portrayalofguilt.bandcamp.com/album/beginn... Digging the first songs off the upcoming Portrayal of Guilt album Beginning of the End. Turning sideways from blackened screamo, "Human Terror" and "Ecstasy" are a caustic pile-up between noise and nu-metal. Really looking forward to the full-length.
nondi.bandcamp.com/track/broken... Nondi_'s second self-titled album on Planet Mu is really good. Its blend of corroded ambience, gauzy IDM and lo-fi footwork works for so many moods. "Broken Future 175" is a highlight with stuttering jungle saturated in a dappled vibe. Well worth a listen.
GoFundMe Launched for Family of KRIEGβs Neill Jameson to Aid in Cancer Treatment & Childcare Expenses.
www.decibelmagazine.com/2026/02/16/g...
bookshop.org/p/books/stra...
Burst out laughing and snorting when I read that the manipulative jerk hedge-fund husband in 'Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage" loves Dinosaur Jr.
coldlovegang.bandcamp.com/album/blades...
Black metal Romantics Selvnatt and Draugveil's new album Blades & Roses is great. It's pocket-sized metal sublimity strewn together with an anguished, but still kinda cozy atmosphere. Just in time for chilling on Valentine's Day!
samshackleton.bandcamp.com/album/euphor...
With Bandcamp embeds now back, I'm happy to say I'm really enjoying Shackleton's latest Euphoria Bound. His sound is still a swirling mass of psychedelic grooves, but this time around, it's a more accessible and engaging trip around the globe and beyond.
That LIMBS album is awesome.
fascists canβt really grasp the power of minimal techno
Possible new release(s) from Magogaio in 2026. The drum and bass/black metal/trip-hop continuum marches on. This band rules and absolutely deserves more attention for their head spinning cross genre genius.
www.instagram.com/p/DT0JnAmiIN...
nourishment.bandcamp.com/album/nouris...
Starting off the New Year with some spooky blackened death rock from Nourishment. Nice basslines and icy, dread-filled vibes.
Read 43 books this year. Here's my faves -
The Slip by Lucas Schaefer
Woodworking by Emily St. James
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
World Pacific by Peter Mann
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Dream State by Eric Puchner
#booksky
ninatahec.bandcamp.com/album/ninata...
βｑ°β©β§NINATAHECβ§β©Β°ο½‘, the sweet punk-ish pop project from DamiΓ‘n Ojeda (TrhΓ€, sadness, etc.) now has a batch of songs up on Bandcamp that I believe (?) were previously only available through his Patreon. Grab this for NYP and bring some light to your life!
muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/flow-a...
Very much enjoying Flow and Fracture, a serenely unfolding ambient release from Jo Johnson. A nice reflection of the enveloping nature of drift and drone.
Looking forward to the 12-23 premiere of this recording of Nirvana's 1992 show in Honolulu
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversa...
This is a great diverse year end list that features laid back psych, 70s-style street proto-punk, and just plain weird black metal. Some truly awesome stuff on here.
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/12/17/t...
Great list. Nice to see KΕ«kaβilimoku on there.
2025 Album Faves Part 4
Surgeon - Shell~Wave transcendent, ego-death embracing techno
The Armed - THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED Still loud, angry, + smirky. Still fucking great!
Voices from the Lake - II Humid and meditative electronix that are smoothly soothing
2025 Album Faves Part 3
joe the band - Turn On/Tune In Dinosaur Jr noise meets catchy jangle pop
MASSA NERA - The Emptiness of All Things Ambitious post-hardcore with a killer rhythm section
Shedir - We Are All Strangers burning interstellar ambient. Like falling into a red giant star
2025 Album Faves Part 2
Floating - Hesitating Lights a groundbreaking superb fusion of post-punk and death metal
Gates of Dawn - III patiently unfolding black metal meets prairie night sky immensity
Hetta - Acetate Skramz with a huge helping of hooks and obnoxious sass
2025 LP Faves Part 1
Efdemin - Poly minimal techno at its best
Yellow Eyes - Confusion Gate peak epic black metal
Cave Sermon - Fragile Wings powerful post death metal
Cave Spellcaster - Treasure Goblin dungeon synth as ambient
Deafheaven- Lonely People With Power arena-sized black metal
barbelith.bandcamp.com/album/barbel...
New Barbelith/TrhΓ€ split rules. Barbelith is focused and crushing with fury and majesty. TrhΓ€, well, this takes to their sound to a blistering, almost classical level. Members of both projects wrote, recorded & performed on each track apparently. More please!
ra.co/features/4350
Sifting through 2025's releases across six carefully considered themes/genres, Resident Advisor's year-end feature makes for an enlightening and lovely read. It's nicely designed and totally bursting with supporting links. Mahalo!
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
While Squire had the skyscraper guitar lines and Reni had a one of a kind rhythmic fluidity, Mani's bass really anchored so many of the Roses' classic tunes. Rip and thank you for the music.
youtu.be/T5oUYhhkdiI?...
This is so damn cool. Hiro Yamamoto reprising his unhinged vox on Soundgarden's classic smash em up "Circle of Power." With Matt Cameron on guitar!
yelloweyes.bandcamp.com/album/confus...
The dense and carefully constructed songs on the new Yellow Eyes album Confusion Gate are mindblowing. Really digging the entire album, but that epic closing title track is one of the best black metal songs I've heard in the past few years.
perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/soft-l...
Perc's new EP Soft Launch brings a punk intensity with crunchy drums and roughened sonic textures. The stop start bomb beats and loopy vocals deepen the disorienting, pummeling vibes. It's yet another great release in a year full of killer techno EPs.
ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/poly-2
Efdemin's new album Poly is a winner. As with past work, he builds these tracks with heavy drums and environments that are detailed but never too busy. Poly is a great return after 6 years away and it shows minimal techno can still pull you in with space and groove.
abriction.bandcamp.com/album/forbid...
Abriction's new one Forbidden Bounds (mostly) loses the shoegaze atmospheres and instead smashes harsh metal and hardcore together with catchy pop structures. The more direct spikiness is a huge part of the attraction here and I'm very much down for it.
ABRICTION!
gatesofdawn.bandcamp.com/album/iii
Having a supremely hard time thinking of how to describe III by Gates of Dawn. Iron Maiden-esque black Metal operating at peak prog rock with bits of blues and funk added to the mix. A super unorthodox sound that's loads of fun to listen to by any measure.
