Thanks to Post-Trash for posting my top 20 favorite records of the year as part of its staff picks roundup.
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Post-Trash Publishes My List of 2025’s Top 20 Best Records
Posted in Lists with tags Agriculture, Deafheaven, For Your Health, Halo Effect, Mclusky, Messa, Orbit Culture, Ossuary, The Armed, Vildhjarta on 12/20/2025 by Kurt OrzeckThe Armed’s ‘The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed’: Two Cent Review for FLOOD’s Best Albums of 2025
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags authoritarianism, fascism, On Tyranny, The Armed, trump, tyranny on 12/09/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Within days of No Kings I, The Armed gave us “Kingbreaker,” which could’ve easily served as the head-banging set’s theme song for the day. And then, less than two months later, The Armed unveiled The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed, a long-form manifesto of the Detroit-based band’s opening salvo that made a spectacular case supporting the name of their latest album. Read my reflection on their LP as part of FLOOD‘s best albums of 2025 feature.
The Armed’s ‘The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags The Armed on 08/01/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
The Armed’s sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak. Read my full review of the Detroit punks’ new record on FLOOD.
Best New Music Videos (July 2025): Spinal Tap, Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne Tribute, Kayo Dot
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Deftones, Kayo Dot, Orbit Culture, Ozzy Osbourne Tribute, Spinal Tap, The Armed on 07/31/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Reading is such a bummer, man. Supposedly it leads to blurred vision and other maladies. Rock videos, on the other hand, are so much more fun – and, according to America’s beloved and revered Secretary of Health and Human Services, actually regenerate eyesight instead of damaging it. With that in mind, here’s a test-pilot of a potentially recurring series on The Bad Penny: The 10 most entertaining, hilarious and depraved videos of the month. Here are the ones that captivated us most in July:
1. Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge” (feat. Elton John)
2. Orbit Culture’s “Hydra”
The Armed’s ‘Kingbreaker’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Reviews with tags The Armed on 07/04/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Celebrate July 4 by listening to a new song by The Armed that reminds us America is a country with No Kings. And go to Treble to read more of my commentary on the scorching song.
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