Ears Against Doomscrollia – 2023 So then, ‘A Year in Ear: A 2023 List’. Hello, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Today with a dual focus on both expedition and also the intention not to facilitate you pissing away too much of your precious time, I’m casting some words into the infinite warrens of Doomscollia with some musings on what I have enjoyed musically this year. Despite, admittedly and shamefully I suppose, being somewhat removed from the loop comparatively speaking this past annum, I have still consumed some audible excellence from (mostly) the independent and DIY music scenes. Obligatory ..read more

The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 14” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try to do what I can, as, after all, there is only so much I can electro-scribble down on a screen. Some don’t fit, others are simply irrelevant to the site but overall, if they pique my interest or fit the site and whatever trend it’s pursuing at that time, they get featured. I obviously don’t have the time to cover everything and even th ..read more

INVEKTIV – Copenhagen, Denmark INVEKTIV and Bleach Solves Most Of My Problems are a band and a second release I have been meaning to cover for a while now (aka fucking ages). The Copenhagen-based multi-lingual and multi-origin four-piece have been eviscerating ears since 2018. With their member’s origins cut across Argentina, Italy, the Netherlands, France and the UK, the band are drawn together in cohesion by a love of fast, abrasive, discordant and volatile Hardcore Punk. July of this year saw the follow up to 2018’s Smack IIII Flash. The former’s tirade of classic west coast US Hardco ..read more

The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 5” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try to do what I can, as, after all, there is only so much I can electro-scribble down on a screen. Some don’t fit, others are simply irrelevant to the site but overall, if they pique my interest or fit the site and whatever trend it’s pursuing at that time, they get featured. I obviously don’t have the time to cover everything and even tho ..read more

The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 20”. You know how this goes by now. The following slew of audio-focused, literary musings has been (predominantly) sourced from my cavernous part-time inboxes. EN, when it boils down to its plant-based barebones, is a spare-time hobby. I try to do what I can outside of my daily grind but as with all personal ventures, the hegemonic construct known as “time” ubiquitously conditions every sub-constructed layer. The purpose of this series is to provide some varied new noise as an enticement to indulge in the plethora that is the underground mus ..read more

School Drugs – New Jersey, USA It’s been some time but the release of School Drugs and Absolution // #2 edge ever closer to the completion of a writhing entirety. The New Jersey four-piece but a year ago via the excellent Indecision Records released part one of a four-part run of 7″ releases eventually determined to coalesce as a full LP known as Funeral Arrangements. Before hurtling face first into the next set of existential east coast Hardcore from School Drugs, I’d recommend giving Visitation a once over as I did a year ago – Here. Visitation took the power of the band’s previou ..read more

The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 17” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try to do what I can, as there is only so much I can electro-scribble down on a screen. Some don’t fit and others are simply irrelevant to the site but overall, if they pique my interest or “fit” the site and whatever trend it’s pursuing at that time, they get featured. I obviously don’t have the time to cover everything and even though I ..read more

The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 15” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try to do what I can, as, after all, there is only so much I can electro-scribble down on a screen. Some don’t fit, others are simply irrelevant to the site but overall, if they pique my interest or fit the site and whatever trend it’s pursuing at that time, they get featured. I obviously don’t have the time to cover everything and even th ..read more

NEXØ – Copenhagen, Denmark Cover Photo: Valentina Paz Ponce Lopez // Album Art: Adele Hurbault NEXØ and False Flag are soon to enter into a world where unsurprisingly to anyone, Punk music and its persistent penchant for the proliferation of pertinent political discourse is at an all-time high. A “high” that is also as you’d expect, depicting an abject and crushing low. Or something like that. Punk-Rock and its plethora of genealogical offshoots are again at a zenith of quality, prevalence and conviction, regardless of individual stylistic craft. However, quite notably, it is Hardcore that see ..read more

The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 6” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try to do what I can, as, after all, there is only so much I can electro-scribble down on a screen. Some don’t fit, others are simply irrelevant to the site but overall, if they pique my interest or fit the site and whatever trend it’s pursuing at that time, they get featured. I obviously don’t have the time to cover everything and even tho ..read more