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ONUS
"Ratsickles" C33
(Sivilised Recordings)

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I’d be a real lying son-of-a-beast here if I said that Onus’s “Ratsickles” was a “must hear” for the general rock populace. Whilst melodical...

BLACK KASPAR
"Year Of The Centipede"
(Gubbey Records)

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This is one of those skronky flailing slobbering tantrums chasing me so it can throw crumpled-up bulldozers at my face all day. But not ...

BEN VARIAN “Quiet Fill” (Plastic Response)

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This is some real nice pop music. Back to roots pop music. Timeless. The instruments couple, part and coalesce in fabulous little (big!) mel...

ARIAN ROBINSON "An Eternal Sleep"
(Ephem-Aural)

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This album opens up with a creepy dissonant track which is just named "I-II". There are only three tacks on on this album, and...

MONA CLAY Heretic (self-released)

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My first thought was that I am unqualified to review this, as it starts out with relatively standard emo-sounding bedroom... emo. Like...

LID “Submarine Devotion”
(Sorted/Lavender Sweep)

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This is an excellent career retrospective album compiling various 7” and cassette releases by a band from Leicester, England that was active...

BAYWITCH "Hella Spawn" (Halfshell Records)

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The opening track, "Baywitch Theme" completely introduces you to the world of Hella Spawn. Imagine yourself on an island with ...

KRYSTAL MATH “Night Tones” C16 ([d]-tached)

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Christopher Tilmouth’s debut EP as Krystal Math comes fully formed. The Manchester artist, like many electronic producers, draws from the no...

A MONUMENT OF ME AND LOFI
"Pharo" C60 (Hzy Mlk)

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There doesn't seem to be a ton of info around about this project or its only member, Robert Heller. But judging solely by the cove...

MEGABRETH “Ultra High Noise” (Field Hymns)

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File under: pun rock. That “k” is missing on purpose, buddy! Listen up, because this is the ghost of Cassette Store Day future talking to yo...

DAVID CHUTKA "EP One" C20 (Albert Street Records)

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Lawrence, Kansas’s David Chutka really outta be on PIXAR’s soundtracking payroll: his minimalist, sustain-heavy, mid-slow tempo piano man...

RAZORLEGS "Bloodshot" C40 (Self-Released)

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This tape sounds like a guitarist and a drummer from a rock band got tired of the lead singer and bassist and threw them out of the dive ...

MAN BARTLETT "Space on Earth III"
C60 (Self-Released)

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According to the j-card, the world is doomed to end soon through any one of a number of imminent disasters. As discouraging as that soun...

THE JULIE MITTENS “Soundcult” C43 (Barreuh)

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Jeez, I expected something much twee-er than this, maybe indie rock or something. Narp big fella, you’re in for some heavy psych with The...

GERMAN ARMY “Te Ano” (Opal Tapes)

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“Never tell me the odds!” growled space pilot Han Solo to the taller of the two robots, the yellow one with the British accent. The odds are...

G & DORO "If I See You" (Palm Tapes 2017)

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These are some pretty well crafted freestyle dance tracks evocative of nineties light house music. What really stands out here is the vocals...

DREAM EYE COLOR WHEEL
“False Omega” (Gubbey Records)

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This is the soundtrack to a trip through a haunted barn in southern Indiana at dusk in late October. It is a moody, spooky tape, and despite...

SUN RAD “No Cover” C20 (Property Tapes)

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Maybe black suits Sun Rad best. Forget about the vibrant see-through red tape his music’s housed in this go-round, it’s the black you’ll rem...

SANELIV
"American Demon" C75
(Illuminated Paths)

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As of September 2nd, 2017, Illuminated Paths has released/promoted 395 albums (per Bandcamp), mostly involving stock 90’s techno breakbeats ...

CREEPING PINK “Parliament of Trees”
(Magnetic South)

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Bloomington, Indiana brought me some interesting slightly psyche-y slightly noisey rock with sweet vocals and smooth transitions from tra...

THE SPEED BABES / ARSENE OBSCENE
“s/t split” (What’s for Breakfast?)

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If you like fast short songs, and you like them loud, and you like to party, then maybe we should hang out together. While we are hanging...

DJ DJ TANNER
“ICE AT 1991” C48
(Personal Archives)

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We do indeed plunder your phonics, repurposing them, making them better than they ever had any right to be. I was shaking like a shitting do...
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