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On their pre-pandemic 7th studio album, Phoenix’s folk punk AJJ captures anxiety, anger, angst and fear that mirrors the status quo. BurningHotEvents.com by Kataklizmic Design

When you think of albums that are specifically “of their time,” so to speak, it usually evokes folk protest anthems of the 60’s, such as early Dylan songs or maybe the way New York punks at CBGB tapped into a growing angst in America. More recently, I think of Springsteen’s The Risingalbum, which was not written about 9/11 and yet seemed to speak to much of the pain and sadness in America in the…

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Viral sensations Okilly Dokilly – the world’s only “Nedal” band – recently announced their Reneducation U.S. headline tour, and surprise surprise, there’s a new album to go along with it! Okilly Dokilly are exci-diddly-ited to announce that they’ve completed work on their second full-length album, entitled Howdilly Twodilly. Howdilly Twodilly is set for release on March…

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Extreme metal outfit Graven – formed by members of Swarm Of The Lotus – makes its destructive return in 2018, ending a nearly five-year hiatus with the recently-completed new EP, Heirs Of Discord. With members currently residing in Arizona, Maryland, New Jersey, and Florida, the band recorded Heirs Of Discordin multiple studios over nearly an entire year, and the results…

The Oxford Coma prepare sophomore album

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Phoenix-based The Oxford Coma has completed their sophomore album and is preparing it for independent release in the sweltering months ahead, with widespread tour plans coming together surrounding the record’s unveiling.

From the scorching and thriving Southwestern US underground music scene comes the indefinable works of The Oxford Coma, an outfit which rides the fine…