Music

Of the newer records below, the longest and noisiest and artsiest, by the lady-led Oakland trio She Mob, is also the catchiest and funniest. How often does that happen? Of the older stuff, the Residents are probably noisier and artsier, but only the Rezillos are catchier and funnier. Also worth mentioning is that Texas's Black Angels do a song called "The First Vietnamese War," and Jersey's DC Snipers do one called "Electric Chair From Saigon," though probably neither band has any members old enough to remember the conflict in question. And it should be noted that Art Brut ("I can't stand the sound of the Velvet Underground/I can't stand that sound, the second time around") might not approve of them.

THE BATS
At the National Grid
(Magic Marker New Zealand indie-pop album)
Download "Bells" (MP3)
Stream "Western Isles" (Windows Media)

THE BLACK ANGELS
The Black Angels
(Light in the Attic drone-punk EP)
Download "Black Grease" (MP3)
Stream "The First Vietnamese War" (Windows Media)

DC SNIPERS
5 Tracks
(unlabeled drone-punk CD-R EP)

GO BETTY GO
Nothing Is More
(Side One Dummy bilingual pop rock album)
Download "Son Mis Loncuras" (MP3)
Stream "I'm From LA" (Windows Media)

HEATHER
Heather
(heatherband.com hard rock demo EP)
Download "Here Ta Rock"
Download "Girl, Sister, Woman" (Mp3)

LA BARRANCA
Denzura
(MW Records goth-rock en español album)

DENNIS MOST AND THE INSTIGATORS
Dennis Most and the Instigators
(unlabeled Punk Rock Demo CD-R EP)

THE NIGHTINGALES
"Devil In the Detail"
(Caroline True Big Print 7-inch vinyl post-punk single)

THE NIGHTINGALES
In the Good Old Country Way
(Jive/Zomba Caroline True '80s post-punk fiddle-folk reissue)

THE RESIDENTS
Present the Third Reich 'N Roll
(Mute '70s art-frug-collage-rock reissue)
Stream "Swastikas On Parade"
Stream "Hitler Was A Vegetarian" (Windows Media Player)

THE REZILLOS
Can't Stand the Rezillos
(DBK Works/Runt '70s pop-punk reissue)
Stream "Top of the Pops"
Stream "Flying Saucer Attack" (Windows Media Player)

SHE MOB
Not in My World
(She Mob/Bonefish Music post-punk album)
Download "It's Unresolved"
Download "Botox Party" (Mp3)