End Of The World News - 1971 (2002 Recess Records)

Aaron Cometbus, Arun Chaudhary of IFarm, and a couple of other dudes with a 5 songs soundtrack to one aspect of Anthony Burgess' End Of The World News: Leon Trotsky's journey to New York and his death in Mexico. Oh, and it's on Recess Records. Yeah. 

I didn't realize this doesn't really exist in digital form online until everyone's favorite vegan beardo recently bought my copy. So I'm doing the world a favor, cause this is awesome. 

The songs all flow together, so my cutoff points my be a little sloppy. I also had a little debate with myself about where track 1 ends and where track 2 begins. Open to interpretation, I guess. 

1. 1917
2. Volodarsky, Chudnorsky, Bukharin
3. Amenities
4. Driven
5. Mexico

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Swerve - Sugarfix (1996 New Renaissance)

So when I bought this, I thought it was, in the words of Tesco Vee, one of "those ultra-hip, one-syllable bands like Live, Lush, Beck, Swirl, Blur" but nope, it's yet another unheralded, forgotten (though they did re-unite last year  mid-90's San Diego band that you'll find in our local thrift stores.

The older I get, the harder it is for me to make genre classifications. Alternative? Power Pop? I dunno. They refer to themselves as "Surf Power-Pop" so lets go with that. If I were to make a comparison, I'd say a poppier version of Dig.

"Right Today" is the standout track here. 

1. Radio Swerve
2. Right Today
3. I Know A Girl
4. You Say
5. Dime
6. What You Wanted
7. Hey Hey
8. No One
9. The Butter Flies
10. Once Again
11. Sugar Fix
12. Noit Peced (Live)

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Gimcrack - Pensacola EP (1995? Backspin Records)

Mid-90's Florida punk rock. though I'm unsure of exactly what year. The were on the great No Idea Big Pants Waste Precious Fabric and Punk? comps. I don't know a whole lot else about them except I always thought they did "Diet Punk" but that was actually the Rickets. Enjoy!

1. Dear Mr. Preacher
2. Drive
3. Junk Drawer Culture
4. Am I Frustrated?
5. Carry On

DL
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