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SWEAT

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Sweat started in 2019 with members Anthony (Dangers), Justin (Graf Orlock), & Tuna (Dogteeth). Our main mission was to have fun, take the leash off, and have a hardcore band with punk ethos that was heavy on the rnr riffs. It was an organic process, as we have all played with each other in other bands or cover bands over the last decade.

Riff forever!

M.U.T.T.

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From the genre-defining power pop of The Flaming Groovies in the 70s to the breakthrough success of Jawbreaker’s gruff but saccharine melodic punk in the 90s, San Francisco’s longstanding legacy as an invaluable piece of the American underground musical landscape is hard to overstate. Emerging as worthy torchbearers of that legacy are M.U.T.T.

After the premature and fraught implosion of his previous band Culture Abuse, John Jr. was left unsure of how to proceed. Nothing was quite falling into place. After sending some home recordings to fellow Culture Abuse alum Matt Walker, the ghost of an idea began to take shape. To fill out the lineup of a quickly emerging full-fledged band, Junior reached out to two more former Culture Abuse bandmates, Isa Anderson and Shane Plitt. A lo-fi bedroom project had morphed into a fully realized group, eager to move on from the shared trauma of their previous band’s dissolution. Thus emerged M.U.T.T.

Junior imagines M.U.T.T. as everything he wishes Culture Abuse could have been but wasn’t. As much a love letter to the sleazy glam rock that was once California’s chief export as it is to the bare bones punk of The Ramones, M.U.T.T. is the musical equivalent of four friends out late on a warm summer night, looking for an empty parking lot to party in.

They don’t want to reinvent the wheel. They don’t want to change the world. They just want to play good old fashioned rock and roll. And man, do they ever excel at it.

BIG

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No adjectives necessary: BIG from Oakland,California delivers hardcore punk the way it's meant to be experienced, without mercy. Formed in 2023 by 4 local heroes, BIG exploded into the bay area's underground and have been quoted by fans as "The best band going today". Conceived in greatness, they are beyond impressive and loved by those who are lucky enough to experience excellence in close proximity. Can you dig it? You'll pay for the whole seat but only use the edge.

The players who can not be played - Dennis:Vox//Laura:Bass//Emilio:Drums//Eric:Guitar

STRANGELIGHT

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Strangelight is a Californian quartet featuring former members of Transistor Transistor, The New Trust, Kowloon Walled City, and Swingin Utters. Their debut album, 'Adult Themes', is 10 tracks of no-frills high-energy punk rock.

“Their brand of garage rock is brash, loud, mildly abrasive, and genuinely exuberant. Their most recent record—Material Conditions, out now—quadruples down on that principle, with an even greater emphasis on what makes the quartet special: Everything is at max capacity; nothing is taken too seriously.”

Nicholas Senior - New Noise Magazine