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Thee Oops, “Taste of Zimbabwe” LP
Thee Oops Taste of Zimbabwe (Slovenly Records) Thee Oops are so very very fast. They are a garage punk band with the heart of a hardcore act. This is like listening to Minor Threat cover a bunch of...
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Los Vigilantes, “Los Vigilantes” LP
Los Vigilantes Los Vigilantes (Slovenly Records) While it may be hyperbole to state this, I feel fairly comfortable in encouraging you to purchase Los Vigilantes‘ self-titled LP for nothing more than...
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Podcast #66, “The Writing On the Wall”
BanksySuch a fun show this week. It seemed like the whole thing breezed by. There’s a lot of new music from Slovenly and Windian, as well as some Internet-sourced tracks. Legal gets, of course –...
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Four new releases from Slovenly Recordings (three of which are pretty great)
Slovenly Recordings has put out a slew of fantastic releases in the last few months, and as they’ve piled up on the desk down here in the basement, it seemed like a great idea to compile them all into...
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Lose your sight with the Psyched
Is “vision-obscuring” a proper compliment for an album? Let’s say so. Basically, I found myself regularly having to brush my hair out of my face, as it was going everywhere while I was listening to...
View ArticleHellshovel, ‘Sleep Walking’
I’ve not talked about the Hellshovel album that Slovenly put out last month. This is a shame, but it’s just that there’s so much going on with Hated By The Sun that I can’t possibly describe it. The...
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Wau y Los Arrrghs!!!, “Todo Roto” LP
My day job requires a healthy amount of time in front of computer, so I spend a good portion of my time in the office listening to music. New albums, day after day after day. It’s a great way to start...
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Podcast #102, “In Advance Of”
There are times where I wish I’d just use all of the outtakes to the show, just so you can see how utterly amused I am by myself. It gets a little silly down here in the basement sometimes — there are...
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Nightmare Boyzzz, “Bad Patterns” LP
Oh, man — can power-pop be the next big thing in underground rock ‘n’ roll? We got the ball rolling with the Exploding Hearts, Missing Monuments, and Mean Jeans, but it hasn’t seemed to become a...
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Missing Monuments, “Blast!” 7-inch
Concluding our week of power-pop this week, we’re looking at another release from Slovenly Recordings — in this case, the newest single from Missing Monuments, due out on 7-inch on November 26. With...
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PYPY, “Pagan Day” LP
PYPY‘s debut release, Pagan Day, has the unfortunate timing of coming out after Savages’ Silence Yourself. It’s all too unfortunate that it’s going to be compared to that bit of disco-tinged post-punk....
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New Coke, “Duct Tape Your Mouth” 7-inch
The latest from New Coke isn’t as deliriously weird as their first single. Can anything be as uncomfortably wonderful as “He Got Stabbed In the Throat”? I humbly submit the answer be, “No – no fucking...
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Hobocop, “Half Man, Half Cop” 10-inch
Hobocop‘s Half Man, Half Cop is just the right amount of lo-fi. It’s not quite as rudimentary as Apache Dropout, but it’s fuzzy and dirty. The fuzz and distortion works with the music, though, rather...
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Stalins of Sound, “Tank Tracks” LP
More dirge-like than the Spits, less poppy than Devo, and more abrasive than Digital Leather is Stalins of Sound. Their Tank Tracks LP — out next week on Slovenly — took a few listens to really grab...
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Four new Slovenly singles from The Anomalys, PUFF!, Thee MVPs, and Useless...
Three upcoming singles from Slovenly Records, as well as one (PUFF!) on their new imprint, Mondo Mongo. These all came into my inbox at the same time, so they’re all getting reviewed simultaneously....
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