ARTIFACTS UPDATE: Unearthing Rare Releases From the Past

Ravi – We Also Are What We Have Ruined
(2004) (emo)
Rouen, France 🇫🇷

Los OD.ZZILAS – Puis vinrent les Barbares
(1991) (melodic hardcore)
Paris, France 🇫🇷

NRA – New Recovery
(1999) (pop-punk)
Amsterdam, NLD 🇳🇱

Mensen – Oslo City
(2003) (powerpop)
Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴

Black Market Crash – Broken Ballads
(2004) (pop-punk)
Genève, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Mistletoe – This Is Evidence
(2003) (indie-punk)
Albuquerque, New Mexico 🇺🇸

Grissle – A La Carte
(1998) (skate-punk)
Phoenix, Arizona 🇺🇸

The Crash – Groovin’ Hard
(1994) (pop-punk)
Wilmington, Delaware 🇺🇸

Revolutionary Hydra – Left Handed Scissors..
(late 90’s) (indie-rock)
Seattle – Washington 🇺🇸

Burning Heads – Wise Guy
(1998) (skate-punk)
Orléans, France 🇫🇷

Megaweapon – Crap Rock
(1995) (pop-punk)
Buffalo, New York 🇺🇸

The Havenots – Self Titled
(2004) (snot-punk)
Kingston, Ontario 🇨🇦

Gluons – Self Titled
(early 80’s) (new-wave)
Freetown, Massachusetts 🇺🇸

(((id))) – Re Evolution
(2006) (pop-punk)
San Antonio, Texas 🇺🇸

Finger Print – Self Titled
(1993) (melodic-hardcore)
Toulouse, France 🇫🇷

Blitzkreig – Ohne Zukunft
(1980’s) (punk)
Hannover, Germany 🇩🇪

Blood ’77 – Romantic Hotel
(2006) (gutter-punk)
Formia, Italy 🇮🇹

Kill-a-watts – Kill Kill Kill Kill
(2000) (garage-punk)
Milwaukee – Wisconsin 🇺🇸

THL – 12 Ways To Suckseed
(1998) (pop-punk)
Hamme, Belgium 🇧🇪

Newsville Evans – A Nice Place To Live
(1999) (pop-punk)
West Point, Georgia 🇺🇸

Hong! – Vollendouge
(2001) (indie-rock)
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 🇺🇸

Politikill – East Side Glory
(1998) (street-punk)
Alton, Illinois 🇺🇸

Hickey Million – Self Titled
(1996) (indie-punk)
Austin, Texas 🇺🇸

Eskupitajo – Demo
(1986) (hardcore)
Laudio, Spain 🇪🇸

El Sécondhand – Blood And Aphorisims
(1998) (emo/pop-punk)
New Brunswick, New Jersey 🇺🇸

Braver Noise – Sand Sureal
(1986) (post-punk)
Baltimore, Maryland 🇺🇸

Pig Alley – Massacre In Em
(1997) (punk)
Oxnard, California 🇺🇸

Dodgeball – Hooray For Everything
(1997) (pop-punk)
San Diego, California 🇺🇸

Top 10 Albums/EP’s That DON’T Suck [MAY 2020]

Sham Marriage – Self Titled
(post-hardcore) (shoegaze)
🇬🇧Perth, UK

Gatsu – Inner Struggle
(hardcore) (punk)
🇨🇱Santiago, Chile

Shadow Creeps – Odd Future Catalog
(punk rock) (garage-punk)
🇺🇸Albuquerque, NM

Sans Lorenzo – Guilt
(emo) (post-punk)
🇺🇸Lombard, IL

Hound – Die To Live
(punk rock) (pop-punk)
🇨🇦Vallican, BC

Karōshi – Life Is A Killer
(indie-punk) (punk)
🇺🇸Seattle, WA

Tumbas – Dolor
(post-punk) (dark-punk)
🇨🇴Bogotá, Colombia

Rotura – Self Titled
(punk rock) (anarcho)
🇪🇸Barcelona – Spain

Without – Three Years Memory
(pop-punk) (emo)
🇯🇵Yokohama, Japan

Block Parent/Frank Dux – Split
(pop-punk) (skate-punk)
🇨🇦Cambridge, ON

It’s only June you guys. At this pace we’re on course for, well, maybe a total global implosion by decade’s end? When it comes to music though, it’s a different trend. Rather than imploding, things are exploding as far as rad bands and what have you. You like how I did that implode/explode thing? It’s almost like I’m wasting my talents on this stupid website. Clearly I should be writing epic feats of literature along the lines of War And Peace or Infinite Jest. Could I really turn my back on all four of the people who read this website? Ha, no I don’t think so. Anyone can write a 1000 page novel, but who’s going to spend all this time listening to shitty music and then (in an act of what can only be described as philanthropy) inform the readers as to which albums they should be listening to in my very skewed and under-qualified opinion? I don’t see Tolstoy pulling any shit like that? Fuckin’bum.

This month has been another challenge for me having to narrow down a top ten. I say this all the time but please do yourself a huge favor and check out the SCRAP HEAP for all the bands that piqued my interest this month. If you liked any of the bands in this top ten, I guarantee you will find more of what you like in the old heap there. *spits*

Anyway, be cool everyone. Stay safe. Stay strong. Never trust a cop. Never BE a cop and always fight the good fight. Yeah bye. Oh wait! I forgot! I have stickers now. BUY ONE if you want.