Moth – Ritual
Machine Nation releases July 3rd via Marthouse Records.
Impotentie – Stille Rebellen
Leopold II Is Niet Dood Genoeg releases June 28th via RoachLeg Records.
Radical Dads – Don’t Wanna Go
Paved Mountain releases June 23rd.
Girls In Synthesis – Pressure
Now Here's An Echo From Your Future releases July 20th via Harbinger Sound.
Gum Country – Somewhere
Somewhere releases June 19th via Kingfisher Bluez, Dinosaur City Records, Burger Records & Waterslide Records.
Permanent Collection – Point of No Return
Nothing Good Is Normal releases June 19th via Strangeway Studio.
Klämp – Arise
Hate You releases September 18th via God Unknown Records.
CTRL Group – Blood Sausage
CTRL Group Demo to be released via Sorry State Records.
ISS – Too Punk For Heavy Metal
Too Punk For Heavy Metal will be out soon via Total Punk Records.
Brandy – (Wish You Was) Madball Baby
The Gift Of Repetition will be out soon on Total Punk Records.
Cells – First Second
As you probably already know, i'm a total sucker for pretty much any weird chunk of noise Minneapolis dude awesome Connie Voltaire releases into the wild, so while we're still waiting for new stuff of his best-known project Neo Neos (or maybe its actual flesh-and-bones full-band incarnation Neotypes), another batch of raw and blown-out farts released under his hardcore punk alter ego Cells does an admirable job at satisfying my addiction in the meantime.
Album-Stream →Psykik Vylence – Psykik Vylence // Erik Nervous – Bugs!
After last year's debut LP with his Beta Blockers pretty much blew everyone's socks and pants off, there's some new stuff out by one of contemporary garage punk's most blazing figures. First, there's been a tape earlier this year under the Psykik Vylence moniker, which sees him messing around with a properly raw assortment of hardcore punk sounds - the results of which are just plain gorgeous. And then, there's a new digital EP with him going it solo again, just as was the case with Psykik Vylence. But with or without Beta Blockers - he's doing what he's best known and loved for: Quirky and inventive Garage Punk with built-in earworm guarantee, this time also including a pretty obscure choice for a cover version (no, i indeed never heard of Taste Test before...) and an unfinished - though totally smashing - instrumental closing track with the promise of actual vocals for it in the near future. Gotta adore the shit out of this!
Album-Stream →Cement Shoes – A Love Story Of Drugs & Rock & Roll & Drugs 7″
IMHO, at this hour Cement Shoes of Richmond, Virginia are the current kings of the garagecore micro genre, coupling a massive amount of borderline-sleazy rock'n'roll with an undeniably hardcore kind of energy you will find in relatively few other groups - Cülo or their quasi-successors Tarantüla, Man Eaters come to mind as a somewhat more hardcore-leaning comparison... just maybe. Or kinda like australian sleaze-garage rockers Golden Pelicans having a hardcore epiphany. On their newest 7" via the ever reliable british quality outlet Drunken Sailor Records we get more of just that, while the closing track Going Off The Grid , a rather straightforward, classic garage tune, might or might not indicate a future move away from hardcore speeds. But whatever they're gonna do next, they're an exciting act to keep both eyes on.
Still / Form – Still / Form
Isn't that the Marriage + Cancer guy groaning his vocals? Yep, same guy. The music on this Portland trio's first EP ain't all that different either. Noise Rock of an ultra-classic 90s variety with a hint of math, pretty much in the middle between the more smartass Touch & Go and the more sludge- and metal-affine Amphetamine Reptile universes.
Album-Stream →Flat Worms – Antarctica
Already a handful of releases into their discography, we kinda know what to expect from a new Flat Worms record by now. However, that doesn't mean they're standing still exactly. Rather, with every new release they managed to focus on and expand upon a certain facet of their garage-, psychedelic- and fuzz punk sound, keeping things fresh and interesting at all times. This time, recording with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, the result does not only show Albini's trademark sonic characteristics, but also their overall sound seems to embrace some of his legacy as a producer audio engineer, veering into a distinctly noise rock/postcore direction that, once again, was always subtly present on their previous records but never as much on display as here and might be compared to contemporary bands like Meat Wave, Metz or USA Nails. Other small but pleasant surprises come in the form of the title track - a garage jam you could almost describe as relaxed - as well as the 90s indie rock vibes in Market Forces.
