Happening Now by Grrrl Friend

Vent Somewhere Else by Public Dims

Dionneing it by Stable Boys

“Sunlight grids quiver in the system. Read on! It’s monk time – it’s hop time. Don’t read this. We said: don’t read this. Let sapphires glide into the grooves. What is beat? What is beat today? And what is over-beat? And who the hell is going to melt the hot and cold world of tomorrow?”

Jonathan Phillips aka Mount Pleasant has periodically released tracks this year one by one. The choppy percussive nature of these tracks flow between rapid rhythms that stumble across synthetic bass grooves. Futuristic broken beats Similar to Los Angeles street bass virtusos’  Samiyam, Free The Robots, and Tokimonsta will keep you on your feet, showing signs of a more ambient minimal kind of 2 step garage, similar to the hyperdub natives Burial & Zomby. These very solid, legit recording’s create anticipation for their upcoming release “Aztecs“, which will be out soon.

A-Frames: Black Forest

Loud, crunchy guitars? Hard, banging drums? A strong snarl emanating deeply? If these aren’t things you are looking for in your music, then Seattle’s A-Frames probably aren’t for you. BUT if you do enjoy the sounds of classic garage rock, with a punk twist then this might be your new favorite group. Keeping things straight and to the point, the A-Frames don’t mess around, recalling sounds from the early punk scene in their short, power-packed songs like Hostage Crisis and Black Forest. Spin these guys next time you feel like getting some aggression (just in time for the holiday season as well!)

White Woods – Sea Sickened

Transporpirações

White Fence Mr. Adams

White Fence Destroy Everything

Dead 80’s

There Is No God

Total Control – Paranoid Video

Somewhere in the breeding patterns of the 80s noise punk movements and the synth head movement birthed the synth punks Total Control. Drawing influence from what seems Futuristik, Screamers, and Perhaps Devo, they bring to the table a crunched up no wave dancefloor numbers. Sawtooth leads over frantic punk beats interloping into a obnoxious yet capturing piece. The building progressive Kraftwerk leads into chip-tune solos like a busted cartage game. Paranoid video is a track you would find on the mixtape of some rebelous adolescent from a post apocalyptic timeline.

“Crushin’ Diamonds With Her Teeth”

VOYAGEURS – A MYSTIC

Download Voyageurs Trigrams HERE

Sickoftheradio.com is proud to release yet another mixtape. In contrast to our previous volumes, this mix features a more organic down to earth theme, no electronic computer generated stuff on this one, just guitars drums, and bass. “Suburban Dreams” is an eclectic mix of grunge, psych, garage, post punk, and pop, featuring Bird Names, PC Worship, Witch Gardens, Pageants, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding and more.

Fairly standard lo-fi punk could describe Straight Arrows sound, as if Stiff Little Fingers couldn’t afford proper recording equipment. There’s also a heavy attempt at countering the mainstream in their insistence to keep things as dirty as possible. While their efforts to pander to the garage crowd are quite embarassing, what’s annoying is these ironic intentions are exactly what this genre is about: acting like you don’t care about something.

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