Winter Bear – Jump In The Fire / Should I Leave?

Delightful & catchy power-pop

Population – White Crosses

Hard-hitting and heavy post-punk

Far-Out Fangtooth – The Thorns

“Philadelphia’s FAR OUT FANGTOOTH have been meddling within their own poisonous cloud of murky, atmospheric noise for a while now, and after a stellar debut LP on Siltbreeze last year, […]

Repairs – Decay / Cycle

“That’s right, yet another crucial Australian single, from the blackend depths of minimal synth hysteria, and offering up the perfect chaser to the debut Nun LP. Rooted in an electronic [...]

Gross Pointe – Bad Seed

“What’s this, yet another ravaging Chicago punk band bursting out onto a 7” EP for the first time? Gross Pointe are another perfect example of how good this town has […]

Brown Spiders – It’s Something To Do

“Brown Spiders sound like a band that’s about to vibrate apart. The bass is distorted as hell, and the drums are forever pounding and pushing everyone else forward. The title […]

Puffy Areolas – Gentlemen’s Grip

“One of the most pivotal bands currently infecting the Midwest universe, PUFFY AREOLAS are a pummeling ensemble of free jazz skronk, laid mercilessly on top of a proto-punk nuclear waste [...]

The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur

“This gang of women raised by wolves from the great northern province of Alberta, Canada have effortlessly pulled themselves up through the cracks of the “girlbandghetto” trappings and [...]

Medication – Don’t Die

The People’s Temple – Make You Understand

Tortured Tongues – Let Me Down

“It’s bad times all year ’round in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the castrated legions that makeup the by-product known as TORTURED TONGUES reside. The tar-like muck that [...]

Outer Minds – Bloodshot Eyes

“Chicago’s explosive and underrated OUTER MINDS have finally come to the surface after simmering in the underworld in several different incarnations over the past few years, and with [...]

Myelin Sheaths – Do The Mental Twist

“Yet another Canadian entry in HoZac’s new batch, Lethbridge (about 100 miles south of Calgary), Alberta’s MYELIN SHEATHS have boldly thrust themselves forward and erupt here with an [...]

Plastic Crimewave Sound – Shockwave Rider

“For years, this Chicago scuzz-punk psychedelic prog machine has been turning heads as the Midwest’s answer to Hawkwind, Can and other mind-expanding primordial brain-fryers. At long [...]

14th Wish – 14th Wish / I Gotta Get Rid Of You

““I’m not living my life so good, tell me, how about you?” What can we really say about 14th Wish, how did this band even exist? This record and band […]

Bare Mutants – Without You

“Jered Gummere, most notably of Chicago’s PONYS, leads this new combo, which coalesces all of the most pivotal nuances of his repertoire into a perfectly minimal, mid-tempo snapshot [...]

Puncture – Mucky Pup / You Can’t Rock And Roll

Official reissue of the very first single on the revolutionary Small Wonder Records from 1977. Puncture deliver one of the absolute best, and most unique singles from the 77 punk […]

Grand Scheme – Numbers Game

Generations in hardcore move quickly. The scene changes constantly, and yet there is always a group of bands uninterested in the current trends. Some people just want to write aggressive […]

Shitty Life – Limits To Growth

Blazing fast, Chitarrino-Punk from Parma, Italy. If you enjoy Shitty Limits, Youth Avoiders, or Social Cirkle, you will love this new record. You might have seen them on tour recently […]