XBXRX

After hearing a recommendation from a reliable source, I decided to start listening to a fairly new (to me) punk band from Alabama called XBXRX.

Their sound has been described as new wave-influenced, improvised and desconstructed. I don't know what that means. To me it's just really exciting, fast and bordering on pure noise at certain points. Which means, of course, I freakin' love it.

But what's wonderful about them is something so simple — they're still a band, they still tour and they make records. So many of my favorite bands are broken up that I never get into "new" music.

If you're interested in listening to them, several tracks from their latest album, Wars, can be heard here.