The Shell Corporation is one of those bands whose name I’ve seen pop up every now and again without actually having checked them out.

From Tampa, FL comes a band called Blistered. They have just released a 7” with the ugliest cover I have seen in a long time, called “Soul Erosion”.

Toronto’s PUP (short for Pathetic Use of Potential) already dropped their self-titled album late last year in Canada. Thanks to Side One Dummy, the rest of the world gets to enjoy it as well now.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, OFF! is back with a new album.

Following up 2012’s “Sweet Sour”, Band Of Skulls are back with “Himalayan”, an album that - I suppose – they wanted to sound as imposing as the mountain range with the same name.

Dylan Baldi started Cloud Nothings as a one-man band when he was 18.

The Coathangers start off their fourth album with “Follow Me”, a sweet burst of primitive punk.

Hey, here’s another band from Seattle with an album titled Nevermind.

On their Fat Wreck debut, the four ladies that make up Bad Cop / Bad Cop rip through four slices of pop-punk that come with catchy hooks, fast-paced rhythms and lyrics about standing up for yoursel

From la douce France, come Direwolves. These guys have been roaming around as a pack since 2011 and have previously released an EP called “Me From Myself, To Banish”.