Cracked Actor was a short lived punk band from Long island in the early 80s. the released just one record, the Nazi school EP, which has become a collector's item. the band has just released the Nazi School 12-inch which compiles the single and almost everything else they ever recorded. That's out now via Last Laugh records, which is a sub label of almost Ready records.

They Might Be Giants have re-released their album John Henry which has been out of print on vinyl for years. The new version is remaster, split across a 2xLP, and contains b-sides on side D. That's out now via Elektra/Idlewild (which is the TMBG in house label).

Bitter Branches, the band made up of Tim Singer (Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye), Jeff Tirabassi (Walleye), Matt Ryan (Cavalry), Kevin Sommerville (Lighten Up!), and Dan Yemin (Paint It Black, Kid Dynamite), have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Let’s Give The Land Back to the Animals and will be out on March 6 via Equal Vision Records. The album features 10 new tracks, including their previously released single “Basic Karate”. The band has also released a video for their new song "Cave Dwellers". Bitter Branches released their debut album Your Neighbors Are Failures in 2022. Check out the video and tracklist below.

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Angel Du$t have released a video for their new song “I’m The Outside”. The video was directed and edited by Tyler Bradberry. The song is off their upcoming album COLD 2 THE TOUCH which will be out on February 13 via Run For Cover Records. Angel Du$t will be touring North America starting in February and released their album BRAND NEW SOUL in 2023. Check out the video below.

<p>You know shit’s getting real in a horror movie when the title’s all in lowercase. Case in point: undertone, the first feature from director Ian Tuason, which is one of the spring’s big horror releases from A24. It’s part of a new subgenre of horror features that have infested festival midnighter line-ups (seriously, we can think of at least three movies like this one): Podcaster horror. After all, it’s not enough just to listen to creepy audio by yourself — […]</p>
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