Jack of Heart - Jack of Heart [2009]

Jack Of Heart is a new conglomeration of Piero Ilov from the Mighty Go-Go Players, Fatals and Demon's Claws, and Benji from the Creteens. Their sound takes off down the tender side of the switchblade, and erupts with such an unassuming immediacy that it's tough to pinpoint the first time it slithers through your head. This is their first full length, out on Born Bad.

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The Fresh & Onlys - The Fresh & Onlys [2009]

from INSOUND:

The Fresh & Onlys began in the spring of 2008 as a recording collaboration between Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin. After a month of marathon recording sessions on various broken tape machines the two enlisted Wymond Miles, Heidi Alexander and Grace Cooper to help complete the sound. Since then the band has recorded well over a hundred songs and played a hand full of shows on the west coast.

Out on Castle Face Records.

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Box Elders - Alice and Friends [2009]

from DUSTED REVIEWS:

Two brothers from Omaha and an organ-playing drummer make up the Box Elders. Their set-up, like their sound, gets the most from bare minimum components, churning fuzzy, sloppy, pop that seems to emerge from some 1960s vintage rec room or basement...

You can buy the album from Goner Records.

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The Computers - You Can't Hide From The Computers EP (2008)

from MYSPACE

"So this is the plan, we wanna fuse rock n roll music with hardcore. This stems from a deep love for bands such as black flag, minor threat, the germs, the nerve agents as well as the clash, chuck berry and anti rock n roll such as elvis costello & the attractions. We're gonna party like it's 1999 (even if it's not)!"

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Vee Dee - Public Mental Health System [2009]

The 2nd album by this great pysched out rock and roll band from Chicago brings to mind early proto-punk bands (the Stooges, MC5...) but you get a somewhat darker vibe listening to this. Most of the songs last 5 minutes or longer and the album is a bit long but it's still awesome. Check their myspace for sounds and CRIMINAL IQ headquarters for buying the album. It's worth the money.

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Burial - Speed At Night 12'' (2009)

from DERANGED

The return of Germany's BURIAL with 6 new tracks are burning style hardcore punk. Taking cues from Japan's DEATHSIDE and CRUDE with unrelenting hardcore mixed with a good dose of high velocity metal riffing.

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Burning Love - Demo Cassette (2009)

Rock n' Roll influenced hardcore-punk with Chris Colohan (ex-Cursed, ex-Left fo Dead, ex-The Swarm) providing vocals. This 5 song cassette tape was released on Nerve Hold Records and sold out immediately.

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Suspect Parts - Seventeen Television 7'' (2008)

Debut 7" by Justin from CLOROX GIRLS/ RED DONS and Chris from THE BRIEFS. You can drop an eye on record review here and purchase record via Deranged.

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Cloak/Dagger Discography

from JADE TREE

VA's Cloak/Dagger manages to invoke both flavors of doom, as well as a few others that haunt the imaginations of folks worldwide. Culling from the likes of Black Flag and Circle Jerks along with driving-guitar-groove bands like Hot Snakes and Swiz, Cloak/Dagger inject some applied aggression into their rhythmic crunch. Formed as little more than a temporary project in October 2006, the group recorded its first demo within the month, soon deciding to stay in the game a bit longer. After East Coast shows with groups like Paint it Black, Fucked Up, Kill Your Idols and Career Suicide, the group had fine-tuned its raw, unpolished punk sound.

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DISCOGRAPHY:
SURF SONG 7'' (2009)
KAMIKAZES 7'' (2008)
WE ARE (2007)
PINATA 7'' + DEMO (2007)

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The Estranged - Singles (2009)

"The Estranged are a post-punk band from Portland, Oregon. They started out in 2006. They play dark and gloomy ominous guitar driven music in a similar vein to Wipers, Wire, Joy Division and The Cure. They have released 4 singles as well as an LP (Static Thoughts) on Dirtnap Records."

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Hex Dispensers - Winchester Mystery House [2009]

from DOUCHEMASTER:

Austin's Hex Dispensers are back with their sophomore album, and it pretty much picks up exactly where the previous LP ended. If you've been paying attention over the past few years, you know that the Hex Dispensers are masters in the art of spewing forth short bursts of haunted fury. D~M~R isn't exactly known for it's story tellers, but Winchester Mystery House offers a thematically torturous series of songs concentrating on the horrors of love, life, sailing, skin masks, and the end of it all...

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Jackson VanHorn - Jackson VanHorn cs [2009]

from TERMINAL BOREDOM:

When Jackson VanHorn isn't playing drums for the TV Ghost franchise, he apparently spends his time recording dark and down folk songs in the strange land of Indiana. The results are sublimely stunning. 6 songs that span almost exactly 20 minutes and leave you wanting more! "Behind the Walls" kicks off the tape with a plodding lonesome guitar riff that takes you down to the depths to find Jackson's unique voice swirling around you at all times. The vibe only intensifies from there! There is an air of familiarity running through all these tunes yet they remain completely original at the same time.

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Digital Leather - Fresh Secrets 7'' [2009]

from NO CONCLUSION:

The whole gloomy electro/gay discotheque thing is over?
"Fresh Secrets is a tune in the Closed my Eyes direction. B-side consists of two older recordings: On Saturday and Happily Ever After featuring Devon Disaster." The first track is still heavy on the synths but it sounds kinda mellow, while the second track is just pure garage pop. In any case a little change is good. Buy it and decide for yourself.

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Loser Life - Friends with a Demon [2009]

from TAKEN BY SURPRISE:

LOSER LIFE are back with their 2nd full length LP! After several months of touring, a handful of 7"s, a 12" and an album on MAGIC BULLET they have mastered their Chicago meets DC by way of Bakersfield sound. This time some darker elements and a great recording take things to the next level. An explosive mix that brings to mind bands like ARTICLES OF FAITH, NAKED RAYGUN or BORN AGAINST. LOSER LIFE comes from a place called Bakersfield, California, an area the band has numerously described as “the armpit of California”. This is what LOSER LIFE is influenced by and the band's sound makes their pleasant description seem all too realistic. LOSER LIFE is dirty, grimy, filthy and fucking pissed off at their little hole in the world and the world in general. They play music with a glass half-empty feeling with a glass overflowing the brim spirit.

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TV Ghost - Cold Fish [2009]

from IN THE RED:

The debut full-length album from Lafayette, Indiana creepers TV Ghost who usher in a vile and squalid new disposition to ugly art punk, and have carved out a black hole of pestilence that will delight its sufferers to no end. If you can swim through the murky grime long enough to let your frazzled senses adjust, it's clear how effectively TV Ghost incorporates the licentious nuances of the earliest Cramps scuzz, No Wave cacophony and Suicide’s terrifying throb alongside cavernous bellows from the depths of the third layer of hell.

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Government Warning - Paranoid Mess [2009]

from GRAVE MISTAKE RECORDS:

Richmond, VA's one and only GOVERNMENT WARNING are at it again. Following 2006's No Moderation LP and 2007's Arrested EP comes their highly anticipated second full length; PARANOID MESS delivers fifteen more unrelenting tracks full of snotty hardcore attitude that musically lies somewhere between ZERO BOYS, VERBAL ABUSE, FU's or ADOLESCENTS...

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Yussuf Jerusalem - A Heart Full of Sorrow [2008]

from Victim of Time

The debut album from the mysteriously veiled French dude, Yussuf Jerusalem just recently came out on Floridas Dying, titled A Heart Full of Sorrow. Also having played under the banner of Yussuf Jerusalem and the Riders of Allah, the imagery on his myspace site pokes at Western Culture's embedded fear of cave dwelling dudes in black hoods whose jihad-fueled hatred burns in the secluded cliffs of a mountain in Afghanistan. Coupled with the death metal imagery on his debut album, which visually brings to mind old world monks casting spells in burlap ropes, one might expect something completely different from this record once the needle hits the grooves. But these are different times we are living in, and now a band that plays weird, folky, and vaguely gloomy music can open their debut release with a death metal tune if they want.

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So Cow - So Cow [2009]

from TIC TAC TOTALLY:

I finally hold in my stupid hands A SO COW LP! Here's 18 choice numbers from Tuam's favored songsmith and overall pop genius Brian Kelly. This LP includes selected tracks from his self-released CDs, the two singles, plus a dash of new material making it the fucking greatest LP ever made...

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O Voids - O Voids [2009]

from SILTBLOG:

O Voids is probably the 1st band outta Montreal I've heard this year. Their approach & sound seems pulled right outta 82-83 American post punk, not all that dissimilar to Mission Of Burma...

You can buy the record from TROUBLEMAN RECORDS.

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Ratas Del Vaticano - Mocosos Pateticos [2009]

from SILTBREEZE.com:

Ratas Del Vaticano ("Rats of the Vatican") are a quartet hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, who assail ears with a most excellent assemblage of punk spew that can best be pitched as "KBD-like." Some of the slicker dicks out there will be familiar with Mocosos Pateticos ("Pathetic Kids") already, as it was available for a short time in 2008 as a download on David Serrano's Nene label...

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Beginning of the end!

The time has come. Lovro and I came up with an idea of a blog which will contain resources & mp3's from some of the rare, vinyl-only and out of print records. Mainly, Teenage Lobotomy will focus on garage punk, post-punk, new wave, noise rock & hardcore records. Stay tuned!

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