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Picture Credit: Alex Raunjack   Fox Fagan - Gotta get out Release Date: October 01, 2021 Length: 04:40 Genre: Indie Rock / Prog Rock Origin: Los Angeles , CA , USA Atthough the single 'Gotta get out' is Fox Fagan 's first release as a solo artist, the musician from LA might not completely be unknown to people who enjoy independent, soulful and melancholic rock music. Fagan  is the bass player and vocalist for Los Angeles-based Indie / Alternative and Shoegaze band Teleskopes  - their sound is really worth checking out. Nevertheless, the main focus here is on Fox Fagan  and his solo debut single 'Gotta get out'. The title speaks for itself. Fox Fagan  addresses the ever ongoing sadness of routine. As the wheel keeps turning, he realizes has to get out. The hypnotizing piano sound pairs with the marching drum sound and sets the listeners into a deep trance. These sounds ae almost paralyzing, but then guitar and vocals kick in. The piano theme stays present in the...

Picture Credit: Snap Infraction   Snap Infraction - Take the Blame Release Date: August 27, 2021 Length: 07:17 Genre: Garage Rock / Indie Rock Origin: Philadelphia , PA , USA "Take the Blame" is the fourth single by Steve Karsch  (vocals, piano, guitar) and Tony Iannuzzi  (drums), also known as Snap Infraction from Philadelphia, PA. The single contains the A-Side 'Take the Blame' and the B-Side 'Once in a Lifetime Dream' - two songs that are vey different from each other. Actually, the B-Side had been there before, and when 'Take the Blame' was written, Snap Infraction decided to put those two tracks on a single release together. Take The Blame by Snap Infraction Inspired by The Who, "Take the Blame" is a heavy, massively rolling, fuzzy, and absolutely catchy Garage Rock banger. Snap Infraction relocate their audience into a colourful kaleidoscope where Proto Punk, Garage Rock, and more modern Indie Rock join for an exuberant dance. Imagine ...

Picture Credit: Somber Distortion   Somber Distortion - Burden Release Date: August 13, 2021 Length: 05:03 Genre: Garage Rock / Grunge Origin: Kouvola , Finland Kouvola is an 80,000-residents-town in southern Finland. The town got rewarded for its impressive industrial buildings which are UNESCO world heritage. Apart from its industrial charme, the town is known for being home to several ice hockey players, ski jumpers, and musicians. Amongst the latter, Joni Kyyräräinen  is the one, I want to introduce to you today. The multi-instrumentalist has formed his latest solo project Somber Distortion in the cold winter of late 2020. The first EP "Primitive Skills" will be out later in 2021. To dive into the fuzzy and cold sound produced by Joni Kyynäräinen , let us have a listen to debut single 'Burden' - first of six from the upcoming EP. A bass line as cold as a Northern blizzard opens the song accompanied by smoothly whispered vocals and a warming guitar that reminds of...

Picture Credit: Desert Ships Artwork: Daniel Varns   Desert Ships - Neon Release Date: July 23, 2021 Length: 03:27 Genre: Alternative Rock / Psychedelic Rock Origin: London , England London-based trio Desert Ships is leading their audience on a psychedelic trip in their latest single 'Neon'. Hallucinogetic or psychedelic journeys are a common thing in fuzz-laden rock music, and they often make us discover deep space, untouched regions of our home planet, or even the inside of our brain. Well, Desert Ships' 'Neon' is different. Together with the three-piece band, we wander through empty streets of a metropolitan city. With neon lights flashing and flickering everywhere, this dystopian experience is a lucid dream that will most likely appear like a nightmare. Film make Gil de Ray  has produced this psychedelic video for the single: A sonorous walking bass, clashy garage sound on the guitars, and a stoic drum rhythm creates the foundation for this nocturnal ride throu...

Picture Credit: Zed Motel   Zed Motel - Leave With Nothing Release Date: April 02, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 20:44 Genre: Garage Rock / Indie Rock Origin: Swansea , Wales Jonathan   Williams (drums), Chris Noir  (guitar, vocals), and Katie Skilton  (vocals) from Abertwae (Swansea) are Zed Motel. The Welsh trio plays butt-moving Garage and Indie Rock with a certain Alternative Rock impact. Recently, their first EP "Leave With Nothing" was released. Leave With Nothing by Zed Motel "Leave With Nothing" is a six-track release coined by fuzzy and heavy riffing, energetic rhythms, and colourful harmonies. The latter are due to Chris  accompanying Katie 's vocals frequently. The two singers harmonize gorgeously an thus create a thrilling and sonorous sound. Apart from the vocals, Zed Motel's debut EP is defined by various and dynamic soundscapes. This is Garage and Indie Rock for the dancefloors - but with attitude! Sound-wise, you can draw p...

  Team O - Tales from the Lockdown Release Date: March 22, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Cassette / CD / Digital Length: 39:12 (43:52 including bonus track) Genre: Garage Rock / Stoner Punk Origin: Berlin , Germany Team O - the original team - is the solo band by Timo Tolkmitt , also known as the bass player at DxBxSx and guitar player at Blutige Knie . A whole decade after the release of his album " Broken ", Timo Tolkmitt  used the first lockdown to record his " Corona Sessions Part I ". The album on hand is yet another product of the COVID situation - technically and content-wise. Team O recorded the songs at home and at the rehearsal room. In the lyrics he concerns the new reality coined by the virus - isolation, people losing their jobs and facing poverty, people spiralling into severe poverty, capitalists benefitting from that, conspiracy theorists and the new right benefitting from that, and the general feeling that all of that sucks. All instruments were...

Picture Credit: Grande Fox Artwork: ZAO / Jon Toussas Grande Fox - Empty Nest Release Date: February 19, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 40:46 Genre: Heavy Rock / Desert Rock Origin: Thessaloniki , Greece I am filled with joy, wanderlust, and a bit of melancholia every time, I receive new music from Thessaloniki. Now, it has been over two years, I visited this vibrant city, and I really need to go there again. One of the reasons is the huge amount of awesome musicians, artists, and bands that call Thessaloniki their home. Anyways, on hand we have the new album by Grande Fox. "Empty Nest" is a diverting collection of fuzzy, dynamic and somewhat stoned tracks - forty minutes of intense and mesmerizing Desert Rock. Grande Fox are spreading their dusty tunes at great velocity. If you imagine Heavy Rock being a ride, "Empty Nest" is a dragster race in the desert. Psychedelic elements decorate their bone-dry soundscapes from time to time - in 'Ov...

Picture Credit: 24/7 Diva Heaven 24/7 Diva Heaven - Stress Release Date: March 19, 2021 Label: Noisolution Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 39:02 Genre: Grunge / Stoner Punk Origin: Berlin , Germany Karo , Kat , and Mary  are 24/7 Diva Heaven from Berlin and they have produced one of my most eagerly-awaited albums of this year. Here is "Stress", the trio's first full-length release, available on pink vinyl via Berlin-Kreuzberg's sympathetic label Noisolution. "Strees" is defined by powerful and sonorous riffs rolling forward with heavy weight. The intense use of fuzz creates a massive smoked-out atmosphere outshining Fu Manchu or Hermano. Further, the strong velocity is immediately activating all body parts, making it impossible to sit or stand still when 24/7 Diva Heaven play their songs. And not only is the colourful sound crunchy and grungy as hell, the trio knows how to let mid-tempo stoned tunes slide into full-throttle kick-ass Punk Rock. 24/7 Div...

Picture Credit: Nervous Twitch Artwork: Erin Hyde Nervous Twitch - Nervous Twitch Release Date: January 29, 2021 Label: Reckless Yes Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 32:06 Genre: Garage Rock / Punk Rock Origin: Leeds , England Some years ago (maybe 2017?), I had my first encounter with Leeds' LoFi Punk trio Nervous Twitch when they played a gig at the SubstanZ Osnabrück . Originally, they should have shared the stage with Pete Bentham and the Dinnerladies , but if I remember correctly, one of cars broke down and hence, I saw a concert of Nervous Twitch and the Dinnerladies. It was an amazing night! Now, I am very hapy that after loads of EPs and Singles, Nervous Twitch have released their first longplayer via Reckless Yes. Nervous Twitch stick out of the contemporary Punk Rock scene like a colourful box filled with lollipops, bubble gum and primroses. Their mid-tempo Garage Punk is a joyful hommage to 70s Punk and 60s Rock music. Despite the rather unhurried tempo, the trio kn...

Picture Credit: Homemade Ski Mask Artwork: E. Potter Homemade Ski Mask - redballbluechicago Release Date: January 17, 2021 Label: Big Eleanor Records Format: Digital Length: 15:49 Genre: Stoner Punk Origin: Lancaster ( Pennsylvania ), USA Here, we have the debut by EP by Pennsylvania's Stoner Punk duo Homemade Ski Mask. The band members Mike Tennant  and Danny NoNo  were accompanied by B. Roth  who added the bass and other noises to the EP. Also, their friends Howzit and Gnar Cyst are featured on the last track 'Backwoods'. If you wonder whether this is either an aggressive release concerning serious issues or a display of satire and nihilism, the answer is yes. Homemade Ski Mask use a healthy mix of humour and aggression to deal with serious subjects of the times we live in. Does that play out well? It does, indeed. The outcome of this approach is pure positivity. Homemade Ski Mask provide us with some fuzz-laden Punk Rock with a certain tendency towards Hardcore Punk. ...

Purple Dawn - Into the Shadowland Release Date: January 07, 2021 Length: 07:07 Genre: Heavy Rock Origin: Cologne , Germany From their album "Peace & Doom Sessions Vol. I" (2020, Ogo Rekords ) Purple Dawn Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Artwork: Tumulus Design Space Deer - The Forest Release Date: September 18, 2020 Label: Bandera Records / Gato Encerrado Records / Nooirax / Violence in the Veins Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 45:52 Genre: Stoner Rock  / Heavy Rock Origin: Madrid , Spain Hello and welcome to another  MangoSpecial ! This is Part 3/4 of the special dedicated to Spanish Independent Label Violence in the Veins. After releasing two EPs  "I" (2017) , and "II" (2018) , Madrid's trio Space Deer stopped counting and named their first album "The Forest". Space Deer play in a classic arrangement with drums ( Robert ), bass ( Carlos ) and guitar ( Andrés ). Also, all three band members sing on this album. But let's take a closer look into "The Forest". All hail the Fuzz! What the band from Spain's capital is presenting here is heavily loaded Stoner Rock. The music exits the speakers in blurry lines and immediately has a sedating effect. And yet, Space Deer d...

Picture Credit: Hombre Humano Artwork: Caveman HombreHumano - Crepuscular Release Date: April 24 2019 / November 27, 2020 Label: Interstellar Smoke Records Format: Vinyl / CD / MC / Digital Length: 54:12 Genre: Fuzz Rock / Desert Rock Origin: Argentina "Crepuscular" (Spanish: "Twilight") is the second album by Argentinan Fuzz Rockers HombreHumano (Spanish: Human Man). It was originally released in spring 2019 on tape and CD. But Christmas came early this year as Polish label Interstellar Smoke Records is distributing the vinyl version since November 27, 2020. So, let's enter the twilight zone and enjoy the psychedelic sound of the Argentinan desert. The sound HombreHumano present here is an honest hommage to 1960s and 70s Rock. On the surface I find some similarities to their brethen KNEI . "Crepuscular" is coined by two major features: fuzz and heat. The sounds create an intense and dry heat that tastes like rough dust storms and feels like aimless h...

  Picture Credit: Daily Thompson Daily Thompson - Oumuamua Release: August 21, 2020 Label: Noisolution / Soulfood Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 50:25 Genre: Space Rock / Desert Rock Origin: Dortmund , Germany The first time, Daily Thompson were featured on this site was last summer when I reviewed their third album "Thirst" . Some days have passed since, and the trio from Dortmund has gone through some immense progress. In the meantime, Daily Thompson has also joined the Noisolution family. And now, we can finally listen to their fourth longplayer "Oumuamua". The astronomers amongst you will know that Oumuamua is the name of an interstellar object that was discovered through a telescope on Hawaii. The linguists and Hawaiians amongst you will know that Oumuamua is the Hawaiian word for "scout". And those, who didn't know either, don't worry. You are not alone. "Oumuamua" features seven songs lasting between three and twelve minut...