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Lumpy and the Dumpers
“Gnats in the Pissa”

June 18th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Lumpy and the Dumpers “Gnats in the Pissa” I imagine Belleville, Illinois is a shithole. It's probably the type of place where dreams go to die and scatological cretins like Lumpy and the Dumpers thrive

Fucked Up
Year of the Dragon

June 6th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Fucked Up Year of the Dragon Some bands seem to have a pathological need to release music. Fucked Up seem to be one step past that. While they’ve only released three studio albums

Savages
Fuckers

June 5th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Savages Fuckers Last year, London femme four-piece Savages bent ears with their mighty debut, Silence Yourself. A maelstrom of Gang of Four–style post-punk funk

Hannah Diamond
“Pink and Blue”

February 25th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Hannah Diamond “Pink and Blue” PC Music, as much as can be gleaned, is a collective of terribly un-Googleable British producers who manufacture a maximalist brand of guilty pleasure

Swearing at Motorists
“Groundhog Day (Damn the Piper)”

February 5th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Swearing at Motorists “Groundhog Day (Damn the Piper)” Usually I have an aversion to Kickstarter campaigns, but I’ll give Swearing at Motorists a pass, if only because the first album

True Believers
“Accept It”

January 30th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

True Believers “Accept It” What exactly is the germ of Columbus “weirdo” rock? There have been many left-of-center acts around the Heart of It All (i.e. Ubu, Eels, Devo, Numbers)

The Crookes
“It’s Just Not Christmas Without You”

December 18th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

The Crookes “It’s Just Not Christmas Without You” It’s that time of year again, when it’s hard to miss the ubiquitous airings of familiar refrains either celebrating the holiday season or

Cop City/Chill Pillars
“Gift Shop”

November 5th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Cop City/Chill Pillars “Gift Shop” Don’t be confused by the maps. Florida is not the South. Florida, for all intents and purposes, is Florida. There is simply no other state like it in the union

Fire Exit
“Time Wall”

October 30th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Fire Exit “Time Wall” Shell out upwards to $150 for the original and only artifact from Scotland's Fire Exit if you must—men are known to make a fetish of such things

Heavy Glow
“Mine All Mine”

October 9th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Singled Out | Leave A Comment »

Heavy Glow “Mine All Mine” Cleveland's Heavy Glow recently released a 7-inch single for "Mine All Mine," a song that straddles the line between Soundgarden rumble