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Various Artists • Dr. Demento Covered In Punk
Demented Punk • released 2018-01-12
Take the most memorable weirdness to come out of Dr. Demento’s near-50-year reign and let a bunch of punks cover them.
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A wildly careening set of covers from Australias Triple J radio megalith. Loads of fun.
Towa Tei • AH!!
Hard to believe how affordable advanced lighting for your basement disco warren has become — you can transform the small room into a raging den of chill and/or libido, simply by purchasing a couple hundred dollars worth of lights and playing this.
The Cat Empire • Bird in Paradise
Like many Australian things, this band is somewhat recognizable yet clearly evolved in a different context. There are many different influences interleaved, from the Caribbean to the Highlands to Eastern Europe and of course, a tinge of that Oz punk.
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Nothing can foil the pigeonholing into a genre like a clarinet. The band uses this and other analog sounds to weave minimalism and maximalism, presenting recognizable indie or songwriter tropes before smashing them in their musical supercollider.