The Bad Penny‘s friends at Veil of Sound have assembled a nifty 2025 recap that encompasses the records, concerts and other highlights that the German website’s 10 contributors enjoyed the most last year. Check it out here.
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Veil of Sound Shares Bad Penny’s Favorite LPs, Gigs, More From 2025
Posted in Lists with tags Agriculture, Chat Pile, Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo, Cloakroom, Deafheaven, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Messa on 01/16/2026 by Kurt OrzeckToo Much Joy’s Bassist Cracks the Code to Chat Pile’s Success
Posted in Interviews, News with tags Chat Pile, Griffin Sansone, Luther Manhole, Sandy Smallens, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy on 10/23/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
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When we had the pleasure of interviewing indie legend Too Much Joy this week, we talked a hell of a lot about their upcoming plans, a special reissue they have on the way, their take on Authoritarian America and much more.
We’ll be bringing you a couple of articles stemming from the 60-minutes-plus conversation with two of the Too Much Joy dudes, but as a way of whetting your palette, we present you today with an informative chunk of conversation with bassist/vocalist Sandy Smallens and vocalist Tim Quirk that wouldn’t have fit into the other stories.
Our exchange revolves around not just Too Much Joy but also Chat Pile. Specifically, Smallens addresses why he thinks other young bands should follow Chat Pile’s lead – not duplicating their sound, but learning how the best noise-rock band of the past five years interacts with their fanbase.
In the words of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, “It’s a whole new world,” and Smallens all but implores bands that want to build a strong fanbase to take note of how Oklahoma City giants Chat Pile have done so.
Continue readingOn Tyranny: 10 Great Protest Records by Refused, Lamb of God, PJ Harvey, Divide and Dissolve, More
Posted in Lists, On Tyranny with tags Chat Pile, clipping., Divide and Dissolve, Fugazi, IDLES, Kishi Bashi, Lamb of God, PJ Harvey, Refused, System of a Down on 09/19/2025 by Kurt OrzeckHow you likin’ Authoritarian America now? To all the conservative “disrupters” out there, The Bad Penny hopes this is what you were wishing for – and (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) that the wave of tyrannical terror sweeping the nation doesn’t drown you in its wake.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you; after all, we launched this On Tyranny franchise in December. But rather than subject you to “I told you so examples” from our 25-part series, we’ll instead suggest some of our favorite contemporary protest records that you can serve as your soundtrack for the weekend. Here goes, in chronological order:
Refused‘s The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
System of a Down’s Toxicity (2001)
Chat Pile’s ‘This Dungeon Earth/Remove Your Skin Please’ Reissue: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Chat Pile on 07/09/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Chat Pile plant yet another feather in their cap with the re-release of their first two EPs—2019’s This Dungeon Earth and Remove Your Skin Please—via a single-vinyl compendium welding together the two statements that preceded their formal introduction to the unwitting masses, 2022’s God’s Country. Read my FLOOD review.
Best Albums of 2024: Gaerea, Shellac, Chat Pile, Kim Deal
Posted in Lists with tags Alcest, Chat Pile, Gaerea, Help, Kim Deal, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Oranssi Pazuzu, Shellac, St. Vincent, Thank on 01/03/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
- Gaerea – Coma (Season of Mist)
- Shellac – To All Trains (Touch and Go)
- Chat Pile – Cool World (The Flenser)
- Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Wild God (PIAS)
- St. Vincent – All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure)
- Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast)
- Thank – I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed (Big Scary Monsters)
- Necrot – Lifeless Birth (Tank Crimes)
- Alcest – Les Chants de l’aurore (Nuclear Blast)
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