v/a - half-cocked ost

released 1994

i remember seeing this movie back in the day...and not really thinking all that much of it

it was your typical kids steal a van full of instruments and pretend to be in a band while out on the road kinda deal

but the soundtrack kinda stuck with me...so i hunted it down...and hunted...and hunted....

until i gave up

apparently it just wasn't cool enough to be stocked in any music store within a (insert distance here) radius of where i was living at the time

and i had eventually forgotten about it

but then i was looking through an old issue of ALTERNATIVE PRESS and it was mentioned

and then i remembered that i had been looking for it

so...to make a not so long story short...i found it

and now i'm sharing it

1 - truckstop - snoopy
2 - unwound - dragnalus
3 - slant 6 - time expired
4 - truckstop - no space
5 - rodan - tron
6 - sleepyhead - cb
7 - ruby falls - dusty
8 - freakwater - drunk friend
9 - truckstop - salmon skin
10 - versus - b-9
11 - polvo - can i ride
12 - retsin - retsin
13 - big hiefer - flowers in our hair
14 - boondoggle - invertabrate
15 - truckstop - all-nighter
16 - crain - hey cops!
17 - helium - magic box
18 - dungbeetle - the man went out
19 - truckstop - truckstop theme
20 - the grifters - the want (live)

DL: half-cocked ost

the fucking hotlights - high society torture party

released 2011

right off the bat...these boys let you know that they mean business (i mean...they use that f word in the name of their band)

they're a little bit black flag

they're a little bit hawks

they're a little bit the blood brothers

they're a little bit camp climax for girls (yes...such a band existed...as seen here)

that should've substantially tickled that fancy of yours

now go and tickle that DL (you should keep some hand sanitizer close by)

DL: high society torture party

nothing - 3 song demo

released 2010

when i had received this in the mail...at first glance of the album's cover i thought to myself "oh man...more industrial noise...like my basement doesn't already have a soundtrack"

but upon listening to it...i was reminded of the band the jesus and mary chain

which in turn reminded me that i didn't listen to enough shoegaze music

and that lead me to think about the mazzy star album SO TONIGHT THAT I MIGHT SEE

and that made me remember just how cute hope sandoval is (actually...i didn't need to remember that)

and then i started to remember the band medicine and how sweet their SHOT FORTH SELF LIVING album is (actually...i didn't need to remember that either)

so if this can make me think about all of that...it can't really be all that bad...can it?

DL: 3 song demo

black kites - advancement to ruins

released 2008

seeing as how the topic of 90's hardcore was recently brought up...i figured that this would be just a good time as any to post this

what started out as a random download has quickly become one of the more listened to things to penetrate my earholes as of late

i mean...how can you not want to listen to something that brings bands such as deadguy...or kiss it goodbye...or pageninetynine to mind?

and the answer is: your 90's hardcore gramma would listen to it

get your baggy khakis ready

DL: advancement to ruins

Device - Demo

Label: Self Released
Year: 1990

First off, sorry for the lack of posts as of late, I've been....uh..busy?
Secondly, sorry that this post is basically a shout out to all my early 90's hardcore bros out there. All...seven or so of you. Everyone else can sit this one out, as I'm sure we'll bounce back with something more Shiny Grey Monotone-ish in the very near future. Promise.
But (let's talk about your big "but"), if the name Device hasn't scared you off, hold up. You're either from Virginia, or a nerd about hardcore, or one of the 500 or so people who heard the "Living On The Edge" compilation (with the criminally underrated Step Aside, and As It Stands [sound sxe enough for you?], and the seriously awesome Dunamis), Device's contribution to that record is included on this demo in its full glory. Which one are you?
Device members can be connected to such other 90's lesser knowns (but not necessarily lesser-thans): Groove, Askance, 4 Walls Falling, Contagen, and Elizabeth Herz.
If you've read this far, what more can I tell you man?
P.S. - the photo above is not of Device, it's actually of Mayday, but if you were going to shows circa 1990, it should look painfully familiar, and thusly, it might as well be Device.

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ramones - 8.2.96 - spartan stadium - san jose,ca

they want shock treatment

they like to blitzkrieg bop

they just wanna sniff some glue

they wanna be your boyfriend

they'd like to be sedated

what more do you need?

1 - durango '95
2 - teenage lobotomy
3 - psycho therapy
4 - blitzkrieg bop
5 - do you remember rock 'n' roll radio?
6 - i believe in miracles
7 - gimme gimme shock treatment
8 - rock 'n' roll high school
9 - i wanna be sedated
10 - spiderman*
11 - sheena is a punk rocker
12 - rockaway beach
13 - pet semetary
14 - do you wanna dance?
15 - 53rd & 3rd
16 - i don't want you
17 - wart hog
18 - cretin hop
19 - r.a.m.o.n.e.s
20 - today your love,tomorrow the world
21 - pinhead

*=theme song cover

DL: ramones @spartan stadium

big'n - spare the horses sampler

i'm going to assume that you...the everyday SGM lurker...knows what some big'n is all about

and if you need any sort of reminder...the band is releasing an ep this coming may (their first recorded material since their split release with the band oxes back in 2000)

and with this...i'm giving you 2 reasons to purchase this business when it comes out

reason #1...the song "like a killer"

reason #2...the song "seaworthy" (you could almost fool someone into thinking that this was the jesus lizard)

so with that being said....

DL: spare the horses sampler

pound wi/sohcahtoa split

released 1998

the name pound wi may be a little unfamiliar to most of you out there

they've popped up on SGM a few times

to cliffsnotes it for you...pound wi was the band russell hall fronted before the united sons of toil

and as previously posted...if you dig bands like hum...shellac...(well...anything that came out of the midwest via the early/mid 90's)...this band is for you,friend

as for sohcahtoa...they were from indianapolis,in...and they split up back in 1997...music-wise...the same could be said for them as well (you could almost fool someone into thinking they were listening to slint)

so take my hand,friend

DL: pound wi/sohcahtoa split

the united sons of toil - when the revolution comes,everything will be beautiful

released 2011

you may remember me saying that the united sons of toil's music did my soul some good while reviewing their first album HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY

and you may remember me saying that while listening to it...you could also hear hints of at the drive-in...some fugazi...some unwound...some shellac...

and i'm going to stick to all of that

while listening to this...their newest album...you can still hear all of those influences (you can also hear a bit of frontman russell emerson hall's previous band pound wi)

but this time around...it would seem that their teeth have gotten sharper and they've gotten fatter

things are a little different...as they've introduced a slight sludge influence...and russell shows us just how vein poppingly angry a set of vocal cords can get (just give the album opener "alcoholism in the former soviet republics" a listen)

and if you've ever woken up and thought to yourself "you know,self...today might be a good day for the fbi to start a file on me"...this album is for you (the band was apparently added to a terrorism watchlist recently)

so what you need to do what comes natural around these parts...and hit on the DL down yonder...because it always puts out

DL: when the revolution comes,everything will be beautiful

Zoppo - Don't Trust Scarred Survivors

Label: Transformed Dreams
Year: 2006

Dense, noisy, pop, not unlike Sebadoh, but unlike Sebadoh, they are Dutch, and things that are Dutch are never "right". Mix in some Mogwai and some Bardo Pond to the Sebadoh comparison and you might get a better picture of what this band sounds like.
This record may or may not still be in print, and if it is, and anyone wants this link removed, I will gladly remove it. But I will say, if the record is still in print, the label is doing a pretty bad job of letting anyone know. Anyone in the United States at least (USA! USA!).

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