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Exclusive Premiere: Cocaine Culture’s ‘Cocaine Culture’

Posted in Exclusives, Interviews with tags Cocaine Culture on 05/07/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

The expression “bold debut” gets thrown around an awful lot, but debut records don’t come much boldererer than Cocaine Culture’s self-titled LP. Due Friday on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, the tempestuous record is all wrath and fury, leaving nothing standing in its wake. The Bad Penny has the unique privilege of bringing you the record in full today, in streaming form.

In celebration of the stream, we touched base with the band to discuss their filthy foray into full-length-dom.

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‘As Bad as It Is Right Now, It Can Get Worse’: Austerity Program on ‘Bible Songs,’ Optimism and Surrender

Posted in Interviews with tags Aaron Turner, Hydra Head, The Austerity Program on 05/05/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Read my very rare Treble interview with the fast-talking Justin Foley, who is one-half of noise-rock duo The Austerity Program, and works full-time as a union organizer as well.

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Regal Cheer, “Quite Good”‘: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Interviews, Reviews with tags Regal Cheer on 05/05/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

At under 20 minutes, the sophomore album from endearing Brighton duo Royal Cheer, Quite Good, is a jolt of punk-rock beauty, blissfully shambolic from start to finish.

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Dew Claw Gushes Over ‘Gentle as a Lamb’ Dog

Posted in Interviews with tags Dew Claw on 05/01/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Members of Fastbacks, Ladybug Transistor and the Loud Family join Dew Claw on their new record, due for release next Friday. As does the dog owned by one-half of the indie duo. Read my New Noise interview for more.

Pet Sounds #44: Dew Claw Frontman’s Dog Is ‘Gentle as a Lamb’

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On Tyranny: As US Citizens Get Disappeared and Terrorized, Chile’s Mawiza Reflects

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny with tags Mawiza, On Tyranny on 04/30/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

The frontman for band Mawiza, who blend metal with Mapuche folk music, reflects on the horrific treatment of his indigenous ancestors by the Chilean military as U.S. citizens are getting disappeared and terrorized by the Trump administration. Read my New Noise interview.

On Tyranny: Mawiza Strive to ‘Rescue Indigenous Moral Values’ in Chile

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Deserted Fear Fight the Good Fight Against ‘Injustice’ on New LP

Posted in Interviews with tags Deserted Fear on 04/29/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

German heavy-metal band Deserted Fear are discovering a renewed spirit with the release of their sixth record, Veins of Fire. The LP dropped Friday via Testimony Records and stands as their strongest material to date as the band enters its 18th year. Read my New Noise interview with guitarist Fabian Hildebrandt.

Interview: Germany’s Deserted Fear Fight the Good Fight Against ‘Injustice’ on New LP

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Death SS Vocalist’s Cats Gave Him New Outlook on Life

Posted in Interviews with tags Death SS on 04/28/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

On Friday, Death SS rear their head again with the release of The Entity on Lucifer Rising, with a listening party slated for the day before. But look past the band’s image, and the indelible mark that vocalist Steve Sylvester has had on the metal community in Europe and beyond, and you’ll find a dyed-in-the-wool–so to speak–animal lover. Read my interview with the metal legend on New Noise.

Pet Sounds #43: Death SS Vocalist’s Cats Gave Him New Outlook on Life

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Shadows Fall Frontman Calls MNRK Signing ‘A Perfect Match’

Posted in Interviews with tags Brian Fair, Shadows Fall on 04/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Check out the new issue of Music Connection to read my interview with influential metalcore band Shadows Fall and frontman Brian Fair’s comments about the Massachusetts marauders signing to MNRK Heavy.

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Cloth on ‘Cracking Jokes’ With Mogwai Frontman

Posted in Interviews with tags Cloth, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite on 04/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Go to FLOOD to read my interview with electronic-rock duo Cloth on their irresistibly intimate and inviting new record, which comes courtesy of Rock Action Records, the label run by fellow Glaswegians Mogwai.

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Monk Vocalist: ‘There’s an Appetite in the Corporate World for Hardcore Punk’

Posted in Interviews with tags Frank Bach, Monk on 04/26/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Monk’s new album, Dark Side of the Mind, is a taut and focused batch of seven songs that assail the destructive aspects of Western culture while abiding by his zen ethos. Read my New Noise profile on the hardcore-punk band here.