[batreleaser]

i just discovered a mag that i absolutley fuckin love. its called 'drop dead' magazine. it covers electro/synth punk, death rock, what they call mutant wave (basicaly hard to define experimental punk music), and noise rock. i actually heard about great bands that ive NEVER heard of from this mag. and not to mention, wierd/experimental punk music is essentialy my favorite. some bands ive learned from this mag are: new collapse (high energy loud as hell wierdo-glam/synth punk), dandi wind (equal cues from art punk, electronics, early throbbing gristle industrial, wierdo glam, noise pop, and lots and lots of performance art, way cool band), sudden infant death syndrome (like a really extreme version of the screamers), silver daggers (finally a band from la that actually lives up to that hype surrounding the smell, none of those other bands really grabbed me, but shit, this is the best neo no wave band ive ever heard in a while, everything great about no wave; erratic skronky guitars, distorted vox, skronky free jazz saxophones, but unlike much no wave, this band really rocks in the conventional sense, reminded me of early scissor girls, there is also a synth punk influence there as well, anyways, PHENOMENAL band), haunted fucking (besides the awesome band name, this male/female duo make music influenced by native american tribalism, outsider shit, and lost of hallucinogens, very nonsensical, very great), and strip mall seizures (the grimiest, most stripped down synth punk imaginable, mixed with russian gypsy folk, and incredible spastic live performances). this mag also covers personal favorites that are way to oft-under covered such as the chinese stars, OOlOO, experimental dental school, errase errata, the scissor girls, the coughs, arab on radar, death sentence: PANDA!, and whatever awesome wierdo punk bands you can think of. also articles on criminally forgotten legendary 80s post punk bands; highlights for me were articles on ruba ballet and red weding. so yeah this mag rules.


also:
blastitude (its the best music publication in the world period)
the wire
signal to noise
terrorizer
vice sometimes