Outtacontroller – Gotta Get Out
Mother’s Milk – Render Void At Gate
Stunning shit as is usually the case with anything featuring Josh Feigert of Atlanta groups such as Uniform, Wymyns Prysyn and, most recently, Glittering Insects. Once again, this record is drenched in that same unmistakable trademark melancholia spread out onto an epic widescreen canvas, which is also at the core of the aforementioned groups. A familiar vibe for sure but there's plenty of room for surprises and unexpected flourishes here as well, like some uncharacteristic flashes of melodicism in songs such as Skyless Bells and Earthtone.
Album-Stream →Satanic Togas – Digital World
You know what to expect by now! Satanic Togas never fail to amaze with their catchy, compact garage punk smashers. If Gee Tee is kind of the flower child among Ishka Edmeades numerous groups and projects, Satanic Togas kinda represent the sleazy and hard rocking counterbalance to that fluffy powerpop innocense, delivering a bottomless wealth of catchy hooks and tunes all the same.
Album-Stream →Hevrat Ha’Hashmal – 2+1
Five minutes of delightful noises and structured chaos crammed into dense little tunes by an israeli group. Equally punishing, quirky and eclectic shit right in the sweet spot overlapping post punk, noise rock and garage punk - a freewheeling anything-goes spirit reminding me of a bunch of groups such as Big Bopper, Brandy, Patti, Reality Group or Cutie.
Negative World Status – Demo
This philadelphia group has hammered into existence an unwashed bastard of a debut EP - a sound on the intersections of garage-, KBD- and oldschool hardcore punk, presented in a delicious Lo-Fi aesthetic in a fashion similar to anything from the Deluxe Bias or Impotent Fetus catalogues. Think something along the lines of Exxon, Motor Corp, Everyone Is Alone Sometimes, The Vortex, Modern Needs, Fugitive Bubble, Insane Urge, Fried E/m or Septic Yanks.
Aborted Tortoise & Ghoulies – EuroTour Split
This is indeed a tour i'm pretty psyched about already! This new split 7" on Goodbye Boozy Records presents the two Perth groups at their finest as Aborted Tortoise make your legs shake with their patented constructs of smartypants garage punk á la Uranium Club, Pinch Points, Dumb, Vintage Crop and the like. Ghoulies then follow up with two strong and catchy garage-/egg-/synth punk tunes roughly in the Research Reactor Corp, Cherry Cheeks, Set-Top Box, Alien Nosejob or Satanic Togas fashion.
Album-Stream →Alien Nosejob – Split Personality
The Derivative Sounds of... Or... A Dog Always Returns to its Vomit releases October 27th via Anti Fade Records & Goner Records.
Pale Angels – I’m a Boar
Plastic Legacy releases September 8th via Rad Girlfriend Records.
Billiam – Out On Medication
Corner Tactics releases September 22nd via Under The Gun Records & Cow Tool Records.
Verstärker – Ankunft
Jenseits releases October 27th via Fuzz Club Records.
Superfriends – Impostor Syndrome
Superfriends Are Online releases September 8th.
Verspannungskassette #61 (C-60)
Pablo X Morons
New Buck Biloxi I Hate The Queen
Dennis Cometti Locked Out
The Jimmys Romance Scammer
Wasted Denim Rats and Freaks
LiceTrays Blood Loss
Balloon Thief Mind Ease
X-Nipples San Gennaro's Blood
ALF Road Rage
WWW Realidad Virtual
Isotope Soap Honey Man
Bad Anxiety Committing Crimes
The Dud Uglys Staring At The End
Ankle Grabber Paradise On Pause
Piss Shivers Eyes Off You
Retirement Death Sentence
G.U.N. A Prisoner's Tale
Dispösal Painted Crutches
Drýsildjöfull Kolsvartar Tungur
Eye Of The Cormorant Rag Warfare
The Hand Safer Now?
Beef Quickie
Nasty World The Mercy Of The Law
Die Paniks Cowboy Time
Lohn der Angst Lohn der Angst
Tricks Turn Around
Golden Grease Assisted Living
The Wind Ups Coffee Cup
Lothario Missing Person
Witch Piss Grow Mold Die Old
M.O.T.O. Blast Of Silence
Noise Violations Love To Feel Good
Juggler Lángoló Világ
Miracle Debt Goth Phase
Piss Shivers – Piss Shivers
A brilliant new release brought to us by Gimmie Records, the record label extension of the fabulous Gimme Gimmie Gimmie blog-/zine empire. Piss Shivers are a Brisbane duo whose debut LP kicks up a highly flammable fuss located vaguely inside the Garage-, Post Punk and Postcore coordinates, sometimes reminding me of a Crisis Man-meet-Hot Snakes hybrid while at other points you might be reminded of early Teenanger, the pitch-black postcore dystopias of Video, VHS or the furious anger of Wymyns Prysyn. Further i'm recalling the likes of Xetas, Gaffer, Ascot Stabber and Batpiss… maybe a bit of Zhoop/Djinn/Feed energy aswell in the more primitive, straightforward moments.
Album-Stream →Noise Violations & Sprgrs – Split
Australian label Painscale Records delivers its strongest entry so far in a series of split cassettes. Main attraction here is clearly the longer side comprising the debut batch of Melbourne group Noise Violations, who set ablaze an irresistible barrage of catchy hooks in a slightly egg-adjacent brand of garage punk with echoes of well-renowned genre powerhouses such as Satanic Togas, R.M.F.C., Ghoulies, Booji Boys, Metal Guru, Erik Nervous or Gee Tee, to name just a few.
The other side then contains the previously released 2022 EP by Granada, Spain group Sprgrs, which is well worth another listen for fans of danceable Lo-Fi punk stuff in the vein of, say, Prison Affair, Beer, Nuts, Pringue, Dee Bee Rich and Beta Maximo.