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Now a yearly tradition, the Beloved Ghouls super-group has come together again to make music. A slightly updated line-up featuring Chuck Billy of Testament, Dave Lombardo of Slayer & The Misfits, Gary Holt of Slayer & Exodus, and Gregory Coates return with their second scare-enducing song, "Shocked!" just in time for Halloween. The new single joins "Terrorized" released on October 30th of last year. "Terrorized," also, features Derrick Green of Sepultura on vocals with Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré on additional vocals. Produced by the legendary Ross Robinson (The Cure, Deftones, Glassjaw, Slipknot, The Used,) "Shocked!" also, features writing by Casey Chaos of Amen. Today, you can pre-order a limited edition 7-inch showcasing both seasonally-appropriate singles back-to-back! Shocked! by Beloved Ghouls Limited to 500 copies, this might be your only chance to grab one of these before they are gone forever... (Spooky!) Pre-order your c...

THE RUSTY NUTZ are a five-piece Experimental Noise Pop band from Swansea, UK featuring Anthony "Ant" (Tony) Jones, Simon Jones, Craig "The Finger" Rees, Martyn Kelly, and Rich Barrow. THE NUTZ recorded and released several hundred songs on cassette between 1998 and 2002 before splitting up. Although, several rumors have stated the band never, actually, broke up and have never stopped writing. Since 2017, THE RUSTY NUTZ have released Toupèe or Not Toupèe? (2017,) "Tony Garage" (2019,) My Old Haunts Are Haunting Me, "Ten Seconds of Your Life You Will Never Get Back," Farewell My Fans (2020,) and "Why Does Christmas Only Seem to Last Ten Seconds?" (2021) on Lavender Sweep Records . Additionally, the bulk of the aforementioned releases have been issued on a variety of non-traditional formats, including cassette, 3-inch CD, CD & 'zine, 1-inch lathe-cut record, DAT/Zip 750 disk/cassette, and 1/2-inch lathe-cut record. "Penl...

Brelstaff & Justo The MC have released a new track together today called "Swagu." Supposedly, critics are already saying stuff like, "This is very cool," "Where'd ya find this?" "It's fire," and "It's a classic, son." The newly-minted rapper/producer duo describe themselves as an "unlikely duo of Brooklyn MC Justo and... some idiot from Scotland called Brelstaff." Justo The MC has released projects with producers Elbe Kim, Ocho Vazquez, The Lost Info, maticulous, The Sicarioz, and DK. Brelstaff, on the other hand, has self-released a multitude of solo projects, beat tapes, etc. entitled Beats from Many Moons Ago, Vol. 1, In Human Terms (Beat Tape,) and "Familia," as well as Brelstaff on Vinyl Digital, between about 2020 and 20...37. Swagu (Prod. by Brelstaff) by Justo the MC "Swagu" boasts a dusty, scratch/soundbite-filled beat hand-crafted that sound slike it could have been used by...

Yes, our favorite band of merry misfits, the gastly ghouls and gals behind Grave Danger have returned once more with a special musical treat for your ear holes just in time for Halloween. 'tis the spooky season for "Skath" (yes, that's Ska + Goth) collective Grave Danger, who have returned from the, uh—grave, with their brand new single, "Specter Inspector." The band's mastermind and multi-instrumentalist David Schwantes says, "I've always enjoyed "Ska spy songs," in the tradition of "Spy Market" by Let's Go Bowling and "Street Sweeper" by Dance Hall Crashers and I thought the phrase "specter inspector" was just funny." Further explaining, "this song was a chance to lean into a driving bassline, a slinky horn part, lots of organ, and build a film noir-style detective world full of ghosts and super-natural intrigue." "Specter Inspector" is just the first of two long-awaited b...

Dirty Shrines (CREDIT: Kristie Dehn) Dirty Shrines is a Rock band hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado founded in 2018 by long-time friends and musical collaborators and members of Elway, Chumped, and Gregory Alan Isakov's band. Dirty Shrines owe their sound to a sprawling medley of influences as far-reaching as Steely Dan and Hall & Oates to Jets to Brazil and The Killers. The result of a few years of tactful tinkering is Dirty Shrines' debut LP, Digital Ego: a begrudgingly self-aware commontary on the terminally-online world, via a 10-track flight of fancy that dabbles equally in 70's Rock, Power Pop, Punk, and Indie Rock. Dirty Shrines' Digital Ego is strongly suggested for fans of Everclear, Free Energy, The Menzingers, Red City Radio, The Strokes, and Thin Lizzy. Digital Ego is an unabashedly confident debut that finds the members of the band stepping out of the Punk realm and exploring 70's Rock, Power Pop, and Alternative. Here, you'll find stacke...

Spooky Season is upon up and you know what that means... it's time for another installment of Brycon & G-PEK's annual There's No More Room In Hell (TNMRIH) mixtape series. There's No More Room In Hell tapes have dropped every year since 2015 leading up to Halloween. Unfortunately, this will be the seventh and final installment of TNMRIH. We've been listening to these tapes for quite a few years now and have gotten to personally know some of the players; they're, seriously, some of the most gifted inventive producers, emcees, and artists we've ever encountered! For TNMRIH 7, Gurp City beat goblins Brycon & G-PEK are joined by frequent contributors Yelir, DJ Eons One, B.I. Lectric, Argonaut, BeatsMe, and guest emcee Luke Sick. There's No More Room In Hell 7 by Maitre D Plus, first-time participants Maitre D, Smooveez, Aagee, Otayo Dubb, Tahaj The First (The Regulars,) Chaz Emphatic, and Philo Reitzel. There's No More Room In Hell 7 ...

KIRA Roessler (CREDIT: Jack Grisham) Black Flag is just one of those bands—along with The Misfits, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys, and more—that every young Punk/Hardcore fan cutting their teeth with the genres should experience. Kira Roessler was bassist (and the only female member!) of Black Flag during the Rollins-era between 1983-85. However, within those short two years, Roessler played on FOUR studio albums, Family Man, Slip It In, Loose Nut, and In My Head, as well as two live albums, Live '84 & Who's Got The 10½? and an EP, The Process of Weeding Out. During her now 46-year career, Roessler has spent time playing with Approximation, AwkWard, DOS with Mike Watt (Minutemen, The Stooges, fIREHOSE,) Geza X & The Mommymen, MinuteFlag, The Monsters, Puzzled Panthers, Sexsick, Twisted Roots, The Visitors, and Waxx, as well as appearances on various compilations Roessler describes herself as a "bass player first and foremost. Then, a sound editor, dog mom...