rolling punk rock 2023

i haven't stopped listening to the tubs album. easily one of my favourite album in years

yeah, it rules soooooo hard

the way i wriggle like a worm
the way i writhe
the way i squirm

you wake up
and you're back
in a repulsive life in a repulsive flat

the pairing of richard thompson chest voice and jangle is so perfect i can't believe no one's done it before. the singing is so beautiful

i think i'm losing my mind
for goo-ood this time

the squeaky background vocal on "Wretched Lie" ... why do i love it so much? what a strange and wonderful choice by the band. how do you even get there?

it's early yet and I have catching up to do but my favourite punk records so far of 2023 are:

destruct cries the mocking mother nature
eunix demo 2023 CS
JJ & the A's s/t 7"
massacred post-mortem 7"
planet on a chain - boxed in
sial sangkar 7"
scarecrow [US, NC] crisis 7"
shrinkwrap killers feed the clones pt. 1
thatcher's snatch - white collar man 7"
warcycle manifesting barbarity 7"

I didn't know Mark Astronaut died last year :((((

But there's one last album, and the preview track sounds glorious, and fuck it, he'll be back again tomorrow, just you wait and see...

https://growyourownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lp

xp Colonel Poo your recommendations are always appreciated and often great and glad you're more active on ilx again.

i haven't stopped listening to the tubs album. easily one of my favourite album in years

― flopson, Wednesday, August 2, 2023 1:26 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

i fucking LOVE this record so much

It's so good.

some 2023 brutality I have been enjoying

Life Expectancy - Decline (dbeat-y stuff)

https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/decline-lungs-256

Exhibition - The Last Laugh (Boston-y stuff)

https://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-laugh

new Astronauts is glorious ofc

Really need new punk with angry as fuck women

from 2020 but

https://www.discogs.com/master/1836629-Lebenden-Toten-Synaptic-Noise-Dissociation

posted this up thread

https://buioomega69.bandcamp.com/album/take-a-look

^good closing track there

been going thru this thread. Gee Tee album is glorious fun. Poison Ruin is sounding AMAZING rn, what an album, what a synthesis

this is fun:
https://dugtrax.bandcamp.com/album/gelap-gempita

I'm going to see Taqbir in a minute, they are new and their singer is a woman

On a bit of a Minutemen kick and I wish I knew of a recent band that reminded me of the Minutemen.

loving the shit out of this fucked up antz in yr pantz garage rock scuzz

https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-on-cool-street

love retail simps. joe's an old buddy of mine. their first album is great too

new R.M.F.C. coming in November! this dude rules:
https://rockmusicfanclub.bandcamp.com/album/club-hits

YEAH RETAIL SIMPS

retail simps are great, love that kind of snotty, stomping garage rock

one things i love about the simps is despite the primitive garage style there’s actually some covert sick chops under the hood. the guitar on “love without friction” off the first album is so genius

Amy Taylor impressively keeping up the energy playing to a bunch of boats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huK6_LpBI34

*raises tubs bat signal*

oi, started a tubs thread the tubs

Joe/Celluloid Lunch is great, really enjoy that Retail Simps stuff.

Really like this new Collate record. I was a fan already but a new full length was really welcome as I just had a 7" in house. Very economical and specific in sound, but I think they do it very well:

https://collate.bandcamp.com/album/generative-systems

Has female and male vocals, Janie from All Hits (a very good punk band) plays drums. The bass player / singer Erika also runs the label Domestic Departure, which is a cool label. But yeah, I like this record a lot.

this is good, weird-ass shit from Buffalo:
https://ismaticguru.bandcamp.com/album/iii

need to catch up on this thread.

seeing Civic on Tuesday. GBH are playing on Saturday but I'm already going out Thurs/Fri and may possibly be too old for this shit.

some golden oldies playing January - the Boys and the Subhumans. I've seen the Boys a couple of times recently but it's been quite a few years since I last saw the Subhumans so looking forward to that one

I got a huge haul in from La Vida Es Un Mus this week and can confirm that Sial - Sangkar 7" sounds even better on vinyl and is an absolute banger of a record.

sometimes I do stupid things like buy records that I already have on CD but when that record is Dolly Mixture - Demonstration Tapes I think that's OK

more synth-y lo-fi punk from Melbourne, Australia, where you have to make synth-y lo-fi punk or they put you in jail (that's true):

https://hiimbilliam.bandcamp.com/album/corner-tactics

I saw Alien Nosejob a few months ago but I looked them up and they are from NSW. possibly that law exists across states

I am from Sydney and I perceive Alien Nosejob to be Melbonic but perhaps they are somewhere geographically in-between

Anyway check out Exit Mould from Newcastle NSW and I don’t know if anyone has mentioned Sydney’s Negative Gears in this thread but they rule

actually I think you're right, the main guy is from NSW but moved to Victoria, I didn't search v well before

ok the Melbourne synth-y lo-fi punk law stands

I have a Negative Gears 12"

I also bought a Soakie 12" this week in my La Vida Es Un Mus extravaganza. they are also from Melbourne, I think??

every time I order from La Vida Es Un Mus they put a bonus Straightjacket Nation 12" in the order. I've got 3 of them now

been playing the recent ep by ismatic guru non-stop, particular the song "a nice man," which has a fierce groove and fantastic punchline

https://ismaticguru.bandcamp.com/album/iii

Civic were great tonight, I bought the New Vietnam + Singles LP and Future Forecast both of which are absolute banger punk records

the support were also apparently from Melbourne although confusingly they were called These New South Whales, they were good too. seems like Melbourne has a pretty thriving punk scene, maybe I'll get over my fear of spiders and go to Australia one day

I was feeling a bit glum earlier so I went out to see GBH and the Varukers tonight. I hadn't seen GBH for about 8 years but they still sound exactly the same, which is quite impressive for a bunch of blokes in their 60s tbf. Colin is so tiny. I guess that's why they went for the great big haircuts back in the day.

Couple of years old but I heard this for the first time today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6tdSH4yoM8

Just saw Black Eyes play on Friday night in DC and am happy to say that it was extremely good. Two new songs were played, each cool, so maybe a new album will come of it all at some point.

been playing the recent ep by ismatic guru non-stop, particular the song "a nice man," which has a fierce groove and fantastic punchline

hey, those're my buds! i have been loving that project as well.

I bought the tape. It rules.