Synopsis
Welcome to Fanboys! Each week, Hard Times contributors Edgar, Ty, and Diego listen to YOUR music. Their mission: say something nice about it. Do they have what it takes?
Episodes
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Flamingos of Death Metal
17/11/2020 Duration: 42minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys fight the avian menace, enter the boy band wars, and start a fight with Hard Times royalty. If you want to hear them get down to some DILF rock, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Peregrine (https://peregrine.bandcamp.com/), Steel Tigers of Death (https://steeltigersofdeath.bandcamp.com/), Post Industrial Complex (https://open.spotify.com/album/22sjGDj65s45qufDUcLjhE?highlight=spotify:track:6wq85nxPcooxRutNQHV7LW), Danek (https://danekdanek.bandcamp.com/album/four-lackadaisical-songs-of-a-dubious-origin), Bonsai (https://bonsai.bandcamp.com/), and Bad Dads (https://baddadsonorcas.bandcamp.com/track/smoko-pt-2)
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Baby Shark: Weezer Edition
10/11/2020 Duration: 43minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys welcome back some old favorites, feel funky and sad, and get seduced again, which is becoming a problem. If you want to hear them get grabbed by the balls by punk and queef the beast (whatever that means), grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Pronouns (https://pronounsmd.bandcamp.com/album/purbli-d-ep), Fully Involved (https://fullyinvolvedmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insulince-ep), Kay Roman (https://open.spotify.com/artist/21zuBtUqQHfbolSPNhOYHk?si=MMceoTj1TVmjyCMAG_3_ZQ), Sultanare (https://open.spotify.com/album/1IKp6GHiHqBIq70nb3HBLP?highlight=spotify:track:6nKpUccbwFWxpcZkaZDM70), The Normandys (https://open.spotify.com/artist/39HhPXuzSS2N6zqKHDpYA6?si=Z5s9YCbXS8q5iEcLKWhokw), and squeaky pig (https://squ
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Punks Don’t Vote (But You Should, Poser)
03/11/2020 Duration: 48minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys kill some creeps, accuse some hometown heroes of murder, and call out that piece of shit Brian Eno. If you want to hear them get a m b i e n t and a e s t h e t i c, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Static Bats (https://staticbats.bandcamp.com/track/k-y-l-r-kill-your-local-rapist), El Trigal (https://open.spotify.com/track/0haOQ1Jt7kxnzxYU9SnTch?si=HeqFUfEfScWRusfWuJPHDw), Fox Lake (https://open.spotify.com/album/328g4nNO28YYSWgy1gWnp5), lean_fm (https://soundcloud.com/leanfm/redacted/s-BBQkTgwp2zC), Project IA (https://open.spotify.com/album/17nvVOGAr17SU9dDYe7ubj?si=SEg_yqPmRXSLdfIELa1blg), and Vienna Panic (https://open.spotify.com/album/7yj2oi1lfuvLePMPyHtBwc?highlight=spotify:track:09O8osxjkJYqd8Yj
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They Say This Episode Is Haunted By Goths
27/10/2020 Duration: 41minOn this week’s SPOOOOKY episode of Fanboys, the boys talk GOMERs, go to a monster beach party, and listen to some spooky spooky roots music. If you want to hear them get seduced by goths again and debate the finer points of screaming, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: American Goner (https://americangoner.bandcamp.com/), The Sickly Hecks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUWHZcHc0dQ), Ashbreather (https://ashbreather.bandcamp.com/), Killizabeth (https://killizabeth.bandcamp.com/), 7candystars (https://ffm.to/cherish), and No Man Show (https://soundcloud.com/christian-kettlewell/did-i-ever-know-you-at-all-1)
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Holy Shit a SPIDER
20/10/2020 Duration: 48minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys take the fight to the insect menace, dance under a bridge with a vampire, and have commitment issues. If you want to hear them go back to 1975 and finally, FINALLY get some non-Nazi black metal, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Rob Moss and the Skin-Tight Skins (https://skin-tight-rock.bandcamp.com/), Jo Kendrick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdwLlNqrpz4&feature=youtu.be), Mister (https://misterofficial.bandcamp.com/releases), Panic Attack! (https://open.spotify.com/album/2fl2LIaqJOTDFbllaVpGEM?highlight=spotify:track:1kQ618xfHsd8ahs1hE3vQn), The Posters (https://thepostersband.com/), and Mefitis (https://withstandpahc.bandcamp.com/releases)
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The Oral Sex Episode
13/10/2020 Duration: 45minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys witness an artist’s evolution, consent to some maxilofacial romance, and hit up the local goth bar. If you want to hear them snort shit through a bendy straw and get their brains kicked out by hardcore, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Atomic Zombie Mob (https://ianpgilchrist.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR2lwodVk6Iz4AAufHPpvYm_JutHjPoB-x_pRAUqABfNxIKvd_baonzqx0M), Sports Reference (https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gVlO9lqi1AxMXyhIA4riy?si=zz9LzIENTEyibI9aQ5RpTg&fbclid=IwAR2XDxVJqdfVS6h0w15LyZsqUM6bXHkyL-nAbnXaJwcbuyRrrLR_plQNF_Q), Walking Heads (https://withstandpahc.bandcamp.com/releases), Local Teen (https://shopping.bandcamp.com/track/dick-in-yo-mouth), Carbuncle (https://bafflingindustries.bandcamp.c
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Eurovision (feat. Lauren Lavín)
06/10/2020 Duration: 53minThis week, the Fanboys are joined by Hard Noise editor Lauren Lavín to talk noise rock coffee shops, Eurovision metal, and the limits of ska. Check out Lauren’s new podcast on The Hard Times Podcast Network, The Horror Times! Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Micah (https://soundcloud.com/micah-ez/fear-and-loathing-in-a-smoke-filled-garage), Kat Kalling (https://songwhip.com/kat-kalling), Necro-Cannibal Machinery (https://necrocannibalmachinery.bandcamp.com/album/flock), How I Became Invisible (https://howibecameinvisible.bandcamp.com/), TV Coma (https://open.spotify.com/album/2lkcJ7UBHYW7w1eq3nfwqT?highlight=spotify:track:0ytexlytEfOMNbffbTCMaB), and Blisses B (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4FBGuSdz5S73qEwghgdKKA?si=CLm5MjghQoimbYIHYEZsvQ)
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Fuck It: A Capella is Punk
22/09/2020 Duration: 43minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys crash the studio computer, gaze at some shoes, and cop some punk barbershop. If you want to hear them check out some AFI B-sides and rock out to some tunnel punk, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Vindicating Twilight (https://soundcloud.com/user-845396353/my-paranoias-out-to-get-me-dont-trust-the-coroner), Loud Sleepers (https://loudsleepers.bandcamp.com/), Arlen Gun Club (https://open.spotify.com/album/0jBQS0VWzi9dn88rhdOsE7?highlight=spotify:track:4X6QkemyUvYHz1xntmLttJ), Osama Bin Reagan (https://osamabinreagan.bandcamp.com/album/wake-up-and-deface-the-day-live), Resistors (https://resistors.bandcamp.com/album/resistors), and Forest Hills Project (https://open.spotify.com/album/6XrWQMA4VvTP0NBOovxMFH
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Here Comes the Womb
15/09/2020 Duration: 37minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys crush a womb, take their kids to a punk show, and take you out back to see their bong. If you want to hear them get murdered in a factory and disrespect your hometown heroes, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: TRVS PRKNS (https://open.spotify.com/album/4zQUFuxite90zaS7xmwVgH?highlight=spotify:track:4kVYes9H3fq2uHyysfd72v), Abandoncy (https://open.spotify.com/album/7vg4aNcHqKYAreoRMPa3T7?highlight=spotify:track:761lhMPkPvf640gkE2WhB8), Neon Exdeath (https://open.spotify.com/album/5xzJkqiGiVVLX4C8Zoh0VH), Broski (https://open.spotify.com/album/0n9KBW3jNBh1e0eTRNI95F?si=qgg1ySELRNyi7pY_9kAUPQ), Kill the Hypnotic Bastards (https://musician-noise.bandcamp.com/track/yr-cult), and The Burnt Biscuits (https://www
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Terminally Sick Riffs
01/09/2020 Duration: 37minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys contract stupid ear syndrome, get sickened by straight edge noise rock, and experience a musical Mandela effect. If you want to hear them become genuinely convinced that they are dead and watch some punk-lic access TV, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Moonraker (https://moonraker.bandcamp.com/album/lanterns), Get Well (https://getxwell.bandcamp.com/), Amra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXAnX_k2k0o), Goof (https://gooftheband.bandcamp.com/album/goof), Last Chance Marie (https://open.spotify.com/album/5WedOASXarWbvx9nFcohke?highlight=spotify:track:2oDbpYtS3C7sRuEjg3MLwY), and Blackcat Manor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tchWHvWZM64&feature=youtu.be)
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The Punk Episode
25/08/2020 Duration: 39minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys mosh in the funhouse, give and receive harsh feedback, and look past the penis. If you want to hear them celebrate punk legend Rick Springfield and watch a very happy-go-lucky cut of Hereditary, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: The Long Way Home (https://wearethelongwayhome.bandcamp.com/track/throat-rot), Modern Day Rippers (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l-AHBeqUIDi-JJjRKXWfDf2bNyrSipG2Y), Cede the Clouds (https://cedetheclouds.bandcamp.com/releases), Creamboy (https://open.spotify.com/album/2bvJLJkChfRse4CgWAiquK?si=aK5D2zrvSPCJuzKhszWVQA), Chris Real (https://open.spotify.com/album/76llryMj6B2eucINkHu5Ks?highlight=spotify:track:4M4XediSjUIxKif6sHHYtJ), and Unicorns at Heart (https://ww
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Zeppelin vs. Metallica 2: Reckoning
18/08/2020 Duration: 36minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys get mad at chlamydia, watch two rock titans duke it out, and get straight-up bamboozled. If you want to hear them perform a spooky public service and get PUMMELLED, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Yung Poop (https://open.spotify.com/album/61ZrFfi9b8tEd3zupnueS5?highlight=spotify:track:50e7MnH4HiGFgp1SAVZ7xL), Jimmy Who and The Night Creatures (https://open.spotify.com/album/619uvwn6KaSajvQgy8oS7O?si=M3BfrxSkTbO_65RR_4guyw), Face Turn (https://faceturntx.bandcamp.com/album/demos), Nick Nutter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0896idLT8E), The Night Howls (https://thenighthowls1.bandcamp.com/album/ferocious), and Muscle Vest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqQvv_Gh1x8&feature=youtu.be).
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Guitar Solos, Hard and Flaccid
11/08/2020 Duration: 42minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys talk slide guitar, music jondras, and dial-up dance music. If you want to hear them shovel their way through another “demo” and crash an acoustic open mic night, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Fully Involved (https://fullyinvolvedmusic.bandcamp.com/), Ugly Blondes (https://open.spotify.com/album/6nI9QVuJczcKH3NUGTqgHi?highlight=spotify:track:0NiKXUr1sO17jsv1lThxko), The Umbrella Thief (https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZrJG6HYps9oFiC2u2LnKa?si=mmAKl2v4SHOK9SlVY3kXoQ), What Makes Sense (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2X89r7VnPlC3yrNk0GEdFd?si=MO1J04SASNevTHmfM02aYQ), onlinefriends (https://soundcloud.com/onlinefriendsband/sets/we-dont-care-about-sports), and The Devil in Love (https://open.spotify.com/a
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Minisode: Diego is Gone
04/08/2020 Duration: 47minOn this week’s non-standard episode of Fanboys, Edgar and Ty talk tours, celebrate a drunk girl’s birthday, hold a memorial service for Diego. Sign up on Coil for exclusive content from the Hard Times Podcast Network! (https://coil.com/comedy?ref=thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)!
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Mission Accomplished: Rock is Dead
28/07/2020 Duration: 45minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys stare into the void, rehash the 90s again, and friggin’ DANCE, dude. If you want to hear them define “indie” for all you scrubs and get tragically blindsided by ska once again, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Rage of Devils (https://rageofdevils.bandcamp.com/), KIBBEY/GSPIN/LEADENSHREW (https://soundcloud.com/1trillionmph/rdy), Fuzz Lightyear (https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZrJG6HYps9oFiC2u2LnKa?si=mmAKl2v4SHOK9SlVY3kXoQ), Saw Tooth Wave (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tWMgTtgYLBL3VYt79Scgx?si=nVOoBjLGT6ms_MXeT7Craw), Dinosaur Duvet Set (https://soundcloud.com/dinosaurduvetset/its-just-not-my-day), and Reggie Childs (https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/reggiechilds/its-easy).
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Balrogs and Dead Dogs
21/07/2020 Duration: 49minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys confront the reptilian menace, bully an emo kid from Middle Earth, and lay a curse on Jasmin’s spine. If you want to hear them dance in an iPod commercial and jam with a dead white lady, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Nova Robotics Institute (https://open.spotify.com/album/2jYbfWJ6zKdDxuoKrn1Na5?si=DuuaYZMDS4yLZTtzT-8_VA), Staflos (https://staflos.bandcamp.com/releases), Silvertine (https://silvertine.bandcamp.com/), Dogdied (https://dogdied.bandcamp.com/album/byford-dolphin), Shiny Vinyl (https://vimeo.com/user102258082), and Postmortem White Girl (https://postmortemwhitegirl.bandcamp.com/releases).
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Never Give the Drummer a Mic
14/07/2020 Duration: 53minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys learn Portuguese, study electronic astrology, and check out Bob Dylan’s punk nephew. If you want to hear them get an erotic chakra massage and get drunk at a city park concert, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Contando Bicicletas (https://open.spotify.com/album/50hYS0F9EAWmGLsYVi2FG5?highlight=spotify:track:6bI3JUwXTMM7i0gxgKiO41), T.O. Dore (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qCCU7crPBRLambJJ3X3tF), John Louis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ysu-to9T5E), Church VAN (https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WtlaFG3Uktrl83cLGg3n6?si=RC-8DRm2T7un2_qxAnpiHQ), Sam Seliger (https://open.spotify.com/album/1ZtmNTEGLhXTgkvIdlLqhq?highlight=spotify:track:32A67lWLS2HeDN5gtrTzUF), and Max Power Smiling Politely (https://o
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Donald Duck is Metal as Fuck
07/07/2020 Duration: 49minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys chew psychedelic bubblegum, listen to metal’s heaviest waterfowl, and quit smoking. If you want to hear them rip off Bad Religion (again) and listen to Laser Guns n’ Roses, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Queen Wolf (https://queenwolf.bandcamp.com/album/comedy-gold), Karnstein (https://karnstein.bandcamp.com/), Matt Pless (https://open.spotify.com/album/0u5zDqIHQetEFLUvyjyt3M?highlight=spotify:track:5DLfAEDYwBITPUKJVQYGcv), Trashed Ambulance (https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shorthanded), The Overrides (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2alzKjLMRRjmzhPB8rF7kr?si=TTB5EOkHRUub_tcMfqHnYA), and Spacelord (https://spacelordband.bandcamp.com/).
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Punkthumping
23/06/2020 Duration: 49minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys beat a cat against a guitar, thump some tubs and diddle some bos, and do hash in the desert. If you want to hear them get their faces melted by tempo changes and get friggin’ TROPICAL, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Sophisticated Adult (https://open.spotify.com/album/7rNNZHbaoEmoxqJqZwlDgC?si=WgBk1cSLRmSv7BZ8g4cMVA), Patches (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kr0kJSO2o8xmenHezRVEC?si=9vj4wppkQmSW8Xx_usdEIA), Magda-Vega (https://open.spotify.com/artist/3AnlLpvD9rhSCXPWi4xX0Y), Hive Mentality (https://hivementalityldn.bandcamp.com/album/holly-hobby-ski-mask), Intolerable Swill (https://open.spotify.com/album/7zzNA4AlOeuUAbPeDExGyU?si=hIucbVZORXmV8cQiH4ZjGg), and Fellow American (https://open.spotify.com/
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Multi-Level Moshing
16/06/2020 Duration: 46minOn this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys start a punk MLM scheme, patronize an intergenerational hardcore act, and ugggggh noise music. If you want to hear them practice journalistic in-SHRED-grity and listen to the feel-good college comedy of the summer, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: The Warhorse (https://thewarhorse.bandcamp.com/track/texas-chainsaw-mascara), Shut Up and Jam (https://shutupjam.bandcamp.com/releases), Deadlites (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4VhYJNZF9ECrmd1ymCFm0e?si=0EB39MqxQyy7I587yuxa8w), Fuckpuddles (https://fuckfuckpuddles.bandcamp.com/album/krabkore-3-way-split), Extinction (https://extinctionevent.bandcamp.com/album/anthropogenic-degradation-of-ecosystemic-vegetation-demo-2019), and Swans of Never (https://swansof