The Electric Bunnies

Have you heard this group, The Electric Bunnies? The 7'' they just put out on so-hot-right-now label Sacred Bones is truly stellar, and just so happens to contain one of the most abrasive little noise-pop diddies to be released in recent years. Eschewing timely lo-fi tendencies in order to bring that bittersweet wince of audible pleasure-pain to the middle frequency, Pretty Joanna is an absolute gem. What band of deviants would combine such a sweet tune with absolutely pummeling drums and 3 1/2 minutes of continuous, piercing left-channel feedback?

Demented? Maybe. Brilliant? Maybe.

The Electric Bunnies - Pretty Joanna 7''

Label: Sacred Bones Records
Sites: Myspace

Big Troubles

Here's a group that's kind of like Real Estate's younger brothers, if they had grown up listening to The Cure, while attending JAMC High, eventually graduating and going to The University of Guided By Voices... Right out of school they get a job at My Bloody Valentine & Associates ... a couple of years, two or three kids later... some days you wake up thinking, "Is this even worth

Big Troubles - Worry [2010]

Label: Olde English Spelling Bee
Sites: Myspace