Here’s some new and excellent powerpop/punk. Unattached Strings is an awesome nearly too close to Buzzcocks melody punker that I can’t get enough of. The chorus could be stronger to acompanion the great verse but who am I to complain? Dream Girl is really bad in my opinion. Just too simple and plain. Where’s the hooks?

About their sucky name The Power Chords you can read this at their labels website:”The name “The Power-Chords” couldn’t be more, or less, ironic.”

One more thing!!! Where’s the lyric sheet? It should be law to include a lyric sheet.

Get it from: www.meanbuzzrecords.com
The Power Chords on the net: www.thepowerchords.net

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Label: Mean Buzz
Format: 7″
Songs:
Unattached Strings.mp3
Dream Girl.mp3

Retardo, fucked up drug promoting punks from Long Beach, CA here. A big dose of that good ‘ol fuck you attitude coupled with some of the best sloopy played tunes I’ve heard in a long time.

What I love most is HocDogs vocals that sounds like he couldn’t care less. Great! 500 copies with two different sleeves. Special edition of 25 with a stamped gun on the innersleeve. The guys where kind enough to send me a couple of stickers that fits nicely on a lighter. Too bad I’ve given up crack.

Shoot It Up!

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Label: Proud To Be Idiot
Format: 7″
Songs:
Train Tracks.mp3
Overampin.mp3
Freebase It
Alcohol.mp3

20 years after Xband(posted couple of days ago) from Tallahassee, Florida released their 7inch The Cheap Thrills from the very same town releases theirs togheter with Nervous Habits.

Nervous Habits has the best good looking sleeve part but it’s The Cheap Thrills that rocks. Their own Explosive Love is backed up with a cover of the PVC classic Sick Of You. Why they decided to go for a cover beats me since they’ve got plenty of great tracks that can be heard on their Myspace page. Snotty vocals and trashy production.

Seems like this page sort out the crap bands and the great ones are the ones who sends us stuff.

300 pressed and 100 on blue vinyl plus insert with a hilarious written story by the record boss Wang Chung:”You ever kill human being on accident, then stop eat him body for lunch? Me too.” etc. Know Crap sold out their copies but Underground Medicine have it or write to: gimmecheapthrills@yahoo.com.

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Label: Terminal City
Format: 7″
Songs:
The Cheap Thrills – Explosive Love.mp3
The Cheap Thrills – Sick Of You.mp3
Nervous Habits – Get Shocked
Nervous Habits – Genetic Mutation

Second band out that sent us a super duper punk rock record. Hydrostatic Heart is as catchy as it gets combining a blistering beat with an infectious melody and great vocals. Brilliant! Losing My Head is right behind and Acid Reflex tops it off with a jerky beat which makes this record stand out from many bands around. Sure one of my current favourites along with germanys Dean Dirg.

Hey Bob Burnsters I need more! Bob Burns And The Breakups on the net.

By this from Plastic Idol Records.

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Label: Plastic Idol
Format: 7″
Songs:
Hydrostatic Heart.mp3
Losing My Head.mp3
Acid Reflex.mp3

First band out here that sent us some 7inches. The wonderful Boys Club. Reminds of some old lost recording of one of those old Aussie bands The Victims or News. Sloppy played done the right way that adds that special touch. The touch of we don’t give a fuck! I absolutly love this record and so will you. A classic to come. If I have to pick one song it has to be the title track though every song rules.

EDITED on the 1st of September cause Steve of Boys Club wrote this to me:“One thing though, since the record is almost sold out, can you please remove the buying info from the post? We keep getting orders from people who see it on your site that send the money without checking our myspace first…”

Check out the Boys Club.

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Lable: Three Dimensional
Format: 7″
Songs:
This Is My Face.mp3
Don’t Knock Me Down.mp3
Skipping Town.mp3