Old Mate, another shitty Aussie band with a bunch of musicians, Canned Heat, Syd Barret, Devo and Ween covers, originally was a solo project of Pat Telfer from Bitch Prefect (Bedroom Suck Records), suburban blues, spleen and kangaroo boxing in false flat

Truth Boy

from the album It Is What It Is on SDZ Records (France)

The Bitch Prefect list Pavement and the Rolling Stones as two of their influences. In their boredom and apathy they deliver an encyclopedic exploration of time, space and rare Australian birds. Lil’ musical ornithology for everybody:

Birds Nests LP by Bedroom Suck

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New Coke‘s R & B depression is influenced by Richard Pryor, broken soul ballads, Mike Watt optimism, The Gun Club, Early Cramps, Suicide, carpentry, Swans, Pere Ubu:

7″EP by Black Gladiator