I've been stocking up on some great singles at basement show merch tables lately:


Tampa, Florida is not fucking around, people. Preaux Breaux Geauxld's "Electric Fingertips" has an early-Hi-NRG-goes-lo-fi vibe with riffs that feel like they're melting into each other. It's addictive and fascinating in a way that every great pop tune should be. Not to be outdone, for their side Skeleton Warrior write a love song to a lethal cleaning product, "Married to Draino" (with Diamond Hymen guesting as the voice of "Draino" [BTW someone put out a Diamond Hymen 7" NOW!]) that bubbles along at frightening crawl and sounds as if it's makers were drinking the product whilst producing this cut. The vinyl is black with white marble wisps, like a fog machine running in a dark room. Which is exactly appropriate for these bands. Pick it up when you see them live, or hit up Cephia's Treat.
Clip of Diamond Hymen from Sunday:


Mutating Meltdown's "Fantasy" single is terrific. Half of Finally Punk plus the dude from Zom Zoms playing organ. An anthem for anyone living in the (underground music) world. "So, so tight/don't fit quite right/circulation cut off/can't speak, can't cough/so hot, can't breath/this heat is suffocating me." Tell me about it. Limited edition third pressing of two hundred copies on sky blue vinyl via M'lady's Records. Full length LP in the works? Their live set featured brief blasts of otherworldly sonics that are only faintly hinted at on this early recording. Hopefully those elements show up intact on the long player once it arrives.


I would imagine this track being prominently featured on the upcoming JEFF The Brotherhood full length "Heavy Days". The theme that connects this disparate collection of singles (besides all of them being available on 7" and limited to 300 copies or under) is that the songs represent the most coherent and streamlined singular statements yet from their respective makers. "Heavy Damage" is practically a mission statement for JEFF, nicely honing all of their psychedelic, grunge and garage tendencies into one concentrated blast. Available from the band's own Infinity Cat label and Crystal Swan Recordings.

Stagediver delivers big on his mix for Vicious Popcast #10! Check out the brand new 7" on Radio Graffiti and a long-awaited show this Sunday in Milwaukee @ the Eagle's Nest!!

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C the previous Preaux Breaux Geauxld post for streamings tracks + utube vids and check out our Stagediver post to hear some of his jams.

EDIT: PREAUX BREAUX GEAUXLD HAS DROPPED OFF THE TOUR BUT COME TO THE SHOW STILL BECAUSE SKELETON WARRIOR + DIAMOND HYMEN ARE COMING FROM FLORIDA 2 PLAY.

I've been pretty bummed out since THE USAISAMONSTER broke up. At least Lightning Bolt's back now.
"Colossus" from the forthcoming Earthly Delights

FUCKING JEEEESUS THE NEW MILEY SINGLE IS OMG SO GOOD:




ALSO, FREE ANTAVIO JOHNSON CUZ THIS TRACK IS ILL:

PRO BRO GOLD came to Milwaukee last October with Lazy Magnet on their Liquid Gold tour. I picked up his tour CDR, which was recorded live in different cities around the country. The recordings had a dull, murky quality, as if they had been ripped to mp3 off of a 20-year-old vhs tape, which really added to the whole creepshow vibe. His live set was much more vibrant, with bright sounding synths and even brighter lights, and the excessive volume coupled with a smoke machine helped to bring the hazy, terrifying quality of the recordings to life in a visceral way. See what I mean:



stream "Club Mix I" from the Liquid Gold Tour CDR @ myspace.com/probrogold

Pro Bro Gold is now going by Preaux Breaux Geauxld and is on tour yet again. He's set to visit Milwaukee on August 23 (edit: @ Eagle's Nest check the Flyer) with Skeleton Warrior (they have a new split 7" out too! on Cephia's Treat) and Diamond Hymen.

Skeleton Warrior "Quivering Anus" (direct link mp3)



buy records by Pro Bro Gold + Skelton Warrior @ CephiasTreat.com

And the airhorns go crazeeeeee: DJ Mario Barrio just dropped a new mix on the Tejano Bounce blog!

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Tracklist:

Another Night (House Mix)
Sererndipity - It's Just A Feeling
DJ Nehpets - Booty Feel
Top Billin - Tell Your Girl To Juke It Up
Dirty Cash
Major Lazer - Keep it Going Louder (ALVARO RMX v2)
Keep it Going Louder (ALVARO RMX v2)
Hey! (Foamo Remix)
Egyptrixx - Ceramic
Jack Beats - UFO (K-Hole Riddim)
Sound Factory - The Rhythm (Figure Brooklyn Fire Rave Bootleg)
Macromism - Inside the Mirror
Afrojack - Maybe
Puzique - Don't Go

Mario Barrio is 1/3 of the music and arts collective CULNSWEET, and his track "Black Out" will be featured on their upcoming EP for Vicious Pop Digital. He just set up a new myspace (myspace.com/deejaymariobarrio) and threw the unmastered track on the streaming player. I would HIGHLY suggest checking it out. The CULNSWEET EP is going to MUUUUUURDER...

WHOA



The music is "A Better Way" by Extreme Animals, the closing track off of their Vicious Pop CD "Let the Music Take You There". The video is entitled "The Peace Tape" and is by Jacob Ciocci. EXTREMELY NICE.

The above pic is from the new Narwhalz (of Sound) zine "First Casualty of Pom Beach Week". Dude recently played Milwaukee's Club Nutz, the smallest comedy club in the world, and I grabbed all his new shit, and it's tight. Two new tapes, a split 12" with Romo Roto, lots of dopeness:



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Except this tape, which is sold out, except for one copy @ the Vicious Pop online store:

BEST OF SUMMER 09

1. F.L.Y. "Party Time (Surf Party)"


2. Teengirl Fantasy "Hollywood Hills"

3. R. Kelly featuring OJ Da Juiceman "Supaman High" & the entire "Demo Tape" mix CD


4. Cave's "Psychic Psummer" tour


5. Narwhalz (of Sound) "First Casualty of Pom Beach Week" zine, "Pom Shit Earth" cassette, "Hairy Who Pom'd Critters" cassette, split 12" w/ Romo Roto, live at Club Nutz


6. Ga'an self-titled cassette


7. Jeff the BROTHERHOOD "U Got The Look"


8. UGK 4 LIFE


9. DOLLAR BIN FIND OF THE SEASON:


10. The Jerk Movement. Still. New Jerk City:

FILE THIS UNDER FUTURE MEGA-HITS:



Usually myspace's news feed of recently added pics is pretty useless but today it turned up something important for once: NEW MIXPAK COVER ART!!!! Vybz Cartel's upcoming "Yuh Love" single gets the Sizzla sleeve treatment and one could only hope this means more Mixpak tees! The mastered and mixed track is streaming now @ myspace.com/dreskull. U-TUBE:



An official video is being shot tomorrow in Jamaica, become a fan of Mixpak on facebook for a the latest news including release and premiere dates.

UPDATE: OUT NOW ON iTUNES!!!!

DOUBLE UPDATE: THERE ARE TEES! AND THEY LOOK AMAZING!! AND THEY'RE UP FOR PRE-ORDER!!!

REWIND! So remember that mix by DJ Teenage Wolf that I mentioned in the post before last? Well, it was so sick we're dropping it as Vicious Popcast #9!

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We recently finished printing the rest of the Big Fun 4ever sleeves and decided to throw in a hand full of limited edition color schemes on top of the previously available red, magenta and turquoise paterns. Tie-dyed pink & purple, black and silver!







Also, some of the vinyl turned out more silver or purple than bubble-gum so a select few will be crazy like these:





AND the previously posted remix of "Golden Boy" is up on u-tube:

More heat from the CULNSWEET camp: DJ TEENAGE WOLF just sent me his new Baile Tech mixtape (featuring a freshly exported Gregor Salto bootleg) and the whole thing is FIRE! Not like you'd expect anything else from him or the crew. TEJANO BOUNCE is the shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Can't wait for the CULNSWEET EP to drop on VPD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tracklist:

Nouveau beats & Kid Kaio -Jazz le jack
Alvaro - make it funky (dj punish Remix)
Dj Spin Laden- Untilted bootleg
Mastiksoul- ritmo do meu flow
Dj Beware & Amp - La Mezcla Booty remix
dj spin laden - bomba (Edu k Remix)
Gregor salto - Morning Drums (Dj teenage Wolf Bootleg)
spencer & hill- cool (afrojack remix)
Top billin - African chant
Momas boy - give it up
Mowgli - Im a Dj (orginal Mix)
monsieur monsieur- Automatic (Douster africa remix)
Daniel haaksman-pobum coco
grooveduds -Epa !!!



ALSO: Texas headz, be sure to check out Teenage Wolf @ the release show for Spin Laden's new EP on Idiot House this Thursday!!

DO NOT SLEEP THIS IS THE HEAT


SEWN LEATHER is the shit. 10" split with Videohippos coming soon to Vicious Pop. SMOKE OV THE PVNK.



Javelin (Luaka Bop Records) is tight too.

+ LOOK 4 THE NEW JUICEBOXXX VID FOR HIS UPCOMING IHEARTCOMIX SINGLE SUPER SOON! DJ DOUGPOUND FROM TIM & ERIC AWESOME SHOW GREAT JOB! DID IT AND IT IS... DA BOMB!!!!