Synth punk Primitive Calculators have started in 1978 in same place and same time than the Birthday Party. After a single they relocated to London, in same time than the Birthday Party, and promptly broke up in 1980. But there was a post-split-up single under the name of  Zye Ye Ye in England in 1981. The first album was released in 1980. And there was a film Dogs in Space in 1986, in it they play Pumping Ugly Muscle. Also a single was released. Then they have reformed in 2009 at the request of Nick Cave for the first All Tommorrow’s Pary in Australia. Second album The World Is Fucked was released in 2013. And now here is a new single by Emotional Response (US, Flagstaff, Arizona).

like Tit Wrench or a punk Ministry or Screamers

The band intends to record a psychedelic-space-folk album about taking hallucinogenic drugs.

Also from Emotinal Respone LA punk Shark Toys / Florida indie punk UV-TV split 7″

Emotional Response was formed from 555 and Red Square Records after two owners married.

It was founded in Ottawa, Canada. After the first two copies it moved to Los Angeles.

Complete re-issue by Hozac Books (US)

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And there is another interesting Hozac book

Noise In My Head: Voices From the Ugly Australian Underground

BRONZE. Crazy and twisted Neue Kraut Welle from San Fransisco. Sometimes like a lo-fi Jean-Michel Jarre. They were released by synt-pop label Not Not Fun, electro underground Enfant Terrible, and avantgarde RVNG Intl. A live album will be released this month by John Dwyer’s garage rock/punk label Castle Face Records (US)

Dwyers (Thee Oh Sees) said about them: Always drunk with mad skills. With dashes of John Carpenter, Silver Apples, Liquid Liquid, Birthday Party, Harold Grosskopf, Klaus Schultze, Cluster, and Brian Ferry with a field recorder taped to his tux jacket. Ultra bottom heavy dance beats a la Brian Hock. Super hand-wringing oscillations home brewed by Miles Friction and the ever-great Robert Spector delivering homilies from beyond the dimensional wall.

Bronze music more

FLAT WORMS – „Red Hot Sand” Debut 7″ EP ft. Will Ivy (Dream Boys, Wet Illustrated, Bridez), Justin Sullivan (Kevin Morby, the Babies) and Tim Hellman (Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Sic Alps). Limited 100 each gray and red vinyl, 300 black by Volar Records (US). Good enough

Some days back I have found a Devoish synth punk band, it was called Distractor. Since then I have been listening to their one and only album continuously.

When I went to the work, when I came from, there was no other option, there was no question, click the continuous playing on my phone and „got some dirt, got a shovel”. Today I was strong. I forced myself to stop it. Of course I am listening it now again. There are just hits and funny anthems on ukulele, trombone, guitar, bass and synth. Here are three songs: Went to the Store, Dig Dug, and Devotion

„We were in Glen’s Buick one day listening to Gary Numan M.E. and he was singing along to it and I remember thinking, woah… Glen can sing. That was my first memory of it all. Maybe like a year later we were bored sitting in his garage. At that point in both of our lifes, we really had nothing going on at all. Days came and deflated into the next. I had an old Casio that had bounced around my friends, he had a trumpet he got when he was eight or something… and with that, we sat down and wrote our first song called All the Fucking Things Do

The album was released as digital in March 2015. Buy it here. It has been released on cassette this year by Burger Records. But you can download it free. And there are freakish videos for every songs. And here is some live footage. And nothing more. Never. Glen died of serious illness last year autumn. He was 25. And maybe he already rest in space.

Tomorrows Tulips has been formed as a duo because Alex’s girlfriend „Christina said something about hating to go to Paul Mitchell hair school and I asked her what she always wanted to do. She said she wanted to learn drums but thought that was ridiculous.” At that time Alex was in the garage rock band Japanese Motors.

He was sixteen or seventeen the first time he heard the Velvet Underground box-set. „I remember listening to Velvet Underground and the out-of-tune guitars and there was such a sense of freedom to it. I think I heard them and thought, I wanna do that.” And he does that.

Today the band is a trio, but the drummer is Jennifer. They are difficult egomaniacs, coming from Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, and play esoteric doo wop grunge, and you will hear really cool bass if you click now

from iNdy rock royalty comb 12″EP on Burger Records (US)

European Tour May June Belgium France Spain Portugal Italy Switzerland UK

Our favourite hairdresser is coming back & you will be surprised again!

Seth Bogart (Hunx & His Punx), debut solo album, funny 80s electro pop/ new wave style, very special guest stars:

Cheela, Australian 24 years old teen electro pop star. A little bit like Molly Nilsson. The main different is that I can listen to Molly’s songs until their end.

Clementine Creevy from garage rock/ indie punk band Cherry Glazerr

Kathleen Hanna from influential feminist punk band Bikini Kill in the 90s, then electroclash band Le Tigre, and now indie punk band The Julie Ruin. Anyway her husband is Adam Horowitz of Beastie Boys.

The world’s most influential teenager on fashion, Tavi Gevinson, founder and editor-in-chief of Rookie Magazine, aimed primarily at teenage girls. She has started her career at 12 as a fashion blogger, and was (is) read by the biggest fashion designers too.

Album teaser + Eating Makeup

Divine is dead unfortunately.

by Burger Records (US)

There was a great electro-hc-punk band in the 90s in San Diego, the Tit Wrench. And they are here again. Down into the drain!

Another new song

RNR666 Tit Wrench interview & playlist

pic stolen from Mustard-Relics

Frantic City is hyperactive French label from the rebellious La Rochelle. It has released Froth‘s debut album months before that it will be released in America by Burger and Lolipop Records.

Just because I’ve got this album from France when I listened to it first times I thought Froth is an anglomaniac French band.But not. They’re from California. Their music is British style psychedelic indie rock from Jesus & Mary Chain to Oasis and forth. I’m sick of this style, but if you not, I’m sure this album will be nice for you

Buy it here

brand new TOTAL PUNK singles > CAL & THE CALORIES: an alter-ego of one-man-punk-band Lumpy and the Dumpers

Midnite Snaxxx are three 2 lovely ladies and Sammy who know a thing or two about punk rocking

You, Whom I Have Always Hated is the second collaborative album of two really heavy metal bands, the body and Thou. Nine Inch Nails cover: Terrible Lie

LP or CD with both collaborative albums on Thrill Jockey Records (US)

The original pop metal song.

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The first Ty Segall records in the new year. Psych retro garage rock for hippies

Mr Face 2 x 7″ EP on Famous Class Records (US)

His final record of last year: Ty Segall Band – Motörhead / Paranoid 7″ single on Drag City Records. Hard retro garage rock for rockers

Sonny Smith is a various artist: short story and play writer and musicians. His most special project was the 100 Records Project. He asked artists to make album covers for his 100 fictitious bands, he wrote 2 tracks (A & B side) for each bands, and recorded the songs with various musicians.You can find some songs from the 200 on his Bandcamp site. But now here is his next album with The Sunsets. Easy, funny, folky, lo-fi pop tunes

Sonny & The Sunsets – Talent Night At The Ashram album on Polyvinyl Records (US)

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Dark Acid Vol. IV. Various artists from Scotland, England, Sweden. This is Kid Who, a Frenchman from London

12″ LP on Clandestine Records (Scotland)