Valentina & los Bindis - Basta!

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles New compilation from Argentina in the wake of the December inauguration of the libertarian hatchetman and fascist…” on Mar 7th →

Balaclava - Swimming Up Up Up

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles The Palestine Solidarity Compilation is one of the most stacked comps of the era and for the…” on Jan 31st →

Sandy Pylos - La Modelo de Mis Fantasias

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Sandy Pylos is the psych/power pop project of Portland-based Paraguayan multi-instrumentalist Ana Belén. It is bedroom synthpop…” on Nov 20th, 2023 →

Gob Psychic - Harnessed Energy

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles In praise of unpolished polemics: there is a reasonable case to be made that half-articulated rage is…” on Nov 7th, 2023 →

The Uptights - Jasper

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Oslo’s The Uptights have created in “Jasper” a multifaceted fuck-you of a tune, some real fun experimental…” on Sep 14th, 2023 →

The Toads - Ex - KGB

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles The Toads include members of The Shifters, The Living Eyes and Parsnip, each has featured here or…” on Aug 5th, 2023 →

mantarochen - Porzellan

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles “Porzellan” is formidable synth wave/post-punk from the overflowing chalice of Leipzig. This is all about the multifaceted…” on Jul 15th, 2023 →

Being Dead - Muriel's Big Day Off

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles The Being Dead duo put out one of my very favorite albums of last year, Zero Percent…” on Jun 2nd, 2023 →

REIZ - Kauschiene

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Another sprouting from the top-tier Leipzig scene, REIZ are relentless in their kinetic thresh. There’s a good…” on Jun 1st, 2023 →

Paul Bergmann - We Suffer, We Live Too Well

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles No Masters in Paradise is an exquisite set of gothic rock lamentations for “a world which dies…” on May 5th, 2023 →

Busted Head Racket - CLOWNING

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Writing on Busted Head Racket in December I accused them of crafting “delightful and difficult to kill…” on Apr 23rd, 2023 →

Mo Troper - For You To Sing

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Good and due praise has been delivered to Mo Troper’s new tune “For You To Sing.” The…” on Apr 19th, 2023 →

Metal Guru - Manca l'aria

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles All over this lousy with life lo-fi split by DADGAD and Metal Guru there is a simulacra…” on Apr 17th, 2023 →

pH people - Film For Slugs

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles pH people released a super demo in December 2022 I have belatedly become acquainted with. It maintains…” on Apr 7th, 2023 →

Eric Angelo Bessel - Kindly Rewind

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles “Kindly Rewind” is the second single off Eric Angelo Bessel’s upcoming ambient and experimental Visitations LP. Within…” on Mar 23rd, 2023 →

Beta Máximo - Voy a salir a vengarme

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Úbeda, Spain-based egg punk, crammed to the gills with gatling gun digi drum and deliberate melodic delineations.…” on Mar 10th, 2023 →

Dick Diver - Keno

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles In Max García Conover’s “5 to 4” there is an attempt to reclaim wonder from the pit…” on Mar 1st, 2023 →

Punter - A Minute's Silence

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Hardcore punk from Melbourne with great scope, focused on the vast rot. The vocals are appropriately raving…” on Feb 10th, 2023 →

Zero Percent APR - Midnight

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Undeniably Spared Flesh are at the pinnacle of the pump, deep in the heart of it, perched…” on Feb 5th, 2023 →