Premiere: Cherry Cheeks' Wildly Manic Synth-Punk Returns on "Pure Power"
While Kyle Harms' Portland-based synth-punk project Cherry Cheeks has evolved into a full band over the last year, their anticipated new...
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Joe Massaro
- Aug 15
Video Premiere: Optic Sink Pulls Us Deep Into Murky Waters on "Modelesque"
Hot on the heels of their recent single on Spacecase Records, Optic Sink, the Memphis synth-punk trio of Natalie Hoffmann, Ben...
Joe Massaro
- Aug 7
Disintegration: Synth-Soaked Post-Punk for the Future
Disintegration is a Cleveland underground supergroup of sorts that's made up of Haley Himiko (Pleasure Leftists), Noah Anthony...
Joe Massaro
- Jul 28
Video Premiere: Osees Take Another Leering Shot at Brain Scraping Synth-Punk on "Stunner"
After embracing primitive anarcho-punk on last year's A Foul Form, the ever prolific and constantly frenetic Osees shed their skin once...
Joe Massaro
- Jun 29
Busted Head Racket Returns With Their Weird Excellence of Outsider Synth-Punk on "Junk Food"
The Newcastle-based trio Busted Head Racket have just unveiled their new 8-track EP Junk Food, a deranged surrealist onslaught of mutated...
Joe Massaro
- Apr 28
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice: Science Lab-Punk With a Hyper-Agitated Pulse
Obscure art-punks Dr Sure's Unusual Practice returned earlier this month with BUBBLE, an album bandleader Dougal Shaw recorded solely in...
Joe Massaro
- Apr 6
Rev it Up!: Gee Tee Shifts Their Buzzing Mutant Punk into Fifth Gear on 'Goodnight Neanderthal'
Over the last couple years, Kel Mason's maniacal bedroom recording venture Gee Tee has fully fleshed into a powerhouse garage band that's...
Joe Massaro
- Mar 29
Video Premiere: Dragnet Assembles a Brain Freeze of Synth-Punk on "Strike"
Led by Vintage Crop's Jack Cherry, the Melbourne synth-punk band Dragnet has finally ascended to their throne with their forthcoming...
Joe Massaro
- Mar 15
Premiere: Mason City Mutant Punks Why Bother? Spin Their Own Web on "Self Indulgent Ways"
Following up last fall's pair of releases, we have the pleasure in sharing today "Self Indulgent Ways," the blazing lead cut to prolific...
Joe Massaro
- Feb 15
Automatic Widens Their Scope to Confront Corporate Chaos
As the post-punk lashings continue through Automatic's sophomore effort Excess, the Los Angeles trio synthesize a new strain of...
Joe Massaro
- Dec 9, 2022
Track by Track: Pleasants Demo
Track by Track is a segment where we interview artists to dig a little deeper and take us inside the tracks of their latest releases. We...
Joe Massaro
- Aug 10, 2022
Single Premiere: UK Duo Freak Genes Employ a Head Rush of Angular Electronics on "Hologram"
Exploratory UK synth punks Freak Genes are releasing their fifth full-length album, Hologram, through the always reliable Feel It Records...
Nick Burk
- Jul 29, 2022
Exploring the Dizzying DIY Madness of Billiam's 'Steakhead Breakbeats'
Australian wunderkind Billiam, who's been a member of Disco Junk, TOR, Verminator, and other bands, has been making music on his own for...
Joe Massaro
- Jun 29, 2022
Video Premiere: June Jones Returns with a Dark Impetus on "Goblin Mindset"
Along with the announcement of her forthcoming third album, Pop Music For Normal Women, the ever-prolific Naarm/Melbourne artist June...
Joe Massaro
- May 4, 2022
Video Premiere: Maraudeur Shows Off Their Wildly Discordant Post-Punk on "Le Couloir du Soir"
Accompanying the upcoming reissue of last year's long-awaited sophomore effort, Puissance 4, the Leipzig-based post-punk band Maraudeur...
Joe Massaro
- Apr 26, 2022
Single Premiere: Remote Control Unearths Lightning-Fast Garage Punk on "Everyone is the Same"
Whether it's the mutated synth-punk of Set-Top Box or the fractured power pop of Tee-Vee Repairman, the Sydney weirdo Ishka Edmeades is...
Joe Massaro
- Mar 22, 2022
Single Premiere: Crime of Passing's Synth-Saturated Post-Punk Spirals on "Tender Fixation"
Today we have the pleasure of premiering Crime of Passing's new single, "Tender Fixation," the first offering from their anticipated...
Joe Massaro
- Mar 14, 2022
Premiere: Tapdog Reveal More Boogie-Inducing Garage Punk on Deluxe Edition of 'Tapdog II'
Almost a year after releasing their second EP, Tapdog unveil more of their ravaged garage punk across the newly released deluxe edition...
Joe Massaro
- Mar 9, 2022
Ghost Beef Permeates a Slashing Sonic Terrain of Synth-Punk on New EP 'End Times Behavior'
Following last year's debut EP, Nativity In Beef, Ghost Beef is back with his Devo-worshipping, synth-laden Midwest garage punk on his...
Julia Derwas
- Jan 7, 2022
Cong Josie Rides Tall in the Saddle on the Throbbing 'Cong!'
Cong Josie, the nightclub alter-ego of Nic Oogjes, closed the curtain on 2021 with the release of his triumphant and delightfully...
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