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LAGHETTO Sonate In Bu Minore Per Quattrocento Scimmiette Urlanti (co-release from 15 different European labels: Bar La Muerte / Donnabavosa Records / Anemic Dracula / Shove Records / Riot Records / Hurry Up! Records / Finebeforeyoucame / Smartz Records / Nothingcity / Radio Riot / Kick Promotion / Cervello Morto / Produzioni Sante / 8mm Records / Vacuum Studio) $10 Intense, straight-up metal/hardcore from Italy--or so it seems at first. Almost every song takes an odd turn or makes a little dip into something closer to prog, avant, or folk. The lyrics are all in Italian, without translation, but there are notes "explaining" each song in pretty vague ways. Some titles that might give a clue: "Ninja Core," "Armageddon in Casa Lapenta," "S.S. Napoli Football Players 1982-1989."

LAST MAN STANDING (Zolla Productions) $10 2001 release from hard-rock band fronted by ex-Thundertrain singer Mach Bell.

THE LOST DOMAIN Something Is... (Rhizome; Australia) CDR $12 Rhizome: "Long awaited first non-self-released (& therefore slightly 'available') title from legendary yet mysterious Brisbane outfit. Forming as the Invisible Empire in the late 1980s, this band--circling around the figures of David McKinnon and Simon Ellaby--has slowly refined their muse over the following 15 years until recenlty reaching a peak form of non-linear, startlingly original folk-drone templature. While existing parallel to spirits like Jackie-O Motherfucker and the No Neck Blues Band, The Lost Domain both predate and supercede those outfits. The slow ring of guitars drenched in blues and rock form, little toy instruments as sidereal presences, organ hum and splutter, Kraut propulsed percussion, and wasted mumble vocals--the new sound of Australia, defined and redefined. Collects together two titles previously micro-released: 'Alain-Fournier's Dream' and 'Malcolm Mooney For President.'"

LOTUS 2.0 (co-release from Breathmint/Carbon RecordsRen/Audiobot/Human Conduct/Little Mafia/Ignivomous/Roger Records/SNSE/Sunship/Yelpco) $8 Constantly shifting cut-and-paste techno madness from Mat Rademan (Breathmint boss) and MP Lockwood (a.k.a. Radio Shock). Get up on yer hind legs and boogaloo in the year 2525. Woof-woof! Glitch-glitch! Tinkle-tinkle! Riff-riff! All right! (Yeah, I dig.)

LUV ROKAMBO Do the Glimpse (Public Eyesore) CDR $9 Two Japanese guys use guitars, keyboards, and their voices to stir up a chaotic yet droney hornet's nest of ritualistic improv and spazzy musical gestures. The mood is glowin' with somethin' 'r other, seemingly somber interludes still spilling over with ecstatic sparks 'n curious tongues. Public Eyesore catalog sez: "Morioka avant-guru Toru Yoneyama and Tokyo's Osam Kato together again with their most refined effort yet. A continuation of the themes expressed in earlier albums, Luv Rokambo continues to be one of the few truly off-beat, yet imaginative groups around. Yoneyama's possessed wails and chanting over jagged nowave slide guitar and irregular percussion. Difficult to say the least, Luv Rokambo is like no other."