The Pickup

Bands and new music for fans of fugazi

Here Come the Waves

by Poor Lily

Hey! We're Poor Lily, a punk band based in New York and Connecticut. Today we released an EP, Toxic Envelope, with four new songs that are fast and loud and a little weird. We've been called "an SST-ish breath of rancid smog who bring some reality and meaning back into the hardcore aesthetic."

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Blind

by AFO

AFO formed in 1990 among four friends who liked skateboarding and listening to fast and loud music. Originally, bands like Fugazi, Bad Brains, Youth of Today, and Sick of It All influenced their initial sound.

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This Person Is A Space

by Filler

On the song “This Person is A Space”, Filler talks about how gestures of silence and listening can be considered as a form of articulation. Those gestures can actually become important bridges in the process of power distribution and communication that occur in daily life.

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Angels And Demons

by Class Tourists

Hi, we're Class Tourists, Lo=Fi punks from West Yorkshire. This is our debut single "Angels and Demons". It was recorded entirely DIY (the vocals were recorded in my wardrobe). We're anti-ego and anti-bigotry, and we're playing songs with socially-conscious lyrics and untamed, saturated sounds,

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Class War

by MC16

2022 AD earth greetings, we are MC16. This is our new track Class War. See you at Rebellion Festival? The Class War will never be a score draw!

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English Spaghetti

by The Sewer Cats

Hi! We're The Sewer Cats, a punk duo from Manchester. 'English Spaghetti' is from our debut album 'Cute Aggression' released on TNS Records. The song is a reaction to bigoted, small-minded people and the cause of their views - vile individuals in power continuously feeding us all lies.

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Cadillac

by Vini Vicious

"Cadillac" is the 4th track from the "Atelophobia" EP, and tells of how we want to buy our mommas a Caddy in a world that does not allow it Full bio: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IUV_1hCVYR6DAMIlAGnsMNoabIZzCfzP

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Vultures

by Vini Vicious

We are Vini Vicious, a Rack\Alt band from Tel-Aviv. "Vultures" was one of the last songs written during the sessions for Vini's upcoming EP 'Atelophobia', and its second single (full album out April 2022).

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Fuzzy

by Vini Vicious

We are Vini Vicious, your favorite Post-whatever band from Tel-Aviv. "Fuzzy" is seen as a landmark song by the band. It started off as a catchy tune during a rehearsal back when the band was a trio, slowly developing from a heavy riff into a Pop driven melody with an epic chorus.

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S(oil)

by Digital Resistance

We're anarchist/left-wing academics who like to rage against the status quo, our songs are a mixture of poetry/spoken word against a backdrop of heavy riffs and eclectic sounds, subdued in parts and angry in others depending on how the story unfolds. All our songs are against oppression.

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Planet Danger

by Super Kill Me Now

Hey Punktastic! Just wanted to let you know about my band Super Kill Me Now We're a new DIY punk noise rock trio from Toronto, ON. Our debut album just released on March 4, and it's available for free download on our bandcamp. https://superkillmenow.bandcamp.com/releases Thanks for your time!

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Clap Song

by Cephos Powders

Hey folks, we're Cephos Powders and this is our first single! It was inspired by Steve Reich's Clapping Music and it's a bit of a banger.

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Big Muff

by Das Kapitans

Hey! Das Kapitans are that band from Norfolk who for some reason decided to write, record and release 12 albums in 2021. Slightly slower pace this year but loads more music to come. Check out our brand new single for 2022 - BIG MUFF. Alternative, lofi, post punk noise.

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Propaganda

by Movment

We produce raw, intense, engaging, and real alternative rock music with guitars, electronics, bass, drums and experiments with sound. We use technology & instruments to produce their sound, and make observations on life and living.

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Until Somebody Drowns

by 3 Chords And A Lie

3 Chord & A Lie play swampy grungy homemade DIY punk with swampy grungy homemade DIY guitars.

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Grave robber

by Slow Death

Slow Death is Slow death. Grave robber is about digging up the past. Feelings of righteousness, regret, guilt and seeing things in a new light.

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By The Power Of Barnard Castle

by Those Fucking Snowflakes

Blackpool based noise punks Those Fuckign Snowflakes release Dominic Cummings baiting video for By The Power Of Barnard Castle, taken from forthcoming EP 'Everything Is Absolutely Fkkkkkkd' out in January on Louder Than War Records

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Anti

by MC16

We are MC16, and life is a way of punk. We wrote this song Anti about the evolution or de-evolution of protest. Protest used to be at the places of power but now its just an excuse to loot an independent shop and grab a new TV.

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Captain Dorego

by Gold Baby

‘Captain Dorego’ is about feeling overwhelmed. It was initially inspired by ‘Big Rock Candy Mountain’, that old country song from the 1920s about a ‘hobo’s idea of paradise’—a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne.

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"First Shot Misses"

by Wrong War

"First Shot Misses" is the debut single from Chicago's Wrong War and appears on the album 'Fixed Against Forever," which was released on Election Day via Council Records.

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