Year: 2026
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THE DUMPSTERS – ‘Waste Management’ cassette
THE DUMPSTERS – ‘Waste Management’ cassette Lo-fi, distorted, fucked-up garbage punk. With the bands schtick being that of trash, and having seen them play live while all wearing garbage bags, it is unsurprising that this cassette sounds like it was recorded IN a damn dumpster. Angry mid-tempo riffs plod along while the singer, who is…
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T.T.T.T. – ‘Folk Song Killer’ cassette
T.T.T.T. from Buffalo, NY plays out around town fairly regularly. I have seen them with different iterations of band members, and as a solo acoustic act by the brainchild of the group, Jacob King. It’s not unlike how John Dwyer would use THEE OH SEES moniker for full band stuff as well as solo releases…
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IMPULSE – ‘001’ cassette
Five tracks of lo-fi, pissed-off, no frills, fast hardcore-punk from Providence, Rhode Island. Sure, it’s nothing remarkable…yeah, yeah, it’s not reinventing the wheel or anything like that…but IMPULSE in incredibly tight and this tape is not fucking boring, which is something that can’t be said of a lot of bands that try too hard to…
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SPATTER PATTERN – ‘No Disco’ b/w ‘Farewell, Isadora’ cassingle
Minimalist kooky artsy synth music from Kalamazoo, MI. A three-piece band consisting of two members of SILICON HEARTBEAT (including the brains behind that project when it was still a solo endeavor) and Ben Lyon who is probably most known for his incredible artwork but is also the vocalist in Kalamazoo outsider punk project LOSER CANDY.…
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WIENER DOG – ‘Doom’ cassette
Novelty one-man-band project from Buffalo, NY. Lo-fi recording, but in a rather endearing way, even if it means I can’t be 100% sure what instruments I am listening to. All songs have cool simplistic synth following along with the rhythm guitar…or wait, is that the tone OF the rhythm guitar? I’m truly not sure, and…
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DIZZY DAVIS – ‘Coming Fast’ cassette
DIZZY DAVIS is the side-project and alter-ego of Radiana Basso from LEOPARDO. In case you’re somehow unfamiliar, allow me to assist you with that. Based in Switzerland, LEOPARDO has released multiple records on different labels, most notably on Feel-It Records, and are a modern garage/psych powerhouse. DIZZY DAVIS seems to share a lot of the…
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BILLIAM – ‘Steakhead Breakbeats’ cassette
An Australian solo-project with a near unbelievable amount of output since 2020. Synth heavy, kooky, bonkers, egg-punk mayhem. Steakhead Breakbeats is a collection of BILLIAM tracks from other sessions that never materialized for one reason or another. Though it’s a collection, as a whole this tape does a killer job of mixing the wildly demented…
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THE DOLPHINS – ‘Invisibility Over Flight or Premonitions’ cassette
Between running multiple record and tape labels and touring semi-regularly, new music comes through my hands incredibly frequently. I cannot remember to save my life how I came upon this release. Although its appearance and other aspects of this project remain a mystery to me, one thing that is certain is THE DOLPHINS have had…
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MÖNEY / SPRGRS – ‘SMPÖRNGERYS’ split cassette
I picked up one of the hand numbered 50 cassettes of this release when seeing SPRGRS on their U.S. tour this past year. While not often a fan of the split cassette format, it was their newest release and I decided to check it out. The three MÖNEY tracks on this cassette absolutely blew me…