Hope for the Tape Deck is a label that issues limited edition cassette tapes and operates with a DIY mentality. Based out of both Philadelphia and Roanoke, VA, the label is a division of Big School Records, another Philly record label. They just released a new cassette EP from the LAUGHING LEAVES, a band from Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
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CQ Records in Austin is bringing us the new 7″ single from Tulsa, Oklahoma-based 4-piece BRONCHO. It’s On follows their LP from 2011, combining fuzzy garage rock and punk on a 7″ limited to just 300 pieces. Continue reading “BRONCHO – It’s On 7″”
Decades Records is a boutique label based out of West Palm Beach, Florida. They just released the debut 7″ from Lake Worth 4-piece WAKE UP, crafting a blend of moody guitar pop over four tracks. Continue reading “Wake Up – Forever Home 7″ EP”
Pleasence Records is based in Toronto. This new split 7″ is their third release of the year, coming in a short run of just 200 pieces. It features Sackville, New Brunswick psych-punks ASTRAL GUNK and Halifax grunge trio CROSSS. Continue reading “Crosss/ Astral Gunk – Pleasence Records Split 7″”
NATURAL CHILD just broke out with Dancin’ With Wolves, the Nashville trio’s fourth full-length, and their third for Burger Records since 2011. The LP is made up of 10 campfire cowboy songs with a bluesy swagger, led by Wes Taylor’s honest vocal delivery. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Natural Child – Dancin’ With Wolves”
PSYCHIC BAOS return in 2014 with a brand new cassette EP, again on Magnetic South Recordings in Indiana. Our Friends Call Us Horse comes limited to 100 tapes, continuing their run of delirious and sloppy garage-punk. Continue reading “Psychic Baos – Our Friends Call Us Horse CS EP”
CLEARANCE hail from Chicago, who just released their second single on their own Microluxe Records imprint. The first 100 copies of Greensleeve come on green wax, containing five tracks of jangly garage rock. Continue reading “Clearance – Greensleeve 7″ EP”
WET BLANKETS is one of the newest bands from down under in Geelong, Australia. Goodbye Boozy Records in Italy brings us their first 7″ Dieter Caught My Bus, released as part of their first wave of records in 2014. Continue reading “Wet Blankets – Dieter Caught My Bus 7″”
Who Can You Trust? Records is dropping a handful of new releases early in 2014. Living the Dream is the debut 7″ from RAGGED BARRACUDAS, showcasing three tracks of raw and vintage blues rock action.
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The MAKEOUTS, who hail from Stockholm, Sweden, have just released their sophomore effort for the Austrian label Bachelor Records, after a promising 2010 debut. It’s already generating attention, at least locally: Back to Sleep, a veritable grab-bag of gritty and frantic garage, was nominated in the Rock category of Sweden’s stellar Manifest music award. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Makeouts – Back to Sleep”
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