Month: March 2026

A Wilhelm Scream Talk New Album

Jason Tate

A Wilhelm Scream talked with New Noise Magazine about their new album.

Usually, I know that I’m done with a song when I feel like it’s gotten as close as it can to the idea’s potential. That’s good, but also bad. You can spend 12 years writing an album, because every song has to be the best song that’s ever been written. Once I let go of (perfection), the songs came out so much cooler—more me, in terms of just spitting insults nonstop in a song. It’s like 90s rap beef. That was our biggest fucking influence (back in the day), before they called it hip hop! The writing boot camps came into play because everybody’s busy. Like, Nuno has a job and a family! So to be able to dedicate the time and focus that it takes, Ben had the idea, “Hey, let’s go out to the desert.” 

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American Football Talks With GQ

American Football
Jason Tate

American Football were featured in the latest issue of GQ.

The “this” is the extraordinary and uncanny story of American Football, who became one of this century’s most influential rock bands in part because they no longer existed. In the weeks after Polyvinyl released the band’s album in September 1999, 21 college radio stations added its tracks to rotation—very respectable, Lunsford remembers, given that the expectations were essentially nil. But as the album seeped onto file-sharing services like Napster and Limewire, the kids who first downloaded it often bought a copy themselves. I worked in a college-town record store right as LP1 entered that growth curve, and I must have slipped hundreds of CD copies into Schoolkids Records paper bags before I finally listened and bought one myself.

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Goldfinger Announce ‘Early Years’ Vinyl Release

Goldfinger
Jason Tate

Goldfinger are releasing a special Early Years 1993-1994 vinyl via the Punk Rock Museum’s label.

This 11-Track 10” record Unearths the Band’s Earliest Recordings available for the first time on Vinyl, available online and in the museum’s record store, Vinyl Threat.

Goldfinger – Early Years 1993–1994, is a definitive collection capturing the birth of a band that would go on to define an era. This limited-edition pressing brings a fresh, analog warmth to these foundational tracks brought together in one curated, collector-grade release.

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Jacob The Horse – “The Black Hand” (Video Premiere)

Jacob The Horse
Adam Grundy

Today is a great day to share the newest single and music video from L.A. indie punk band Jacob The Horse, called “The Black Hand.” Jacob The Horse is Aviv Rubinstien (Guitar, Lead Vocals), Rick Chapman (Drums, Vocals), Mark Desrosiers (Bass, Vocals), and Josh Fleury (Lead Guitar, Vocals, Organ), and their vibrant music chemistry is on full display on this song. Rubinstein shared: “I’m not a card carrying Satanist, but this song is the closest thing we have to a ‘70s homage to things like how AC/DC mocked the Satanic Panic with ‘Highway to Hell.’ But, we’re working out real grievances through that lens. The big finish should’ve been ‘where all the drinks are free’.” With a sound that is equal parts White Reaper, PUP, and Against Me!, Jacob The Horse make a worthy battle cry that they have arrived. If you’re enjoying “The Black Hand,” keep an eye out for the release of their new record, At Least It’s Almost Over, on March 20th.

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Rebelmatic – “Alive On Arrival” (Song Premiere)

Rebelmatic
Adam Grundy

Today I’m thrilled to introduce everyone to Rebelmatic. This funk-infused hardcore band is self-described as sounding like “James Brown in a mosh pit,” and they’re sharing an early listen to their slick new single called “Alive On Arrival.” The band shared:

’Alive on Arrival’ is a sub-two-minute adrenaline shot of pure New York grit. Fusing the raw power of hardcore punk with a signature funk-infused groove, this track delivers a high-velocity anthem of survival and street-level defiance. It’s the sound of the city’s unpolished soul; urgent, vital, and loud as hell.

Rebelmatic are gearing up for the release of their new album called Sting The Devil, which will be released on June 12th via Creep Records. Rebelmatic were also recently featured in issue 3 of the comic, Powers 25, and are quickly making waves in the hardcore/punk scene. If you’re enjoying the new single, please consider supporting Rebelmatic here.

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