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new noise magazine: Track Premiere: goners UK FT. DAVID RODRIGUEZ (THE CASUALTIES) – ‘LIGHT ‘EM UP’
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Bozeman band of the decade, Goners UK, is out with a new single ‘Light ‘Em Up’ on April 21st. The single features the vocals of David Rodriguez…
new noise magazine: VIDEO PREMIERE: SHOCKTROOPERS – ‘ALL I WANNA DO
April 11, marks the release of Wyoming punk rock's Shocktroopers' latest single and video, "All I Wanna Do." This is the second single off the upcoming Shocktroopers' album, Pierce the Sky, set to release early this fall. The album is being released via Tranquilo Records. From frontman Tyler Sanz on the song: “The song is about… becoming the person you never thought you…
new noise magazine: Interview | John-allison weiss (PRINT Original)
The Long Way, released February 17, via Get Better Records is the first album in seven long years from John-Allison Weiss. First and foremost, the album is not only rad, it’s surprising, not because of any doubt in Weiss’ work, but because of the twists and turns each song takes. When listening to each of the album’s eleven tracks, the listener thinks they’re on one journey,…
new noise magazine: Interview | no Trigger Interview with vocalist tom rheault (PRINT original)
Leading Worcester goobers No Trigger are back with their latest and greatest LP, Dr. Album, out now via Red Scare Industries. Dr. Album is the perfect mix of power-pop meets skate punk. It’s catchy lyrics revive the sour patch kid fuck you junior high dogma that aging…
new noise magazine: Interview | The Shocktroopers Are Tougher Than The Rest
Take I-80 west of Denver and you’ll find yourself in craggy, southern Wyoming. Nestled between truckers and rocky bluffs, Rock Springs is home to punk band, The Shocktroopers. In Wyoming, bands and fans alike measure the drive to the next show in hours, not miles…
new noise magazine: VIDEO PREMEIRE | Tiny Stills - ‘Bleeding out’
Tiny Stills, the LA based vomit-pop quatro, just released their latest track, ‘Bleeding Out.’ The video, directed by Justin Nelson, follows front-woman Kailynn West channeling her inner Clarice Starling. In this new tale, she takes down fuck-boy…
new noise magazine: Interview | Sincere engineer’s deanna Belos Talks Years-long Writing process for New LP, ‘Bless my Psyche’
Deanna Belos and her act, Sincere Engineer, are releasing a new album, Bless My Psyche on September 10, via Hopeless…
new noise magazine: interview | VIAL Embrace Modern Riot Grrrl Movement With New Album, ‘LOUDMOUTH’
VIAL recently came out with a new album, LOUDMOUTH, on July 30, via Get Better Records. The record was produced by Slow Pup’s Henry Stoehr.
new noise magazine: album review | Pet symmetry - future suits
The Chicago pun kings, Pet Symmetry, are back with their third full album, Future Suits. The album is being released as a joint project via Asian Man Records and the band’s own label/Patreon, Storm Chasers, Ltd., on August 13.
new noise magazine: interview | Pom Pom Squad Frontwoman Mia Berrin On Band Influences, Debut Album
Pom Pom Squad’s debut album, Death of a Cheerleader, and its aesthetic are the goosebumped and “highly stylized” vision of Pom Pom Squad’s frontwoman, Mia Berrin: “While carving…
new noise magazine: track premier | Kingsbury road - ‘Treeline’
Emerging Wyoming rock band, Kingsbury Road, released their latest single ‘Treeline.’ Listeners will hear Gen X rock influences such as Stone Temple Pilots and Soundgarden, with a touch of millennial emo vocals. ‘Treeline’ is the perfect track for your…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW| cold cave - Fate in seven lessons
Cold Cave, the product of Wes Eisold, releases the new seven song album, Fate in Seven Lessons, via Eisold’s own Heartworm Press. The album is the dark wave collaboration of Eishold and Amy Lee. Fate in Seven Lessons is more than meets the first listen. While it may be…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | manchester orchestra - the million masks of death
Manchester Orchestra is back with their sixth studio album from Favorite Gentleman Recordings. The new album, The Million Masks of God, will be released via Loma Vista Recordings on April 30. The album follows a straight forward story, put together in a Terrence…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | NOFX - SINGLE ALBUM
NOFX, the lords of modern American punk, grace us with their 14th album, Single Album, on February 26th, via Fat Wreck Chords. NOFX will always hold a special place in my heart. The War on Errorism shaped my politics early. They defined millennial punk in my small…
overbloWn zine: frontside - ‘closure to closure’| ep review
Frontside released their new EP, Closure to Closure, via Revival Recordings on February 5. I was immediately confused by the first few bars of the album that is categorized as pop-punk. In this new EP, Frontside Frontside gives listeners an un-ironic…
overbloWn zine: foo fighters - ‘medicIne at midnight’ | Album review
Foo Fighters released their 10th studio album, Medicine at Midnight, via RCA Records/Roswell Records on February 5. The self-described “Saturday Night party-album” delivers what it promises: sheer, dancing fun…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | Murder by death - lonesome holiday
Bloomington, Indiana’s, Murder by Death, surprised fans this season with their take on the traditional Christmas album, aptly named “Lonesome Holiday,” via Tent Show Records. The album is the perfect mix of old…
overblown Zine: dig nitty - ‘reverse of mastery’ | album review
The generic sound of this record is straight from a common Brooklyn rooftop party. Listening to this record, I waited for the cast of Girls to appear in funky hats to spew vacuous entitlement in the disguise of substance…
overblown Zine: Wife Patrol – ‘Too Prickly For This World’ | Album Review
Indianapolis’ new-wave punk band Wife Patrol serves up a delectable debut LP, Too Prickly For This World. Listed as a Bandcamp ‘New and Notable’, this album flawlessly blends together every genre…
new noise magazine: BANDS TO NOT MISS IN 2023…NEW PATHS ON WELL WORN CLASSICS: BRIA
Bria is a collaboration, comprised of Bria Salmena and Duncan Hay Jennings, both members of Orville Peck’s touring band. Cuntry Covers, Vol. 2, out Feb 24th on Sub Pop Records, is the follow up to, you guessed it Cuntry Covers, Vol. 1, and explores the boundaries of country classics while placing the…
new noise magazine: Interview | Still Losers after all these years, sludgeworth interview with dan vapid and brian vermin (PRINT original)
Archeologists recently dug up recorded proof that the Chicago’s Sludgeworth not only existed but has a body of work to share and be heard…
new noise magazine: NEWS | BEST DAMN PUNK SHOW 11 ANNOUNCES LINE UP AND DATES IN BOZEMAN, MT
RELEASE – The Best Damn Punk Show is back for its 11th year in Bozeman, MT. After taking a 6 year hiatus, the fest is back with a sick line up to remind folks that the homegrown punk rock scene is alive and well in the often-overlooked mountain west. Come check it out, September 9.
new noise magazine: Interview | BELLE & SEBASTIAN DISH ON 10TH STUDIO ALBUM
Glasgow’s treasured angels, Belle and Sebastian, have returned with their first full studio album in seven years. A Bit Of Previous, the super-group’s 10th studio album, is out via Matador on May 6. This is a momentous achievement for a band who has become a staying…
new noise magazine: Interview | MONTANA PUNK BAND GONERS UK EMBRACES RAP, ACTIVISM, AND THE HARD SHIT
Goners UK’s origin story is simple and classic: “We want to let our hair down and we want to turn the volume up.” The Bozeman, Montana band came together in 2016. In a city that’s driven by…
new noise magazine: Interview | Elway’s Tim Browne Digs Into Pandemic Production of New LP
The story of Colorado band Elway is subtle—After making headlines in 2011, when namesake football great John Elway requested they change their name, the band have lived under the radar, making sturdy emo-punk records and building a dedicated fan-base.
new noise magazine: EP Review | Angel olsen - aisles
Dream-pop indie star, Angel Olsen, is releasing her new EP, Aisles, via the label Jagjaguwar. Aisles is a five track collection of covers of 80’s & 90’s hits, close to Olsen’s heart. Angel Olsen has kept the integrity of each song, while folding in her own cosmic inspiration for a new emotional experience in every,,,
new noise magazine: album review | Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson
The folk-punk-indie darling of all of our dreams, Laura Stevenson, is back with her sixth studio album self-titled, Laura Stevenson. Laura Stevenson was released by Don Giovanni Records on August 6. Each song is filled with Stevenson’s signature self-harmonies and…
new noise magazine: Album Review | meanbirds - champagne for the poor ep
One year after the release of their first album, Confessions of an Unrest Drama Queen, German street punks, Meanbirds, have released their additional recordings on a new EP. Champagne For The Poor is out August 6, via Concrete Jungle Records.
new noise magazine: interview | darkness is contagious - cold cave interview with frontman wes eisold (Print original)
Frontman Wes Eisold dished a few words surrounding his act, Cold Cave’s latest release, Fate in Seven Lessons. The word “act” is used intentionally. Cold Cave are not a traditional….
Overblown zine: 25 Underrated Albums from 1991
Bikini Kill gave a nasty and bloody birth to riot grrrl in their debut cassette demo, Revolution Girl Style Now. Through provocative song titles that flipped typical pop anthems on their heads and lyrics full of both self-loathing and pride, Bikini Kill told the scene what it was really like to be a woman. Check…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW| TALK SHOW HOST - MID-CENTURY MODERN
After three self-released EPs, Talk Show Host’s work in the local scene has paid off with the release of their debut album, Mid-Century Modern, via Wiretap Recordings. The new album is available everywhere on June 4th.
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | ROB ZOMBIE - THE LUNAR INJECTION KOOL AID ECLIPSE CONSPIRACY
Rob Zombie releases his seventh solo album on March 12, via Nuclear Blast Records. Knowing Zombie and team, I’m sure everyone was a little bummed that they weren’t able to…
overblown zine: mush - ‘lines redacted’ | album review
Mush can add itself to the list of young, post-punk bands coming out of the UK, who are looking to add a new, modern twist to the sounds that made the 80s. Politically, this is a really interesting trend as a way to culture through musical responses from Gen Z. Keep your eye on it! Mush follows in this fad…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | DEAD POET SOCIETY --!- (THE EXCLAMATION ALBUM)
Genre bending Dead Poet Society releases their debut album via Spinefarm Records on February 12. Formed in Boston, the technically astute band has since migrated West and fully re-emerged in 2002 LA. This is a band…
OVERBLOWN ZINE: shame - ‘drunk tank pink’ | album reivew
The south-London post-punk outfit shame‘s sophomore album follows in the tradition of late 70s club-punk sound, bursting with rhythmic melodrama. Each song is a tour of chaotic nostalgia, hammered through Charlie Steen’s vocals that rasp of Johnny Rotten and Robert Smith in every bass breath.
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | FOXY SHAZAM - BURN
Foxy Shazam is self-releasing their 6th album, Burn, via their new label EEE OOO AH, on December 11. The distant and remote collaboration between the five-piece is an attempt to further evolve the band’s sound. While the album has some true bright spots, there are a few…
overblown Zine: HISTORY - ‘history’ | album review
The partnership of Daisy Caplan (Lung, Foxy Shazam) and Leo Ashline (Street Sects) premiered their new duo collaboration, History, via a self-titled album, released by The Flenser on October 16. This frenzied album, a decade in the making, brings together a mishmash…
New Noise magazine: Album Review: The Front Bottoms – In Sickness & In Flames
The opening tones of the new album by The Front Bottoms, In Sickness & In Flames, immediately transports me back to junior high. I’m scanning disposable Kodak pictures via my printer onto my Dell desktop, to post on my MySpace page. I’m…
new noise magazine | INTERVIEW WITH GONERS UK ON NEW ALBUM: THE DEAD WAIT
Goners UK is back with a new album, The Dead Wait. The album kicks off with “Pizza Drones”, showcasing Goners UK’s familiar sound. The first words intro-ing the song, “If we’re all dead, what’s the difference?,” leads as the album’s haunting thesis. Following is the hit off single, “Light ‘Em Up,” …
new noise magazine: Interview | endless struggle talks new album, salt lake, and bbq buds
Endless Struggle has been on the scene going on three decades. Their latest album, ‘Where Do We Go?,’ released earlier this year via Recidivist Records, sums up the many hard life lessons learned in 27 years of playing and surviving on the scene. “The scene” here carries important context. Endless…
new noise magazine: Interview | samuel s.C. WITH VANESSA DOWNING (PRINT Original)
Samuel S.C. (formerly known as Samuel) has re-emerged on the scene with a brand new LP, High Places, released on February 17, via Org Music. In 1995, Samuel disappeared into the 90s’ indie DIY sewers before they were able to break out and record their first LP. Much like The Losers’ Club, Samuel S.C….
new noise magazine: EP PREMIERE: THE SHIVERZ – ‘SONGS ABOUT THE END’
The mutant-friendly Wyoming punk band, The ShiverZ, gave a very bloody birth to new EP, “Songs About The End.” The EP was released on February 22. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by “The Wizard” Ryan Kahler. Horror nerdom continues to rage in this 80s’ metal meets Misfit energy of an EP. The ShiverZ kick off with the sweet, but desolate “Kamikaze Asteroid,”
new noise magazine: Interview | DAZY ON BRINGING BUBBLEGUM PUNK INTO 2023
OUTOFBODY, Dazy’s debut album, is out now via Lame-O Records. Touted as the “answer” to a Ramones and Kevin Shields collaboration, OUTOFBODY delivers ’60’s sugar pop mixed with ’90’s college rock. We asked Dazy, aka James Goodson, a few questions to introduce the album to us from his…
new noise magazine: EP PREMIER | GONERS UK - ‘BURN YOUR BONES’
Bozeman, Montana punk band, Goners UK, are back with their latest EP, Burn Your Bones. This will be their first release since their 3-way split, Bridge the Gap, with The Scoffs and THE SHIVERZ In 2021. The EP offers 5 new tracks: 1. Daisy Pusher 2. Wolves. 3. Crashing In 4. Rattle Can, Not Rattle Can’t. 5. Plummet & Pummel. ‘Wolves’ is an…
new noise magazine: Interview | THE SHIVERZ Talk Wyoming Punk And The Point of It All
While doing research on local haunted cabins in the woods, I cross referenced the Necrocomicon and came across an obscure footnote about a horror punk band called, THE SHIVERZ, tucked away in Casper, Wyoming.
new noise magazine: interview | Kississippi’s Zoe Reynolds Showcases Unique Indie Pop With Second LP, ‘Mood Ring’
Zoe Reynolds, better known as Kississippi, came out with her second full album, Mood Ring, on August 6 via Triple Crown Records. The album is aptly named for the pensive bundle of smiles that…
new noise magazine: Interview | Meanbirds’ Magenta Caulfield Talk New EP, ‘Champagne for the Poor’
German newcomers Meanbirds dropped their debut album, Confessions Of An Unrest Drama Queen, last summer. Champagne for the Poor, the band’s latest EP, is dropping on August 6. The EP…
new noise magazine: album review | vial - loudmouth
Quite possibly my favorite album of the year, femme punk band Vial, is back with their new album Loudmouth. Vial released the album on July 30, via Get Better Records. The Minneapolis riot ghoul quartet has written an album for all the wxmen of punk, past, present, and future. Loudmouth is a protest. Vial’s…
New Noise Magazine: Album review | The Raging Nathans - Waste my heart
The Raging Nathans premiered their fourth album, Waste My Heart, on June 4, via Rad Girlfriend Records. The album kicks off with the title song and lead off single, ‘Waste My Heart.’ The song sets the tone for the rest of the album. It’s fast. It’s…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW| Eve6 - grim value EP
Eve 6 has returned with a surprise new EP, grim value, out via Velocity Records on June 25. grim value is the first music released by the 90s’ So-Cal outfit since 2012. Full of sultry bass lines and retro synth, Eve 6’s sound has evolved from Top 100 radio pop to a band I want to fuck with.
OVERBLOWN ZINE: iceage - ‘Seek shelter’ | Album review
Danish outfit, Iceage, debuted their fifth studio album Seek Shelter, on May 7, 2021, via Mexican Summer. The album is an unprecedented work of art. Through Seek Shelter, Iceage flawlessly brings together an intricate mix of punk, post-punk, new wave, and classic rock sounds. No song has a…
OVERBLOWN ZINE: NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - ‘WAY DOWN IN THE RUST BUCKET’ | ALBUM REVIEW
Neil Young & Crazy Horse released a new live album and concert film, Way Down in the Rust Bucket, this last week via Reprise Records. The release is part of Neil Young’s famed Archives, a long going project to release and catalogue Neil…
OVERBLOWN ZINE: sleaford mods - ‘spare ribs’ | Album review
Sleaford Mods released their 11th album last month, Spare Ribs, via Rough Trade Records. The duo has put together an album of endless, cheap loops whose strong lyrics and message are lost in the album’s chaotic boredom. Spare Ribs…
OVERBLOWN ZINE: Overblown’s Favourite Albums for Winter Isolation
This year was the shits. I moved three times trying to figure out how to be sane under the circumstances. Each time I crossed the country alone, I thought endlessly about how I could redefine success for for myself this year and if my Prozac…
OVERBLOWN ZINE: SNAKE EYES - ‘SKELETONS’ | EP REVIEW
To be honest, it took me a long time to find the motivation to write this review (hence its untimeliness) because of how impressed I was with snake eyes and the jealousy I have for the world as we knew it one year ago that this EP conjured up in my mind. In 14 short minutes, snake eyes manages to…
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE: ALBUM REVIEW | RED CITY RADIO - PARADISE
The first time I saw Red City Radio play, they were opening for the Smoking Popes at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago. It was love at first listen. Red City Radio pours themselves into a rising ocean of sound that submerges you in the first strum. If you asked me where these boys hail from, I would have guessed Milwaukee over OKC…
new noise magazine: album review | the mountain goats - getting into knives
Getting Into Knives, the 19th album by the Mountain Goats, debuts October 23, on Merge Records. Getting Into Knives is yet another album born in the depths of this nefarious year of quarantine. While themes of…
new noise magazine: Reflection | my love letter to bad cop/badcop and ‘the ride’
I love Bad Cop / Bad Cop. I reference them constantly in my own work, and I can always find a song that fits every emotion I have. I saw them play live for the first time at Wicker Park Fest in 2019. When I saw the flawless women round the corner of…