolence/harDCore
Physical format: LP
From: Washington DC
Label: Iron Lung Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Powerviolence/harDCore fueled by the rage of the “City of Magnificent Distances.” For fans of West Coast power violence legends like Man Is The Bastard, Crossed Out, and Neanderthal, while maintaining their own identity and constantly twisting genre conventions to create something new and deflagrating.
Band: Wound Man
Album: Human Outline
Subgenre: hardcore / powerviolence
Physical format: LP
From: New Bedford, Massachussets
Label: iron Lung records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Fists clenched, boots laced, ready to destroy everything in sight. Wound Man has always been a band heavily influenced by the likes of Crossed Out and Infest, but what really sets them apart is a heavy doom influence that doesn’t necessarily show up in the riffs, but whose darkness is present.
Band: Dad Brains
Video: Back To School
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: not available
From: Oxnard/Ventura, California
Label: Pirates Press
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: This band of punk rock fathers with already several works under their belt consists of former members of No Motiv (Vagrant Records), The Missing 23rd (Sessions Records), Creep Division (members of Sick Of It All, Good Riddance and No Motiv) and The F-ing Wrath. Melodic, all-singing, all-dancing punk rock! Fun fact: Not only are Dad Brains composed of punk and hardcore veterans, but frontman Patrick Pedraza is a voice actor!
Band: Azione Diretta
Video: Ultima Sentenza
Album: Split Borghetti Crew with Brigade Loco
Subgenre: street punk
Physical format: CD / LP
From: Perugia
Label: CD: self-produced. LP: Motorcity / Tough Ain’t Enough
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: new video for the song “Ultima Sentenza” and release on LP of the split album with Brigade Loco (our interview here). The album was released on CD some months ago. You can listen to the split album here.
Band: Subhumans
Album: Box set / LP reissue
Subgenre: anarcho punk
Physical format: Box Set / LP
From: UK
Label: Pirates Press
Available in our distro: not available
Info: The British punk legends have announced an incredible box set containing their first 6 LPs along with a bonus version of “Unfinished Business,” exclusive to the box set. All of these records have been remixed and remastered from the original tapes. In addition to the box set, all LPs will be available as single discs. One of the highlights of this box set is the 52-page 12×12 bound booklet with Dick’s original diary entries during the recording sessions, previously unreleased photos and the original lyrics. The booklet was created and designed by Daryl Smith of Cock Sparrer. In addition, the box set contains a 12″ slipmat with the band’s iconic logo.
Band: Losers Parade
Album: Restless
Subgenre: punk / stoner
Physical format: tape
From: Liguria
Label: Flamingo Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Punk and stoner come together in a killer blend! For lovers of bongs, skate and hc!
Band: Prodotti Locali / Miners
Video: Brasca
Subgenre: oi!
Physical format: not available
From: Bergamo
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: uncompromising oi! from Bergamo! Split between Miners and Prodotti Locali. Video that is already legend!
Band: Forty Winks
Album: Kids
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: CD
From: Bologna
Label: Ammonia Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: 5 songs after 10 years for the historic Bolognese band formed in ’98. Melodic punk rock sounds and songs all to sing! Welcome back!
Band: Ad Vitam / À Cran
Album: split
Subgenre: punk 77 / oi!
Physical format: 7″
From: Montréal / Paris
Label: Crom Records, Primator Crew
Where to listen
Disponibile in distro: non disponibile
Info: 2 new tracks each for the two bands! punk 77 for Montreal band Ad Vitam and oi! punk for Parisian band À Cran! A split ep under the banner of a rather retro sound!
Band: Sympos
Album: More sympos EP
Subgenre: punk oi!
Physical format: 7″
From: Waterford (IRL)
Label: Primator Crew, Tough Ain’t Enough, Distro-Y
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: From southeastern Ireland comes this punk oi! band with this nice crunchy very rock n roll / garage sound. Four tracks recorded on 7″ very interesting. There is also a video for one of the tracks, “No Claims Bonus” which you can see here.
Band: Aggressive Combat
Album: S/T
Subgenre: oi!
Physical format: 12″
From: Mondragon, Basque Country
Label: Tough Ain’t Enough
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: 5 new tracks for the Basque band. Rough, powerful and melodic to the point oi! with rough and aggressive vocals!
Band: Stalingrad 42
Album: Skins’N’Punks
Subgenre: oi!
Physical format: 12″
From: Valencia
Label: Tough Ain’t Enough
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: oi! communist band with sounds between combat rock and more classic street punk that in these 7 tracks finds its strength in working class and proletarian topics with lyrics in Spanish, Valencian and English.
Band: Exhibition
Album: The Last Laugh
Subgenre: hardcore
Physical format: LP
From: Buffalo
Label: Triple B records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Violent and massive hardcore from Buffalo, 10 smashing tracks!
Band: Zulu
Album: A New Tomorrow
Subgenre: hardcore / powerviolence
Physical format: LP
From: Los Angeles
Label: Flatspot Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Very violent hardcore with maddening changes of tempo and heavily influenced by powerviolence. A highly anticipated album of no less than 15 tracks!
Band: Claustrophobic
Album: Distorted Reflection
Subgenre: punk hardcore / crust
Physical format: not available
From: Portland, Oregon
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: 3 tracks between hardcore punk and the rottenest d-beat crust. An interesting “sonic disaster” by these Portland punks.
Band: Rival
Album: Blitzkrieg EP
Subgenre: punk oi!
Physical format: not available
From: Manizales, Colombia
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: 5 punk oi! songs that are raw and rock n roll to the point for lovers of rough, pulled and catchy sounds without going overboard.
Band: A.S.O.P.
Album: It Ain’t Right Anywhere
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: not available
From: Toronto, Canada
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: A.S.O.P., an acronym for Apple Sized Olive Project delight us with 14 tracks of fast, melodic without being cloying hardcore with a modern sound. All seasoned with lyrics filled with anger and frustration at the present state of affairs.
Band: Sproloquio
Album: Canzoni di basso profilo
Subgenre: punk
Physical format: CD
From: Trento
Label: Annoying records / flamingo records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: For fans of Leatherface, hot snakes, jukebox manifesto. Let’s leave the word to the band: “It is not a new release but the CD reissue of the record that was released only online in 2019, this is because, from a solo project of Andrea (Gufonero, Mortaio, Attrito etc…) It became a band with the addition of Leo (Congegno, Impulso) on drums and dale (Astio, Il crollo) on bass, and we started playing live, and it seemed bad to arrive with the empty banquet. However, we are also working on new songs.”
Band: FÖRBITTRING
Album: S/T
Subgenre: hardcore / post-metal / sludge
Physical format: CD / TAPE. LP coming soon
From: Belgium
Label: Genet Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: A 10- song compendium of short, snappy, hard-hitting, metallic hardcore punk songs, intertwined with longer, dark and gloomy metal tracks. FFO: Rise and Fall, Tragedy and Disfear
Band: Scowl
Video: Opening Night
Album: “Psychic Dance Routine” out on April 7
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: CD, TAPE, LP
From: Santa Cruz, California
Label: Flatspot Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: upcoming EP (April 7) by the Californian hardcore punk band. You can watch the video, and preorder tape, cd or lp here.
Band: Toxic Youth
Video: Light and Gold
Album: Back To You-Th
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: CD
From: Milan
Label: WTF Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: Here’s the video for the song “Light & Gold” off the album “Back To You-Th”, released via the Dutch label WTF Records.
Band: Daltonz
Album: Hier, demain, maintenant
Subgenre: punk / oi!
Physical format: LP
From: Normandy, France
Label: Une Vie Pour Rien Vinyles
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: The Normans are back, 8 punk/oi! tracks in French with a unique sound!
Band: Cran
Album: Natë
Subgenre: punk
Physical format: LP
From: Paris
Label: Une Vie Pour Rien Vinyles
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Yes, order here!
Info: punk, melodies, deep and dark lyrics. Listen to it!
Band: Physique
Album: Again
Subgenre: crust d-beat
Physical format: tape available, LP coming soon
From: Olympia, Washington
Label: Iron Lung Records
Where to listen
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Info: PHYSIQUE offer 15 tracks of unbridled crust, seamlessly overlaying the themes of D-Beat, war and government oppression with their own interpretation of the brutal and crushing realities of everyday modern life.
Band: Pubic Enemy
Album: Bad Blood
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: LP
From: Madrid, Spain
Label: Tae Records – Uterzine – Contra Records – Entropia Tattoo – El Lokal – Frontal Distribución
Where to listen
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Info: 6 tracks in this debut album by the all-girl band from Madrid for fans of Heksa, Albert Fish, Hexen, Not On Tour, RVIVR, Bambix. A fresh and melodic but powerful punk rock! Here’s the video for “Old Lie”.
Band: Suzi Moon
Video: Any Other Way
Album: “Dumb & In Luv” released in September 2022
Subgenre: punk rock n roll
Physical format: LP
From: Washington D.C.
Label: Pirates Press
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: New video by Suzi Moon. The song is featured on the album “Dumb & in Luv” released as an LP by Pirates Press last year. The song is melodic, fast and direct with a rock n roll sound.
Band: The End A.D.
Video: Stink
Album: “It’s All In Your Head”
Subgenre: hardcore / punk / metal
Physical format: CD and tape
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Label: WhormHoledeath CD and tape / Fastball Music CD
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: The song “Stink”, off the album “It’s All In Your Head”, perfectly combines elements of hardcore, punk and metal.
Band: Frammenti
Single: Per poi rinascere ancora
Album: reissue of “L’Appeso” out on March 16
Subgenre: hardcore punk
Physical format: LP
From: Turin
Label: Motorcity Produzioni
Where to listen
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Info: The song “Per Poi Rinascere Ancora” is an unreleased track contained in the LP reissue of “L’Appeso,” an iconic record by the Turin-based band released in 1997. The reissue includes a new graphic design with the cover art reworked by Enrico Macchiavello, former author of the original cover art. Pre-order here also for the red-black cover limited edition and some bundles, while for the black version you can contact us!
Band: The Dahmers
Album: “Ghouls In The Garage” EP
Subgenre: garage punk / rock n roll
Physical format: LP coming soon
From: Sweden
Label: Spaghetty Town Records / Ghost Highway Recordings
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Four new tracks by the Swedish band that harken back to horror and Halloween imagery. A mix of rock n roll, garage punk and pop melodies.
Band: Tropical Tennis
Single: Party in my pants
Subgenre: Cowpunk
Physical format: not available
From: Trani, Puglia
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Info: Fun blend of California ’90s punk rock sounds (Blink-182 and Offsprings) and those of the modern underground. Fast and energetic rants. The song is a cover from Roger Alan Wade.
Band: Future Radio
Single: No One Else Will
Subgenre: rock
Physical format: not available
From: South Africa
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Info: This fast-paced and bold song says that if you do not take a stand for yourself, no one else will. FFO: Foo Fighters, Nothing But Thieves, Green Day.
Band: Erotic Devices
Album: This World is Not for Kids
Subgenre: punk rock
Physical format: vinyl
From: Berlin, Germany/Lima, Peru
Label: Wanda Records
Where to listen
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Info: RocknRoll punk reduced to its essentials. Raw, simple and energetic, but still catchy and melodic, three chords and punchy lyrics. FFO: Ramones, The Forgotten Rebels, Sloppy Seconds, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers.
Band: Forgotten Names
Single: Drinkin’, By Myself
Subgenre: Skatepunk
Physical format: not available
From: London, UK
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: New single by London-based melodic punk rock band Forgotten Names. Recorded in-house and mixed and mastered by Alex Gavazzi at Hell Smell in Italy. FFO: NOFX, No Use For A Name, New Found Glory.
Band: Azione Diretta / Brigade Loco
Album: split borghetti crew
Subgenre: oi! street punk
Physical format: LP / CD
From: Perugia / Basque Country
Label: Motorcity Produzioni / Tough Ain’t Enough Records
Where to listen
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Info: After being released on CD, the 12″ vinyl version of the split is finally available. Available from our distro both vinyl and CD. 5 tracks for bands united by their passion and love for their area, the stadium and… Borghetti!
Band: Axxe Crazy
Album: “Black Winds Blowing, An Indifferent Sky” Demo
Subgenre: crust punk / powerviolence / noise
Physical format: tape
From: Asbury Park, New Jersey
Label: Roachleg Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: noise, sonic violence are the first things that come to mind when listening to this demotape with short, very fast songs. Track number 9, lasting a full 14 seconds is titled “Pissing on Mussolini’s Mausoleum.” Right, we agree wholeheartedly, cheers. Antifascism starts anew from Axxe Crazy!
Band: Blind Ride
Album: Paranoid-Critical Method
Subgenre: Post-Punk
Physical format: CD
From: Campobasso
Label: Stock-a production and Overdub Recordings
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Post-punk about disillusionment and disappointment, handled with sarcasm and lucidity, and expressed through a sound that alternates aggressive and dissonant moments with others that are melancholic and somber.
Band: Quarantena
Album: Scrivo il Niente
Subgenre: Punk-rock
Physical format: vinyl
From: Mondovì (Cuneo)
Label: Duff Records, Gasterecords, Professional Punkers, Scatti Vorticosi, Last One to Die and Ostia Records
Where to listen
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Info: To the punk soul, a songwriting streak, alternative rock influences and hardcore rants are added.
Band: Arabia Saudade
Album: Estudando a América do Sul
Subgenre: Arabpunk
Physical format: Tape
From: Milan
Label: Lepers Produtcions, digital hotdog assoçiasao Terapêutica do Ruído
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: For fans of bands like Minutemen and Os Mutantes, Arabia Saudade offer a mix of arabpunk and South American travel sung in broken Portuguese.
Band: Klaus’s Branch
Video: Adriatic Sea Anthem
Subgenre: Punk rock / hardcore / emo
From: Marotta (Pesaro Urbino)
Label: DIY
Info: Band trying to bring the right balance of punk rock, hardcore and emo. FFO Blink 182, title fight, gnarwolves and four year strong.
Band: Old Socks
Single: Doing Nothing
Subgenre: Punk Rock
From: Bologna
Label: Gasterecords and Rumagna Sgroza
Info: The band Old Socks plays Punk Rock influenced by Off With Their Heads, Rancid, Face to Face and No Use For a Name. The single anticipates the release of the first EP “OLD SOCKS,” co-produced by Gasterecords and Rumagna Sgroza Records, recorded at Old Son Cultural Music Association , mixed and mastered at Studio73.
Band: Drug Abuse
Album: A Portrayal Of Hate
Subgenre: powerviolence
Physical format: not available
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Label: DIY
Where to lsiten
Info: 11 tracks of short, aggressive, chaotic and very fast powerviolence for just over 10 minutes total!
Band: Torment In Tyranny
Album: S/T
Subgenre: anarcho-punk
Physical format: not available
From: Olympia, Washington
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Info: 9 tracks of pure anarcho-punk from the States
Band: Träumer
Album: World Burn
Subgenre: Hardcore Raw Punk
Physical format: tape
From: California
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: 9 raw punk hardcore songs on tape. Tracks 6 and 7 are covers from Disclose and track 9 from RIP.
Band: A Culture of Killing
Album: Dissipation of Clouds, The Barrier
Subgenre: post punk / anarcho punk
Physical format: LP
From: Italy
Label: Drunken Sailor
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: LP release for the band that skillfully mixes music and anarcho-punk attitude with post-punk sounds. A cassette tape will be released self-produced by the band in the future.
Band: Distratta
Album: Coprifuoco
Subgenre: Pop Punk
Physical format: CD
From: Rovigo
Label: Arrosti records and Ellerre Records
Where to listen
Available in our distro: Not Available
Info: Group from the same territories as Moravagine. Pure and simple 2000s style Italian punk for fun.
Band: Tuesday’s Cockroaches
Single: Mr. Lady / Stinkbugs
Subgenre: Garage Punk
Physical format: not available
From: Lucca
Label: DIY
Where to listen
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Info: Mr. Lady and Stinkbugs are two mothball-flavored songs containing perhaps the two most iconic entities of the Tuscan countryside, the bugs and the old ladies, and both are influenced by that California garage breeze that has such a hard time reaching us. Sounds inspired by T Rex, Stooges, Siouxie & the banshees, and Ty Segall.
Band: Canale
Album: FELICE
Subgenre: Emo Punk
Physical format: CD
From: Cortona (AR)
Label: DIY
Where to listen
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Info: Italian-made emo punk a la Riviera, Brand New, Basement and FASK, with a strong live-oriented edge. The lyrics reflect fatigues, fears, failures and rivalries common to the generation of those born in the province in the late 1990s.
Band: Centralia
Single: Sail Ship Tea Cup
Subgenre: Pop punk
Physical format: not available
From: Rome
Label: DIY
Where to listen
Available in our distro: not available
Info: Mix of sounds somewhere between pop punk and emo. The song is about finding one’s metaphorical panic room. FFO blink-182, A Day to Remember, Green Day, and Jimmy Eat World.
Band: Qüetzal Tenango
Ep: Sorry mama I’m possessed by surf!
Subgenre: Surf rock
Physical format: Tape
From: Rome
Label: DIY
Where to listen
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Info: Exotic psychedelic surf rock, from beyond the grave recorded live.
Band: Marrano
Album: Carne Ossa
Subgenre: Grunge
Physical format: CD
From: Rimini
Label: Lostdog / ADA music
Where to listen
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Info: Punk-influenced alternative rock record characterized by violent guitars, distorted arpeggios, haunting refrains and a “pogo” atmosphere. A fiery, impatient and disillusioned record that wants to break the constraints, frenetic but also capable of slowing down the rhythms.
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