I used to love gathering up all the music I've listened to throughout the year when I used write for Audio Ammunition and now I'm glad I have a new platform to do it once again. I enjoy reflecting on the year through these records; where I was when I first heard them, or remembering the excitement of listening to them for the first time. Often times I get surprised that some of these records have only been in my life for such a short a time. 2025 was an unbelievable year for underground rock n roll. It took me so long to gather the records I loved the most and whittle the list down to something manageable. I used to have a method of ranking records but I realized it was foolish. I used to rank records by how much I actually played them throughout the year. Sounds legitimate right? Well, then I thought about this: I love the movies 2001 A Space Odyssey and Back To The Future. I am not in the mood to watch the former as often as I am the latter. Does that mean I like Back To The...

  One of the things that initially drew me to punk rock music was earnestness. I guess you can say it's the main ingredient that continues to bring me back to that particular cookie jar over and over. Do you have something to say? And more importantly do I believe in you enough for me to buy what you're selling? I can't recall the exact moment I first heard Home Front or even the first song, but I can tell you how it made me feel. I know this because it's the same way listening to this, the band's second LP. It makes me sit up straight, pay attention, clench my fists, and decide whole heartedly that the struggle is worth carrying on. From this, you can conclude that I indeed opened up my old Boba Fett wallet and bought what Home Front was selling me.  I have been eagerly awaiting this release since the very first announcements were made. After listening to Watch It Die  a few times, swishing it around my head and really taking it in, I decided that it did not disapp...