After dropping one of our favorite records of 2012 on Art Fag Recordings, PLATEAUS have been silent for much of 2013. Mt. St. Mtn. just changed that by releasing this 10″ EP from the band consisting of three new songs, coming on gorgeous translucent-splatter vinyl limited to 500 pieces. Continue reading “Plateaus – Wasting Time 10″ EP”
Mark Ryan, the mind behind countless Denton, TX bands (among them the Marked Men and High Tension Wires) is back with the latest LP for his pop-punk project MIND SPIDERS. Inhumanistic is his third album in as many years for Dirtnap Records in Portland, and it’s a record that’s equal parts punk rock, synth pop and sci-fi. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Mind Spiders – Inhumanistic”
Last Laugh Records is a division of Almost Ready Records in Brooklyn, NY. They just reissued a 7″ originally from Killed By Death in 1978 by a punk band from Scotland called FIRE EXIT. The band is still active today and prides themselves as being Scotland’s longest running punk band. Continue reading “Fire Exit – Time Wall 7″”
Miami usually isn’t the first place you think of as a birthplace for rock n roll music of any kind, but in the case of JACUZZI BOYS it seems impossible for them to be from anywhere else. A newly released LP out on Hardly Art continues to paint a sonic picture of South Florida through the wide eyes of these young rockers, but this time with a slightly gentler perspective. Continue reading “Jacuzzi Boys – s/t LP”
Courtesy of Hosehead Records in Toronto, the STEVE ADAMYK BAND of Ottawa is back again with a new four-song 7″ titled Monterrey. The single comes limited to 500 pieces with risograph printed artwork. Continue reading “Steve Adamyk Band – Monterrey 7″”
Based down in Miami, THIS HEART ELECTRIC is the moniker of solo recording artist Ricardo Guerrero. Age of Aquarius is the name of his new album, released digitally by White Moon Recordings in Florida. Continue reading “This Heart Electric – Age of Aquarius”
Columbus, OH trio DAY CREEPER self-released this 7″ EP titled Raging Beast a few months before their new LP Hell is Real on Tic Tac Totally. The EP is home to four jagged cuts of their slop-heavy garage rock. Continue reading “Day Creeper – Raging Beast 7″ EP”
Toronto-based TEENANGER recently unveiled their second full-length album, Singles Don’t $ell, on Southpaw and Telephone Explosion Records in Canada. It’s crammed full of blood-boiling punk tantrums, led by the snotty shouting of frontman Jon Schouten. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Teenanger – Singles Don’t $ell”
Did somebody say crude and minimal records? That’s right! Goodbye Boozy is slingin’ out another fresh set of 7″ records from Italy, starting with the crunchy and blown-out stompers on the debut 7″ from Berlin-based BIKES. Continue reading “Bikes – Ocean Penis 7″”
Discos Mascarpone is a brand new label operating out of Spain. They’re a self-described DIY label who just released the debut LP from Valencia-based quartet CUELLO. Mi Brazo Que Te Sobre was recorded live entirely at Sountess Studios by Pablo Peiró, a recording studio also based in Valencia that’s recorded plenty of the local bands. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Cuello – Mi Brazo Que Te Sobre”
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