Sex Drive - Shopping Blitz
Oh look, one of my favorite pieces of punk rock vaporware finally got released! How long has it been… two years at the very least since this thing has first been teased in form of the (digital) Uncontrol single. Ultimately it was worth the wait though as the australian group's first LP packs the same kind of savage garage punk assault we've witnessed on their previous EPs while expanding on it further, carrying an unexpectedly melancholic vibe throughout, best exemplified by the melodic pop smasher Strange Motel while Work and Military Boy remind me of Jackson Reid Briggs & The Heaters both in terms of vibe and energy levels. This is also required listening for fans of shit like Civic, S.U.G.A.R., Lysol, Split System, Mini Skirt, Institute and Living Eyes.
Album-Stream →Verspannungskassette #49 (C-70)
Italia 90 Competition
Larochs Sea Creatures
Bzdet Husaria
John (Timestwo) Theme New Bond Junior
Nick G Bells
Static Means Pitchforks
Prisonnier Du Temps Lion En Cage
Chimers Generator
Black Button Correction
Tetnis Ballistics
Kudzu Dang Me
Zoids Terror Vision
Neon Kittens Frozen Peas
Property Dance Flaw
Dadgad Fuck You Up
Big Fyg Letters From Cooper
Zhoop RIP
Gorgojo nph
Sirkka Hyvä Ehdokas
Dead City Greyhound
Simulation Bodies
Straight Arrows Fast Product
Saucermen Sick
Tricks Decisions
Wayne Pain & The Shit Stains The Zoo
Jeffy & The Sunken Heads Barf Cars From Mars
Strange Attractor Baby Jesus Head
Qinqs The Great White Wonder
Aminoacidclub Sirens & Horns
Liquids Head Hang Low
Tee Vee Repairman Organic Mould
Silicone Values Bystander Apathy
Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure
A new LP by Italia 90, best kept secret of contemporary british post punk, who so far have managed to completely avoid as well as outlive the hype cycle some of their peers have been riding hard over the past few years. Hard to believe at this point that this is actually their first full length release. Overall, they're staying true to themselves here without making things too easy either for themselves or the audience, striking a delicate balance between catchy tunes á la New Factory, Tales From Beyond and more cumbersome sonic assaults like Magdalene and Golgatha. Otherwise, a slightly Wire-esque opening track gives way to a more familiar soundscape owing a lot to the classics of, among others, Swell Maps and Membranes, the occasional hint of Crass. Or alternately, you might also draw some comparisons to more recent acts like Exek, early Protomartyr.
Album-Stream →Kudzu - Kudzu
This Greenville, South Carolina group kicks up an excellent racket located somwhere inbetween the gears of garage punk, post punk and postcore bearing some similaritiy to more recent stuff á la Big Bopper, Mystic Inane, Dollhouse, Cutie, Wymyns Prysyn, Crisis Man… just as much as to classic pieces by the likes of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Nation Of Ulysses, Rites of Spring or Gray Matter.
Album-Stream →Factory City Children - Factory City Children
The noise on this debut EP by New York (?) group Factory City Children comes accross like a somewhat blackened variant of garage-/electro punk noisemakers á la S.B.F., Stalins Of Sounds, Kid Chrome and The Gobs with a smidge of Sick Thoughts thrown in for good measure. Having been previously released pretty much under everyone's radar as a tape, Toxic State Records now has it either as a 7" or a way overpriced digital download, well knowing we'll pay the ten bucks anyway because we're all addicted to the shit. Capitalism fuck yeah!
Album-Stream →Chimers - Generator / Tooth
There's really no other way to put it… on their latest output the group from Wollongong, Australia leans in quite heavily on the ancient blueprint established primarily by bands like Mission of Burma, Moving Targets, Volcano Suns which, if you ask me, should be more of a thing anyway so yeah, this is good stuff.
Gee Tee - (I Hate) Drivin' In The City
Goodnight Neanderthal releases March 3rd via Urge Records & Goner Records.
Home Front - Faded States
Games of Power releases March 3rd via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos.
Golden Hours - Come And Find Me
Golden Hours releases March 31st via Fuzz Club Records.
