Culture Shock – Crumble
Culture Shock releases April 1st via Youth Attack.
Auditing – Time Eroded Vault Door
Verspannungskassette #89 (2x C-60)
It’s been a fucking insane couple of weeks since the last mixtape (and outside of music too, sadly…) so there’s simply no way around this drastic measure: Another double-dipping set of tapes for those crazy times when a C-90 simply doesn’t suffice. And holy cow, the coming weeks show no real signs of slowing down! But for now, sink your teeth into these 64 tracks ‘cos the next installment, if my release radar ain’t terribly off, should drop pretty fucking soon.
Tracklist
Doom III Outside Dogs
American Muscle Smokin Hot
TY Stuck
Bermuda Squares Asphyxia
Lost Legion Gone
Rough Francis Summer Sun
Conspire Compromised
Punter Ask The Community
Pyrex Digits
Irritant Točka Pucanja
Amargao Amargao Estoy
Benzin Immer Noch
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries Context
Piss Wizard Walls
Fugitive Bubble E.F.T.I.O.
Caustic Phone Baby
Secret Perk Won’t Work
Society Scum Therapeutic Violence
End State Unencumbered Weapon
Nourishment A Shrine Silent
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Butter Swamp Mclovin
Beer Johnny Cakes
Cryptic Rot Stone Fruit
Raya Niebla
Garbanzo Racecar
Billiam Wesfarmers Song
Gurk Reel Steel
Spoonful Robot Hell
Shrudd Stagnant
Amor, Muerte Y Leonora No Love No Love
Dümmel Nothing There’s Motionless
Strawberry Moon Easy Target
Juicin Can’t Kick It
Taker Work
Transistors Consolation Prize
Yuasa-Exide Monologue
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Delta Van Del New Set Of Rules
Silicon Heartbeat Mutations
Piggy Bank Unknown Head
T.A.C.K. Truck Brother
Tyvek I’ve Got TV
Ugly Sounds I’m Not Like You
Neo Neos Altoona Beach – See/Saw
Game Set Match Hang Out With You
CPC Gangbangs Rock’n’Roll Enemy No. 1
Wesley & The Boys Spy
Baghed Throw The Babies in The Fire
Cult Crime Suburban Violence
Public House Death Van
Meow Meow and the Smackouts Bubonic Babe
Pat and the Pissers Progress
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Polyglots Transmission Radio Silencieuse
Joaco Van Vidas Pasadas
Dehidratált Fejek Szolidaritós Dal
Marathon ’77 Artifact
Street Sweeper Just Don’t Work
Robbie Thunder Only Tonite
TFA No Discman
Deebeat Ramone Idonwunnadi3
Winky Frown I Stimmed Into My Weight Loss Goal
The Roxies Lost Control
Glitter On The Mattress Because I’m Nice
AutoCenter So Long
The Men Charm
Conspire – Turn A Blind Eye
Speaking of Pyrex… This record is pretty close to what i’d originally have expected their new album to sound like – moderately angular post punk pretty much in line with the genre’s last two decades’ traditions and groups like early Marbled Eye, Rank Xerox, Institute, Bruised, Negative Gears, Tube Alloys, Public Interest, Corker, Sarcasm or, most recently, NRG – so yeah, this sure ain’t breaking any new ground here yet this LP is perfectly succeeding as a rock-solid genre entry in its own right with super-robust, soundly constructed song foundations and a decent amount of variety – most notably the electronically inclined middle section and the comparatively raw and high-energy final stretch hammering home what you might describe as one of the most effortlessly functional albums of recent times.
Album-Stream →Pyrex – Body
In a musical niche where your typical expectation of a post punk group is to get ever more sophisticated with every new release, NYC group Pyrex mark a notable exception by taking the complete opposite route for their second LP, going all-in on the rawest, most primitive sounding tunes they’ve done so far – decent production values notwithstanding – and the best comparison i can think of right now would be the filthy noise attacks of early Nag. This LP’s winning formula is based on sheer overwhelming force and desperate energy, sustaining itself on a bare minimum of musical substance and what can i say, this shit just works!
Album-Stream →Cult Crime – Cult Crime
Toronto group Cult Crime have already made an excellent impression with thier first Demo and 7″ in 2023/’24 respectively. Their full length debut now doesn’t attempt to fix what ain’t broken and delivers nine no-frills straightforward garage punk smashers strongly rooted equally in the sonic parameters of ’77-era groups and early Hardcore Punk which i’m pretty sure will, among others, please admirers of such acts like early Sick Thoughts, Bart and The Brats, Jean Mignon or Hood Rats.
Album-Stream →Silicon Heartbeat – Final Transmission
Silicon Heartbeat have been a constant presence at the periphery of the 12XU-relevant sonic spectrum for years now, yet it appears i’ve never given them a blog post so far for some inexplicable reason (though you’ve surely stumbled upon them on a couple of my mixtapes). This has to be rectified immediately i’ll say and their newest EP is the perfect occasion for that, not only featuring some of their strongest tunes so far but also being further elevated by the production work of garage punk royalty Erik Nervous, whose magic touch adds plenty of oomph and contour to their somewhat Spits-indebted, catchy and psychedelic synth- and garage punk sound. I sure hope that, in spite of its title, this ain’t actually the last we’re gonna hear of them..
Album-Stream →96 Cougar – Forklift Rodeo
What a neat little oddity, this second EP by Chicago group Forklift Rodeo, on which they’re mixing some weird-ass unpredictable bursts of cowpunk with small traces of 90s AmRep/Tough&Go-esque noise rock, postcore and occasionally also some kind of contemporary eggpunk quality, though in that regard i’m thinking more of early Skull Cult rather than the somewhat more codified recent crop of Lo-Fi-recorded insanity. Speaking of Lo-Fi… this record certainly ain’t that, giving a well-produced sheen and transparency to their equally quirky, sprawling and intricate constructions that would indeed have absolutely no need for hiding behind an obscuring layer of noise and grime.
Album-Stream →Nourishment – Nourishment
Incredible new Dungeon Punk-related material from a mysterious group operating out of some unspecified dark forest located somewhere in the US. These folks approach the whole blackened punk thing from a heavily post punk- and goth/death rock-leaning angle, shrouding their fully developed, well-rounded song architecture in a beautifully fucked-up, blown-out Lo-Fi aesthetic, altogether reminding me of a couple of fairly recent genre entries by the likes of Conifère, Unsheather and Bloody Keep.
Album-Stream →Marathon ’77 – The Park Street Studio Sessions
This Philadelphia group’s most recent EP delights with five wonderfully leaned-back and slightly off-kilter gems of jangly indie rock and slacker punk located somewhere inbetween the worlds of indie rockers Treehouse, Kitchens Floor, Thigh Master or, quite recently, Hungary’s Dehidratált Fejek on one one side of the equation – and the more quirky, eccentric sonics of, say, Damak, Honey Bucket, Germ House and Far Corners on the other, while the standout track Artifact sounds a bit like a mix of the dusty acid/roots/garage rock fusion of Weak Signal with the fuzzy garage pop catchyness of The Wind Ups.
Album-Stream →