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Japan's Pinprick Punishment on US tour, playing NYC on Wed; Replica touring & playing NYC too (dates & streams)

Tokyo’s Pinprick Punishment have been touring the US over the past month. The group is an interesting mix of hardcore and experimentalism, recalling the dissonance of later Black Flag and the choppy rhythms of Bl’ast, thus rightfully earning the ‘weird’ tag on their Bandcamp page for their 2013 EP Join My Army…

Infest played their first 2 NYC shows ever at Acheron and The Wick w/ Paint It Black & more (full set videos of both, setlist)

videos “Infest shredded tonight – the Acheron crowd went ballistic and it was a steam bath – it ruled.” – Matthew Melnick “INFEST at the Wick last night holy hell…

Infest playing shows, including their first-ever in NYC (dates)

Infest in Miami, 2013 (more by Kris Alan Carter) Since reforming after a 22-year hiatus last year, West Coast powerviolence pioneers Infest have been gradually working their way up the East Coast via a series of one-off dates: their first East Coast show was in Miami last March; the band followed it up with an appearance at the Invisible Oranges-sponsored A389 Bash this January, and put in an appearance at Damaged City Fest this past weekend…