Out of Love – I Am Not Me EP (Venn Records) I got approached out of the blue about this one. The promo material suggests
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Howardian – Are You A Frienda Brenda LP
From their Bandcamp page, Howardian “is an American pop collective fronted by Ian Vanek (ex-Japanther.) The group uses loose poly rhythms, sticky synth melodies and
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7in and EP round-up July 2020 (part 1)
Big Sad – Send Help (Rad Girlfriend Records) Big Sad are from Tampa, Florida and feature members of other bands that feature members of other
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Spells – Stimulants & Sedatives LP (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
On their bandcamp page, Spells self-describe as “a five piece juggernaut from Denver, Colorado. They are vacation rock to be exact. They produce short blasts
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Accidente – Pulso {reissue} (Pumpkin Records & more, 2020)
I don’t typically feature reissues on this site unless I feel particularly moved to do so. And… Seemingly I am falling irrevocably in love with
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Hot Nuns – Rude, Dumb & Anxious (Loyal Blood Records, 2020)
Can I shock you? I like Hot Nuns: a Norwegian duo (drums / bass guitar) who have set out to record with a simple rule
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Milk Bath – s/t LP (Different Kitchen Records / Naked Time Tapes / World of Hurt, 2020)
Milk Bath hail from Oakland, California. They are a three piece combo. They sound nothing like anything you would associate with Cleopatra’s oft-storied bathtime beauty
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The Raging Nathans – Oppositional Defiance (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2020)
There’s few bands out there that I seemingly truly can’t get enough of. The Raging Nathans would be one of them. The band (assuming you
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Barren Womb – Lizard Lounge (Loyal Blood Records, 2020)
Timo and Tony sound like the names of a couple of retired Italian mobsters who spend their days gormandising endless streams of spaghetti at the
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7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)
An Uneasy Peace – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records) This band came uncomfortably close to being called “Unfuckable Chainsaw”. Verily. This EP has finally seen
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