Hope everyone is safe and well. Remain indoors the best you can, and wash your damn hands! We, humanity I mean, can whip this thing if we stick together (which ironically means giving each other a wide berth right now) and don't panic. With Bandcamp waiving their vig today until midnight PST, I figured it's high time I pick up a few things I've been meaning to buy. I actually haven't bought anything on Bandcamp in a while. So here's what I purchased tonight: First up, a rockin' instrumental single from Sweden's Martin Månsson Sjöstrand. If you're a loyal CNQ-er you may know Martin from one of ..read more

I wasn't going to do a post tonight because I wanted to doof around on Steam, but then I saw both ARSE and Flesh Narc have new stuff out. ARSE is a three piece from Sydney and their new 5 song EP is called . Their November 2017 digital debut, Primitive Species, is great and features one of my favorite tunes of the past few years, While I'm prone to enjoy extremely lo-fi, not-produced demos, the production on immediately grabbed me, and didn't let go. Great work all around. $12 plus shipping for the 7" from the ARSE page, and $3 for the digital release on , also a CNQ fave. ETT, a German label ..read more

I meant to post for Bandcamp's no vig Friday last week, but I mean to do a lot of things that I don't get around to. Here's new stuff from Bandcamp I've been listening to lately: Female rap duo Big $ilky's 7 track digital release "Big $ilky Vol. 1" is a must have for hip-hop fans. I think they're based in Chicago. Psalm One and Angel Davanport just knock it out of the park with this, released back in April. There's already a volume 2 out, released in July, so I'm way behind. BIG $ILKY Vol.1 by BIG $ILKY Bandcamp Daily also has a post featuring essential tracks from Psalm One today . But just f ..read more

Ukraine invasion is a wild thing. Pray for peace - that's always worked before. Step Below is a hardcore band out of London, and it seems like I don't get too many straight up hardcore submissions from England, so that's interesting. Their single "Walk Away" is a minute long blistering blast, I dig it. They have a 5 song EP called coming out March 4 that will be available on Bandcamp and streaming platforms. Check out "Walk Away": Montel Palmer is a three piece electro-outfit from Cologne, Germany. Their new album is nine tracks of experimental, ambient, dub-inspired synth. Pretty cool and ava ..read more

It's been a little over a month since my last new music round-up, so here we go. And don't forget tomorrow, Saturday 6/24 at 5p EST is Clean Nice Quiet on , the golden stream. Here's some stuff you might hear on the show: is finally out, it's great stuff, I've been playing tracks from it on the show. Here's a killer new single from The Rat Motel by Rat Motel Ginger Root's got a new EP up on Bandcamp, plus vinyl. This came out in September 2022 apparently, but Huntingon Beach's finest purveyor of "aggressive elevator soul" didn't upload it to Bandcamp until this week: Hip-hop fans should take n ..read more