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New music from this Tucson band, incorporating elements of punk, post-punk, noise-rock, and more into its sound. Will easily crack my Top Ten of 2023 list!

New album in six years from Godflesh, formed by Napalm Death founding member and original vocalist Justin Broadrick. According to the band, Purge "revisits and updates the concepts explored on [199's] Pure."

Debut LP from this Manchester-based punk band, with many lyrics sung in French, as vocalist Valentine Caulfield is... French. Per Caulfield, “‘Drag [Crashed]’ is a collection of things that were said to me or about me because I’m a woman. From middle-aged men saying I would ‘pop some fly buttons’ to my dad and that he would need a gun to fend off the boys when I was a literal toddler, to educators telling me my shoulders would ‘distract the boys’ and I therefore needed to cover myself, and romantic partners trying to control my body, ‘Drag’ is a personal exploration of what it means growing up a girl.”

From the influential '80s noise-punk band, this EP features artwork from English artist Savage Pencil. The original cover - released in small numbers - is a photograph of a suicide victim's head. The music on this EP was overlooked due to that controversy.

Collaboration between Japanese noise-rock legends Boris and New York-based industrial-metal band Uniform, recorded during the height of the COVID pandemic.

Fifth studio LP from this Belgian metal/sludge/post-hardcore band. Saw mainstream attention as another cut from this album ("Ogentroost") is the entrance music for All Elite Wrestling's Malakai Black.

1983 debut LP from this English post-punk band. Though they weren't commercially successful like other English peers, their debut was no less critically acclaimed. Their legacy can be heard in Oasis, Interpol, and the Smashing Pumpkins, all citing The Chameleons as an influence.

Hailing from Los Angeles, VR Sex delivers a dystopian focused blend of punk/post-punk. One of my Top Ten releases from 2022!

According to information compiled from different sources, this song was originally titled "Death Disco" and written for Lydon's dying mother, at her request. It was later re-worked to what we hear here, with guitarist Keith Levene playing the motif of Tchaikovsky’s "The Swan Theme" ballet throughout.

"Mercy" opens side two of Wire's amazing second studio LP. Wire 1-2-3 studio LP punch of Pink Flag (1977), Chairs Missing (1978), and 154 (1979) is nearly unrivaled across all of music history (in this humble DJ's opinion).

Experimental band from Maryland, lumped within the punk genre and sharing the bill with many notable punk acts. The band didn't care much for the punk label, and were often at odds with rigid punkers that expected the band to "be" a certain way. They loved to blast Hank Williams classics from their tour van when pulling up to venues, both because they loved Hank's music and also to annoy punk rockers.

Originally released in 2004, this now-widely available release finds this Chicago trio consisting solely of drums (Shannon Morrow), tuba (Rob Pleshar), and trombone (Mike Hagedorn) covering several Stooges classics and deep cuts!

Originally released in 1970 and produced by The Kingsmen's Don Gallucci (think "Louie Louie"), Fun House was the second studio LP from the Detroit proto-punk band. Gallucci and Iggy Pop were not impressed with the initial studio recordings, agreeing they did not capture the band's live energy and improvisation. As such, they stripped the recording studio bare of sound-proofing to best capture the band's sound. Elektra, backed by low albums sales, was unimpressed with The Stooges and dropped them from the label. Despite this, the influence of Fun House on rock and roll is ongoing, from The Fall to Nick Cave to Jack White and many others.

RIP Rick Froberg, vocalist/guitarist for Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and Obits. Froberg passed away June 30th from natural causes at the age of 55. 1994's Yank Crime was the second and final studio LP released by Drive Like Jehu.

Debut single from this Canadian punk band (Ontario, specifically). Influenced by the likes of Drug Church, Turnstile, and fellow Canadians PUP.

Newest release from this Richmond band that had been on hiatus for 20 years. Classified as "screamo" at the time of its original existence. I don't know what that is.

Third studio LP from this Canadian noise-rock band that harkens back to the best of the late '90s and early 2000s noise-rock.

Capcom Sound Team is the name for the Japanese musical collective responsible for Capcom's video game scores going back to 1989. "Looming Dread" was composed by Kentarō Nakashima and is the main theme song for Biohazard (aka Resident Evil stateside) character Hunk, Alpha Team Leader for the Umbrella Corporation's Security Service.

Experimental industrial project from Benjamin John Powers, one-half of the indie band Fuck Buttons. This album is his response to the populist political upheaval from 2016. Tasty tune!

Originally released in 1985, the experimental German band's third LP incorporated electronic-dance elements into its somewhat unsettling sound.

Los Angeles noise rock band formed in 1986 but did not release its debut LP (this one) until 1992, recorded by Big Black's Steve Albini, whose band no doubt was a major influence on Distorted Pony.