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Latin House on Vicious Pop? Looks like the wave of Tropical Bass is starting a monsoon of a trend. DJ Teenage Wolf hits the surf with "Cuerno De Sonido", I'm so lazy to translate that but I'm sure it doesn't matter, because there's no lyrics anyway! It's all about the horns on this bad boy anyway. It really starts to get pumped up with the Rampage Remix adding a futuristic bump to the original. Udachi weighs in his Dubstep version to make this one start to steam. I can already here this blasting out of Sabo's serato.

Cmish

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A couple more things of interest...

Sissy Nobby "Nobby's Party" the OFFICIAL mixtape dropped last week. It goes without saying that it's flawless and euphoric. Check it out, although it seems that currently the only way to do so is with a facebook account and by clicking HERE. via NOLABounce.com

On the other side of the pond, Egyptrixx stopped by Kiss in London to chat with Sinden and spin some trax, including shit off an upcoming LP he's doing that sounds BEYOND nice. Hit up this Mad Decent article to hear the whole session and see the tracklist.

The Conformists are fucking legends. At least to me. I've been playing shows with them, either booking them in basements in Shorewood and Riverwest or traveling to their hometown of St. Louis, for about a decade now. It's hard to explain just how fucking weird they were the first five years or so of seeing them live. They'd use subtle intimidation techniques that were 1000 times more disturbing than the usual run-of-the-mill hardcore posing, pinwheel kicks or other generic forms of outward violence. Instead they'd slowly rock back and forth on their heals towards you until you were trapped in a corner, or stare you down until you got so unnerved you walked out. The first couple of times they played Milwaukee the room would slowly empty and afterward I'd hear people saying shit like "I really liked their songs, but I just couldn't take it anymore. Too intense!" Which seems like a strange criticism for a rock band. Eventually people started to get the hang of it though, and for a brief period of time their increasingly frequent trips to Milwaukee were met with sweaty kids trying their hardest to bang heads and pump fists along to time signatures they couldn't comprehend.

In recent years, there has been a resurgence in the kind of thing the Conformists do so well; bands that incorporate influences like the Fall, Rapeman and all that post-punk stuff that uses Captain Beefheart's musical sophistication, freaky attitude and seeming randomness as a springboard into another realm of their own. But these guys have been doing for longer than any of these young upstarts, and at their peak they did it better and way weirder than the anybody. I mean, their fucking logo is a pair of dead cats hanging from a tree.

The Conformists have a new record out called None Hundred (part of a trilogy with their other long players, Two Hundred and Three Hundred, respectively). They recorded it with Steve Albini. It's more of a slow burn, less maniacal take on their signature sound. "Mature" is the word, I guess. You can stream the whole thing on their bandcamp page, but I suggest you buy the 12". It comes with a free CD copy, too.

LISTEN TO AND BUY THE NEW CONFORMISTS LP, NONE HUNDRED!

SUMMER TAPES

Skeleton Warriors "LUVSIC" cassette (SAFG)
Okay so Skeleton Warriors are like Front 242 and all that Belgian shit plus some of the bubbling homemade synth charm of proto-NRG Patrick Cowley recordings, with a post-Rap appreciation for Roland drum machines. Dramatic and over-the-top vocal performances draw lyrical inspiration from topics like dating the elderly and theme songs about children of the porno generation. After all, they ARE from Florida, a weird nexus where scenes as diverse as Death Metal, Industrial, Pop Punk and Miami Bass have all thrived. The drive to write anthems that all of those art forms share is apparent when all of these weird elements start mixing. I definitely give these dudes props for trying to carve out their own little world of sound in between the cracks of so many oddly complimentary influences. Would love to hear these dudes do something super pop and "sell-out" like a remix 12" or a Scott Storch collabo.

Jimmy Sanchez and his Crystal Balls cassette (SAFG)
Jimmy from Skeleton Warriors gave me his solo tape last time they were in town. It's toned down a notch from Skeleton Warriors super tornado of sequencing, sparser and stripped of much of the sonic chaos. It lets the weirdness creep out a little slower. I like this tape, it's chill and gurgley.

Viking Fuck "Virgins" cassette (self-released)
Met these guys back in April when Possible Fathers and Catacombz visited their home turf of Iowa City. Three piece includes lead singer in cut-off jean shorts, no shirt, drummer with only a tom and cymbal who stands up when he plays, and an organist. We played in their basement where they were practicing earlier in the day when we arrived. Pretty appealing, sweaty, out-of-control... I wanna say synth punk but technically it's organ punk? Anyways, I'm a sucker for a properly executed "96 Tears" cover. Generally somewhere between New York No Wave and San Diego-style Spazz Punk legends like Le Shok and XBXRX, rounded out with a new millennium sense of psychedelia. Put that in your fucking one sheet, assholes. Anyways, grabbed this tape when Big Fun 4ever and Catacombz went to East Moline and played with them at Nitetrotter Fest. Where they proceeded to play another blazing, brief set. Even though I've long been sick of both Viking and Pirate imagery, it's worth overlooking for Viking Fuck.

Was gonna post the Catacombz and BZYBODIES tapes too but I haven't gotten them yet. Same with the iiEYES tour tape.