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Better late than never. SHEER MAG (short for ‘Sheer Magnitude’) dropped their debut self-titled 7″ toward the end of 2014 on Wilsuns Recording Company. They’re following it up with a second 7″ on Katorga Works/ Wilsuns this coming March. Continue reading “Sheer Mag – s/t 7″”
Forming amongst the toxic sludge in LA sewers rises the city’s greatest new threat, the PRETTIEST EYES. Their new debut, Looks, was released by Aagoo Records on February 17th in vinyl and CD formats. The band crafts a completely menacing blues-based sound, attacking from all angles and firmly keeping their feet in the murky pools of psych and noise.
Continue reading “Prettiest Eyes – Looks”
Ever/Never Records in New York City released a new 7″ from DICKHEAD RESCUE on February 17th. More Than… is their debut release and comes with two tracks swarming with static noise.
After delivering a cassette on Lollipop Records in 2014 that was criminally overlooked, BICYCLE DAY return early in 2015 with a 7″ split with UNITY.
Windian Records in Washington DC is now in its third run of their annual 7″ box set. This year, one of those six records is the vinyl debut from Norfolk, VA punks THE SEEERS. Continue reading “The Seeers – Without Lites 7″”
Dumpster Tapes in Chicago had a big year in 2014 and they’re continuing the story in 2015. Their latest is a full length from SON OF A GUN; a 12-track cassette rolled into a raging fireball of frenetic garage punk energy. Continue reading “Son of a Gun – No Bread”
Hailing all the way from Athens, Greece, HOLY MONITOR self-released their first batch of music at the very beginning of 2015 after recording it this past summer. Continue reading “Holy Monitor – Golden Light EP”
Total Punk Records got off to a solid start in 2015 with a pair of 7″ records. One of them was the third 7″ from CAL AND THE CALORIES, a group that shares members with notable bands Lumpy and the Dumpers and Rat Heart. Continue reading “Cal & the Calories – Bastard in a Yellow Suit 7″”
Based in Bloomington, Indiana, FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS drop their cataclysmic 12″ debut tomorrow on Permanent Records. The album is home to a scathing new set of LSD-cured garage rock. Continue reading “Frankie and the Witch Fingers – s/t LP”
Since we’re going to be behind on covering their new LP, we thought we’d backtrack to THE LIVING EYES last record of 2014 – their Guilty Pleasures 7″ for Agitated Records. Continue reading “The Living Eyes – Guilty Pleasures 7″”
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