Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
IfIHadAHiFi - Fame by Proxy
IfIHadAHiFiFame by Proxy
Label: Latest Flame Records
These bastards bang out noisy contemporary power punk rock while being flanged and ready for the next stagger or incursion into delirium and lyrical conundrums. Perplexingly enthralling, annoying, exciting and tumultuous simultaneously.
• IfIHadAHiFi Website • IfIHadAHiFi WikiDope Stars Inc - 21st Century Slave
Dope Stars Inc21st Century Slave
Label: Metropolis Records
Integrating the enthusiasm and darker electronica imagery of the cyberpunk movement with their overt fascination of vampires while lyrically railing against societies evils and hidden agendas in an anthemic fashion bodes well for this industrious industrial metal force.
• Dope Stars Inc WebsiteLittle Fyodor - Peace Is Boring
Little FyodorPeace Is Boring
Label: Public Eyesore Records
Claiming Denver as home this juggernaut of insanity has ranted and raved about his decidedly disenfranchised reality since at least 1981. Now, with fellow soothe sayer Babushka they explore 14 newly twisted avenues of totally snapped psycho punk rock including a couple revisioned classics. A mental calliope of grandeur and disillusionment for the children of the Subgenius.
• Little Fyodor Website • Little Fyodor WikiHeavy Trash - Midnight Soul Serenade
Heavy TrashMidnight Soul Serenade
Label: Big Legal Mess Records
Surfing through clever escapades into bluesy vintage rock as well as smirking garage punk sojourns. These creative juices again stratified by musical comrades Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray reek of dark mirth and flavorful kitsch.
• Heavy Trash Website • Heavy Trash WikiMr. Gnome - Heave Yer Skeleton
Mr. GnomeHeave Yer Skeleton
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Distant atmospheres billow, blast and flutter with fuzzy post punk rhythms and floaty female vocals. This lush psychedelic duo produces soliloquies that travel through near pop realms while maintaining an intimate dose of fantasy and artistic creativity. Mr. Gnome will be appearing 4/30 at The Frequency in Madison.
• Mr. Gnome WebsitePrizzy Prizzy Please - Chroma Cannon
Prizzy Prizzy PleaseChroma Cannon
Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
Edgy caterwauling punk n roll concoctions from Chicago enhanced with saxophone, grit, humor, and consternation. The raucous and raspy vocals fuel the brimstone and forthright intensity blasted through their song melodies and overall presentation.
• Prizzy Prizzy Please FacebookJon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone
Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionMeat and Bone
Label: Mom & Pop Music
Eight long years have passed since their last studio album, but this legendary lo-fi blues crew has again unleashed a caterwauling cacophony that will storm your eardrums listen after listen. Blending punk, hardcore and rusty rock n roll with biting blues, these 12 cuts fling more energy and groovy rhythms than you may be ready for, but the challenge will be worth the effort.
• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Website • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Facebook • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion WikiVarious Artists - The Unscratchable Itch: A tribute to Little Fyodor
Various ArtistsThe Unscratchable Itch: A tribute to Little Fyodor
Label: Public Eyesore
Little Fyodor is a twisted and wacky SubGenius superstar from Denver that has been spreading his bent mania for over 20 years; far long enough to deserve a tribute, so this is it! Featured here are 21 mind bubbling retakes on Fyodor songs including the classics, You Give Me A HardOn (Dan Susnara/The Inactivists), I Wanna Be The Buddha (Evan Cantor), The Blackness (Boyd Rice) and Everybody’s Fucking (Lasse Jensen). Who really needs a firm grip on reality anyway?
• Various Artists Website • Various Artists Facebook • Various Artists WikiLittle Fyodor and Babushka - Truly Rejected
Little Fyodor and BabushkaTruly Rejected
Label: KEN ROCK
Nothing gives me a hard on more than Little Fyodor and Babushka releasing a 7”! And after 20 years of musical self dejection and fatalistic floundering the duo emerge with another round of hopeless cynical caterwaulings certainly capable of creating an aneurysm in less than one bat shit crazy chord or confounded utterance. You won’t find another like this.
• Little Fyodor and Babushka Website • Little Fyodor and Babushka FacebookArt Paul Schlosser and Friends - Duet Right
Art Paul Schlosser and FriendsDuet Right
Label: Art Paul Schlosser
What could be better than a new Art Paul Schlosser record? An Art Paul record with 26 songs harnessing more than that many of his friends! Recorded in various studios at various times, with wildly varying degrees of production, this long time Madison musician, often seen playing on street corners with his acoustic guitar and kazoo, shows off many of his tried and true “hits” here including Cookie, Bubbles, Purple Bananas on the Moon, Pink Pants and I Want To Hold Your Toe. Always eclectic, off the wall and never boring!
• Art Paul Schlosser and Friends Website • Art Paul Schlosser and Friends Facebook • Art Paul Schlosser and Friends WikiOnly Child Tyrant - Time to Run
Only Child TyrantTime to Run
Label: Nomark
Brash and abrupt, throbbingly angular and obtrusive; found inside of indie, surf and slide, as well as doom and electronic. In what strange world could all of these exist? One that is an alias for mega producer Amon Tobin! Needing an outlet for material that didn’t fit into his other bodies of work Only Child Tyrant was born. These 8 tracks take you in mysterious ways to places you never knew you could get to. Whether bleeping or grinding this will have you wandering but finding.
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