ROUNDING UP SOME LOOSE 'NET NUGGETS

EXTREME ANIMALS just wrapped up a spring tour. Check out their website for tour diaries, new vids, blog shit, etc. and favorite this track on soundcloud:
DOWN FOR WHATEVER (DEMO EXCERPT EX-TWERP MODEL FORMAT) by extreme animals

AND...
Br00tal Moods by George_Costanza

^ This mix is just the fucking RAWEST. Seinfeld quotes + grindcore phatness + new Extreme Animals trak in the mix = :)

TOMORROW THURSDAY MAY 19 @ QUARTER'S ROCKNROLL PALACE: TERRIOR BUTE, BITCHIN' BAJAS (FEATURING COOPER FROM CAVE), RIO TURBO & STACIAN CLICK HERE 4 THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Milwaukee native beatmeister Andy Petr just dropped his debut Mixpak release. You can download the title track for free from rcrdlbl by clicking here if you have an account, or you can just sac up and buy it already. Keep an eye on andypetr.muxtape.com cuz dude's constantly pumping out new jams. Like this one:
Dro Carey & Andy Petr - Rare Syrup by Andy Petr

Tejas Heat:
Hora de los brujos by Dj Teenage Wolf from an upcoming Get Flavor comp.

No need to elaborate too much on these, the pure hotness that is professionally pressed up mixtape cassettes should be pretty apparent just by looking at these pics. Completely crucial for your post-grad cross-country summertime road trips. CLICK HERE 2 FIND OUT WHERE 2 BUY EM.

ZHIGULI IS SO FUCKING RAW!!!!!!!!!


Squidbotz now has a facebook, an upcoming show on June 1 w/ Rio Turbo and Buoyant C (check their facebook for addy details soon) and a soundcloud page featuring my favorite track:
04 Moonwalk In Your Garden by squidbotz

I WANT IT! This LP is gonna be fuckin massive.

If this was Strike Gently I would surely be posting a link to Slow Jamz For Men under the heading "LOVE DEEZ SLUTS"

We're hitting that sweet spot of the summer where sick touring bands stop through on the weekdays (aka in between "important" towns) with increasing frequency, and in the case of this week Wednesday, it's starting to get absurd. On June 23, JEFF The Brotherhood, Cave, Quintron and Miss Pussycat and Genesis Climber all descend upon Milwaukee to wreak what will surely be TOTAL MUSICAL HAVOC. Plan rides accordingly, as you'll have to jet from the Borg Ward to Cactus Club as well as make some tricky life choices: stay for Quest for Fire's sure to blazing LP release set or go catch the reinvigorated Catacombz which now features Sam from Big Fun 4ever? That's what they call a "good problem".

Borg Ward 823 W. National Ave. 7PM Quest for Fire (LP release), Genesis Climber (CA), Jeff the Brotherhood (TN), Dear Astronaut ALL AGES

Cactus Club 2496 S. Wentworth Ave. 9PM Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Cave, Catacombz 21+ $10

STAY TUNED later in the day I'm posting the flyer for next week's Sewn Leather/DJ Dog Dick jumpoff...

BELATED UNWIELDY 2009 BEST 10 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD

1. RECORD/ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Gucci Mane THE STATE VS RADRIC DAVIS and all those fucking sick mixtapes.


2. SONG OF THE YEAR: MILEY CYRUS PARTY IN THE USA! Respect the 2009 summer PARTY single vibe, honorable mention: SURF PARTY BY F.L.Y.


3. ROCK LP: HEAVY DAYS by JEFF The Brotherhood. Do you like Rock N Roll?


ROCK SINGLES COLLECTION: HUNX AND HIS PUNX GAY SINGLES


4. UNDERGROUND COOL WEIRDO POP SINGLE: "ELECTRIC FINGERTIPS" by Preaux Breaux Geauxld
LP: NIGHT EYES by EYES sometimes spelled iiEYES. Okay so by my own rules I usually don't include Vicious Pop artists, and both of these artists are slated to do digital releases with VPD in the future. But fuck it, I didn't put these records out and they are some of the best tunes of the year. Respect these dudes, this is where it's at.


5. BEST GENRE/SCENE/COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS EVER: SISSY BOUNCE + BEST (AS YET) UNRELEASED SINGLE (OF THE DECADE): SISSY NOBBY LAY ME DOWN ORIGINAL MIX


6. CASSETTE: The GA'AN tape. They're from Chicago and are like GOBLIN but are their own thing.


7. NEW KELLZ: The Demo Tape, the track with OJ Da Juiceman, Untitled, his response to that guy who said he was played out, everything he does all the time.


8. BAND OF THE YEAR: CAVE. This was their year. Krauty pysch rock ruled the midwest in '09.


9. INSTANT CLASSICS BY OLD HEADS: TIE new Lightning Bolt and the last U.G.K. LP


10. BEST VID: ALCOHOL. Come on. Jakey, Forest, Howard, Jamie and Samuel L. just rolling to a club together no big deal.

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.

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: