New shit by Midgee? Awesome, i’ll have two. Wait what, it also has new tunes by Electric Prawns 2? Just shut up and take my money! Melbourne’s Midgee once again prove to be a safe bet for fans of quirky synth-/garage-/eggpunk goodness in the vein of Prison Affair, Nuts, Set-Top Box or Beer. Quite a bit more ambitious and varied then are the four tunes by Moffat Beach garage sensation Electric Prawns 2, although on this one they mostly act on the sunnier side of their musical spectrum in a set of compact and catchy-as-hell smashers that exhibit many of the virtues of recent Billiam or Alien Nosejob.
The fourth EP of Melbourne’s Piss Wizard combines their least crappy production values so far with their strongest set of tunes to date in their trademark rough-as-fuck mixture of garage-flavored fuzz- and hardcore punk imbued with plenty of surf twang, rockabilly leads and noise-infested texture. That shit feels sickly, smelly, perverted and contagious in the best possible way!
The Debut EP of this Brisbane group delights with four energetic blasts of no-frills garage punk/-core, a hint of death rock in the opening- and closing tracks, some distinct proto punk feel and constant flourishes of sleazy ’70s and ’80s cock rock – a somewhat unreal sounding mix that reminds me a lot of groups like Cement Shoes, Golden Pelicans, Tarantüla, Flea Collar, Polute and the early days of Electric Chair.
Quality shit from a Salt Lake City, Utah group on their second tape. Fuzzed-out Lo-Fi hardcore punk whose rough parameters feel kinda predestined for a cassette release on Impotent Fetus or Deluxe Bias, having as much of an oldschool west coast tendency to it as a rough and shambolic KBD vibe, a bit of a Flipper and Broken Talent-style eccentricity and further similarities to more recent groups ranging from the more garage-leaning Launcher, Liquid Assets and Freakees to hardcore artifacts by the likes of Insane Urge, Youth Regiment, Motor Corp und Tupperware.
Munchkin Head Bimbo The Caries Company Amor Prohibido Dick Hick On The Internet (How Did You Know I’m A Neet) Завірюга Ai, Fuck You Temporary Curse Not Good Vibes Guy Oh Telephone Feed Me T.T.T.T. Mountain King Killed My Car Outside View Freedom Midgee I Hope You Get Injured Krise feat. Sucker Midlife Crisis Crackups Sgt. Haze Coffer Cups Tripe Chip 4 Brains
The Antics Stuck Gold Cup Honey Boy The Dumpies Hot Wash Brass Lip Domestic Splendour The Losers Working Woman No Wrong Bottle Opener Minds Controlled Wasted Life S.H.I.T. Rotten Column Faze Cloud 9 Bleaks The Mess Centipede Turn Around And Die Pied-de-Biche Cercueil Conifère IV – Décombres Fumants
Tracklist
The Lipschitz Interestingly Faux Départ Si tu disparais Why Bother? Out of Tune Strange Visitors Death Masque Human Pyramid Time Skips Jealous Yellow Baker’s Dozen Data Animal Crime Or Bust Black & White Cat / Black & White Cake Slipping Away Coded Marking Amnesty Glas Nost Gun Haver
Medium Peeking Through The Blinds Corker Dependency Metro Amor Snooper Relay Lower Slaughter All The Day Long Cyber Twin I Feel Awful Stiff Richards GFC Street Sweeper Don’t Wait 1-800-Mikey Digital Pet Sex Mex Too Young
