Hawaii is known for beaches, volcanoes, surfing and bananas, but punk rock? Oahu has had an active punk music scene for decades, but the outer islands, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii…
Punk Rock in Exile Staff
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“When punks get old they pick up acoustic guitars and play country” – anonymous Billy Edwin spent his younger years playing in punk rock bands throughout southern California. But we…
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The Wilcox Wang Success Module, yes that’s a mouthful, came from out of nowhere with their new album The Great Reset. The 12-song album mostly stays in the early 90s…
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“Voices” is the latest track from Middlesex, UK-based band My Latest Failure. The three-piece band channel the fury of Helmet and Black Flag in this epic just-over-one-minute ode to paranoia…
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The Palm Springs, California trio Selexa released their debut album Antidepressant today and I was lucky enough to catch up with guitarist Oscar Escobar and drummer Isabella De Queiroz recently…
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Lost Planet Airmen are a newish band from Winnipeg, who have released a handful of singles during the pandemic. Their first two songs, “The Bright Side (of Genocide)” and “Peaked…
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James Quenville’s vocal chords sound like they’re coming out his lips on Sudbury, Ontario’s 3dspex debut EP “Sunny Days Inside”. The band churns through five mid-tempo fuzzed-out and heavily-compressed melodic…
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Shitty Halfpipe is my favorite kind of skate punk band – rather than worrying about musical technicalities they are clearly out skating every day instead of sitting at home trying…
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Italian hardcore punk band Soundeep released their new three-song EP “Bordersville” on DUFF Records in December 2020. Check it out on Spotify or wherever you stream music. My favorite track…
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Brooklyn-based band The Unders released their new album III on King Pizza Records, with 10 songs of jerky, rhythmic post-punk. Tracks like “Who’s In Charge?” and “He Combs His Hair and Brushes His Teeth”…