Michael Psycho - ThinkIn 1990, Michael Psycho released a great punk rock record that almost no one heard. A Boston transplant and veteran of Sacramentos early 80s hardcore scene (Industrial Hate, Inducore), Michael said Fug It to his former band mates and recorded Think by his lonesome. The sound is a stripped down high energy, nasty attitude cross of garage punk, hardcore, and DIY with a vocal sneer that resembles No Alternatives Johnny Genocide. Michael pressed a bunch

Three deep and spaced out drone pieces from Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (whose solo cd 'Aquarello' was recently reissued by All Saints)

sacred and novelty music under the catch-all phrase

phase shifter and distortion pedals

and dazed confusion resulting in primordial dancing

but maybe that's what makes him a pop star

Newburyport 9

RÌünnenfelt sings of what it is like to be out in the world

Detroit's own 'brother and sister' drum-and-guitar duo broke out of local obscurity with their eponymous debut

it's a vital document

'Glass Boys' is a blazing

The first tells the complete story of the stargazing Dogon people and their prescient understanding of cosmology

A rare synth classic lovingly reissued