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Tsunami Bomb Returns with The Spine That Binds, Stream “Petaluma” – News

October 17, 2019

Tsunami Bomb are back with The Spine That Binds, their first new LP in 15 years, will be released on November 8th via Alternative Tentacles.

Unsane – Rat – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

Unsane have released their uncompromising noise rock on a who’s who of ultra-cool labels: Matador, Amphetamine Reptile, Ipecac, and now Alternative Tentacles.

Sixteen Horsepower – Live March 2001 – Review

January 1, 2009

American roots music severed and run through the Wisconsin Book of the Dead, Old Testament dread, and American Gothic.

Subhumans – Death Was Too Kind – Review

December 1, 2008

This CD is ten tracks of early hump recorded between ’78 and ’82. “Slave To My Dick” was on the fan-fucking-tastic Let Them Eat Jellybeans comp.

Grady – Y. U. So Shady? – Review

December 1, 2008

Stomping electric blues growl that smashes the rough-cut stuff Fat Possum has championed into the beer joint where Motörhead covered ZZ Top.

Woodbox Gang – Drunk As Dragons – Review

November 1, 2008

They roll into town like stripped-to-the-gears county shot thru with winsome death folk, moonshine, and a couple dogs.

Akimbo – Navigating The Bronze – Review

February 1, 2008

These guys take the big brawling kickass thing and pile on tons of torn up T&G/AmRep/Skin Graft art grunt to give it genre-busting impact.

Turn Me On Dead Man – Technicolor Mother – Review

February 9, 2007

They build’m good, hang a couple hooks in each without resorting to second rate power pop/pop punks shouting and pointing.

Subhumans Canada – New Dark Age Parade – Review

November 20, 2006

Not to be confused with the UK band, these Vancouver punkers were important in the late ’70s and early ’80s. First new tunes by the original line-up since ’82.

Ludicra – Fex Urbis, Lex Orbis – Review

November 20, 2006

It’s the guy from Hammers of Misfortune, who many people speak highly of, but necro-thrash and dark, miserable howl is kinda eight years over.