If there’s one record from 2013 I’m ashamed for missing, it’s PAMPERS’ self-titled LP on In The Red. The grungy Brooklynites specialize in heavy, repetitive psych-punk coated by a thick, palpable layer of guitar sludge. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Pampers – s/t LP”
Telephone Explosion and Jackshack Records have teamed up to bring us this monster of an EP from Toronto noise punks THE SOUPCANS. Their take on pop is sick and twisted, mangled garage tracks crusted in metallic noise. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: The Soupcans – Parasite Brain EP”
NERVOUS TALK is a 4-piece punk band from Vancouver featuring Joel Butler of Moby Dicks/Myelin Sheaths and members of Timecopz, the Ballantynes and Shitty Neighbors. Introductions is their new 7″ from the Mammoth Cave Recording Co. Continue reading “Nervous Talk – Introductions 7″”
The always-excellent Tic Tac Totally Records in Chicago brings us the second long-player from party-ready snot-punks PARTY BAT. Together these guys nail that timeless back-from-the-grave garage sound, capitalizing on all the points that made their earlier singles so memorable. These songs are led by a thin, sludgy guitar buzz and lead Bat’s rowdy croon, offering endlessly gruesome lyrical variations about drugs, zombies, eating brains and Budweiser and blood. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Party Bat – Real Drugs”
Speakertree Records in Charlottesville, VA continues to churn out the goods. Up next they’re delivering the debut long-player from Bay-area wonder-kid ADAM WIDENER. The former Zygoteen/Bare Wire has left his mark over the last year or so with at least two scorching singles, naturally leading us to this newly released debut. Vesuvio Nights clocks-in with 14 blistering tracks loaded with glam and drenched in fuzz, evidenced by the stomping jangle in lead single “Laughter On Your Heels I’ll Follow.” The track is tight with swift percussion and a wonky bass line, all of which is performed by Widener himself. He’s at it again in self-titled track “Vesuvio Nights,” showing off a glittery lead guitar to go with a throbbing bass line. It’s ecstatic and propulsive, crafting a form of melodic, punk-inflected pop with a relentless twang. Listen to the self-titled track below and check the video for “Laughter On Your Heels I’ll Follow!”
Vesuvio Nights –
Genre/ Tags: Garage Rock, Pop, Punk
Vesuvio Nights: Tracklist:
1.) Telephone Traps
2.) Laughter on Your Heels I’ll Follow
3.) Vesuvio Nights
4.) Fake Flowers Never Die
5.) Crystal Caskets
6.) Average People in an Average World
7.) Babe Don’t Feel Blue
8.) Black is the Color
9.) Glow Crush
10.) Pools of Light
11.) Gentle Swarm
12.) Fluid Trails of Glitter Gore
13.) Visceral Venom
14.) Transparency Shows Me the Way
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The Bon Voyage label based in Brisbane, Australia doesn’t release new records often, but when they do we need to make sure we’re paying attention. Their latest is this 7″ EP from Brisbane-based rock and roll band CANNON. Continue reading “Cannon – It’s Cool, No Worries 7″ EP”
FDH, Resurrection and Mammoth Cave Records have all joined forces to bring us one of the most absurd punk records of 2013. STRANGE ATTRACTOR is the rock alias of Jeff Houle, an artist based in Sudbury, Ontario, who previously did time in Statues and the Havocs. Back to the Cruel World is his first record to be properly released in the US, and it’s a snarling batch of decrepit speed-punk that’s as angry and disgusted as anything ever committed to tape. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Strange Attractor – Back to the Cruel World”
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Aarght Records in Melbourne just released the debut LP from Geelong/Melbourne synth-punk four-piece AUSMUTEANTS. Amusements is twelve tracks of synth-heavy garage pop, honing in on the sound from their earlier 7″ singles on Anti Fade and Heinous Anus.
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Independent Philadelphia garage rock label Piss Drink Records just dropped a compilation covering four of Philadelphia’s finest basement-dwelling garage punks. Including fan-favorites the Eeries, the Pussy Dogs, the Tight Spots and the Shakes, the LP comes on red and brown split color vinyl. Continue reading “V/A – Philadelphia Cock ‘n’ Roll Showcase LP”
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