unknown artist

 

MUDWIMMIN. OH SEES. REATARDS. MARKED MEN. SUPERCHARGER. MISTREATERS. MISFITS. 50 MILLION. WHITE TRASH SUPERMAN. SONICS. BIKINI KILL. SQUIRREL BAIT. FRIGHTWIG. SHOTWELL. CRAMPS. PUSSY GALORE.....

The hooks are undeniable. 
The power is infectious. 
The only text reads: "18 Nov 2015"
The tape rules. 

18 NOV 2015

GLICH

 

If you wondered whether of not the razor sharp hardcore of the early 2010s was going to stick - look no further than Indonesia's GLICH. Piercing buzzsaw guitars, howling vocals drenched in reverb, arm swinging mid paced moshes that slow to deadly lurches before launching into heart stopping DBeat-as-USHC riffs. Sinister, scowling, dangerous hardcore from 2025; "Safe Means All" on repeat all damn day. 

NO SILENCE LEFT

APHID TRIP

 

Ten minutes of murky, mysterious electronics. Like one component of a spaced-out ambient recording from 1986 got lost in the studio and just degraded for four decades until.....today. 

SKY LISTENING

HAFNER // THE EDOMITES

 

The kind of release that 2026 could really use, only Aklasan released this split five years ago. Four focused tracks from SF's HAFNER - the kind of alt/sludge that that reminds you of the transition from Rev Summer into early Sub Pop....it's a really good reminder. Noise laden drum/electronic freak outs from EDOMITES on the flip - an instrumental series titled "Fuck ICE" in five mind melding movements that made me want to dig around for a GAY BARBARIANS AND OR THE JAURWAURS disc because I know I have at least two of them. Somewhere. 

HAFNER // THE EDOMITES 

CREEPING CHILL

 

I remember being blown the fukk away by this band when I heard their 2019 demo, and here I am in 2026 being blown the fukk away by their 2020 demo. Covid-era hardcore is a real thing, and this bombastic four song bulldozer is a perfect example. "Hate Polluters" might be a (read: the) perfect hardcore punk song. 

CREEPING CHILL

SIMON FRANK

 

I first heard of Frank through HOT & COLD's excellently sparse Border Area LP, but most of his solo output has eluded me.  Until no, that is - because after relentless and compulsive listening to 2018's Humid Music, I will be making every effort to seek down physical copies of everything. Everything. The 7+ minute "See Self" opener hits like an entire night at the club; everything is there. Everything is here. Monotonous SUICIDE clashing with driving '80s new beat by way of early PIAS and shades of NITZER EBB and then a burst of no wave like the brilliant "Good Taste Is Worthless." Simon freaks and chants deliberately over each track and it feels like you're in a trance just listening....I would love to experience this at full volume in a packed club.

HUMID MUSIC

GERUTUAN BANGSAT

 

Raw UK styled punk from Indonesia - distant, distorted and damaged. 

LAWAN KEMBALI