Zine Review: Strig:Oi! #4
When I wrote about the 3rd issue of Strig:Oi! fanzine from Romania, I opened with a rant about the enshittification of digital platforms, how AI is continuously ruining the internet, and how…
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Abyecta – Inténtalo o Muere EP
Artist: Abyecta
Title: Inténtalo o Muere
Release: EP / Digital
Year: 2026
Label: Metadona Records
If you’ve been following your favorite punk photographers lately,…
Dry Socket – Self Defense Techniques
Artist: Dry Socket
Title: Self Defense Techniques
Release: LP / Digital
Year: 2026
Label: Get Better Records
Dry Socket’s Self Defense Techniques feels like a band…
Hark! It’s a Crawling Tar-Tar: 20 Years of Dorr Darr Gelap Communiqué
Hardcore punk had already taken root in Indonesia by the early 1990s. The final years of Suharto’s New Order regime were marked by widening economic inequality, political repression, and…
Faucheuse: Bordeaux Adult Oriented D-Beat Returns With Comme Un Poignard
Besides countless demos, niche labels, and bands self-releasing their own records in small runs, I’ve always kept an eye on a couple of established imprints that consistently put out things…
Rites of Hadda – Inevitable Machete
Artist: Rites of Hadda
Title: Inevitable Machete
Release: LP / Digital
Year: 2025
Label: Grow Your Own Records
Rites of Hadda’s new album Inevitable Machete was…