PEACH KELLI POP - Debut LP (Going GaGa Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
more info soon...
www.myspace.com/alliehanlon
PAHAA VERTA - Same LP (Bad Hair Life Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
This is a Finnish hardcore band, review follow soon...
MODERN ACTION – Radioactive Boy 7" (Modern Action Rec.)US-version of the upcoming P.Trash 7" MODERN ACTION are back! Last year the bands debut 7" blew the minds of the masses into orbit. Now the mutants have emerged from hiding to bring you two more nut splattering songs.
BODIES, THE – Angel On The Nine 7" (Modern Action Rec.)US-version of the upcoming P.Trash 7". After 9 years and many false promises (outright lies) about new releases, THE BODIES are finally back with 2 new tunes. They have not broken any new ground with these new songs nor have they progressed in their musical abilities nor expanded into any new territory – and that’s the good news. Both songs are poured from the same mold as all their other songs that you are surely sick of from the last decade...As the saying goes, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it!!!
MODERN PETS - 1st Demo 7" (Search For Fame Rec.)
Think 70% BRIEFS, 15% SEX PISTOLS & 15% MODERN ACTION! Germans newest Punk-Rock aspiration! The P.Trash 7" come out at the end of June 2010!!!
http://www.myspace.com/modernpets
WOMEN - No Reasons LP (FDH Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Philadelphia's Women return with their first LP. This follows up their debut 7" that they released back in 2008. No Reasons blasts through 11 tracks, in only 20 minutes. Just as aggressive as Women's first release, yet more melodic at the same time. A perfect blend of garage punk and 80's hardcore. A must have for anyone's collection. Co-released between FDH and Resurrection Records. Limited to only 500 copies, each copy with a free download code for the album with a extra 2 tracks. Get it while it lasts!
http://www.myspace.com/thebandwomen
MICKEY - Same 12" (FDH Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Its Mac from FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS / MAC BLACKOUT and his new band. As long as there's still hips to shake and asses to move, MICKEY will be there to rub it in deep and smother your world with their ineffable concoction of punk brilliance. The most promising new Chicago pop band since the SMITH WESTERNS, these five individual odd fellows have unearthed the primal lunacy and indescribable glam irresistibility that has turned anyone who's seen them into blathering idiots, ready to swallow every stray flung drop of slimy sweat dripping from their guitar necks. After last year's impeccable debut 7" on HoZac and their devastating trip through the wilderness of South by Southwest's seedy underbelly, they turned enough heads and converted so many people, that I finally felt like it wasn't just us that was crazy for their inebriated, yet exasperatingly unique undulating glitter-pop formula.
Just like when GG ALLIN covered The Ohio Express' "Up Against The Wall" during his early pop fascination period, it's the truly unorthodox filtration of influences that generates unbelievable results like these, and MICKEY does it all with the trashy finesse of a sanitation worker at an art gallery. Crushing boring predictability and shoving raw sewage into a powerful pop-art format that sends chills down the spine and makes it fun for the whole family.
FDH Records unleashes the Mickey 12" EP, featuring six serrated songs that will etch their name even deeper into your brain, causing eyeballs to pop and eardrums to throb simultaneously for the duration of each side, with already-classic tracks from their live set such as the rollicking "Space Case" and the very well possibly FU2-inspired "Electric Dreams," both of which have sent many a crowd into a mouth-foaming frenzy on many an occasion. Bands like MICKEY seem to only happen when the planets of the universe align a certain way, but as their songs and overall persona continue to build to massively impressive levels, there's really no telling how far they can go, but we can only stand back and watch in awe as they level everything in their path. First pressing with a limited edition die cut LP cover limited to 500 copies (die cut coverwill only be on the first prssing edition).
http://www.myspace.com/iamyourtrash
DESTRUCTION UNIT - Eclipse LP (FDH / Perfectly Round Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
DESTRUCTION UNIT returns with a new lineup and sound on "Eclipse". This 8 track follow up to a split LP with BLACK SUNDAY takes the band in a new direction from previous releases. Less moody and synth heavy then DESTRUCTION UNIT of the past, however still packs a punch. The lineup change moves the band away from a DIGITAL LEATHER / LOST SOUNDS vibe, towards KRAUT / Desert Psych territories.
The first pressing of this LP (clocking in at around 35min) is limited to 500 copies
http://www.myspace.com/destructionunits
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Just looking 7" (FDH Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Just looking for another distraction? Check this out. Four new snotty garage punk rockers as a follow up to the German releases on P.Trash & Red Lounge. Three originals and a Nipple Errectors cover. More yelling, more hooks, and the lyrics keep getting more retarded. Night Bangers, Nite Sticks, 3rd AD's and bangin' chicks.Limited to 500 copies.
http://www.myspace.com/onestrangeattractor
FRUSTRATION -Midlife Crises 7" (Born Bad Rec.)New 7" of french post punk/cold punk at his best! Formed in september 2002 by members of the parisian "happy family" Anteenagers mc, Teckels, Operation S, No Talents, Steve & the jerks, Four Slicks, Les Terribles & Warum Joe. Frustration have decided to explore the dark, cold, sad but tense side of rock'n'roll. Influenced by postpunk & coldwave bands such as Crisis, Warsaw/Joy Division, Killing Joke, The Fall etc...Frustration is more a modern
http://www.myspace.com/_frustration
SLÖA KNIVAR – Hemmakvälls Massaker 7" (Ken Rock Rec.)New Swedish hardcore band, and yes they are great on record and great liveband go and see them, and buy their records, and shirts. This record have 4 songs two in Swedish and two in English and yeep the lyrics is there so you can easy sing along with Patricia this will be a classic kenrock record. They also have a LP out now on skrammel.
www.myspace.com/sloaknivar
TALBOT ADAMS - Jack And Jesse 7" (Douchmaster Rec.)In case you've forgotten already, Talbot was the front man for THE BLACK & WHITES. With the birth of his twin boys, Talbot had to keep the noise down a bit and wrote some quieter stuff. Super sweet and frankly touching stuff from former wild man turned dad. He does it Douche Master style with four songs all under two minutes. Packed full of Talbot's patented male oooohhhs.
NOBUNNY - Brace Face 7" (Douchmaster Rec.)NOBUNNY's Oral fixation reaches fever pitch with "Brace Face" and "Your Mouth". Also includes an awesome cover of MOTO's "It tastes just like a Milkshake." You know him, you love him, and you're just a little weirded out by him.
GENTLEMAN JESSE - Shes A Trap 7" (Douchmaster Rec.)These two tracks are a couple of teasers for what we believe is going to be an ass kickin rock n roll LP. Vintage Jesse RNR with "She's a Trap". He slows it down a bit on the B side with "I Won't Say Goodbye." Look for him in your city soon as he is currently touring his ass off.
KING LOUIE'S MISSING MONUMENTS - Black Rainbow 7" (Douchmaster Rec.)This record is sort of the direction LOUIE was going with LOOSE DIAMONDS, but without all the genre hopping. This stuff is boogie free, straight forward, hook laden rock n’ roll. He told us before we heard it that it was the catchiest stuff he’d worked on in years, and he was true to his word. The only thing more exciting than this single is the LP they’re about to start recording. Hell Yes!
HALF RATS - For The Sake Of Love 7" (Douchmaster Rec.)Sans objectivity, I must freely admit that I fucking love this record! TJ lives in Chicago and plays in COCOCOMA. The other dudes are somewhere in Indiana. The HALF RATS are sort of Doo-wopish on a poor man’s recording budget. It’s catchy as hell but not overly joyful or silly. An undeniable sixties vibe and great vocal hooks.
TIMMY'S ORGANISM - I'm On A Hunt 7" (Douchmaster Rec.)Finally! The King of Weird Punk finds himself on Douche Master. If there were a budget rock hall of fame, Timmy Vulgar would almost have to be one of the first inductees. It’s always a thrill to see what Timmy will do next, either in a studio or perhaps walking down the street. The A side is grimy as hell and sounds a bit like early DEAD BOYS. B side carries a similar vibe but with a healthy dose of heroine soaked early BAD SEEDS.
CRUSADERS OF LOVE - Never Grow Up LP (Douchmaster Rec.)We reached across the pond again and came up, this time, with an LP from France’s Crusaders of Love. With members of Happy Burger, we figured we probably had as close to a sure thing as we were gonna get. If you’re familiar with their singles, you’ll probably notice a departure from the psychedelic in favor of garage pop on the LP. With the exception of a track on the B-side that sounds kind of like Spacemen 3, it’s a pretty jangly and happy record throughout. A perfect fit for Douche Master fans!
BAD SPORTS - Same LP (Douchmaster Rec.)Denton , TX is the equivalent for Douchemaster Records of a bar you can always go into and always expect to get laid afterwards. In this case she's particularly young and hopped up on speed. If you missed the two Bad Sports singles from 2008, then you don't know about their major league hooks and their seemingly unchallenged quickness. BAD SPORTS are a three piece that features TV's Daniel from WAX MUSEUMS and Greg Rutherford from HIGH TENSION WIRES. Orville just sits around and writes most of the songs. BAD SPORTS are a bit more playful, but don't be surprised if this record reminds you slightly of The REDS or the first MARKED MEN LP. Their debut LP features fourteen songs!
ED DAVIS BAND - Keith Richard's Dead LP (Rave Up Rec.)Guitarists Mike Enright and Byron Stevens met drummer Curt Gary at the University of Cincinnati in the early ‘70s. By 1975 they were jamming together, abusing controlled substances, and listening closely to Lee Perry, Pere Ubu, and the singles coming out of New York and London. A visit to a Bloomington, Indiana, basement to see MX-80 Sound was pivotal, as were debut LPs from The Ramones and The Patti Smith Group. In the winter of 1976, local guerilla art collective We're Just Like You put on a show at the university and needed a band. With the addition of Mike’s high-school friend Bob Cotter on bass and a few weeks of rehearsals, Mike, Curt, and Byron formed Ed Davis, a name chosen because it meant nothing and revealed nothing. The group stayed together after the show and slowly built a following in Cincinnati clubs, eventually playing a series of legendary parties in their downtown loft. In '78 the band cut a single, played on WAIF-FM, opened for The Patti Smith Group at Bogart's, and lost guitarist Byron, who moved to NYC. Ed soldiered on for another year with new vocalist and pianist Fran Slater; bassist Bob switched to guitar; and Mike picked up the bass. Their last show, at the 5th Street loft backed by the Shake It label’s legendary The Customs, was in June of 1979.
ALLIES / SAUCERS - East Bay Punks-From the Streets of Berkeley 1978-81 LP (Rave Up Rec.)Disillusionment with the "mellow 70's" was turning to rage as the US waged a proxy war in Central America, and San Francisco ignited into fiery riots after the assassination of its mayor and first openly gay city council member. The Saucers reflected these times with caustic humor and impassioned social commentary. In 1980, the band after the departure of first keyboard player, Joey Michaels, renamed themselves The Allies, adding dynamic lead guitarist Craig Magee, formerly with Dyan Diamond (Runaways). With the addition of Magee, the band pivoted from the Saucers' Farfisa-dominated garage punk to a more muscular, guitar-driven sound. Local music producer and KALX engineer Terry Hammer worked behind the scenes to get both bands into the studio, with varied results, on display here. He also recorded a number of live shows for the two groups, and it's mostly thanks to his efforts that this music survives today. After the definitive split of the band, the drummer Jake Smith went on to join hardcore punk band Crucifix, played in an early version of Faith No More.
STORMTROOPER - I'm a Mess LP (Rave Up Rec.)Stormtrooper formed and disbanded in a fury in 1975 before punk rock arose?out of the ashes of glam and pub rock! . Their debut single "I'm A Mess" was described by the British music press as "the sound of a commuter being shoved under a tube train in the rush hour, one for howling at the moon and a tale of drunkenness in the wild of Soho" The band formed at the bar in the Marquee? Club by British front man Nigel Hutchings and bassist Jeff Piccinini who recruited John Pilka on guitar and Mike Lee on drums. They recorded a demo of 4 songs in August of 1975 and then signed with?Corruption Management on the Portobello Road for a couple of pints and some distant promises. The band played only one gig at the Bath Pavilion, then split-up. This, ladies and gentleman, was before the birth of punk rock and the tracks of this anthology are pure “punk” before... punk!!!
THE PLOD - Neo City LP (Rave Up Rec.)"The Mighty Plod" were formed in May 1972 by Colchester Musician Steve Greenfield. The original line-up was Michael Natkansk (drums), Martin Newell (vocals), Carl Symanski (bass), John Fitzsimons (guitar). Their music was based on glam rocks hits of the day such as Slade and Sweet, and a selection of rock'n'roll standards like 'Johnny B. Goode' and 'Shakin' all over' done in a fast thrash style. In 1975 the band recorded five studio tracks including the amazing ‘Neo City’. The Mighty Plod turned up again in a feature on lost treasures from the Glam Rock era, the most important bands that got away, in the January 2002 ‘Record Collector’. As a result of this In March 2003 RPM records released the ‘classic’ compilation CD ‘Velvet Tinmine’, that includes 20 tracks selected by the music magazine.
MEAN JEANS / WHITE WIRES - Split 7" (Dirtnap Rec.)First release using Dirtnap Records’ patented “Double B-Side” technology. Each band contributes 1 new, unreleased party anthem. By the way, this is a totally different release than the MEAN JEANS / WHITE WIRES 7" on P Trash. Different songs, different covers, different everythings. All copies with download coupon. New WHITE WIRES LP (which the track here is not gonna be on) in late October. New MEAN JEANS LP in 2011. Whoo!
http://www.myspace.com/themeanjeans
http://www.myspace.com/theewhitewires
FEELING OF LOVE - Suck / Soul / Porn LP (HBSP-2X / Kill Shaman Rec.)Extremely brutal on the A-side, B-side features an etching.! Ugly people making ugly things" starts the final track "I Hate Porn" on the FEELING OF LOVE's latest EP Suck/Soul/Porn, and it couldn't be farther from the truth. The Feeling of Love is beautiful people making beautiful noise. While the French trio's band name conjures up images of long walks on the beach, holding hands, and everything beautiful in this world their music evokes filth, raw emotions, and chaos. The opening track "The Way To Suck" is an ass-kicking bluesy-garage rocker with a badass guitar riff. The easy way out is to compare the track to anything by Blues Explosion; yet Jon Spencer could never dream of being this frenetic. "Soul Track" isn't a soul song but it has a lot of soul. It's an absolutely-in-control wall of noise. The aforementioned "I Hate Porn" features the more electronic side of the group, but it isn't about backbeats or samples. It's about a drum machine and 93 seconds of rock. The Feeling of Love is severely underrated and continue to get better with every passing release. At just over 7 minutes long, this three-song EP doesn't waste time in making its point and I won't either. Do yourself a favor and buy Suck/Soul/Porn right now." - Jordan Smith.
http://www.myspace.com/thefeelingoflove
EPSILONS - Killed Em' Dead'R Than A Six Card Poker Hand LP (HBSP-2X Rec.)TY SEGALL may be a household name in the modern garage-punk scene, but many are unaware of his previous band EPSILONS [no "the"] who released two mighty records in 2006 and 2007. They were mere lads, [barely] accomplished beyond their young years, but genuine teenagers making genuine teenage punk rock. This, the second of their two LPs, sounds like dark carnival music from a SoCal county fair on the wrong side of the tracks looking through the same Funhouse mirror previously distorted by the likes of the MUMMIES, THEE OH SEES, and countless other backyard heroes spewing classic doses of house party madness. There's mondo guitar, bass, drums, and plenty of organ and vocal creep to keep us on our heels & toes. It scrapes raw like fresh road-raspberry from a drunken skateboard fall but feels as good as your girlfriend's [or boyfriend's] tight/soft ass in your hand right before s/he punches you and tells you to fuck off for feeling her/him up in front of everyone. EPSILONS love how it throbs & stings and so do you. It will make you dance & sing along, make you grab another cold one, and make you tell your friends how good this record is and how if they're gonna listen to TY SEGALL, then they need to "get his early shit with EPSILONS, man!" cuz THAT is where the action is. Killed'em Deader Than A Six Card Poker Hand was released by the venerable LA label Retard Disco on CD in the summer of 2007, and is issued here for the first time on vinyl by the oddly handsome Chicago label Captcha, who released [in their previous label incarnation as HBSP-2X] the utterly awesome TY SEGALL odds n'sods compilation Horn The Unicorn. Buy this in bulk, hide it in the trunk, and take it across the border. As sonic currency, it's weightier than gold.
http://www.myspace.com/epsilons
FACTUMS - Roman Soldier 12" (HBSP-2X / CAPTCHA Rec.)
Three-piece unit Factums and Captcha Records, of Seattle and Chicago, present Roman Soldier, a multi-dimensional sonic experience of cinematic beauty. The first decaying hit of this record sounds like the approach of an apocalyptic army overheard from the inside of an insurgent’s desolate cave. Suspense builds as the cadence of the piece accelerates, the twists and turns of its theme provoking high anxiety and cold sweats. As tension climaxes and the sonic assault begins to fade, sounds evocative of dazed contemplation suffuse the aural space, creating an impression of crystalline clarity that might be reminiscent of an introspective montage, replaying the last conversation you had with the one you love. In its primal minimalism, calculated chaos and transcendental ambience, this record presents an opportunity to abandon the banality of modern life and lose yourself in the complexities of your imagination. The Roman Soldier EP follows up the exquisite release Flowers on the Sacred Bones label, arriving in advance of the highly anticipated release Gilding the Lilies. This record, featuring an etching on the reverse, is being produced in an edition of 500 copies and will not be repressed.
http://www.myspace.com/factums
BAVARIANS, LES - Les Plans D'Une Nuit / Kamikaze De L'Amour 7" (POUET! Schallplatten)more info soon...
http://www.myspace.com/noussommeslesbavarians
LA RACE - Same 7" (POUET! Schallplatten)2 guys from HEADWAR + 1 from DEATH TO PIGS) 5 tracks EP, file under YAKISAKANA Bluespunk / Trash. GREAT!!!! One track "frankenstina" is listenable on the Pouet! myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/pouetschallplatten
CHEAP TIME - Fantastic Explanations (And Similar Situations) LP (In The Red Rec.)more info soon...
FRESH & ONLYS - Play It Strange LP (In The Red Rec.)more info soon...
TYVEK - Nothing Fits LP (In The Red Rec.)more info soon...
PARTING GIFTS - Strychnine Dandelion LP (In The Red Rec.)more info soon...
AMAZING ONE MAN BAND / FABULOUS GO-GO BOY FROM ALABAMA - Split 10" (Squoodge / Luna Rec.)Garage-Trash from Uruguay / Brazil. 500 pieces with a fullcolored 300 gr/m² cardboard sleeve
Songs: Be my humble servant and shake it / Man or demon / Bad bitch / Big river of south chicks // Do me wrong / Let it go / The mess is mine / This is a bad day
http://www.myspace.com/gogoboy123
http://www.myspace.com/amazingonemanband
V/A - FISTFUL OF TRASH (5 years of Squoodge Records)10" (Squoodge / Luna Rec.)Pieces: 475 pieces with a fullcolored 300 gr/m² cardboard sleeve, artwork by Marcel Bontompi.
A Side:
Thee Garagekid - I love Squoodge
Batman & Robin and the prisoners Combo - Get nervous when I meet Catwomen!
Urban Junior - Krach!
Night of One Sadist - I`m on LSD
The Amazing One Man Band - Ask her for water
B-Side
Reverend Beat-Man & Delaney Davidson - Back in hell
Mondo Ray - I hate your face
Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave - Graveyard blues
The Fabulous Go-Go Boy From Alabama - I Can't Be Your Man, I'm A Monster!
Juliette Elektra & The Black Mask Gang - 5 années de squoodge
MARY'S KIDS - LP (One78 Music Rec.)The Oslo punk rock outft MENSEN called it quits sometime in 2004, after having toured Europe countless times, released 2 albums and severa 7" EP's. Singer/guitarist Mary Currie started MARY'S KIDS after moving to Sweden in 2005. In 2007 Bootleg Booze Records released the band's frst 7" EP which featured the first short lived line up of Stian (guitar), Markus (bass) - both from MENSEN - and Mags (drums) from the WONDERFOOLS. Mary then recruited drummer Jonas (HENRY FIAT'S OPEN SORE), guitarist Mårten (AUDIONOM) and bassist Pelle (VECTORS, AUDIONOM) and got to work on a full length album. Halfway through the recording Jonas and Mårten was replaced by Topi The Kat (SONS OF CYRUS) and Hannes (DON'T CARES) respectively. The self titled frst album is now out on Flotation Records in the US. One78 Music in Germany did the Vinylversion this summer. The perfect fodder for fan of HANNA HIRSCH, MASSHYSTERI and VICIOUS!!!
http://www.myspace.com/maryskidsmusic
HOLOCAUSTO POMADA - Brain Cell Genocide 12" (Metadona Rec.)HOLOCAUSTO POMADA emerged in the summer of 1999 by three members of Bad Taste, Detestation or Severed Head of State. After several weeks of Kaos and Destruction they decided to get together in a rotten practice room with the effects of POMADA (a special kind of gin lemon from Balearic Islands). Seven songs were born from those days that reflect that Mallorca IS NOT ONLY BEACH, TOURISM and GOOD MOOD. The lyrics are in Spanish and English with a crushing hardcore punk sound somewhat reminiscent of the early years of the great Poison Idea. It's been 11 years since these seven songs were recorded in Chango Records on an old 8 track analog recorder.
Now available in limited edition from Metadona Records. The B-Side Spray is painted manually, contains a picture inside of the illustrator Rafa Murillo!!!
COLA FREAKS - Mig Mig Mig 7" (Rob`s House Rec.)COLA FREAKS are gritty kbd punks from denmark who have somehow captured that amazing adverts guitar tone and made it their own....most recently jay reatard toyed with those same tones so it should be no surprise that this record was originally slated for release by shattered records. What sets them apart is that COLA FREAKS draw from a darker region of kbd punk. Mads Stobberup's nervous vocal attack is riddled with tensions bordering on unstability. Paired with the song writing, there's an underlying fear in COLA FREAKS' songs that suggest a "don't fuck with me, i might snap' attidude. i.e. this isn't fun and safe punk rock and things will get crazy.
PERIPHERIQUE EST - Demos Vol.2 7" (Rob`s House Rec.)In typical DIY fashion, belgian punkers PERIPHERIQUE EST self-released their debut LP back in 2005. The pressing was small and sold out as quick as it came but there were no represses and they never really broke through the immeasurable number of bands with self-released records. However, as the next few years ticked by the band's short-lived legacy spread via word of mouth and their record became more and more collectible. So now that people are finally taking notice here's something more to add to the armory: 4 tracks with the punk attack of starshooter and touch of pop a la elton motello.
EX HUMANS - Self-Titled LP (Rob`s House Rec.)EX HUMANS got two killer 7"s under their belt via non-tradtional labels for a (now ex-) atlantan musician so if they're not on your radar yet you need to wake up and take note. If introductions are in order let's start with with Josh Martin (vox/gtr) who, after several years as CARBONAS' lead guitarist and an amazing perfomance on the s/t goner release, relocated to brooklyn for a change of scenery. the CARBONAS didnt last much longer so that decision seems to have paid off and gave EX HUMANS a head start over other ex-CARBONAS bands. The no-bullshit powerhouse trio is rounded out by Todd Martin (b) and Jesse Martinez (drms) who help summon murder punk's blood, guts and gore for the group's debut LP on rob's house. Make no mistake, if you're looking for another brooklyn loft-pop hipster band then EX HUMANS arent for you but if you're like us and think that the punk underground has swayed too far from what punk really is then these guys will be the breath of fresh air you've been gasping for. Recorded & mastered by Dave Rahn. art by GG KING.
ESTRANGED - The Subliminal Man LP (Dirtnap Rec.)Since their last release, The ESTRANGED have dialed back the explicit aggression of their early singles a bit, and dialed up the textured, atmospheric, layered sounds of prime 80s deathrock/postpunk. A little less US influence, a little more UK... "The subliminal man" was painstakingly, impeccably recorded at Type Foundry Studios in Portland and features 8 new ones, a re-recording of "Statue in a room" (originally released as a split 7" with Autistic Youth) and a rather stunning cover of The FLYS' 1978 classic "Love and a molotov cocktail". LP comes with download coupon.
V/A - IDEALISTIC YOUTH (80's U.S. Mod Revival Volume 1: California) LPside a:
1. Start - no direction (1981)
2. The Jetz - import delux (1982)
3. Manual Scan - nothing you can do (1983)
4. The Commoners - love is a carburetor (1983)
5. The Commoners - it's not enough (1983)
6. The Question - stare you down (1983)
7. The Question - easy (1983)
8. The Jetz - moderns for a day (1983)
9. The Corsairs - round and round (1984)
10. The Patterns - every action (1984)
side b:
1. The Patterns - idealistic youth (1984)
2. Chardon Square - 65 film show (1984)
3. The Question - getting through (1985)
4. The Key - the key theme (1986)
5. The Key - evolution (1986)
6. The Corsairs - love is on the run (1986)
7. The Howling Dogs - wall of thorns (1987)
8. Chardon Square - lost in the cartoons (1987)
9. The Idea - you remind me of you (1989)
10. The Idea - power poppers (1989)
FUCKED UP - Year Of The Ox MLP (Merge Rec.)
more info soon...
KNIGHTS OF THE NEW CRUSADE - Knight Vision LP (Alternative Tentacles Rec.)
more info soon...
NOBUNNY - First Blood LP/CD (GONER)
more info soon...
SIR BALD DIDDLEY - Sir Bald's Hairy Guitar LP (Beast Rec.)What can we say about this band? Other than it features three of Britain's most prominent and talented rock'n'roll musicians, whose individual musical histories take in the best British garage, surf, trash, punk and beat bands of the last 20 years. The band is led by Sir Bald Diddley aka Hipbone Slim aka The Bald Bomber, who has been a leading world force in the field of surf and rock 'n' roll instrumentals for a decade or more.
WHITE WIRES - Pogo Til I Puke Tonight 7" (Ugly Pop Rec.)While many were sporting full-on raging boners for the White Wires LP, I barely got a chubby from their seemingly redundant garage-slop. Been there done that, right? And I don't need no stinking Canadians trying to show me what trash is, knowwhatImean, eh? Canada's Ugly Pop records is back in business with the new 7" from these guys, and I'll admit it does sway me a bit in a favorable direction. "Pogo Til I Puke" had me prepared for another dumdum no-fi budget garage turkey baster, but lo and behold it's actually a sweetly rhythmic and dare I say mature sounding piece of mid-tempo pop-rock that snagged me hook, bassline and sinker. The flip is continued pop confection with a mid-fi punk edge and more attention-grabbing bass playing. Okay, score one for Ottawa. The Sens still suck though. This one's disarmingly sweet and genuine sounding for all you lovers out there.-(RK-Termboooo)
http://www.myspace.com/theewhitewires
BRICKWAR - Double 7" (Savage Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED King Louie (Persuaders/tons more) + Julian Fried (Black Rose Band/Missing Monuments) + Jerry Macgillicuddy (Black Rose Band/Macgillicuddys) + Paul Rotzz (Die Rotzz/Kajun SS) make up Brickwar, a shortlived precursor to the current MISSING MONUMENTS. With trademark King Louie hooks, swagger and soul but darker and harder. Think Persuaders, Lost Sounds. AMAZING!!!
DEREK LYN PLASTIC 7" (Certified PR Rec.)
more info soon...
LIMES - Rhinestone River LP (Goner Rec.)Memphis is home to several of rock's most endearingly off-kilter rock storytellers, from Jim Dickinson to Jeffrey Evans to Ross Johnson. To that list, one can now add Shawn Cripps, leader of The Limes. On the band's first (ED NOTE: ACTUALLY THIRD) full-length, Rhinestone River, Cripps retains the musical talents of Harlan T. Bobo, who previously helped on The Limes' Rock 'n' Roll Heart single. Bobo's hypnotic keyboards perfectly complement Cripps's gritty guitar work and vocals, particularly on "Sounds Like a Shimmy." Rhinestone River also features contributions by Memphis scene stalwarts Ross Johnson, Paul Buchignani (Afghan Whigs, Bobo's backing band), Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines) and Bruce Saltmarsh ('68 Comeback, Porch Ghouls). The title track, with its wobbly gait and lyrics like "Sitting on this barstool, sweating the rhinestone river," can induce secondhand drunkenness in anyone within earshot.
"Rhinestone River" is the closest an American band has gotten to the pickled poetry of the Country Teasers. The momentum and melody of "Bottom of the Hole" unfurl like the narrative thrust of a bourbon-soaked anecdote at two in the morning. The album's crown jewel is the closing track, "Last Year." Cater-cornered rock guitars and Cripps's talkin' vocal style build up to a woozy climax that culminates in a feral "woo-hoo." Like the other great songs on Rhinestone River, it threatens to fall apart several times but Cripps, with a little help from his friends and his engaging personality, holds it all together.
SPECTRES - Last Days LP (Sabotage Rec.)Spectres were originally formed in 2006 by Brian Gustavson and Steve Hanker in a small town called Coombs, British Columbia. The pair wanted to experiment with peace punk and post punk influences and made a few demos that were mailed out and given away to various friends. Whisper in Darkness label heard one of these demos and expressed an interest in what eventually became the "Cold War" 7". At this point Brian and Steve set about putting together a band to start playing shows, and Heather Szilagyi (drums), Nathan Szilagyi (bass) and Zach Batalden (guitar) were added to the band's roster. Not long after Heather left the band and Steve Gerencer joined to fill in on drums, and this line up went on to make the "Visions of a New World" 7" later that year. The band toured to support this release in the spring of 2008 and Steve Hanker left the band after the tour to persue other projects. Tyler Pilling joined shortly after to play guitar in Steve's place and this line up has been consistently playing shows in the Pacific North West ever since. The band's first LP, "Last Days" began when Spectres partnered with Felix Fung of Little Red Sounds in January of 2009, working in multiple sessions through the next few months to complete their debut full length album. The new record expands the song writing skills from their two previous ep's to include some more angular writing abilies. The vocals are more dynamic and overall better thought out. Being compared to bands like JOY DIVISION and SISTERS OF MERCY is a hard thing to live up to, but they have definitely taken those influences and molded them into something heartfelt and profound.
GOODNIGHT LOVING - The Goodnight Loving Supper Club LP (Dirtnap Rec.)GOODNIGHT LOVING have become a Milwaukee institution, but unlike "Laverne and Shirley" or Pabst Blue Ribbon, they're still here adding to their legend. "The Goodnight Loving Supper Club" is another milestone in that legend, expanding on their already classic sound of country-and folk-laced Rock‘n Roll by forging head-long into Psychedelia, Surf, Spaghetti western, and anything else exotic enough to send your neurons into an electrified dance of Pop induced pleasure. With this their new album, GOODNIGHT LOVING follow in the footsteps of The Great American Rock & Roll Bands (ie. CCR, The Hawks, Crazy Horse, Big Star, The Replacements et al), reimagining the conventions of our native Rock n' Roll in a way that's both fresh and timeless. "The Goodnight Loving Supper Club" is the band’s first recording as a four piece, yet the sonic landscape they paint is more lush and nuanced than ever. Like all great bands around for more than an album or two, they're maturing and pioneering, effortlessly weaving in ideas from unlikely sources to color their songs in ways that seem strange at first, but then obvious upon reflection. This is immediately apparent from the moment the needle drops, moving brusquely between 60's British invasion-style Psychedelia and twangy Folk melancholy, to jangly barnstormers and songs of dark, bittersweet paranoia effortlessly and naturally. Along the album's path we are treated to brief forays into tragic 50's Pop a la Del Shannon, Ennio Morricone on Mars instrumentals, nods to Roger Miller, and sugary, mind-warping harmonic nuggets. Dirtnap Records' 100th release, and we couldn't have asked for a better one!
STENCH - Obsessed With Evil LP (Pure Punk Rec.)UK '82 Punks Stench return with another 12 tracks of depravity from their seedy archives. These tracks have not been heard since the halcyon days of the second wave of UK Punk. Do you wanna become "Obsessed With Evil" like they were? Well, buy the fuckin' album!! Suitable for punks, retards, weirdos, freaks, weazels, serial killers and YOU! Not suitable for pop punker, politically correct and plastic safe punks!
http://www.myspace.com/thestench
NO ESCAPE - Ep 7" (Trabuc Rec.)more info soon...
http://www.myspace.com/generationtrap
LUMERIANS - Burning Mirrors 7" (Rococo Rec.)Lumerians—a San Francisco-based outfit known for their propulsive psychedelic fuzz—show once again how they can so effortlessly knock you out of your comfort zone. Pummeling drums carry “Burning Mirrors” into a reverb soaked flurry of grizzled guitar, spectral organ and waxy vocals that melt like candles. An incantation of tenebrous flute warns too late that you have lost your way within the Lumerians' strange world. For the B-side, they translate The Osmonds’ “Crazy Horses” into an echo chamber of noise that tells the acid-trip fable of “Chevaux Fous” through krauted rhythms and freaked synth sirens.
http://www.myspace.com/lumerians
EL VICIO - Longanisse 7" (Rococo Rec.)El Vicio—Straight from the French garage underground and featuring members of Sonic Chicken 4, El Vicio's gritty hooks are reminiscent of a younger and angrier Roky Erickson. Feedback drags buzzing guitar riffs over solid bass lines, all powered by noisy effects pedals and primitive drums. The lead singer keeps a fast, sloppy pace and is egged on by melodically taunting backing vocals. The a-side is time-traveling garage-punk via The Cramps and is backed with a mid-tempo tune that sounds closer to a psychotic Serge Gainsbourg.
http://www.myspace.com/elvicio
TYLER JON TYLER - Seperate Issue / Paul 7" (Rococo Rec.)Tyler Jon Tyler's second 7" single is the band exposed. Their efficient and up front approach to two-minute punk songs tears open the jangly pop of an excited youth to reveal the subtly sad and sorry garage-rock guts within. With members from The Pony's and Daily Void, their clean and minimal sound allows each instrument to become uniquely full and poignant. On top of that, Ian Adams (Submarine Races) joins in on "Paul" with perfect hooks on 12-string guitar, adding a cheery feeling that spans from late 70's era Euro pop (The Clean) through 90's K Records style lo-fi (Beat Happening).
http://www.myspace.com/tylerjontyler
RED MASS - Split Brain Experiment 10" (Rococo Rec.)RED MASS creates dark, driving, and repetitive apocalypse-punk that's unique to Montreal, especially considering that this band features members of now-defunct CPC Gangbangs. Their dissonant and disjointed dark-wave eventually erupts into hypnotic noise. The sound and vocals range from the low preach of Bad Seeds-era Nick Cave to the severe rants of Fear's Lee Ving, all bound and gagged with acidic guitar solos revived from long-dead Eddie Hazel. This 10" starts out curiously open but gets progressively darker as you are sucked deeper into their vacuum of violence.
http://www.myspace.com/redmassfce
MAXIMUM WAGE - 1st 7" (Rococo Rec.)Maximum Wage, a sensational new group out of Chicago, comprised of Ian Adams (Guitar player and singer, formerly of Happy Supply/The Pony's/Submarine Races), Ryan Weinstein (Bass player and singer, formerly of Cavity, White Savage, Red Eyed Legends, Euphone, The Returnables), and Paul John Higgins (Drum and Cymbals player, formerly of Submarine Races, Red Eyed Legends). The band formed in 2008, and have played shows to stunned crowds of twenty or so people throughout this time period. Maximum Wage plays music best described as "Buttoned Up", are devout fans of novelty and brevity, and have done their best to pay musical salutation to the legacies of those that came before them, like Joe Meek, The Crucifucks, Ahab and The Wailers, and the like.
http://www.myspace.com/maxwage
DREAMS - Tour 7" (Rococo Rec.)Three-track limited to 300 Tour 7" for the Dreams Northeast / Midwest Tour. Hailing from Metz, France home of such acts as The Feeling of Love, The Anals, A.H Kraken and more.
http://www.myspace.com/tropicold
FEELING OF LOVE - OK Judge Revival LP (Kill Shaman Rec.) 12,90 EURThe newest LP by these guys from France, released in a limited edition of 500 copies, with cool artwork, printed innersleeves. Features 11 tracks of their Blues-wrangling Trash-Punk, bringing to mind the ghosts of JSBX, PUSSY GALORE, GORIES, DOO RAG, SUICIDE and the VELVET UNDERGROUND, all mashed up and delivered in the wild french Glue Wave sound similar to the ANALS, CHEVEU or CRASH NORMAL!
FEELING OF LOVE - School Yeah 7" (Sweet Rot Rec.) 5,65 EURThe Metz Trifecta is complete. First it was The ANALS, then A.H. KRAKEN, and now Sweet Rot is pleased to present a third record from Metz, France, a 3-song single from The FEELING OF LOVE. Just like their previous releases this one features a schizophrenic mix that somehow makes perfect sense. You get one studio-recorded hit and one drum machine fuelled jam on the a-side, and an absolutely beautiful, yet fucked, reinterpretation of a Gainsbourg classic on the flip. Pretty cool cover art too.
MISS CHAIN & THE BROKEN HEELS - On A Bittersweet Ride LP / CD (Screaming Apple Rec.)You'll either love her madly or hate her badly. Or both. And she's not alone. Disaster Silva and the Barcella Bros. are Italy's hottest pop sensatiton, THE BROKEN HEELS!! Together they deliver their unique mixture of rawdy pop, sixties beat and eighties dreams. It ain't no party, it ain't no disco, it ain't no fooling around, just charming songs appealing to your heart, soul, feet and skin! They're the last craftsmen of the perfect pop song. If you don't like them don't worry, you're probably dead but nobody told you yet. "On a bittersweet ride, it's like climbing sunshine pop mountains and falling down into groovy bubblegum worlds ! Walking on garage punk streets, stomping our feet while dancing to our fav hits ! The KINKS and the BYRDS warm our heart, Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley gave us the start, SHIVVERS and FLAMIN' GROOVIES made our teenage years, BIG STAR and RASPEBERRIES gave us smiling tears. We grew up with the Nuggets and 60ies Girl group sound, screaming "hold tight" and "I get around" ! Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, oh BADFINGERS's Baby Blue, all we wanna say : BAY CITY ROLLERS we love you !!!!!!! We sing about holding hands and love for eachother, summertime fun and mellow ballads, underneath a nostalgic vein you will feel but each track will blow your mind for real !! up and down, inside out, come on dance, twist and shout !" After having released three 45s, the band now comes up with 12 more impressive examples of what real power-pop is all about. This platter is a real little masterpiece. All tunes deliver the perfect blend of classic late 70's power-pop, 60's all-girl group sounds and the minimalistic charme of early punk-rock. We said it before and we will say it again, this band will be HUGE!!! If you really dig the sound of crunchy guitars, be a sucker for songs with the highest possible recognition value and go bananas for a full dose of harmonies, you need to have "On a bittersweet ride"!
HOLY CURSE - Feed the Dogs LP (Turborock Rec.)Include a bandmember from P.Trash band IRRITONES. The HOLY CURSE is a French band whose raw and impassioned music breathes air into the wheezy lungs of rock and roll and tells it to get out of its sick bed and face the day. Lean and direct, lathered in guitar and impassioned vocals, their songs about life and love are an embodiment of melody and power, unfashionably packaged as Rock and Roll. “Rock and Roll” and “Commercial Success” are not co-existing terms in The HOLY CURSE’s home of Paris, France, where anything but Elvis wannabees, safe electro-pop or derivative rap crap is consigned to the gutters and cellars of the underground. And so it’s been for The HOLY CURSE for 15 years as their touring’s taken them all over Europe and further afield, including crusades through the USA, Australia and Japan. The HOLY CURSE carry a torch for the sort of hi-energy music that demanded an audience join in or get the fuck out. They take their lead from impeccable forebears, pulling together the threads of classic Detroit rock and roll from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, down a continuum that took in Sydney, Australia, in decade that followed. Think Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, the Stooges, the MC5, Radio Birdman and the New Christs for starters. Live, they’ve played with the Saints, the New Christs, Hydromatics, Flaming Sideburns, Radio Birdman...
http://www.myspace.com/theholycurse
DEFENDERS - Animal Eyes 7" (17 Television Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
A long Lost early 80’s LA punk band. A recording from 1982 being released for the first time in 2010! The singer Paul Maurer is the father of Justin Maurer from CLOROX GIRLS and the cousin of John Maurer from SOCIAL DISTORTION. Classic early 80’s southern California punk with a raw garage sound and very pronounced theatrical vocals. CLOROX GIRLS covered ‘Animal Eyes’ on the B side of their out of print ‘This Dimension’ 7”.
NAPALM BEACH - Trap Sampler 7" (Burka For Everybody Rec.)
Recorded by Greg Sage of the WIPERS. The 3 songs from the Trap Sampler compilation (Greg Sage..s record label years ago) that featured Napalm Beach, Pell Mell, The Wipers and Drum Bunny. 3 amazing Psycho-r ..n..r- punk songs)
http://www.myspace.com/burkaforeverybody
DE HOJE HAELE 7" (Burka For Everybody Rec.)
3 new songs by this great Denmark punk band! Look for the upcoming album on Hjernespind records, more info soon...
http://www.myspace.com/dehjehle
MAXIMO VOLUMEN - Inyecciones Por El Bul LP (Burka For Everybody Rec.)
1982 Demo cassette now on Lp. Classic spanish demencial hardcore punk demo ... this is one of my favourite punk demo ever!!!
http://www.myspace.com/burkaforeverybody
KILLED BY HUMAN RIGHTS LP (Burka For Everybody Rec.)
Compilation of old punk demos, unreleased songs etc ... confirmed bands: SNUFFLIX (post-Toxin III) / SKIJT LARS from Norway ...
http://www.myspace.com/snufflix
THEE OHSEES - Grave Blockers EP 2x7" (Rock Is Hell Rec.)Re-release of the long out of print 6" lathe-cut + CDR version. This time pressed on proper double vinyl which comes in a silkscreened cardboard box... limited to 400 copies. Some of the best songs this band did up to now!!!
BERNAYS PROPAGANDA - Happiness Machines LP (Prügelprinz Rec.)This Macedonian band could be shortly described as danceable post-punk band, with charming and attractive female vocals. Influenced by the sounds of bands like GANG OF FOUR, FUGAZI, SLITS, and even GOSSIP. Their perfectly produced 10 songs on this LP have everything you can expect from such a record: scratchy funky guitars, thick grooving bass-lines, enthusiastic vocals, and all that in an energeti-cally rocking way. But what this band puts apart from many post-punk revivalists and imitators, is having an attitude and socio-political ideas as well, which is reflected in their lyrics (sung in macedonian, but english translations on lyricsheet), as well as in the 16-page booklet featuring essays about violence in human society written by singer Kristina.
BERNAYS PROPAGANDA - My Personal Holiday LP (Prügelprinz Rec.)POST-PUNK. New album from Macedonian political new wavey post-punks BERNAYS PROPAGANDA, entitled "my personal holiday". BERNAYS PROPAGANDA praise the postulates and attributes which many post-punk and new-wave revivalists have forgotten. With their best intentions they mantain the ideas and attitudes of a long line of bands such as GANG OF FOUR, SLITS, FUGAZI, SUBMISSION HOLD, !!!, GOSSIP... Their danceable punk doesn't try to escape reality, but also refuses to accept status quo. BERNAYS PROPAGANDA don't want escapist entertainment - they're utopistically but honestly fighting for a better world.
STRANGE HANDS - Dead Frozen Deer 7" (Fistful Of Rec.)The debut 7 inch by Bordeaux, France youngsters STRANGE HANDS. Their brand of maverick lunacy produces a real fresh breath of garage-fumes, as a sharp contrast to the heaps of rubbish and cheap music out there. A touch of psyche here, a little freak-out there.... hmmm oui oui, cette garcons certainly know how to rocque! Lucas, Melvyn & Victor created the garage sound of STRANGE HANDS back in 2008. Interested in psychedelic experiences & 60s music in general, they decided to keep the band as caveman-esque as possible. So no bass, so yes twelve string guitare, guitare, drums, organ. And always from the depths of the soul of Mr Reverb himself. Yes, this could well be the sound of this summer, the kind of stuff that'll blow you straight out of your Birkenstocks! 360 pressed, Artwork by Joan van der Werf.
AUTISTIC YOUTH - Idle Minds LP (Taken By Surprise Rec.)Recorded a while ago (I think it was around the easter bunny fest last year?) this one is finally all mastered and HOLY SHIT it rips! I am currently waiting on the artwork to be finished and then this one will see the light of day! Of course this will be a collaborative effort with my internet husband's label SABOTAGE RECORDS again. The North American edition will be issued by the great PDX labels DIRTNAP and BLACK WATER!
www.myspace.com/autisticyouth
CLOROX GIRLS - New 7" (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
more info soon...
ROUGH KIDS - New 7" (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
It's not RAW it's ROUGH! Follow-up 7" to their self released debut EP and their split 7" with frenchies IRRITONES. This band is from Los Angeles and they take cues from the classic DANGERHOUSE RECORDS style of the early days of punkrock in their hometown while also adding elements of 1977 UK punk though still keeping it fre sh and new sounding. Dig in and enjoy!
www.myspace.com/roughkids
STEVE ADAMYK BAND - Desecrate 7" (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
STEVE ADAMYK is the guitarist of the band SEDATIVES who I had the pleasure of doing a 7" with last year. He started the STEVE ADAMYK BAND as a solo project and the line-up now includes Emmanuel and Dave from the SEDATIVES! This is their 3rd 7" following two great smashers on P.TRASH and RED LOUNGE respectively. 3 songs on this one now, if you need comparisons before you click on their MySpace link, ok, I think this sounds like a mix of POINTED STICKS and THE BARRACUDAS. Whoever doesn't like those two bands must feel no joy in life...
On tour with SONIC AVENUES in Europe in November, get in touch with TRAPDOOR TOURZ if you wanna book a gig.
www.myspace.com/steveadamyk
SONIC AVENUES - Same LP (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
German repress
This reco rd originally came out limited to 300 pieces on the great Ottawa based label GOING GAGA and I am happy to repress this with different cover art, again co-released with SABOTAGE. This album came out of left field and knocked me out of my boots when I heard it the first time... and still does. Powerpop and punk blended together just perfectly. Think of the UNDERTONES and MARKED MEN in one bed and you come very close to how great this record really is. Why can't music always be this great?
On tour with THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND in Europe in November, get in touch with TRAPDOOR TOURZ if you wanna book a gig.
Check out the band here: sonicavenues.blogspot.com or www.myspace.com/sonicavenues
HEX DISPENSERS - Europe Tour 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)
"One Less Ghost" b/w "I'm a Ghost" Who else could fill the coveted release number 13 spot but the beloved Hex Dispensers? This ghoulish garage gang of musical maniacs switch it up this time around on this "ghost themed" single & offer up, of all things - a BALLAD?!?! "One Less Ghost" brings the soft & the loud in an exciting ode to one's fears & anxieties, and marks a great leap forward for the band's sound! For those of you screaming "They've gone soft!" - fear not - these bat-winged behemoths haven't lost their edge! The B-side "I'm A Ghost" rips & roars thru a cover of fellow Texans (and fellow gore-hounds) Occult Detective Club! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
STICKS 'N STONES - Is It You? b/w Telling The Truth 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)
This follow up to their debut single on Dusty Medical picks up where that hot slab o' wax leaves off - hitting you square in the gut with two stabs of sharp pop perfection! A veritable Milwaukee "super-group' of sorts featuring Paul Kalfahs and Jon Heibler from Catholic Boys, & Natalie Clark from the Tears (and all three from the Tuff Bananas!), Sticks N Stones keeps it lean & mean, slicing off riffs from 70's & 80's Power Pop (and a nick or two from classic 60's bubblegum) with rapid-fire intensity calling to mind such great Midwestern bands as Cheap Trick, Shoes, & the Kind. "Is It You" is a spastic spark of self-examination & "Telling The Truth" is a pounding plea for the listener's trust - it ain't no lie! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
NIGHT BEATS - H-Bomb 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)
Night Beats currently hail from Seattle but as two of the three members are originally from Texas, it's not hard to pick out the influence of golden age TX psych idols such as the 13th Floor Elevators, Lost and Found and Golden Dawn. This 4 song EP will melt your brain with it's mixture of druggy backbeats and blazing guitar work peppered with vocals that channel a screeching, howling Marc Bolan. They are fresh off of a slot at the 2010 Austin Psych Fest and we think you're going to be hearing a lot from these guys (as well as a rumored recording project with members of The Black Angels.) As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
TROPICAL SLEEP - (Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth b/w Bury My Body 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)
Don't know what you were doing in the summer of '08 but we were listening to The Pets LP 'Misdirection' on repeat, so it's very exciting for us to release the debut single from Dan Wood of The Pets' new band "Tropical Sleep." Tropical Sleep starts where the Pets left off - the same great vocal delivery and guitar work, but coaxes out a little more finesse & lotsa extra pop! "(Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth" is a stomping serenade to an orally bejewelled siren, while "Bury My Body" is a more laid-back love letter to someone close! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
SLOPPY SECONDS - You Can’t Kill Joey Ramone 7" (Wallride Rec.)
Just in time for Joey Ramone’s birthday, here’s a limited tribute single from the kings of junk rock. “YOU CAN’T KILL JOEY RAMONE” on side A hails from SLOPPY SECONDS’ latest full length ENDLESS BUMMER and according to juicycerebellum.com is “the best fucking song Sloppy Seconds has done in 15 years.” Flip it over to side B for an unreleased cover of “CAN’T STAND ROCK AND ROLL” by the ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, easily far catchier and faster than the original.
DAGGER DICKS - Sharp For You 7" (No Front Teeth Rec.)Debut 7" from these snotty London razor-cocked punks. Two cuts of obnoxious, raw yet melodic late seventies style punk rock. Think Cocksparrer meets early GG Allin. Featuring members of the Disco Lepers, The Gaggers and The I.D. Boys.
DEMON’S CLAWS - The Defrosting Of Walt Disney LP (In The Red Rec.)more info soon...
STIRLING SAYS - Balboa LP (Adagio 830 Rec.)The boys in STIRLING SAYS have really beefed up their sound and cranked the amps and feedback since we last heard from them on their split 7" with Katie The Pest. And we think this added punch serves them so well! Balboa has such an awesomely raw and free wheeling guitar driven sound, reminding us of that awesome intersection of the late '80s SST scene (DINOSAU JR, LEAVING TRAINS, SCREAMING TREES, DAS DAMEN) and the early beginnings of the Sub Pop roster (ERIC'S TRIP, SEAWEED, SEBADOH) and that sound is so totally refreshing right now! So much of the recent output of guitar driven rock seems to be so centered on its lo-fi/outsider aesthetic, we've been missing what it feels like to just have a great short two minute song hit you in the gut with a wall of guitars and soaring vocals. This is the kind of record perfect for roadtrips as the songs on Balboa really do flow with a never-ending summer charm.
http://www.myspace.com/stirlingsays
V/A FLORIDAS DYING PARTY PLATTER LP (Floridas Dying Rec.)This record has been two and a half years in the making and its finally done. Floridas Dying is proud to present the party album of the year and here just in time for summer. 13 tracks about brand new dances that will be sweeping the nation from Americas greatest party bands. Features tracks from: Johnny and the Limelites, Nobunny, The Yolks, Hunx and His Punx, The Rantouls, Sexcapades, Puddin Pops, Coconut Coolouts, Personal & The Pizzas, Slippery Slopes, Garbos Daughter, Sweet Sixteens, and Brians Dirty Business.
DEAD LUKE- American Haircut LP (Floridas Dying Rec.)Its bright and sunny out, the birds are chirping, and summer is in full swing, but in here American Haircut is filling the air with a cold haze of serious downer -vibed psych. No sun in these parts just dead vegitation and an iced over ground where a ghostly voice repeats over and over "You know you're bringing me down." So put on your coat, alter your mind, turn out the lights, and get lost in the 9 extended jams that fill this album. Limited to 500 copies.
BRIMSTONE HOWL / HELL SHOVEL Split 7" (Certified PR Rec.)
more info soon...
DAVILA 666 - Same 12" (Rob`s House Rec.)DAVILA 666 are in full-on take no prisoners mode. we asked them for a couple songs for a 7" and what we got was 5 near perfect pop anthems that would never fit on a 7". of course we wanted them all so we threw them on a 12" and what youre getting is probably their best release to date. These songs are instantly addicting but unlike other puerto rican imports consumption is no crime, it's encouraged! on top of that their live show is one of the best around and their constant touring has left a path of amazed fans. Its no wonder that when we booked the atlanta mess around the legendary urinals asked specifically not to be placed after davila 666 in the lineup!! Who in their right mind would want to follow davila 666? ...better to follow 'em with a shot of something equally strong. limd. 666 pressed; black vinyl.
www.myspace.com/davila666
GEORGIANA STARLINGTON / WILD CHOIR Split 7" (Rob`s House Rec.)At the heart of GEORGIANA STARLINGTON is married couple jack and julie hines and their amazing male / female vocals harmonizing atop lo-fi blues-garage sounds. The rest of the band is filled out by a roaming cast of drifting cowboys and in the case of this release its moses archuleta (DEERHUNTER) on drums and Trey Lindsay (GAVE BLADES) on bass. Compared to their first 7", this one benfits from the full band and has a much more textured aproach. Wild choir, on the flip side, are a bit of a mystery to me but when Jack and Julie played me 'cryin over you' the split made perfect sense. They actually sound a lot like GEORGIANA STARLINGTON but with the rock turned up to 11 and the country turned down to 2. the soulful in-the-red vocals could rival otis redding in delivery and any BLACK LIPS tune in attitude. Recorded on tape by Jarvis Woods. Limd. 500 pressed, black vinyl.
www.myspace.com/georgianastarlington
SIDS - Winter 7" (Rob`s House Rec.)Last year Rob`s House pressed up a limited seasonal 7" with two driving punk tracks from SIDS. As promised, we've repressed it for your 2009 holidays. On paper its a xmas record but in typical SIDS' fashion the synth keyboards, darkly delivered vocals and creepy bells are much more than topical and worth repeat listens throughout the year. the band has completely redone the artwork (we love it!!) and the repress comes on red vinyl. last year's pressing sold out almost immediately so don't miss out.
GG KING - Babbling Voices 7" (Local Cross Rec.)GG King is a few guys from the Carbonas and sound very similar to that band. more info soon...
LÖGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN - Fina Nyanser i Nya Finanser 7" (Local Cross Rec.)LÖGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN is a Swedish/American duo doing a snotty mix of KBD and Hardcore. Reminds me of Missbrukarna or Mass Media with the occasional Kriminella Gitarrer hook thrown in there.
BILL BONDSMEN - Disaster Prone b/w 36th 7" (Local Cross Rec.)This the Bill Bondsmen's 7th release, but their first proper SINGLE. Everything they have done has been a step above what came before it, and this continues the trend. The single format really puts their songwriting ability on display in a way it never has been before. They have taken their tough-as-Detroit midwest hardcore roots (see the countless NEGATIVE APPROACH and DIE KREUZEN comparisons in reviews of past releases) and blown them up. This is bigger, meaner, and better than any early 80's clone bands or too hip jerk off noise nerds.
A/V MURDER - Tourettes b/w Fight Like a Man 7" (Local Cross Rec.)The second release from this Chicago supergroup Post-punk/KBD fusion, featuring Jimmy Hollywood of BASEBALL FURIES and TYRADES, Bill Roe from COCOCOMA, and two other mystery men (women?). Angular punk that moves both horizontally and vertically. "Tourettes" is the seizure-inducing burner and "Fight Like A Man" is the weird and dark turn that throws No Wave bleat and boom into that garbage can. Tightly wound tunes that tick-tick-tick and then explode in perfect time. Short and sharp. Buy or die!!! --MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL/TERMINAL-BOREDOM.COM
WHITE LOAD - Same 7" (Leather Bar Records)Ian`s (Local Cross Records boss) own band! Simple, noisy, violent, hard punk music from Providence, RI. WHITE LOAD take the warped guitar stylings of bands like SEX VID and HOMOSTUPIDS / 9 SHOCKS and apply it to a more manic template... think GANG GREEN circa This Is Boston, Not LA. You can hear samples and order their record at myspace.com/leatherbarrecords.
V/A Narshardaa Single Club no.1 4 x 7" (Narshardaa Rec.)With PLANKS, TREND, IDLE HANDS, THE NOW DENIAL!
Information: 4x 350 copies on different colour vinyl, nice package and artwork, very nice interview with each band, A3 poster, downloadcode including!
IDLE HANDS: punk madness from muenster. influenced by Wipers, Jawbreaker, Wire and the Buzzcocks with people from Press Gang and Missing Shadows. www.myspace.com/idlehandspunk
THE NOW DENIAL: rockin´hardcore / punk by these well known super sympathic guys from all over northern Germany. www.myspace.com/thenowdenial
PLANKS: nice dark and heavy apocalypstic hardcore like HHIG, Old Man Gloom and Coliseum. www.myspace.com/walkingonplanks.
TREND: one of the best german punk bands ever. www.myspace.com/trenddiedienstleistung.
SO COW - Meaningless Friendly LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)The passport was stamped and the raw gems delivered by Tuam, Ireland’s So Cow with this second LP on Tic Tac Totally, Meaningless Friendly. Smart power-pop with a dexterity to go epic at times, So Cow stretches over Home Blitz territory and a bit of Gizmo-land, but with the lyrical content going from sweetly innocent to starkly profound to goofball quirky humor. Hitting on the charms and character that make the Television Personalities tick (and not less than a dash of the TVP’s musicality either!). These new songs constantly find themselves running wild with ideas in a natural A.D.D. whirlwind, but with a sharp and focused skill. So Cow glues spasms of noise and off-kilter parts to a pop skeleton, weighing it down, giving it arthritis, then making it into an entirely new beast many times. Too fluid to be dry or drawn out epics, but too epic to be trite pop. All this together and it runs like a train of thought to the nut house for a romantic dinner with a phantom lady. This album gets stuck on your brain and then you melt a grilled cheese sandwich over it. There is no escape from So Cow. Catch So Cow at SXSW and supporting the album with a nearly year-long tour schedule covering the US and Europe.
LEGENDARY WINGS - Questions 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Debut 7" from the LEGENDARY WINGS (though they did appear on the great UFO Dictator 7" comp "I'd Buy That For a Dollar Vol. 1"). Here we gots two great HÜSKER DU type pop hits including the anthemic "Did You Just Eat that Cigarette?" in a two-packer called "QUESTIONS". Yes the other song is an equally important question to keep you just as god damn stumped for both sides. For fans of awesome record they can spin a zillion times! Oh, these guys were in Throbbin Urges but are way poppier now (in a great way).
UNWED TEENAGE MOTHERS - If That's Love 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Debut 45 is pregnant with 4 songs from The Unwed Teenage Mothers, who share members of Lover! and Bass Drum of Death. Who is the father?! This record bounces between a nice 'n sweetened-up "hollow-guitar" sounding Ramonesy pop (a-la-First Base) and the supercharged Marked Men-level jolts of....uh, the Marked Men? Yes. But strip off the serious face, you! None of that here. Go leniant on some slop (it all gets chewed up in your mouth anyways). And get to talking about such scholarly topics as the "TEENAGE BRAIN". You are now entering the world of The Unwed Teenage Mothers. What makes these guys resonate is the knack for hitting on some genius-grade stupidity while also slipping you some "relationship blues" while yer bobbing along. Certainly not revolutionary, but what is you ass-brain?! And it's great! Power-pop-punk-gumball-gummy-gunk in a quickly shifting lil poppy hurry-up offense. Shifting from sheer fun to depressingly simple & effective lyrics (check out "If That's Love" and "Stick Around" for ditties of such magnitude and longitude and latitudinal lines.
SHANKS - Backstabber 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Oh boy. The Shanks deliver with 3 trashy cuts about domestic violence, revenge and other family values. The songs here are a rough-medium-pace and hit hard as hell. Would be in good company on some modern KBD comp in terms of tuneage. Would certainly make lots of people cry mommy. Great stuff to punch people in the face to, or just get wasted and hate your life to. This one will get played loud.
CAT PARTY - Same LP (Flatblack Rec.)
Once again Flat Black is branching out from the so cal hardcore that they usually release. CAT PARTY’s first full length comes to us after an impressive debut ep and split 7” and displays a sound that reflects the gloomy hypnotism of bands like The WIPERS or JOY DIVISION. This also has some great guitar work that not only resonates with a GREG SAGE influence but hints of early CHRISTIAN DEATH can be found in the guitar playing. The vocals have that classically cool vibe of greats like RIK L. RIK with a solid rhythm section holding it all together and giving the tunes a nice backbeat. Whatever tags you want to put on it; post punk, new wave, punk, it doesn’t matter, they seamlessly bring together some of the best elements in music and bring a sound that is CAT PARTY.
http://www.myspace.com/birdsofpreymusic
CANNOMEN - Black Hole 7” (Flatblack Rec.)
These fine young gentlemen burst out of the lovely region known as the South in the sweltering state of Tennessee. Featuring members of Life Trap, this band plays a brand of catchy yet snotty punk rock thats hard to compare to any one band. Think early so cal punk rock, equal parts SST, Posh Boy and Frontier but with more of an edge with a nod to Texas bands like REALLY RED and The DICKS. Scorching instruments and refreshing unique vocals; catchy tunes with an attitude. This record includes the title track "Blackhole" and the three tracks from their first demo tape.
BEEF WALL - Have A Grill Barbeque Party With The Beef Wall 7" (Secret Swine Rec.)Straight to the point: straight untill death hypno Drums, 1 guitar, high volume and idiocy from these morons. Distorted songs about dick prothesys, historical deliriums on about the art of wasting time, a distored " Wow Pow Bash Crash" from the early man2man hit turned into a neverending birthday party song kids will love. Everything played hard and not so fast in the name of shit as it should be.
http://www.myspace.com/beefwall
HOLLOWS - "Bobby Blueheart" b/w "Walkaway" 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)First single from these Chicago girl-group garage-punkers! Hollows sound like no-one else right now; a swirling mix of girl-group harmonies & melodrama, post-punk throb, psychedelic garage snarl, & punk energy. "Bobby Blueheart" is their yearning ode to a fictional despondent crooner, while "Walkaway" is a frenzied plea to a lost love. After releasing an amazing debut LP straight out of the gate last year (available on Addenda Records!), these girls (and guy) are poised to take over the Chicago DIY punk & garage scene! As usual, the first edition of this single is pressed on randomly mixed colored-vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in the snazzy Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
LIMINANAS - "Je ne suis pas tres drogue" b/w "Berceuse pour Clive" 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)Trouble in Mind is pleased as punch to be releasing the second single from French-pop group The Liminanas! Hailing from Perpignan, France (hometown of Trouble In Mind alums Sonic Chicken 4!), The Liminanas serve up a modern-day update on classic French Ye-Ye sounds! "Je ne suis pas tres drogue" is a hypnotic dance number with spoken word passages that conjures up a sweat-soaked go-go dance floor circa 1967, while "Berceuse pour Clive" is a gentle reverb-drenched lullaby. We like to think if Serge Gainsbourg were alive today - he'd still be making music like THIS! The first edition of this single is pressed on randomly mixed-colored vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in the snazzy Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
MEAN JEANS - "Tears In My Beers" b/w "Cool 2 Drive" 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)New single from Portland tardo punks The Mean Jeans! We're talking CATCHY AS HELL punky pop numbers - "Tears In My Beers" is sure to have you crying into the sleeve of your leather jacket, while "Cool 2 Drive" is a rockin' ode to the (illegal) art of the DUI! These guys really breathe some new life into the tried & true punk formula invented by the Ramones with harmonies that would make The Marked Men stand at attention! The first edition of this single is pressed on randomly mixed-colored vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in the snazzy Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
V/A Trouble In Mind 4 Bands Compilation 7" (Trouble In Mind Rec.)
TY SEGALL - "2+2=?"
COCOCOMA - "Messenger"
WHITE WIRES - "That's The Way A Woman Is"
CHARLIE & THE MOONHEARTS - "Seven & Seven Is"
4-way split seven inch featuring TIM artists covering some of their favorite songs!!! "A first for Trouble In Mind! This 4-Way split contains exclusive cover songs from all four artists! San Francisco savant Ty Segall tackles the Bob Seger System's fiery political number "2+2=?", Chicago's CoCoComa rip thru the Wipers' "Messenger", Ottawa's finest the White Wires cover "That's The Way A Woman Is" (popularized by the Ohio Express), & Orange County surf-punx Charlie & the Moonhearts close it out with a banging version of Love's classic "Seven & Seven Is"! This is a one-time pressing of 1000 copies available ONLY at the Trouble In Mind Day Show at SXSW 2010 on March 19th & for Record Store Day on April 17th! This single is pressed on WHITE vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in a special-edition black & silver version of the classic Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!
CABALLO TRÍPODE - Horror Vacui LP (Tick Tack Totally / Holy Cobra Society Rec.)Since the number of songs included (eight) the way they are produced can not be said that the trio of Gandia (Valencia) have sinned supefluos accumulation or fruit elements of caprice. By contrast, his eclectic lo-fi rock, reminiscent garageras and unbiased, demonstrates a point between Derribos Arias ( "Bom Pack" might be the current corresponding "gills under water"), the cosmic surf ( "Surf the tsunami) and the freest conception of TELEVISION PERSONALITIES pop or BLACK LIPS. Great!!! "Horror vacui" is used in art criticism to describe the filling, with any design or image, the empty space in a play. Unlike their improbable pictorial models, the first album of unclassifiable Horse Tripod, emerged from the ashes of Le Jonathan Reilly, released in Spain and the United States and mastered by Bob Weston (SHELLAC), contains no filler whatsoever.
SCEPTRES - Flatline Generation 7" (Dire Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!! Jagged, female-fronted post-punk band whose members are spread across the lower half of the UK. If you liked their first EP on Dire you'll love this one as the band returns with more of the same intricate guitar work and smart and catchy female vox. SCEPTRES finding there insperation in old American punkrock. We are talking make up and greasy hair and late 70 earlie 80 KBD-punkrock, with their own unique voice somewhere between the propulsive punk of the REZILLOS or VICIOUS / MASSHYSTERI and the jagged rhythms of first-wave post-punk bands like SWEEL MAPSS!!!
BäSTARD - Blind Sink LP (Killed By An Axe Rec.)Reissue of the great mini LP from 1995 by French Noise Legends --- 1st time on Vinyl !!! 310 black copies --– which oscillates in-between no-wave, emo, noise rock and experiments; let’s mention for instance its fascinating opening song ‘Death Party’ or the raging ‘Gladiator’ whose guitar lines evoke SONIC YOUTH (circa Dirty) and enhanced by the at once hypnotic and noisy ‘Chinatown’ – is more heterogeneous but opens new paths to explore (the unreleased post-punk band This Heat cover ‘The Fall of Saïgon’ for example).
UNITS - History Of The Units LP (Comunity Library Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!! Remastered Audio...32 page booklet...Gatefold “LP style” Jacket... Community Library is proud to bring you the first ever legitimate reissue of San Francisco’s synth-punk legends, UNITS! You can finally get rid of the crappy bootlegs: this is the definitive remastered collection of the band’s most sought-after early singles and selections from their first LP, Digital Stimulation. It also includes unreleased material culled from early demos, recordings made for art happenings and film, and more. This anthology is a view not only into the Units’ seminal years, but is also a step into the rich and under-reissued history of San Francisco’s punk, new wave and post punk years. The end of the 1970’s saw UNITS and their compatriots (PINK SECTION, VOICE FARM, TUXEDOMOON and SCREAMERS) storming punk clubs like the Mabuhay with a new electronic punk sound. The co-opted, predictable guitar rock of the era had given way to aggressive synthesizers, film collage, and punk DIY ingenuity. UNITS were a cornerstone of this unofficial movement, later called “synth punk” and which would come to define a greater west coast DIY culture combining new synthetic sounds, ranging from NERVOUS GENDER, SCREAMERS and MONITOR, to The BLACKOUTS.
CRAWLERS – I Hate Michael Vick 7" (No Front Teeth Rec.)Hell yeah, NFT is super-proud to be releasing the European version of this killer, killer 7”. It was about time we put out another hardcore record!! Old school hardcore punk from Portland. No bullshit, no dicking around, just fast, raw, straightforward and old fashioned hardcore as it should be. Absolutely necessary.
NERVE CITY - Same LP (Sweet Rot Rec.)Sweet Rot couldn’t be happier to present our first full-length release, the stunning debut LP by NERVE CITY. Subtitled “Recordings 2007-2008” this record showcases a dozen songs from the early days of this mostly one-man recording project from Richmond, Virginia. At the core, these are incredibly well written and played melodic songs with nods to the classics like the Stones and VU, but the note-perfect production that’s gone into each song adds an immense amount of haunting atmosphere and the final product is simply quite astounding. From minimalist folk songs, to full, lurching, droning epics this record contains absolutely no trace of filler and will stick with you immediately upon first listen. Perfect for these dark, dreary, cold days of winter. Previous releases on Hozac and Kill Shaman, and a 12” EP coming soon on Sacred Bones.
AMBER ALERTS - Antibodies 7" (Sweet Rot Rec.)After a split with WIZZARD SLEEVE and an impressive single of their own, Montgomery, Alabama’s AMBER ALERTS really raise the bar with their new Sweet Rot 7”. “Antibodies” is a killer drugged-out guitar/synth jam. “Brain Scratch” is pure punk filth. “Somewhere Under the Shit Cloud” takes a repetitive bass riff and drills it into the fucking ground. These songs remind me of a dirty, Southern, teenaged version of the Primitive Calculators and for that I am thankful. Art by CM Ruiz.
IDLE HANDS - Empty Matters LP (Toxic Pop Rec.)
On a trip around Europe in the summer of 2008 we got to catch IDLE HANDS live at a squat in Mainz, Germany. It was probably the best show we saw during that entire trip and IDLE HANDS had a big impact on us. Hailing from Munster, Germany, these boys play a mix of classic catchy punk similar to the BUZZCOCKS but with the more modern dirty/poppy rock of bands like the MARKED MEN. We are very happy to present you with a 12" comprised of their debut self-titled 7" EP, originally released on Three Chords Records and repressed by Hardware Records, and their "Volatile Matters" 7" EP, originally released on Rockstar Records, all out of Germany, with limited distribution in the US. With this compilation we hope to give people on this side of the Atlantic the opportunity to discover this brilliant band.
EX HUMANS - Mai Tais 7" (Colonel Rec.)Humans? Not anymore! Ex members of BEAT BEAT BEAT, CARBONAS, and THE STAR SPANGLES quit mankind to avoid taxes and any heavy responsibilities. The results lie somewhere between a long lost Killed By Death gem and the New York strut of the DEAD BOYS and The DICTATORS. They're Recording an LP this fall with Dave Rahn (GENTLEMAN JESSE, CARBONAS, BABY SHAKES). We personally can't wait. Get em here first while we got em.
SNIFFING GLUE - I´m Not Alright CD (Plastic Bomb Rec.)It seems that Sniffing Glue have gotten popular for their tight and nimble approach to hardcore-punk. "i'm not alright" is authentic, energetic, with lots of anger, and speed - all of which is build on a foundation of solid song writing, incredible lyrics, and the occasional inclusion of a catchy melody from start to finish. The 9 new tracks (plus one additional Cover by a german punk-rock classic) on "i'am not alright" are as good as any '80s Reagan-era hardcore-punk record you've ever heard... so yeah if you want to get some kick-ass snotty tunes without fashion styled shit and tough attitudes; or you already got rid off all those classic bands that they always get compared with (bla bla... CIRCLE JERKS, BLACK FLAG...), get this shit as soon as you possibly can. Maybe a record so angry and powerful that it is bound to create an instant slam-dance party in your house? Well, right you are! Bonus: 2 songs of their split-EP with PRESS GANG + 8 livetracks in good quality.
--SNIFFING GLUE sind zur Zeit eine der Bands deutschen Hardcorebands, die Bands wie BLACK FLAG, JERRY`S KIDS und an einer Stelle sogar die DEAD KENNEDYS wieder aufleben lässt. SNIFFING GLUE verstehen sich darauf nicht nur drauflos zu ballern, sondern geschickt zu variieren, so dass z.B. auch Gedanken an punkrockigere 80s-Bands wie TSOL, BAD RELIGION oder die ZERO BOYS aufkeimen. Die CD beinhaltet zusätzlich die 2 Songs ihrer Split-EP mit PRESS GANG. Als Bonus findet man am Ende 8 qualitativ gute, unveröffentlichte Live-Aufnahmen.
ANDRE ETHIER - Cop Killer b/w Pride Of Egypt 7" (Les Disques Steak Rec.)We proudly present for the first time on a 7", two of the best songs ANDRE ETHIER, ex DEADLY SNAKES frontman, put out in 2007 and 2009 only on CD on Blue Fog Recordings. This 7" is an opportunity to give him the adoration he richly deserves and discover two of his greatest tunes.
myspace.com/andreethier
SHAKE SHAKE BOLINO - Don't Lose Your Friend 7" (Les Disques Steak Rec.)
SHAKE SHAKE BOLINO is the new CHEVEU's guitarist Etienne side project (he also plays in BOSOM DIVINE, you remember?) with Marie Bolino daughter of Sue Elen and Kim Jong Il Raw Garage blues.
www.myspace.com/shakeshakebolino
HYGIENE - Town Centre 7" (Static Shock Rec.)Following on from the acclaimed (and ridiculously limited) TV Girl EP, London's HYGIENE return with 3 more tracks. From the monotony of completing papers, to the violence of the town centre after pubs kicking out, this 7” paints a picture of London life to the sounds of what could be an undiscovered Messthetics comp track in the making, while still unmistakably 100% punk. File under TYVEK who are travelling a similar road but whose humour and references are always very American. They put together a straight-laced and well executed punk number, and a pair of more adventurous tunes that refract from the same palate. And although there are moments that bring to mind TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, this isn’t a UK-DIY re-enactment as the band does not ignore the last 25 years and even mixes in a couple of moments that approach KBD punk at its fucking best!!!
RED MASS - SAME 12" (Semprini Rec.)Semprini Records is glad to announce the latest project from Choyce (ex CPC GANGBANGS, LES SEXAREENOS etc)! We know you're already familiar with RED MASS. Their self-titled mini album has seven pysch-pop-garage punk tunes on it and the vinyl version will be out in January 2010.
P.Trash will release a RED MASS / STRANGE ATTRACTOR 10" very soon!!!
ONE STARVING DAY - Atlas Coelestis 2xLP (Narshardaa Rec.)The Italian avant/cosmic-doom/core band is back with another monstrous release. Although the band has always been rooted in its hardcore attitude, its sound has continuously evolved during these years and Atlas Coelestis is just the outcome of this process.
Since the beginning of their decennial career, One Starving Day impact has always been definitely dark and claustrophobic, and their long suites alternate between hardcore/doom basic structures, cosmic openings, and deep and calm intimacy. Following the wide positive comments about their first album, Broken Wings Lead Arms to the Sun, the band has been described as a hybrid between Neurosis and GSYBE!. For this new release, called Atlas Coelestis, the band evolves towards a more personal song writing in order to design more particular musical landscapes. The album has been recorded and mixed by David Lenci at Red House Recordings and mastered at Chicago Mastering Service by Bob Weston. Atlas Coelestis sounds like a very particular mixture of sounds. Explosions of analogue synths, mystical patterns of harmonium and organ, fierce vocals full of anguish, delicate cellos patterns, eschatological tapes and samples, a solid rhythmic session, melodic and powerful guitars, they all characterize the complex sound of this album. The result is an amazing avant-gardist mixture of different codes ranging from hardcore/doom to krautrock and contemporary music.
http://www.myspace.com/onestarvingday
HOMOSTUPIDS - The Load LP (Load Rec.)Cleveland's HOMOSTUPIDS's new record is a tunnel ride through a reverb soaked youth hall that spreads confusion like manure in the spring soil. Fast, noisy, Garage-Punkrock. A buffet of great taste & unparalleled ear fakery. Don't worry, it's skull music so you can rest your nappy dome assured.
CHAINSAW EATERS / MELTING WALKMEN - Same Split LP (Mastermind Rec.)Lim. 165 copies, please pre-order!!! CHAINSAW EATERS is a two-piece band consisting of drums and keys. They sound like dark basement, leather, amphetamine and anal sex! This is a downer, but the way we like it. Shawn Foree DIGITAL LEATHER love to meet the EATERS in a black room!!!
http://www.myspace.com/chainsaweaters
MELTING WALKMEN is bass driven WARSAW / NEW ORDER-inspired punk rock with a touch of NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS + BIRTHDAY PARTY with really great vocals.
http://www.myspace.com/meltingwalkmen
SKIND OG BEN - Same 12" (Mastermind Rec.)
It's a KILLER!!! Lim. 300 copies. Is a two-piece band from Kolding, Denmark. Everybody tells me they sound like JOY DIVISION, SUICIDE, WIRE with a touch of MISFITS and a lot of other old farts. I think they sound like two country boys with expensive equipment and no knowledge as how to use it, trying to make a punk record. The record includes six slow, melodic, cold, catchy songs with drum machine and great vocals..
http://www.myspace.com/skindogben
MEERCAZ - Same LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)("OLD SCHOOL" TIP-ON JACKET w/ INSERT) Debut LP from Muslim Delgado's (LEADERS) Meercaz. This is Muzz's post-Leaders solo effort with assistance from Sarah Epstein (HUNCHES), Kyle Raquipiso (METH TEETH), Clay Silva, and many other contributors. "The approach is primitive but spacey, simultaneously "retro" and "futuristic" without batting an eye. It's aggressive guitar music that's "punk" in its DIY manic quality, but with an aesthetic that's much closer to the late 60s and early 70s. To my ears, MEERCAZ is one of the handful of things in recent years that matches what I think modern rock music SHOULD sound like (and rarely does)." -Eddie Flowers. Mastered for vinyl at the great Chicago Mastering Service, with a nice old school "tip-on" jacket, and insert w/ liner notes by Eddie Flowers.
http://www.myspace.com/meercaz
LE FACE - Le Face LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)This long-awaited 7 song 12" adds to the bands run of shambolic desperation (as displayed on the Salvador Dali 7" EP) and their knack for spirited first wave sounds (a-la Isolation LP). This new self-titled record adds a thicker wash of black to the pallette without obscuring any of their former records' degenerate charm. Cover art by Gitane Demone (Christian Death). This one brings out the best LE FACE has kicked into our heads yet. LE FACE now return with 7 new songs of hate and the innocence of 70's punk classics. The band has quite a back-story and if you wanna read about beaten audience members, addiction problems and cops then google em. Their sound is completely nihilistic and shambolic in sticking to the purity of old flavors. Hating you like GG. Taunting you like Lee Ving. Hating themselves like Darby. With this record their music has come into a fully matured nihilistic shadow. Draped up in some indiscriminate wool blanket and sweating out the guitar clang and snotty vox spitting through. Optimistic as a bloodied rape victim on the side of the road. Great punk record.
http://www.myspace.com/leface
CONCEPCION GLORY BOYS - Hacia El Este LP (Bowery Rec.)13 amazing songs by the Spanish COCK SPARRER. 13 juvenile, urban, uncorformist and timeless hymns that don't leave your head till the doomsday. A record full of chauvinist punk, acidity and old taste that reminds all the 77´s legacy. This LP will like to punks, lovers of mod revival and hooligans addicted to the catchy chorus. Definitely it will be one of the best records in 2009!!! http://www.myspace.com/concepciongb
LOVER! - Lost In The Shuffle! (The Singles Collection) LP (Red Lounge Rec.)First up a singles collection with those gazillion 7"ers Rich did last year!
STRAIGHT ARROWS - First 7" (Juvenile Rec.)Please pre-order! Limd. 200!!! Juvenile has teamed up with RIP Society (as Juvenile Society) to repress a numbered batch of 200.
http://www.myspace.com/thestraightarrows
KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE - Scary 12" (Pain of Mind Rec.)Finally this chapter seems to be finished as we have now all parts together. after nearly one year of planing and production it´s done!!! KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE serve us with 6 songs of melancholic and melodic classic punk(rock)! it always reminds me of a mixture of HÜSKER DÜ,WIPERS and ADOLESCENTS! like most bands on pain of mind this three-piece is another incest-super-group with members of NOVEMBER 13TH, CAVE CANEM, INFAUST, T-34, HYPOCRITICAL SOCIETY, TEENAGE ANGST and several more... they have been playin´for a while and their demo tape was sold out after a few weeks. on this record there´re all new songs! listen to: www.myspace.com/kidsoftheblackhole3
SICK SICK BIRDS - Heavy Manners LP (Toxic Pop Rec.)Baltimore's SICK SICK BIRDS present their debut LP, and we couldn't be happier to be involved with this band on their third release. This album is leaps and bounds ahead of what they were doing on their "Chemical Trains" EP, which is one hell of a feat as that record did not disappoint in the least. The songs here are tighter, cleaner, and more vivid. The band takes a bit more of a relaxed approach here, but that doesn't mean it doesn't pack the same punch as it used to, it's blows are just more precise. The hooks are there for sure, they're just a bit more subtle, which ends up making them all the more effective. If you've become used to the band's previous material then this stuff will certainly knock you back a bit, but it's got claws that'll grab you immediately. Elements of 1990s indie greats like the PIXIES, SUPERCHUNK, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, and HOTSNAKES are prevalent, but there are also nods to Athens' Elephant Six scene as well. We were quite blown away when we first heard this recording and have no doubt you will be as well.
http://www.myspace.com/sicksickbirds
SLEEPWALL - Is That Factual? 7" (Toxic Pop Rec.)Long Island's post-hardcore heroes are back with a two-song single to melt your mind. "Tennessee Sun" on the A-side is a bouncy feedback filled pop jam full of thick melodic riffs and energetic drums. The B-side's "Change Your Ways" is dense and sweet like molasses and hits that sweet spot that bands like DINOSAUR JR, SUGAR and HUM introduced us to in the 90s. Let's hope this single serves as a teaser for an inevitable full-length just around the corner, because this will definitely leave you wanting more.
http://www.myspace.com/sleepwall
SLEEPWALL - Come In From the Cold 7" (Toxic Pop Rec.)Long Island's SLEEPWALL sound like they should be in their 30s in the early 90s trying something new and a bit more melodic after playing in rough and raw hardcore/punk bands since their teens... but they're not. Most of the five guys that make up the band do indeed come from the hardcore scene (and have done their time in bands like ROBOT WHALES, SICK OF TALK, and the AGENT) but they are in their early 20s and filled with a voracious appetite for all things music-related. It's no surprise then that they gravitated to a sound similar to post-hardcore bands like SUGAR, HUM, and even HÜSKER DÜ. Sleepwall's debut 7" EP reproduces that thick and ethereal guitar playing topped with desperately sincere vocals and melodies so sweet you'll wonder how they're even able to fight their way through the riffs. Call it rehash if you like, we're just psyched that today's young ones are digging through their older siblings/friends collections and checking out what the punk pioneers did after their early 80s bands called it a day.
http://www.myspace.com/sleepwall
DOUBLE DAGGER - Bored Meeting 7" (Toxic Pop Rec.)DOUBLE DAGGER is the musical face to Baltimore's graphic design team known as PostTypography, so I suppose it would be fair to call this "art-punk", but don't let that fool you into thinking that this is some pretentious hipster-fest as DOUBLE DAGGER are quite vocal about their contention of such things. This three-piece (bass, drums, vocals) is doing what all great bands must do, they are taking something tried and true and twisting it and turning it into something new and unique and fun. Bruce's over-driven bass and Denny's tight yet lively drumming combine to create a frenetic and frantic soundtrack for Nolen's sharp wit to weave clever diatribes of our failures as humans. Comparisons could be made to bands like GANG OF FOUR or FUGAZI or WIRE, but only as far as influences go, not as direct "sounds like" references. DOUBLE DAGGER are a one of a kind experience who can play alongside art school favorites like Dan Deacon as fluidly as punkrock stalwarts like the BUZZCOCKS. If you're new to these guys this is a great place to start before you dig deeper into their previous two full-lengths, and if you're an old fan the CHALMERS engineered remix of "I Was So Bored I Wanted To Hang Myself on the Dancefloor" is sure to put a smile on your face.
http://www.myspace.com/doubledaggersucks
DEAD MECHANICAL - Medium Noise LP (Toxic Pop Rec.)After more than a year's wait since the CD came out, the vinyl version of DEAD MECHANICAL's debut full-length is finally here! We dare you not to fall in love with this record. Upbeat and catchy tunes with sweet hooks back up dual vocals, one gruff and nicotine-throated and one eager and honey-coated. The band perfectly blends the sounds of bands like JAWBREAKER, SUPERCHUNK, mixed with IDLE HANDS & STATUES to create a sound that you'll be humming endlessly. Lucas' lyrics tell tales and pay equal attention to unrequited love and social/political missteps, taking cues from both Mr. Schwarzenbach and Mr. MacKaye, while Matt's weave fantastical odes to life's inconsistencies, not unlike Mr. Congelliere and his quirky witticisms. This band could easily fit on stage at Gilman or in Chapel Hill in the mid-90s, but thankfully they're here with us now making new music that the kids of 15 years from now will be wistfully imagining themselves seeing at a Charm City basement show in 2008.
http://www.myspace.com/deadmechanical
DEAD MECHANICAL - Binghamton Calling b/w Leave It Alone 7" (DM Rec.)Baltimore's DEAD MECHANICAL bring us 2 more songs of JAWBREAKER meets IDLE HANDS & STATUES inspired melodic punk as a teaser single for their upcoming LP, due out this fall. The A-side will appear re-recorded on the album and the B-side is exclusive to this single.
http://www.myspace.com/deadmechanical
DEAD MECHANICAL - A Great Lie 7" (Sex Cells Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 3 great new songs from Baltimore's DEAD MECHANICAL specialize in the neat trick of creating songs that threaten to devolve into noisy chaos, only to drag you back with an ear-grabbing hook or a head-bobbing chorus that's pure pop/punk nirvana!
File under: IDLE HANDS & STATUES
http://www.myspace.com/deadmechanical
PSYCHED TO DIE - Sterile Walls 7" (Firestarter Rec.)With life comes death. With death comes peace. Psyched To Die can find no peace and channel that frustration into a bunch of rippin' punk songs for all of us to enjoy while they make the best of this time they've got. Tormented minds and twisted brains with melodies to sink your teeth into. Mikey ERG, Brian G. (FORWARD TO DEATH / FOR SCIENCE), and Jay HUNCHBACK have joined forces to shred heads and rip shit here on their debut EP. After dropping quite an impressive demo last summer, the boys are back with seven morose punk rock gems soaked in bitterness and hopelessness, all the while maintaining a prescribed dosage of humor and wit. Still, you won't find any positive sentiments or inspirational messages here, PSYCHED TO DIE remind us that when life gets you down, sometimes the best option is to simply cut your losses while you still can. Sterile Walls is your one way ticket to either the nut house or the morgue. Choose death.
http://www.myspace.com/psychedtodie
ERGS, THE - Thrash Compactor 7" (Firestarter Rec.)
Early DESCENDENTS meets ADRENALINE OD... more info soon...
http://www.myspace.com/theergs
BOY TOYS - Girls Like You 7" (Spin the Bottle Rec.)Native Hoosier Hotshots that dwell down by the Wabash have their recommended debut release out on Spin the Bottle Records. A limited press of 3oo! They sound like a cool mix of a Hippie inspired BLACK LIPS song blown by stoned BEATLES. Look out for these road kings: myspace.com/theboytoysmusic
FERGUS & GERONIMO - Blind Muslim Girl 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Denton white-man-soul/pop duo featuring Jason Kelly (WAX MUSEUMS) and Andrew Savage (TEENAGE COOL KIDS). In FERGUS & GERONIMO, the WM lo-fi recording aesthetic is alive and well to be sure, but don't expect any songs about "jack off rats" here. Just Blind Muslim Girls! A casual project, but the band cites a serious well of inspiration including southern soul, '60s pop, psychedelic and Motown influences as the kick behind FERGUS & GERONIMO's sound. Good stuff. Uh, yeah. Get it!
PRIMITIVE HANDS - Split Mind 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Debut 45 from Brian Hildebrand's (DEMON'S CLAWS, MIND CONTROLS, CHOCOLAT, CONFUSERS) PRIMITIVE HANDS! Completely unaware of itself in the best way, it has pounds of grit squeezed from a light-weight guitar and snare aesthetic. No tricks, no smoke, no mirrors, well...smoke, but just minimalist blues-based rock n roll for the most discerning primitive pallette!
V/A - DENTON DENTON USA! LP (Play Pinball Rec.)Killer compilation will feature:
The Wax Museums
Bad Sports
Fergus & Geronimo
Video
Teenage Cool Kids
The Uptown Bums
Wiccans
The Teenage Bees
Fungi Girls
Bleach Boys
Secret Bangs
Chief Death Rage
The Influence
The Pumpers
review will follow soon...
FUNGI GIRLS - Seafaring Pyramids LP (Play Pinball Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!! What the fuck do internet-era kids do when they're growing up in the middle of nowhere with an understanding of great music? In doing so, FUNGI GIRLS have recorded a blistering album of concise and experimental songs ranging from shoegazing grooves and stoner rock riffage to psychedelic pop freakouts, channeling everything their teenage brains can handle. Eight songs round out their debut LP recorded and produced by Jason Kelly (The WAX MUSEUMS,...).
BUZZER - Teacher's Pet 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)The follow up to their Douchemaster Records debut. This one sounds like the Cuts at times to me, but harder. I like it because it's straight up unashamed rock n roll with an overt glam vibe...and it serves as a perfect reactionary sound-off to all the shit everyone is copy-catting still right now. So blah blah blah, I guess if you HAVE to pin it down, it's sort of a return to the gray murky times where stadium goof pop rock and punk were figuring each other out in a lot of bands cases during the mid 70's. But with much more clarified edge thanks to decades of punk and power-pop successors and the like. Think ROCK solos and other shamelessly melodic shit like la-la-la-la hooky choruses that are actually great sounding.
CHARLIE & THE MOONHEARTS - Drop In, Drop Out 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)"Drop In Drop Out" channels 80's vibes of then-youthful Orange County punk experimenting, but then they colored it all in with fuzzed-up guitars and the scuzzed-up melody-driven stylistic tendencies of 60's garage rock. All of this finds its way into songs that most importantly (and above all else) do not sound contrived in any way, rehearsed, too thought out, or anything ese that proves less than a straight kick to the head.
LENGUAS LARGAS - I Feel 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Debut 7" from LENGUAS LARGAS includes 3 songs that linger in a minimal mode through a haze of herbal therapy, alcohol, and dark vibes. LENGUAS LARGAS employs cold, minimal, post-punk stylistic leanings and tosses them through everything in the kitchen sink. Gathering up neat layers of friction and warming them up for the humans of the planet earth.
SINGING DOGS / COKEROCKET Split 7" (Primitive Rec.)Limd. 300 copies, more info soon...
WOVEN BONES - Janie 7" (Needless Rec.)more info soon...
CAPPUTTINI 'I LIGNU - Same 7" (Shit Music For Shit People Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!! Fronted by Cheb Samir from the NORMALS, TWO TEARS, AH KKRAKEN, this is a gem of thrashy blues with a noisy garage punk feel. Fans of previous Cheb Samit project would love this. Limited 300 / Packed in a beautifully desinged sleeve comes with digital download of all 4 tracks. Find some songs here: http://www.myspace.com/shitmusicforshitpeople
PLASTOBETON - Same 7" (SDZ Rec.)Brand new release. Post-industrial art-punk from Metz, France in the vein of early METAL URBAIN with hints of DAF and US MAPLE. Includes members of AH KRAKEN, FEELING OF LOVE, THE ANALS and THE DREAMS. 3 Songs in french, one in english.
http://www.myspace.com/plastobeton
REBEL, THE - Exciting New Venue... 7" (SDZ Rec.)Great record from the twisted mind of Country Teasers singer and lyricist BEN WALLERS. Think THE FALL, CALVIN JOHNSON, "Songs in the key of Z" comp, etc. 4 songs.
http://www.myspace.com/pleasebanmusic
DIGITAL LEATHER - Lousy Manipulator 7" (Neat Neat Neat Rec.)This is a new song called "Lousy Manipulator". The B-sides are an acoustic version of "Depression" and a cover of The REATARDS "I'm So Gone"!
STATIC STATIC - Witchmouth / Kill Us Operator 7" (Neat Neat Neat Rec.)more info soon...
SHITTY LIMITS - Limit's Appear 7" (Wallride Rec.)
more info soon...
BLEW UP - Same 7" (Relax-o-Matic Vibrator Rec.)Recommended follower to the HATEPINKS - Auto-Ejection MLP on Relax-o-Matic Vibrator. Amazing Garage Blues Punk! more info soon...
BLANK DOGS - In Here 7" (Down In The Ground Rec.)My two favorite BLANK DOGS tracks (A-SIDE from the amazing 12" Woodsist Rec.) on a single slab of wax. Full color sleeve by MR. BLANK DOGS himself with a limited pressing. PRE-ORDER welcome!!!
GRAVE BLANKETS - Our Love Is Real b/w Tripwire 7" (HoZac Rec.)Emerging out of the spectacular modern musical hotbed of Columbus, Ohio, Grave Blankets are one of those bands that write colossal hooks into their songs that stick to your ribs upon first listen and furiously embed themselves into your evoked set of perilous preferences. Stripped of any gloss or NME hype, Grave Blankets offer a true picture of how disgustingly pure rock'n roll is done, as they careen and writhe under your skin and somehow walk away with one of the most memorable hits of the year, in a year already full of stellar releases.
MEDICATION - Don't Die b/w Fog 7" (HoZac Rec.)The cold, dark waves of desperation and imminent mortal doom ring true on this debut 7" from MEDICATION, a home recording project from Conneticut that delves into the drifting echo-filled world of Mikey Hyde, who makes no qualms about addressing the despair and melancholy vibes swirling around his cranium. With jangling, distant orchestrations plodding alongside the beat of an old gypsy drum, this might just be the epically Autumnal record that sets you straight this year, and fans of PINK REASON might just find a new perennial favorite within these desolate grooves.
SUBTLE TURNHIPS - Fuck The People Fuck The Power 7" (HoZac Rec.)If they let people in America gargle with razorblades like they allow the folks in France, then the mighty force of the SUBTLE TURNHIPS would be as big as Paris Hilton's forehead, and ten times as ugly. As an enigmatic band that's been mostly self-releasing records for the past eighteen years, the time has come for their first US release, and we're mighty proud to host them on our label. With their slop-punk aesthetic effectively tickling the nuances of SWELL MAPS, TV PERSONALITIES, DRUNKS WITH GUNS and BRAINBOMBS, this is one 7" EP that will win over anyone with a lick of good taste, and/or a pulse."
SO COW - Commuting 7" (Going Underground Rec.)When I first heard the A side " Commuting" I instantly fell in love with this guy..so a few months later we have this amazing 3 song ep . A little bit of Sarah Indie Pop, the GO-BETWEENS, the UNDERTONES, the OUTCASTS and the old Irish charm and you have a 3 song record that will be stuck inside your head for months. Fucking essential.
FRANCIS HAROLD & THE HOLOGRAMS - 7" (Going Underground Rec.)Out of the dinges of Bisbee , Arizona have crawled a sick , twisted monster . A vile group that have created an amazing sound not played as great since BOBBY SOXXX / STICKMEN WITH RAYGUNS . You can compare this single to a nightmare , but in a good way. If you are listening to CLOCKCLEANER or PISSED JEANS this is your new favorite band