Today, while you attempt to ignore the overdraft fees and oncoming credit statements from another Black Friday of big ticket purchases and wine hangovers, I present the solace via my conversation with Matt from Now After Nothing. The new E.P. "Artificial Ambivalence" (available on streaming and physical media, including vinyl) is now available at https://nowafternothing.bandcamp.com. They have been featured on ION Indie Magazine, Post-Punk.com, OffShelf.net, and Idioteq.com, and their trajectory is undeniable. NAN are poised to break their brand of S&M Discotheque anthems to a much broader listenership.

Samhain is upon us, an what better soundtrack (aside from the Ramones, The Misfits, and The Cramps) than a duo that harnesses Electro, New Wave, Vetch House, Post Punk, and Darkwave into the Punk spectrum like Vempire? It serves as the most saccharine of treats for you Halloween trickery as the undead are given agency over the living and the veil thins! https://vempiretheband.bandcamp.com

TRIGGER WARNING!!! This episode deals with child abuse/S.A. and S.N.A.P. (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests).

Luke Schmaltz and King Rat have been a staple of the Denver Punk Rock community for 30 years. He has been a staff writer for Modern Drunkard, a bar and club owner, and now... he is a novelist. "The Belcher (Overserved Underdog)" is a book about a survivor in a world that has disdain for such archetypes. It is a comic book storyline that serves as an allegory for Luke's own life story and continuing struggles. This is an episode that will stun you. Be warned.

https://lukeschmaltz.com

https://kingratrock.com

https://kingrat.bigcartel.com

also check out https://sweet-cheetah-records.com for new releases by Palm Ghosts, Chris Broach, Christopher Lee Lewis, The 1984 Draft, Broken Hearts are Blue, and Upset Boy and the Queens!