M31 – Infected Dreams EP (Rack & Ruin) M31 are a trio based in Santa Ana, California who describe themselves as “the noise created from garage rock, punk, blues, and psychedelia crashing together. Scraping together melodies, sounds, songs, and equipment we make music cocktails for altered days.” Their list of influence include Suicide, Rudimentari Peni, Nirvana, Sonic Youth as well as non-musical influences like crack cocaine and acid. Rack & Ruin Records label offers a download of their “Infected Dreams” EP – get it here. Further Points Of Interest: MySpace / OC Music Magazine Interview / Little Did They Know blog on M31 Handglops – The First Party (single) Handglops were described as “Lo-fi, distorted to all hell, noise pop. Emphasis on distortion. Abrasive, dissonant, fuck-up-your-ears-when-listening-to music” and an ultimate party machine. So far, this Ohio band produced one split and one full length entitled “Ronk Ng Rool”. Pitchfork offers one “The First Party” off of their debut album for download – get it here. Further Points Of Interest: MySpace / Twitter / Official Page
Arguably, Ruins are one of the best-known Japanese bands around and their longevity is just one of the reasons - they started out in the 80s and were active until 2008, when Ruins turned into Ruins Alone, solo project of the founding member Tatsuya Yoshida. Musically, they blend prog rock,…