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Demos You Want To Check #2

Music / New Kids On The Block • January 12, 2026

The musical landscape is ever changing. New genres are popping up, new hypes burst out of nowhere and then die out, and new bands present themselves to the world. How on earth are you expected to keep up, right? Well, a little help never hurts! So here we are, your humble servants, ready to sift through those filters for you to present you with the best demos we have encountered. We sincerely hope you will check them out. They could become your new go-to band! Who knows. Al-Naf - Demo 2025 If you miss Hoax (I know I do) you might want to check out Al-Naf. To me, this demo sounds like missing Hoax songs., only better produced. I am still a sucker for bands that use boatloads of echo on the vocals-als-als-als so I am all in for these three tracks although it leaves me sad it is over in 3 and a half minutes. Loach - Demo A demo with twelve songs on it? Isn’t that a full-length? No, not if you play powerviolence, like Loach clearly does. What immediately catches your attention is the fact that there’s no guitar. And even though you hear it straight away you don’t really miss the guitar. The bass guitar alone is creating enough violent riffs to keep your attention for the full five to six minutes this demo lasts. Self Arrest - Demo 2 The second demo from this new band. Again I am transported back to the late '80s. … Read more

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Sarasota, Florida’s Floating Boy have been grinding for seven years, quietly shaping themselves into a band that lives and breathes the ethics of Fugazi (if you couldn’t tell by their track inspired name) and the emotional chaos of DIY punk. Their debut full-length, Perfect Place, is the culmination of that time. There are ten tracks of anxious, politically charged emo-punk/post-hardcore … Read more

The Brokedowns

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I've reviewed a lot of Brokedowns records over the years. First, I'll say I love the band and I honestly feel like they keep getting better. Second, I'll say that this record threw a couple of surprises at me. The band play multi-vocalist poppish punk in the school of Dillinger Four or Errth, albeit more on the angry side. There … Read more

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Spite House European and North American dates for early 2026

Posted in Tours on January 13, 2026

Following the release of their recent full-length, Spite House will be hitting the road in early 2026 for an extensive run of shows across Europe, followed by select dates in the United States. The European leg will see the band supporting Militarie Gun throughout January and early February, with dates … Read more

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Posted in Records on January 13, 2026

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Posted in Records on January 13, 2026

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Posted in Records on January 11, 2026

Joyce Manor released the new single "I Know Where Mark Chen Lives," the latest from this month's forthcoming new album I Used To Go To This Bar, out on Jan. … Read more

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