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The aptly named solo project of former Whirr member and Ruler Woman vocalist Kristina Esfandiari, Miserable’s intense shoegaze turns anguish into something beautiful. Esfandiari debuted Miserable in 2013 having a break up 7″ with Gray Zine on Work for Cover Information, then released a set of singles in 2014 (February’s …

After departing his long-time home of Boston for Todas las Cruces, New Mexico, multi-instrumentalist Justin Hubbard began Germ Home as an outlet for his lo-fi, fuzz-heavy variety of personal home saving and garage punk songwriting. Hubbard have been energetic alongside his wife and bandmate Tara McManus using their previous music …

Byron Blum and Melissa Blue constitute the mysterious San Francisco-based garage-punk-with-synths clothing POW! After launching an individual in 2011 (“Pretend There”) for Afterlife Information, not much occurred on their behalf until these were uncovered by John Dwyer, the like-minded mind of Castle Encounter Records and head of Thee Oh Views. …

Raleigh, NEW YORK quartet Barren Women formed in Dec of 2011 when guitarist/vocalist Carla Wolff attempt to begin an all-girl garage area punk group. Wolff got previously used drummer Ash Truck Eijk within an work known as Lazy Janes, and known as on Truck Eijk to become listed on Barren …

Formed this year 2010 in Norman, Oklahoma, roughneck pop-punk quartet BRONCHO had been started by guitarist/vocalist Ryan Lindsey, guitarist Ben Ruler, bassist Jonathan Ford, and drummer Nathan Price. The task began being a loose documenting program where Lindsey quickly sketched out some ideas before sending them around for some close …

Polish Idols began in 2011 seeing that the solo automobile for Bay Region musician Heather Fedewa, aka Hether Lot of money. Fedewa have been functioning as musician-around-town in the garage area/punk scene, carrying out time as an associate of Hunx & His Punx and Bare Cables for a while, and …

Amid an underground skatepunk resurgence, with bands like Cerebral Ballzy and Trash Talk garnering Internet attention, FIDLAR were formed in LA. Affected by SoCal punk rockers like Offspring and blink-182 aswell as older rings from the region (that they learned about using their dad’s record collection; he was the guitarist …

California-based trio Terry Malts began in past due 2009 when 3 members from the Smiths-influenced indie pop quintet Magic Bullets conceived the band like a side project. Guitarist/vocalist Corey Cunningham, bassist/business lead vocalist Phil Benson, and drummer/vocalist Nathan Sweatt ultimately opted to focus on Terry Malts full-time, and Magic Bullets …

Coasting created in Brooklyn, NY in ’09 2009, a collaboration between Fiona Campbell (a fresh Zealand transplant and former person in the Coolies) and Madison Farmer, whose grimy, bleary-eyed surf-style guitars, murky vocals, and primeval pop sensibilities provide a nod to indie pop functions like Best Coastline, Brilliant Colors, as …