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Delta 8 - Greased Lightning (2024) [new release]

An awesome debut cassette by this group out of Athens, Geoargia, delivering a salvo of fuzzed out tunes on the intersection of hardcore- and KBD-soaked garage punk. While at times resembling the noise-laden output of groups á la Lumpy and the Dumpers, Soupcans and Black Button i think this stuff would fit equally well within the catalogs of LoFi specialist cassette labels Impotent Fetus and Deluxe Bias, having a similar shambolic energy in common with acts like Septic Yanks, C-Krit, early Electric Chair, Exxxon and Motor Corp.

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No Brains - Cheap Shot // The Celebrities - Redd Karpet (2024) [new releases]
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Two outstanding releases rolled in this week dabbling in unapologetically oldschool aesthetics, both prevailing in their own way by fairly different means. No Brains from Utrecht...

12XU | No Brains - Cheap Shot // The Celebrities - Redd Karpet

Two outstanding releases rolled in this week dabbling in unapologetically oldschool aesthetics, both prevailing in their own way by fairly different means. No Brains from Utrecht, Netherlands present an uncompromisingly straightforward blend of timeless garage punk and early eighties, somewhat hardcore- and KBD-adjacent noises. I give this shit 0/10 stars for originality and 20/10 stars for sheer unrelenting force. That averages out to an actual 10/10 record, mind you. You think otherwise? That's 'cos you suck at math dude, deal with it. Also plenty of garage action, although with more of a '77 and power pop vibe, is what we get on a brand new EP by California group The Celebrities via US garage punk bulwark Total Punk. A bit more relaxed tempo-wise but these are perfectly fun and catchy little tunes with some pronounced Dead Boys-meet-Dickies energy goin' on here, making for an exquisite sugar rush of an admittedly, at times, kinda cheesy quality which thankfully always gets countered by way an expertly crafted wall of fuzz. I give it a 11/10 for all the glitz, glamour and star power. Maths man, nothing we can do about it.

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Antenna - Antenna [new release]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13226318

> Awesome to hear this dude's angel voice again! Just a couple weeks ago, Shogun, best known as the powerhouse front man of Royal Headache, made his triumphant return (let's not forget the neat 2018 Shogun and the Sheets 7" though) with the debut EP of Finnoguns Wake, the duo comprising of him and Finn Berzin and now, pretty much out of nowhere, there's also the debut EP by another band of his, Antenna, popping up which, of his projects so far, aligns closest to the oldschool Royal Headache vibe in terms of its song material while moving on from the rough garage sound towards a somewhat slicker aesthetic inbetween the parameters of straight-up melodic punk rock, noise- and power pop with a kinda unexpected Leatherface edge to it. Sweet!

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Jug - Or Not / Innuendo - Peace & Love [new release]
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Excellent shit straddling the fine line between hard- and postcore with a smidge of garage thrown in is what we get on the debut EP of Winnipeg group Jug, reaching our shores courtesy of the always...

Excellent shit straddling the fine line between hard- and postcore with a smidge of garage thrown in is what we get on the debut EP of Winnipeg group Jug, reaching our shores courtesy of the always reliable Vancouver noise forge Neon Taste Records. Their sound encapsulates exactly the rough and unruly qualities i seek out most from these genres, at the same time sounding reasonably elaborate and well-constructed. At points, you might draw comparisons to stuff like Acrylics, Mystic Inane, Arse, Daydream, Video, Crisis Man, early Bad Breeding… plus a surprise hint of '77 New York in My Body's Doomed!

Similar things, albeit in a somwhat dumber, equally fun and delightfully primitive fashion, are then brought forth on the debut LP of Milwaukee's Innuendo which has just dropped via Unlawful Assambly and Roach Leg Records and on which they hit a sweet spot between simple and stupid oldschool hardcore energy and KBD-drenched garage insanity, ingredients that have stood the test of time being presented in a way here that still feels fresh and alive.

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Leaking Head - Leaking Head [new release]

Another bomb has just dropped via Tetryon Tapes. The previous EP Better Homes & Gardens by the Rochester, NY group was a perfectly fun occasion already, albeit one still kinda struggling to seamlessly integrate their oldschool '70s/'80s metal elements into their overall aesthetic. This new cassette rectifies this in part by way of a rough-as-fuck Lo-Fi sound that simply fits them a lot better while their powers of song construction have undoubtedly made plenty of progress as well, resulting in an unforgiving force that skillfully imbues some of the most furious instances oldschool hardcore grime and filth with a distinct dungeon punk note.

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Lysol - Padded Cell (2024) [new track]
lysolpunx.bandcamp.com Padded Cell, by LYSOL

from the album Down the Street

Padded Cell, by LYSOL

Down The Street releases March 22nd via Feel It Records.

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Dollhouse - I Hate You Dont Leave Me [new release]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13161979

> This New York group's third EP once again showcases them as an overwhelming rowdy force to be reckoned with, made up of equally smart and furious postcore with some surface-level similarities to groups such as Mystic Inane, Wymyns Prysyn, Launcher, Cement Shoes or Liquid Assets. New to me from this group is some pronounced melodic vibe á la Drive Like Jehu-goes-Leatherface in the title track… surprisingly, this too works flawlessly! > >

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Jean Mignon - Dirty Mean Fast [new release]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13156331

> The fol­low-up to last year's sen­sa­tion­al de­but tape AN/​AL by new york garage punk wiz­ard Jean Mignon some­what di­als down the styl­is­tic va­ri­ety fac­tor but ab­solute­ly makes up for it by con­sid­er­ably up­ping the av­er­age en­er­gy lev­el of his straight­for­ward punk smash­ers, pro­pelled for­ward by an un­stop­pable, com­bus­tive dri­ve with more than just a lit­tle un­der­cur­rent of pro­to punk in gen­er­al and the '74-'77 New York scene in par­tic­u­lar. > >

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Fen Fen - Bub (2024) [new track]
sweettime.bandcamp.com Bub, by Fen Fen

from the album National Threat

Bub, by Fen Fen

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13138161

> National Threat releases May 3rd via Sweet Time Records.

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JJ And The A's - Generation (2024) [new track]

Eyeballer releases March 15th via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos.

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Hood Rats - Fuck The Police (2024) [new track]
dirtcultrecords.bandcamp.com Fuck the Police, by Hood Rats

from the album Crime, Hysteria & Useless Information

Fuck the Police, by Hood Rats

Crime, Hysteria & Useless Information releases April 5th via Dirt Cult Records.

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Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! - Bloom (2024) [new release)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12436421

> My petty attempts at writing about music might've been even worse 10+ years ago than they still are in the present but at least there's little need for me being too embarrassed about most of the music i've picked back then. Case in point, the new LP of italian group Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!, the first new music after six to seven years of silence by the group that had the questionable honor of being the subject of the very first 12XU blog post ever (the german language section that is, which goes back to the year 2013 rather than the english section which is less than half as old). Despite their slow pace of output you can't accuse them of lacking staying power, that's for sure! Their sound's progression over the years makes perfect sense to me as well, their excellent 2013 Forever Young LP kinda channeling the bygone late 2000s / early 2010s era of noise pop and fuzz punk groups á la No Age, Wavves and Male Bonding, which then morphed into a more relaxed, indie rock-leaning vibe with on their 2017 album Corners. With this new one, they finally settle into some ultra-classic shoegaze territory with just a hint of post grunge added to the mix, Bailterspace and Swervedriver being the the best comparison i can come up with. Here they slow things down even further without ever coming across as sleepy or boring - it takes a rare amount of elaborate construction work and song-crafting prowess to pull this shit off successfully and these italians deliver on it in droves, more than any other group has done in recent years as it's been a rather sad decade for the genre so far if you ask me, in which most of these groups certainly have all their effect pedals in place while lacking the songs, energy and vision to do anything for me other than gently lulling me to sleep. This one, it sounds kinda oldschool while absolutely not Slowdive-ish and that's like a breath of fresh air to me in these days.

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Arse - Kaputt. (2024) [new release]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12436172

> It took the Sydney group like a half decade to come up with their third EP but here it finally is in all its glory and spectacle. Their very own fusion of noise rock, hard- and postcore has retained every bit of their frantic energy while mixing shit up just enough to keep things interesting, for example in Shame Bomb, in which they conjure up a previously unheard sense of melancholy. Other times, their speeds and levels of devastation are reaching the explosive force of their debut EP in songs such as Level Skipper and Prick in the Franger, after the slightly more forgiving previous Safe Word EP, while tracks like Night Shift Blues once again supercharge all the grime and dirt of oldschool Amphetamine Repile-style riffing with a relentless hardcore attack.

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Innuendo - Nuke This Place (2024) [new track]

Peace & Love releases March 8th via Roach Leg Records & Unlawful Assembly.

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Spewed Brain - Spewed Brain (2024) [new release]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12151476

> Following up on their much rougher, hardcore-leaning International Heartthrob EP of last year, Indiana's Spewed Brain take their sound into a catchier, slightly egg-ish direction on their new LP while staying delightfully fucked-up and unpredictable, at different times reminding me of groups as diverse as, say, Trauma Harness, Print Head, Exwhite, The Gobs, Snooper, Rolex, Witch Piss or Slimex.

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RONi - Demo (2024) [new release]

Oh look, it's that mysterious dude again who also goes by such names as Zhoop, Djinn, Nightman, Feed, Brundle and even more disguises i can't recall right now. As usual he does exactly one thing on here and he gets it right every single time - five excellent no-frills minimalist detonations on the intersection of garage-, hardcore- and fuzz punk.

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Dollhouse - Be Nice To Me (Part II) (2024) [new track]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12151362

> I Hate You Don't Leave Me releases February 28th via Toxic State Records.

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Split System - Vol. 2 (2024) [new release]
  • True. They're killing it live!

  • Poll - Top Albums of 2023
  • Tube Alloys would make my list aswell!

  • Poll - Top Albums of 2023
  • Usually i'm having a hard time to pick a definitive favorite. Not this year though. It is Härvest by Poison Ruïn. An instant classic if i've ever heard one and something of an essential ur-text of the still developing dungeon punk genre! They weren't the first group to attempt this but the first to really develop the aesthetic into its own, distinct and eleborate thing, impossible to just file away under some pre-existing (sub)genre.

  • What Were You Listening to Last Week - November 19 to 25
  • Parquet Courts, eh? Have you already heard the new Tyvek LP? Might be right up your alley,

  • Punks in Print - [Resources]
  • Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad

    Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1992 by George Hurchalla

  • Golpe - Diritto Di Obbedire (2023) - [New Release]
  • As expected this shit fucking rips!

  • What Were You Listening to Last Week - October 1 to 7
  • Excellent choice. :-)

  • Favourite Album Poll + Intro to [Sunday Album Club]
  • As far as traditional '77 style punk rock is concerned, you can't go wrong with this one. Super solid songcraft that still holds up!

  • Favourite Album Poll + Intro to [Sunday Album Club]
  • Way too many favorites to pick a definite one really, but i'm just gonna go with Mush by Leatherface for the raw emotional pull it still has on me to this day.
    https://leatherfacemusic.bandcamp.com/album/mush-2

    Among the closest contenders for me would be these:
    Wire - Pink Flag
    Big Black - Atomizer
    Wipers - Is This Real?
    Mission Of Burma - Vs.
    Fugazi - The Argument
    Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
    Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
    The Ruts - The Crack
    Television - Marquee Moon
    ... plus a ton of shit i'm sure i'm forgetting right now.

    Just to sprinkle in something contemporary, ill also mention Härvest by Poison Ruïn.

  • Welcome to Punk_Rock on Lemmy
  • Reddit has always been famous for headline readers, and it seemed more often than not, that’s all the punk subs were too. Bad Religion or the Interupters get hundreds of upvotes in minutes, likely from people who don’t even click through to listen to the music, but anything unfamiliar would get ignored, or worse, downvoted.

    Haha, i stayed clear of Reddit back when it was a thing but i can feel your pain. Getting people, even punks, to listen to anything new, unknown or niche is always an uphill battle - one i've too been waging for a while now with my own little place on the web. I see !punk_rock@lemmy.ca as an ally in that respect. Keep up that good shit! Of all the different flavors of lemmy punk communitiy, this is the cool place to be.

  • What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?
  • The intricacies of god's love are another rabbit hole altogether. You could write whole books about it... oh wait, people actually did! 😄

  • What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?
  • There is a god who created the world and watches our every move and we as humans are fallen creations who can't live up to his super holy expectations with our sinful lives. But don't despair just yet because that holy god has set up a blood sacrifice solution involving his own son and all you have to do to not end up in eternal damnation is to believe in the blood magic of a god for which no evidence exists whatsoever outside of the ancient myths of primitive bronze age men - a god who chooses to remain hidden for some weird reason although he apparently wants to be worshipped and believed in. Easy right? Also, if your life isn't working out quite right for some reason, that's certainly your own fault because the lord's blessings are very dependent on you doing those very fuzzily defined Jesus-ing activities right and you're quite obviously doing something very wrong, have sins in your life, aren't believing hard enough, doing it with an impure heart or whatever...

    You couldn't make this shit up if you tried!

  • If there is one thing you can change about Lemmy, what would it be?
  • This is probably not 100% lemmy's fault but interoperability with other branches of the fediverse could be better. For example, i can create posts and subscribe to lemmy communities from my pleroma instance but federation of posts and discussions from lemmy to pleroma is somewhere inbeteween "unreliable" and "nonexistant", depending on the moon phase or whatever. Sorting that stuff out would be crucial for making lemmy communities a real fediverse-spanning, platform-agnostic thing.

  • Groschi Groschi @lemmy.world

    Average boring person from Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. I'm running the music blog 12XU. My main fedi handle is @groschi@elefant.onetwoxu.de. It turns out Lemmy and Kbin subscriptions don’t really work with Pleroma yet so i made this auxiliary account to keep up with the discussion.

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