ZIG ZAGS of Los Angeles have easily been one of our favorite up-and-coming bands throughout the year. Monster Wizard is their third 7″ of 2012 and first for Tubesteak Tuesday Records, bringing us two new tracks of their sludgy psych-punk. Continue reading “Zig Zags – Monster Wizard 7″”
Hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand, TRICK MAMMOTH are a three month old trio who sent us their new single. Baltimore offers up some of their own strand of glinting lo-fi pop on a label from down under known as The Attic. Continue reading “Trick Mammoth – Baltimore”
The Italy-based Goodbye Boozy Records is at it again. This time around they dropped four new 7″ singles, with this first coming from STRAIGHT ARROWS of Sydney, Australia. Continue reading “Straight Arrows – All the Time 7″”
GRACIE brings us some surfy lo-fi pop out of San Francisco with their debut EP on Eye in the Sky Records. Death of the Sunset fits the mold for the growing label with its murky, dreamy textures. Continue reading “Gracie – Death of the Sunset EP”
COOL GHOULS are a group of four garage-rockin’ scoundrels from San Francisco, California. They dropped their Alright cassette at the beginning of August, brimming with their own strand of bluesy garage rock. Continue reading “Cool Ghouls – Alright CS”
Suck On the Gun is the debut EP from San Francisco noise-punks VIOLENT CHANGE. It’s also the debut release of the San Francisco based label Melters, who released the 7″ in a short run of 300 pressings. Continue reading “Violent Change – Suck On the Gun 7″ EP”
Seth Sutton of the Nashville based USELESS EATERS hasn’t really stopped all year. Black Night Ultraviolet is at least his third 7″ of 2012 and first for Manimal Vinyl, with more already in sight. Continue reading “Useless Eaters – Black Night Ultraviolet 7″ EP”
Om Na Mio offers some noisy, mind-melting psych rock, an archival release of underground French psych-outs AQUA NEBULA OSCILLATOR. The 7″ comes courtesy of Who Can You Trust? Records in Germany. Continue reading “Aqua Nebula Oscillator – Om Na Mio 7″”
Coming from Psychic Handshake Recordings in Montreal, these two Canadian monstrosities KRANG and SHOOTING GUNS teamed up for an exceptionally heavy 7″ of all things psychedelic rock. Continue reading “Krang/ Shooting Guns – Psychic Handshake Split 7″”
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”
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