Wake-Up Call

TWISTED TEENS – New Orleans’ Adult Punks Ignite Garage Rock Cannonade With New Single ‘STALKS’

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12 October 2026

Band: TWISTED TEENS
Who: Two adult punks based in the Holy Cross
neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Track: STALKS
Newest piece from their upcoming album No. 4. It’s baptized
The Holy Cross Tigers, and it will drop on November 6th.
Tracklist and order info here.


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Subpop Records say about the album: “Holy Cross Tigers is the fourth Twisted Teens
album but the first that feels immediately and entirely relatable. It is a blown-out transmission from the lip of heartbreak, a place where even the lucky have been and from which they have hopefully returned. That is, it sounds an awful lot like the truth.”

TUTV: Stalks is what edgy DIY garage punk is about. Cracked guitars, cracked drums
and cracked vocals interblend to fabricate some kickass hurly-burly that cannonades
with keen-edged sassiness. Let’s stalk them.

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BAD(ASS) WAITRESS Get In Your Face While Being Drunk

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9 October 2026

Band: BAD WAITRESS
Who: 4 fierce art-punk provocateurs
from Toronto, Canada.

Track: I ONLY LIKE YOU WHEN I’M DRUNK
Single from their sophomore album In The Hollow, 
following their 2021 debut No Taste. Tracklist and
pre-order info right here.

Info: The title sounds like a joke you might regret making the next morning, but the song itself keeps digging beneath the punchline. “You horrify me / Make everything shit around me,” vocalist Kali-Ann Butala spits at the outset, only to admit moments later that she’s still drawn in. Desire becomes something embarrassing and invasive, the kind of attraction that seems to make less sense the closer you look at it.


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TUTV: Here’s some toxic and sick rock ‘n’ punk tumult. Bad Waitress attack your
terrified stereo, and your scared eardrums, and get in your panic-stricken face
in less than 3 minutes.

Schizoid guitars, an hysterical octopus drummer, and intoxicated spits and
snears join fighting forces to get their message loud and across anybody all
who dare to listen sober to this merciless motherrocker.

Stone the crows.
Release the bats.

Time to drink yourself in oblivion
and meet Badass Waitress.

“I only like you when I’m drunk / I only like you when I’m fucked up and crazy.”

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GRIPPER – Philly Oddballs Knock You KO With Two Punk Punches

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6 October 2026

Band: GRIPPER
Who: 5 combustive oddballs from Philly,
who also have fun in other bands.

Tracks: MISS BEHAVE and OTHER BASTARD.

Both hellacious punk punches, bundled under the heading PROMO 2026,
will be on their upcoming debut album, named Another Night Of Fun On Me
out early next year.


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Time to get up and
release the bats.

– MISS BEHAVE –


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Waking Up With STRANGE FRUIT From INDONESIA

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29 September 2026

Band: STRANGE FRUIT
Who: Synth/guitar pop daydreamers
from Jakarta, Indonesia.

Track: POUVOIR MOTEUR
Highlight from their
debut EP, named Drips.


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TUTV: Straight from Jakarta, Indonesia, a blend of prog synth-pop and Krautrock dynamics transferring your mind onto a cloud way above our disorderly planet. Wake up, keep on dreaming, and hope for the best.

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MINISTRY Attack New Fears On Their Brutal Shocker ‘SINGULARITY’

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22 September 2026


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A few weeks ago AL JOURGENSEN, the general of legendary industrial metal tormentors MINISTRY,  announced the final stand of the band after a trashing journey since 1981.

They have canned their 17th and final LP, named Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery).
It’ll be unleashed on October 30th. Tracklist & more info here.

Jourgensen: “I’m fucking done. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. I’m amazed at the path that it’s taken, from With Sympathy to where we’re at today, and all points in between. It’s been quite a ride, but I’m completely at peace with the fact that it’s done. It’s time to herd goats.”

Ahead of it, we get a 3rd preview grenade, named SINGULARITY

“Your time on this planet has passed…we are in control,” warns a cyborg on the dystopian new single. As new fears of AI dooming humanity have come to dominate the news in recent days, Al Jourgensen and co. are ready to fight.

Hallelujah!

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MY LENNIS – Belgian Motherrockers Have New Explosive Barnstormer ‘WIDE AWAKE’ Out

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17 September 2026

Band: MY LENNIS
Who: 4 Belgian noiseniks influenced by Weezer, Blink 182, Good Charlotte and The Offspring. What started as a trio became a foursome in 2023 with ambitious plans, namely making miles by playing live and diving into the recording studio.


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Track: WIDE AWAKE

TUTV: These motherrockers hit bullseye again with this explosive barnstormer.
This is what happens when grunge and punk collide and cause a nuclear reaction.
All you need to blow up your poor speakers is a revved-up rhythm section, a schizophrenic guitarist and a psych-o-tic maniac for a loudmouthed singer. Enter My Lennis. Maddening turmoil, people.

Get up, wide awake,
and release the bats.


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THE WAR ON DRUGS Are Back With Synth-Glowing Single ‘WHO’S THAT’

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9 September 2026

It’s been 4 years since Philly rockers THE WAR ON DRUGS orchestrated by
singer/songriter Adam Granduciel released their latest album I Don’t Live
Here Anymore.

Their fans can start jumping for joy ’cause their idols are back with new single
WHO’S THAT, a synth-glowing woolgathering evoking dreamy images. No sign
yet of a new LP, but I’m sure that won’t take long.

Awake. Arise.
TWOD are back.

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HEARING TESTS – London Punks Attack Belligerent Psycho Politicians With Their New Exploding Grenade ‘BURNING THE FLAG’

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2 September 2026

Band: HEARING TESTS
Who: A hardcore band from London, sonically direct, taking influence from all
over the hardcore spectrum, fast pummelling riffs, huge sing along political lyrics,
tackling issues such as the rise of the far right, consumerism and inequality with
more personal stories.

Their sound is fast, raw, and unapologetically direct – built for sweaty basements and
shouted choruses. Lyrically, they pull no punches, taking aim at consumer culture, far-right
politics, and systemic inequality with a clarity and fury that leaves no room for ambiguity.
Politically charged and sonically relentless, Hearing Tests aren’t just playing punk – they’re
living it.

Track: BURNING THE FLAG

TUTV: Holy smoke! Hearing Tests tash, crash and smash all war-greedy psychos who
have turned our planet into a ravaging battlefield. Burn The Flag is an exploding punk grenade, a detonative ebullition, a barbed wire assault.

We all know that we’re doomed if all those immoral, intolerant, egomaniacal world leaders as we know them, stay in charge. Their erratic behaviour is unpredictably dangerous. We the people should stand up, all together, and get rid of all those evil politicians while screaming Burning the flag, Burn in hell at the top of our lungs.

Time to wake up
and save humanity.
Now.

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JOOLS – British High-Voltage Hit Team Drop Combustible Haymaker ‘WHEREVER I GO, THERE I AM’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

27 August 2026


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Band: JOOLS
Who: High-voltage hit team from Leicester, UK. Last year they launched
their imposing debut LP, named Violent Delights. You can stream it here.

New single: WHEREVER I GO, THERE I AM

Kate Price (co-vocalist/songwriter): “Suddenly playing big shows was an amazing
and transformative experience. But I couldn’t outrun the fears of living this dream and
my fixation on perception; this song covers the acceptance of needing to tackle not
outrun our fears.”

TUTV: Amps and decibels up from the kick-off. Aggressive guitars, merciless drums, and searing duet vocals combine for a volcanic outburst, boiling over every time the crushing chorus crashes your stereo. Post-punk ferocity mixed with nu-metal moxie propel this combustible haymaker. Helter skelter. Wherever you go, don’t miss Jools.

Wake up.
Press play.
Play loud.

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BRONCOS – Irish Doomed Rockers Overwhelmed By ‘GLOOM’

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26 August 2026

Band: BRONCOS
Who: Hefty 4-piece emerging from Belfast‘s thriving alternative music scene.
They have spent the last two years traversing the country and, in the process,
releasing a slew of successful singles, to establish themselves as one of
Ireland’s most compelling voices.

Track: GLOOM
New single.

Lyrically the song is about knowing from the outset that
a relationship is doomed, but entering into it regardless.

TUTV: After a tranquil synth intro, this emotional discharge intensity’s builds up gradually and menacingly, and scrapes the sky on the herculean chorus, spiked with anxious vocals. Image nu-metal titans Deftones and industrial vets Fear Factory jamming with subdued urgency. Gloom is wrapped in dark clouds and has an ominous sense of near-collapse. Darkness rules. No emergency exit.

“We’re always doomed”

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