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On Tyranny: Punk Legend/College Professor Roy Stein Warns Artists of Authoritarian Rules Like Trump

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny, Videos with tags authoritarianism, fascism, Jet Black Berries, On Tyranny, punk, punk rock, trump, tyranny on 10/18/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

As Americans welcome or resist a strain of authoritarianism the likes of which none of us have seen before, Roy Stein, J.D. — drummer for punk band Jet Black Berries and a four-decade professor at Nazareth University’s School of Business and Leadership – participates in the most educational installment of The Bad Penny‘s On Tyranny series.

Stein talks about how living in a constant state of fear affects creative activity, the scourge of “hate addiction” and how artists can survive — and even thrive — in Authoritarian America. Jet Black Berries just released a remastered and sequenced LP, Sundown on Venus [Definitive Edition], which came out during the era when Ronald Reagan was president and punk musicians were grappling with a different, then-new form of conservative government.

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Top 10 New Short Films From Musicians: Deafheaven, Foo Fighters, André 3000, Neurosis, Caspian, Lambchop, Held.

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Alex Zhang Hungtai, André 3000, Caspian, Deafheaven, Foo Fighters, Held., Lambchop, Neurosis, Oren Ambarchi, Satanic Planet on 10/17/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

We typically bring you monthly roundups of the best videos we come across – and you seem to like ’em, as they comprise one of the more popular series on The Bad Penny. But lately we’ve noticed an increasing number of artists going full throttle and making longer, more fully realized (and presumably more expensive) short films to accompany their music. Here are the best 10 we’ve found in recent months:

1. Deafheaven‘s “Hunter” (released 10.9.26)

2. Caspian‘s “A Great Fire” (released 10.16.26)

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The Visionaries: Curran Reynolds Talks About Spreading Peace and Love in Dark Times With ‘Body Stuff 5’ LP in Rare Chat

Posted in Features, Interviews, The Visionaries, Videos with tags Body Stuff, Curran Reynolds, Earache, The Chain, Tiffany, Today Is the Day on 10/16/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

“When I was young, I was broke and moving around a lot, discovered drugs and alcohol at an early age and went hard down that rabbit hole – but I’ve always had hope and inspiration,” musician/publicist/renaissance man Curran Reynolds opens up in a rare interview about his life.

“I’ve experienced some very dark times and some challenges for sure,” he continues. “But one thread that’s carried me through my whole life [is] knowing the joy of creation, working on projects and creating something out of nothing. That’s always been in me.”

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Top 10 Best Massachusetts Heavy Bands, According to Hometown Heroes Caspian

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Aerosmith, American Nightmare, Caspian, Cave In, Isis, Mission of Burma, Morphine, Piebald, The Hope Conspiracy, the Modern Lovers on 10/16/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

This is a special year for instrumental post-rock behemoths Caspian. Not only does it mark 20 years since the recording of the Massachusetts band’s debut, The Four Trees, but today sees the release of a new album (released on Wax Bodega) that they named after themselves. More than five years in the making, the sixth album by Caspian – featuring Philip Jamieson (guitar and synth), Calvin Joss (guitar), Jonny Ashburn (guitar), Jani Zubkovs (bass) and Justin Forrest (drums) – marks the longest stretch between studio releases in the band’s career.

Here’s a taste from Caspian’s new release:

The Bad Penny recently touched base to pick the brains of Caspian – born and bred in Beverly, Massachusetts – on what they consider to be the top 10 bands hailing from their home state. (The band member that vouched for each act is listed in parenthesis.) Conspicuously absent from the list is Converge, but we’ll let that slide since they ranked Mission of Burma above Aerosmith.

(For their own part, Caspian came in at #5 on The Bad Penny‘s recently crafted list of best instrumental bands.)

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New Releases 10.16.26: Heavens to Betsy, Slothrust, Caspian, Dummy, Body Stuff, Fontaines D.C., Keening, Liminal, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Fish Narc

Posted in Lists, New Releases, Videos with tags Body Stuff, Caspian, Dummy, Fish Narc, Fontaines D.C., Heavens to Betsy, Keening, Liminal, Slothrust, the Number Twelve Looks Like You on 10/16/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

@ – Autosmile LP (4AD)
Amakiya – Archetype (Spaceflight)
Angèle – Instinct (GGL)
Antania – The Unholy 33 (Agronauta)
Ashe – The Girl of Your Dreams (Atlantic)
Avalanches – No Bad Memories (featuring Mike Patton, Panda Bear) (Interscope/Capitol)
Badvril – Lethal (Share It Must)
James Barrett – Now That I’ve Seen the Light (OK Sweet)
Billboard Style – Pull of the Moon (Good English)
Body Stuff – 5 (The Chain)
• The Visionaries: Curran Reynolds (ex-Today Is the Day) Talks About Spreading Love With Body Stuff Band in Rare Chat

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Modest Mouse, Orville Peck, Courtney Barnett, All Them Witches, Truck Violence, Bully, Drug Church, Guitar Wolf, Ratboys Set for Treefort 2027: See Live Videos

Posted in Concert Previews, Lists, News, Videos with tags All Them Witches, Bully, Courtney Barnett, Drug Church, Guitar Wolf, Modest Mouse, Orville Peck, Treefort, Treefort Music Fest, Truck Violence on 10/15/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

The organizers of Treefort Music Fest, Boise’s biggest annual music event announced the initial lineup on Thursday, and it’s a promising and diverse crop of artists. The extravaganza will take place from March 31 through April 4.

Here’s the first wave in alphabetical order:

Alex Amen
All Them Witches

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Top 6 Best Lithuanian Metal Bands, According to Native Sons Erdve

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Aortes, Crypts of Despair, Death in Taiga, Erdve, Extravaganza, Luctus, Nooseweight on 10/15/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

Didn’t think you’d ever read a story about bands from Lithuania, did ya? Didn’t realize that Lithuania boasts some killer metal outfits, did ya? Didn’t think there’d be more worth listening to than fingers you have on one hand, did ya?

Well, that’s why The Bad Penny is here. To bring you stories you wouldn’t have guessed existed but that turn out to be both informative and entertaining.

Blackened hardcore phenoms Erdve recently did us the honor of compiling a list of the best metal bands from their country as part of The Bad Penny Passport series, in which we virtually trot around the globe and touch base with musicians to learn about the best heavy musical talent in their homeland.

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On Tyranny: Tech Worker’s Fury at AI, Tech Bros’ Fascist Nihilism Led Him to Launch Existential Prog-Metal Band

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny, Videos with tags AI, authoritarianism, fascism, On Tyranny, Only Human, prog metal, tech bros, techno fascism, trump, tyranny on 10/14/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

“These days, it’s more anger than fear in my mind,” tech worker-turned existential-prog-metal band frontman Patrick Grønbæch Christensen shares in an interview with The Bad Penny that took place this morning. “I take great pride in the acts and process of creation. Programming [is] a creative exercise. But that’s being taken away from a lot of us now [thanks to AI].”

In a rare interview with the Danish vocalist of Only Human, which just formed last year and quickly signed to extreme-metal standard bearers Season of Mist, Christensen talks transparently about how he resorts to his band to channel his fury toward techno-fascism. He also uses the cleverly named Only Human to educate the masses about the dangers that humanity faces as AI continues to develop without sufficient guardrails.

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Exclusive Premiere: Desert-Rock Pioneer Crumpler Explores Love’s ‘Perpetual Mystery’ on New Song, Video With Califone Founder

Posted in Exclusives, Interviews, Videos with tags Califone, Crumpler, desert rock, Jacob Floyd Ross, Kyuss, QOTSA, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Red Meat on 10/13/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

Smooshing together desert-rock fuzz and surf-rock licks like peanut butter and jelly, the sandwich that Jacob Floyd Ross’ Crumpler project delivers in the form of Evolution Is for Lovers is a throwback to a more innocent and less drug-fueled era dominated by bands like Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, who ascended to the rock throne in California’s Palm Desert in the mid-’90s.

Crumpler, effectively a one-man project, actually originated in Chicago after Kyuss issued their debut, Wretch, in September 1991. Crumpler’s first release, the cassette-only Stramonium – an original score for Tom Kiehfuss’ play Stramonium: A Search for Grace – didn’t come out until four years later, at which point Ross formally established his project. Meanwhile, Kyuss guitarist Homme incepted QOTSA shortly thereafter in California’s Palm Desert and propelled the desert-rock sound into the mainstream. Ross went in a different direction, intending for Crumpler to serve as a generator (so to speak, for all you desert-rock fans) to make scores for films and theatrical productions.

That said, Crumpler’s many records are available on the project’s Bandcamp page. His most recent release is Evolution Is for Lovers, which came out digitally in June 2025 but will see a vinyl release on October 23. Ross, who currently resides in L.A. with his family, has also played with Low Skies, Ribbon Effect, The Warmbloods, Man Is Man and Judson Claiborne.

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Top 10 Best Chinese Metal Bands, According to Homegrown Heathens Dehumanizing Itatrian Worship

Posted in Features, Interviews, Lists, Videos with tags Armed Conflict, Black Kirin, China, DeadTrees, Deep Mountains, Dehumanizing Itatrian Worship, Mvltifission, Never Before, Tumourboy, Zuriaake on 10/12/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

When we launched what we’re unofficially calling The Bad Penny Passport earlier this year, we never would’ve imagined we’d get a submission from a Chinese heavy metal band listing what they consider to be the top 10 bands of their ilk who also hail from their country. (Frankly, we didn’t think we’d score one from a Russian musician either.) But thanks to the devoted efforts of one of our closest allies, Jon Asher of Asher Media Relations, the truly unlikely came to fruition. Think of it as our version of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy gambit.

Lots more info on Dehumanizing Itatrian Worship – a brutal slamming death metal group founded in 2014 – is below. But first, let’s take a look at what they consider to be the top 10 best metal bands in their homeland of China.

1. Tumourboy

One of my favorite Chinese thrash metal bands. Some punk influence makes the songs really aggressive; I lean toward fast riffs, and the arrangement and vocals are both well done.

2. Zuriaake