Speaking of Teenanger and tapes...

Teenanger / Charlie and the Moonhearts

Kudos to the fine folks at Telephone Explosion Records for putting these two acts together. This killer split lp features Toronto’s Teenanger and Orange County’s Charlie and The Moonhearts.

Teenanger have an Iggy and The Stooges thing going on, except with a far more attractive bassist. If their moody, bluesy, high energy garage punk doesn’t send you into a naked frenzy, nothing will.

The flip side is just as impressive. The Moonhearts rip though six songs of skull pounding, foundation shaking surf rock with no regard for human life. (Telephone Explosion Records, 2009)

Sample here...
http://rapidshare.com/files/301140281/Charlie___The_Moonhearts___Teen_Anger.rar

Buy here...
www.myspace.com/teenangerrr
www.myspace.com/charlieandthemoonhearts
www.myspace.com/telephoneexplosionrecords

Nobunny - Raw Romance

This collection of wonderfully sketchy numbers from masked degenerate Nobunny is sure to make your special area tingle. Justin Champlin, the man behind the mask, has given the acoustic treatment to a few songs from his debut bubblegum punk masterpiece Love Visions and added a bunch of new tracks to round it all out.

Available only on the miracle of cassette tape, Raw Romance is a dingy mix of pulp sound samples and sweet songs with slightly suggestive lyrics. Screw iPods, this is reason enough to head to the attic and dust off your Daddy’s Sony walkman. (Burger Records, 2009)

Sample here...
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2yz5mjmm1un
http://www.myspace.com/nobunnylovesyou

Buy here...
http://www.burgerrecords.bigcartel.com/

The Intelligence - Fake Surfers

This is quite possibly my favourate lp of the year, thus far. There is just nothing weak about this record. It somehow is able to be experimental, garage, shoegazer and noise pop, all at the same time, while still managing to be ridiculously catchy.

Intelligence seems to have hit their stride in 2009, with two killer albums, Crepuscule with Pacman (Born Bad Records) and Fake Surfers. I can’t decide which one is better, but Surfers does seem little more accessible. From the delightfully silly Pony People to the feud song aimed Portland band Eat Skull, it’s just reeeeeeeeeeeally good! (In The Red, 2009)

Sample here...
http://sharebee.com/b4e1f155
http://www.myspace.com/theworldisadrag

Buy here...
http://www.intheredrecords.com/pages/mail%20order.html

The Wet Dreams - Here Come The Wet Dreams 7”

I ordered this 7” so long ago I just plumb forgot about it. Then suddenly, out of the blue, at least a year after I ordered it and 7 years after the songs were first recorded, it appeared in the mail.

Yet another piece of Atlanta musical lore, the long since de-funked The Wet Dreams were made up of Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox Bradford Cox (drums/vocals), Golden Triangle’s Alix Brown (bass/vocals) and Tabitha’s Julie Elledge (guitar/vocals).

The ep hits you with four sweaty numbers, drenched in sloppy garage fuzz and doused with dirty electro-punk. You will never be totally clean again after hearing this, no matter how much you wash. (Die Slaughterhaus, 2009)

Sample here...
http://rapidshare.com/files/261590068/the_wet_dreams.zip
http://www.myspace.com/thewetdreams
www.myspace.com/dieslaughterhausrecords

Buy here...
http://www.dieslaughterhausrecords.com/