New stuff since the last time . . .
ALL SAINTS DAY – It’ll Come Around 7″ (art fag) – Red vinyl from Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls and Greg Foreman of Delta 72 and Cat Power. Listen here.
BEATERS – White Hate 7″ (zoomusic)
BEST COAST/WAVVES – Summer Is Forever split 7″ (mexican summer) – Stoners in love and on tour together. Tour only 7″ stamped and hand -numbered; limited to 1,500 copies. Download here (found through google search).
DIRTY BEACHES – True Blue/Sweet 17 7″ (zoomusic) – Vancouver BC solo act getting in on some minimal lo-fi pop action. Full length out in March. He has a boatload of wonderfully curated mix tapes on his blog.
FUNGI GIRLS – Owsley Knows 7″ (group tightener) – Youngest and most productive garage act in town.
INDIAN WARS/FUNGI GIRLS – Split 7″ (psychic lunch/cmr tyz) – read above
READING RAINBOW – Restless 7″ (zoomusic)
YOUNG PRISMS – Friends for Now lp (kanine) – Fuzzed out and reverb heavy San Francisco psychedelic quartet, sometimes quintet that toggles between a female and two male singers. Translucent black vinyl (like very dark purple). Came through town last week and you probably missed them.
V/A – SWALLOW THIS TURD – Free 33-track garage punk compilation from TIC TAC TOTALLY records via midhaven’s mailorder; includes songs from Digital Leather, Thomas Function, Bare Wires, Moonhearts and more. Fantastic introduction for beginners to the label. Download by giving up an email here.