„give up your dreams. commit suicide.”

is the motto of punk band LIFE STINKS, but before

new records coming soon by TOTAL PUNK RECORDS (US)

TIMMY’S ORGANISM (with Timmy Vulgar from Clone Defects, Human Eye from Detroit,  7″) + NAG (7″, Atlanta) + FNU CLOWN INC (LP, San Francisco) + LIFE STINKS (7″, SF)

from New Orleans with punks

7″ coming soon on TOTAL PUNK

„Give up your dreams. Commit suicide.”

LIFE STINKS – Portraits 7″ on Total Punk Records (US)

San Francisco’s kings of misanthropy are back with two drummers.
When the band formed all members selected instruments they had never played before.
In the manner of Flipper, Stooges, Germs and Velvet Undergound.
But what were the first steps on this way?
– Chad (singer, also in Outdoorsmen): I heard “Beat On The Brat” on the radio
when was fourteen or so and went, “Whoa!”
– Vinnie (drums): I was hanging in my friend’s garage one evening smoking pot
and drinking 40s, and my friend at the time, Jon Scott, brought in this tape
he had dubbed off his brother and we listened to it about thirty times in a row.
It was Minor Threat’s discography.
Later that night when we were done hanging out
I broke into the garage and stole the tape.

LUMPY & THE DUMPERS – Bat 7″ also on Total Punk

St.Louis Blues Trash in D-Beat, 1-2-fuck-u

„I gave myself permission to make really bad electronic music on my computer.”

Caroline Polachek (from the American synth pop duo Chairlift) has made a solo album during her band’s tour last year. It was written and recorded in hotel room closets, airport terminals and airplane bathrooms alone. 80’s new wave synth pop with a little sacral attitude.

Ramona Lisa – ‘Arcadia’ album by Terrible (US)
Pannonica (EU/JP), Mistletone (AUS/NZ)

She is a very special woman. „Cicadas are my favorite bug because they’re underground for seven years, and when they come out, they’re only out for the tiniest amount of time. They’re such romantic creatures.”

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Total Punk Record‘s singles in March. Lumpy & The Dumpers from St. Louis („Best sax solo I have ever heard”) and Manatees from Memphis. Mud trash

You can buy here Lumpy     Manatees

Tropical psychedelic pop from Brazil: Boogarins

from As Plantas Que Curam LP by Other Music

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Texas. Punk. Video

7″ by Total Punk / Floridas Dying

4 Total Punk singles

1. Cheap Time – garage glam rock
2. Life Stinks – The Outdoorman Chud Kawamura’s new band is like the Flipper.
3. Buck Biloxi & The Fucks members: Brain Wilson, J. Pestilence Morgan, Cunt Eastwood, sometimes Martin Loser King
4. Gino & The Goons – raw garage rock and roll

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The Australian singer/songwriter Evelyn Morris has named herself after small pancakes and plays psych pop.

Pikelet – from Calluses LP by Chapter Music

Night Birds „when not creating the surfy, punk rock din they’re oh so infamous for, they enjoy watching shitty movies, discussing where to get the best pizza, eating pizza, and laughing at the misfortunes of others”

7″ by Fat Wreck Chords

Bits of Shit play punk a la for example Black Flag.

Meat Thump, 7″ by Total Punk