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Snapped Ankles &bull; <i>Forest Of Your Problems</i>

Snapped Ankles • Forest Of Your Problems

This aggregation of aggressive sounds does not differentiate between rock and electro, juicing thick synth leads with military drumming and a lyrical delivery that wavers delicately between completely disaffected and about to punch your lights out.

Death Valley Girls &bull; <i>Street Venom</i>

Death Valley Girls • Street Venom

The reissue of the band’s 2014 cassette debut shows a clear trajectory for this garage-delic outfit that constantly wanders through the dirtiest of musical territories and comes out the other end looking perfectly disheveled.

Ghoulies &bull; <i>Reprogram</i>

Ghoulies • Reprogram

There are many bands named Ghoulies, or something like it, but let it be known that we’re talking about the Australian outfit that can deliver an hour’s worth of mosh-pit worthy punk sprinkled with spastic organ warbles in just about ten minutes.

The Bobby Lees &bull; <i>Skin Suit</i>

The Bobby Lees • Skin Suit

The insurance inspector shook her head. She’d never seen a fire consume a structure so quickly and completely; this must be some new form of accelerant. Most curiously, the inferno seemed to have started at the stereo speakers.