INSTITUTE — SALT EP
INSTITUTE is an Austin-based anarcho-influenced postpunk band who formed early in 2013. The group features members of WICCANS, BLOTTER, GLUE, and RECIDE….
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BOULDERS – ROCK N ROLL WILL NEVER DIE
Rock N Roll Will Never Die was recorded live in 2011 at the legendary Heinrich’s Workshop in Tampa. After all these years,…
GUERILLA TOSS/ WES KAPLAN – “The String”
So… I have pieced together part of this tale: Two New Year’s ago GUERILLA TOSS jammed at Mark Fede’s boss recording situation…
ERA DEL VACIO – ERA DEL VACIO
Era Del Vacio is a new band from Mexico featuring Dave Rata of Tercer Mundo, Muerte, and Ratas Del Vaticano. While similar…
GUN OUTFIT – TIME SLIPS AWAY
Olympia’s Gun Outfit deliver four new tracks of their bluesy indie rock/punk with Time Slips Away, out on Perennial. Perennial has done…
EXPERT ALTERATIONS — s/t
If the ambitious post-punks of the eighties had already lived through the rise of 2010’s jangle-surf rock (Beach Fossils, Surfer Blood, etc.)…
RAKTA – RAKTA
I was lucky enough to be one of about a hundred punx packed tight into a sweaty Jamaica Plain basement a few…
GUERILLA TOSS – SMACK THE BRICK
Boston’s most at large underground music unit is BACK AT IT. And things have changed for this bunch who we’ve known since…
THE PHEROMOANS – HEARTS OF GOLD
Even though they are currently touring with the much-hyped Foxygen, it’s probably a reality that THE PHEROMOANS won’t become a big favorite…
NOTS – FIX/ MODERN 7″
NOTS quickly became one of my favorite bands currently working in the region of post-punk when I heard their DUST RED 7″…
INSTITUTE – GIDDY BOYS 7″
Jittery, tense, and unrefined, post-punk out of Austin is the short story of INSTITUTE. Brooklyn’s KATORGA WORKS, fine purveyors of left of…
PRIESTS — BODIES AND CONTROL AND MONEY AND POWER
My friend and fellow Hassle-r Sydney has been urging me to check out Washington, D.C.’s PRIESTS for a while, and I’m glad…
