Monkey Son of a Donkey : Way Down

Dissipated Israeli lo-fi garage/punk/rock from the same label as the somewhat similarly raw and echoey Los Kikes. An excellent shambling mess of fuck-off lyrics, lurching guitars and drug retard vocals. I didn't really like this at first but a few listens convinced me of its weird charm.

Going Down was released in 2006, and was the band's first full-length after 2 eps.
They split in 2007.

note: (I couldn't tag the songs which have Hebrew titles, but the titles are in the scans which are in the .rar - there are lyrics too, but I didn't feel like scanning everything so if you need to know then purchase here)




WAY DOWN

The Astroglides : Channel Surfing with the Astroglides

The Astroglides were a dark surf band, mixing metal, hardcore and experimentation into their reverb-drenched sound. This 2006 album, which draws its themes from Israeli television, was released on Sshaking Recordss, the band's own label (which also put out the charming Los Kikes release I posted last week), and is more straight surf and less distortion than previous releases (unfortunately both band and label seem to have gone the way of the dodo).

Update: Thanks to Lee-or from the Astroglides who provided much more correct info in the comments: This was a 2003 release on Fast Music records (I confused it w/ a later release), and Sshaking Recordss is still in operation. Sorry for the sloppiness!

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CHANNEL SURFING

Los Kikes

Now I love the surf/grind stylings of the Noise A Go Go's, so when I came across a cd by this Israeli band described as a surf/death combination, I had to pick it up.



Their self-titled release is a tinny, lo-fi affair, dedicated to booze, sex, violence and skating: cardboard drums played off-time, howling layers of black metalized vocal distortion and diseased surf guitars collide and fall down in a surprisingly appealing heap.



LOS KIKES