Car Crushes Cause Aliments

It took me a while to understand what was going on here - I had typed in Ailment and Car Crash and kept bizarrely getting things about Joni Mitchell on Google. That should have been the new track 'Car Crush' by Spanish band Aliment, a two-minute punk anthem that rallies up the troops like no other. I was on the cusp of buying The Replacements' Let It Be AND The Marked Men's Fix My Brain last week - and now I feel even stupider for keeping my mitts firmly jammed in my pockets, as this tasty morsel forever reminds me how much this shade of punk makes me happy. Their second album Silverback will be out through La Castanya in September - let's hope the Barcelona trio finds their way to London soon.

Locked In Pleasurable Radioactivity

This is my track of the weekend, and I think it should be yours too. Texan bright (as in shining AND clever clogs) punks Radioactivity will be launching a self titled LP through Dirtnap Records on Tuesday, which is awesome, but seriously, I only need 'Locked In My Head', played back to back 12 times. Timeless, incessant, bubbly, full steam ahead punk rock. And they feature dudes from The Marked Men and Mind Spiders. Fuck yes.


And here is the stream of Radioactivity, including first single 'World Of Pleasure.' You can pre-order the record here.

Google Give Me Mind Spiders

Sorry about the lack of posts yesterday! For whatever reason, Google locked me out of my own site just so I could set up a Google+ profile. I have no idea what the hell went on, but we seem to be back on board. So I thought as celebration we should all get down to the excellent Mind Spiders record Meltdown (on Dirtnap Records). Texas' finest exponents of garage rock (featuring members of Marked Men, High Tension Wires, Bad Sports and Uptown Bums) have totally smashed this one out of the park, whilst still remaining Mark Ryan's baby. This tracks sound simple, yet huge - no easy feat. See opener 'You Are Dead' as the perfect example - a Ramones-riffing rollicker that chugs along at two minutes yet implores that you don't listen to the rest of the record, just hit rewind and replay. The first half of the album is top-heavy with hits, and shows a nice downturn with the organ-fuelled 'More Than You'. There is a slight shift in the second half (see the sci-fi schizophrenia of 'Skull Eyed' or the synth-spazz meltdown of closer, err, 'Meltdown', for example) but the hooks remain indelibly infectious. A fantastic record.


Meltdown can be gleaned here. DO IT.

Mind Spiders - You Are Dead
Mind Spiders - Play Out Loud
Mind Spiders - Wait For Us