replicator - 10.30.04 - hemlock tavern - san francisco,ca

aka "the jesus replicator"

this was originally posted by our missing comrade noisebreather many moons ago...but seeing as how the lizard are once again roaming the land...it's getting re-posted

replicator were a noise rock band from oakland,ca compared to the likes of the melvins...shellac...and of course the jesus lizard

on this occasion the band played a show as the jesus lizard (they borrowed the guitar player from a band called lower forty-eight so the band's guitar player could become david yow)

and if you lay back and close your eyes while playing this...you can almost smell david yow's musk...but you'll have to quickly open your eyes again because the feeling of an impending violation will move over your body

it's that real,son

1 - seasick
2 - boilermaker
3 - gladiator
4 - mailman
5 - bloody mary
6 - thumper
7 - puss
8 - nub
9 - monkey trick

DL: the jesus replicator

v/a - ugly american overkill tour ep

released 1991

this was 7" of previously unreleased materials that was released over in europe when god bullies/helmet/surgery/tar combined forces and teabagged them folks across the pond

limited to only 2000 copies

DL: ugly american overkill

the jazz june - the medicine

released 2000

i happened upon this band waiting to pay for a johnny cash t-shirt at a hot topic (yeah yeah...i know alllll about it) i somehow had managed to wander into...i was standing there waiting for the short girl with the dreads and too many facial piercings (aka "my type") to change the paper roll in the cash register...there was a display that had a few cheaply priced cd samplers (and i'm a sucker for cheaply priced samplers) setting on the counter...i ended up buying 2 of them (one being SWEET DEAL! THE INITIAL AND EULOGY RECORDS SAMPLER (the band had the song "the medicine" on that one) and the other being INITIAL EXTREME MUSIC SAMPLER...and i somehow managed to lose both of them somewhere at sometime...so if anyone has them...send me a message)

so i walked out to my van afterwards and popped the disc into the stereo and drove home...and what stuck out to me about the song was the line "so i fucked up/but i'm getting on with my life" (and who hasn't said that to themselves in the bathroom mirror...or after waking up the morning naked after a night of binge drinking next to someone on the kitchen floor in someone else's house)

that was a good story,grampa

so...if you enjoy the likes of milemarker...(insert obligatory post-1989 dischord band here)...some modest mouse...and maybe a little of the get up kids...

DL: the medicine pt.1
DL: the medicine pt.2

jawbox - for your own special sweetheart/savory +3 ep

both released 1994

who can forget seeing the video for "savory" on 120 minutes...didn't you want them to play your next birthday party?...with their jangly guitars and their plodding basslines and their precise off-kilter drums....sounding like a mixture of post punk goodness that came from mission of burma and gang of four.

as for the rest of the album...let's just say that once you hear it you can't seem to get it out of your head...from it's les claypool sound alike opening to it's moody restrained "whitney walks" closing...and in the middle you get the frantic sounds of 4 instruments playing with one another

now...i wouldn't go as far as to say that this is the perfect album...but...

maybe i'm gushing like a head wound over this album...but it takes me back

they were the first band to jump the dischord records ship to move onto a major label (this being their first major label album)

if only all major label albums sounded this good

as for the SAVORY +3 EP...the songs would've easily fit on the FOR YOUR OWN SPECIAL SWEETHEART album (you even get a cover of the austin,tx punk band the big boys "sound on sound"...which can be found on the 1983 album LULLABIES HELP THE BRAIN GROW)

so if you're a fan of quicksand...guy picciotto-led fugazi (and i'm gonna say it...i actually prefer him over ian)...or anything put out on dischord post-1988...

DL: for your own special sweetheart
DL: savory +3 ep

"savory" -3.27.93 - howard johnson's - rapid city,sd

Shellac - At Action Park Demos

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1993

Instrumental demo versions of songs that would later appear on the At Action Park lp, these were recorded "live in Todd Trainers apartment". So you can pretty much ascertain what you're getting yourself into here right? I'm not the biggest Shellac fan, in fact, I would say it's my least favorite of the Steve Albini entertainment conglomerates, but that being said, it's still a good value for your entertainment dollar. That's my round-about way of saying Shellac are good if not great. And this demo session is cool for Shellac fans, but for the average citizen, you might want to hold out for a proper album. But there's been a lot of "Shellaction" (nice right, I just coined that one) on the interweb as of late, so I thought I'd add to the fury.

DL

Calvin Krime - Dress For The Future

Label: Amphetamine Reptile

Year: 1997 

There was a  request a little while ago for the Calvin Krime 7"s, which I don't have. I do have the first album though, so it's the best I can do for now. 

Calvin Krime may be best known as the launching pad for Sean Tillman who performs under the name Har Mar Superstar to the delights of ironic dudes and fat girls everywhere. But prior to that incarnation, and prior to his stint in Sean Na Na, he was playing bass and singing in the Minneapolis trio seen here. Playing a version of hardcore that owes equally to Hammerhead and Shotmaker. Know what I mean? There are some 90's emo dynamics afoot, some screaming  til your eyes bulge out,  a little keyboard diversion to break up the monotony, and some straight rocking punk. It's really a good combination, if you ever found yourself at house shows or VFW halls in the mid 90's then you can probably relate to these dudes. They can go hardcore, punk, or emoish. Much like you, they are (bi)curious.

If anyone has their 7"s available, and doesn't mind sharing... 

DL

pre - epic fits

released 2007

and now we take leave of the land of flannel and trees to the land o' skin graft

these 4 gentleman and lady come from across the big pond (london)

and the best way to describe this would be saying that this is like melt banana being fronted by an asian karen o look alike on crank

the title of the album is very fitting...you can almost picture a room full of chubby children wearing helmets running around a room and holding their breaths because no one would give them a cookie

they have ex-todd guitarist john webb in their ranks

if you can tolerate aids wolf...no age...anything skin graft records puts out...crank this to I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHO'S IN THE ROOM!

DL: epic fits

"fuk is fun"

v/a - hype! movie soundtrack

released 1996

i used to own this on vhs and would watch it religiously...and though i own it on dvd it's not the same...originally there was a "commercial" for this very soundtrack at the beginning and it was done up like one of those things you used to see late at night for some best of romantic hits collection of the (insert era here) album...you know what i'm talking about...there's a guy and a girl sitting in front of a fireplace drinking champagne and some song is being played in the background and one of them says "you know...i love this song...i just wish that i could have it so i can listen to it all the time"...and then the other person puts their glass down and says "well now you can!" through a cheesy smile and then produces the album from out of nowhere and holds it up for the camera (though in this case...the girl had a huge gap in between her front teeth)

ah...memories

and since there are probably at least 1-2 of you out there who haven't seen the movie...now you can be one step closer to it by having the soundtrack *holds it up to camera*...and now you can listen to it while you're in the shower...on your way to work...ironing your pants...or just simply swingin' on the flippity-flop

my only beef with this is that there's no melvins on it...they're in the movie for all of a few minutes with interviews and playing a bit of "night goat"...but you'd think they'd at least have a song on the soundtrack...i mean...how can you have "grunge" without those fellas?...and don't get me wrong...the fastbacks are ok...but do they really need to be on there twice?...couldn't they have at least thrown on a live version of "night goat" or "honey bucket" or something?

so quit being such a lamestain and tie that flannel around your waist and start diving off that couch (before the wife and kids come home)

1 - fastbacks - k street (live)
2 - wipers - return of the rat
3 - u-men - dig it a hole
4 - green river - swallow my pride (demo)
5 - soundgarden - nothing to say
6 - mudhoney - touch me i'm sick (live)
7 - nirvana - negative creep
8 - some velvet sidewalk - mousetrap (live)
9 - dead moon - 54/40 (live)
10 - girl trouble - my hometown
11 - tad - giant killer
12 - gas huffer - hot cakes (7" version)
13 - young fresh fellows - low beat
14 - supersuckers - i say fuck (live)
15 - 7 year bitch - knot (live)
16 - the gits - second skin (live)
17 - flop - julie francavilla (demo)
18 - posies - throwaway (live)
19 - pearl jam - not for you (live)
20 - mark lanegan - the river rise
21 - pigeonhed - fire's coming down
22 - fastbacks - just say
23 - sara debell - smells like teen spirit (muzak version)

DL: pt.1
DL: pt.2

the fluid - punch n' judy

released 1986

these boys from denver,co were clearly influenced by that motor city punk rawk sound mixed with a little bit o' the new york dolls (vocalist john robinson goes between iggy pop and david johansen)

they were the first non seattle band to get signed to sub pop (they released the band's second album CLEAR BLACK PAPER in 1988)

they also went onto record a split with nirvana in 1991

and if you've ever seen the movie HYPE!...the lead singer of the band blood circus is seen sporting one of the band's t-shirts onstage (and if you've never seen the movie...go and sit in the corner and think about what you've done)

DL: punch n' judy

the u-men - stop spinning 12"

released 1985

they helped pave the way for that thing called "grunge"

fronted by a one john bigley and his i've-had-waaaay-too-much-coffee vocals...they mixed up the dirty sound of be-bop-a-lula rockabilly with the mysterious purple velvet post punk sounds of the birthday party

best described as "swamp-o-billy"

the butthole surfers liked them so much that they titled a song after them

amphetamine reptile's own tom hazlemyer almost moved to seattle to join the band on bass after bassist jim tillman left (he did play onstage with them once opening for big black in 1987)

but you didn't come here for facts...you came for music (there are other u-men materials planted throughout this very blog as well)

DL: stop spinning 12"

sweetbelly freakdown - self-titled (vinyl rip)

released 1997

you ever wonder what it would sound like if the bastard son of henry rollins and ian mackaye fronted his very own band?

well you can put down the pencil...put away the notebook...and leave the fan fiction to the folks that know the meaning of LARP and like to spend entire evenings in random basements with their caffeine and snack foods surrounded by sweaty awkward fellows and other such heterosexual things (and hey...if you're offended by the preceding comments..bring it...i'm a level 7 dungeon master and i make my own quadruple sided die)

actually...i have no idea what i'm talking about (as most of you know)...the closest i've ever been to that kind of action was back in high school being in a room of sweaty awkward chaps (and it had nothing to do with NAMBLA)...i was on the chess team (where the term "king me" meant something totally different)

anyway
moving on...

this is what happens when members of the band swiz decide to give it a go once again after breaking up in 1990

the band cranked out some of the moody dischord records-like (redundant?) jams that became popular in the early/mid 1990's

they put out this and a 2 song 7" (1996's THE LONG HAUL..both songs later being re-released on SELF-TITLED) during their 3 year existence

guitar player jason farrell and bass player dave stern were also members of the dischord band bluetip

drummer alex daniels also played a dischord band called severin

DL: self-titled

snailboy/shorty - the discography

the band that started off this very blog

they started out playing under various names and then released 2 7" under the name snailboy before finally settling on the shorty moniker for the rest of their short lived career (1991-1994)...releasing only a handful of singles and a full length

and they (like just about every other band of the time) went to the jesus lizard school of rock (vocalist al johnson coming off like mark harmon having a stroke while drunkenly mocking david yow)...and along the way possibly inventing nu metal (just give a listen to the 7" version of "last one in my mouth is a jerk")

after splitting up in 1994...the band's singer (al johnson) and guitar player (mark shippy) went on to form US maple

snailboy - mungo 7" (released 1990)

DL: mungo 7"

snailboy - kept turd 7" (released 1991)

DL: kept turd 7"

shorty - last one in my mouth is a jerk 7" (released 1992)

DL: last one in my mouth is a jerk 7"

shorty - niggerhat 7" (released 1992)

DL: niggerhat 7"

shorty - kaput 7" (released 1993)

DL: kaput 7"
(link fixed)

shorty - thumb days (released 1993)

DL: thumb days

shorty - fresh breath 10" (released 1994)

DL: fresh breath 10"

coopie and me (from the THUMB DAYS album)

baby's first enema

well...as of 3 hours and 4 minutes ago...this is SGM's first birthday

so let's take the rest of the day and take kool and the gang's advice and celebrate (it's alright)

twinks the contortionist magician clown will be stopping by later

kitchen chair wrasslin' will probably be taking place

and of course we have the infamous petting zoo out back (now with more fainting goats...winkwinknudgenudge)

and later...we'll be throwing some questionable meats on the grill

so make yourself comfortable...there's sammiches in the kitchen...a tub of nyQuil kool-aid in the bathroom...and of course midgets doused in vegetable oil dressed as pokemon characters (GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!)

Into Another - Live in New Haven - 04-15-94

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1994

Okay, so here's the last of the live hardcore triad today. 

Into Another, a band that illicited strong response when they came out way back when because folks were expecting a traditional hardcore band based on their lineage, and what they got was this quasi-mystical heavy metal band with those soaring vocals. It took me awhile to get used to em, but eventually they worked out.

So maybe it's a stretch to call this "hardcore" per se, but they were always traveling within hardcore circles, so I give them a pass (because it's my place to do so...I distribute passes into the world of hardcore music on the weekends). This set includes tracks up through the Poison Fingers ep

Sound quality: C (the vocals start real low in the mix, but get better)

DL - part 1

DL - part 2

Burn - Live at CBGB - 1991

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1991

Ahhh Burn, glorious Burn. The perfect confluence of the old school New York Hardcore with the emerging new school (for 1991 that is) sounds. They did better than anyone else. They had the gloriously gnarly guitar playing of Gavin Absolution (nee Van Vlack), the swinging drums of Alan Cage, and the most distinct vocals of that day, Chaka Malik barking his orders. It was really perfect, because you got the throbbing post-Helmet sounds of say, Quicksand, with the raw speed of say, Cro-Mags all in one place. Perfect.

As an added bonus, "Shall Be Jugded" is still misspelled on this bootleg. Plus, there's a bunch of otherwise unreleased songs in this set. "Running through the world, like a demolition ball, and it's all gonna fall..."

Sound quality C

DL

Born Against - Live At Gilman Street - 02-19-93

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1993

Today's three posts will all be early 90's live hardcore, alright? For reasons still unknown, I have been on a hardcore kick lately, and thought it might be appropriate to get some of that stuff out to the general public, but of course posting the albums would be too easy. Instead (and not "Insted") you will get some live shows.

First up, Born Against, who seemed to be the band that transcended their New York City Hardcore roots by injecting some much needed humor and political insightfulness into the genre when it was just about to fall off the precipice into a boiling vat of homoerotic macho posturing, and expose a lot of folks outside of the hardcore bubble to the music and ethos. For better or for worse I guess. By the time of this show the band was pretty self-aware of their place in the scene and took full advantage (or went overboard, however you see it) to mock and berate their audience. But whatever you think of their egos or politics, you can't deny the opening chords of "The Good Father".

Sound quality is a B-

DL

Japanther - Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty

Label: Tapes

Year: 2006

When I posted that No Age record a few days back, it reminded me of Japanther who share some sonic similarities, the fuzzy wash of guitar, the pop structures buried under a blanket of warm noise, and the disembodied vocals. Physically they share similarities to No Age as well, operating as a duo, they still manage a well-rounded amount of instrumentation. 

This particular album is a soundtrack written in conjunction with artist Dan Graham for a puppet show (yes...a puppet show) of the same name. The puppet show (repeating...puppet show) is a political satire telling the story of a 22 year old man who is elected president of the United States. As told by puppets. In a puppet show.

Of course, being over thirty myself, I'm not sure if you can trust anything you have read thus far. Be advised.

DL

The Great Unraveling - The Angel Rang Virtue

Label: Vermin Scum

Year" 1994

Ah what the hay, why not get the other Great Unraveling 7" up here while we're at it? 

Again, they still sound like Universal Order Of Armageddon, and the members were in all those bands I mentioned in the earlier post. The bass guitar on this recording is more prominent on this record than on the other, but otherwise it's more of the same. The "same" being good though in this case. 

You should sew a patch onto your backpack and go to an all day festival where they have workshops on womyns self defense and how to make tampons out of recycled newspaper. If you really want to "get into it" that's what you should do. Assuming you have the time of course.

DL

The Great Unraveling - Space Travel

Label: Vermiform

Year: 1996

A quick one for the ADHD portion of our audience, here's a two song 7" from The Great Unraveling, the band that featured Tonie Joy (Moss Icon, Breathing Walker, Born Against, Universal Order Of Armageddon, The Convocation Of...), Anthony Malat (Universal Order Of Armageddon, Love Life, Bellmer Dolls), and Randy Davis (The Thumbs). 

If you were a fan of Universal Order Of Armageddon (and it seems that most folks who heard them were), then you will be a fan of The Great Unraveling because it's basically a continuation of that sound. The major difference being that The Great Unraveling is a little more straight forward with less dynamics. The spidery guitar riffs are still there, and the distinct vocals remain intact (even with a different singer). 

Short record, short entry.

DL

you ever toss a pie,kid?

this is just a little friendly reminder that the CGB is once again up and running

so go on...stick your hand in...you'll pull out a new and different surprise every time

GUARANTEED!

that is all.

http://colostomygrab-bag.blogspot.com/

tinsel teeth - 5.17.08 - "whore island"

there are 2 guarantees when you witness this band live:

1: you'll see some some guys playing instruments in their underwears
2: you'll see...well...just look above

and in case you're wondering...that's stephanie...their singer

and i know what some/all of you are wondering as well: "where is this whore island? and how is it i get there?"...honestly...i have no idea...i'm assuming it's somewhere in the new york area because the band never seems to play outside of there (and here's the part where someone will mention that will ferrell movie where he's the tv news reporter...myself...i didn't really enjoy that movie...that's right...i said it...now if they would've just filmed the fight he and his pals got into with the reporters from the other tv station and left it at that...it would've been perfect)

but i'm getting away from the subject at hand

now if you were smart...you picked up the other 2 tinsel teeth products i put here in the past...and if you haven't...well...seriously...what's the deal with that,brah?

to be fair...i'll describe it to the uninitiated: it's the jesus lizard if david yow had a sex change (and you're welcome for that image)

the band should be releasing their debut soonly

so get to it

1 - intro
2 - post modern posture
3 - a fairwell to architecture
4 - untitled 69
5 - mirror mirror
6 - captain antagonist
7 - untitled

DL: tinsel teeth on whore island

9.26.08 - machines with magnets - pawtucket,ri

peter and raymond - shut up,little man!

released 1993

i'd been kicking around the idea of posting this here for awhile now...and with the recent goings on around these parts...what better time than now for such a thing

this is the story of roomates peter and raymond...living in san francisco...a truly odd couple (one straight...one gay...both drunks)...and they like everyone else like to hurl around insults and threats to one another...and their next door neighbors one day decided to tape record the everyday events and then disperse the recordings amongst their friends...and then they took on a life of their own...showing up in places such as a devo sideproject called the wipeouters sampling it...to an episode of spongebob squarepants...to spin magazine...to jazz instrumentalist john zorn sampling it on stage

both peter and raymond are no longer among the living...peter died in 1996 because his liver finally said "ENOUGH!" and then packed it's bags and left...as for raymond...he died in 1992 after being repeatedly kicked by a friend of his whilst lying in bed

so if you're anything like me...you'll play this at top volume and act it out with your cat in the living room with the windows open...and maybe...just maybe...you'll have a sheriff knocking on your door too (and it also helps things along if both you and your cat are wearing disheveled gray wigs and stretched out stained "wifebeaters")

DL: your future

No Age - Dead Plane

Label: Teardrops

Year: 2007

Here's the four song 12" from No Age that started it all for them, and chances are, unless you happened to know someone, who knew someone, you probably missed out on the o.g. pressing of 500. What is it they say about record collectors again? But then again, this band has managed two lps, and at least twelve eps since 2007, so maybe it's not the collectors but the band who are pretentious assholes? 

Musically, if you are familiar with the "Nouns" record that came out last year, you might be disappointed that this one isn't as polished or fleshed out. The songs meander through the same fuzzy drones as on "Nouns", but seldom come to any conclusion, and are interspersed with sloppy interludes which don't do much to propel the thing forward. So, what I'm saying is, "Nouns" is a fucking great album, and you should get it. This ep has some cool moments, and some duds, but if you like the band and want to hear how they started out, give it a listen. 

I didn't really sell that one very well huh?

DL 

Big Black - Den Haag Radio Performance - 11-26-86

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1986

This post is dedicated to my new favorite reader, "Anonymous", and in an effort to make him completely happy, I shall try to tailor my writing style to speak more directly to him.

So I was at the gym today, completely fucking shredding my lats, just getting cock fucking diesel, when this goddamn homo offers to spot me. What the fuck?! I tell the pickle-sniffer that the 5 lbs barbells are in the corner...next to the aerobics studio...burn! Go get AIDS and die you faggot. But whatever, I can't let no queerball through me off my game of total V taper! No way!

Then, I'm pounding a Muscle Milk shake after my 4 hour Superset workout (stretching is for pussies) and thinking about what lucky cunt I'm gonna be dick whipping tonight, when I here some dude mention "Big Black". Of course, I figure he must be talking about some new Jeezy mixtape, which would be completely fucking sick to workout to. I mean, I love that shit, "mask up, get the straps, ya it's hunting season, these niggas broke they choke, laugh at you niggaz, sit back and smoke". Yeah son! Yeah son! I'm always on the lookout for the illest gangsta shit to hype my workout.

Long story short, I download "Big Black", and it ain't The Snowman at all, in fact it's some faggot ass noise rock bullshit. What the fuck am I supposed to do with this?! Goddamn fucking queer, motherfuckers! This sucks! This fucking sucks so bad! Argh! Fuck! I'm gonna date rape the shit out of some whore! Argh!

DL

fitz of depression - the awakening 7"

released 1991

i'm gonna name off a few bands...

black flag
not-so-sludgy early melvins
karp
zeke

and if you're a fan of the above mentioned bands...

do i have to spell it out for you,mcfly?

DL: the awakening 7"

v/a - sub pop 5

released 1982

this was sub pop's first music release (the previous 4 releases were in zine form and didn't have an accompanying cassette)

and apparently this is fairly hard to come by...there were roughly 2,000 copies made (it can be found on the ebay as part of a collection of 9 that's currently going for $19,999.99)

this was a simpler time...a time where you didn't wear a 50.00 flannel shirt or sport a pair of 200.00 boots...instead...you went into your dad's closet and took one of his shirts and you were happy to wear a pair of ratty shoes...you didn't have to spend your allowance to look like to just rolled out of bed and put on the first thing you saw

it's made up of folks mostly from the pacific northwest and the midwest that probably didn't get all that much attention outside of the area or their garages/basements

1 - visible targets - just for money
2 - beakers - what's important
3 - doug khan - reagan speaks for himself
4 - steve fisk - digital alarm
5 - cool rays - diary of you
6 - bruce pavitt - debbie
7 - pell mell - spy vs spy
8 - jungle nausea - job club
9 - neo boys - dirty white lies
10 - product one - it hurts me to remember
11 - nurses - rubber heads
12 - jad fair - it saw me
13 - the bohemians - switzer boy
14 - vague-leys - sofa or a chair
15 - sports of kinds - sing,mary,sing
16 - the men - men at work
17 - oil tasters - get out of the bathroom
18 - all night movies - slaughterhouse
19 - get smart - eat,sleep-a-go-go
20 - embarrassment - lifespan
21 - ray milland - tronada/the church of the subgenius - excerpts

DL: sub pop 5

ok...with much deliberation...and gray getting me boozed up...i've once again reinstated the anonymous posting

so bring it!
you eyeballin' me boy?!
you ain't nothin'!
i was touched by guys bigger than you in the boy scouts!
you told me this was chocolate!
it is time to get naked and find a petting zoo yet?
i don't care if it is 3:00am!
yer lookin' kinda perty......

genesis - live

released in 1973

"too artsy,too intellectual"
-patrick bateman


in keeping with gray's posting of the pink floyds...i present you all with genesis (though not in bootleg form)

this was a show was taped on 2 consecutive nights in 2 locations for the king biscuit flower hour but was never aired...though not originally intended as a live album...the band's label urged them to release this as something to tide the fans over while they were in the process of recording their next album(SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND)

and that was the wikipedia portion of our show

and in my opinion...this was genesis at their most creative (the peter gabriel years)...though the too artsy/too intellectual thing would later come back to bite them on the ass with the THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY tour's theatrical stage show in the form of peter gabriel's constant costume changing and the ultra-visual stage settings...and with peter leaving the band...it opened the vocalist slot...and drummer/peter gabriel sound alike phil collins eventually landed the gig after the band almost took the instrumental route...and though they kept up the prog music for a few albums...they slowly slid over to the middle of the road and stayed there for the rest of the band's existence

so if you like anything to do with whistling "it's no fun being an illegal alien"...or getting in too deep...or not being able to dance...just put on your member's only jacket...turn around and walk away before the watcher of the skies sends the giant hogweed after you

DL: genesis live

you'll never look at your grandpa the same after this....
"the musical box"

Vertigo - Amphetamine Reptile 7"s

Label: Amphetamine Reptile

Year: 1989, 1991, 1993

Here are all three 7"s that Amphetamine Reptile released from the band Vertigo; 

Bad Syd / Going To Pieces - 1989

Rub - 1991

Driver #43 - 1991

They had another 7" on Insipid Vinyl, but I don't have it, and therefore neither do you. They also had three really good full lengths as well, and someone should really get around to posting those. But for now, cherish these smaller slabs of garage rock cum hardcore cum cow punk cum thud rock, they are underrated treasures of a bygone era. If you hadn't heard Vertigo before and needed a band to compare them to, I'd start with Surgery and then go on to mention Tar, although I'm sure you could come up with something better. 

Anyway, these are good records that were overshadowed by the bigger names on this record label, and so a lot of folks (myself included) probably missed out on them the first time around.

DL

small man,big mouth

exactly,angry german kid
exactly

ah...the internet

ever since al gore invented it we've been allowed to bring everything from the above displayed video...to instructions on how to make the perfect cake/bomb...to stories on why home made manure is better to use on your garden and not some store bought brand...to japanese girls getting pleasured by a 6 headed tentacled creature while ernest borgnine wearing a richard nixon mask videotapes it...into your living space

the possibilities are endless

and the internet serves another purpose as well...

it allows anyone to angrily tap out angry words and say whatever they'd like to say...and they remain faceless for the entire thing (though i can always picture some acne scarred 25 year old male virgin/40 year old male virgin dressed in an reo speedwagon shirt that picked the lock to his parent's room so he can use the computer while his parents are away at their friend's house across town playing cards on a saturday night because they have a life and he needs to get into that office because he needs to know what's going down on that cosplay messageboard and needs to check on his bid for that fan made he-man porn)

ok...i know that i'm rambling...but i have a point to make...and that point is this: the acne scarred virgin and the 40 year old reo speedwagon prince adam enthusiast are one in the same...they both have raging sweatpants boners and they have to tell folks about it

we recently got our second piece of e-hate mail...and if you wish to go and see it..go below to gray's pink floyd post and pop open the comments...and what i find funny about both instances...is the fact that they take time out of their day to vent what they find so irritating about the blog...but in the same breathe/typing they give the blog an e-handjob...it's like a lifetime tv for women movie with it's he-says-i-love-you-with-his-fists scenario

but at least "phantom foetus" left us his name "anonymous" (or should i call you mr. lydon?)

so what i've gone ahead and done is taken away the anonymous posting...so if you feel the need to have to display your simian-like poo flinging...you'll have to go through the minor inconvenience of putting your brain to work to come up with a username

so in the words of angry german kid: "@$#%$&*%@#@%&*%$@#$@%!!"

and in case you're wondering where it is you can find the ernest borgnine wearing a richard nixon mask while videotaping a japanese girl getting pleasured by a 6 tentacled creature...well...you'll just have to bid on it just like any other person wearing an reo speedwagon shirt (and a word of warning...you might want to make sure there are no dorito crumbs on the desk before you leave...your parents are starting to suspect something...and you might want to go through the computer's history as well)

Pink Floyd - Live At Guild Hall - 01-23-72

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1972

Alright, I understand that a Pink Floyd bootleg is not our normal fair, nor is it ostensibly what you come hear looking for, but I post it for two reasons; one, I think it serves as a nice counterpoint to the Pussy Galore post from earlier today, and two, it is a great concert showcasing some of the band's best material. There. 

I believe it was John Lydon who claimed to wear a "Pink Floyd Sucks" shirt whilst terrorizing the citizenry of Olde London Towne back in the mid 70's as he claimed (and I paraphrase), Pink Floyd represented all that was overblown, overwrought, and generally wrong with popular music at that time, and therefore, by attacking the symbol of English progressive rock you were striking a blow for the common "lad" and ushering in the nascent punk scene. Makes some sense I guess, except that Pink Floyd were scantly bothered by Mr. Lydon or his punk cohorts, and they merrily went about crafting their epic, regal, cinematic, and sprawling songs. I have to say, Pink Floyd is a far better band than the Sex Pistols ever had hoped to be. Sorry, but it's true, and don't even get me going on the atrocities of Public Image Limited...the worst. 

So anyway, if you thought the Pussy Galore entry was amateurish and noise for the sake of noise, then try some Pink Floyd to cleanse your palette. There isn't a noise out of place on this one (which you might be able to say the same about Pussy Galore, although they would never admit it), and the songs are treated luxuriously in this live setting, the band is spot on. 

I love it. You may love it too. Or you may love me, and hate the music. Either way, it's a win/win for me. Somehow.

DL

Pussy Galore - Groovy Hate Fuck (Feel Good About Your Body)

Label: Vinyl Drip

Year: 1987

It occurred to me that as often as Pussy Galore has been used as a touchstone on this blog, we had never actually made any available. Oops.

So then, let's get that straightened out post haste, yes? Yes. Here's "Groovy Hate Fuck", their first 7" and 12" (of original material, and not Rolling Stones covers that is) compiled onto a handy-dandy slap of screeching, baiting, nihilistic noise rock. All in wonderfully rendered lo-fi caterwaul, as if there's another way to capture this maelstrom. 

What I like about this band is that they moved down to Washington D.C. at the tail end of the much ballyhooed "Revolution Summer" with what appeared to be the sole aim of bumming out the Positive Force crowd via their caustic noise, offensive lyrics, and disdain for the "Dischord way". Either that, or as some would surmise, they were living there to escape the high rents in New York City and mooch off band member Julia Cafritz's parents. Can you imagine that conversation? "Uh, mom, this is my band Pussy Galore, and we need a place to stay for a little while. Can we practice our new song 'You Look Like A Jew' in the basement? Thanks mom, you're the best.". 

Whatever you want to believe.

If you think the Rolling Stones ought to have been covered by The Cramps, but recorded from an adjacent room during a howling rain storm, then this one is for you.

Members of Pussy Galore all went on to untold fame and fortune with John Spencer Blues Explosion, Sonic Youth, Royal Trux, Howling Hex, Weird War, Boss Hog, Free Kitten, Foetus, Action Swingers,  Heavy Trash, and Chrome Cranks among others. 

DL

melt banana - 7.26.99 - fort smith,ar

hiroshima vs a pokemon gangbang

1 - scrub
2 - scratch or stitch
3 - f.d.c.
4 - stick out
5 - shoot the moon
6 - surfing usa
7 - scrubber
8 - ether twisted
9 - circle jack (chase the magic words-lego lego)
10 - spathic!
11 - mind thief
12 - picnic in panic

DL: melt banana in ft. smith arkansas

Grotus - Brown

Label: Spirit Music Industries

Year: 1991

Again, by request. And, Phil, I don't know if this is the "original version" or not, so you'll have to tell me. 

So if "Mass" was "Cop Shoot Cop versus KMFDM", let's call "Brown", "Cop Shoot Cop versus Foetus versus Big Black, mixed with Meat Beat Manifesto and sprinkled with Skinny Puppy". It's more industrial, more menacing, more gothic, and less dance oriented than "Mass". All that probably makes it better (at least to me anyway). 

There are a lot of samples on this record, but from what I've dug up, that seems to be the only version out there...like it was kinda Negativland worship, and they went for it on the samples.  Hope it's what you're looking for.

DL

Grotus - Mass

Label: London

Year: 1996

By request. I don't know too much about this band, so I apologize for the lack of witty insights. I'm sure it somehow cheapens this posting, but I promise to make up for it soon.

Musically, this record is kinda...dancey? In an industrial kind of way of course, but still, it has definite grooves capable of generating at least a moderate booty shake. I'll call this one, "late era Cop Shoot Cop vs. KMFDM". The drummer on this record used to play in Philadelphia hardcore band Pagan Babies, if that helps at all. It helped me.

DL

big black - 8.9.87 - georgetown steamplant - seattle,wa

the last blast

2 guitars gave up their lives that night

and after everything was over...what sounds like firecrackers going off is actually steve albini erupting into a vortex of black hatred...and everyone thought it was part of the show

1 - fists of love
2 - bad penny
3 - cables
4 - rip
5 - fish fry
6 - the model
7 - deep six
8 - pavement saw
9 - dead billy
10 - big money
11 - kerosene
12 - jordan,minnesota

DL: big black@georgetown steamplant

black flag - 5.21.81 - fender's lounge - tampa,fl

i remember reading in hank's get in the van book that he wasn't too fond of this show (but then again...what was he fond of back in those days?...but i'd also read an interview with greg ginn and he said that 99% of that book never happened)

maybe it was because no one would get him some water
maybe it was because everyone was untying his shoes
maybe someone had starched his tiny shorts

1 - sound check/tv party
2 - i gotta run
3 - my rules
4 - depression
5 - modern man
6 - jealous again
7 - life of pain
8 - thirsty and miserable
9 - padded cell
10 - scream
11 - no values
12 - clocked in
13 - damaged 1
14 - six pack
15 - fix me
16 - rise above

DL: black flag@fender's lounge
(link fixed)

the jesus lizard - 12.4.92 - 9:30 club - washington,dc

one can never have too many jesus lizards

1 - boilermaker
2 - seasick
3 - nub
4 - mouth breather
5 - bloody mary
6 - whirl
7 - zachariah
8 - killer mchaan
9 - gladiator
10 - rope
11 - blockbuster
12 - monkey trick
13 - if you had lips
14 - then comes dudley
15 - pastoral
16 - 7 vs 8

DL: the jesus lizard@9:30 club

grotus - luddite ep/slow motion apocalypse

luddite ep released 1992
slow motion apocalypse released 1993

this one goes out as a request filler (and to those that have made requests in the past...fret not...they'll be filled eventually...we just have to get better cattle prods)

the band that dared to ask the question: "were people this stupid before there was tv?"

they could be best described as taking the social commentary of a band like..oh i don't know...let's go with fugazi...and then mixed it up with some industrial/experimental (heavy on the mental) backbeats

this is what would be going through your mind if you were tied to a chair with your eyes pinned open and were made to watch a mixture of "reality" television and the news for a week

so if you can dig on some consolidated...some strapping young lad (vocalist lars fox could front a syl cover band)...some foetus...some crash worship...some skinny puppy...

and hey...mike patton liked them (they were the openers for the first mr.bungle/faith no more US tour back in 1992 after being asked by the man himself)...and that in turn got them asked by jello biafra to join alternative tentacles (which they did)

DL: luddite ep
DL: slow motion apocalypse

Burning Brides - Live At The Cotton Club

Label: Bootleg

Year: 2003

Recorded here in my hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, this here set captures Burning Brides annihilating the old Cotton Club while on tour opening for My Morning Jacket on April 24th, 2003 (The Detachment Kit rounded out the bill). It as recorded by an audience member, but the sound quality is surprisingly good, really good in fact. The band is in prime form, and manages to rock the fuck out the whole show, guitar solos and all.

Tracklist:

1. Plank Of Fire

2. Come Alive

3. Glass Slipper

4. Dance With The Devil

5. Plastic Empire

6. Pleasure In The Pain

7. Steramine

8. Arctic Snow

9. If I'm A Man

10. Overhead Metal Erection

11. Leave No Ashes

12. At The Levity Ball

DL

Chavez - Live 1996

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1996

Since we're all so hot on bootlegs of live shows, please allow me to introduce myself...to myself. Here is a mysterious live show by the criminally underrated Chavez which was recorded in 1996 off of the soundboard while the band was on tour opening for Ween (which is an unfortunate position to be in...having to see Ween every night that is). It's been uploaded as a single track with no breaks...sorry about that. But, the good news is, the sound quality is top notch, and the songs sound superb. 

Awesome shit.

Tracklisting:

Lions

Top Pocket Man

Break Up Your Band

The Guard Attacks

Unreal Is Here

New Room

The Ghost By The Sea

Pentagram Ring

You Must Be Stopped

Flight '96

DL

the melvins - 3.26.86 - vct hall - seattle,wa

they were just 3 crazy kids with a dream

this was a record release shindig for the SIX SONGS album

1 - iron man (black sabbath cover)
2 - six pack (black flag cover)
3 - reagan's war puppets (the accused cover)
4 - over from the underground
5 - now a limo
6 - #2 pencil
7 - unknown
8 - bang bang (sonny bono cover)
9 - disinvite
10 - grinding process
11 - easy as it was
12 - snake appeal
13 - happy grey or black
14 - scared
15 - tomorrow's dream (black sabbath cover)
16 - firehouse (kiss cover)
17 - set me straight
18 - rip it out (ace frehley cover)
19 - gluey porch treatment
20 - reagan's war puppets (the accused cover)
21 - unknown*

*=cuts off

DL: pt.1
DL: pt.2

Ed Hall - Love Poke Here

Label: Boner

Year: 1990

By request, the second full length from Ed Hall. If you have been following this here blog for the past few months you will have already noted that we got pretty balls deep into the early 90's Austin, Texas / Trance Syndicate / Cherubs / Drain / Ed Hall / Johnboy / etc. scene a few months back. And there we described the music of Ed Hall, and I'm sure we gave a very lucid and well developed synopsis of the band and why you should invite them into you home. I'm sure we did, it's what we do. 

This particular album features the distinctive vocal "talents" of Kevin Whitley who would later go on to front Cherubs, in case that's what you need to hear before taking a chance on this.

By the way, happy mother's day to all the special ladies in my life who have had the honor of birthing my prodigy, and do my main dookie stain, the lady who brought me in to this world, Penny. Big ups!

* Links fixed 09.04.09

DL - part 1

DL - part 2

slint - 3.3.89 - chicago,il

louisville,ky's other rodan

this is an official "bootleg"

1 - nosferatu man
2 - ron
3 - nan ding
4 - charlotte
5 - pat
6 - unknown
7 - breadcrumb trail
8 - good morning,captain
9 - rhoda
10 - cortez the killer (neil young cover)

DL: slint in chicago

rodan - 7.94 - 40 watt club - athens,ga

louisville,ky's other slint

1 - bible silver corner
2 - rungs
3 - the everyday world of bodies
4 - interlude
5 - gauge
6 - interlude
7 - sangre
8 - big things,little things
9 - martin
10 - before the train (picture of a girl)

DL: 40 watt rodan pt.1
DL: 40 watt rodan pt.2

at the drive-in - 1.18.01 - tokyo japan

right after this show...still amped up...vocalist cedric bixler-zavala and guitarist omar rodriquez-lopez...along with their hair...went out to take on godzilla

1 - arcarsenal
2 - pattern against user
3 - invalid litter dept.
4 - cosmonaut
5 - raschuache
6 - sleepwalk capsule
7 - enfilade
8 - extracurricular

DL: atdi vs japan

stiff woodies - 1986 - live kaos session - olympia,wa

this was a short lived band that involved the likes of buzz osbourne (melvins vocalist/guitarist)...a pre-nirvana krist novoselic (bassist)...and kurt flansburg (radio dj/guitarist for various bands)...and is rumored to have also involved kurt cobain (come on now...)...dale crover (melvins drummer)...mike dillard (melvins first drummer)...and matt lukin (original melvins bassist/one time mudhoney bassist)

this is their only recorded materials
they played all of one show

1 - sin city (ac/dc cover:kurt flansburg on vocals)
2 - breakdance boogie (krist novoselic vocals)
3 - loose (buzz osbourne vocals)
4 - c'mon and love me (buzz osbourne vocals)

DL: stiff woodies

shellac - 7.27.97 - taste of lincoln avenue festival - chicago,il

"we're very concerned about controlling our image.
which is precisely why we play at street festivals."
-steve albini

1 - watch song
2 - this is a picture
3 - my black ass
4 - rambler song
5 - canada
7 - dog and pony show
8 - mouthpiece
9 - disgrace
10 - a minute

DL: steve albini's black ass

Ruins - Burning Stone

Label: Shimmy Disc

Year: 1992

This was the first Ruins album that I could handle, it has enough structure to not make me lose my motherfucking mind. Granted, it's a bouncy schizophrenic ride across the noise rock stratosphere, but there is a certain cohesion that keeps the whole thing from devolving into noise for the sake of noise.

As a two piece, they manage to make quite a racket, alternating from psych noise to harsh noise to bass driven metallic rock, all with drumming that can only be described as "Japanese". Know what I mean? Plus, they sing in their own language (not Japanese, but their OWN language), and apparently are disciples of Zeuhl music. Huh? Right. Meaning, they are performing in the tradition of Christian Vander of French prog rock fantasists Magma. You like? 

Bottom line is, if you like Magma and Boredoms, then you'll like this. It's not an everyday listen, but every once in awhile it can hit the spot.

DL

Eleventh Dream Day - Lived To Tell

Released: 1991

Obviously inspired by Neil Young & Crazy Horse but also reminiscent of Television's guitar interplay and X's country music from hell/boy-girl aesthetic. After an uneven debut that the band was unhappy with Eleventh Dream Day put out five excellent LP's and one killer live album between 1989 and 1994 (of which you should find every single one) before the husband wife duo of Rick Rizzo and Janet Bean settled down into real life/other projects and started only to put out something every 5 or so years. Lived To Tell is my favorite EDD album, probably their nosiest affiar (which is interesting because after this they immediately started stripping the fuzz from their songs) but also feels more focused than their other albums.

DL

godheadsilo - the scientific supercake lp

released 1994

you know...i'm very shocked that we here at SGM have never put an album released by this duo here...or have never made a reference to them anywhere

why is it i'd never heard of this drum/bass duo out of fargo,nd?

why?

TISK TISK ON US!

how did we let this band escape our all knowing radar?

and i do apologize to our faithful reader(s) for not allowing you to know of this band's existence

we should really just call it a day and just return to that janitor gig our mom got us (and we only got it because your uncle owns the business...let's not fool ourselves) and quit trying to hide behind this sheet of self-importance...we should never be allowed to dole out any sort of wisdom

and one last thing...i feel that you should all be aware that the last song on this album could very well blow your speakers if played too loud (so you might want to take it out of the i-don't-care-i'm-gonna-play-this-as-loud-as-i-want-because-it's-bingo-night-and-mom-isn't-home-whateva-i-do-what-i-want! range)

and it's been rumored that the recording of this album caused bass player mike kunka to go deaf in one ear

this album could very well cause elephantitus of the speaker

DL: the scientific supercake lp


"multiple organic" - 6.6.96 - BLTs - atlanta,ga

Enemymine - Enemymine

Label: K

Year: 1999

Sorta by request, or just because someone showed interest, or maybe because I said I would post this sometime last year. Or possibly due to a combination of all three, may I present the debut ep by Enemymine. The band that featured ex-Godheadsilo bassist Mike Kunka on bass, ex-Low bassist Zack Sally on another bass, and ex-Mocket Danny Sasaki drummer on drums. They were a short lived trio that came, saw, and destroyed, but then went, left, and fizzled. 

I posted the album some time back, which has more of a description of the music, but just imagine Godheadsilo with some very slight indie undercurrents, and slightly less abrasive. Good stuff all around.

DL

kurt cobain and courtney love - 9.8.93 - club lingerie - los angeles,ca

this was done for a rock against rape benefit
only 2 songs

have you seen the movie sid and nancy?
you know the scene where they pay her grandparents a visit...and they're sitting in the family room and sid is playing the guitar and the both of them are "serenading" the rest of the family?

this is kinda like that

1 - pennyroyal tea
2 - where did you sleep last night?

DL: train wreck

tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain

released 2006

okokokokokok...i know what everyone is thinking: "ipecac...really?...and now you've opened the door for all the hipster folks with their tight pants and wearing scarves indoors and being all like "yeah..me too" and their funny haircuts and their ironic motley crue t-shirts to show up"

and to that i say: "that'll never happen...i have the head of conor oberst on a stake outside the door...everyone just calm down now...you there...put the gun down...and there's no reason to push the red button"

and it saddens me to even know who conor oberst is
like a finding out they discontinued the mcrib kinda sad

i'm posting the album for a reason...and that reason is this: because i want to

i was turned onto this band a few years back while channel surfing (at the time...i had heard of the band...just never heard them)...and suddenly the video for "wolf like me" came outta nowhere...and for some reason it sucked me in

there's just something very soulful about the music and has a preaching to the congregation thing going on...and there's just so much going on around the music...and i've tried giving the rest of their stuff a listen and i just can't seem to get into it (much like a pair of the above mentioned tight pants)...but this album...i could listen to it at least once a day

ok...with all of the being said...you'll either give it a chance and like it...or hit me in the face from behind for ever putting this here

but i assure you...i'm still the same guy that runs around in a speedo making goats faint...and that will never change

so i'm just gonna slowly back out of the room now....

DL: return to cookie mountain (or not..you know...whatever)

Silkworm - Into The West

Label: C/Z

Year: 1994

Pretty much perfect indie rock from a band that made a career out of crafting pretty much perfect record after record. This one is their first full length, and my favorite, mainly because it contains the jam "Into The Woods" which to my ears is one of those perfect songs that I can listen to over and over again. Really, if you were alive and of any musical cognizance, you probably were a fan of Silkworm, but if you happened to have missed them, you should rectify that. If it helps, this was recorded by Steve Albini, as was apparently everything we ever post on this blog. 

There's a documentary about the band and the tragic death of drummer Michael Dahlquist which has yet(?) to be released (although, I'm sure "released" is a relative term here). You can peep the trailer on youtube here.

A couple members of Silkworm have gone on to form The Bottomless Pit if you're interested in further examination.

DL

Dead Low Tide - Dead Low Tide

Label: Tiger Style

Year: 2003

In the wake of Murder City Devils came Dead Low Tide, which combined the vocals, guitars, and drums of the aforementioned band with the bass of ex-Godheadsilo Mike Kunka. Nice huh? Well, it didn't last long, and before this record was even released, the band had split. Fortunately, Spencer Moody and Mike Kunka grabbed Dan Haugh (also of Godheadsilo) to play drums and they soldiered on as Smoke and Smoke (which was posted some months ago...search for it). 

If you liked Smoke And Smoke, imagine less bass and more guitar. If you liked Murder City Devils, imagine more straightforward rock. If you liked Enemymine...you're out of luck. Sorry.

I like Spencer Moody's vocals and lyrics, so anything he is associated with will at least warrant a listen, plus when you add Mike Kunka to the mix, you pretty much gotta at least hear what they're up to right? This record isn't as awesome as I want it to be, but it's still really good. A lot of people lament "what could have been" with Dead Low Tide, but I think Smoke And Smoke are fantastic, and so I for one am glad Dead Low Tide set the stage and split. 

DL

The Raymond Brake - Piles Of Dirty Winters

Label: Simple Machines

Year: 1995

As an American by birth, North Carolinian by the grace of god, I have always had a soft spot for the state's long lineage of well crafted indie rock. What can I say, it's a point of pride.

Well, in the shadow of the Chapel Hill bands, some smaller, but equally talented, groups got passed over due to their address. The Raymond Brake, from Greensboro, were one of those. They had some of the math rock of Polvo, and a lot of the punkish pop of Superchunk, that exhibited what was the best of indie rock. It wasn't all codified and classified as this or that, the music was still allowed to ebb and flow into different sub-genres without sounding forced. I like that about this band a lot. 

I only caught them live once, in Athens, and I remember them being louder and more abrasive than the 7" I had heard at the college radio station there previous to seeing them. On record, there are a lot more subtleties, and dare I say, more mature songwriting being showcased.

Surely if you were in college or in a relationship with a girl in the early to mid nineties, you were exposed to this type of music, and chances are, deep down in your heavy metal heart, you secretly loved it.

Lead singer Andy Cabic went on to form Tussle, and Vetiver with Devendra Banhart if that means anything to you.

DL

Clikatat Ikatowi - River Of Souls

Label: Gravity

Year: 1998

Back in 1996 I eagerly purchased the first Clikatat Ikatowi record, based solely on prior accomplishments of its members (hmmm, let's see...411, Metroschifter, Candle, Antioch Arrow, Forced Down, Heroin, End Of The Line, and Statue). I mean, how could I not get it right?

So, it turned out, I only kinda liked it. It got the "m'eh" reaction. Not bad, but not life affirming either. I expected a lot more from a varsity letterman you know what I mean?

So then, fast forward to me living in San Diego and now being surrounded by used copies of the second Clikatat Ikatowi record every time I go looking for that Clan Of Xymox album I need to finish my collection (truth be told, I have never actually heard Clan Of Xymox, nor do I really want to, I just remember the name from the goth girls in my high school [who weren't so much "goth" as simply run of the mill "alternative", but they wore dark clothes, smoked cloves and listened to the shit out of Clan Of Xymox, who I could only assume must sound something like Peter Murphy, but frankly couldn't pick out of a police lineup] always had that written on their Trapper Keepers, and it seemed the only band that started with "C" "L" I could think of off the top of my head. Why not Clawhammer? I don't know really, blogging is not an exact science. What, am I rambling?). So, I broke down and bought it, and maybe listened to it once. Okay, now fast forward again, and I'm thinking about my friend's old band (name drop!) Hal al Shedad, who I always thought sounded kinda like Clikatat Ikatowi, although I rarely listened to either. What's the point? Not a good one, I'll grant you that, but while thinking about this comparison, I whipped this album and gave it a spin just to refresh my medulla oblongata, and it seems much better than I remembered. Maybe not great, but there are definitely some cool ideas being fleshed out. Now if only I actually had some Hal al Shedad to compare it to. Oh well. What time is it, I should be getting to bed.

DL 

Natzi Skinz - Sic Semper Tyrannis

Label: Youth Attack!

Year: 2003

Here's a quick one, a real quick one...like six songs in just over five minutes quick. Got any ideas what this will sound like? Any at all?

If you guessed; "straight up West Coast first wave hardcore", well, congratulations you have won the Natzi Skinz "Sic Semper Tyrannis" 7". Good job. You have a future in "rock journalism", good luck with that, I hear the ladies love a good rock journalist.

The interesting trivia about this particular release is the personnel who performed on it. You got your Shaan Obney who was in Le Shok, your Joey Karam who was in Le Shok, Subpoena The Past, and The Locust, your Cundo Si Murad who was in Le Shok and Wrangler Brutes, and your Andy Coronado who was in Wrangler Brutes, Body Part, Skull Kontrol, and Monorchid. Not too shabby of a resume. Not too shabby at all.

DL

minuteflag - self-titled 12" ep

released 1986

take everything you know about black flag and the minutemen...all of the anger..all of the hate...henry's sweaty little black shorts...and put it all in a box and go to an open window...now throw it all out

now...picture the boys (and girl) sitting around a fire singing kumbaya

and now you know what you're getting into with this

this is made up of some free jazz jams and a d. boon/henry rollins story about getting water from a river to bring back to mom so she can boil potatoes...but something happens along the way...and by the time you get home...she's fried the potatoes and they're all gone

who hasn't had that happen to them?

the players and their parts:
d. boon - vocals/guitar
henry rollins - vocals
greg ginn - guitar
mike watt - bass
kira roessler - bass
george hurley - bongos
bill stevenson - drums

and it was agreed on by both bands that this would never see the light of day until one of the bands split up

the minutemen won

DL: minuteflag

Dark Meat - Universal Indians

Released: 2006

Dark Meat are essentially a badass southern rock band with the brass and reed section of a marching band and a trio of back-up singers who could and do preform on their own. Featuring 23 members in all they are one of the most memorable acts I have ever seen live.

Oh, and they aer some of the best song titlers I've ever seen too: "There Is A Retard On Acid Holding A Hammer To Your Brain", "Assholes Of Eyeballs", plus they named their catchiest song "Well Fuck You Then". All this on top of the fact that the t-shirt they sold me features a psychdelic skull and the phrase: "Fuck Your Face".

Some of this sounds basically like hard edged southern rock with hints of horns but when Dark Meat get all of their instruments going at the same time it can be a fucking mind-bending sound unlike anything else (whoever produced this does a really good job of keeping each sound distinct even as they all merge together).

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made out of babies - trophy

release 2005

simply put...this is what it would sound like it if the jesus lizard and big black combined forces and mallory knox fronted the whole clusterfuck

i defy you to listen to track #6 ("gut shoveler") and not feel the urge to suplex the neighbor's dog into the ground in front of their children


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babes in toyland - fontanelle

released 1992

this is everything that hole wished it could be (courtney love once played bass in the band)

vocalist kat bjelland's voice is more powerful that all of the "riot grrrl" bands combined (which is proven within moments of the opening song "bruise violet"...and give a listen to beginning of "jungle train" while you're at it...so take that kathleen hanna!)

more chucky than babydoll

and hey...beavis and butthead both approve

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"dust cake boy" from 1991: the year punk broke

CGB

it's waiting....

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nine inch richards - closer to hogs

released 1995

picture a square dance where the only people in attendance are the two country bumpkins from deliverance...and there's a punchbowl full of questionable liquid...and over in the corner there's a video camera set up by a table with some duct tape...a wig...and some pudding on it

and with that being said...you pretty much know what you're getting yourself into with this

3 re-imaginings of the nine inch nails song "closer"...along with an original song that could easily fit into the background of the boy's movie

do you come here often?
or do you wait until you get home?

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butthole surfers - independent worm saloon

released 1993

and now back to your regularly scheduled pigfuck

on this album...the boys change out of their dirty bib overalls...take a shower...and try to fit in with the rest of humanity...and they somehow convinced led zeppelin bassist john paul jones to produce it as well as play bass on a few tracks

but not to worry...they still keep their charm...and gibby's adventure in aljourgensenland a year prior can be felt throughout the album in paul leary's guitar and king coffey's drums...and gibby even borrows the lyrics from "jesus built my hot rod" for the song "some dispute over t-shirt sales"

this may be a new butthole surfers....but you still don't want them dating your mom

whatcha doin'?
chewin' chocolate.
where'd you get it?
doggie dropped it.
carry on.

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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

björk guðmundsdóttir & tríó guðmundar ingólfssonar - gling-gló

released 1990

ok...brace yourselves

no...you're not having a stroke

this is actually happening

it's bjork...and if you know anything about her it's that you never try to take her picture when she doesn't want it to be...never feed her after midnight...and she looks dynamite dressed as a swan

as for her voice...it's not human...it can either beckon a ship to it's doom...or tickle your nether regions...or sound like an aggravated child

this is an album she recorded a few years before the band she was in...the sugarcubes...split up in 1992

it's made up of icelandic jazz covers sung in her native tongue along with two covers of american jazz tunes sung in english that were recorded for a radio show

so go ahead...play this while bebopping around your living room on a saturday night with your "companion"

get classy


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Big Black - Pigpile

Label: Touch And Go

Year: 1992

By request, here's the Big Black "Pigpile" record in all it's glory. You might want to act fast on this one if you know what I mean, because when it's gone, it'll be gone.

There's no real need to describe this one right? We all are aware of what it is and what it sounds like?  Alright, great.

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