I Dinosauri - ██████ (ep) #2012

Nel tardo inverno del 2011, dall'incontro tra Giorgio De Fraia (chitarra) e Alessandro Canu (batteria), nasce il progetto strumentale I Dinosauri, concettualmente legato ad un prodotto privo di compromessi compositivi e privo di voce.
Le influenze, rimandabili ad un certo tipo di garage (HELLA, TORTOISE, BIRTHDAY SUITS, RED WORMS FARM, DON CABALLERO) sono rivisitate dal diverso gusto individuale e dalle differenti esperienze musicali dei componenti.
Durante l’anno 2012 il duo compone una scaletta di dieci brani che verrà registrata questo novembre all'Igloo Audio Factory di Correggio.

da ParmaDaily.it

I Dinosauri - Prandi (questo)


Tracklist:

01. Intro
02. Sabbath
03. Prandi (questo)
04. La brutta vita
05. Bat-man
06. La carie
07. End

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Death - ...for the whole world to see #2009

Death is the three Hackney brothers, fueled by the raucous sounds of Iggy & Co., creating their own take on the emerging sounds of punk. Socially conscious lyrics mixed with a sky-cracking combination of guitar and vocals, all recorded in raw fashion with little in the way of polish. Seek Death, my children!

via Drag City

ps: originally recorded in 1975.

Death - Rock-n-roll victim


Tracklist:

a1. Keep on knocking
a2. Rock-n-roll victim
a3. Let the world turn
a4. You're a prisoner

b1. Freakin out
b2. Where do we go from here?
b3. Politicians in my eyes

Drag City
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The Ugly Things - The Ugly Things (7'') #1986

Quindicesima uscita dell'Electric Eye di Sorge e ottimo esordio (dopo una tape autoprodotta) dei bolognesi Ugly Things, tra i principali protagonisti dell'ondata di garage revival diffusasi nel belpaese nella seconda metà degli anni '80. Quattro tracce di rock'n'roll genuino suonato con classe, in bilico tra beat e garage. Nella formazione originale figura un giovane Umberto Palazzo, mentre qui e qui (sul bellissimo canale di terminale rock) potete vedere Le Cose Brutte in azione sul palco a Bologna nel 1989.

Ugly Things - Every cave man

Tracklist:

a1. Another state of mind

a2. Every cave man

b1. You better run

b2. I'll be home soon

Electric Eye

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The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The first conspiracy #1999

Phil Ochs once said that the ideal band would be "the perfect symbiosis of Elvis and Che Guevera". Well, try this one on for size: The Who meets Guy Debord.
No shit. Featuring members and ex-members of REFUSED, SEPARATIONS, SAIDIWAS, DOUGHNUTS and THE FEMALE ANCHOR OF SADE, The (International) Noise Conspiracy aim to attack every instance of culture via dirty, raunchy, situationist garage rock. This is a collection of 5 7"s of T(I)NC's earliest material (originally released in Europe), entitled The first conspiracy.

"In vain we tend to search for the things that mean the most and imbeded within popular culture can we sometimes find the most amazing elements and techniques of subversion".

via G7 Welcoming Commitee Records

The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Abolish work

Tracklist:

01. The first conspiracy

02. Abolish work

03. A new language

04. Do u know my name?

05. T.I.M.E.B.O.M.B.

06. The sin crusade

07. The blast-off

08. Young pretenders army

09. I swear if u do

10. Airports

11. Introduction to the...

12. Black mask

G7 Welcoming Commitee Records

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John Woo - Woodoo #2001

This italian band proves that sometimes also pasta-country has something to teach musically wise: imagine a cross between latest MAN OR ASTROMAN? and some deranged garage-punk unit, add some keyboards that sounds like an old Atari computer and a powerful yet fuzzy sound. More than that, these guys are hooked on aliens and UFOs as I am on porn, so you can imagine what a weird sci-fi-groove mess can be spread in your room while listening to this. Don't be stupid and get one as soon as you can, they deserve attention.

via Garbage Dump
 

John Woo - Oscar

Tracklist:

01. Oscar
02. Clutz
03. Compleanno pop svedese
04. Nabuk
05. Il segreto di Adamski
06. Bora Bora
07. Searching
08. Hypnovista
09. Invasione
10. Gli alieni sono qua
11. Milano hate
12. Won't you tell me
13. John Woo
14. Dinosauro
15. Gonzo
16. Sick head
17. Alcolici & alieni

Fog records
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Virus - Live in Lourdes (7'') #2012

Prendete una mappa e tracciate un triangolo che abbia come vertici Cleveland, Austin e Detroit. Ora trovatene il baricentro a.k.a. il punto d’intersezione delle sue mediane. Esattamente in quel punto potrebbe avere sede la crackhouse in cui i Virus sono riusciti a sintetizzare una nuova sostanza stupefacente tagliando l’eroina con dosi di OBLIVIANS, PERE UBU o Hasil Hadkins. Dico “potrebbe”, perché Scoia e Cesco sono italiani come un mandolino ricoperto di mozzarella e, consci di essere pecore negre assetate di rumore in una nazione r’n'rollisticamente allo sbando, ce lo ricordano nella devastata I live in Italy.  C’è più blues in queste quattro tracce che nell’intera discografia di Eric Fottuto Clapton. In hoc signo Virus.

da Bam! Magazine

Virus - Lourdes

Tracklist:

a1. Bluesvaccadios

a2. Lourdes

b1. I live in Italy

b2. Fire

Depression House records

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Universal Sex Arena - Women will be girls #2011

Interessante "new" sensation veneta che nelle 15 tracce d'esordio ci offre un sapiente compendio (non privo di originalità) di certo rock'n'roll anni '70 che tra spolverate garage, inserti psichedelici, una sana attitudine art-pop e un pizzico di glam, rimanda direttamente ai due Brian (Ferry e Eno) e a quanto di meglio hanno prodotto nella prima metà dei seventies. A comporre la band bi-batterizzata, membri provenienti da esperienze precedenti (SPEEDY PEONES, MASTICA, TRANSISTERS) che assicurano, a giudicare dai video e dai commenti pubblicati sul www, una presa scenica non indifferente.
Finiscono dritti dritti nella lista degli osservati speciali.

Universal Sex Arena - Raw ride


Tracklist:

01. Drum affaire
02. Augustus' rooms
03. Raw ride
04. Waltz for Lou
05. Oklahoma
06. Easy to
07. Brain Ferry
08. Arena
09. The light ones
10. Hooligan
11. Kill you
12. Chimbalaya
13. Venezia
14. Slow down
15. Summer

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Scientists - Weird love #1986

If you've got plenty of disposable cash, there are about a dozen Scientists recordings available as pricy Aussie imports. But if you wanted one chunk of strum from Kim Salmon and his twisted pals, Weird love is as good (and inexpensive) a place to start as any, since it's the only Scientists recording to be released in the States. Loaded with pumped-up guitars and psychedelic flourishes, it's a bash fest from the start that is relentlessly powerful and intense. Not a new release per se, Weird love is in fact tracks collected from earlier Aussie-only recordings. Still, it's an accurate reflection of how good this band could be, and certainly will make you excited enough to want to explore more of their exciting, loud and rocking world.

via AllMusic

Scientists - Swampland



Tracklist:


a1. Swampland
a2. Hell beach
a3. Demolition derby
a4. Murderess in a purple dress
a5. We had love
a6. Nitro


b1. If it's the last thing I do
b2. Lead foot
b3. When fate deals its mortal blow
b4. Atom bomb baby
b5. Set it on fire
b6. You only live twice


Big Time records
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VV.AA. - My summer love - Japanese girl compilation!! #2002

Pop, beat, surf, garage, rockabilly, punk rock. Non manca proprio niente in questa frivola ma piacevole compilazione nipponica dedicata al rock del gentil sesso e pubblicata dalla sempreverde 1+2.

Enjoy!

Tracklist:

01. LONESOME EMPEROR - Theme part 1
02. THE APRICOTS - Zoom
03. HOTSHOTS - I'm in love
04. STRAWBERRY MUD PIE! - Snapshot
05. BUNNY FUZZY - Midnight cherry pop
06. THE SPANDECKS - No way
07. マキニカリス (MACHINICALIS) - Italian fuzz
08. THE PEEBLES - I love you, baby
09. STRAWBERRY MUD PIE! - Surfin' Johnny
10. BUNNY FUZZY - Mickey most
11. THE 5.6.7.8'S - Hey Hey, Ha! Ha!
12. マキニカリス (MACHINICALIS) - 人工楽園 (Artificial paradise)
13. THE SPANDECKS - Whoo baby
14. THE APRICOTS - Baby Face
15. HOTSHOTS - Honey love
16. THE PEEBLES - Exile
17. LONESOME EMPEROR - Theme part 2


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Retainers - Teenage regrets (7") #2006

The fine people at Fashionable Idiots bring you yet another soon to be classic ep. This time it's the third and best single from Minneapolis's best kept secret, The Retainers. Four hot cuts of noisy garage punk with a surf-twang to separate them from the chaff of the genre.

via Grave Mistake records

Retainers - Teenage regrets


Tracklist:

a1. Teenage regrets
a2. Zombie caliente

b1. Kill my boss
b2. Blue Jean attack

Fashionable Idiots
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The White Wires - Pretty girl (7") #2009

Two sugary sweet slices o'pop about love found & love lost from these Ottawa garage-punkers. Take one part girl-groups, one part doo wop, and two parts garage rock - sprinkle a little surf & bite into the White Wires' sound!

via Trouble In Mind records

The White Wires - Pretty girl


Tracklist:

a1. Pretty girl

b1. Goodbye girl

Trouble In Mind records
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Sedatives - Sedatives (7") #2008

One more time the Trashcue Team at P.Trash records strikes and provides the small garage-punk world with an already-gone gemstone that was originally released in Canada on the band's own Going Gaga records in an edition of 300 copies that went flying.
These four canadian gentlemen may be held responsibles for having written one of the best songs in ages with Slip away, a STATUES/PEGBOY-like earwig which, just like the other four companions on this record, has a dark and wavy WIPERS-edge and a grinding organ backing the cool and catchy melodies in smashers like Cannot calm down or Dead to the discourse. No mistake about it: this ain't no shitty sounding downer, this is some high-class upper that will make you wiggle and keep you wide awake all night long! You wanna be sedated by the Sedatives! Go grab it now, it's limited to 300 copies on clear vinyl and has a reworked and fancied-up artwork done by Matt at Doublenaut!

via P. Trash records

Sedatives - Same mistakes


Tracklist:

a1. Cannot calm down
a2. Same mistakes

b1. Slip away
b2. Superstitious minds
b3. Dead to the discourse

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The Pheromoans - Open for business (7") #2009

Killer ep by Britain's best new band. DIY shamble avant-garage at its finest in the tradition of THE KEGGS, SWELL MAPS, and CHROME. B-side includes 2 wierder post-punk numbers that sound like Hasil Adkins trying to cover THE SLITS....trust me, it works. One of the best bands on the planet at the moment and definately a band to keep an eye on.

via Dead Beat records

The Pheromoans - I'm through with wedgie cubist


Tracklist:

a1. Sister of the sap
a2. Radical courrier

b1. I'm through with wedgie cubist
b2. Big chief letting agent

Yakisakana records
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Mannequin Men - Fresh rot #2007

Every note on Fresh rot could carry a footnote identifying its source - TELEVISION being a major inspiration. As churning guitars generate jagged melodies, singer Kevin Richard plays the sleazy punk poet, hiding his sensitive side behind a sneering facade. Shameless recycling doesn't keep the Chicago quartet's second album from being great fun, however. Describing the shady practices of bad boys and girls, Private school and Mattress are smart, catchy, albeit tattered, pop tunes. And when Richard chants, We are free, it's easy to share in his wild-eyed euphoria.

via Spin.com

Mannequin Men - Pattern factory


Tracklist:

01. Private school
02. We are invisible
03. Boys (they don't mind)
04. Pigpen
05. Pattern factory
06. Sewers
07. Dead kids
08. Grapefruit
09. Mattress
10. 22nd century
11. Fun never ends
12. Ev'rybody has l'ved her
13. We are free

Flameshovel records
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The Kodiaks - The Kodiaks (7") #2004

Three super trash garage punk tracks à la REATARDS, MOTARDS, FATALS... Those who like it raw and dirty will completely dig this one!

via Frantic City

The Kodiaks - Nothing blues


Tracklist:

a1. Watch my soul

b1. Nothing blues
b2. Revolution of art & sex

Yakisakana records
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The Mojomatics - Down my spine (7") #2007

When this italian duo first started making the rounds a few back they were lumped into the two piece BLOOZEPUNK thing but you could tell by listening to their songs that they definitely had an ear cocked to something a little more "pop" in mind. Here they sound like some damn catchy early 70's regional hit AM radio classic with all the frills and sweetening. Both songs bring a swing and a hook like if Brian Wilson only lost half his mind and kicked Mike Love out 20 years before the regular world found out he was a total dick and decided all that time spent in the studio was time wasted so he stripped down the band to some bare essentials and went on tour with the TROGGS as the opening act.

via Smashin' Transistors

The Mojomatics - Down my spine


Tracklist:

a1. Down my spine

b1. The Diamond Jack

Wild Honey
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Cut - Annihilation road #2010

Che cosa devono fare ancora i Cut per meritarsi quel posto d’onore nell’underground italico che oramai gli spetta di diritto? Forse la risposta è proprio questo Annihilation road, quinto album vero e proprio, edito da Go Down Records (etichetta attenta a certe sonorità “infuocate”) che testimonia uno stato di grazia in crescendo e una vena r'n'r sempre più personale e selvaggia. Non era bastato Rare bones del 2003, osannato da stampa specializzata e nemmeno quel mezzo capolavoro di A different beat del 2006 sponsorizzato dall’etichetta indie per eccellenza (Homesleep Records). Solo la prova live avrebbe dovuto aprire ai bolognesi le porte del paradiso, vista la predisposizione del trio a suonare come se fosse sempre l’ultima volta. Invece nulla, nemmeno sudore, passione e ottime canzoni al fulmicotone hanno dato a Cesare quel che è di Cesare. Ma qualcosa potrebbe cambiare, perché i Cut si sono spinti fino a New York per registrare questo disco, sotto la super visione dell’amico Matt Verta-Ray (chitarrista degli HEAVY TRASH di Jon Spencer) ed hanno affidato il mastering a Ivan Julian (vi dice qualcosa RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS?). Un cambiamento che ha indubbiamente giovato e ha racchiuso in queste 14 devastanti composizioni tutta l’energia live di cui i Cut sono capaci. Sia che si parli della doppietta iniziale affidata alla title track Annihilation road e al nervosismo schizzato di Strange kind of feeling, passando per il r’n’r di scuola BLUES EXPLOSION The light, al blues notturno e ipnotico di Soul fire e ai consueti attacchi stop and go della migliore scuola post-punk di She gave me water. Per il sottoscritto i Cut sono da anni in quell’olimpo dove la gente vive e crede solo nel rock’n’roll. Spero possa essere cosi anche per voi dopo aver ascoltato questo strepitoso disco.

da Kalporz

Cut - Strange kind of feeling 

Tracklist:

01. Annihilation road
02. Strange kind of feeling
03. Awesome
04. She gave me water
05. All our dues
06. The light
07. Summertime
08. I don't mind
09. Misfit
10. Someone else's life
11. Smash the playground
12. Feels alright
13. Soul fire
14. Trouble (Clockwork blues)

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The Campus Tramps - T.F.F.T. #1997

1+2 records presents the newest offering of snotty vocals and great melodies from Britain's best rawk'n'roll punk band, Campus Tramps. This is Campus Tramps' 4th album, and second on 1+2. Formed in the early 90's, in Newcastle, with members of the legendary band 16 FOREVER, they recorded their first great ep for Knockout records, Germany. Campus Tramps are often used along with DEVIL DOGS, DMZ and LYRES to describe other bands' styles.

via Angry, Young and Poor

Campus Tramps - Don't push me around 

Tracklist:

*tracks 11-14 from Knocked out cold (7") #1994

01. Crash your party
02. Last night
03. Don't push me around
04. Feelin' alright
05. Spread it around
06. Number 1 band in town
07. I can't wait
08. Loser bar
09. Sounds like fun
10. Move on up
11. Knocked out cold
12. What I want (I get)
13. In the corner
14. Messin' up

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Make Up - After dark #1997

Few bands have ever accomplished the level of confusion that the NATION OF ULYSSES were able to perpetuate in their four short years of existence. The band's swagger, destructive live shows, and jazz-infused brand of hardcore mixed with their over-the-top political rants and uncompromisingly militant presentation to create a mystique that has nearly become legendary. After the NATION’s implosion, three-fifths of the band teamed up with ex-FRUMPIES guitarist Michelle Mae to form the Make-Up. Rather than just continue on with the self-created “Ulysses Aesthetic,” the four decided to go in a somewhat different direction. A direction called Gospel Yeh-Yeh. On their live album After dark, the Make-Up play rock and roll that is overflowing with jazz and punk tendencies. A strong rhythm section composed of Steve Gamboa on drums and Michelle Mae on bass consistently lay down a groove that makes a perfect foundation for James Canty’s sparse guitar and organ work. While all the musicians in the band are impressive, Ian Svenonius is the star of this show. On tracks like We can't be contained, the music serves as nothing but a backdrop for his voice. The former NOU singer rants, raves, screams, and baby-talks the audience in attendance through a journey filled with faceless political enemies, lack of hope, and even the birth of a child (well, metaphorically, anyway). The band wants you to dance as much as they want you to listen to their front-man's hysterical preaching. They dubbed themselves Gospel Yeh-Yeh with good reason.
After dark is an entertaining listen. The production is great, so you can pick out every driving note of Michelle’s precision bass work, and the energy of a live setting does wonders for Ian. Some points can drag a bit and Ian’s tirades may wear thin on some, but in the end After dark is still definitely worth your time, if only to hear an influential band's live show when they were still in their prime. Fans of REFUSED and T(I)NC should especially take note since Dennis Lyxzén just about owes his entire career to the NOU and its subsequent offspring.

via Punknews.org

Make Up - Blue is beautiful


Tracklist:

01. Spoken Intro
02. Prelude to Comedown/Can I Hear U say "Yea"
03. Blue is Beautiful
04. At the Tone...(The time will be)
05. We Can't Be Contained
06. Gospel 2000
07. Vs.Culture
08. We're Having A Baby
09. Make Up Is: Lies
10. R U A Believer
11. The Final Comedown
12. Don't Mind The MIND
13. (Here Comes) The Judge

Dischord records
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Bush League - Bush league (10") #2006

Fulminante 7" d'esordio rilasciato qualche anno fa dall'ormai defunta label francese Yakisakana e imbottito fino all'orlo di garage/blues/punk caciarone e sguaiato con una malsana propensione al lo-fi. Loro sono canadesi (Toronto) ed (ex-)membri di TEEN CRUD COMBO, THE KILLER ELITE, PECOLA, PICASTRO, UGLY STICK, NO NO ZERO e NO DYNAMICS. Altro non so.
Suonare a volume dannatamente alto.

Bush League - Untitled VI


Tracklist:

a1. Untitled I
a2. Untitled II
a3. Untitled III

b1. Untitled IV
b2. Untitled V
b3. Untitled VI

Yakisakana records
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