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You Still Suffer, by CONTEMPT

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

Go! (CALIFORNIA) - "Impact" (2006-2007)

A complete discography release for Edge Day 2025. The wrong vocals on this really make it. If dude's friends actually drank, maybe they'd have the courage to tell him "Hey, maybe you're not the guy to be a vocalist in a hardcore band"

IMPACT, by GO!

37 track album

gomistake.bandcamp.com

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

Contempt (CALIFORNIA) - "You Still Suffer" (2025)

Another Edge Day 2025 release.

advancedperspective.bandcamp.com/album/you-st...

9 track album

advancedperspective.bandcamp.com

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

NEW RELEASE

Glue Man (COLORADO) - "Glue Man III" (2025)

Top notch Denver Garage-Punk w a slight tang of Hardcore. Recorded by Ryan Rousseau. In competition for the best thing I've posted today.

vodrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/gluema...

GLUEMAN III, by Glueman

9 track album

vodrecords1.bandcamp.com

Sweet Baby - She's From Salinas

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

It can definitely be argued that these guys were Budget Rock adjacent.

youtu.be/sNua1ut2FIY?...

YouTube video by Gilpow

Nanas Bam Bam, by NC Five

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

NEW RELEASE

NC Five (FRANCE) - "Nanas Bam Bam" (2025)

From Nantes. They're going for a Budget Rock thing, but don't quite pull it off in sound, album cover or band name. Still passable,though. I tell ya,this kinda reminds me of "She's From Salinas"

fishandcheaprecords.bandcamp.com/track/nanas-...

from the album Haine

fishandcheaprecords.bandcamp.com

Plane Krash, by Sunny Bear Forest

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

NEW-ish RELEASE

Sunny Bear Forest (CALIFORNIA) - "Plane Krash" (2025)

Came out in April but I missed it. Billy Childish-type riff w high-pitched nasal vocals. Is good.

sunnybearforest.bandcamp.com/track/plane-...

from the album Got a Bomb

sunnybearforest.bandcamp.com

FRANKENSTEIN, by snarewaves

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

NEW RELEASE

Cheap Fix (TEXAS) - "Soul Tune" (2025)

New fucking James Arthur song! I've expanded and expounded many times on here about how embarrassingly much I dig the works of one Mr. Arthur.

Listen to it!

cheapfixatx.bandcamp.com/album/soul-t...

SOUL TUNE, by Cheap Fix

2 track album

cheapfixatx.bandcamp.com

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

NEW RELEASE

Snarewaves (MICHIGAN) - "Frankenstein" (2025)

*searches Bluesky posts*

Okay, this the 9th time I've posted a Snarewaves link in the last 7 months. That's official: they are going on the "only one post a month" list w Dru The Drifter & Sex Mex.

snarewaves.bandcamp.com/album/franke...

1 track album

snarewaves.bandcamp.com

LIVE AT THE DUKE OF ENMORE, by Dial Up Modem

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

The moral of the story here is: get out of the bedroom and make friends with a drummer.

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

NEW RELEASE

Dial Up Modem (AUSTRALIA) - "Live At The Duke Of Enmore" (2025)

I THINK this might a fake live record. But whatever, it's another in the long series of Egg-Punk bands that, in a live setting, are actually just really rocking Garage-Punk bands.

dialupmodem.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

8 track album

dialupmodem.bandcamp.com

Time & Dedication, by Face The Pain

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

Face The Pain (PHILLY) - "Time Dedication" (2025)

Do I even need to say that all three of these are hardcore?

youngbloodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/time-d...

9 track album

youngbloodrecords.bandcamp.com

Cannonball, by Cannonball

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

This one is the best of all three. A lot of this stuff comes down to the vocals and guitar tone...and if the drummer doesn't do too much Metal-Guy shit.

Cannonball (ENGLAND) - "Cannonball" (2025)

youngbloodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cannon...

8 track album

youngbloodrecords.bandcamp.com

PURE MOTIVE Straight Edge Compilation, by EXTINCTION BURST

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

So I'm informed that today is Edge Day 2025. "Edge" as in "Straight Edge". So it's only 8AM here, & I've I've come across three actually good straight edge records that have been released today.

"Pure Motive" straight edge compilation (2025)

extinctionburst.bandcamp.com/album/pure-m...

17 track album

extinctionburst.bandcamp.com

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

tpos1.bandcamp.com/album/gay-no...

Gay Novelty Records Of The 1960's, by TPOS

20 track album

tpos1.bandcamp.com

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

OLD STUFF

Here are two volumes of Gay novelty music from the 1960's. (second volume link in the comments)

tpos1.bandcamp.com/album/queer-...

Dole Bludger - Live - Melb House Show - 2025

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

More from that same Melbourne house show. Am I too old to still be fascinated by the concept of attending house shows in fat-flung locales?

youtu.be/_wObuzTvEFo?...

YouTube video by honkey_dong

Vampire - House Show - Melbourne - 2025

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

LIVE VIDEO

And some footage from a Melbourne house show last week. This is the Australian Vampire, obviously.

youtu.be/IcogNXg1QMk?...

YouTube video by honkey_dong

Targeted For Termination, by Imploders

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

Imploders - Targeted For Termination
neontasterecords.bandcamp.com/album/target...

12 track album

neontasterecords.bandcamp.com

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sucker...

Sucker With A Dream, by Baby Tyler

12 track album

nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com

Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 2d

Alright, here's a mini-thread of stuff that had only had teaser tracks/singles released previously, but TODAY, the full album is released with every song.

citricdummies.bandcamp.com/album/split-...

Split With Turnstile, by Citric Dummies

12 track album

citricdummies.bandcamp.com

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 4d

NOTE: What I'm talking about when I when say "Desert-Reptile" music. Dig this song so much.

youtu.be/QPrB88MrA6w?...

Henchmen - Zenith Reptile

YouTube video by faint hopes

TURBOGOBLIN RX & THE LETTERS FROM THE UNDERWORLD, by TGRX

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 4d

NEW RELEASE

YLIV (NEBRASKA) - YLIV Demo (2025)

Lady-Vocal Hardcore from Omaha. Loose sounding in a good way. The vocals are what put it over the top.

yliv.bandcamp.com/album/yliv-d...

YLIV DEMO, by YLIV

4 track album

yliv.bandcamp.com

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Rapid Adapter @rapidadapter.bsky.social · 4d

NEW RELEASE

Turbogoblin RX (AUSTRALIA) - "The Letters From The Underworld" (2025)

Still comfortably Punk-Rock, but thick with the dungeon-synth vibes, but in a New-Wavey way.

turbogoblinrx.bandcamp.com/album/turbog...

11 track album

turbogoblinrx.bandcamp.com