Thee Almighty Handclaps! - Make You Mine 7"

Total retro Rock n' Roll. All distorted and aggressive, alternating between boy and girl vocals. A really fun little record.
Self-Released, 2007
1. Full-Time
2. The Handclap Shake
3. Sugarbowl
4. Make You Mine

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See Also: Thee Almighty Handclaps! - Works Okay 7"

Meth Teeth - Indian Spirits

This cassette features four songs from the band, displaying sounds of heavy distortion to fuzzy pop melodies. Delightfully messy pop. [Also included are two songs from unknown releases].
Self-Released, 2008
1. Failures Selected By God
2. I Was Wrong
3. My Heart's Heart
4. A Thousand Regrets

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5. I've Never Been to Church
6. Long Winter

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See Also: Meth teeth - Bus Rides 7"

Thee Oh Sees - Peanut Butter Oven

The music is far from being clean and crisp in sound. There is a distorted hum and muffled vocals throughout, but remains poppy and somewhat psychedelic. Led by John Dwyer of The Hospitals, Coachwhips, etc. A great EP that sold out almost instantly.
Awesome Vistas, 2008
1. Kingsmeat
2. The Freak Was Clean
3. Quadrospazzed
4. Kids in Cars

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See Also: The Ohsees - CDOIR/The World's Lousy With Ideas Vol. 8

Jacuzzi Boys - I Fought a Crocodile 7"

The third 7" single from Jacuzzi Boys. It's one song less than their previous 7"s, but it doesn't fall short in quality. Catchy, gritty pop.
Rob's House Records, 2008
1. I Fought a Crocodile
2. Blowin' Kisses

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See Also: Jacuzzi Boys - Ghost Ghost 7" & Island Ave 7"

The Manhattan Love Suicides - S/T

Such a great band. Their sound is reminiscent of early '90s noise pop and shoegaze, most obviously similar to Black Tambourine, Shop Assistants and the most recent underground sensation, Vivian Girls. Sweet, soft vocals and pop melodies buried under constant feedback and fuzzy guitars.
Magic Marker Records, 2006
1. Things You've Never Done
2. Skulls
3. Evil Side
4. Crush Whatever
5. Thinking Is Killing Me
6. (The Guy On the) 14th Floor
7. Home
8. Suzy Jones
9. Kick it Back
10. Negative Push
11. Indian Summer
12. Providence

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The Strange Boys - The Strange Boys Will Now Forever Be Known As The Martin Luther Kings

Not sure where I found this one, but it's a self-released compilation of the band's various demos. It contains more of the same obscure catchy blues pop from the Texan band.
Self-Released, 2008
1. This Girl Taught Me a Dance
2. MLKs
3. Probation Blues
4. Should Have Shot Paul
5. I Am to the Railroad What it is to Me
6. Take it to the Lake
7. Nothing
8. We Both Know
9. Art For Art's Sake
10. Happily in Disbelief

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See Also: The Strange Boys - Nothing 7"

Holy Cobras - Keep Your Hands Off My Stuff

This is another release from the Canadian label telephone Explosion Records, a label that seems to have a keen eye for band's who heavily draw influence from popular '60s music genres. Holy Cobras play with a rich garage pop style - heavy on guitars, layered on top of a steady drumbeat. An instantly catchy release.
Telephone Explosion Records, 2008
1. Dismantle My Heart
2. Stormy Weather
3. Cobra Talk
4. Sun Inside
5. Strange Green Scene
6. Woman Is Poison

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See Also: Holy Cobras - Make Pyramids

U.S. Girls - Introducing...U.S. Girls

This is a really obscure combination of dreamy ambience and thumping noise. I can honestly say that I have never heard anything like U.S. Girls before. It sounds disjointed and messy at first, but the third or fourth spin will begin to show the softer side of the music, charming and mystical.
Siltbreeze, 2008
1. National Anthem
2. Prove it All Night
3. Jungle Jokes
4. Outta State
5. Don't Understand That Man
6. Forward Troubles Asia
7. Walk Life Away
8. R.I.P KISN
9. Lit Fire To This Life
10. Mutate Machine
11. Days

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Charlie & The Moonhearts - Thunderbeast

Fan-fucking-tastic. Seriously. A mind blowing musical mix up of intense garage pop - lo-fi, messy and semi-distorted in all it's glory - with a major dose of 60's influenced surf and hip shakin' rock n' roll. Cassette only release limited to 100 - see their Myspace, you may still be lucky enough to grab one. Otherwise, there's a CD-r on the way.
Telephone Explosion Records, 2008
1. I Hate You
2. Thunderbeast
3. Charlie Moon (Style Tycoon)
4. Cage Mouth
5. I Got Mine
6. Runaway
7. Walla Walla (Washington)
8. You've Got No Idea
9. Shucka Shucka
10. The Prom Song

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See Also: Charlie & The Moonhearts - I Think you're Swell 7"

Ty Segall - It 7"

Ty's second 7". Plenty of the good, trashy pop you'd have come to expect by now.
Chocolate Covered Records, 2008
1. Where We Go
2. It
3. Sweets
4. Son Of Sam

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See Also: Ty Segall - Skin 7"/Ty Segall - Horn The Unicorn/Ty Segall - S/T/Epsilons - S/T/The Traditional Fools - The Traditional Fools