IN THIS ISSUE:
Editorial

MEERCAZ  (Gulcher Records) CD $11 Comin' outta Portland, Oregon, singer-guitarist-songwriter Mozzley (Muslim Delgado) and company play shameless ROCK music! The approach is primitive but spacey--simultaneously "retro" and "futuristic" without batting an eye. It's aggressive guitar music that's "punk" in its DIY manic quality, but with an aesthetic that's much closer to the late 60s and early 70s. To my ears, Meercaz is one of the handful of things in recent years that sounds like what modern rock music SHOULD sound like (and rarely does).

THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARETET Nice Tets (Roulade Records) CD $8 On this second Squaretet disc, drummer-ranter Larry Copcar (former stand-up comic), bassist Todd Homer (Angry Samoans / Mooseheart Faith), punk-jazz guitar hero Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of, etc.), and sax player Kenny Kawamura whup up a ferocious and focused storm of free jazz and rude commentary. Why'd Albert Ayler cross the road? To get to the OTHER side, dad! Welcome to the F.U. Lounge, suckers.

THE BON VIVANTS Black Honey (Gulcher Records) CD $11 Debut full-length by the fabulous Bon Vivants from Atlanta, Gee-Ay. Post-punk 'n folk-rock (NOT "freak folk"--eeek!), power-pop 'n acid-rock, howlin' at the Georgia moon like a lonely 16-year-old geek even as you stare at so-called middle-age in defiance. Big Stars Soft Boys Television Personalities 'n Mr. Barrett hisself--post-Cale VU and the ghost of Arthur Lee--kids still 70s-drunk and runnin' free! And a cover of the Mothers' "I'm Not Satisfied"!  SNAP! MANGLE! POP!

THE SCREAMIN' MEE-MEES Plastic Hong Kong Door Bell Finger  (Gulcher Records) CD $10 The Screamin' Mee-Mees are back! This is Jon Ashline and Bruce Cole's first proper release in eleven years (after a slew of archival digs more recently). And the duo returns to its basic mid-70s form: two adult children bashing away, making up songs as they go along. Plus a jam of double-guitar sub-Beefheartian twistery, and two tracks with Bruce twiddlin' his audio generator in a fidgety Krautrock-like manner.

HOME BLITZ (Gulcher Records) CD $10 Home Blitz is 21-year-old Daniel DiMaggio from  Princeton, New Jersey. The basic HB sound is an odd mix of powerpop, punkrock, and noise (etc.). Think: early Modern Lovers, Big Star, and Flamin' Groovies circa '72 + Half Japanese, Harry Pussy, and freejazz . . . huh?! Does that make sense? Oh yeah! This disc collects the first two HB singles (way out of print), material from a cassette release, a new HB 12" EP, and two otherwise unavailable tracks.

CRAWLSPACE The Spirit of '76 (Gulcher Records) CD $10 Take me back. Yeah, take me back. Take me back to where I once beee-longed. (Elvis version of the Fab 4.) Git back juju. After 15+ years in the outer regions, Crawlspace has touched down on solid rock again! With the pick-to-click "Take Your War On Vacation" & lots of yer fave tunes by O. Rex, the Raiders, Love, Patti Smith, Patrick Sky, the BIrds, Deep Purple, Allan Sherman, the C*nts, the Saints, & the Stones!!!

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