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Bart and the Brats is France's Bart De Vraantijk. Since 2019, he's written and recorded over eighty songs under that name, and he has a four song 7" due out tomorrow. The first single from that release is "This is a hold-up." It's back to basics, straight up punk rock track. You'll get a just over two minutes song that you can easily trace its lineage back to the Ramones. It may be a modern reworking of that style of rock, but the influence is quite obviously there. If you love catchy and quick killer punk rock songs, you could do worse than Bart and the Brats. Bart De Vraantijk says of his latest single: “Being the secluded, remote-worker stuck in end of the road town La Rochelle that I am, I’m still surprisingly rather well aware of the things that are happening in the world. "This number is about the feeling one can easily get of being taken hostage by a bunch of old, crippled and incontinent white males that think they know everything and especia...

Milwaukee's Sex Scenes have released a double single in one video. "Want & Need" and "Nothing" are two blistering punk rock songs with killer thrash riffs. The two songs last under four minutes total, and come blistering through you from the moment "Want & Need" starts. "Nothing" starts off with a great break down, and both songs are wonderfully intense. They're not quite noise punk, but they're incredibly close to it. It's kind of like Sex Scenes are a mix of hardcore and indie rock. While many of their peers are adding a sense of pop or dance to punk, these folks are doubling down on volume and heaviness.  You can watch the video for "Want & Need" and "Nothing" below. Everything Makes Me Sick is due out May 9 on Big Neck Records, and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp . For more on Sex Scenes, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook . Upcoming tour dates are below the video. 5/8 Chi...

Philadelphia's Trash Knife play punk rock. Just loud and fast punk rock with no pretense or anything fancy. Their latest single, "Party Friends," is soaked in 70's style sleaze and 80's style thrash to make this explosive and noisy style of punk. It doesn't really seem to hold a steady tempo, and it's more than a little obnoxious. In other words... it's glorious. It takes everything beloved about modern punk and just tosses it right in the garbage. Trash Knife may become a new favorite of yours. You can listen to "Party Friends" below. Weird Daze is due out November 10 on Big Neck Records, and is available for pre-order here . For more on Trash Knife, check out the band on Facebook . Trash Knife · 01- PARTY FRIENDS

Detroit garage rock is some of the finest in the genre, and Toeheads are the latest garage rock band from that city you're going to need to know. Their latest single, "Told You Twice," is a completely unhinged version of garage rock that leaps into the territory of punk. This is a rough and fast song that reminds me of Minutemen meets The Stooges with maybe a little Lightning Bolt thrown in? This is loud and abrasive rock and roll that certainly won't be for everyone, but if it sounds like your kind of thing, buckle up and get ready to enjoy. You can listen to "Told You Twice" below. A Cruel Winner's World is due out April 1 on Big Neck Records. The album can be pre-ordered through Bandcamp . For more on Toeheads, check out the band on Facebook and Instagram . Mixed Up / Told You Twice by Toeheads

Detroit is just one of those cities that seemingly cranks out killer garage bands. Toeheads just released a new single, and it's possibly the most Detroit sounding thing we've brought you all year. "Mixed Up" has that early 00's garage revival sound minus all the slickness that usually entails. This one is just pure unhinged rock and roll with a punk edge. It could be a song from a lost Nuggets compilation if songs on those albums rocked this hard. It's a lot of fun and a little ridiculous, but since it throws back to the 00's garage rock revival, 70's Detroit proto-punk, and vintage 60's garage rock, what else would you expect? You can listen to "Mixed Up" below. A Cruel Winner's World will be released on Big Neck Records. For more on Toeheads, check out the band's Facebook and Instagram . Mixed Up / Told You Twice by Toeheads

Brooklyn based The Wilful Boys met in 2014 at Cake Shop. The band is led by Australian native Steven Fisher on drums and vocals. Their latest single, "Better," is based in punk, hardcore, and even some metal, but the song just grooves. It could be because the song has this killer post punk bassline, but heavy music doesn't usually have this level of danceable groove to it. Add to that a buzzy heavy guitar, and Fisher going from a foreboding to one of the best screams in the business, and "Better" is one of our favorite heavy songs in a while. The term "melodic hardcore" is throw around a lot these days, but this one exemplifies that term. You can listen to "Better" below. World Ward Word Sword  is due out May 6 on Big Neck Records. For more on The Wilful Boys, check out the band's Facebook . The Wilful Boys · 07 - Better

Bashford are set to release their fifth album this month but are just now landing on our radar. They play a very specific brand of punk that's going to make people who remember the early 90's grunge explosion very happy. "Bitter Masses" has that unhinged and bordering on going completely out of control sound. This is going to draw some comparisons to Nirvana, but it somehow sounds like Nirvana at their most abrasive and mainstream at the exact same time. This is the kind of music we're too old enough to listen to aside from nostalgically, but how can we possibly not be sucked in by Bashford? You can watch the video for "Bitter Masses" below. Greener Grasses is due out December 10 on Big Neck Records. You can pre-order the album via Bandcamp . For more on Bashford, check out the band's Facebook .

His album is due to be released this Friday, but we couldn't wait to bring you this new single from Buffalo's Science Man. "Give the Ghost to Me" is the kind of insane blast of noise punk we have come to love with the previous two singles we've heard, but the song is definitely the most mainstream of the three. That's not to say that "Give the Ghost to Me" is all set to become a crossover hit played between Green Day and Pink Floyd songs... mainstream is relative. But with this new song Science Man is getting as close to a mainstream punk song as he possibly can. It's even almost catchy? Almost. It's hammering beats plodding along with buzzsaw guitars and driving vocals. It's not going to be for everyone, but for those of us that love this kind of thing, "Give the Ghost to Me" is going to be nearly a religious experience. You can listen to "Give the Ghost to Me" below. Science Man II , the upcoming album from Science M...

If you're looking for a new noisy beyond belief artist to become obsessed with, please come join me on the Science Man bandwagon. The Buffalo, NY artist is most certainly not going to be for most people, and I'm fairly certain that's the point. The project's latest single, "Into the Rift," is what it might sound like if Al Jourgensen decided to shred with Lightning Bolt. While "Into the Rift" isn't exactly industrial, there is something reminiscent of heavily machinery crashing into itself here. But the song still maintains a fairly standard song structure, and it keeps the bare minimum of tunefulness required to still be "music" by most people's standards. You can watch the video for "Into the Rift" below. Science Man II , the upcoming new album from Science Man, is due out November 6 on Big Neck Records. You can pre-order a copy here . For more on Science Man, check out the artist's Bandcamp .

Buffalo, NY's Science Man doesn't make pleasant music. His newest single, "Crawling Out," is a bizarre, intense burst of noise crammed into the confines of a traditional strong, but spilling out quite regularly. It's screeching and grumbled vocals, clanging percussion, and driving guitars that are nearly industrial. Sometimes these elements all seem to be existing in harmony with each others, and sometimes they seem to be trying to escape from each other. But it still falls into a traditional song structure, although possibly against its will. You can watch the video for "Crawling Out" below. Science Man II , the upcoming album from Science Man, will be out November 6 on Big Neck Records. For more on Science Man, check out the artist's Bandcamp .

Based in Tampa, FL, Gino & the Goons are the kind of rock 'n' roll that is rarely made these days, and you don't realize how much your soul needs it until you stumble upon one of the few bands still doing it. Their latest single, "She Can Take It," lands somewhere between the garage rock of the 60's and the proto-punk of The Stooges. It's dirty rock music played with horns and fuzzed out guitar solos. I know I'm making this sound like a total mess, and it is. But it's also somehow incredibly catchy and pleasant to listen to, if that makes any sense. Plus, they have one of the best press releases to describe the band of all time:  Gino and the Goons are a American rock n roll band. They are fast and loose, loose and loud. Not so fast you can't dance and not too loose where you'll catch a VD. Gino Bambino started this band in 2007 and he will end it when he sees fit. Goons come and go. Some come and come again. Others don't. Sta...