Featuring Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION and Eric Stenman of Tinfed, as well as being a noted producer, The Barbarians of California are equal opportunity iconoclasts, gleefully thrashing the left and the right in the hardcore-punk tradition of nonconformity and raw fury. The band isn’t “political” because they aren’t advocating for anyone’s platform. The central message is defiance. Today, the band has announced its debut album And Now I’m Just Gnashing My Teeth. It arrives October 4 via ONErpm. The band also announced its first show on October 19 at the Troubadour in L.A., with Strife, Will Haven, and Berthold City also to appear. Get tickets here. Stenman comments: “This album is the culmination of many, many hours spent chasing down a sound that we weren’t, currently, hearing out in the wor...