Jake Martin
@jake444.bsky.social
Music writer @ The Riff. Will fight for your basic human rights. METAL. He/they. 🏳️⚧️ https://jakemarti.medium.com/list/music-writing-077922aac329
Words I never thought I'd say ever: I LOVE #THROATPISS! Stoner/doom/gnarly metal from Austin with saxophone and yeah, I'm pretty hooked. #nowplaying #metalsky #doommetalsky throatpiss.bandcamp.com/album/a-slow...
A Slow, Quiet Death, by Throat Piss
6 track album
throatpiss.bandcamp.com
Always eager to find any metal/grindcore band that reminds me even a little bit of #Nasum. New #GrizzlyHorse = brutal, dizzying, and close enough to warrant nonstop playing this morning. Happy Friday, y'all. grizzlyhorse.bandcamp.com/album/conspi...
Conspirator, by Grizzly Horse
4 track album
grizzlyhorse.bandcamp.com
Hanging out with #WretchedBlessing tonight. Gonna go deaf but OMG it’ll be worth it. #metalsky #coresky wretchedblessing.bandcamp.com/album/wretch...
Wretched Blessing, by Wretched Blessing
6 track album
wretchedblessing.bandcamp.com
I always seem most drawn to music that sounds like it hurt making it. Hope everyone in #TraumaBond is doing okay, and thanks a ton for this one. #metalsky traumabond1.bandcamp.com/album/summer...
Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone, by Trauma Bond
9 track album
traumabond1.bandcamp.com
Swedish powerviolence purveyors Xiao debut the explosive title track from their new album,"Control." www.decibelmagazine.com/2025/03/04/t...
Track Premiere: Xiao - 'Control' - Decibel Magazine
Swedish powerviolence purveyors Xiao debut the explosive title track from their new album.
decibelmagazine.com
Debut from Portland's Stress Test came out on Friday. Could it be 2025's first #AOTY contender? Makes my list. 👍 #metalsky #coresky #thrashmetalsky stresstestpdx.bandcamp.com/album/stress...
STRESS TEST, by STRESS TEST
11 track album
stresstestpdx.bandcamp.com
How did #Slowhole slip on by me I'll never know. Happy this has officially been corrected. File under: Blackgaze, New Orleans Angry. #metalsky #doom slowhole.bandcamp.com/album/slowhole
SLOWHOLE, by SLOWHOLE
7 track album
slowhole.bandcamp.com
That feeling when you find your new jam and everything is suddenly possible. #metalsky #mantar mantar.bandcamp.com/album/post-a...
Post Apocalyptic Depression, by MANTAR
12 track album
mantar.bandcamp.com
They had me at "the perfect symbiotic melding of of GG Allin, Marquis de Sade, Quentin Crisp, Jeff Stryker and The Germs." Frantic, angry, noisy hardcore for a shitty weather Thursday. #coresky #metalsky #gayforjohnnydepp asscardrecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-d...
What Doesn´t Kill You, Eventually Kills You, by GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP
11 track album
asscardrecords.bandcamp.com
BREAKING: As far-right billionaire Elon Musk targets the Department of Labor, unions launch protests ahead of scheduled meeting and file a lawsuit to block DOGE from accessing internal systems, @kimkelly.bsky.social reports. inthesetimes.com/article/elon...
Check out my awesome #trans #queercore #punk band’s latest song.
She Killed Sheila@she-killed-sheila.bsky.social · 2y agoWe released a new track for Inauguration Day to protest all the anti-trans BS and hypocrisy. Share it, shout it, fight it! open.spotify.com/track/36k0xK... #trans #queercore #punk #deathbeforedetransition
The soundtrack to tonight’s nightmare. Stoked for new stuff from #rwake. #metalsky @relapserecords.bsky.social rwake.bandcamp.com/album/the-re...
The Return Of Magik, by Rwake
6 track album
rwake.bandcamp.com
Just listened to ‘Scene 1.’ This record is going to be epic. #metalsky #sumac #moormother sumac.bandcamp.com/album/the-film
The Film, by SUMAC and Moor Mother
8 track album
sumac.bandcamp.com
Apparently there’s some kind of “but this is how the human brain works” explanation. I ain’t buying it. #70srock #classicrock #rockmusic #generationx #therellbepeacewhenyouaredone medium.com/the-riff/why...
Why Are These Songs Still Stuck in My Head?
A Question for Gen X (Arena Rock Edition)
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I've been waiting for someone to publish the entire run of THING and Primary Information has stepped up. Almost 500 pages, out in February, featuring Gary Indiana, Dennis Cooper, Vaginal Davis, Essex Hemphill, David Wojnarowicz, Rupaul, etc. primaryinformation.org/product/thing/
Friday morning soundtrack, maybe every morning soundtrack. #punksky #hardcoresky #seeinred #armageddonlabel seeinred.bandcamp.com/album/refuse...
Refuse Resist, by SEEIN' RED
27 track album
seeinred.bandcamp.com
Soon to be on very, very heavy rotation. Out 1/20. #bootlicc #riffmerchantrecords #electronic thiccc.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-f...
FUCK FASCIST TERFS, by BOOTLICC
8 track album
thiccc.bandcamp.com
Friday morning jam taking me back about 30 years and this guy out of his head with joy. #punkheals #punksky #coresky #metalsky #filthiseternal open.spotify.com/track/2KULg6...
Violet
Filth is Eternal · Violet · Song · 2024
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Don’t exact know where this one falls on my AOTY list, but it’s way up there. #metalsky #deathmetalsky #hardcore @theriffmedia.bsky.social medium.com/the-riff/alb...
Album Review | Vomit Forth ‘Terrified of God’
Nasty Not Just Because of Vomit Visuals
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Kevin Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia) impacted by house fire, GoFundMe launched www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/12/19/k...
Kevin Hufnagel Affected By House Fire, GoFundMe Launched - Decibel Magazine
The fire at the Gorguts guitarist's home took place on Sunday, December 15. If you can help, please consider donating to his family's GoFundMe.
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“…Yet, limiting the list to 10 was the most difficult it has been in recent memory. That’s an encouraging sign that, despite Kendrick’s urging to “Watch the Party Die,” the hip-hop party is alive and well.” medium.com/the-riff/top...
Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2024
Watch the party revive
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I haven’t listened to a record this nonstop since DS-13’s “Vad Vet Vi Om?” #Marasm 🖤 #crustsky #blackmetalsky marasm.bandcamp.com/album/keine-...
Keine Erde, by Marasm
5 track album
marasm.bandcamp.com
Progressive House reps like @aoc.bsky.social and @maxwellfrost.bsky.social have bravely spoken out against the dangers of KOSA Sadly, most Dems have remained silent, too afraid to oppose a bill that claims to "protect kids" even if it doesn't. Young people keep speaking out www.youthagainstkosa.com
Open Letter from LGBTQ+ Youth to Progressive Lawmakers to Oppose KOSA
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I have officially found this year’s holiday season record to play again and again while considering the nonbenefits of life. Need more like this. Recommend some? #cometogrief #metalsky #doommetalsky cometogrieftl.bandcamp.com/album/killed...
Killed By Life, by Come to Grief
8 track album
cometogrieftl.bandcamp.com
