Wizard Tattoo from Indianapolis have been putting out records since 2022, prior releases including 2022’s S/T EP, 2023’s Fables of the Damned debut full-length, and 2024’s Living Just for Dying and One of these Knives EPs. There’s also the Living Just for Knife Fighting compilation, which compiles the aforementioned 2024 EPs and is worth picking up for the bonus covers of Motörhead, Danzig, and Helmet alone.
The week’s essential intake is here! It’s New Music Friday for September 11th 2026!
Day 3:
The easily induced crying listening to Warning, when just the night before Patrick Walker was hosting a heavy metal Karaoke in the basement of the 013. Nothing throwing down one of the best performances I’ve seen from them. The insanity of the skate park stage, people moshing and crowd surfing on one of the boxes; all the lights have to stay on for insurance reasons, and I agree with that. The sets I missed: Mandy Indiana, Acid Mothers Temple, Chained To the Bottom Of The Ocean, to name a few. Continue reading