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<h2>Noise Art-Punks AMERICAN LIPS Drop New Album "ON STRIKE" via Ancient Fashion Records</h2><figure id="figure-r0omqpa6vfmw1l40b9" data-full-width=""><img id="r0omqpa6vfmw1l40b9" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/15UUzsSadStlgC5aPJFqjM6NAhlIQxMcZc7nkypxBmHzMTV3OoTsmRenoM0hka1t.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: undefined undefined;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/15UUzsSadStlgC5aPJFqjM6NAhlIQxMcZc7nkypxBmHzMTV3OoTsmRenoM0hka1t.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: undefined undefined;"></figure>On Strike — October 29, 2026 · Ancient Fashion Records<figure id="figure-guiilqhe2omw1l8ol2" data-full-width=""><iframe id="guiilqhe2omw1l8ol2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ExPgIAfQBQE" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/ExPgIAfQBQE?si=QeT36T0LwZfp0yuI" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ExPgIAfQBQE" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure> Montréal/Los Angeles trio <a data-mce-href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ttRRBqXNHGfHUjjC1WCmc" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ttRRBqXNHGfHUjjC1WCmc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Lips </a>are done playing nice. <a data-mce-href="https://americanlips.bandcamp.com/album/on-strike" href="https://americanlips.bandcamp.com/album/on-strike">On Strike!,</a> their new full-length, dropped October 29 on <a data-mce-href="https://ancientfashionrecords.com/" href="https://ancientfashionrecords.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ancient Fashion Records</a> and it hits like a busted fuse box, all splintered guitar, dry wit, and tightly coiled rhythm sections that refuse to sit still.Think Wire's precision, Pixies' muscle, Devo's absurdist remove, and Parquet Courts' righteous agitation. Fans of The Fall, Pere Ubu, and ESG will feel right at home. This is the record for everyone who clocked out spiritually three years ago and never clocked back in.Fronted by Adrian Popovich (Tricky Woo, FRVITS), anchored by bassist/vocalist Jessica Bruzzese, and driven by Sebastien Grainger, the gold-certified drummer from Death From Above 1979, American Lips balance serious underground credentials with hooks sharp enough to draw blood. Consumer culture gets gutted on Cardboard Trash, burnout gets its anthem on On Strike and Sleep, and Got It Made takes a hammer to empire's crumbling facade. The band recorded with a focused, almost confrontational intentionality, and it shows. Every track lands with the efficiency of a well-timed grievance.<figure id="figure-wbz1sf2vm9mw1ldcsu" data-full-width=""><img id="wbz1sf2vm9mw1ldcsu" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/275oq7aCNoW3XISQCvot8hclMDDZQC4YZefe4g5zz0KF9Elzb7Ficdw9vKlDf7Qu.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/275oq7aCNoW3XISQCvot8hclMDDZQC4YZefe4g5zz0KF9Elzb7Ficdw9vKlDf7Qu.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;"></figure> After heavy alt and college radio rotation for <a data-mce-href="https://americanlips.bandcamp.com/album/waste-of-crime-maxi-single" href="https://americanlips.bandcamp.com/album/waste-of-crime-maxi-single" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Waste of Crime, </a>the band doubles down and turns the screws tighter. Where that record introduced American Lips as a band worth watching, On Strike! makes the case that they were worth following all along. This isn't a reinvention. It's a reckoning.On Strike! isn't a thesis. It's a walkout. And the door is already swinging shut behind them.<figure id="figure-ugz15nxzsmw1lofg6" data-full-width=""><img id="ugz15nxzsmw1lofg6" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/aYGuAAt17B3h3u8W5G5ynKWp5w4uz4rjuY3O9421hA2vlPIDB7G9MuZhjcBAvCYw.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/aYGuAAt17B3h3u8W5G5ynKWp5w4uz4rjuY3O9421hA2vlPIDB7G9MuZhjcBAvCYw.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure> <a data-mce-href="https://americanlips.bandcamp.com/album/on-strike" href="https://americanlips.bandcamp.com/album/on-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On Strike — October 29, 2026 · Ancient Fashion Records</a>

Noise Art-Punks AMERICAN LIPS Drop New Album "ON STRIKE" via Ancient Fashion Records

<figure id="figure-grq9tow2comvv78asm" data-full-width=""><img id="grq9tow2comvv78asm" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/90fgm5WEAcIxf0hCRw32wcuQXPlOD80VjJAPDFbXTq5rFQa3eTBXVJpWNPAuAGR9.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/90fgm5WEAcIxf0hCRw32wcuQXPlOD80VjJAPDFbXTq5rFQa3eTBXVJpWNPAuAGR9.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure><h2>Reprobate Media Launches <a data-mce-href="https://reprobatewire.com/" href="https://reprobatewire.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nuke Wire</a>, the Bandcamp of Independent Music PR</h2> <figure id="figure-zztj3llft9mvv7iq95" data-full-width="" class=""><iframe id="zztj3llft9mvv7iq95" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uwpSnJtjMjw" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/uwpSnJtjMjw?si=P0MqK8w6yUc12Ii6" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uwpSnJtjMjw" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure><h3>Professional publicity tools at zero or minimal cost, built for artists and labels with small budgets.</h3>LONDON and PHOENIX— October 30, 2026 — <a data-mce-href="https://reprobatewire.com/?feed=1" href="https://reprobatewire.com/?feed=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reprobate Media</a>, the independent rock 'n' roll publicity agency, today launched <a data-mce-href="https://reprobatewire.com/" href="https://reprobatewire.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nuke Wire </a>, a free newswire and press platform for bands, labels, promoters and anyone with something to say. Think of it as the Bandcamp of independent music PR: professional publicity tools at zero or minimal cost, so artists and labels with small budgets can get their news out like the big players do.Three years in development and built on new technology, Nuke Wire gives every submission its own web address and a place in The Wire, a public feed of new releases, news and features from across the independent scene. Every public page goes out through Nuke Wire's RSS feeds and social channels and is open to search engines worldwide, so news travels well beyond the first post and reaches international audiences. And with more than a decade of promoting some of the greatest rock 'n' roll warriors around, Reprobate Media offers optional paid distribution to media across North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and South America.<figure id="figure-hhr8ssauimvv7tjmk"><iframe id="hhr8ssauimvv7tjmk" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n_eYaVvBGHs" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtube.com/shorts/n_eYaVvBGHs?si=r4ct4Kvu2v5Ehn3D" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n_eYaVvBGHs" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure> WHAT NUKE WIRE OFFERSFree publishing: news items, new releases, press releases and features or blog posts, with an AI-assisted drafting tool.Control over visibility: publish publicly, share by private link, or hold a release under embargo.Pages made to be found: each page has its own address and search-ready markup, with room for photos, audio, video, streaming players and a link to your tour dates.Optional paid services, by quote: media distribution to chosen countries or regions, and emailing a release to your own list.“Reprobate Media has always been about affordable music PR for artists and labels with small budgets,” said Matt Hunter of Reprobate Media. “Nuke Wire takes that further: professional publicity tools, free to use, and a page that fans, search engines and media can actually find.” <a data-mce-href="https://reprobatewire.com/" href="https://reprobatewire.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nuke Wire is live now at reprobatewire.com. Publishing is free.</a>ABOUT REPROBATE MEDIAReprobate Media is a full-service rock 'n' roll relations agency offering publicity for artists, bands, record labels, venues, film producers, promoters, shops, distributors, booking agents and more, based in London and Phoenix, Arizona.For interviews, additional press assets, or more information, contact matt@reprobatemedia.com.

REPROBATE MEDIA Launches NUKE WIRE, the Bandcamp of Independent Music PR

For Your Consideration · First-Round Voting October 12-22<figure id="figure-gaegw1m959mviubwm1" data-full-width=""><iframe id="gaegw1m959mviubwm1" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CYf20b27EWM" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/CYf20b27EWM?si=8Zy12tpp8Owo_AFz" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CYf20b27EWM" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure><figure id="figure-u6b87v68d9mviuk984"><img id="u6b87v68d9mviuk984" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/11JzfBSt6QathhlvXeS6jhkgr5c4nUifmnCnDMNwgIZWRz51Zeh2e2OSt9DWAEZ0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: 50% 35%;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="50%" data-positiony="35%" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/11JzfBSt6QathhlvXeS6jhkgr5c4nUifmnCnDMNwgIZWRz51Zeh2e2OSt9DWAEZ0.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: 50% 35%;"></figure><h2> <a href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/jaguar-777" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/jaguar-777">Jaguar 777</a> on First-Round Ballots for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album at the 69th GRAMMY Awards®</h2> We are pleased to announce that<a data-mce-href="https://nuke-wire-jaguar-777-on-first-round-ballots-for-best-new-art.reprobatewire.com/" href="https://nuke-wire-jaguar-777-on-first-round-ballots-for-best-new-art.reprobatewire.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary"> Jaguar 777 </a>will be on the first-round ballots for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album at the 69th GRAMMY Awards®.<figure id="figure-4rx42a7iamviu2amt" class=""><img id="4rx42a7iamviu2amt" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/14M1aUBUhvLRDI8sL0iVjJ6dZz4pxzonybFZr4cr8GmkDTM9mIkYZ4sIkFW6oIWx.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/14M1aUBUhvLRDI8sL0iVjJ6dZz4pxzonybFZr4cr8GmkDTM9mIkYZ4sIkFW6oIWx.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>First-round voting by Recording Academy voting members runs October 12 to 22. If you're a voting member, we'd be grateful if you'd give Jaguar 777 a listen. If you know one, please share this with your voting friend. <figure id="figure-kz3eofth4mviugwdp" data-full-width=""><img id="kz3eofth4mviugwdp" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/28lSy823CxRXOtRF30c21L7slH3IQNvZchcBwrL6DNAiyZLx4ivYemwJlwI14I0O.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/28lSy823CxRXOtRF30c21L7slH3IQNvZchcBwrL6DNAiyZLx4ivYemwJlwI14I0O.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure> <figure id="figure-kv7foby9vmviu2zfy" data-full-width=""><iframe id="kv7foby9vmviu2zfy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NuKRutswkeY" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/NuKRutswkeY?si=CHe_DUf-xxAjMesk" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NuKRutswkeY" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure><a data-mce-href="https://reprobatemedia.com/blog/jaguar-777-goes-cinematic---score-kacie-marie-s--rapture-in-blue" href="https://reprobatemedia.com/blog/jaguar-777-goes-cinematic---score-kacie-marie-s--rapture-in-blue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaguar 777 recently scored Kacie Marie's short film Rapture In Blue,</a> which premiered via CVLT Nation. The band's LP is also being repressed, with new cover art and a <a data-mce-href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/jaguar-777" href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/jaguar-777" target="_blank" rel="noopener">limited run of 100 on opaque white vinyl as a preorder exclusive, shipping in October.</a><figure id="figure-d1yw74gdkjmvitxhmf" data-full-width="" class=""><img id="d1yw74gdkjmvitxhmf" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/34uxtWzpzMW2v0Zt0O78pB25Iadhg57BzZGPLeWmLiuNYq9td1RM0XmnbvmgSDdH.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: undefined undefined;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/34uxtWzpzMW2v0Zt0O78pB25Iadhg57BzZGPLeWmLiuNYq9td1RM0XmnbvmgSDdH.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: undefined undefined;"></figure>

JAGUAR 777 on First-Round Ballots for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album at the 69th GRAMMY Awards

<h2>CHEATER SLICKS Turn 40: Mudhoney, Oblivians, Kid Congo and Chrome Cranks Join a Two-Night Columbus Blowout</h2><figure id="figure-lfj8s1t79kmv377avs"><img id="lfj8s1t79kmv377avs" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/321VLsIj0dnVjew6BHHPcKMfORarpAGoUGkBuGuDZKn5lyGIFXaFofG4KZ9CVcpp.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: 50% 0%;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="50%" data-positiony="0%" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/321VLsIj0dnVjew6BHHPcKMfORarpAGoUGkBuGuDZKn5lyGIFXaFofG4KZ9CVcpp.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: 50% 0%;"></figure>Forty years of feedback, and <a data-mce-href="https://intheredrecords.com/collections/cheater-slicks" href="https://intheredrecords.com/collections/cheater-slicks">Cheater Slicks</a> are throwing themselves a party loud enough to match.CS•40, the band’s 40th anniversary celebration, takes over Valley Dale Ballroom in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, June 4 and Saturday, June 5. <figure id="figure-7rgnbbtevmv37a1rp"><img id="7rgnbbtevmv37a1rp" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/39Xi4iI8o91BvsoNBxMFN6EcDpmHXeFn0eJCuQgbfnF6Rgu5Iv4wAknuucOuHUOw.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/39Xi4iI8o91BvsoNBxMFN6EcDpmHXeFn0eJCuQgbfnF6Rgu5Iv4wAknuucOuHUOw.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;"></figure>Friday: Oblivians, Kid Congo &amp; the Pink Monkey Birds, Red Aunts, Lavender Flu, and Cheater Slicks. Saturday: Mudhoney, Chrome Cranks, the Cheater Slicks Big Band, Des Demonas, and Cheap Fix.<figure id="figure-i8ou9ijiawqmv385e6i"><iframe id="i8ou9ijiawqmv385e6i" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P7sNKXq9bcw" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/P7sNKXq9bcw?si=EQq6oLwSGkbaELac" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P7sNKXq9bcw" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure>The room is part of the story. The band calls Valley Dale “one of the last big band ballrooms left in the U.S.” and says the Velvet Underground played there in 1966 on the Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour. A live recording of that show exists, and it will play in the ballroom Friday night as an invocation before the first band takes the stage.<figure id="figure-34xi32ittmv383bbp"><iframe id="34xi32ittmv383bbp" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKFnPv9E3Ww" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/LKFnPv9E3Ww?si=y4mDsywrFo1NIZec" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKFnPv9E3Ww" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure> The Slicks formed in Boston in 1987,&nbsp; by brothers Tom and Dave Shannon on guitar with drummer Dana Hatch, and moved to Columbus in 1996. Along the way they toured with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and made Don’t Like You, produced by Spencer and reissued by In The Red in 2025. The band planned the weekend with Gene Mullett starting in late winter. These guys have been grinding out raw, uncompromising bliss since before most "garage punk festival" lineups were born, and CS•40 is proof that the music still hits harder than anything with a publicist and a playlist strategy<figure id="figure-fl3ev1ispvmv387fhs"><iframe id="fl3ev1ispvmv387fhs" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MdPx0IwU1E4" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/MdPx0IwU1E4?si=v0P9Mw79SD6H21Zy" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MdPx0IwU1E4" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure>Ticket prices and availability are still to come, most likely through <a data-mce-href="https://ma.to/event/cheater-slicks-40th-anniversary-04-jun-2027" href="https://ma.to/event/cheater-slicks-40th-anniversary-04-jun-2027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eventbrite,</a> and the band says a website with details and an FAQ is on the way. <figure id="figure-r0d6vxogg8mvbsna77"><img id="r0d6vxogg8mvbsna77" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/250gIyeSH4yRenTl4VC3ECS29JxQvHQyMXvRKD28izZTvBHFpkAVktbJZ6WkAKqX.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/250gIyeSH4yRenTl4VC3ECS29JxQvHQyMXvRKD28izZTvBHFpkAVktbJZ6WkAKqX.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;"></figure>

CHEATER SLICKS Turn 40: Mudhoney, Oblivians, Kid Congo and Chrome Cranks Join a Two-Night Columbus Blowout

<h2>LABELS Collide Prog-Psych Jams with Hardcore Freak-Out on "Tech Death"</h2><figure id="figure-3rwqk3oh9imv1lkrqb" data-full-width=""><iframe id="3rwqk3oh9imv1lkrqb" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Adk0nqB54gA" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/Adk0nqB54gA?si=yyomxZCfylYmiHEO" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Adk0nqB54gA" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure>On October 9, Fort Worth's <a data-mce-href="https://linktr.ee/labelsbandofficial?fbclid=IwY2xjawUBerBwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4BNFVQf4_LLKUUbzBG6TZQbqxILv1lygCUlFMfMXZ4EXEuMqILaFTK7Uod3w_aem_aRAF34iZEdh00UeHzUiVPA" href="https://linktr.ee/labelsbandofficial?fbclid=IwY2xjawUBerBwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4BNFVQf4_LLKUUbzBG6TZQbqxILv1lygCUlFMfMXZ4EXEuMqILaFTK7Uod3w_aem_aRAF34iZEdh00UeHzUiVPA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LABELS </a>release "Tech Death," the second single from their upcoming EP Live To Revive — and it's <a data-mce-href="https://soundcloud.com/reprobatepromo/tech-death-2?si=00451df0436648b6ae4da4e39d448932&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing" href="https://soundcloud.com/reprobatepromo/tech-death-2?si=00451df0436648b6ae4da4e39d448932&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a proper banger.&nbsp;</a><figure id="figure-qu17jcfggremv1lngfe" data-full-width=""><img id="qu17jcfggremv1lngfe" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2akobwD4jpEYQae9FBcwyc7lD6Ekqq6gEDxfNKagii2AbRgiGcp95DIdYS9UvoPm.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2akobwD4jpEYQae9FBcwyc7lD6Ekqq6gEDxfNKagii2AbRgiGcp95DIdYS9UvoPm.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;"></figure>The song is a head-on collision of two worlds: the sprawling, kaleidoscopic prog-psych jamming of Oh Sees and King Gizzard &amp; the Lizard Wizard, pushed through a robotic tone and techy riffs, then driven straight through the band's own freak-out hardcore instincts. It's the sound of a band that clearly isn't interested in picking a lane.&nbsp;The idea behind the song is just as of-the-moment. Technology is attached to everything now, and the band says it's frying our brains. In their words:"Everything is associated with technology today, and it makes our brain feel fried. Playing the music we do can hopefully bring people together and live in the moment."<figure id="figure-7ib8agmg2lmv1ltrir" data-full-width=""><img id="7ib8agmg2lmv1ltrir" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/24Dtd2S4faduMHtVPHnzbqukejAuWYmpunDLW4tjOVydxf4ACaqO1x70xH6dOizL.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/24Dtd2S4faduMHtVPHnzbqukejAuWYmpunDLW4tjOVydxf4ACaqO1x70xH6dOizL.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>It follows a strong opening to the EP campaign.<a data-mce-href="https://joyzine.org/2026/09/11/single-video-premiere-labels-void/" href="https://joyzine.org/2026/09/11/single-video-premiere-labels-void/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Joyzine premiered the first</a> single <a data-mce-href="https://reprobatemedia.com/blog/-labels--new-video--void--is-out-now" href="https://reprobatemedia.com/blog/-labels--new-video--void--is-out-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Void"</a>&nbsp; and called the track a "3-act psych-rock opera," while Spanish-language outlet Rock and Roll Army gave "Void" a world-exclusive premiere as its song of the day. And on October 7 — two days before "Tech Death" arrives — the band just opened for Jack White at The Bomb Factory in Dallas. The full EP, Live To Revive, lands October 29 via Spaceflight Records.

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<figure id="figure-dk85dqhi37muhvwv91" data-full-width="" class=""><iframe id="dk85dqhi37muhvwv91" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NuKRutswkeY" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/NuKRutswkeY?si=BWOM0MnmtFzIJlFc" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NuKRutswkeY" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe></figure><a data-mce-href="https://cvltnation.com/enter-the-supernal-sonic-world-of-kacie-marie-rapture-in-blue/" href="https://cvltnation.com/enter-the-supernal-sonic-world-of-kacie-marie-rapture-in-blue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Score Premiere</a><h2><a data-mce-href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/danger-at-my-heels" href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/danger-at-my-heels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaguar 777</a> Goes Cinematic — Score <a data-mce-href="https://kaciemarie.com/" href="https://kaciemarie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kacie Marie's</a> "Rapture In Blue"</h2><figure id="figure-ssytxlwsrmuhwxyxl" data-full-width=""><img id="ssytxlwsrmuhwxyxl" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2ayFOhOq6k6D1vVcX7EoVRm9GzTebKDmfz76KZGLPmaLCHGL3mjbPjw3mdxoYyn2.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: 25% 15%;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="25%" data-positiony="15%" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2ayFOhOq6k6D1vVcX7EoVRm9GzTebKDmfz76KZGLPmaLCHGL3mjbPjw3mdxoYyn2.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: 25% 15%;"></figure>There's a moment in <a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/NuKRutswkeY?si=BWOM0MnmtFzIJlFc" href="https://youtu.be/NuKRutswkeY?si=BWOM0MnmtFzIJlFc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rapture In Blue </a>where the line between dream and static blurs completely — and that's exactly where <a data-mce-href="https://kaciemarie.com/" href="https://kaciemarie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kacie Marie </a>wants you.The 22-minute short film, starring Kacie Marie and Emmett O'Connor with an original score from Jaguar 777, unfolds less like a story and more like a fever you can't quite wake from.<a data-mce-href="https://cvltnation.com/enter-the-supernal-sonic-world-of-kacie-marie-rapture-in-blue/" href="https://cvltnation.com/enter-the-supernal-sonic-world-of-kacie-marie-rapture-in-blue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> CVLT Nation called it "watching TV in 1986 and waking at 3 AM to find it still playing" </a>— and that's exactly the feeling Jaguar 777's music locks into: nostalgic, eerie, gorgeous in a way that aches. Public-access rawness meets old-school horror scoring, the kind that used to carry a film's dread before studios traded atmosphere for polish.<figure id="figure-reof9f0fvlmuhxi330" data-full-width=""><img id="reof9f0fvlmuhxi330" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/5WCrRTXkz79MSPbbGQcIi7ex7r6VaIx61aJox2ohEuT8OLSuy5B1mNhpmEa27Jfm.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/5WCrRTXkz79MSPbbGQcIi7ex7r6VaIx61aJox2ohEuT8OLSuy5B1mNhpmEa27Jfm.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: center center;"></figure>Kacie Marie isn't new to any side of the camera. A working model for years, she's built out a<a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5NZvGAgtcdnJdxMfywPXw" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5NZvGAgtcdnJdxMfywPXw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a><a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5NZvGAgtcdnJdxMfywPXw" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5NZvGAgtcdnJdxMfywPXw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">real, prolific body</a><a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5NZvGAgtcdnJdxMfywPXw" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5NZvGAgtcdnJdxMfywPXw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>of directing and editing work of her own — shorts, music videos, a growing filmography that includes <a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/cHYJ0G6IrXA?si=UBwf5a9tpXfphAIc" href="https://youtu.be/cHYJ0G6IrXA?si=UBwf5a9tpXfphAIc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Flying Cowboy.</a> <a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/QBAv7yfqP0Q?si=08lia7qoGkwc4dWH" href="https://youtu.be/QBAv7yfqP0Q?si=08lia7qoGkwc4dWH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Danger at My Heels</a> and <a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/FQ52Fatdv1U?si=aXR67-KW0jgWmxCg" href="https://youtu.be/FQ52Fatdv1U?si=aXR67-KW0jgWmxCg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Who's Sorry Now</a>. That fluency with image and performance runs through every frame of Rapture In Blue, turned inward into something stranger, and entirely hers.<figure id="figure-eehjhmfzlqmuhx9hwd" data-full-width=""><img id="eehjhmfzlqmuhx9hwd" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2ayFOhOq6k6D1vVcX7EoVRm9GzTebKDmfz76KZGLPmaLCHGL3mjbPjw3mdxoYyn2.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: 50% 100%;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="50%" data-positiony="100%" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/2ayFOhOq6k6D1vVcX7EoVRm9GzTebKDmfz76KZGLPmaLCHGL3mjbPjw3mdxoYyn2.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: 50% 100%;"></figure>In her own words:"A dark and chaptered story reflecting those from within my mind, woven by a hue that has always inspired me. Art, music, movies, dreams, horror, weather; these are my brain's rinse and repeats."That hue — blue, cold, hypnotic — runs through every frame Jaguar 777's score touches. This isn't a soundtrack sitting behind the picture. It's woven into it.<figure id="figure-bzovz1almmuhxizew" data-full-width=""><img id="bzovz1almmuhxizew" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/33tsw27F8w8L1DIYN9LEUKVZrVOtxZDt3qyNFkBZUsFR2OR1W2N90cyVFWBEXbf3.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: undefined undefined;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/33tsw27F8w8L1DIYN9LEUKVZrVOtxZDt3qyNFkBZUsFR2OR1W2N90cyVFWBEXbf3.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: undefined undefined;"></figure> <a data-mce-href="https://vhshaven.com/products/rapture-in-blue-vhs?variant=50508551848176" href="https://vhshaven.com/products/rapture-in-blue-vhs?variant=50508551848176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pre-Order "Rapture In Blue"&nbsp; </a>and<a data-mce-href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/jaguar-777" href="https://jaguarsevensevenseven.bandcamp.com/album/jaguar-777"> the repress of Jaguar 777 LP on limited edition vinyl</a><a data-mce-href="https://reprobatemedia.com/blog/jaguar-777-goes-cinematic---score-kacie-marie-s--rapture-in-blue" href="https://reprobatemedia.com/blog/jaguar-777-goes-cinematic---score-kacie-marie-s--rapture-in-blue" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>-&nbsp; stay tuned for more Jaguar 777 news soon!&nbsp; <figure id="figure-essmc35yplmuhxkd7x" data-full-width=""><img id="essmc35yplmuhxkd7x" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/34uxtWzpzMW2v0Zt0O78pB25Iadhg57BzZGPLeWmLiuNYq9td1RM0XmnbvmgSDdH.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/34uxtWzpzMW2v0Zt0O78pB25Iadhg57BzZGPLeWmLiuNYq9td1RM0XmnbvmgSDdH.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>

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