Hardcore punks Ballstomper have their debut full-length album out this week. The band takes no shit and ram right into us with jams about loneliness, bitterness, the futility of clout, getting gaslit by society, defying gender norms, and Patrick Swayze among other things. Ballstomper blow off a ton of steam here over sixteen tracks, hurling the violent impositions back in
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Ben Slowey sits down with the Milwaukee punk band.
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Hardcore punks Ballstomper are out with two home recordings from a record they’ve planned for spring. It’s also their first release with new bassist Ivy Escobedo. The first track is about the selfishness of men during sex, as exemplified from how it’s portrayed in media. The second track confronts killing who you once were and how you’ve substituted fear with
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Hip hop artist Flowers4ever is out with her debut album. She comes out right off the bat with unapologetic attitude, culminating into a walkthrough of Flowers’ experience living as a trans woman. Features here include Bisca Rae, Neely, Bdwthr, and Jesse Vile of punk band Ballstomper. She shares rightful anger about constant erasure with songs such as “Dead Name” and
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The bands were part of a stacked lineup at Quarters on Sunday night.
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