STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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June 18, 2010

Fontana – s/t LP (X! Records)

Sloppy, spastic, or confused hardcore LPs are always welcome, so long as they’re good driving (meaning, good for the car) records. By the looks of the cover, twee-tedium was expected, but that’s what expectations are for: a good dashing! Everything that makes this sort of record great: frustration, members are sick of everyone’s shit, everyday is a bad day, feel like a broke-dick dog by Monday morning even though you’re only 21, a sense of humor that’s worth a shit, and a band name that tricks people into thinking it might be one of those fake shoegaze/noise-pop bands assembled in a boardroom during the latter half of 1993. “Fellas, I like the striped tees, OK, so do you want to be on Seed Records, Grass Records, or SpinArt? The world is your polluted freshwater clam. Kidding, dudes! This is going to be awesome!” Truthfully, that latter attribute was just tacked on for the sake of observational humor, and no one thinks pathetic nonsense like that and no one buys Madder Rose or Dig or Sammy records but people should buy this record. Kudos for the song about Vietnam and the singer/guitarist’s non-ironic use of what appears to be a paint-splattered Charvel. Enter my gear-geek phase. Black vinyl. (http://www.x-recs.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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