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Mostly links to Garage-Punk(& adjacent) stuff. We got: new releases, live video, articles, playlists, upcoming shows, zine history, blog roll, radio shows, old stuff, etc.

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NEW RELEASE of OLD STUFF

Jeffrey Novak One Man Band (TENNESSEE) - "Complete Singles Collection" (2004-2006)

Dude from Cheap Time & Savoy Motel. This stuff (along w Rat Traps) is his best material. Just straight ahead Garage-Punk. Good/long liner notes on this one, too.
Jeffrey Novak One Man Band - Complete Singles Collection (2025), by Jeffrey Novak One Man Band
14 track album
jeffreynovak.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
NEW RELEASE

Dispo (GERMANY) - "Idüll" (2025)

Alternating Dude & Lady Delay-Pedal Vocals. Bass forward Post-Garage-Punk. You could almost argue the Lady-Vocal numbers have a tang of Tyrades(high praise).

phantomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/id-ll
Idüll, by Dispo
13 track album
phantomrecords.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW RELEASE

Premature Exekution (GERMANY) - "Shitgun" (2025)

Egg-Punk w kind of Black Metal vocals. You ever stop & reflect upon how we ever got to the point where THIS is what bands sound like? Ya know, like you'd play this for your hillbilly cousins & they'd think it was alien music or something
Shitgun, by Premature Exekution
track by Premature Exekution
premex.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
NEW RELEASE

Baby Jane (SPAIN) - "Mcdonald's Hiroshima" (2025)

Riot Grrrlish Garage-Punk that you'd swear was Japanese, but NOPE, def. Barcelona.

babyjane.bandcamp.com/track/mcdona...
McDonald's Hiroshima, by Baby Jane
from the album SEL·LECCIÓ NATURAL
babyjane.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
NEW RELEASE

Dirty Job (ITALY) - "Nervi Dacciaio" (2025)

Explicitly Anti-Racist Oi!.

dirtyjob.bandcamp.com/track/nervi-...
Nervi D'Acciaio, by DIRTY JOB
track by DIRTY JOB
dirtyjob.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEW RELEASE

Water Heater (INDONESIA) - "Weaponless Attack High Explosive Anti Tank" (2025)

Fifty tracks of Egg-Punk from Bandung. The hits are tracks 2, 4, and 37.

greedydustrecords.bandcamp.com/album/weapon...
WEAPONLESS ATTACK HIGH EXPLOSIVE ANTI-TANK, by WATER HEATER
50 track album
greedydustrecords.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEW RELEASE

Body Double (PORTLAND) - "The Moral Right" (2025)

Marginally pukey dude-vocals, Spikey-Hair Hardcore.

Wait, isn't that just Chain-Punk?

bodyxdouble.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
THE MORAL RIGHT, by BODY DOUBLE
5 track album
bodyxdouble.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
NEW RELEASE

Backslash (PENNSYLVANIA) - demo 2025

Ramshackle Hardcore from Pittsburgh. The 'shackle-ness makes it better. Maybe 1984-ish sounding?

poisonvisionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/demo
Demo, by Backslash
6 track album
poisonvisionrecords.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
NEW RELEASE

Moonrakers, The (NEW ZEALAND) - "I Hate The NZ Police" (2025)

Slow plod Doc Dart styley. That's this specific song, the others are a lyrically rich No-Wave melange. Sometimes you feel like you know someone TOO well after hearing all their lyrics.This is one of those times.Top recommend
I fucking hate the NZ police, by The Moonrakers
from the album Yeah girl I'm still into you even after all this time inside my mind
themoonrakers.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
NEW RELEASE

Rat Art (SWEDEN) - "Rat Art" (2025)

Ah, my favorite thing I've posted today so far. Straight-Ahead Garage-Punk that could've been on Rip Off Records back in the day. Obnoxious how my brain still craves this shit.

ratart.bandcamp.com/album/rat-art
RAT ART, by Rat Art
4 track album
ratart.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NEW RELEASE

Dick Move (NEW ZEALAND) - "Dream, Believe, Achieve" (2025)

Aucklanders proving that they can swagger just like their cousins to the north-west(Australia).

Kinda that Rock-Punk thing w a splash of Hardcore and Lady-Vocals.

dickmove2.bandcamp.com/album/dream-...
Dream, Believe, Achieve, by Dick Move
13 track album
dickmove2.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW RELEASE

Mini Skirt (AUSTRALIA) - "All That We Know" (2025)

The full MS record is out today. Their second LP. A very Aussie sounding band. That desert heat-stroke post-punk vibe. You'd be up at 4AM still doing coke with this band & questioning your life choices. All the chicks left hours ago.
All That We Know, by Mini Skirt
11 track album
miniskirt666.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
NEW RELEASE

Adult Learners (MASSACHUETTS) - demo 2025

Lady-Vocal Poppy Budget-Rock from Boston. Maybe not as "punk" as most stuff I post, but it's catchy as hell, so who cares?

adultlearners.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2...
Demo 2025, by Adult Learners
5 track album
adultlearners.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
NEW RELEASE

Dia De Greve (BRAZIL) - "Maçãs Em Pacotinhos" (2025)

Punk in Portguese! Woo hoo. That's the first time I've typed that "C" with that under accent. Garage-Punk w some Hardcore touches & I'm inferring Queer lyrics?

diadegreve.bandcamp.com/album/ma-s-e...
MAÇÃS EM PACOTINHOS///REPÚBLICA NEOPENTECOSTAL DO TIGRINHO, by Dia de Greve
2 track album
diadegreve.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
NEW RELEASE

Chained Bliss (PENNSYLVANIA) - "Out Of Touch" (2025)

And a 4th Philly band. What's happening? Is this a takeover?

Garage-Punk w maybe a Naked Raygun edge to 'em.

chainedbliss.bandcamp.com/album/out-of...
Out of Touch EP, by Chained Bliss
3 track album
chainedbliss.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
NEW RELEASE

Shark Attack (PENNSYLVANIA) - "Falsifier" (2025)

Philly Hardcore. Triple 'Delphia day today. Pretty sweet.

sharkattack12fu.bandcamp.com/track/falsif...
Falsifier, by Shark Attack
from the album Raw Unleashed Demo 2025
sharkattack12fu.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
NEW RELEASE

Divine Cargo (ENGLAND) - demo 2025

Heavy-Quirk Lady-Vocal Egg from Leeds. Back in the day, we'd've called this Weird-Punk.

divinecargo.bandcamp.com/album/demo
DEMO, by Divine Cargo
8 track album
divinecargo.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
NEW RELEASE

Half (PENNSYLVANIA) - live demo 2025

Another Philly band(so was Pen16). Kinda like Lumpy & The Dumpers gone more Hardcore. The best thing I've posted in the last 37 hours.

halftheband.bandcamp.com/album/half-l...
HALF Live Demo, by Half
8 track album
halftheband.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW RELEASE

Pen16 (PENNSYLVANIA) - "Magic Touch" (2025)

People have already complained about how stupid the cover art is,LOL. Dumb-Fun Punky-Garage.Another case where the vocals really make this.I feel like an AI would explode trying to emulate them.

deadbrokerekerds.bandcamp.com/album/magic-...
Magic Touch, by Pen16
4 track album
deadbrokerekerds.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW RELEASE

Soft On Crime (IRELAND) - "Relativity USA" (2025)

Almost a Spits vibe on this track.

softoncrime.bandcamp.com/track/relati...
Relativity USA, by Soft on Crime
from the album Noz Mat EP
softoncrime.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
NEW RELEASE

De()t - (NORTH CAROLINA) - "Welcome To The Idiot Factory" (2025)

Raleigh Post-Hardcore gone Egg-Punk. But don't let that dissaude you.

Pronounced "Debt".

sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/welcom...
Welcome to the Idiot Factory, by DE()T
4 track album
sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
LIVE VIDEO

Crush Fund from idunno

An Egg-Unit that remembers that Devo had riffs.

youtu.be/mE1wFJBNdRk?...
crush fund - october 31 2025 @ purgatory
YouTube video by film & gender
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
LIVE VIDEO

You always have to say ot: Fan Club is Lysol(SEATTLE). Lysol is Fan Club(SEATTLE).

They carried us through the lean years of Garage-Punk. The Neck Chop Records era.

youtu.be/2h0VYIgZiq4?...
Fan Club at the Peace & Justice Center, San Jose - 11-8-25
YouTube video by southbayhardcore
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
LIVE VIDEO

And here's a trio of vids of ALL AUSSIE AWESOMENESS.

Public House:

youtu.be/xpqBcKceIWw?...
Public House - Live at Legless Tote Takeover II (8/11/25)
YouTube video by Average Gig Enjoyer
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
NEW RELEASE

Arse (AUSTRALIA) - Live in Rotterdam 5/25/25

Noise-Rock Post-Punk from Sydney. Also, if I'm not mistaken, a band that got de-momentumed by the lockdown-era.

arse.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
Live in Rotterdam, by ARSE
12 track album
arse.bandcamp.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM