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Gary Records is a label based in Chicago. They specialize in international split 7″‘s and their latest release is about to be on your radar. SHAPE BREAKER (Philadelphia) and FUCK MOUNTAIN (Dublin) join forces to deliver this monster, coming limited to just 300 pieces. Continue reading “Shape Breaker/ Fuck Mountain – Gary Records Split 7″”
Recorded between March and April of 2013, BARDUS consists of three guys who live in Northeast Philadelphia. Solus is their first full-length recording, delivering over 27 minutes of hard and sludgy punk rock. Continue reading “Bardus – Solus”
SOFT SERVE sent this EP our way toward the end of 2013. They’re a trio operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia, playing their own form of jangly guitar rock. These songs were recorded with Jay Arner, who has recorded with Tough Age and a slew of other bands. Continue reading “Soft Serve – Sink Deep EP”
THE ZOLTARS’ second album, Walking Through the Dark (via the Austin-based CQ Records), is the next logical step in the band’s discography: Throughout 11 cuts of light, uplifting and texture-rich music, they bulk up their dreary pop with glistening pianos and cellos. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: The Zoltars – Walking Through the Dark”
Minneapolis-based trio RABBIT HOLES dropped It’s Not Alright at the end of 2013 and we just caught an earful. Big Action Records brings us two tracks of their ecstatic garage pop, coming on black vinyl housed in 3-color hand-screened sleeves. Continue reading “Rabbit Holes – It’s Not Alright 7″”
Formed in July of 2013, PORNO MAGS is a 4-piece band from Chicago, IL. They self-describe their single Get On Top as rock and roll/ proto punk, leaving us with two crunchy tracks of mid-tempo garage. Continue reading “Porno Mags – Get On Top”
Formed in Shanghai in the middle of 2010, THE INSTIGATION is a four piece punk band now based in Tokyo, Japan. Their four members are currently spread out as far as London and together they create demolishing hardcore punk. Continue reading “The Instigation – No Way Out 7″ EP”
An underappreciated album from 2013, nothing captures WHITE FENCE in the live setting as accurately as Live in San Francisco. The album was first in a new series of live recordings from Castle Face Records, aiming to document bands in their finest hour.
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Born out of Indianapolis, RAW MCCARTNEY dropped their Introducing CS on Tripp Tapes in 2013. The tape offers a unique blend of fuzzy punk, psych, noise and space rock, following up their sloppy debut from 2012 that was recorded on a cell phone. Continue reading “Raw McCartney – Introducing CS”
We Are Siamese is the debut single from Nashville-based THE LEES OF MEMORY. Courtesy of Velocity of Sound Records in Pittsburgh, the band features Nick Slack (Epic Ditch) and ex-Superdrag members Brandon Fisher and John Davis. Continue reading “The Lees of Memory – We Are Siamese 7″”
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