„Throb/Clang” is the motto of the electro-industrial punk duo Multiple Man. It is founded by Aussie twin bros. They as if lived in the 80s.

debut 7″ by Major Crimes Records. The first EP

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„I wanted to do a rock ‘n roll band, because the best thing in the world is being in a rock ‘n roll band.  I guess I’d been friends with Nic (Bed Wettin’ Boys, RIP Society Records) for a really long time and I was saying that to him on a phone, and he’s like “I’m the guy for the job.” – said the Australian musician Angel Bermuda (Circle Pit, Southern Comfort, Straight Arrows) about her brand new project, Ruined Fortune. „It’s a really different sound to Circle Pit though: it’s a bit darker and weirder.” Tight, noisy punk rock in the manner of late 70s-early 80s with cheap Casios, drum machine and metal percussion.

S/T LP by Hozac Records. It was recorded with two drummers, Daniel Spencer (Blank Realm) and Joe Alexander (Per Purpose).

Bad Dream Pop

Golden Drugs is a side project of Drew Person from Twin Steps. The Oaklander Twin Steps is a funny eclectic rock band, mix all and everything.  Golden Drugs is less funny and less eclectic. Friends

from digital album In The Midnight Sun

More and more absurd and entertaining eclectic punk rock like the Devo

Cheveu – Bum LP by Born Bad Records

Ahhhhhhhhhhhitsfuckingooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! –  I did this statement during the 4th song. Maybe the best album this year till now.

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More and more mainstream rock like The Clash

The Men – Tomorrow Hits LP by Sacred Bones

Euro tour in March Vienna March 22 Flex

One for the money.

The Spanish Dead Capo quartet mix jazz, rock and surf in their cinematic music. Sunny Garcia

from the album Sale by Lovemonk Records

RNR666 co-founder’s one man rockabilly blues project, the Szentcsalád Oral Orchestra ( = Holy Family Oral Orchestra) teamed up with the one woman psych garage Piresian Beach and made a dirty garage blues. Guitar solo is played by a special guest, Zoli  from  nohopekids

We hope there will be continuity.

Piresian Beach/JC Satán split 7″ by RNR666 Records

A song from the British rock band Gallon Drunk‘s upcoming album: Before The Fire

The Soul of The Hour will be released by Clouds-Hill Records. Among the members’ „side projects” there’re Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Big Sexy Noise (with Lydia Lunch) or the krautrock Faust. The multi-instrumentalist Terry Edwards played with a wide range of bands and performers from Barry Adamson to Yeah Jazz.

Euro tour in March-April. Budapest March 30

Baddat för Trubbel. Swedish party punk. No more, no less.

‘Inte Varit Sü Tuff ‘ 7″ by Total Punk

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„Like Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’, Bart Davenport has seen many an era. He’s been a mod, a bluesman and now a softrock troubadour.” Sometimes his garage rock and blues roots emerge, but easy, like a Sunday afternoon.

‘Physical World’ LP by Lovemonk (Spain) and Burger Records

Traditional Monsters. A Paris based international band. Playing grotesque art-rock. Like Pere Ubu

debut 7″ by Clapping Music

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Peace Creep. A mix of the 90s US style punk, hc, noise rock and grunge, but „if you are a rock journalist from Pitchfork, SFBG, and other such outlets we sound just like Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Mikal Cronin, Ty Segall, FUZZ, Thee Oh Sees, John Dwyer, Mikal Cronin, Ty Segall, FUZZ, Thom Yorke, but with more of a Flying Lotus edge.”

S/T LP by Alternative Tentacles

At first there was an unlucky name: Pangea. It has changed to a stupid one: together Pangea. Bay area soft garage rock.

Badillac LP by Harvest Records

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Gianni Giublena Rosacroce is the solo project of Stefano Isaia. He is known as the singer of the great Italian rock’n’roll band, Movie Star Junkies. Dedalo666, his mate in this project is also from the mentioned band. They make together mystic East-Mediterranean and North-African style* music on piano, marimba, clarinet, cans, glasses, bass and acoustic guitars, drums and percussions. (*Except for the first song, it’s an Indochinese theme.)
Maria Violenza is a Sicilian, who makes electronic music under the influence of her homeland’s mixed cultural heritage. She has written: electro// arabian//punk. I say: lo-fi dark arabesque synth punk.

Gianni Giublena Rosacroce / Maria Violenza split LP by NO=FI Recording (Rome), Lemming (Taranto), Escape From Today (Torino) & Brigadisco Records (Itri)

More music from signorina Violenza. A full show video.

They’re making this grungy noise punk in Toronto

The Beverleys -digital EP by Buzz Records

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Simple American small town rock by The Districts. There’re three remastered old songs from Telephone LP and two new ones.

EP by Fat Possum

Career of the Magik Markers was started by help of Sonic Youth. Some markers to their music: psychedelic-minimal-no wave-magic-noise-rock. Mirrorless

from the album ‘Surrender To The Fantasy’ by Drag City. It was recorded at an old music room, a practice place, two basements  and J. Masics’s (Dinosaur Jr.) attic  in different cities.

The Ruins was founded as a trio in 1985, but the guitarist never arrived, so started as a prog-rock drum and bass duo. During the years there were 4 bassists, the last one quit in 2004, since then the drummer, Tatsuya Yoshida is working as Ruins Alone. By the way he is also playing in the noise metal Zeni Geva, in the free jazz grind PainKiller with John Zorn and Bill Laswell, and in the prog-psych-space rock Acid Mothers Temple beside his many collaborations. One of these is the Sax Ruins with the saxophone player, flautist (and sculptor) Ryoko Ono, who participates in jazz, rock, funk, rhythm & blues and hiphop bands beside her own progressive-impro-rock band, ryorchestra.

Blimmguass LP by Skin Graft Records

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Nice indie pop music by Hospitality

Trouble LP on Merge (USA) and Fire Records (UK). I wonder whether will be there such a hit as the Friends of Friends?