Full-lengths and 12-inchers
It’s been awhile since their debut, but NAOMI PUNK dropped their sophomore album The Feeling on Couple Skate Records earlier this year. The LP came in a short run of just 300 copies and has since sold out, brimming with slow-to-medium paced grunge-punk dirges with a minimal approach and plenty of clangorous guitar jangle. Continue reading “Naomi Punk – The Feeling”
Hailing from Kalamazoo, MI, LEGENDARY WINGS just dropped their debut LP Making Paper Roses on Dirtnap Records. The band sent in a random CD-R of demos to the label and that’s all it took for Dirtnap to add them to their roster. Continue reading “Legendary Wings – Making Paper Roses”
This PURITY RING album has been out for awhile now. It’s always been part of my plans to get it up here, I just didn’t know when it would happen. The reason being that, if you’re like me, you have an occasional soft spot for electronic music. This album obviously manages to hit that spot one way or another, the only difference being that this Purity Ring album is only good in small doses. If you begin to spend too much time with Shrines, things quickly go stale, kind of like you’re going around in circles lost in the woods. There’s no denying that Corin Roddick and Megan James have forged their very own sound here, but that’s also the problem – we don’t have anything for contrast, so this is all we’re left with. Which is in turn why this album can quickly go stale, unless of course, you carefully pick out each small dosage of Shrines as you go. Because once again, there’s no denying that something this calculated and something this pristine could ever possibly steer us wrong, frankly we just don’t want it to lose it’s originality.
Genre/ Tags: Electronic, Ethereal, Pop
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It’s taken some time, but the debut album from LA’s COLD SHOWERS hit record shelves this week. The LP comes from Dais Records, finally giving us all the proper dosage of this moody post-punk we’ve been looking for. Continue reading “Cold Showers – Love and Regret”
After a little over a year, CULT OF YOUTH come back with their second album for the Sacred Bones Records label. Love Will Prevail offers a challenging combination of both post-punk and folk rock. Continue reading “Cult of Youth – Love Will Prevail”
THE HARLEQUINS hail from Cincinnati, Ohio with their fuzzy psych-pop. This cassette from Random Old Records & Tapes is their second full-length album to date and their third release overall as a band. Continue reading “The Harlequins – s/t CS”
If GAYTIME hasn’t already crossed your radars then please stick around. The scuzzy garage duo of Josh Jugum and Kim Martinengo operates on a long distance relationship (still?) and this is their debut LP on 1:12 Records in New Zealand. Continue reading “Gaytime – In Their Prime”
If you haven’t caught the self-titled LP from CROOKED BANGS yet, why don’t you take a seat. This Austin, TX trio just dropped their LP on Western Medical Records, serving up a tight and moody post-punk snarl. Continue reading “Crooked Bangs – s/t LP”
Oakland, California surf-punks MEAT MARKET drop their first release on vinyl, made up of some old and familiar tracks along with some brand new ones. The LP comes from Under the Gun Records in Los Angeles in a run of just 500 pressings.
The LP originally dropped as a cassette tape, which means we’re about to give this album the double-plug. The new, self-titled LP features ten tracks of their smart and sensible surf rock, taking a handful of the songs from the original cassette and filling them out immensely. The LP sounds so much better it shouldn’t even be a question, because now we get these fully-realized and fun-loving surf rock anthems like “TNT” to fill our hearts with joy. A song like this is overflowing with positive vibes and hook-heavy tendencies, led by warm, sunny guitars with a glinting, surfy twang. Care-free vocal hooks sit on top of the shredded guitars, supplying the song with a dose of innocence that is nothing short of catchy. Underneath there’s a relentless stomp that drives the track, which solidifies nicely at the end to show off a punching punk edge.
Hear the track below and if you’re sold on that, go and check the rest of the LP on the Meat Market Bandcamp.
Genre/ Tags: Garage Rock, Surf Rock, Punk
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The latest LP from WET HAIR, Spill Into Atmosphere, dropped via De Stijl Records back at the beginning of June. As far as space rock goes, Wet Hair appear to be trying to alter the sound by employing their own special hybrid of sweeping electronic psychedelia, but this didn’t just come from nowhere. Continue reading “Wet Hair – Spill Into Atmosphere”
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