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Birth (Defects)

Fictional Days LP Reptilian Records, 2026 Not a bad way to go out, paying tributes to your influences and sandwiching […]

Never Bought, Never Sold LP (Mississippi Records, 2008)Revel in the Static CD (Hyped to Death, 2005) Took Never Bought, Never

Temporal Shifter LP Decoherence, 2026 Besides its professional sports teams, Pittsburgh rarely gets its due when it comes to the

As if the creaking bones and ever-growing collection of aches, pains, and health issues weren’t a big enough sign of

After completing the write-ups for each of these annual best of lists, there tends to be theme for the year

Chime Oblivion – Chime Oblivion (Death God)Timeless postpunk jams from a timeless cast of characters with histories in groups that run

A Perfect World Columbia/Red Decibel, 1995Spartan, 2025 reissue Despite my begrudging acceptance of Record Store Day actually being Record Store

Dig Out The SwitchSkin Graft, 2025 When Skin Graft gave the Killmen’s landmark Face of Collapse album a deluxe remastered

Of How Hits 12XU, 2024 Not exactly sure how Voice Imitator’s debut album escaped my attention, as it was released

Burning Cold LP Prank, 2000 I was on a Kylesa kick the other day, excited about hearing that the band

With the vinyl boom still inexplicably chugging along, 2024 blessed noiseniks with an obscene amount of essential reissues on wax.

Talking to my kids and the youths, it’s interesting to hear how in some contexts the concept of an album