Bad Shout – Anecdote
Bad Shout releases December 17th via R*E*P*E*A*T Records.
Throw Down Bones – Loma
Three releases February 24th via Fuzz Club Records.
Hobby – Jay
Nombre Parfait releases December 16th via Hidden Bay Records.
Rifle – Fascist Cops
Last Quokka – Eat The Rich
Anti-Machine – Too Many Eyes
Flea Collar – Flea Collar
Fun and unsettling all the same, the second release by some Cleveland, Ohio dudes who have already brought us such wonders as Woodstock ’99, Spike Pit and Bad Noids. The thing starts off kinda like Bad Brains or Circle Jerks with a random dose of Deep Purple mixed in… such unspeakable things appear to be in fashion right now and i’m all for it! At other times you may find bits and pieces of The Mentally Ill, Flipper, Noxious Fumes and other weirdness from an era when hardcore punk was still allowed to be fun, not yet codified to death and most of all not taking itself so fucking seriously. A freewheeling spirit nowadays kept alive by acts such as Mystic Inane, Launcher, Liquid Assets or Cement Shoes, among others.
Album-Stream →Kitchen’s Floor – None Of That
Wow, i didn’t really expect this to happen. A good seven years after the group’s sorta classic LP The Battle Of Brisbane we finally get another album by what at this point appears to exist as more of a solo venture by vocalist Matt Kennedy. His singular sound and vision in the realm of post punk, noise rock and that unlikely folk-y undercurrent comes accross as sharp and uncompromising as ever though, appearing beautifully out of step with the zeitgeist.
Album-Stream →Alien Nosejob – Stained Glass
After years of venturing into sometimes more, sometimes less obvious (sub-)genres, the latest longplayer of Jake Robertson’s Alien Nosejob marks kind of a return to his Ausmuteants roots in some places, while still carrying plenty of echoes of his more ecclectic ventures of late. Oh, and most of all, he’s diving knee-deep into classic-/dad rock territory this time but thankfully doing so with style, grace and a sense of humor. Smashers like Shuffling Like Coins and Coastal Living 2 are probably as close to a tonge-in-cheek AC/DC knockoff as you’re ever gonna get.
Album-Stream →Werewolf Jones – Torture
Rot Away releases December 16th via Big Neck Records.
