It’s February…the
month of love and pussie! And those candy hearts! Yum…So I’m
playing catch up with some of the records that were sent to me, like,
over 3 three 3 months ago…Lucky, I haven’t had any new shite
sent to me…THANK GOD! Now I can just focus on music that excites
me…and not have that “conscience” in the back of my
skull telling me, “Dude, they did go through the trouble of sending
you a record…just review it…”
“FUCK YOU CONSCIENCE! Those records sucked!”
So that being said, let’s get on with it, shall we…
So I got the “Silent Fantasy” CDEP on Tigerbeat 6 by a group
called CRACK W.A.R; that’s CRACK: WE ARE ROCK. Synths, beatboxes,
hooker legs, and caves…that’s CRACK W.A.R… If yr into
TRACY & THE PLASTICS, that’ll give you an inkling into the
minds of these boys and girls…it’s eerie in the CRACK W.A.R…like
a dark and dusty attic with unlocked wooded chests full of old Victorian
Age pictures of yr family…you know the ones…pictures of
people not smiling cause they have to stand there for hours for the
film to capture their image…unsettling…like the CRACK W.A.R.
(www.tigerbeat6.com)
The BLACK EYES from D.C. are one of my favorite new bands… They
have a hardcore perception joined with the artt-punk and bizarre sounds…two
fucking drummers…lotsa cider…cyclic screams and bass lines
to insane rhythm and guitars…The BLACK EYES have two 7”s
out and a full length coming out on Dischord. (www.ruffianrecords.com)
The FEMALE ANCHOR OF SADE is another one of those BLACK DICE/WOLF EYES
type noisecore bands that I’ve taken a liking to as of late…
The “Tanks to Everyone” 10” (which came out in…1999
or 2000…not sure) relies less on effects and more on spacious,
drawn-out compositions that gradually bust out into screams of discourse
and malice. Plenty of distorted bass/guitars, synths, and jazzy drumming
light up this 10” with a fire that burns down the house. Check
‘em all out! (hem.passagen.se/bates)
And while I’m on a hardcore kick, I forgot to mention the DEATH
FROM ABOVE 12”/CD that came out on Ache Records in Canada in my
last column. A part of the Canadian invasion that has been secretly
taking over the USA, DEATH FROM ABOVE contains Jesse of the famed BLACK
CAT #13. It’s a told hardcore punk blitzkrieg on yr earlobes.
Pulsating beats and hyperactive power chords that blaze out of the stereo…the
vocals are kind of irritating if yr not too into the MISFITS (you know…those
extended whooos and wooooohhhs), but it can be over looked since the
music is so vicious. Six songs that are a blast to the moon… (www.acherecords.com)
Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! A neuu SOCIALS record!! Cool… This
is Mr. Shawn Abnoxious’ band, for those who can’t make it
through his columns… :) Anyways, I like the recording
on “Narrow Minded Entertainment for a Close Minded America”
a hellva a lot more than the last record he sent me…It's a little
more raw…a little more fury her'… So the NEOTERIC PUNK/WAVE
in full effect here…start up the Killed by Death punk with a modern
lemon-twist… Any neo-citizen who likes clever lyrics and odd/art-punk-esque
tunes should hunt down the SOCIALS like wild animals… “Soviet
Champs,” “U Dance U Die,” “Dead In A River,”
and the inspired “Aramchek”…animals… (www.neussubjex.net,
Stay Real PO Box 18051 Fairfield, Ohio 45018)
Dude! It’s like the HOLLYWOOD BRATS’ and SUPERGRASS’
kids started a band and kicked out the jams! The PRETTY GIRLS are a
rock n roll/punk/pop band with a soul and sensitivity for the bomp…same
old shite with a refreshing slap in the face…Britpop! Red marks
on yr ass…you kinky fucck! The PRETTY GIRLS are rrrollin down
yr street…eyeliner, tight jeans…the bad kids in yr town
who can’t even skateboard! Fuck that pussie shite! It’s
all about getting PRETTY GIRLS. (www.trapdoorrecords.com)
The FM KNIVES! Yeah, a bunch of Blank Generationeers have already chimed
in on this record, but fuck it if I can’t declare my love for
this band too! “Useless & Modern” is a catchy punk rock
punch to yr gullet! Total DICKIES/BOYS/BUZZCOCKS 70’s punk with
the fresh scent of teenage misery, if I were 15, this album would be
my manifesto. (www.sl.net/~ttbooks/moolala)
The STITCHES have another punk rock record out called “Five More
Songs…” on the fabulous Kapow Records. Nothin’ really
new her’…just some stuff off of some 7”s/10”s
they had on Kapow! and GSL…so, if you missed out, the CD will
satisfy yr taste for snotty 70’sstyled punk. The CD also includes
some videos you can view on yr computers…though I don’t
think they worked on my mac…whatever…nerd stuff…Kapow!
also sent me some new STARVATIONS CDEP…and…I not reviewing
stuff I don’t like anymore…but fuck, I like their first
7”…then they went all country punk…it’s good
if you like that stuff…but I want that first 7” AGAIN!!!!
ehhhhh………I’ll just give it to my friend Liana…
(www.kapowrecords.com)
Hideo sent me his band SWEET JAP’s first full length out on 1+2
Records. Anyone fuck into early REGISTRATORS and modern garage punk
outta Japan will blow loads over SWEET JAP. They bust out into guitar
solos and screams, crash the cymbals into the walls, and overall kill
yr ears with sonic trouble. Goddamn, the heat…the heat…(www.nice-neat.com)
PS – Hideo sent me some other records which I lost…or misplaced…they
might be in my car…anyway, when I find that TREEBERRYS CDEP I’ll
get back to ya…
Goodbye Boozy Records sent me this 7” by a group called BBQ a
long while ago…limited to 300 and probably already sold out, BBQ
is Mark, of the SPACESHITS/LES SEXARENOS, I think…and if you dig
the way out sounds of the SPACESHITS and the 1950’s suzy q rock
n roll…well then…what the fuck! BBQ, the one-man-band, is
killer garage and woulda been on my top 2002 list if I had bothered
to listen to it earlier…sorry Mr. Boozy…anyway…try
and find it…(Goodbye Boozy Records c/o Gabriele Di Gregorio Via
Villa Pompetti, 147 64020 S. Nicolò a Tordino Teramo, Italy)
Lastly, I am gonna talk about one fantastical album that’s probably
been overlooked by most people out there in Blank Generation Land…
The beats on this record are sooooooo sweet and infectious…so…
…And the keyboards that match up with bass beats…THUMP,
THUMP… THUMP, THUMP…THUMP… uh! Not to mention each
song has such a simplistic, minimalist approach to song writing…
In one song they’d place a rhythmic acoustic guitar set to one
beat and only add extra instruments like synths, brass, and change-ups
during the chorus…straightforward, the way I like. This album
is a landmark in pop and should played on MTV so everyone can listen
to its beauty. And that record is…………”Justified”
by JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE.
Gentlemen…goodnight.
Ladies…good morning.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!ENDNOTES are FOR PUSSIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1111) So, I’m going down to the WFMU studios again on valentine's
day to watch CRIMSON SWEET record a live set w/ Terre T. I just LUV
going to this place…It’s like going home after school when
you were a kid. Cause you KNOW yr gonna pig out on Oreos cookies and
watch Duck Tales… Not to mention that you can play Asteroids for
free! The best radio station on EARTH!!! (www.wfmu.org)
22) Aside from wanting to devote more time to this zine…I’m
planning on doing an online video documentary of my scene, which blankgeneration.com
will host…should be fun…
3333) Next month! The distinct similarities between the LOST SOUNDS
and tATu! Seriously…
I am nobody’s pimp,
joe
