Gonzo's Moonwomb
CD from local art-noise outfit, mixing Zappa jazzyness in the song "G-Neric" with some loud punky songs like "Water it Down Some More" and with the trumpet at times like the old Breatherhole.
The songs have weird titles like 'Pinecones from the Grave of Clancy" and "Onan the Librarian" and "the Outsider" breaks from a churchy organ sound to a Residents type noise track.
dan@ozramp.net.au
Gonzo's Moonwomb
The Vivian Girls
Rough demo from nu-wave revival outfit (ex-Battleaxe).
Mixing a tinny B-52s sound with emo loud/soft style it comes out sounding like Buzzcocks or Wire.
The Vivian girls
PO Box 1729
Collingwood
Victoria 3066
Australia
theviviangirls@hotmail.com
Substance of Noise
Demo tape from French crusty/noise outfit, six piece of crust with titles like '4 Reich', 'Fause Democratie' and 'So many Bombs in the World'. Vocals are similar to Melbourne's own Human Error.
David & Fred Cammal
La Grande Bastide
Route de Pertuis
84460 Cheval Blanc
France
Resurrection Eve
Five track demo released as a sampler for an upcoming album, very clever idea as each song is completeed they can burn it to CD and always have upto date trakcs. Opening with 'Way out' slow Bauhaus number with what sounds like strings and a choir. Next track 'Ancient Curse' has a drum machine track and phased guitars. And then 'Cliche', the big ballad with treated vocals and some interesting noises.'Repunsel' has the nice spinnet sound again with big ballad type vocals and the CD finishes with a My Dying Bride cover 'For My Fallen Angel.
Bloodmusic
Beer Goggles
Seven tracks of pop punk fun with a theme of ..drinking is good. Starting out with 'No Comply' which brings to mind MYC/One Inch Punch with the driving beat and strained vocals and lyrics about loss of freedom and being forced into conformity. Other songs deal with organized religion 'Prey' and technology, 'Technology' and not being pushed around 'My Life.
Rachael-Mental Guitarist
This CD and its companion 'Desert Songs' was released as a posthumous tribute to Rachael by her family and friends. The songs range from heavy grind numbers like opener 'Lusty Poochy' and 'I'll see You on the Moon', busking songs and a full work out like 'Transvestite' with saxaphone and all.
At times it sounds a bit hippy girly like the song 'I am a tree' and very spacey in 'I don't know why'. The other CD 'Desert Songs' goes for a more experimental style with feedback guitar and white noise for a hypnotic ambient sound.
For information on ordering the CD ring 0412 154 433
Limb Music Productions
Sample cassette for the best of eighties style german metal, screaming vocals and orchestral sounds, harmonies like Queen and lyrics about dragons, emerald swords and warrior of ice.
LMP
PO Box 60 25 20
22235 Hamburg
Germany
Slack Babbath
A fund raiser for the Anarchist Black Cross and the Nigerian Awareness League this cassette is a tribute to the original black metal band Black Sabbath.
Mostly Melbourne indie bands like Kokoshkar, New Waver, Throwaways there are also contributions from Taswegians Legends of Motor Sport and God is My Co-pilot.
Choozy
PO Box 4434
Melbourne University
Parkville
Victoria 3052
Australia
Chalice
From Adelaide classed as Goth/Black Metal with female vocals and piano and a violin they have a very orchestral sound which they use to build up to some quite strong sounds where the guitars get loud. Lyrically the themes to be death and lonelyness, very Goth.
Modern Invasion
PO Box 1417M
GPO Melbourne
Victoria 3001
Australia
Asscancer
Great collection of almost industrial sound very hard Ministry stuff, mixed with lots of samples from TV shows.
Opener 'Bloodhoney' sets the tone, loud and distorted. 'Evil against Evil' is almost pure noise.'To Kill a Pig' slows things down to almost gothic atmospherics while 'All Violators' is based on funk sounds and could be a dance track.
Asscancer
World War XXV
PO Box 20701
New York NY 1009
USA
Dandelion Wine-tunguskabutterfly
Starting out with some gentle acoutic number 'Begin Journey' there is a suprise when the distorted fuzz guitar kicks in. Vocalist Naomi sounds at times like Kate Bush and at others a more bluesy belter. You get waves of gentle hypnotic music with flute thenit get loud and rocking.
Dandelion Wine
PO Box 259
Essendon North
Victoria 3041
Australia
Headcase-Softcocks-Loose at the Arthouse
Split live album from two of Melbourne's wildest acts. Recorded as part of a series to document the scene at the Arthouse Hotel this catches some wild drunken moments.
Headcase put up a few old songs like 'William is a Crusty' and 'Punk Rock Cliche' while Softcocks put down nearly their whole set including 'GI Jerkoff', 'Jesus is Kinky' and a cover of Seven Seconds 'Bully'.
a href="http:www.homestead.com/softcocks/home.html">Softcocks
Crusty Records
Not At All-We have skits and hidden tracks
N.A.A even use a N.U.F.A.N type logo with a cartoon character and shaded lettering, very pop-punk and the guys have fun names likeJerkface, Poopy Head and Undecided.
Opening track on the CD 'Punk Rockers Ballad' is a bit Propaghandish, while '140' gallops along like NoFX and 'You're Mine' includes a ska middle break.
Ivan at JerkfaceBH@aol.com
Not at All
PO Box 111
Ridgefield
NJ 07657
USA
KTV
Six track EP starts with "2 Minute Fling" with a very pop punk riff. Kath's slightly ocker accent gives the songs a bit of bite, although "Not There Now" sounds almost like Blondie rather than a generic riot grrrl.
KTV
PO Box 1453
Collingwood
Victoria 3066
Australia
The Nothings-A Lot to learn
Produced by Steve Jones
And very well done, starting with "A Lot to Learn" the guitar work is very Pistols only the vocals are more american. "Horrible Suspicion" is almost an answer song to "Bodies"...'It could be yours, and it could be mine'.
And "Nineteen Thirty Three" is probably a follow up to "Belsen was a Gas". A very genuine 77 punk outfit.
The Nothings
22287 Mulholland Hwy #304
Calabasa
CA 91302
USA
Kokoshkar-allah akbar overdrive
This Cd sounds a lot different and a lot tighter than an incarnation of Kokaskar thet I've heard playing around Melbourne.
Starts of with 'Crow River' which is very tuneful and then build up to a punk thrash. Second song 'Death and Destruction' has emoish vocal over some spacey noises and lots of the songs have doodley bits.
'Boogie' with the slow vocals and mellow sax could be a Laughing Clowns song and 'Almost a Good Time' has female vocals contrasting with the emo screams.
Organic Records
c/ Claredon Post Office
Claredon
South Australia 5157
Australia
Choozy
PO Box 4434
Melbourne University
Parkville
Victoria 3052
Australia
Foxymorons-Calcutta
Low-fi indie duo with a sound something like Dinosaur Jnr, jangly guitar wordy emo lyrics, although track four 'Almost Active' borrows very closely from the Beatles "In My Life'.
The very next track 'Reel-to-Reel' rocks out with some fuzz guitar and space invader noises. Other tracks like 'Hands on Presentation' sound like Brian Wilson, or some Lou Reed as singer-song writer.
American Pop Project
Ampop
PO Box 2271
San Rafael
CA 94912
USA
22 Jacks-Going North
These guys were back in Australia to promote this new CD. At times the vocals sound like Elvis Costello and lots of the songs have a new wavish/Cars sound. The song 'Without You' is about the Vans tour downunder and feeling homesick. The horns on some of the tracks give it a R'n'B sound. Another song 'Medicated' has a punk ska chunka chunka.
Vetran players in the band have probable made it in various styles to keep the music interesting.
Trade Mark Records
Zomba
PO Box 2327
Richmond South
Victoria 3121
Australia
Never Give In-Bad Brains Tribute
Very clever this CD is programmed so that the last track goes with the first track to make for endless loops. Moby's version of 'Sailin' On' is one of the more interesting a spooky slow drift. The hardcore bands like Ignite and Snapcase just blast through although Boy Sets Fire on 'I Against I' has a nice vocal sound, and it is intersting to see that Entombed and Sepultura pay tribute to a great band.
Century Media
Shock Records
Mach Pelican
Three Japanese guys from Perth, making punk rock in Melbourne, lots of short sharp Ramones style punk, "1,2 let's go", including a CD-ROM video clip of 'Dance Chicago' and a very obvious 'Sweet Ramona'.
Some songs like 'Hey Girl' are slower paced sway along but mostly its punk rock with a cover of the Dickies 'Gigantor'
Mach Pelican
Shock Rcords
Shagpile through Shock Records
Beastie Boys Anthology-the crust delection
The Beastie Boys have just released a double CD best of, but if you visit www.beastieboys.com you can make your own track selection, putting up to 60 minutes or 20 songs on each CD. Tracks available come from their Capitol releases and include remixes and live tracks from special tour CDs. Once you've made your selection the CD is printed out and available by mail order.
The 1st CD contains their radio hits,such as 'Hey Ladies', 'Sabotage', 'Shadrach' and 'What'ca what'ca what'ca want' along with some of their early punk tracks from Polywog Stew. This is the party album.
The second CD is more of a groove mix with tracks like 'Dr Lee Phd' a tribute to Lee Scatch Perry, 'Dub the Mic' and 'Hail Sagan'. Get funky.
www.musicmaker.com
1831 Wiehle Ave, Suite 128
Reston
VA 20190
USA
No Grace-Eating from the Inside
A local band which provide heavy hardcore which stands up well beside Agnostic Front or Sick of It All. Very heavy vocals recorded loud with lots of strong riffs.
nograce@xoommail.com
No Grace
Trial and Error
PO Box 391
Richmond
Victoria 3121
Australia
Lower East Side Stitches-STJA98L.E.S
Bratty punk rock from New York starts of with the very Sex Pistols styled 'Down The Drain' and then gets into more of a Oi style with 'Naked A' the story of roadie Brian (Naked a) Manning. Other songs are about being on the road 'Unload/Reload', how bad New York is 'Could Just Die','NYC is Dead', getting drunk 'Drink Some More'and growing up' Another Letdown'. Overall with the snotty vocals of Mick Brown LES Stitches sound like the punk side of Rancid, ie no Ska just punk rawk following more from the eighties hate core GG Allin scene than NYHC or The Ramones although they give thank yous to Joey Ramone and Agnostic Front.
LES Stitches
NG Reocrds
PO Box 1272
New York
NY 10010
USA
One Dollar Short-From the Start
Smooth pop-punk from Sydney, very NoFX, very Blink 182.
Very american lyrics 'Pumping gas..pawn my purple heart' songs about school yard fights "The Showdown", about being a loser "Ode to joy".
One Dollar Short
PO Box 3057
Erina
NSW 2250
Australia
Area 7-Bitter Words
A bit of social commentary from punk-skasters Area 7 including a live version of previous single "Road Rage" and a cover of Suicide Machines 'Hey Ska" and the looney toon organ sound in "Disarray".
Good skanking stuff.
Fatigue-Falling on my Keys/Chevy 7"
The scorching single from new Sydney band, Sounding like a mix of Frenzal Rhomb and Propaghandi
Blind Records
PO Box 980
Artamon
NSW 1570
Australia
Stitchface CD
A side project from Lawnsmell, All You Can Eat, Mortal Sin and other Sydney Bands. A mix of punk and metal.
Blind Records
PO Box 980
Artamon
NSW 1570
Australia
Cryptic CoronerMondays from midnight to 2.00am 95.7 3MU
Cryptic Coroner
Tower PizzaBeerache
PO Box 359
Richmond
Victoria 3121
Australia
Repugnant
108 Watsons Rd
Glen Waverley
Victoria 3150
Australia
venkman@telstra.easymail.com.au
The Fall of Because
Some creative writing and poems and cartoons, with a short review section at the end.
Fall of Because
PO Box 14304
Melbourne City Mail Centre
Victoria 8001
Australia
No Apologies
Femnist sXe hardcore zine from Sydney, poetry, history of Temperance movement, article on Female Genital Mutilation, vegan recipes and some personal rants about being straight edge and a woman.
xKIRSTYx14.45 Macdonald St
Erskineville
NSW 2043
Australia
Paradise Noise
French zine , covering crust hardcore scene from around Marseilles, interview with Solomon kane ex-Discharge. Also covers Belgian band Ulrikes Dream and French band Elevate.
All in French for 10 Francs whatever that is worth.
David & Fred Cammal
La Grande Bastide
Route de Pertuis
84460 Cheval Blanc
France
Princess
Lots of personal musings from a h@rdcore grrrl. Bits on wearing makeup, diet industry Janeane Garofalo as a role model and starting your own distro.
Kate
47 Glenbervie Dve
Herne Bay
Kent CT6 6QN
UK
