MOUNTAIN BIKE is a band from Brussels. Their name is so unfortunate and stupid as their indie poppy punky noisy garage rock good. Very.

Second album Too Sorry For Any Sorrow

on HUMPTY DUMPTY (Belg) and TEENAGE MENOPAUSE RECORDS (Fra)

Stupid, unimaginative video Vs Absolute garage pop hit
I Got The Moves

by the 4 pieces Brooklyn based all girl band, Habibi.
They plays Motown influenced mystical oriental minimal garage beats.

debut album on Burger (US)
debut single on Born Bad Records (France)

You might already be familiar with Barcelona’s punk side but if you ever wondered what the independent pop music scene is like in sunny Barcelona, here’s your chance to listen to a brand new compilation of emerging bands from various genres brought to you by LaFonoteca Barcelona and ShookDown webzine.

From softer psychedelic tracks and eccentric pop tunes to the noisy garage pop sound this is a wide range of selection inspired by the devotion to quality pop music. Thumbs up!

Stream the compilation at Rockdelux.com and order your vinyl here.

For those who dig hispanic garage rock and miss Davila 666 here are three highly recommended Latino rock bands to become fans of – especially if you’re looking for bands without the unwanted over-hype but with the energy of bands before their first LPs

Los Blenders are coming from Mexico City and they are just about to become well-known worldwide with their dreamy tunes fully soaked in reverb.  Meta y dinero ruled over many music bloggers and their previous releases also have everything we really love about hispanic rock. This music reminds me of wanting to remain a kid/girl forever – what else do you need?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mfl976wQI

Mesa Cosa is a band from Mexico with an eclectic stage image – a short Mexican guy, a tall tambourine guy and … yes, saxophones. Their first and very promising EP Infernal Cakewalk came out in 2012 (I’d better post about it later than never, right?) so I bet it’s high time they came out with something new, hopefully they are still together. They basically play a powerful blend of The Stooges, Los Saicos, classic surf tunes and I guess they listen to all sorts of freak out music of the 00’s.

Eva & John is a Peruvian band from Lima and they are playing reverby epic noise pop songs, to which everyone wants to sing and jump around after a couple of drinks. With only two songs available so far (on a flexi single, which are probably still for sale) they managed to appear on numerous end of the year lists – on my personal one as well <3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJlBqsGF4SE

Mystical oriental minimal garage beats by the 4 pieces Brooklyn based all girl band, Habibi

debut LP by Burger Records

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Psychedelic guitar noise by the New Zealander experimental musicians, Antony Milton

This digital album is one long track split in two. It was recorded at the same time as his brand new album‘s session.

La Luz is a female garage pop band from Seattle. Big Big Blood

from the album „It’s Alive” by Hardly Art

Euro tour in March-April

NOBUNNY has started his career as an animal Elvis impersonator. I Was On The Bozo Show

from First Blood LP (Goner Records, 2010)

Sheffield’s bad kids, Best friends are back with a new 7inch vinyl single titled Happy Anniversary / Nosebleeds out now on Art is Hard Records!

Here’s a weird new retro style green screen video (possibly the best video making technique ever) for Happy Anniversary with lots of fun and a bit of sickness!

60s style British psychedelic garage pop from Nashville

The Sufis – from Investions LP by Burger (USA) and Ample Play Records (UK)

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The experimental electro industrial German Army based in Los Angeles.

from Endless Phonics LP by Monofonus Press

Another LP by Skrotup Records

I’m having this pretty weird vision in my head while I’m trying to grab the essence of Shannon and the Clams– I’m seeing a heartbroken John Waters trying to be a good girl, I’m seeing the sweetest pop music turning into a psycho-killer lollipop from too much overdrive and most of all I’m seeing lots of eccentric fucked-upness. Just look at these crazy Californian guys and you would probably know more of this band than any shitty record reviews could ever tell – the harshest of good old pin-up style, some weird uniforms, lots of gayness and colors everywhere, so obviously all of these (alongside with the catchy melodies) are about FUN and the result is fully pleasing.

Still, Shannon and the Clams are by no means a scam band with only one cheaply over-hyped debut album – Dreams in the Rat House is already their third full-length release while Shannon is also involved in Hunx and his Punks (another brilliantly gay band) and Cody is simply King Lollipop –  I honestly think they’re just getting better and better in their songwriting skills. If I was a bitch, I would even be envious of them, haha.

All in all, this LP is a perfect pick for the summer for any record junkies who enjoy surf pop with an almost sickening overdose of a hundred different bubblegum flavors, or who appreciate some troubled, nastier allusions meanwhile, or who are still fond of the garage ideal (i. e. exploding band dynamics plus infectious energies) or who are really fed up with bands trying to make an intellectual / arty impression. 

Dreams in the Rat House is out now on Hardly Art Records – sorry for demonstrating the album here so poorly but I’m afraid the label is a lot eager to make you listen to the vinyl and they are probably right!

Or you can catch Shannon and the Clams on tour in France and Belgium this July!