Velvets-worshipping Ohioan post-punks get their day in the sun on this long-over reissue. In the post-punk wildcat days of 1977-84 -- that wide-open stretch of years before the doctrinaire genre restrictions solidified -- a new band would pick up bits from hometown influences, popular likeminded national acts and living legends, and whip up something amazing, and more often than not in those days, timeless. Such was the case with Human Switchboard, three New York-by-way-of-Ohioans (singer/guitarist Bob Pfeifer, keyboardist/singer Myrna Marcarian, drummer Ron Metz, plus a revolving door of...
Human Switchboard's Who's Landing in My Hangar? is one of the few tenuously Cleveland connected punk/new wave classics to lack a proper reissues. Bar/None Records thankfully rescues this great album from a future of shitty YouTube vinyl rips. The reissue includes close to everything the band released. A droning John Cale type synth drones over
A long out-of-print early indie rock classic gets its overdue reissue.

A recent thought-provoking post by Paul over at Setting The Woods On Fire, where he asked himself and his readers what would be the world´s most underrated rock band, immediately made me think of Human Switchboard for some reason. I really don´t know if they´re the correct answer to that impossible but fun question, but over the years I found that hardly anyone remembers that band, which sure is a shame. The trio from Kent, Ohio debuted with a nice but ramshackle single, which was produced by David Thomas [...]
7 1/2 Well, 1986 is not even close to being done. Unlike other entries in this series, this one has to be written pretty much from scratch, so it'll be a bit longer before its arrival. So happy Thanksgiving, and to those overseas who don't celebrate our quaint American holiday, have a nice stretch of days. And all right, for those desperate for this series to continue, here you go: a halfway