Released only last year, the third album by Austrian vox-pop pioneers Twolips has already become something of a modern classic. Maybe even a classic classic, but of the modern kind, obviously. 375 builds seamlessly upon the selflessly egotistical ramblings of their previous efforts, 324 and 326, to deliver another bout of what can only be described as 'incurable sonic thrush'. Bursting onto the scene in 2020, the duo cared little for convention, politeness or indeed personal hygiene, and it was perhaps this mono-mindedness that allowed them to come up with three albums in as many years. If 'as many' is actually four. Gunter Cunt and Shabric Shamanson were no strangers to the business, of course, having previously played vertical synthesizers in Samovar and dogSodomy respectively, but the latest album takes things to a new level. Quite literally. Though not, of course, literally. The standout track is probably 'Crab Scandal', which packs more oscillatory ...

A modern, postmodern, postclassic album by any definition, everybody knows somebody who hasn't heard German Scheisserock band Participle 's debut 'The moment of completion', from 2016. Not one, not two, not three, not even seventy-three, but sixty-eight full minutes of pure, unadulterated hardcore bongodongle. Jens Großerball's uniquely compelling purple synthesiser shines through like a wasted tomato. Running time: 63 minutes. Discographicalz The Moment of Completion (2016) Much Wickedness (2019)