Label: punk

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  Hustle Culture — New Government Pyramid Scheme

  Feel It Records · Digital Single · 2026-09-09 · post-punk, garage punk

  Hustle Culture is a Cincinnati band led by singer and songwriter Will Popiel. It is the band's first single for Feel It Records and runs 2:18. Razor-edged guitar and synthesizer carry the arrangement, per the release notes. The notes place the band in the city's post-punk canon.
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  Spy Versus Spy — Little Lights (LP Reissue)

  La Agonía de Vivir · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-09-11 · screamo, hardcore

  La Agonía de Vivir reissues the album as LADV224. The pressing is 300 copies, 100 on solid grey vinyl and 200 on black. Seven songs run 46:24 on the reissue. Orders go through the label's website or by email.

Two releases from the past seven days, both from watchlist labels. One is a Feel It Records single from Cincinnati. The other is a Spy Versus Spy LP reissue on La Agonía de Vivir.

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  Spread Joy — III

  Feel It Records · LP / Digital · 2026-09-04 · punk, post-punk

  Opaque blue vinyl is limited to 100 copies, with a black vinyl LP alongside. Both pressings come in a matte jacket with insert, and the digital album is name your price. The record's notes name the B-52s, Talking Heads and Suburban Lawns as lineage.
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  Headcheese — Dump Run

  Neon Taste · 7-inch / Digital · 2026-09-04 · hardcore, punk

  Fewer than 80 copies of the limited edition 7-inch exist, shipping on or around September 7. The digital album carries eight tracks over 8:13 and sells for 9 Canadian dollars. The label writes that the band self-released the session before the label became involved.
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  Military School — School is War

  11PM Records · 7-inch / Digital · 2026-09-04 · hardcore, punk

  The Philadelphia band's five-song 7-inch is a split release of 300 copies with Broken Skull Records. Brendan Reichhardt mixed at Dream Home Recordings, and Will Killingsworth mastered at Dead Air Studios. The notes name Bad Brains, Cleveland style hardcore and Christ on Parade.
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  Eskupa — Esta Oscuridada No Es Mia

  11PM Records · LP / Digital · 2026-09-04 · hardcore punk, punk

  First pressing is 400 copies with 100 on pink vinyl. Two-color screenprinted gatefold jackets came from Discos Enfermos, the Basque label co-releasing the LP. Six tracks come from the 2025 demo, and side B is credited as Demo 2026.
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  Dicklickers — Self-Titled

  11PM Records · 7-inch / Digital · 2026-08-29 · hardcore punk, egg punk

  The Santiago band lists Carlos on guitar, Daza on drums, Marcelo on vocals and Ignacio on bass. The notes compare the sound to Young Wasteners, Regulations and Denmark's 2000s punk scene. Seven songs run 8:58 on the seven-inch.
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  Kinetic Orbital Strike — The True Disaster

  General Speech · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-08-31 · raw punk, d-beat

  The ten songs first appeared across two separate 7-inch EPs in 2023. Dietrich Schoenemann cut the new lacquer master at 45rpm for Complete Mastering. The 12-inch adds a poster insert with photos and lyrics, and the label sells color and black vinyl.
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  Ejaculators — God Bless You

  General Speech · Vinyl / Digital · 2026-08-31 · punk, post-punk

  Abraham Diaz handled the artwork, and the record comes with a lyric sheet. The press notes place the sound between 1977 punk and Los Angeles act The Screamers. Limited color vinyl is sold by the label, with the digital album at 4 dollars.
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  coma regalia — besides

  Middle-Man Records · Cassette / Digital · 2026-09-04 · screamo, emoviolence

  The band calls the release a collection of songs you've never heard. Edie Quinn handled guitars, vocals, bass and drums on most of the 13 tracks, with Jason Wolpert and Dylan Houpt also credited on drums. The first press cassette is hand painted, printed and numbered, and the digital album is name your price.
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  ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU — all that's left of you

  Tomb Tree Tapes · Cassette / Digital · 2026-09-04 · screamo, metallic hardcore

  The tape run is 40 copies: 15 glow-in-the-dark, 10 dead swirl, 10 random swirl and 5 test dips. The Melbourne trio recorded the five songs live in January 2026 with Simon Maisch at Lily Street Studios. Will Killingsworth mastered at Dead Air Studios; Zegema Beach Records carries copies below the Bandcamp price.
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  Raein — Raein Daitro Split

  Persistent Vision Records · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-09-04 · screamo

  The three Raein songs first came out in 2004 on the split 10-inch with Daitro. Purepainsugar and Ape Must Not Kill Ape released that original pressing. Persistent Vision Records re-releases it as a split 12-inch due in October 2026. Magenta in Cloudy Clear is limited to 218 copies; the other two LP colorways cap at 220 each.

Ten releases from the past seven days, all from watchlist labels.

Three come from 11PM Records and two from General Speech.

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  Why Bother? — Beyond Step One

  Feel It Records · LP / Digital · 2026-08-07 · garage punk, surf rock, new wave

  The Iowa group stays anonymous and does not play live. The label compares the band to reclusive painters, calling Beyond Step One the group's most esoteric work. Eighteen pieces move between garage punk, surf rock and new wave. Black vinyl in a full color jacket with insert, 300 pressed.
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  Team Work — Somebody's Gotta Do It

  Feel It Records · LP / Digital · 2026-08-07 · punk, post-punk

  The two members met through Soundcloud: Lise of Maraudeur in Leipzig and Ronni of Marances in Baton Rouge. The record runs on muscular bass lines, wood block drum patterns and softly delivered vocals, often processed with dub effects. Field recordings appear between the songs, and one track title plays on not spelling out the f-word. First pressing of 300 copies on black vinyl in a matte jacket with insert.
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  Daddy's Boy — Four Hombres

  Drunken Sailor Records · LP / Digital · 2026-08-07 · hardcore, punk

  Recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago, this time with longtime friend Greg Norman engineering. The quartet's second LP follows the 2022 debut, and drummer Neal Markowski says the band wanted to break any habits. Lyrics by JJ Skolnik take the theme of hope as things get demonstrably worse.
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  KLOAKAO — os mais brutais (demo) 12" reissue

  La Agonía de Vivir · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-08-08 · powerviolence

  Downloads are free, and any donations from Bandcamp go to animal liberation projects. The demo 12-inch reissue on La Agonía de Vivir is limited to 300 black copies. Eight powerviolence tracks that together run seventeen minutes.
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  Rat Cage — Not Asking For Much

  La Vida Es Un Mus · LP / Digital · 2026-08-28 (preorder) · hardcore punk, d-beat

  The third Rat Cage LP follows fourteen releases since the first demo, all run by Bry Suddaby. The drums hammer under the riffs and the vocals come as a shouted, cynical bark. The influences are 80s Northern European punk and Swedish hardcore. The preorder ships on powder rose vinyl with a poster, with black available on request.
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  The Easy Eight — The Easy Way Out

  Static Shock Records · LP / Digital · 2026-08-29 (preorder) · punk, melodic punk

  Members of The Chisel, Arms Race, Stingray and Last Affront make up the London band, shortened to EZ8. The LP compiles the first two recording sessions. Side A is the session released online last autumn, side B four new songs. The label points to melancholic 80s Ramones with a touch of Misfits on the limited red vinyl pressing.

The first digest covers releases from the past week and the preorders currently up, all from watchlist labels.