60% more than a handful of new tracks in the latest sampler revealing some music from fascinating new releases

Ripe Enough For The Terror

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Tafo (feat. Nahid Akhtar) – This came from a compilation of 60’s era soundtrack music from Pakistan, the manic energy of this guy’s stuttering vocals and the interplay with his hyperactive female counterpart is bewildering.

Generationals – Energetic retro-pop that bounces from garagey to bubblegum while spiking it with a slight twang.

Sean Bones – Lo-fi garagey reggae that retains an appropriate sense of enthusiasm while adding his own style to the stock memes of the genre.

The Aggrolites – Pretty much a note-for-note cover but when the original is that good there’s really no reason to mess with it (unless you’re getting paid to be on a soundtrack that is).

Brian Glaze – Former drummer of the Brian Jonestown Massacre does something that sounds nothing like the Massacre and everything like a home bedroom project which probably kept the neighbors up at night.

Eugene McGuinness – Kaleidoscopic Brit-pop that borrows from the 60’s through the 90’s with piano and guitar seemingly lifted from late-period Kinks.

My First Earthquake – Low budget new wave dance pop with hyperactive chanting about two subjects and nothing at the same time. If you’re a cleaning lady with a sexual hangup here’s a song for you.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Jangle-pop mated with crooner quality vocals and subject matter, at some times coming off slightly Beach Boys-ish at other times sounding like a summer day gone long.