Chalk – The Gate
Conditions II releases March 1st via Nice Swan Records.
Corker – Distant Dawn
Pleasants – Karaoke Booth
Chester Remington – Almost Dead
Almost Dead releases March 15th via Howlin Banana Records.
Verspannungskassette #68 (C-60)
Reckless Randy Skateboard II
Power Pants Gotta Do It Myself
Billiam Scoop & Weigh
Media Puzzle Simple As That!
Cherry Cheeks You Don't
Club De Bowling Saliendo A La Calle
Feeding Tube Can you???
Poo Poo Talks B2S
Repulsion Switch I'm Down
Elvis 2 Livin with the A.P.P
Stuart Pearce Nuclear Football
Dezinformacije Kanta Za Smeće
WWW Litio
Part Time Filth Filth Inc.
Nightman Sauteed
Plumb Bob Plumbing Song For Gel To Sing
Bog People Dark Skies
Lazer Bullet No Monku
Mutated Void Abandoned
No Brainers Bullshit World
Götri Sang Pembunuh
Total Sham Ice Cold
Zoids Evil Knievel Superstar
Knowso Drink from the Lake
Zenomorph (Baby I'm A) Freakshow
Ghoulies Towel King
iPad Baby Ohio Rizzler
TTT-Turbo 2 Heads 1 Soul
Raut Punish The Sinners
Snooper For Yr Love
Pear'n Who?
Μπριτζολιτσεσ I Used To Be A Cheesepuff
Cthtr Copper Gate
Goblin Daycare Gutstown
Munchkin Head Unknown Title
Nightwatchers 2 temps, 3 mouvements
Consensus Madness L(abor) O(f) L(ove)
Psychbike Evaded
ØL Pissevenn
High Heels Jane From Occupied Downingtown
Ataque Zerø Ciudades
Warm Exit – Ultra Violence
When Brussels group Warm Exit toured Germany last year few of us, myself included, had anticipated the kind of surprise we'd gonna be in for, although their 2022 TV / Ultra Violence single already hinted at their sound morphing into more of a classic post punk direction. On stage though, it immediately became clear what a radical transformation this group had gone through with barely a speck to be found of their initial sound more in line the current generation of quirky garage-/synth-/eggpunk acts, now replaced by an intense and pitch-black abyss of atmospheric post punk, which is now also reflected on their full length debut, calling to mind a illustrous and diverse array of groups like Rank Xerox, Criminal Code, Diät, Girls In Synthesis, Sievehead or Negative Space.
Album-Stream →Enemic Interior – Pilars De La Decadència
Enemic Interior III releases January 26th.
Thee Alcoholics – Baby I’m Your Man
Feedback releases February 23rd via Rocket Recordings.
Library Card – Well, Acutally
Knowso – Pulsating Gore
Cleveland's Knowso for sure have been among the most idiosyncratic and memorable groups of the past couple years. Their newest full length shows them at the height of their strength once again, their amalgamation of post punk, noise- and math rock still coming across just as quirky and whimsical as it is tight, rigid and angular all the same, combining a seemingly procedural and efficient, mathematical approach with an amount of fun and catchyness you wouldn't really expect inside these rough parameters. At this point, their sound is pretty much their own thing but if you absoiutely must compare them to other groups, you might find some similarities to stuff such as Brandy, Landowner, Big Bopper or maybe Nag in their more approachable moments.
Album-Stream →Cthtr – Cthtr
Already having a couple EPs under his belt, this Whittier, California dude's first full length cassette, also his first release following over five years of radio silence, immediatley clicks with me. That shit is right up my alley with its endearingly crude, moderately psychedelic mix of garage-, post- and synth punk carrying the traits of so many household names, among them the likes of Mononegatives, Useless Eaters, Die TV, Electric Prawns 2, Beef, early Powerplant, Pow!, Freak Genes and Lost Packages.
Album-Stream →Klint – Stark EP & Should Be Honey / Sherbet (Golden Twenties) 7″
Always an occasion of pure, unmitigated joy, new songs by Schleswig, Germany solo viking synth punk warrior Klint. The self-released new Stark EP delivers six-and-a-half excellent new blows of the equally rough and noisy, weird and catchy as fuck synth punk action we all know and love. His Should be Honey / Sherbet 7" released simultaneously via italian garage punk institution Goodbye Boozy then goes on a thrilling experimental side quest involving heavy use of ancient brass and vocal samples pulled from 1920s swing records. This is something… kinda random, baffling and unexpected for sure. Sick shit!
Album-Stream →Jëg Hüsker – Demo!
Excellent new shit by a group from Karlsruhe, Germany featuring, as far as i can tell, the two members of Thee Khai Aehm. There are parallels to be drawn to that group, especially concerning the heavy dungeon-esque vibe of which much is retained here as well, but overall i'd say this group's garage- and fuzz punk sound is a different kind of beast altogether, involving way higher velocities and more stylistic variety. The opener has some primal proto punk energy to it while the melodicism of As Loud As Me reminds me of early No Age or Wavves. Give Me Beat ventures deep into hardcore territorry and closing track Fomo Boy is a forceful blast of classic dungeon punk excess. Well… if the word "classic" even has any meaning for a genre this young. Whatever, there's no use arguing with this kind of fury.
Album-Stream →ØL – Demo
German language "deutschpunk" that doesn't suck still is much of a rarity, sadly. This thing here indeed does not suck in the slightest though. The debut LP of this group from Aachen treads an interesting middle ground, having clear echoes of some of the better and quite obvious german influences (think the likes of Oma Hans, early Muff Potter, Turbostaat, Oiro, Düsenjäger…) while at the same time having a more garage-leaning vibe to them reminiscent of a quite diverse bunch of international acts like Crisis Man, Flowers Of Evil, Waste Man, Ascot Stabber, Mystic Inane… plus the ocasional hint of Hot Snakes / Drive Like Jehu to boot!
Album-Stream →Metdog – What My Computer’s For
Questions and Answers Regarding Computers And Screens releases January 18th via Critter Records.
