Soda Boys - Soda Boys

"Five song demo from some St. Louis hotdoggers that sounds a hell of a lot like the Gizmos dragged into the modern age, real rock'n'roll sounds from the front edges of the KBD-era, garage-rock with fun hooks and a Penetrators-esque delivery. Recorded lo-fi, these dudes play their guts out, the singer actually sings, there are some ripping solos and riffs too - these kids can play. 'Go Girl Crazy'-era Dictators should be mentioned in this conversation as well as the Dolls without the make-up/glam. Outstanding stuff, all five songs are about girls, soda, burgers, hot dogs and America. I'm excited about this one. The singer is just called The Soda Jerk and the other dudes have awesome and dumb soda-punk pseudonymns."

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Black Panties - Self Titled EP

"Debut hard vinyl after a flexi and a handful of cassettes from this St. Louis band. It seems like a lazy comparison because Lumpy put out the record and they're from the same city, but if you like Lumpy & the Dumpers I think it's safe to say you'll be on board with Black Panties as well. In the similarities column this has, like Lumpy & the Dumpers, a kind of rock n roll-informed songwriting that's performed with a very DIY / raw punk sensibility (particularly in regards to the vocals). In the differences column, Black Panties are a whole lot faster than Lumpy, and on the last track they even have a punk-at-hardcore-speed song that recalls stuff like the Dwarves, Brutal Knights, or the Ladies, though of course filtered through the deliberately skewed midwest slime punk sensibility. This is a really hot style right now so I'm just kind of inclined to like all of this stuff from St Louis and NW Indiana, but Black Panties recommend themselves by staking out a unique sound and managing to play music that is incredibly fast and intense but still catchy. Another quality Lumpy release, in other words."

Voight-Kampff - Last House on the Right b​/​w Little Dyings EP

Two song 7" single tease, FUGG.
'Tis post-punk season

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