some pretty good debuts this week : blue van rocks, the raveonettes aced their last one, louis xiv answers the question what if marc bolan lived past the punk era... flipside, the kills newin' is LAME, managing one listenable track from the whole friggin' thing... robots, man!

GG ALLIN - spoken word #1 - troubled troubadour (mountain)
BLUE CHEER - summertime blues - vincebus eruptum
DETONATIONS - static vision - static vision (alive)
DOO RAG - mop down - what we do (dependability)

*THE MOANERS - terrier - dark snack (yep roc)
MISTREATERS - she's my witch - playa hater to the fullest (estrus)
*THE KILLS - rodeo town - no wow (rough trade)
DEADLY SNAKES - early bird - i'm not your soldier anymore (in the red)

BUFF MEDWAYS - strange kind of happiness - steady the buffs
EASYBEATS - i'll make you happy
*LOUIS XIV - illegal tender - illegal tender (pineapple)
CHROME CRANKS - hot blonde cocktail - live in exile (augogo)

*MANDO DIAO - clean town - hurricane bar (mute)
*BLUE VAN - product of dk - art of rolling (tvt)
? - track 6 - cambodian rocks
*RAVEONETTES - love in a trashcan - a touch of black (columbia)
*CHATHAM COUNTY LINE - nowhere to sleep - route 23 (yep roc)

JETSCREAMER - black hole - already gone : a compilation of texas bands (already gone)
ANJAJI - seven x eight - the world of lady a (wiija)
MAD VIOLETS - i can hear the grass grow - world of mad violets (lolita)
THE SADIES - tiger tiger - stories often told (yep roc)

RADIO BIRDMAN - non-stop girls - essential radio birdman (sub pop)
"DEMONS" - radios appear medley - demonology (gearhead)
RENDEZVOUS BAND - city slang - live at the magic stick, detroit (real o-mind)

TOMMY HOEHN - blow yourself up - come out and play (rhino)
CHRIS BELL - get away - i am the cosmos (rykodisc)
CYNICS - now i'm alone - cynicism (1+2)
SCREAMING TREES - ocean of confusion - uncle anesthesia (epic)
60 FOOT DOLLS - stay - the big 3 (dgc)
BEN KWELLER - the rules - on my way (rca)
COMPLETE STRATEGIST - willow park - 7" (blackbear/square of opposition)