The Men – Pony
Buyer Beware releases February 24th via Fuzz Club Records.
Ismatic Guru – Manic Vision
An Incredible Amount of Overwhelming Information releases January 10th via Swimming Faith Records.
Eel Men – Exeter Exit
Ynnad Zednanref – Every Living Thing Of All Flesh
Summer Scaries releases December 6th via Already Dead Tapes and Records.
Monda – Ponderous Leviathan
Although i still haven't dared yet to venture deeper into the kinda intimidating back catalog of Totowa, New Jersey act Monda, they have already made a lasting impression as a shapeshifting, restless creative force in constant flux over the course of this year. While this spring's Stiff Jumbo spazzed out gloriously and let its freak flag fly in short bursts of melodic noise and then, sumer's VIII saw them calm down and relax a bit, for large portions of their newest LP's I'd now say they're spacing out and i mean that in the most flattering sense. This is a fuzzy bundle of DIY space-/acid punk eccentricities that just can't hide the creative drive, human warmth, sense of wonder and curiosity behind its, admittedly, pretty fucking stoned appearance, on one hand reminding me a bit of groups like recent Mononegatives, late-era Useless Eaters, Pow! and some of the more motorik minded incarnations of The(e) O(h)Sees while other songs like I Alwys Have It Till I Need It, Chronic Embarrassment and Creek Time inhabit those same anthemic oldschool indie rock and fuzz punk qualities that made the aforementioned records so special.
Album-Stream →The Unfit – Disconnected
Where the average group in the 12XU-related spectrum tends to become ever more elaborate until the point where they start to suck (well, if they make it that long...), Seattle group The Unfit seem to go the opposite route, becoming more stripped down and primitive until they're probably gonna suck at some point as well. Presently, they're far from having reached that stage though and this shit works out marvelously even if - or maybe just because - more than once, their fuzzy garage- and post punk tunes get boiled down to sort of a Feedtime-esque level of monotonous repetition and simplicity.
Album-Stream →Time Room – Like A Dream?
This Minneapolis group runs an interesting gamut on their newest EP ranging from the punchy fuzz punk attack of Like A Dream? over the math- and noise rock infused post punk of Yeehaw! to the comparatively straightforward garage punk of Saved, while the closing track 5678 branches out into some kind of a hazy space rock jam. At different points i'm reminded of groups as diverse as early Rolex, Cutie, Shark Toys, Reality Group, The Cowboy and Big Bopper.
Album-Stream →Snow Caps – Broke Bay
Notes releases December 13th via Strange Mono.
Charles Moothart – Little Egg
Black Holes Don't Choke releases March 6th via In The Red Records.
Verspannungskassette #84 (C-60)
Tracklist
Shady Lady and the Malefactor Schwein on a mission
Spam Pelomuerte
Abscam Megafone
Bart and the Brats Hardest things in the world
Fishfly Mothman
Dick Hick Lock me up
Body World Eyes Of The State
Goblin Soap Goblin Offensive
Piss Wizard Organic Mechanic
Witch Piss Brighton Front
Lackey Drunk Tank
The Idgets The Punkest Song
Dick Hick Scary axe man
Clean Needle Human Condition
Ignorance Echo Chamber
Paprika Supply Chain Wallet
Speed Plans Lifestyle
Voltage Liar
Memory Strings Static
Delta 8 TK's House
Dream World Inside
Tracklist
.cum Magic 8 Ball
Midgee (Somebody) Shot Me
The Vancooths Past Is Gone
Night Court My Last Acid Trip
Street Sweeper My World At Night
Polyglots A Cleansing Cure
Steröid After Dawn
Meow Meow And The Smackouts Numbers
Gonk One and the Same
Knee Damage
Electric Prawns 2 Portaloo
Online Friends & Misha Hivemind Threshold
Snarling Dogs Televised Violence
Psychbike Living in a Shadow
Zulo Extraña condición
Strangelight Gratitude Practice
Straw Man Army Staring At The Sun
