My best effort to describe this work of the devil channeled by some St. Louis, Missouri dude is this: An overabundance of stupid demented shit condensed into fun little garage tunes in the vague neighbourhood of Buck Biloxi, Strange Attractor or, alternately, Dead Moon & The Dead Milkmen, maybe with some Wild Man Fisher thrown in for good measure. I think i'm just about dumb enough to appreciate that!
Just another quick roundup of noises and disturbances out of the extended hardcore orbit. Starting off the batch with Sex Hater of Kansas City, who will surely please admirers of chaotic and downright filthy hardcore shit in a similar vein to groups á la Total Sham, Fried E/m or Launcher.
Speaking of filth, Clinic from Fresno, California dial that certain aspect even further - their latest EP feeling like one single murky puddle of primitive anger and deep despair, not entirely dissimilar in some places to the early Beast Fiend EPs.
pH People, a group of unknown origin, then slow the tempo down considerybly while by no means lacking energy - their tape on Urticaria Records is a potent mixture from the fringes of harcore punk and (proto-) noise rock with clear echoes of mostly older stuff á la Flipper, Spike In Vain, Noxious Fumes or Broken Talent.
And lastly, there's one for the dungeon dwellers among us in the form of Philadelphia's Alien Birth who deliver an oldschool metal-infested beast kinda like a mix between a more primitive Poison Ruïn and Golden Pelicans going all in on their sleaze rock leanings.
Fuck, there's been way too much awesome music lately so a C-90 wouldn't suffice and Verspannungskassette #47 has to be another double feature. Well it's almost fucking christmas time anyway so for the occasion i'm picking the finest second hand garbage tape out of my cassette dump and even pull out a NOS sealed BASF thingy… you get older, you need such luxury. So let's get this shit over with, starting off with a special announcement courtesey of Klint that hopefully makes you wanna listen to 12XU Radio as much as 12XU Radio hopefully makes you wanna listen to Klint. All the roughest shit is on side a. For your prescribed dose of garage punk go straight to side b. Noise rock and gloomy post punk to make you wanna jump off a bridge on side c. Melodic punk and power pop to restore your sanity on side d.
Klint 12xu Radio Drýsildjöfull Helgiathofn Ruben Riley Not The Sharpest Tool Rolex Hey Sunshine Shake Chain Copy Me Power Flower Power Flower Power Flea Collar Buttcrack Man Shitty Life Out Of The Scheme Sid Eargle Chud Babies Snorkel Half-Life Dumb Idea D.H.Y. Butcher's Laugh Mental Hygiene Unit
Memory Ward In Your Ear Phantom Canker Gamma Dressing Z-Pak Ken Doll's Lament (Boyhood) Exaltarist Violent Intruder Anti-Machine Too Many Eyes Unknown Liberty Children Violin Betrayed Nohz Brief Lights, Forever In Pain Pissy Sediento Special Branch Lethal Force
Last Quokka Eat The Rich New Buck Biloxi Dark Star Alien Nose Job Moldy Dough Exwhite Excess Crime Waves No Reason 2 Live No Brains Certified Mullet Hood Rats Won't Be A Victim Thee Deluxe Faded
Spam Mi Amigx Pixel Teo Wise Merda x3 Lymes Waiting Impatiently Nick Normal Strange Notes Gee Tee Find The Beat Busted Head Racket WYL2K? Oyo La Lefa Captain Kazan Late 4 Work
Big Hog Coup de Gras Red Mass Wonder Secrets Of Health And Prosperity (Ft. Slates) Spiral Rash Autodevour Neon Kittens Planet Rider/Horse Great Innings Misere Kontrolle
Dead Mammals King Pink Trigger Cut Landlord Can Kicker Disassociate Now Swallow the Rat Other Rooms Gaffer Social Plomb Bright Life
Kitchen's Floor Thirty-Five Zero Percent APR Midnight Decomisos La Toledana Deprisa, Deprisa Víctima Del Vaciamiento We Don´t Get Along Shux (I Don't Wanna) Indoor Toilet Delivery Good The Chisel Keep it Schtum
Sklitakling Staten Postage Nostalgia Avions Fields Of Gold Rifle Fascist Cops Nasty Party Monochromatic TV Finnogun's Wake Lovers All Mess Don't Look Back Smirk Souvenir
Great fun as always, the newest EP by Italy's Shitty Life on which they once again infuse their garage punk with tons of hardcore speed and energy (or vice versa), making for another straightforward no-frills attack that will surely please sympathizers of acts á la Crisis Man, Dadar, Gluer or Easers.