New York City-based Ecce Shnak makes art rock that pulls from punk bite, pop hooks, and left field structure, never sitting still for long. After a 2025 stretch that included the Shadows Grow Fangs EP and the live “Backroom Sessions” release,
Even after thirty years since its debut, Lowsunday's Low Sunday Ghost Machine still sounds like something that would come out today. Is it because the world is still a bleak place? Or maybe the Pittsburg-based post-punk shoegazers just have a
The world may be dealing with one too many unspeakable horrors, but Sword Tongue is here to jab evil in its jugular. Their 2025 EP Bonfire In The Tempest aims to take down the oligarchy, as Jennifer Ryan Wilde coils
The Winter Olympics are happening, and only JonStar seems to be excited about it. And how can you blame the others, especially after Japan got screwed over the 2020 games! But a more terrifying thing has invaded King Baby Duck's
While The Melancholy Kings are Jersey boys through and through, their sound bleeds pure Brit-Rock. Six years since their debut album, The Melancholy Kings have returned to the throne with their second album, Her Favorite Disguise. Filled with bite-y tracks
It's the first Duck Amuck in Japan of 2026, and the guys got lots of anime on their mind. But first, they give a shoutout to a fellow podcast show that had a familiar guest on it. King Baby Duck
Rayon likes to take things on like a '90s hero slacker: slow, cool, and very much in the zone. The Portland-based post-rockers take on consumerism with an ironic laze in "Shopping", a song that could've easily appeared on the Mallrats
If ska bands can hide under the guise of an orchestra, then punk bands should have the chance to dub themselves symphonies. That's what the LA-based Detroit Illharmonic Symphony have done, and their new album Everything is Shattered is filled
It's the final Duck Amuck in Japan episode of 2025, so you know what that means! Join King Baby Duck, AFLM, and JonStar as they look back at the best and worst of the year! And just as they did
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and there's no sign of tryptophan overdose here in Duck Amuck in Japan. With the Christmas season now officially begun, King Baby Duck plays the very first holiday song to truly get in the festive