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The Ultimate New Releases Rundown for 11.13.26: Krill, clipping., Kim Deal, Artificial Brain, Flaming Lips, Loretta Lynn, Sleepwalk, U2, Wavves (Updated 7:41 p.m. MT)

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, Lists, New Releases, Videos with tags Artificial Brain, clipping., Flaming Lips, Kim Deal, Loretta Lynn, Sleepwalk, Trentemøller, U2, Wavves on 11/13/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

Krill’s Secret Language

54 Ultra – Honeymoon single
Ari Abdul – Void (Slumbo Labs/ RCA)
Aesop Rock & Blockhead – Trouble Mountain
Agent Side Grinder – Choir single (Metropolis)
Aluna – Pistachio Milk single (Noir Fever/ EMPIRE)
Always You (feat. members of Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing) – Against the World (Hit the North)
Mark Ambor – East Houston Tapes (Captiol)
Lex Amarni – Kill (Remix) (feat. Bassvictim) single (Interscope Capitol)
Artificial Brain – Antillia (Profound Lore)

Assumption – Paradox of the Arrow (20 Buck Spin)
Avatar – Naughty List (feat. Zakk Wylde) single (Black Waltz)
Babyface – Unfuckwithable II (Empire)
Bad Company – Live in London (PrimaryWave)
Theodor Bastard – ▽ (first album in six years; Season of Mist)
Believe in Nothing and Tayne – Carcosa single (Church Road)
J.Bernardt (of Balthazar) – Wild Swim ([PIAS])
Veronica Bianqui – Use Once Then Destroy (NX)
Black Space Riders – Die 8 (BlackSpaceRecords/Cargo)
Blackhaine – Saints in the Wethouse (XL)
The Body and Cel Genesis – Whole Wide World (Thrill Jockey)

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Best New Music Videos (September 2025): clipping., Automatic, Pupil Slicer, Smokey Brights

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Automatic, Big Bill, clipping., Duna Aurora, Kinneret, Monte Booker, Peter McPoland, Pupil Slicer, Smokey Brights, Today Is the Day on 09/30/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

We hear ya here at The Bad Penny: We cover too much metal, not enough metal, etc. One common denominator across all genres is that artists are capable of creating captivating, innovative, original, hilarious and harrowing music videos regardless of genre. With that in mind, here are the clips we enjoyed the most in the month of September, two thousand whatever.

1. Peter McPoland’s “Last Looks”

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On 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 Orzeck

How 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)