Alternative Tentacles Records

01/14/2026

Alternative Tentacles Artists To Watch In 2026: DFMK

After releasing a brand new album, "Playa Nuclear" at the end of this last year, Tijuana, B.C. Mexico’s own DFMK is poised to ascend this new year! Armed with their brand of dirty and mean rock n’ roll with a punk rock soul. Driving tempos, melodic riffs, raw leads, and high-octane vocals will make the album an instant favorite for hardcore fans. DFMK's live show is the stuff of legend. If they play near you, do NOT miss their show!

Run like zombies' are chasing you, and get a copy of DFMK's incredible brand new album, "Playa Nuclear" at your favorite record store or over at https://alternativetentacles.com/collections/releases/products/v529-dfmk-playa-nuclear

01/13/2026

Alternative Tentacles Artists To Watch In 2026: Death Hymn Number 9

Formed out of the murky Louisiana Swamp, these four denizens of somnambulance and limited brain power were a former backing band to Motown’s greats, until abandoned at a routine gas stop in Baton Rouge in August 1965. In an act of brazen post-mortem activity, the band soldiered on, focusing their collective rage and wild abandonment issues into a thrashy, gross, fast, groovy, loud, hurt-feeling-fest of garage and punk rock bravado. After emerging from those garbage laden swamp this band went on to kick a whole lot of ass, before once again returning to the cursed soil from whence they had come.

ONLY TO RISE AGAIN this last year, showing you can't keep a good undead band down. Once again they have returned to haunt Southern California and we couldn't be happier. Maybe we can lure them out with fresh brains and pizza. Keep an eye out.

While you still draw breath you should check out their incredible album, "3RD DEGREE MOON BURNS" Imagine The Cramps wrestling Doo Rag in an electric-fence cage-match at the tail-end of a month-long crystal m**h binge. Yeah... you get it.

Get yours now https://alternativetentacles.com/products/v452-death_hymn_number_9-3rd_degree_moon_burns

01/10/2026

MURDERER!!!
Just as blatant as George Floyd, and the Trumpzis know it.
This Patel’s FBI blocks the local authorities from even learning his name. If you haven’t seen the video, it’s TOO obvious he ran TOWARDS the innocent woman’s car and blew her away for sheer enjoyment.

- Biafra

01/10/2026

Alternative Tentacles Records Artists To Watch In 2026: Dead Pioneers

Exploding out of Colorado, Dead Pioneers has been taking the scene by storm. With two albums out on Hassle Records, and a 7" out on Alternative Tentacles, they show no signs of slowing down. Rumors abound of new material on the way.

Dead Pioneers vocalist, nationally known Indigenous artist of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Gregg Deal, started this project as an extension to a performance piece titled “The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy”. With the intent to create original music for this performance piece, the Dead Pioneers was born! Working closely with guitarist Josh Rivera and drummer Shane Zweygardt, Gregg tried to form som**hing over the Covid lockdown. Original music from Shane and Josh got things flowing, but things clicked when Gregg met Lee Tesche, lead guitarist for Algiers, at an art residency in Florida and became Dead Pioneers bassist.

Heavily influenced by Gregg’s Indigenous voice, this gave enough information to begin forming songs and the overall sound of Dead Pioneers. Later adding guitarist Abe Brennan to the crew while recording their first self-titled LP at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO.

Dead Pioneers is rooted in creating and performing a sound heavily influenced by the punk aesthetic with an edge built on a First Peoples perspective and not afraid to tackle hard political and social issues, standing in solidarity of Indigenous rights, Black rights, Brown rights, Asian rights, Gay rights, Trans rights, Workers rights and beyond.

Snag a copy of their albums over at Hassle Records https://hasslerecords.com/pages/dead-pioneers

Think about joining the Alternative Tentacles Patreon to get a limited edition copy of the 7" they dropped on Alternative Tentacles... it's worth getting one, because once it's gone... it's gone!
https://www.patreon.com/AlternativeTentaclesRecords

01/08/2026

I’m interviewed on the bonus disc, as is Paul Major, Ivan Stang (Church of the Sub Genius), Chris Poggiali, and more!

At least read the bio/backstory, people!
It may not dethrone “Plan 9…” as the ‘Worst Movie Ever Made’,
but to some people, it already has!

-Biafra

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01/08/2026

For those of you in Denver this weekend, you should pop over to The Goldfinch at 1842 S. Broadway this Saturday, January 10th for the MILE HIGH SOUL CLUB featuring Jello Biafra himself! When Jello spins it's always a great time and never what you would expect! Don't miss it!

https://www.milehighsoulclub.com

01/08/2026

Alternative Tentacles Artists To Watch in 2026: The Darts

The Darts - US now based in Seattle, WA, formed in 2016 with the goal of making great all-girl garage-rock noise, see the world, and have a fab slumber party every night. The four women threw on vintage black slips, kicked off their shoes, and set out on the adventure. This band is like a shark, always moving and never stopping!

By 2018, when Jello Biafra signed The Darts to Alternative Tentacles, they had already released two EPs in Europe. They would release a 7" with AT and 3 LPs us, before going on to aggressively tour both Europe and the United States on a near constant basis making a huge name for themselves worldwide!

In 2026 the band turns their attention ever more towards Europe with plans for a new album, as they relentlessly continue their conquest of the world. The Darts future is bright and we can't wait to see what they do next!

Jump on the hype train while you can, because The Darts wait for no one! Check out their incredible Alternative Tentacles Records discography: https://alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist-page/the-darts?variant=48379187069217

Photo by Danny Ngan

01/07/2026

I talk about Palmer Rockey in the ReSearch book, “Incredibly Strange Music - Vol. 2”.
He should have been in “Incredibly Strange Films”!

-Biafra

Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present the long-lost cinematic masterpiece - written, produced, directed by and starring PALMER ROCKEY. Coming soon to a th...

01/07/2026

Alternative Tentacles Records Artists To Watch 2026: ArnoCorps

Through their unrelenting mission to restore integrity to Austrian alpine lore and mythology that has been bastardized and exploited by Hollywood, ArnoCorps have written the most powerful and inspiring anthems in history. In their chronicling of heroic tales and fantastic adventures, these pioneers of action-adventure hardcore rock and roll have become international symbols of empowerment through their ballsy defiance of cinematic Austroploitation. Hearing these tales in the way they were meant to be told, attentive listeners should expect to become wholly enlightened to their own potential to become goddamn heroes and sheroes.

Exactly.

There have been rumors that this Austrian rescue team (note NOT assassins!) have been working on new material, once again infusing ancient lore and mythology of the Austrian Alpine communities via punk and metal-infused rock anthems.

One thing is for sure, no matter what they do its going to give all of us increased muscle mass, a better understanding of life's mysteries, and feeling like the goddamn heroes and sheroes we all are.

Get to the choppa and take a look at the entire ArnoCorps catalog available now at https://alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist-page/arnocorps

photo by Miikka Skaffari

01/07/2026

Jello Biafra is back with a brand new episode of both his long running spoken word YouTube series; "What Would Jello Do? and his podcast; Jello Biafra's Renegade Roundtable with a spoken word piece about the Venezuela situation.

Also available as a new episode of Jello Biafra's Renegade Roundtable podcast available where ever you listen to podcasts!

Edited by Chris Reject

Jello Biafra is back with a brand new episode of both his long running spoken word YouTube series; "What Would Jello Do? and his podcast; Jello Biafra's Rene...

01/07/2026

BiFocal Media has unleashed the Chris Shary take on Winston Smith's Alternative Tentacles Bat Logo on a button up Dickies Work Shirt! It's a limited run of 100 so don't wait... get your order in while you can!

In 1984 my eyes were ripped open to hardcore music thanks to the compilation “Let Them Eat Jellybeans”. It was my gateway record into the dark underbelly of the most blistering and unusual music I had ever heard. I studied the album like it was a holy relic. The massive poster that came with it ...

01/06/2026

Alternative Tentacles Records Artists To Watch In 2026: Ani Kyd Wolf

Ani Kyd Wolf is a Canadian Metis vocalist, musician, director, writer, producer. She started the film company Sugar Skull Films in 2010 and has been creating various multimedia projects ever since. Ani has been in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, starting her career out and continuing as a musician and vocalist.

Hot on the heels of releasing "The Last Steps Of Man-Unkind", her latest solo album on Alternative Tentacles this last year and after dropping a 7 Music Videos (you can see them all on the Alternative Tentacles YouTube Channel), Ani Kyd Wolf immediately started a new project with some of her collaborators called the Royal Strays out of Vancouver! Find more on them here: https://royalstrays.com/

Her latest solo album is now streaming everywhere and available on CD at https://alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist-page/ani-kyd