Hotlung are based out of Santa Cruz, California. Their line-up features members of various bands from the Bay Area and surrounding environs (such as Fury
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Roach Squad – Roach Squad LP (2025, Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records)
Like doubling over around a punch to the gut that you well and truly deserve. Accepting the punishment with humility and gratitude. Being violently thrust
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Heavy Seas – Distortion Days (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2024)
Distortion Days is the second full length from Chicago trio, Heavy Seas. It follows the 2021 debut album Everything Breaks, which I reviewed at the
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States of Nature – Brighter Than Before (Little Rocket Records / Sell The Heart Records / Public World Records, 2024)
States of Nature are from Oakland, California. Their line-up boasts members of Static Thought and Everybody Row. Brighter Than Before is their debut full length
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Heavy Seas – Everything Breaks (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records / Sell the Heart Records, 2021)
Do you know what’s great? When people you have a great deal of admiration for put a load of effort into writing, recording and releasing
Read moreVideo premiere: Moral Mazes – Illinoise By Numbers (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records)
Apathy and Exhaustion in association with Little Rocket Records (UK) and Rad Girlfriend Records (US) is proud to present the European premiere of the new
Read more7in and EP round-up: October 2020 (part 2)
Moral Mazes – s/t 7in (Little Rocket Records UK / Rad Girlfriend Records US) Ooh. Another “supergroup”. But fear not, it’s a good ‘un. And
Read more7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)
An Uneasy Peace – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records) This band came uncomfortably close to being called “Unfuckable Chainsaw”. Verily. This EP has finally seen
Read moreGrey Hairs – Health & Social Care (Gringo Records, 2019)
Well. Most of the time I skip over stuff sent to me from a particular PR company, as I just dismiss it out of hand
Read moreNothing – Dance on the Blacktop (Relapse, 2018)
Nothing are a band I’ve been a fan of for a good few years. My first dealings with them was through one of guitarist/vocalist Domenic
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