New Year,new timeslot. Big Joan’s assault on Friday nights kicked off with the return of Guitar Frenzy a solid 26 minute block of rabid strumming and twanging from a plethora of bands who you wouldn’t want to live next door to.

Breeze and Recon – “Testify” (Download) (Futureworld)
The Fall – “Touchy Pad” (EP – “The Remainderer”) (Cherry Red)
Dre Island – “Uptown Down” (V/A LP – “Militancy Riddim”) (Overstand)
Neil Young – “Expecting To Fly” (LP – “Live At The Cellar Door”) (Reprise)
Basic Soul Unit – “Innershell” (EP – “Lab.Our”) (White Label)

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Gas Rag – “War Pervert” (EP – “Demoes”) (Self Released)
Nightmare Boyzz – “Don’t Wanna Feel Alright” (LP – “Nightmare Boyzz”) (Slovenly)
The Pink Noise – “Bad Trip” (LP – “Greedy Heart”) (Skrot Up)
Slim Customers – “Living In Paradise” (LP – “Sharks Killing Kids”) (Self Released)
The Little Richards – “J-Bone” (7″) (Self Released)
Yi – “Got A Stone” (7″ – “Punk Memories”) (Self Released)
Buck Biloxi and The Fucks – “I’m A Disaster” (split 7″ s/w Legendary Wings) (Pelican Pow Wow)
Brat Farrar – “New Kind of Kick” (V/A EP – “Cramped”) (Kizmiaz)
Manatees – “Under The Gun” (EP – “Out For Booze”) (Pelican Pow Wow)
Catholic Spit – “Sick Sick Sex” (LP – “A Pact With The Devil”) (Bad Touch)
Pleasure Leftists – “Elephant Men” (12″) (Derranged)

Elephant Man and Teetimus – “Which One Badda?” (7″) (Tizzy Music)
Ballboy – “The National Trust” (EP – “Merry Christmas To The Drunks,Merry Christmas To The Lovers”) (Bandcamp)
Maztec – “M-Theory” (EP -“M-Theory”) (Renegade Hardware)