Full-lengths and 12-inchers
PURLING HISS’ Paisley Montage was originally supposed to be a tour-only cassette tape in 2011. Unfortunately it never saw the light of day because the band left the whole box of brand new tapes on top of their tour van and drove off. The end result was a bunch of destroyed cassettes along the Schuylkill Expressway, ultimately leaving Philadelphia’s Richie Records to re-release the album on vinyl. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Purling Hiss – Paisley Montage”
Mark Ryan, the mind behind countless Denton, TX bands (among them the Marked Men and High Tension Wires) is back with the latest LP for his pop-punk project MIND SPIDERS. Inhumanistic is his third album in as many years for Dirtnap Records in Portland, and it’s a record that’s equal parts punk rock, synth pop and sci-fi. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Mind Spiders – Inhumanistic”
Thanks to our friends over at the wonderful Slovenly Records we have an absurd new album to share. WAU Y LOS ARRRGHS!!! based in Valencia, Spain, deliver their third LP Todo Roto after their riotous 2009 sophomore album ¡¡¡Viven!!!. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! – Todo Roto”
Miami usually isn’t the first place you think of as a birthplace for rock n roll music of any kind, but in the case of JACUZZI BOYS it seems impossible for them to be from anywhere else. A newly released LP out on Hardly Art continues to paint a sonic picture of South Florida through the wide eyes of these young rockers, but this time with a slightly gentler perspective. Continue reading “Jacuzzi Boys – s/t LP”
Based down in Miami, THIS HEART ELECTRIC is the moniker of solo recording artist Ricardo Guerrero. Age of Aquarius is the name of his new album, released digitally by White Moon Recordings in Florida. Continue reading “This Heart Electric – Age of Aquarius”
Toronto-based TEENANGER recently unveiled their second full-length album, Singles Don’t $ell, on Southpaw and Telephone Explosion Records in Canada. It’s crammed full of blood-boiling punk tantrums, led by the snotty shouting of frontman Jon Schouten. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Teenanger – Singles Don’t $ell”
Courtesy of Stolen Body Records in the UK, weirdo Manchester duo BROWN BROGUES are back with their second album titled Triflin’. It’s filled with their psyched-out grooves, combining muddy surf rock with a noisy snarl. Continue reading “Brown Brogues – Triflin’”
Discos Mascarpone is a brand new label operating out of Spain. They’re a self-described DIY label who just released the debut LP from Valencia-based quartet CUELLO. Mi Brazo Que Te Sobre was recorded live entirely at Sountess Studios by Pablo Peiró, a recording studio also based in Valencia that’s recorded plenty of the local bands. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Cuello – Mi Brazo Que Te Sobre”
San Francisco’s fuzzed-up punks TERRY MALTS are back with their sophomore LP. Nearly two years after their debut, Killing Time, comes Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere from our friends at Slumberland Records. These songs are centered around a deliciously simple formula — it’s something the band likes to call “chainsaw pop.” Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Terry Malts – Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere”
After their 2012 debut Spaced Out, the KETAMINES are back with their brand new full-length You Can’t Serve Two Masters. The album comes courtesy of Southpaw Records in the United States and Mammoth Cave Records in Canada, coming in a short run with the first 100 copies on pink vinyl. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Ketamines – You Can’t Serve Two Masters”
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