The music of Pheromoans is called experimental rock. They write songs about absurdity of the everyday life.  These come County Teasers to my mind, but it’s called art punk. As far as I concerned it could be called tulip also.

A song about two failed army cadets struggling to adjust to civilian life.
The Boys Are British

from the album Hearts Of Gold on Upset The Rhythm Records (UK)

HOZAC is a punk, garage, noise rock record label in Chicago. It was founded by Horizontal Action Magazine founders after they demise the magazine in 2006.  

CRETIN STOMPERS (memphis/NYC ex-Magic Kids, Jay Reatard Band, Barbaras, Wavves) – Looking Forward To Being Attacked, debut LP

Infectious oozing pop slime. You will be rewarded with a dynamic explosion of space punk filtered through a clogged toilet of remarkable pop hooks and impeccable melodic surges that hit such wavering heights, you just might need some orange slices to keep your eyes on the road. And as if Cretin Stompers couldn’t give you any more ear candy to clean out your cavities with, they have culled two covers from The Styrenes and Dave Brock (of Hawkwind). Recommended if you like: Magic Kids, Barbaras, King Tuff, R. Stevie Moore, Ween, Jay Reatard. Full Album Stream

NONES – Midwestern Family Values, debut LP

„Jesus christ, this is awful.”

This LP from mutant noise trio NONES is no joy ride, and it’s nothing you want to relax with after a hectic day, but more of an instant agitator, a tool for stirring up your inner turmoil and a safe place to keep your paranoid thoughts where they can drift around in a contained space. It’s the best kind of death trip we’ve found in a long while, and while nothing sounds quite like them, it’s kind of like the soft lullaby accompanying a celebratory castration on a summer day, or maybe even a high-end hysterectomy on a fancy yacht. No smiley faces, hearts or flowers, just crying babies, broken dreams, fever sweat, double-vision and boiled-over belligerence, cooked down into a thick mess of vengeance and insanity. Recommended if you like: Jesus Lizard, Flipper, Grong Grong, Aluminum Knot Eye, Toupee, Negative Trend, Puffy Areolas, Von Lmo, MX-80 Sound, migraine
headaches.

SOUTHERN COMFORT – Suzanne, 7″

There’s just no way around it, this Southern Comfort 7” is possibly the most visceral bummer punk classic two-sider of 2014, and your head won’t be the same after you hear it blasting with the windows open on a warm sunny day. If you aren’t already familiar, be sure to check into all the other great bands Angie is currently involved with Ruined Fortune and Straight Arrows. Recommended if you like: Circle Pit, Angie, Dum Dum Girls, Wax Idols, Redd Kross, Miss Destiny

MARY MONDAY & THE BITCHES – I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie, 7″, archival series

One of the greatest west coast punk singles of the first wave is back in print. Former stripper Mary Monday had a life shrouded in mystery, and conflicting reports in the historic documentation as to the band and Mary’s origins are still baffling punkologists to this day, including her mysterious death a few years after this single’s release. As legend goes, she arrived in San Francisco from Vancouver in 1976 with green hair and put together a band while still in high school that played around the Filipino cabaret scene. In August of ’76 when The Ramones made their first West Coast appearances, the opening band for their big San Francisco debut show was Mary Monday & the Bitches. Later on, her band was alternately known as the Street Punks. “I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie,” it’s as raw and stupid as punk ever was. Recommended if you like: Bags, Avis Davis & Joy Rider, Avengers, Nuns, Alley Cats, Dishrags, Eyes, Beex.

THE MAN – Carousel of Sound, debut 7″ EP

Panicky/riveting/down-sizing guitar crunch, merging with the heavy dose of anxiety-riddled bass throb, over-worked, stress-wrenched drumming, and all slathered in “workplace harassment”-style vocals. Recommended for fans of Baseball Furies, Wire, Reatards, Persuaders, Guilty Pleasures.

HOZAC STORE

Cousins are a fine garage rock duo in Canada. At first it was Leigh Dotey’s solo project, briefly a four piece, then two, and occasionally three. Their excellent debut album was largely inspired by Aaron’s late Grandmother. Some of the songs are interpretations of Betty’s descriptions of her changing world due to dementia. Hard garage rock’n’roll sometimes with a very little Pixies and Breeders flavor.

„Halls of Wickwire” on Ba Da Bing (US) and  Hand Drawn Dracula Records (Can)

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The Italian Goodbye Boozy is one of bests the garage rock/punk record label in Europe. It usually releases 7″ vinyl. The Inutili is an Italian psych garage band. The WAND is one of Mikal Cronin new favourite bands. Their song was recorded and mixed by Ty Segall. Split 7″ co-release with Aagoo Records (US).

You can download some previous GBB releases from here.
Sometimes the download links are invisible!

The debut full-length of Gustave Tiger is titled At the Idyll’s End and believe me, it sounds quite the contrary!

And what’s new with the band since their latest release, Mitanni Mares? First of all, they have extended into a four-piece with singer, graphic designer and visual artist Erika Szurcsik. It is also notable how Gustave Tiger has advanced into the direction of  more eclecticism, which would have seemed impossible half a year ago. Their music involves much more pop, psychedelia and even weirder sounds – and to my regret, less eunuch vocals this time.

Their new, less than one minute long video for Clitoris Crucifix is quite probably a result of a thorough experiment in cross-fertilizing surf pop music with black metal and VHS-philia. Well, that’s a fair appetizer.

Without sinking far too deep into the praise of Hungary’s number one cathedral punk band – which is basically impossible – listen to the album, download it for a name-your-price donation and make sure to go to their record release party… in about two hours time (an advice better late than never, right?)

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TUNE-YARDS were started by puppeteer and ukulele player Merrill Garbus in 2006. She has recorded her first album with a handheld voice recorder only. It was self-released on recycled cassettes and there were limited pressing vinyls by Marriage Records in June 2009. In July Tune-Yards had signed to 4AD Records.

Tropical art pop madness in Water Fountain

from the album Nikki Nack on 4AD.     Some shows in Europe in May

Some days ago there was an astound news about Black Pus/Oozing Wound split LP by Thrill Jockey Records. Here is the next one

Why Do The Heathen Rage?

is a collection of electronic covers of black metal classics by Soft Pink Truth. It’s solo project of Drew Daniel from experimental electronic duo Matmos. His partners in crime: Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, Jenn Wasner from indie-folkrock duo Wye Oak, Terrance Hannum from drone-metal band Locrian, his Matmos partner M.C. Schmidt and more. So

„Open the door, enter hells core
Black is the code for tonight
Atomic force, feel no remorse
Crank up the amps now it’s night
BLACK METAL
lay down your soul to the gods rock `n’ roll”

The original

Tracklist: 1. Invocation for Strength  2. Black Metal (Venom)  3. Sadomatic Rites (Beherit)  4. Ready to Fuck (Sarcófago)  5. Satanic Black Devotion (Sargeist)  6. Beholding the Throne of Might (Darkthrone)  7. Let There Be Ebola Frost (AN)  8. Buried by Time and Dust (Mayhem)  9. Maniac (Hellhammer)  10. Grim and Frostbitten Gay Bar (Impaled Northern Moonforest)

„One of our main distributors has refused to carry the record due to this content… that’s no joke.” was written by the publisher Thrill Jockey Records (US). It’s out on LP/CD on June 16th.

Drew Daniel has released a similar album in 2004: Do You Want New Wave (Or Do You Want The Soft Pink Truth?) which consisted house covers of classic hardcore and punk songs. For example: Minor Threat – Out Of Step

A Soft Pink Truth show in Europe: June 5th Copenhagen, Denmark – Distortion Festival
Matmos Euro tour May-June

The Pine Hill Haints are a traditional bluegrass/folk/honky tonk/country band from Alabama. They describe their southern roots music as Alabama Ghost Music. It’s mixed with gospel, rockabilly, rock and roll and blues.  Instruments: guitar, washboard, mandolin, washtub bass, banjo, snare drum, harmonica, fiddle.

I’m Rambler, I’m Gambler

for their brand new 7″ vinyl on their own label Arkam Records. It’s distributed by KRECS

Brilliant name, music & video(s)
THE ADMIRAL – Bother Me

from their split 7″ with Cool Runnings by 1:12 Records, New Zealand.

Cool Runnings’ track