NEXØ – Copenhagen, Denmark NEXØ and False Flag are soon to enter into a world where unsurprisingly to anyone, Punk music and its persistent penchant for the proliferation of pertinent political discourse is at an all-time high. A “high” that is also as you’d expect, depicting an abject and crushing…
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Long Birds – Chicago, Illinois, USA Earlier in November, Long Birds and I Had A Dream I Was Skateboarding made their play into the Skate Punk-a-verse. A “verse” that now varied in its penchant for Post-Hardcore, Pop-Punk and various veins of Metal, continues to venerate its genealogical ties to the…
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UGLYBONES – Chicago, Illinois, USA UGLYBONES and Erasure. These are words together in unison that I have been meaning to address. UGLYBONES, in a nutshell, were one of the first US Hardcore bands alongside those such as This Is Hell, that outside of the “greats”, were early indulgences as I began…
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Sleemo – Norwich, England, United Kingdom It’s been some time, but Sleemo and the Degradation EP are soon to arrive. The Norwich three-piece and their amalgamative Punk-adjacent, Post-Hardcore conditioned and Grunge-fuzzed Alternative Rock are quite the abrasive, loud and complex unit. Sleemo have graced Ear Nutrition before in the previous…
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School Drugs – New Jersey, USA School Drugs and Visitation // #1. Today’s topic. School Drugs are a Hardcore Punk band from New Jersey that, as a result of contemporary existentialism and the manner in which this earth is hurtling and quite sardonically spiralling uncontrollably into the abyss, can be said to…
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Disstraxx – Leeds, England, United Kingdom 2020. Wasn’t that a year?! Despite what you’d expect, it was still a time for new bands, hence why I am here introducing Disstraxx to you now. Hailing from Leeds and genealogically comprised from ex-members of The Plight and Autopsy Boys, Disstraxx first began…
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Cuffs – Bristol, England, United Kingdom It’s a strange time for live music. Cuffs and their Factory Sessions exist within such oddity. “Sit-down” gigs and shows are approaching “commonplace” status in some areas across the country and social media is lovingly awash with gig posters once more. Although the live show experience…
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Seized Up – Santa Cruz, California, USA Seized Up and Marching Down The Spiral enter into a time where the “side-project” is now so much more. The DIY and underground Punk scene may well be rife with new talent, with some refining and refreshing the known and others breaking new ground…
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Dragged In – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Though originally released in 2020 and not one for longwinded titles, Dragged In and LP1 have made their way into 2021 via Cursed Blessings Records. The Toronto, Ontario Hardcore Punks have been placing their own seal on the history of the ‘core since 2015…
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Spam Javelin – North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom How does one introduce Spam Javelin and The Three Chords Of The Apocalypse? That is the real question befalling any attempt at literary description or promotion. However, it is a question I can’t really be fucked with for too long so I shall…
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