by golikehellmachine | Dec 22, 2023 | best of 2023, now playing
you know who were and remain underrated? THE ADICTS. this is not a review of one of their records, but that’s who i kept thinking of while listening to TUBE ALLOYS, along with WIRE and a few others. snotty, higher-register singalong vocals mix well with low, grumbly,...
by golikehellmachine | Dec 22, 2023 | best of 2023, now playing
post-punk has been in a big revival swing for a few years, which is great, since i play in a post-punk band, but it’s fun to hear different angles on it, and PRIVATE LIVES have a pretty good one — this record has plenty of the angular, tinny guitar you expect to hear...
by golikehellmachine | Dec 22, 2023 | best of 2023, now playing
i’ve been a big fan of the way that hardcore and post-hardcore keeps blending with indie rock as hardcore and post-hardcore kids get further and further away from even being able to be called “kids” as a joke. CHURCH GIRLS have been around a minute, but i only really...
by golikehellmachine | Dec 22, 2023 | best of 2023, now playing
for some reason, i listened to a lot of records from australia and new zealand this year, and RINGLETS were a delightful addition to this list. this self-titled full-length is a fantastic, dancy debut that owes some influence to dancy rock and punk bands of the 00s,...
by golikehellmachine | Dec 22, 2023 | best of 2023, now playing
another great aussie guitar record from DUST, “Et Cetera, Etc” goes in different directions than PINCH POINTS with a denser and more layered take on post-punk that includes some nods to post-hardcore, both in terms of production and melody. both the second...
by golikehellmachine | Dec 22, 2023 | best of 2023, now playing
there’s something in the water over on the other side of the world that has allowed the aussies to, over the course of four decades, perfect the art of a particuarly nervy, lo-fi, mid-tempo, guitar-forward punk rock that sort of blurs the divide between those decades....
