STRAIGHT ARROWS

Basement garage punk sounds ripped out of the jangly psych-rock '60s and thrown headfirst into a modern world of nostalgia. STRAIGHT AR...

DER SUBMARINE RACERS

These Boston weirdos blast out raw distorted garage hardcore, sometimes barely discernible as songs but always overloaded. But on "Cool...

WEIRD KOREA // SPOOK HOUSES

Biting and hopelessly cool garage punk from New York's WEIRD KOREA , drenched in '60s pop hooks and swinging like there's a boul...

CHIT CHAT

Smart, sharp airy garage sounds. Instantly hooked by surf influenced reverb drenched guitars and '60s garage psych by way of '80s fe...

THE MANUAL AND THE MACHINE

I posted their first tape a few months back, but San Francisco's THE MANUAL AND THE MACHINE have stepped up the weird for their second ...

PVC H.EX (002)

A collection of bands and misfits (or bands of misfits, if you will) from Grand Rapids, Michigan laying waste to all assortments of genre de...

METH SORES

These San Jose mutants don't just have one of the best band monikers I've ever encountered, they also crank out the most profoundly ...

ROSE CROSS

Hopelessly dreamy female fronted garage punks from Georgia. Sweaty, filthy and distorted, this tape sounds like TYRADES felt the first time ...

CAUSTIC UPROAR PART II

Abrasive and relentless garage hardcore. I cannot think of a tape I have heard that is less concerned with being cool, which makes it infini...

LET ME SEE THAT OTHER HAND

If, as the title suggests, this is indeed The Now Sound Of Montreal, then perhaps I like that city even more than I thought I did. This tape...

BACK OF NED'S UTE

Never mind the ridiculous title, this 1987 comp is packed with killer jams from Down Under. There is a distinct but indescribable quality to...

DE HØJE HÆLE // MIG & MIN VEN

For those who need further proof that the Danish are really good at punk, may I present DE HØJE HÆLE and MIG & MIN VEN, two bands who cr...

ATOMIC SUPLEX

Like GUITAR WOLF on mescaline, ATOMIC SUPLEX blast through some of the most insane sounding rock 'n roll I've ever come across. One...

INTERRACIAL LOVE TRIANGLE

This Montreal outfit crank out a hellish racket drenched in the sweat from a menagerie of snot nosed no-fi garage rock legends. Hijack a you...

COMP OF NARF

One glorious hour of insanity from our friends at Fag Tapes, featuring the harsh chaos of SICK LLAMA, demented no-fi garage damage from TY V...

IRON LUNG MIXTAPE

Other bands have dabbled with collecting the music of their friends and associates in the form of a familial mix tape, but it should come as...

AMERICAN SUN

This was waiting for me when I came home from tour, and I was so smitten when I put it on that it became the soundtrack for my day. This New...

WHITE LOAD

I cannot endorse the use of the Black Panther on any recording released by a bunch of white dudes in the new century (it was fine when HICKE...

TV FREAKS

And why not stay in Toronto for another day? It's a very nice city, the health care is comprehensive and inclusive (and well worth the e...

PORN PERSONS

Still on the noisy kick today, I offer twelve garage punk shockers slathered in effects and distortion, all but completely masking the infec...