SURFBORT

(¥1290) The STROKES frontman JULIAN CASABLANCAS's label, Cult Records, had a great album. SURFBORT, which formed the front girl, released a limited 7-inch from the label established by Mudd Guts, a gallery run by tattoo artist Mark Cross, who is also around Brooklyn's 8 Ball Zine in NYC. Sonic Youth and ROYAL TRAX, which are likely to hit STARCRAWLER, are daringly lo-fi and fuzzed like sexual violet.