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First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Mads Skou Karstens Jorgensen Psychic Seizures - Viral Control Release Date: June 26, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: Cassette/Digital Duration: 27:47 Genre: Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Noise Origin: Berlin , Germany The album "Viral Control" was recorded in early 2022 when Psychic Seizures-mastermind Mads Skou Karstens Jorgensen  was visited by Codey Corso  who is based in Los Angeles, California. The recording took place in Mads ' living room in German capital Berlin except for the drum tracks of the songs 'My Burned Brain' and 'Dr. Scientist' which were recorded by a person called Rafaele  at Berlin's Wong Studios . The result of these sessions are an eight-track album avalaible for streaming and on cassette tape. It contains six songs written by Mads  a...

  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Afterbirth Cartoons - Sick Day Release Date: January 01, 2022 Label: Space Yage Records / Blanche House Productions Format: CD / Digital Duration: 41:49 Genre: Sardonic Beat Punk Origin: Phoenix , AZ , USA Quite some time has passed since Galatea  (bass and vocals) of Afterbirth Cartoons has first contacted to request a review of the band's latest album. Sorry for taking so long, Galatea , Jacob  (drums), and Alvah  (vocals, guitar, harmonica, vibroslap). The review will commence after the first music video. Feel free to skip my rambling if you like. The CD should have arrived at the MangoWave HQ around mid-March 2022. Neverthless, the German customs office wanted to be sure I am not receiving illegal substances or weapons etc sent from the USA. Thus, I had to go to a neighbouring town ...

 First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War Let us work together as mankind, for a free Ukraine, for a free Russia! __________________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Trigger Cut   Trigger Cut - ROGO Release Date: March 01, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 33:54 Genre: Noise / Math Rock Origin: Germany "ROGO" is the sophomore full-length release by Ralph Ralph  (guitars and vocals), Daniel W  (bass), and Mat Dumil  (drums). Together, the trio from Germany are Trigger Cut whose first release " Buster " got published in May 2019 and was highly praised by the music press. Twenty-months after the release of their debut, and twelve months after the first lockdown in Germany, Mat , Daniel , and Ralph  have returned with their ten-track sophomore album "ROGO". The video above shows the regular cover artwork of CD and vinyl record editions while in the header of t...

Picture Credit: Isoscope Isoscope - Ten Pieces Release Date: March 04, 2022 (Vinyl Release on April 04, 2022) Label: Noisolution / Edel Distribution Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 44:32 Genre: Post Punk / Math Rock / Noise Origin: Berlin , Germany Only few beats into Isoscope's debut album "Ten Pieces" are required to clarify that this is musical journey is about to get wild. The quartet from German capital Berlin was founded in late 2018 and consists of Merle  (bass, vocals), Konstantin  (guitars, keys, clarinet, drums, vocals), Bonnie (drums, guitars, vocals), and Philipp  (guitars, vocals). They are also a founding member of the GRRRL NOISY collective which has recently released a great soli sampler for the people in Ukraine , and which is also home to 24/7 Diva Heaven . As one might already assume by reading the album title, "Ten Pieces" features ten tracks. The sounds that Isoscope present in these 45 minutes could not be any more heterogeneous. S...

Picture Credit: Daniel Watkins   Chestnut - The Winter We Were Vampires meets The Original Wolf Man Release Date: October 22, 2021 Label: Land Turtle Records Format: Digital Length: 08:25 Genre: Post Punk / Noise Origin: Los Angeles , CA , USA Here is a real tidbit for the cineasts among you. If you happen to be a lover of films, and also understand German, you might also be interested in this podcast . Nevertheless, here is the latest single by Californian duo Chestnut which includes the two eponymous songs 'The Winter We Were Vampires' and 'The Original Wolf Man'. And if you are acquainted with the early horror film genre, you might have already watched at least one of these pioneer works. (By the way, it might be possible that those films don't even exist - my research hasn't led to any proof. There are samples on the songs, but still I cannot tell for sure.) The Winter We Were Vampires meets The Original Wolf Man by Chestnut Christina Santa Cruz  (bass, voc...

Kravt durch Krebs – Schmerzkörper Release Date: September 11th 2021 Label: independent Format: LP Length: 31:22 Genre: Ambient , Black Metal, Noise , Avantgarde , Spoken word, Doom, Dissonant , Metal , Lo-fi Kravt durch Krebs is a fresh one-man black metal act, hailing from Germany with it’s newest installment Schmerzkörper - the body of pain or the pain of the body, I guess. From the first seconds of the opening track the artist distinguishes the area of his operations, establishing a strong new school of black metal feel - “Ich bin” is dedicated to personal reflections on life, as the lyrics are built around the author’s diary. I couldn’t get what exactly is being transmitted, but the raw emotion of despair that goes perfectly with its music video - beautiful landscapes and pictures of nature. The opener is produced in the closest to your classic black metal style, with fast paced rhythm section, grainy guitar sounds and constant screaming, and the whole thing is intentionally monoto...

Picture Credit: White Flags   Toronto Blessings - White Flags Release Date: May 30, 2021 Length: 03:17 Genre: Noise / Punk Rock Origin: Barnsley , England "White Flags" is the latest single by South Yorkshire trio Toronto Blessings. It is a sonic powerload concerning the frustration you feel when situations getting out of hand due to catastrophic decisions made by governments or people in charge. Think of UKIP and the BNP advertising Brexit and former PM David Cameron  taking up on that idea for the sake of maintaining political power, for example. "White Flags" is an anthem for the shambles that are created by people in charge who divide the population instead of uniting them. Harsh synthesizer sounds and noisy guitar riffs grind on a stoic bass line while the rhythm dashes forward like an unstoppabel catastrophy. Multi-layer Noise meets violent Punk Rock, as Toronto Blesings create a dystopian soundscape similar to recent works by Calling All Astronauts. Toronto ...

Picture Credit: Tsien   Tsien - No Two People Are Not On Fire Release Date: May 21, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 50:57 Genre: Math Rock / Post Hardcore / Noise Origin: Birmingham , England More than ten years ago, Birmingham's Tsien recorded their debut album "No Two People Are Not On Fire". Unfortunately, the band split up before they had the chance to ever release this six-piece work. In order to prevent the people inside and outside of England's second-largest city from forgetting about them, the original material has now been re-discovered, re-mixed, and re-mastered. According to the press kit, "No Two People Are Not On Fire" is not current, not particularly wee recorded, but mos certainly a sweet little gem from the past that deserves to receive a bit of attention and love. The best way to describe the band's only album is by calling it eclectic, emotional, and loud. Tsien provide our ears with the rough and edgy sounds of Post ...

Picture Credit: Steve Liebermann   Steve Liebermann -  Opus #73: Timex Kid / Elvis 1990 / Petrol Holiday / Soldier at 63 Release Date: June 23, 2021 Length: 67:15 Genre: Freakshow / Noise / Experimental Origin: Freeport, New York, USA Have you heard about The Gangsta Rabbi? The artist meant here is not Brooklyn’s rapper Ron Raphael Braunstein who called himself “Tough Jew” and “Rabbi Holding Guns” . The Gangsta Rabbi is Steve Liebermann from Freeport, New York, also known as The Jewish King of Punk. Under his nom de guerre Gangsta Rabbi, Liebermann recently fulfilled one of his dreams, and he broke a Guinness World Records Title by releasing the longest song ever recorded. Containing 48 opuses, the title “The Noise Militia (#38/76) runs for impressing 35 hours, 41 minutes, and 9 seconds. Find out more about this world record that Steve Liebermann broke after being diagnosed with terminal leukaemia by clicking here . Steve Lieberman, The Gangsta Rabbi · OPUS# 73-TIMEX KID/E...

Picture Credit: Beatnik Party   Beatnik Party - Pyramid Song (Never been to New Jersey) Release Date: May 12, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 06:09 Genre: Psychedelic Post Punk Origin: Coolidge , Arizona , USA Jenyr Ramma  (drums, percussions) and Michael David Henry  (bass, vocals) are Beatnik Party. The duo from Arizonan Pinal County has recorded a song that literally deals with never having been to NJ. The title track of the single "Pyramid Song" is a trippy sonic narrative about staying at home, evaluating the quality of drugs online and thus, never visiting the Garden State. On Bandcamp, the single also contains a B-Side "Satan don't want me for no Love Toy". Pyramid Song (Never Been To New Jersey) by Beatnik Party Apparently, the recording was undertaken under the influence of psychedelic shrooms. Far more interesting is the fact what Beatnik Party did not use for the song: a guitar. The result of this lo-fi production is a fuzzy, psychedel...

Picture Credit: God Hates Unicorns   God Hates Unicorns - No Gloryholes in Heaven Release Date: February 15, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 37:08 Genre: Garage Rock / Noise Origin: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA Band name and title alone are two phrases that have the potential to make people very sad. Instead of arguing why a non-existant should better not hate one of the most fabulous creatures, or why every gloryhole I will see will now remind me of not being in heaven... let's better jump into the review. "No Gloryholes in Heaven" is the sceond full-length release by Pittburgh's sextet GHU. Different to their selftitled debut , the album on hand was recorded in a studio. The eleven-track record is a trippy journey through the absurdity of life. God Hates Unicorns take their audience to places, hardly anyone dares to think about. Nihilistically and cynically, the six musicians from Pennsylvania show us around to the weirdest corners of the single ...