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Street Sweeper Don’t Wait EP

This is as straight-ahead and swaggering as rock’n’roll gets. Just pure attitude and energy, recorded simply and done absolutely right. In just four tracks, this Melbourne act showcases a knack for wild melodic rock that harkens back to when the EXPLODING HEARTS first gainfully won all our attention. Of note here is guitarist and singer […]
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The Circulators Insufficient Fun LP

Insufficient Fun, the debut LP from San Francisco’s the CIRCULATORS, delivers some seriously impressive punk’n’roll barn-burners. Channeling the energy of bands like the DEVIL DOGS in my favorite tracks, they also incorporate a mix of ’60s pop and RAMONES-inspired rawness. The album has the gritty, rock’n’roll sound that could easily fit into the Crypt Records […]
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Festa del Perdono Società Mentale EP

Post-punk, sort of dark rock/punk band. I was really drawn to the vocals on this EP, as they were sort of punk-style speaking, and borderline rap at times due to the sheer speed at which he was singing and speaking. My favorite track was “Pomeriggio Dorato,” as it had a more spooky and atmospheric intro, […]
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Rozz Rezabek 1979 Pop Session LP

Previously misattributed as a late recording from San Francisco first-wavers NEGATIVE TREND when released as the unauthorized The Pop Sessions CD by White Noise Records in 1998, these nine tracks are actually solo efforts from the band’s former singer, the now-legendary ROZZ REZABEK, recorded in 1979 after he had parted ways with the group. This […]
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Intro

SPREAD JOY – Bla Bla

We Don’t Need to Reproduce

HARDWARE – Face the Flag

VIETNAM – Game

DEHEX! – Indisk Natt

HOSPICE – Sharper Image

Flowers on My Mind

TAPPI TÍKARRASS – Skrið

EXO – Butterfly

PERSONAL EFFECTS – So Hard

NEW OBJEKS – Watch Television

Forget the Past

THE MUTUALS – Demenial Labor

LIECHTENSTEIN – All at Once

ANTIHÉROES – Presentes Urbanizados

SURFACE MUTANTS – When Are We? (Now We Are)

Grave Situation

W-2 – Dancing on the Head of a Pin

ZELDA – 密林

NRG – Trust in M.E.

THE SPACE BROTHERS – Lost Civilisation

Outro

100 FLOWERS – Sensible Virgins

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