Angel Face
Out In The Street
Slovenly (2025)
Slovenly calls this JAPANPUNK. My preliminary google search of this portmanteau didn’t come up with much but I already know Angel Face features Fink from noisey ’90s Japanese garage rockers Teengenerate. I also learned that some people consider them a supergroup as members also previously played in other bands like Fadeaways, Raydios, Ruler, Triple Junk Firestarter, none of whom I’m familiar with so I had my work cut out for me here. I decided to start by watching Wild Zero, the 1999 Japanese B-movie cult flick starring the premiere jet rock’n’roll band Guitar Wolf. I remember wanting to see it in the early oughts but never got the chance so this seemed like a good excuse to rectify the situation. My first impression was that it hadn’t aged well and I probably would have liked it more back when it came out but by the end it had won me over in a pretty unexpected way. Within the crazy rock’n’roll alien invasion zombie apocalypse narrative is a seemingly ahead-of-it’s-time love story between the straight male lead Ace and his trans female love interest Tobio. Sure, Wild Zero was released several years after the much more famous Crying Game, but its … Read more
Neutral Snap
I Hardly Know Her
Independent (2025)
Let’s get formally introduced to the underground and independent band Neutral Snap. They are an upcoming pop punk/emo band from … Read more
To The Grave
Still
Unique Leader (2025)
Coming from Australia, To The Grave bring their brutal vegan deathcore offering Still to fans worldwide. This EP punches you … Read more
La Dispute
No One Was Driving The Car
Epitaph (2025)
Occasionally bands will surpass being musicians and become artists. La Dispute aren’t making music. They’re making art. The band returns … Read more
Dying Wish
Flesh Stays Together
Sharptone (2025)
From their hardcore days to their newer, progressing sound on Flesh Stays Together, Dying Wish has been inching toward something … Read more
