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3"CD / various / bungalow in: love / Bungalow
6 song promo only 3" CD sampler. There are killer tracks by Mina,
Maxwell Implosion, LeHammond Inferno,and Stereo Total. There are songs
I don't care forby Dauerfisch (whom I liked in the past) and by new Bungalow
signing Olympic Lift."[read more]
---Carl
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CD / Faust / Freispiel / Klangbad
"Freispiel contains remixes of the Faust album Ravvivando by Dave
Ball & Ingo Vauk, The Residents, Adriano Lani & Omar Sodano, Daniel
Miller & Gareth Jones, Dax & Pieper, Dead Voices on Air, Funkstorung,
Howie B., Kreidler, Sofa Surfers, Surgeon, and Trillian. I think each
mix brings out an aspect of Faust, making it glaringly obvious even after
all these years just how crucial Faust are to the modern sound of music."[read
more]
---Patrick
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CD / The Heartbreakers / L.A.M.F the lost '77 mixes / Jungle Records
"Want to hear one of the bands that really influenced the original
'Walk among Us" Misfits sound? Are you surprised that Johnny Thunder
and The Heartbreakers are that band? You shouldn't be. Just listen to
"I Wanna Be Loved" and you will hear everything we loved about
early Misfits (minus SF lyrics). The cool thing about Heartbreakers is
that they could effortlessly turn into a band which would influence The
Only Ones on a track like "It's Not Enough."[read
more]
---Carl
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CD / Milky Wimpshake / Lovers Not Fighters / Fortuna Pop!
"Milky Wimpshake's leader, ubiquitous Slampt Records founder Pete
Dale gives us his world. While the subjects are nothing new: heartbreak,
sex, and dating, there's something in Dale's delivery that gives Lovers
not Fighters authenticity, honesty, without being overly confessional,
self-consciousness that avoids self-contempt."[read
more]
---Donny
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7" / Mu Chan Clan / "Smash It With A Brick (English
version)" b-w "Smash It With A Brick (Japanese)" / Twins
Of Evil
"Mu Chan Clan are a female vocal band with the energy of punk, but
no guitars, bass, or drums. Mu Chan Clan play synthcore like Fat Truckers,
National Bandit, or Mum & Dad. This single has two versions of "Smash
It With A Brick" - one in English, one in Japanese. You could think
of Mu Chan clan as Hi-Posi playing electropop instead of J-pop."
[read more]
---Carl
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CD5 / Stereo Total / Wir Tanzen Im 4-Eck / Bungalow/Virgin UK
"The art of putting together a CD5/12" single is one of frustration
for fans. In CD format the dreaded CD1 and CD2 sets plague fans with the
need to buy 2 versions of a single for the one or two songs unique to
each. Now that Stereo Total have international fame and have the power
of Virgin Records behind them (Bungalow is a Virgin subsidiary now) you
might expect that they would fall prey to such tricks. I am pleased to
say that this CD5 and 12" single does not." [read
more]
---Carl
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7" / XBXRX / "Marti Gras!" / GSL
"The latest rocking GSL single, Mardi Gras, featuring some kind
of collaboration between Left Coast agit-noise rockers XBXRX and Quintron
and Miss Pussycat, is mostly a tease. Just as the groove begins to intensify
and the song begins to cook, they fade out. The B side especially left
me wanting more." [read more]
---Donny
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