A Static Lullaby pulled a Taylor Swift on their own debut. 23 years on, Dan Arnold on the homemade hardcore starter kit Joe gave him in 2003. So glad we could talk about it. idioteq.com/a-static-lul...

Geoff Rickly and Jeremy Bolm trading the closing lines of "Paris in Flames" together at Outbreak Fest 2024. Full clip up on YouTube via @daitanfilms

Thank you @idioteqcom.bsky.social for premiering the reissue of #CarVsDriver's Deja Grateful. That's right, Stickfigure & #LunchboxRecords are reissuing Car Vs. Driver's Deja Grateful on vinyl. Once test pressings have been approved we'll start accepting preorders. idioteq.com/premiere-car...

@idioteqcom.bsky.social These questions were so thorough and thought provoking. idioteq.com/hammock-disc...

Out today the acclaimed debut by @s_i_l_k_b_a_n_d 💿 cds shorediverecords.bandcamp.com Vinyl: silkband.bandcamp.com #shorediverecords #shoegaze #indie #alternative #dreampop @idioteqcom.bsky.social

New DEMERSAL single is pure fire 🔥 idioteq.com/demersal-som...

Vegan metalcore and hard-edged hardcore drive Ecotage’s new five-track record Redemption, out May 22, 2026. The Finland band circles around animal liberation, human liberation, and environmental justice - ecotagehc.bandcamp.com/album/redemp...

No Guard drop two tracks from No Guard: “Half The Man I Am” and “Burden Of Life.” Out May 20 via DAZE and Triple B Records dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/2-song...

"Coliseum is quietly, happily working on a new album. But don’t tell anyone." 🤫 idioteq.com/caterwaul-20...

"Slowpunk is about how to be punk when you grow up. You get slower. Go to less shows. You get a mortgage. Which sounds not very punk. But that's the switch." #thehoneybeeband

Thanks to @idioteqcom.bsky.social that did an interview with my one-person-band återstod and Finnish screamo band Letterbombs about our split release that came out on No Funeral Records two weeks ago. idioteq.com/screamo-spli...

Steve Albini's death in 2024 left a void in the lives of everyone he worked with. Mono made almost every record at Electrical Audio over 25 years. Snowdrop is the first they have made without him. We talked to Taka about 3 funerals, the flower language & idioteq.com/post-rock-ma...

A very special guest coming up next week - an in-depth interview with experimental / instrumental / post rock legends. Take a guess.

Raein, Weatherday, Stormo, Soastasphrenas... idioteq.com/rites-of-spr...

You're old!

Check out this deep dive with our lead guitarist Tom on our upcoming album @idioteqcom.bsky.social 🌀✨ Full feature here: idioteq.com/progressive-... @apfrecords.bsky.social @forthelost.bsky.social

The mighty @idioteqcom.bsky.social unleashes a deep-dive on the songwriting of Ali Lipman ahead @capecrushma.bsky.social's debut album 'Place Memory' arriving this Friday on Wanna Hear It Records (join us for the in-store at the Watertown shop on Saturday, too). ⚡ idioteq.com/ma-power-pop...

Beautiful emo post rock infused post hardcore from Rome - idioteq.com/emotive-post...

New TERROR documentary just landed - idioteq.com/scott-vogel-...

🤩 New QUICKSAND is here! idioteq.com/nyc-post-har...

Last week in underground music - wrapped! idioteq.substack.com/p/weekly-und...

Post Rock clashes with Screamo on this beauitufl new album from Fall Of Messiah/. The boys are back after six years with "Green Lands" — out April 24th on Voice Of The Unheard / Dog Knights / Persistent Vision. Full album premiere + the whole story → idioteq.com/post-rock-sc...

Classic SoCal punk with that still-wired, street-level snap leads Adolescents’ Live At The House Of Blues, a 2003 live set now getting its first vinyl pressing through Kung Fu Records. kungfurecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

"Rheia (Redux)" is the 2026 remaster of Oathbreaker's genre defining album. "Rheia" stands as a turning point, where Oathbreaker began pushing beyond the boundaries of contemporary heavy music. oathbreakerband.bandcamp.com/album/rheia-...

Dance In The USA' is about how we implore style to survive in this reality. It's how we embrace the struggle of ourselves, our family's, and those around you. It's the dance that we all do - how we hustle, the good and the bad things we do - just to get through it.

"Amid the ongoing rise in politics that lean on tribalism and polarizing rhetoric in an attempt to divide, the song responds by aiming to unify, using punk's great liberatory force: the slam." CEREMONY ceremonyrohnertpark.bandcamp.com/album/other-...

Late-2000s Boston straight edge hardcore at full tilt. Have Heart built a reputation for a reason. 📸 Photo by Gary Go (@garygophoto).

FUGAZI live at St. Augustine’s Church, Washington DC, circa 1990. Photo: Patrick West.

Violent, unstable, wired straight into panic and distortion. .gif from god @dotgiffromgod return with their third full-length, Dissimulation, released today via Prosthetic Records @ProstheticRcds www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxZt...

TERROR, 2026

Scrappy emo/post-hardcore with real glassjaw-type vocals — In 2 Again drop Coins, Currency, Tokens… May 8 on DAZE. 2 tracks up now. dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/coins-...

Steve Albini in Tokyo, 1992 — recording “Nai-Ha” with Zeni Geva + cutting Superunit tracks. Now collected on “Superunit: Maximum Implosion” (2xLP, Record Store Day, April 18). “Angel” drops April 14 — first digital release of this stuff in years.

Shooting Daggers drop “Glow” with Dennis Lyxzén (Refused) — track on gender identity and breaking roles, with vocals crossing over each other the whole time. Full feature + background on “The Real Life Thing” up on the site.

BRING ME THE HORIZON playing Count Your Blessings in full – July 10, 2026, B.E.C. Arena, Manchester (Outbreak Fest). Line-up includes: Static Dress, Rolo Tomassi, Dying Wish, Heriot, Ca Underwater, Still In Love. Pre-sale: Apr 15, 10:00 GMT (album reissue pre-orders).

HALF MAN - hard as nails hardcore. Taste it at lastriderecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-can-... co-release on Last Ride Records / Burning Hammer Records.

CLUE (South Pemalang) just dropped their S/T via Trueline - youth crew roots but twisted their own way. idioteq.com/inside-clues...

Take a trip down memory lane with Lindsay and Mercy from Football, etc. in an interview where they discuss 'The Draft' 15th Anniversary Edition. From @idioteqcom.bsky.social: idioteq.com/football-etc...

Karol Kamińsky wrote a beautiful and detailed article for @idioteqcom.bsky.social that covers our history, both our records, and includes interviews as well as a song-by-song analysis of all the themes and inspirations in Leave The Light On. Read the rest of this piece at the link in our bio💡

Bo Lueders has died, confirmed by Hardlore and those close to him. A key part of the hardcore scene through Harm’s Way and beyond, known for his steady presence and real involvement. His loss is being felt widely.

RECKONIZE don’t do polite. “Dead 2 Me / Nowhere 2 Run” = two shots at scene tourists and loudmouths. idioteq.com/metallic-har...

A frantic mix of emo, screamo, post-hardcore and noise drives Tell Me All About It, the new eight-track release from Portland’s Its You! Its Me! And There’s Dancing!. oliverglennrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tell-m...

Samstrong Records just put out Hit The Nails On The Head, the debut LP from Riptide, a hardcore band from Pare, East Java, active since 2016. - samstrongrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hit-th...

One of the best emo punk records to come out of that era. Ten years on, “Cult” still hits because The Caulfield Cult never tried to romanticize the mess. idioteq.com/10-years-of-...

Pacific Ridge Records dropping an 18-track tribute to Finch's "What It Is To Burn" on April 28. 18 indie bands, seven genres. A proper nod to this amazing classic. pacificridgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-trib...

Noc Walpurgii turns 30, but this was never just another fest. Since 1996, it’s been about making actual space in the DIY scene for women, queer people, and everyone pushed to the side. Still here, still needed. Multi-artist interview up now on idioteq.com/noc-walpurgi...

UNSTABLE SHAPES tap into the legacy of RITES OF SPRING on their live take on “For Want Of.” idioteq.com/unstable-sha...

"The band is entirely for us, about creating a good time for ourselves and, for me whilst performing." The Shits walk through their forthcoming album Diet Of Worms 'Track-By-Track for @idioteqcom.bsky.social idioteq.com/noise-rocker...

24 years after their start, TERROR still reign as one of the most influential bands in hardcore. (photo by Mark Miller)

STORMO just released SOGNI CHE INVADONO IL CIELO — a 6-track record focused on survival, pressure, and trying to move forward when conditions are against you. Out now. stormo.bandcamp.com/album/sogni-...

INCENDIARY just released Product Of New York (2026) — a remastered collection of their early material, featuring updated versions of tracks like “Not Your Prophet” and “God’s Country,” now available digitally and on limited vinyl. incendiary.bandcamp.com/album/produc...