Reason in Decline, Archers of Loaf’s first studio album since the 1998 release of White Trash Heroes, is no nostalgic, low-impact reboot. When they emerged from North Carolina’s ’90s indie-punk incubator, the Archers’ hurtling, sly, gloriously dissonant roar was a mythologized touchstone of slacker-era refusal. But this new LP is an entirely different noise. In fact, it’s a startling revelation.

Dazy—the moniker of Richmond, VA-based musician James Goodson—today announced his debut album OUTOFBODY - recorded by Goodson at home and then mixed/mastered by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab (Dinosaur Jr, The Pixies, Wild Pink) - will be released on October 28th, 2022, via Lame-O Records, with a cassette version available via Convulse Records. Along with the announcement comes the release of the first single “Split,” an infinitely tuneful track that combines buzzsaw guitars, a bouncy backbeat, and an indelible chorus that’ll have listeners singing along after first spin.

Atlanta punk band New Junk City writes heartfelt, catchy songs that have been described as “Tom Petty as played by Green Day.” One savvy reviewer supposed that they must have spent their childhood listening to their parents’ Gin Blossoms CD in the car, which the band is fine with, except it wasn’t their parents’, and it was definitely a Blink-182 CD. Currently on tour nowhere, because the world is ending, you can find their music on the internet.

FFO: The Menzingers, Thermals, Superchunk, The Faster Weakerthans songs, Kali Masi, Signals Midwest.

Dayton, Ohio punks The Raging Nathans are set to release their fifth album, ‘Still Spitting Blood,’ on November 21 via Rad Girlfriend Records with an exclusive color vinyl release in the UK  through Brassneck Records (pre-order). It was recorded by The Copyrights' Luke McNeil, and it offers up 10 songs in roughly 20 minutes.