The excellent debut by this group from Jackson, Mississippi delivers a couple fun and deranged little bangers made up of rocket-propelled, garage-enhanced, fuzz-infested hard- and postcore shit that’s shure to get the approval of seasoned connoisseurs in the realm of other more-or-less recent quirky hardcore phenomena á la Fried E/m, Mystic Inane, Crisis Man, Rolex, Headcheese, ALF and so many more!
Album-Stream →
The second tape of this supposedly Tokyo-based group delivers the goods of simple and effective, garage-flavoured synth- and post punk that makes me first of all think of frenchmen and -women Catalogue and Belgium’s Le Prince Harry, but might just as well be compared to the likes of Spyroids, O-D-EX, Mind Spiders, Powerplant, Crime Wave and Liquid Face… a less quirky Freak Genes maybe? Dunno, what’s important is this shit just works!
Album-Stream →
The demo of this group from Jakarta, Indonesia delights with two kickass blasts of melodic DIY noise pop, pretty much in line with groups á la UV-TV, Feature, Joanna Gruesome, Slowcoaches and Star Party, who in turn might have drawn inspiration from the likes of Fastbacks, the early works of eighties fuzz pop greats The Primitives, as well as a bunch of C86-ish artifacts and the whole Slumberland and Sarah Records-spawned universe of oldschool noise- and indie pop.
What new things are there to say about yet another Gobs EP? It’s the motherfuckin’ Gobs for fuck’s sake and few other bands have perfected the formula for blown-out and dumb lo-fi fuzz punk insanity, equally unrelenting and catchy, as well as this Olympia, Washington group. A league of their own, really.
Album-Stream →
Fun little treat, the debut single of this group “from the northern americas”. Kick You sounds like the best of Radioactivity, Sonic Avenues and Cheap Whine welded together, then given a distinct pop punk bent. Violins then lets a substantial hardcore salvo segue into a strange amalgamation of Surfa Rosa-era Pixies and early Mudhoney, spiced up with slightly psych-leaning vocal harmonies. Tasty!
Wilting releases June 7th via Artoffact Records.
This One releases June 28th via Just Step Sideways.
Two Flies In One Clap releases August 21st via Ronny Rex.
A T-shirt with Writing on It releases July 26th via Fundog Recordings.
Disembodiment releases July 19th via Meat Machine.
