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Single #2 from Direct Cremation is here

Tower Defense teleports directly from a cable TV variety show straight to your eyeballs

One of the pleasures of reissuing a previously released album is all of the research and mining that goes into finding promotional material from a specific era. For instance, with The Features reissue of Exhibit A (Original Sweet Tea Mix), director Chad Denning was able to find the original source files for “There’s a Million…

YK WORLD Returns with a beefy look at some alternative music platforms

“I might think about the inevitability of death more than some other people do,” reflects Alex Mojaverian (aka Trash Man). “It’s not the most healthy way to be, but no one is getting out alive, so everything that we do while we are here is precious and important.” 2024’s Moment of Bleakness and 2025’s Cool…

Tower Defense consistently write big, bombastic, earworms that tackle some hefty subjects lyrically. “Stop, I Think I’ve Heard This One Before” and “Effects are Temporary” are a shining example of that duality. These fuzzed-out blasts take on the struggle of losing someone to disinformation and the cost of political complacency. Two ends of the same…

Many many months ago I was clued in to the work of Swimming Sisters (aka Hal Kolodney).* I recall the moment very explicitly because I was immediately smitten. The guitars were bright, the hooks were unforgettable and the vibes were right. If you’ve ever found yourself enjoying a pop song with melancholy, wistful lyrics, you’ll…

Keeping the yearly tradition alive, yk Records and Trash Man are happy to announce a brand new EP – Direct Cremation. As only Trash Man can, it’s an impossibly memorable blast of blistering rock songs contemplating death, growing old together and the cacophony of our modern age. We’ll be announcing singles, videos and more in…

A Faustian bargain with artless hands

Coupler and sugar sk*-*lls collaboration through boundary pushing experimentation