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Propagandhi

At Peace

    Known for their incisive political commentary and genre-blurring soundscapes, the band continues to challenge both the status quo and their own musical boundaries. 'At Peace' promises a fusion of their signature punk ethos with progressive elements, delivering a sonic assault that's as thought-provoking as it is relentless. As the follow-up to 2017's 'Victory Lap', this album is poised to reaffirm Propagandhi's place at the forefront of politically charged punk rock.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Guiding Lights
    2. At Peace
    3. Cat Guy
    4. No Longer Young
    5. Rented P.A.
    6. Stargazing
    7. God Of Avarice
    8. Prismatic Spray (The Tinder Date)
    9. Benito's Earlier Work
    10. Vampires Are Real
    11. Fire Season
    12. Day By Day
    13. Something Needs To Die But Maybe It's Not You

    Mamalarky

    Hex Key

      Mamalarky thrive in the in-between, a tri-coastal outft straddling Atlanta,
      Austin, and Los Angeles, crafting a sound that feels both meticulously
      constructed and effortlessly unspooled.

      Their brand of indie rock is delightfully askew-- swirling psych fourishes meet wiry guitar tangents, all anchored by tender, off-kilter hooks that burrow deep. It's music that invites you into its strange little universe, full of inside jokes and late night musings turned into melodic gold.

      Formed in Austin in 2016, Mamalarky's lineup has since scattered across time zones, but their chemistry remains unmistakable. Guitarist Livvy Bennett (formerly of Cherry Glazerr), keyboardist Michael Hunter (White Denim), drummer Dylan Hill, and bassist Noor Khan (Faye Webster's touring bassist) operate like a band that's spent years fnishing each other's musical sentences. Their songwriting thrives on kinetic interplay-- nimble and restless, yet always landing in some deeply satisfying pocket.

      While indie- pop might be the easiest tag to slap on them, Mamalarky dodge the genre's more predictable trappings. Instead of settling into breezy melancholy, they embrace complexity-- knotty time signatures, rubbery basslines, and melodies that feel like they're winking at you. It's heady but never pretentious, the kind of music that rewards repeat listens, each spin revealing a new hidden corner.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Broken Bones
      2. Won't Give Up
      3. The Quiet
      4. Hex Key
      5. Anhedonia
      6. #1 Best Of All Time
      7. Take Me
      8. MF
      9. Blow Up
      10. Blush
      11. Nothing Lasts Forever
      12. Feels So Wrong
      13. Here's Everything

      Rancid

      Life Won't Wait

        A year long project that took the band from San Francisco to Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans and Jamaica, Life Won't Wait has highlights that are as varied as they are rewarding. "Bloodclot" is a punk anthem as brawny as any ever recorded, replete with Lars' lyrical nods to Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Ramones. "Warsaw" and "New Dress" explore world-scale class struggle and out-and-out warfare. Of the two songs actually recorded in Jamaica, "Hoover Street" is a poignant addict's lament with sweet soulful vocal assists from Hepcat, while the title track features Tim and Lars sparring with dancehall kingpin Buju Banton against a canvas of urgent old school ska.

        Self-produced, culled from life experience, and played live in large measure, Life Won't Wait is as ambitious and independent as it gets.

        TRACK LISTING

        Intro
        Bloodclot
        Hoover Street
        Black Lung
        Life Won't Wait
        New Dress
        Warsaw
        Hooligans
        Crane Fist
        Leicester Square
        Backslide
        Who Would've Thought
        Cash Culture
        Cocktails
        The Wolf
        1998
        Lady Liberty
        Wrongful Suspicion
        Turntable
        Something In The World Today
        Corazon De Oro
        Coppers

        Destroy Boys

        Sorry, Mom - 2024 Reissue

          DESTROY BOYS formed in 2015, when founding members Violet Mayugba and Alexia Roditis were just 15 years old, and each release has marked a period of growth and change. "Looking back, our frst three albums marked the deaths of things," says guitarist Violet Mayugba. "They were soundtracks to our funerals, whether they were for our ages, our mental states. We've gone through a lot of changes as a band and as people."

          "The first one ('Sorry, Mom') was our high school album," Mayugba explains. "On the second record ('Make Room'), we went to college and were saying goodbye to our childhood. On the third one, we'd just gone through COVID and, speaking for myself, I lost my entire sense of self and gained a new one."

          Now, at 24, Mayugba and Roditis are standing frmly on solid ground with more resolute and confdent than ever in their place as musicians.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. K Street Walker
          2. Duck Eat Duck World
          3. Junk
          4. Widow
          5. I Threw Glass At My Friend's Eyes And Now I'm On Probation
          6. No Respect
          7. Goldilocks Spot
          8. Cattywampus
          9. Word Salad

          The Linda Lindas

          No Obligation

            Here comes No Obligation, the second full-length release from The Linda Lindas further advances their unironic, joyful, and exciting trajectory of mashing up LA punk with alt-rock, garage rock, power pop, new wave, rock en espanol.

            'No Obligation' was written and recorded by the band during spring breaks, winter breaks, and long weekends (Lucia and Eloise are still in high school, Mila just fnished middle school, and Bela is patiently waiting for them to get done with it already) and was produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, Best Coast, Bleached).

            Known for their incredible musicianship and live performances, the band who has shared stages with and opened for Paramore, Japanese Breakfast, Jawbreaker, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, are about to embark on a massive two-month tour across America with Green Day. Look for headlining shows at small clubs in between - including a sold-out gig at the famously DIY Gilman Street in Berkeley.

            No expectations. No limits for The Linda Lindas

            STAFF COMMENTS

            Barry says: Snappy 00's skate punk (it is Epitaph records, after all) and melodic hardcore, pulling in influence from garage, rock and roll and art rock. It's brilliantly danceable and from a big skate punk fan of olde, right up my street.

            TRACK LISTING

            1. No Obligation
            2. All In My Head
            3. Lose Yourself
            4. Too Many Things
            5. Once Upon A Time
            6. Yo Me Estreso
            7. Cartographers
            8. Don't Think
            9. Resolution/Revolution
            10. Nothing Would Change
            11. Excuse Me
            12. Stop

            Mannequin Pussy

            I Got Heaven

              Mannequin Pussy's music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard.

              Across four albums, the Philadelphia rock band that consists of Colins "Bear" Regisford (bass, vocals), Kaleen Reading (drums, percussion), Maxine Steen (guitar, synths), and Marisa Dabice (guitar, vocals) has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. "There's just so much constantly going on that feels intentionally evil that trying to make something beautiful feels like a radical act ," says Dabice. "The ethos of this band has always been to bring people together."

              Their new album, I Got Heaven, which is out March 1 via Epitaph Records, is the band's most fully realized recording yet. Over ten ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting alternative pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It's a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive.

              Following the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album Patience, Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP Perfect. They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band's official lineup. The band changed their entire creative formula, choosing to write together in the studio in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton , over slowly crafting tracks at home. "Everyone felt empowered to speak up about their own ideas to make this thing the best it could possibly be," says Regisford.

              TRACK LISTING

              I Got Heaven
              Loud Bark
              Nothing Like
              I Don't Know You
              Sometimes
              Ok? Ok! Ok? Ok!
              Softly
              Of Her
              Aching
              Split Me Open

              Rancid

              Rancid - 2023 Reissue

                Without any reminiscing about their former band Operation Ivy, Matt Freeman (bass) and Tim Armstrong (guitar/vocals) blast through their debut without any hints of ska or blatant Clash plagiarizing. On the contrary, this album rips through 15 tracks of high- energy punk that's accompanied by heavy bass leads and Armstrong's permanently slurred vocals.

                And to top it all off, the lyrical content deals with urban blight and the lifestyle of being a public nuisance. With this trademark sound, Rancid provides the perfect soundtrack for any car chase that includes massive property damage; is it a wonder MTV wouldn't touch this? -Mike DaRonco

                TRACK LISTING

                Adina
                Hyena
                Detroit
                Rats In The Hallway
                Another Night
                Animosity
                Outta My Mind
                Whirlwind
                Rejected
                Injury
                Climb In (The Bottle)
                Trenches
                Holiday Sunrise
                Unwritten Rules
                Union Blood
                / Get Out Of My Way

                Rancid

                Tomorrow Never Comes

                  Rancid - the legendary Bay Area punk rockers are back with their 10th studio album, Tomorrow Never Comes on Epitaph Records

                  Emerging from the blue- collar swamps of Berkeley, California, Rancid has now been a living, breathing punk rock band for over a quarter century.

                  Back in 1991, after the demise of their much beloved and still influential first band, Operation Ivy, founding members Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar) and Matt Freeman (bass, vocals) decided to do the impossible -- start an even better band. Thus, Rancid. Signing with Epitaph Records, the band released their first album, "Rancid," in 1993. Shortly thereafter, Lars Frederiksen (vocals, guitar) joined the band and they went on to release incredible records from "Let's Go." (1994) to their classic - platinum selling "...And Out Come The Wolves." (1995). Drummer Branden Steineckert joined the band in 2003, cementing the line-up that rocks out till this day.

                  Seeing Rancid live is a life changing experience and steady touring is in the plan for 2023. The band will tour Europe in June and the rest of the world soon after.

                  Through it all, Rancid has remained fiercely independent, never losing their loyalty to community or each other. Their music confronts political and social issues, while balancing personal tales of love, loss, and heartbreak with attitude. Rancid gives their listeners a community where everyone can belong. By carrying on the traditions and spirit of the original punk rock bands that came before, Rancid has become a legend and inspiration to punk bands that have come after. They are the living embodiment of East Bay punk. And if you don't know all this by now -- you're not playing their music loud enough!

                  TRACK LISTING

                  Tomorrow Never Comes
                  Mud Blood & Gold
                  Devil In Disguise
                  New American
                  Tomorrow Never Comes 
                  Don't Make Me Do It
                  It's A Road To Righteousness
                  Live Forever
                  Drop Dead Inn
                  Prisoners Song
                  Magnificent Rouge
                  One Way Ticket
                  Hellbound Train 
                  Eddie The Butcher
                  Hear Us Out
                  When The Smoke Clears

                  Fake Names

                  Expendables

                    Composed of Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Dag Nasty), Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, INVSN, The International Noise Conspiracy), Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys, Soulside) and the newest member Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites of Spring), the band is a veritable posthardcore dream team. However instead of rehashing the past, Expendables is a reinvention that sees the band dialing back the distortion and leaning into the melodies. The result pairs their unparalleled pedigree with a pop sensibility that's slightly unexpected and wholly satisfying. "For our last record [2019's FAKE NAMES]the general influences were 70's U.K. punk and power-pop; but it wound up with a little classic rock vibe as well, like the Vibrators meets Aerosmith. We never saw that coming!" , Baker explains. For Expendables the band enlisted producer Adam "Atom" Greenspan (IDLES, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Baker explains, "The pop influences are a little more out front on this one and the production really helps it shine. It sounds more direct, more urgent." Expendables is the latest exchange in a musical conversation that spans four decades. Baker aptly refers to the lineup of FAKE NAMES as a "mutual admiration society" and says that once the five members got in the same room together, it felt as if they had already been in the band together for years.

                    TRACK LISTING

                    Targets
                    Expendables
                    Delete Myself
                    Go
                    Dont Blame Yourself
                    Cant Take It
                    Damage Done
                    Madtown
                    Caught In Between
                    Too Little Too Late

                    Bad Religion

                    How Could Hell Be Any Worse

                      How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, their second record and first LP is nothing short of genius. Shattered-glass guitar riffs, fast, furious drums, and a 16 year old Greg Graffin's voice for the ages. The coalescence of lyrical intellect and savage music make for a sound seldom (if ever) heard before. The impact of this record still resonates to this day. Classic tracks like Fuck Armageddon...This Is Hell, American Dream, and The Voice Of God Is Government are as crucial and socially lucid as the day they were created in a southern California garage. When the greatest punk records of all-time are discussed, How Could Hell Be Any Worse? is sure to be mentioned.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      We're Only Gonna Die
                      Latch Key Kids
                      Part III
                      Faith in God /
                      Fuck Armageddon..This Is Hell
                      Pity
                      In The Night
                      Damned To Be Free 
                      White Trash (2nd Generation)
                      American Dream
                      Eat Your Dog
                      Voice Of God Is Government
                      Oligarchy
                      Doin Time

                      M. Ward

                      Think Of Spring

                        “I first heard Lady In Satin in a mega-shopping mall somewhere in San Francisco. I was about 20 years old and didn’t know much about Billie’s records or her life or how her voice changed over the years. Anyway, the sound was coming from the other side of the mall and I remember mistaking her voice for a beautiful perfectly distorted electric guitar - some other-world thing floating there on this strange mournful ocean of strings and I was hooked for life. Ten years later in 2006 I recorded an electric guitar instrumental version of “I’m A Fool To Want You” for my album Post-War. In 2018 I performed a concert in LA. of all the songs from Lady In Satin as a quintet and began preparing guitar arrangements for the recordings compiled on this record - Think of Spring. The title comes from a poem written in 1924 by Jane Brown-Thompson that eventually became “I Get Along Without You Very Well” in 1938 - the first song here. The conceit of Think of Spring is to filter the songs and strings from Lady In Satin through a single acoustic guitar using various alternate tunings and a minimal amount of textures and studio manipulation. most of the songs were recorded on an analog Tascam four track. Think of Spring is inspired by Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis, J.J. Johnson, John Fahey and Robert Johnson. Proceeds from this record will benefit Inner-City Arts & Donors Choose via PLUS1 for Black Lives Fund.” - M. Ward

                        TRACK LISTING

                        I Get Along Without You Very Well
                        For Heavens Sake
                        It’s Easy To Remember
                        You’ve Changed
                        Violets For Your Furs
                        For All We Know
                        But Beautiful
                        All The Way
                        I’m A Fool To Want You
                        I’ll Be Around
                        You Don’t Know What Love Is

                        Fake Names

                        Fake Names

                          In early 2016, D.C. punk legends Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion) and Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace, One Last Wish) met up at Hampton’s Brooklyn home to play music together.

                          Friends since first grade, the two guitarists ended up writing a handful of songs that day, then closed out the session with a spur-of-the-moment decision to start a band.

                          When it came to finding a bassist, Baker and Hampton looked to Johnny Temple of Girls Against Boys and Soulside (another fellow student at their elementary school), who equally shared their passion for what Temple refers to as “loud, angry, visceral music”. By the end of the year, the band had enlisted Refused frontman Dennis Lyxz n as their singer, thus cementing the lineup to punk-rock supergroup Fake Names.

                          Soon after dubbing themselves Fake Names a moniker that’s part Raising Arizona reference, part recognition of the “ubiquitous and demonic use of the term ‘fake news’”, according to Baker the band headed to Renegade Studios with the goal of creating a demo to present to record labels. But after playing those recordings for Baker’s Bad Religion bandmate Brett Gurewitz, the Epitaph founder made an unexpected proposal. “Brett said to us, ‘This isn’t a demo, this is the album,’” Baker recalls. “He was pretty adamant about putting it out exactly as it was, so that’s what we wound up doing”

                          TRACK LISTING

                          All For Sale
                          Driver
                          Being Them
                          Brick
                          Darkest Days
                          Heavy Feather
                          First Everlasting
                          This Is Nothing
                          Weight
                          Lost Cause

                          The Dream Syndicate

                          The Universe Inside

                            When one thinks of the Dream Syndicate, it’s not just the wild abandon with which singer/guitarist Steve Wynn, drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, and lead guitarist Jason Victor perform - it’s the carefully constructed songwriting of Wynn that comes to mind.

                            By now every rock critic in the country has predetermined who he or she feels Wynn reminds them of and what they think of that style of songs. This time, don’t! Which brings us to The Universe Inside. Every article or review ever written will claim “this is new and different” - well, it is! Just look at the song lengths: 20:27, 7:36, 8:56, 9:55 and 10:53. Ok, sure - the Syndicate have occasionally committed a long song to vinyl, “John Coltrane Stereo Blues” was 9 minutes with live versions over the ten-minute mark.

                            For the first time, every song is a group songwriting effort. What seeps in are Dennis Duck’s knowledge of European avant-garde music, Jason Victor’s passion for 70s prog, Mark Walton’s experience in Southern-fried music collectives and Wynn’s love of vintage electric jazz. The dazzling display of album cover artwork alone should clue you into the changes. But don’t take our word for it. Dive in!

                            TRACK LISTING

                            The Regulator
                            The Longing
                            Apropos Of Nothing
                            Dusting Off The Rust
                            The Slowest Rendition

                            M. Ward

                            Migration Stories

                              A prolific writer, producer and performer, M. Ward has established himself as one of modern American music’s most unique and versatile voices. For his tenth album he journeyed to Quebec, Canada to work with Arcade Fire’s Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry, producer/mixer Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine) and Teddy Impakt. Together at Arcade Fire’s Montreal studios they recorded a collection of 11 songs inspired by stories of human migration.

                              M. Ward’s music has always felt intricate, intimate and other worldly. With Migration Stories he breathes beautiful life into vignettes of human flight, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy as it reckons with a world that feels more divided than ever before, even as its inhabitants grow more inextricably linked by the day.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              Migration Of Souls
                              Heaven’s Nail And Hammer
                              Coyote Mary’s Traveling Show
                              Independent Man
                              Stevens’ Snow Man
                              Unreal City
                              Real Silence
                              Along The Santa Fe Trail
                              Chamber Music
                              Torch
                              Rio Drone

                              The Chicago (US) band Wilco presents Star Wars, the Grammy-award winning band’s ninth studio album and its first since 2011’s The Whole Love. 

                              Wilco has been a pioneer of pre-releasing albums and making its music available for free since 2001 when the band streamed its breakthrough release Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The decision to make Star Wars available quickly and for free continues to see the band exploring new ways to release its music and reach its fans, while keeping the album release process fun and interesting to its members.

                              "Why release an album this way and why make it free? Well, the biggest reason, and I'm not sure we even need any others, is that it felt like it would be fun,” Tweedy said. “What's more fun than a surprise? Enough of this 20th anniversary already, here's something fresh.”

                              The new album was recorded at the band’s Chicago loft and features 11 original Wilco-penned tunes.

                              “Star Wars sounds like a band having an absolute blast with both the pop music form and the ways in which we hear it.” (4/5 – THE GUARDIAN)

                              TRACK LISTING

                              1.EKG
                              2.More...
                              3.Random Name Generator
                              4.The Joke Explained
                              5.You Satellite
                              6.Taste The Ceiling
                              7.Pickled Ginger
                              8.Where Do I Begin
                              9.Cold Slope
                              10.King Of You
                              11.Magnetized

                              Cult punk rock heroes, Alkaline Trio return with ‘My Shame Is True’, their most dynamic album to date. In anticipation of the release, the band have debuted a brand new single ‘I Wanna Be Warhol’ from the forthcoming album.

                              Recorded with Bill Stevenson of punk legends The Descendents and Black Flag and with Jason Livermore at the producers’ Blasting Room Studios in Colorado, ‘My Shame Is True’ pushes the band into new musical terrain while embracing their classic Trio sound. The album contains 40 minutes of passionate punk-filled rock that showcases guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba, bassist/vocalist Dan Andriano and drummer Derek Grant at their absolute best.

                              "We're very proud of it,” says Matt Skiba. “Once we got in the studio, the songs really took on a shape of their own.”

                              From the album’s first melodic opener ‘She Lied To The FBI’ to the first single, ‘I Wanna Be A Warhol’ the Trio waste no time setting the tone for their energetic, hook-filled, eighth studio album. For the first time ever on an Alkaline Trio record, ‘My Shame Is True’ finds a guest appearance from Rise Against’s Tim Mcllarth on rousing punk rock anthem, ‘I Pessimist’, while songs like ‘I’m Only Here To Disappoint’ and album closer ‘Till Death Do Is Part’ remind fans of classic Trio, with stellar song-writing and catchy choruses.

                              Determined to never make the same record twice, Alkaline Trio have preserved the most electric elements of their collaborative songwriting abilities while pushing ahead creatively and as a band. With multiple world tours, numerous chart successes, and over fifteen years under their belt, the dark punk trio have cemented their legacy with ‘My Shame Is True’.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              1 She Lied To The FBI
                              2 I Wanna Be A Warhol
                              3 I'm Only Here To Disappoint
                              4 Kiss You To Death
                              5 The Temptation Of St Anthony
                              6 I Pessimist
                              7 Only Love
                              8 The Torture Doctor
                              9 Midnight Blue
                              10 One Last Dance
                              11 Young Lovers
                              12 Until Death Do Us Part


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