Damak – Waiting For The Rain
Crisis of Faith releases August 1st via Aklasan Records.
Sex Mex – Runaway
Live Sex Act releases June 17th.
Verspannungskassette #34 (C-60)
Klint Dance
CC and the Hairy Area I'm an Empath
Feral Cycle
Bozo C.S.I.
Snooper Xerox
Pressure Pin Superficial Feature
The Vortex V2SK
Gorilla Knifefight See You In Hell
Djinn Evil Dead
The Losers Stabbed In The Back
Armor On The Clock
Primitive Fucking Ballers Suspicious Existence
Vidro Vågornas Svall
Die In Vain Baska Bir Yer Yok
Red Gaze Frigid Zone
Gripe (Estás) Bajo Control
Salted Wounds Got Your Back
Carrie Fast Food
Peace De Résistance Manifest Destiny
The Real Distractions Beach Men
The Blinds Elsewhere
Bodega Thrown
Warm Exit T.V
Beige Banquet What Is Going On?
Gad Whip Nostalgic For Hope
Straw Man Army Underland
Off Peak Arson Closed Curtains
Quaker Wedding The Kitchen Floor
The Hazmats Empty Rooms
The Blinds – Endless Fascination
This Melbourne group's 2017 debut EP still resonates with me as one of the most unique experiences in the garage-/post-/art punk spere of its time. Almost five years having passed since then, it's no surprise their follow-up EP showcases a somewhat more streamlined yet still ambitious and surprising grab-bag of songs which continue to draw plenty of inspiration from both Chairs Missing-era Wire and early, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, this time leaning in heavier on the spaced-out post punk side of things, also sounding not quite unlike a more eleborate version of B-Boys or Gotobeds. Then at their most melodic and straightforward, Elsewhere is the kind of anthemic oldschool indie rock smasher rarely encountered these days.
Album-Stream →Crisis Man – Asleep In America
Another powerful punch in the nuts from that California supergroup sharing members with the likes of Acrylics, Public Eye, Violent Change and Ceremony. Here, they deliver their most compact and vigorous set of new tunes so far, having fine-tuned their formula of equal parts hardcore- and garage punk for maximum impact, fusing the unrelenting force of Acrylics and Bad Breeding with the abrasive garage qualities of, say… early Teenanger or Video.
Album-Stream →Remote Control – Everyone Is The Same
Remote Control releases May 20th via Under Heat Records.
Billiam – Lunchbreak
8 Hours In Billiamville releases May 20th via Under Heat Records.
Display Homes – CCTV
What If You're Right & They're Wrong? releases July 20th via Erste Theke Tonträger.
Snooper – Xerox
Town Topic will be released sometime via Erste Theke Tonträger.
Klint – Dance
This dude from Schleswig, Germany already made an excellent first impression a couple weeks ago with his debut 7" on Goodbye Boozy. The artwork sure suggests some dungeon synth/-punk affinity, although sound-wise - lacking the latter genre's obvious black- and/or oldschool "heavy" metal elements - i'd rather compare this shit to recent developments on the intersection of garage-, synth- and electro punk and associated acts of the Mononegatives, Pow!, Liquid Face, Ghoulies or Slimex variety.
Album-Stream →The Vortex – Executive Dysfunction
This Santa Ana group emits short and noisy KBD-soaked artifacts, equal parts oldschool garage- and hardcore punk with the occasional touch of Gun Club. The overall impression ain't too far off Neo Neos or any of maestro Voltaire's various hardcore projects, early Erik Nervous and maybe some hint of Launcher, meshed together with some beautiful accident of the kind that might've just as well occured on some random Deluxe Bias or Impotent Fetus release.
Album-Stream →Pressure Pin – Superficial Feature
The busy Montreal scene has yet another head-scratcher in store for the discerning connoisseur of weird-ass garage-/post-/egg-/ADHD-punk and oh boy, is that a delightful and quirky, disjointed-as-fuck mess of an EP scavenging bits and pieces from all the right phenomena of contemporary punk eccentricity including acts such as Print Head, Reality Group, Patty, Slimex, Big Bopper or Skull Cult.
Album-Stream →Another PSA…
...'cos you conformist morons calling yourself punk still don't get it. We won't ever have a better web with healthier communities unless you change your online habits and stop supporting disgusting and manipulative corporate social media empires. There are viable alternatives. What... but your friends are all on facebook/twitter you say? Well too bad for your friends. Convince them to come along then!
The Wilful Boys – Heaven
World, Ward, Word, Sword releases May 6th via Big Neck Records.
Clamm – Bit Much
Care releases June 20th via Meat Machine / Chapter Music.