Zom Philmapster and Zoms Frenchman have come a long way since the pair’s ’03 debut, Lumboba’s Tube. This EP has enlisted the help of Zom’s cousin Phil and Seth Nemic on Roland SH-101 and Moog Source, respectively.  Originally released in ’05, several months before the album “Yellow Rainbow,” it contains two non-album tracks, “Love Story,” and “EEE OOO.”  Zom Zoms, a now defunct Austin synth-punk band, played several SXSW festivals, and toured extensively throughout the U.S. Their spazzy music has been likened to the Residents, XTC, and also Captain Beefheart’s stream-of-conscious type lyrical frivolity.  It sounds even more like Beefheart when played at 33 RPM!

Sporting jingles and fake bands galore, this compilation, released in the summer of ’05, is a must have for people who want to listen to weird, fun music. Gene Defcon opens the compilation, being number 40 on the list, and it counts up to number 1 with an announcer bubbling over, naming one-off bands like they are the next big thing.  Highlights include Cavedweller, the Telephone Company, Fishboy, Gene Defcon, and Yellow Fever (who go under the moniker “Fart Face” as an inside joke).  A fun game to play is to listen for fake bands that include vocalists of bands who have already placed on the Top 40.  Insanity!  That’s what this compilation is!

Hip hop side project from the dudes of FOOT PATROL!