Fuzz - "Rat Race" / "Pollinate"

Ty Segall and Charles Moothart's Fuzz is releasing its sophomore album II October 23 via In the Red; check out a couple of cuts above. Anthony's review of the band's 2013 self-titled debut:

The Spits- "My Life Sucks"

Ever since I was introduced to tracks like "SK8" years ago, I've considered Seattle's the Spits to kinda be the modern unsung heroes of punk rock. Of course this album, like previous ones, is self-titled, and will probably features a number of songs that are just as crude, messy, and distorted as the one above, "My Life Sucks."

Look for this new Spits album via In the Red on Nov. 1st. Here's a picture of the cover to avoid confusion with all of the group's other self-titled releases:

The UV Race- Homo

On their sophomore album, Australia's the UV Race brings garage rock to a dirtier and grimier level than most. The band's loose song structures and loose playing bring a lot of, well, "character" to these recordings. There are flubbed notes everywhere, and it's all for the sake of sounding noisier. Chaos within limits is the name of the game on Homo, and I'll be dammed if these guys didn't make sounding messy feel fun as hell!

There's an obvious Velvet Underground influence flowing throughout this. A lot of these tracks feel like abridged versions of the song "Sister Ray," but there's also a lot of love if you're more of a fan of the Fall or the Stooges.

It's a raw, loud mess, but I'm too busy dancing to clean it up.

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