Major Surprises
After Nirvana exploded from the underground into popularity in 1992, ushering a wave of so-called “alternative” bands, major labels began […]
Markov
This Quiet LP Self-released, 2010 The debut album by this Austin quartet has been slowly wrapping its tentacles around my
The X-Rays
Speed Kills CD Empty, 1996 A number of my favorite records made me laugh the first time I heard them.
The Spook Lights
Teenage Maniac / Night of the Queerwolf 7″ Self-Released, 2010 Like the previous post, here’s another underrated midwestern freakshow featured
Ritual Device
Ritual Lips / Grandma 7″ Aural Rape, 1991 Probably one of the most literal versions of the “pigfuck” genre —
13th Chime
Complete Discography CD Sacred Bones Records, 2010 One of the amazing things about music fandom is that no matter how
Phantom Tollbooth
Phantom Tollbooth Homestead Records, 1986 Considering the year, the debut album from New York nutjobs Phantom Tollbooth could be considered
Galloping Coroners
Jumping Out The World / Instinct / Teach Death A Lesson CD Alternative Tentacles, 1991 When you think of Jello
Nothing People
Soft Crash LP S-S Records, 2010 After last year’s sleeper LP Late Night, and the short but sweet Enemy With
God
My Pal / Jackwoman Nunhammer 7″ Au Go Go Records, 1987 While this late-80s Aussie band doesn’t quite live up
Jack O Nuts
Raw Candle Vote / Antonin Artaud 7″ Radial Records, 1993 A number of factors may explain why this Athens postpunk
Jay Reatard
1980–2010 It’s been a month since the Memphis garage maestro died and I’m still recalling all the raging records he