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FEATURED ARTIST
PUP
Toronto’s PUP make the kind of loud, unfiltered punk that feels like it could fall apart at any second, but never does. The guitars are big, the hooks stick, and the lyrics land somewhere between self-destruction and self-awareness. There’s humor in it, but it never feels like a joke. It feels lived in. If you like your punk melodic but still a little reckless, the kind you’d scream along to in a packed room, they’re worth turning all the way up.
DEEP CUTS
The Gun Club
Miami (1982)
This darker, moodier follow-up to their explosive debut doesn’t get talked about enough. Miami pulls punk through swamp blues, reverb, and raw tension without losing its edge. It feels haunted and restless. Jeffrey Lee Pierce sounds like he’s chasing something he’ll never quite catch, and that urgency runs through the entire record.
If you’re into punk that leans strange, gritty, and emotionally unsteady rather than fast and polished, this one hits. It sounds best at night, turned up, lights low.
THE UNDERGROUND
Magic America
Magic America
Philly’s Magic America lean into a hazy blend of dream pop and shoegaze while keeping one foot planted in DIY punk energy. Washed guitars, layered textures, and melodic hooks create that drifting, immersive sound, but there’s still movement underneath it all. It feels atmospheric without losing momentum.
If you’re into music that sits somewhere between distortion and daydream, loud but weightless at the same time, Magic America are worth turning up and letting it wash over you.
TRANSMISSION IN PROGRESS
UPCOMING BRODCASTS
Episode 01
Sunday, March 8
5:30–6:30 PM
Listen live at: www.radiogardenstate.com
Riot + Reverie Radio kicks off its first transmission with a deep dive into Toronto’s punk scene, the sound that shaped a generation and left its mark far beyond city limits. This episode is a focused hour of bands that built the foundation and the ones that carried it forward. Expect grit, urgency, and records that still hit hard. It’s a love letter to a hometown and a reminder that the best music often starts in rooms that are too small and too loud.
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