The Prefab Messiahs - Devolver

Where do I even begin with this album. Kris from The Prefab Messiahs sent me this as a submission a while ago and I just never got around to checking it out until very recently. Some of you may have heard these guys from that 7" that came out on Almost Ready Records early 2011. Both tracks are excellent gunk punk songs and would fit right in with any of the modern day gunkers trashing it up all across the world recently. The only problem with that release was it left you wanting to hear more and didn't show the true variety that TPM have unleashed on Devolver. This collection of songs ranges from 1981 to 1983 and shows the band evolve from lo-fi drum machine punk songs like Beyond All That and the cover of 13th Floor Elevators to tracks like The 16th Track which sounds like Tame Impala meets Mi Ami covering the B-52s or the song Prefabedelia that sounds like it basically inspired the sound for the band Naked on the Vague. This collection of songs is the equivalent for this site of the feeling a noise rock fan gets when they finally check out Sonic Youth or a krautrocker hearing Hawkwind for the first time. That realization that the band you've always wanted to hear stopped playing before you even knew you were looking for them. Don't make the same mistake I did by passing this up for even another day. And the holidays are coming up so go over to Burger Records and buy a copy of this for yourself and everyone else you know.

Thee Creeps - Dead Meat

Dead Coast Feature

The Future Primitives - Into The Primitive

Killer Moon - Tunnel Vision

Puerta del Sol - S/T

Wild Moth - Over, Again

Criminal Hygiene - CRMNL HYGNE

Eets Feats - Trash From Our Lips

Christmas Island - Poisoner

Farallons - Outer Sunsets EP

The Inverted Orange - S/T

Lantern - Mr Mars / Rock 'n' Roll Music

Greg Ashley - Death Of A Ladies Man

Baby Nelson & The Philistines - Pacto de Sangre EP

Lasso - Lasso Undone

Eola - Ye

North America - Blown Out

Pharoahs - S/T

Giöbia - Introducing Night Sound

El Mal - Jornada Espiritual V.I.P.

RTFO Bandwagon - Dums Will Survive

The Koreatown Oddity - No Health Insurance

This is the hip hop album all you lo-fi fans have been waiting for. It's exactly what it should be. Good lyrics, real rapping, and beats that sound like they've been thrown away, recycled, re-constituted and then recorded to a 4-track over a bootleg 504 Boyz tape. Personal, minimalist, hand-made packaging to make the whole thing that much grittier. Buy it. Enjoy it. Love it.

The Migs - Whatever Forever

Lower - Walk On Heads

Priests - Tape 1

Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands - Enter The Coven

Skip Jensen - Strasbourg

Tropical Popsicle - Dawn of Delight

Autumn Splendour - Autumn Splendour EP

ScotDrakula - Crackstrength

Futuro Terror - S/T

LA COURSE À LA MORT - Tour CD-R

Sun Sick - Holiday Tape

Ketamines Video!

N.213 - Face

Ketamines - You Can't Serve Two Masters

Ketamines are back with a new album and have picked up right where they left off. The band was great enough to send me an advanced download of the new stuff to check out and I couldn't be happier. Staying true to their mix of 60's tinged bubblegum pop and lofi weirdo rock. Keeping a strong 90's feeling floating throughout and pumped fuel of drug addled sing-a-long choruses that'll be stuck in your head for weeks to come. There's even a throwback to Teenage Rebellion Time off of their first album, though this time it's revisited as Spirit Rebellion TimeIf you dig the Ketamines sound like I do, then finding a favorite track is tough because it's just one fucked up gem after another. Do yourself a favor and buy this album when it comes out. Can't share a full link yet but here's a song from the new album to keep you wanting more until the album drops. Enjoy.

Haunted Leather - Red Road

Burnt Ones - You'll Never Walk Alone

Nucular Aminals - Start From An End

Ttotals - Spectrums of Light 7"

Wall Of Death - Main Obsessions

Rcrd Jnky Radio Episode 4

Acid Kicks - "Pyramidic Valley" from Life Dreams 7" (2011)
Baroness - "A Horse Called Golgotha" from Blue Record (2009)
Padkarosda - "Szakadás" from Padkarosda (2012)
N.213 - "Hustler Affinities" from FXGGXTRY
Psycho Frog - "Surf The Sun" from Early Recordings
Pow Wows - "Shock Corridor" from Shock Corridor 7"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "High Hopes Low" from 12 Bar Bruise
In Zaire - "Mars" from White Sun Black Sun
Leviathan - "Brought Up To This Bottom" from True Traitor, True Whore
Wolf Feet - "Dead Hand" - from Wolf Feet
The Sunburns - "Surfin' The Net" from Smell Like Fun
Gold Paint - "Eye Wonder" from Faraway Places
Day Creeper - "Zonin' Out" from Raging Beast EP
Bloody Gears - "Frozen Rain" from Frozen Rain
Livids - "Morgan" from Livids Extras
The Underground Youth - "Underground Youth" from Morally Barren
The Holydrug Couple - "Red Moon" from Noctuary
The Reptilian - "So...What Are My Torso Options?" from Boys' Life
mewithoutYou - "In a Market Dimly Lit" from Brother, Sister
I Beheaded The Cosmos - "When Water Wipes Bodies" from I Used To Fuck With Eva Braun
Heavy Ghost - "Clarity" from Ten Thousand Years
Don Caballero - "You Drink a Lot of Coffee for a Teenager" from American Don (2000)
Zombi - "Digitalis" from Surface To Air
Vernon Sélavy - "Ballad of the Empty Hands" from Stressed Desserts Blues
Shepherds - "Tears of a Clown" from Holy Stain EP
Moth - "Synthethic Hands" from Luminol 7"
Kuudes Silma - "Helvetti" from Kuudes Silma 7"
Ihsaan - "The Eagle and the Snake" from Eremita
Agalloch - "Not Unlike The Waves" from Ashes Against the Grain 
The Band In Heaven - "High Low" from S/T 7"

Pow Wows - Bent Out Of Shape (CS)

Moonrises - Frozen Altars

Goat - World Music

White Mystery - Telepathic

Lambs - S/T

Clear Light - S/T

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Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville

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Strange Forces - Secretsful of Sauce

Strange Forces - I'd Rather Listen To The Bloody Birds

Strange Forces - Strange Forces EP

White Pages - S/T 7"

Thin Hymns - Black Water

Mountain Bike - Everything But A Gift

Roberta Bondar - Hiss

Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes - Baby Caught The Bus

Holy Wave - Evil Hits

Magic Milk - Mellows

Sungod - Crash Galactic

Dream Sick - S/T

Death And Vanilla - From Above 7"

In Zaire - White Sun Black Sun

The Sweets - Some Pulp

Wolf Feet - S/T

Morgan Delt - Psychic Death Hole

Can - Tago Mago

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Pow Wows - Shock Corridor

Obviouslies - Brokedance

White Fangs - S/T

The Nervous Ticks - A Loathe Supreme

Jaromil Sabor - Marmalade Sculpture

I received a submission a while ago from a 20 year old named Jaromil Sabor. He lives in France and plays some pretty great, interesting pop music. Now, that's the simple review. But really...this album is pretty amazing. It has hints of psychedelia, pop, indie, all kinds of stuff. This is one of those albums that's just really good music. Makes me think of those Lasso tapes that came out last year. It features a bunch of guest musicians here and there to add to the overall sound. It just sounds like an album made with a love of music. Really impressive stuff. Highly recommended.

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin

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Geronimo! - Examinate