📢 DIY music & arts, under the radar bands and artists, rare finds, alternative releases, premieres, interviews, and morehttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mpxxutgjec2t"DIY music isn't a subculture, it's a counter culture." https://idioteq.com/inside-the-end-of-impact-fest-2026-an-interview-with-cady-shooting-daggers-vibora-lidylle-laurie-bird-and-lumiere/06 Jul 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxxutgjec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mpxrphbzt22cNew screamo meg a feature just landed! New Friends Fest '26 Special: 36 bands, four reunions, and a 15-band roundtable. https://idioteq.com/screamo-summer-camp-36-bands-4-reunions-and-15-bands-on-what-new-friends-fest-26-means-to-them/06 Jul 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxrphbzt22chttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mpqrinoifk2dIDIOTEQ Explore is live. Two decades of our exclusive coverage of independent artists, now browseable by country, city, genre, label, and year. Interactive map, genre graph, country stats, full catalog search. Full write-up on how it works - https://idioteq.substack.com/p/idioteq-explore-is-live-map-and-genre03 Jul 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqrinoifk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mobkxlc5mc2bUnder The Radar Artists hunt continues. Another week on IDIOTEQ in the books - https://idioteq.substack.com/p/weekly-underground-17-under-the-radar14 Jun 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobkxlc5mc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mobkaf7izs2bTrapped Under Ice by Future Breed - Live at the Great American Hardcore Fest at Club Lido in Revere, MA on September 19th, 2009.14 Jun 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobkaf7izs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mo37uyzjqc2tTorena have released Extinction, a three-track EP out June 12 via DAZE. “Born In Pain,” “Extinction,” and “Nothing But Revenge” - https://cultofluna.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-shadow-of-your-shadow @DAZE_STYLE @Torenahc12 Jun 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo37uyzjqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mnzi27jhzc2mSo now they’re gonna cancel END IT?11 Jun 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzi27jhzc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mnw5z4eu322yMADBALL drops “Tethered”, the opener to their 10th lp “Not Your Kingdom,” due July 24, a follow-up to 2018’s “For the Cause” and arrives via @nbeurope @nuclearblastusa // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWldqWPXNX410 Jun 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnw5z4eu322yhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mnv7hehmtc25Something very special coming up this week on IDIOTEQ.09 Jun 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv7hehmtc25https://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mmzearac6k24A Static Lullaby pulled a Taylor Swift on their own debut. 23 years on, Dan Arnold on the homemade hardcore starter kit Joe gave him in 2003. So glad we could talk about it. https://idioteq.com/a-static-lullaby-look-back-at-their-2003-debut/29 May 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmzearac6k24https://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mmrrh57gl22iGeoff Rickly and Jeremy Bolm trading the closing lines of "Paris in Flames" together at Outbreak Fest 2024. Full clip up on YouTube via @daitanfilms26 May 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrrh57gl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mmrglepcok2kNew DEMERSAL single is pure fire 🔥 https://idioteq.com/demersal-som-sendt-fra-himlen/26 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrglepcok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mmgqhmbytc23Vegan metalcore and hard-edged hardcore drive Ecotage’s new five-track record Redemption, out May 22, 2026. The Finland band circles around animal liberation, human liberation, and environmental justice - https://ecotagehc.bandcamp.com/album/redemption22 May 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgqhmbytc23https://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mmbyuimjok2wNo Guard drop two tracks from No Guard: “Half The Man I Am” and “Burden Of Life.” Out May 20 via DAZE and Triple B Records https://dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/2-songs-from-no-guard20 May 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbyuimjok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mm5h6gd2422t"Coliseum is quietly, happily working on a new album. But don’t tell anyone." 🤫 https://idioteq.com/caterwaul-2026-rye-coalition-rainer-fronz/18 May 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5h6gd2422thttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mlskb6ad3c2r"Slowpunk is about how to be punk when you grow up. You get slower. Go to less shows. You get a mortgage. Which sounds not very punk. But that's the switch." #thehoneybeeband14 May 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlskb6ad3c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mlsfh6rblk2hSteve Albini's death in 2024 left a void in the lives of everyone he worked with. Mono made almost every record at Electrical Audio over 25 years. Snowdrop is the first they have made without him. We talked to Taka about 3 funerals, the flower language & https://idioteq.com/post-rock-maestros-mono-discuss-snowdrop-steve-albini/14 May 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsfh6rblk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3mle34n42fc2tA very special guest coming up next week - an in-depth interview with experimental / instrumental / post rock legends. Take a guess.08 May 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle34n42fc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3ml6z7uni622jRaein, Weatherday, Stormo, Soastasphrenas... https://idioteq.com/rites-of-spring-fest-real-emo-2026/06 May 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6z7uni622jhttps://bsky.app/profile/idioteqcom.bsky.social/post/3ml6nylcoq22nYou're old!06 May 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:5nqphmtmwngrk3xn33dnibgb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6nylcoq22n