Reviews

Dyatlov Wound Man / Barren Lands 7″

I have to admit that I was a bit taken aback by the full-throated, noise-soaked roar that leapt off this single. No slow builders, these Dutch. “Wound Man” never lets up, and is all the better for it. On “Barren Lands,” there is a jaunty organ off-setting the ferocious deathrock, but these guys are about as friendly as a hitman on his day off. To quote the promo blurb: “DYATLOV doesn’t care about rockn’roll or anything it stands for. DYATLOV doesn’t care about themselves. And most importantly: DYATLOV doesn’t care about you.” A-fucking-men.

• Reviewer Erick Bradshaw
• Label Spazz
• Issue MRR #456 • May 2021

Forbidden Wizards Reheated Cabbage 10″

Now we’re talking, freaks. Some snappy, jerky Dutch punk for your earholes. You’ve got East Bay Ray guitars, you’ve got FLESHIES attitude, you’ve got a fast, inventive attack that’ll drag fans of URANIUM CLUB and the like to the edge of their collective seat/s and dare them not to dance. FORBIDDEN WIZARDS don’t sound like they are trying to ape anyone or anything, they sound like they evolved on their own sonic island—an island where weirdness rules and flamboyance is celebrated…in other words: my kind of island.

• Reviewer Robert Collins
• Label Spazz
• Issue MRR #446 • July 2020

Ghetto Blasters Hot Rocks / Too Loose 7″

Classic ’77 NYC punk with gratuitous tinges of glam (I’m talking licks for days, y’all). The titles should tell you all you need to know here, and GHETTO BLASTERS deliver as advertised.

• Reviewer Robert Collins
• Label Spazz
• Issue MRR #431 • April 2019