v/a - busted at oz

released 1981

there once was a club in chicago named oz

and oz was pretty big deal among the punk rock kids

the cops didn't like punk rock kids

the cops didn't like oz

so they shut it down

and if you'd like to hear more about it...you need to see the movie YOU WEREN'T THERE: A HISTORY OF CHICAGO PUNK 1977 TO 1984

this is a live compilation of the most popular local punk bands (at the time) that had played the club

1 - naked raygun - bomb shelter
2 - naked raygun - when the screaming stops
3 - strike under - fucking uniforms
4 - subverts - march forth
5 - effigies - quota
6 - DA - fish shit
7 - silver abuse - anti-hot dog
8 - silver abuse - pink port now
9 - silver abuse - bomb shelter
10 - effigies - guns or ballots
11 - subverts - state of the union
12 - naked raygun - paranoia
13 - naked raygun - libido
14 - DA - the killer
15 - strike under - anarchy song
16 - silver abuse - jigaboo jump

DL: busted at oz

email genetalia

the clusterfuck that is the SGM email has slowly been creeping out of the basement

and now it's taken over the bathroom

so...we've hired a few people to start going through it (that would be them in the picture...say hello to klaus...klaus...and klaus...yeah...i know...weird,huh?)

bands/labels that have sent us their stuff in the past...we promise that it'll show up here in one form or another

bands/labels that haven't sent us their stuff...please do so...we have an entire room ready to have you inside of it

so keep checking on SGM

and SGM will keep checking on you

police teeth - awesomer than the devil

released 2011

do you like archers of loaf?

do you like future of the left?

do you like mclusky?

do you like superchunk?

do you like fugazi?

do you like police teeth?

let's find out.

DL: awesomer than the devil

the crows - crow bar/low brow 7"

released 1991

you dig the crazy,wacky sound that was the u-men,yeah?

well...after the band split up back in 1988...frontman john bigley and drummer charlie ryan went onto form this band

and they essentially carry on the u-men sound

you should hit the DL and give this some solid action

DL: crow bar/low brow 7"

uncle touchy - 2010 basement demo

i had originally intended to make the previous uncle touchy post...but grAy beat me to it

weird things happen when you let grAy spend the night...there i was...just minding my own business...sitting in front of the computer...and grAy comes up behind me and says "hey...i made you some cocoa"...and i don't remember much else after that...but all of the change i had in my change jar is gone as well as all of my left socks

but i'm not gonna dwell on that

so just go on ahead and read grAy's description of the band...but tack on "some songs later made it onto their EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT VIOLENCE album...some songs didn't...as well as some bad brains/black flag/circle jerks/dead boys/dead kennedys covers"

DL: 2010 basement demo

Uncle Touchy - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Violence

Label: Bandcamp
Year: 2011

I was talking to our fair and benevolent leader, Ipecac (not his Christian name) this morning (early to bed, early to rise) about super-important, very crucial shit, and the name of this band was brought up in the midst of all the really critical, momentous...stuff, we were talking about.
Uncle Touchy is a new band that obviously likes older bands, and hence, play in the grand tradition of that which is covered on this blog, i.e. older bands. Things along the lines of 80's hardcore, 90's noise rock, and 70's boogie rock (which, regrettably, we don't really touch on here, but maybe we should), and a touch of late 80's/early 90's metal (also not really covered in these hallowed halls, and for good reason). I feel confident in giving this release the ole' Shiny Grey Monotone Seal Of Approval (not redeemable for monetary value), and that you will cycle through these songs nodding your head in approval, before remembering the band is called Uncle Touchy, at which time your head will nod in disapproval.
You can listen to the record all you want for free, but you should download it for $5, and not be a mooch all your life...like me.
Also, historical footnote: if you live in or around Atlanta, Georgia, you can see Uncle Touchy perform live at the Drunken Unicorn on November 5th with...wait for it...a reunited Sonn Av Krusher playing a one time get together. So there.

DL

slowworm - torso/march of the insects 7"

released 1992

i don't really know all that much about the band (but i'm sure atlanta-phile grAy may be able to fill us in a little..no...not like that...well...maybe like that)

apparently they were from atlanta,ga and were "heavy and sludgy" (or so the internet told me)

i can definitely agree with the latter statement

i had originally posted this over on colostomy grab-bag (remember that blog?...good times...the last i'd heard it was somewhere in canada and it had opened a midget only spa)...and had forgotten about it until i was going though some crap earlier

think fudge tunnel and unsane and neurosis and early melvins and godheadsilo

but don't think about it too much...it may cause a nosebleed

so now...it's here for you all to enjoy

DL: torso/march of the insects 7"

corrosion of conformity - your tomorrow 7"

released 2010

no southern-tinged rock here,kids

as you may recall...the three pronged punk rock attack that was the ANIMOSITY/TECHNOCRACY-era c.o.c. got back together and took to the road last year and did what they do

and now...you get this...exactly what you expect out of them...mixing the blacks (those being sabbath and flag)

this should tide you over until the band releases their upcoming album

DL: your tomorrow 7"

Brainiac - Smack Bunny Baby

Label: Grass
Year: 1993

The first Brainiac record, and thusly, the most straightforward. There is less of a synthesized lather bubbling in the bath water, if that makes any sense (and it sorta doesn't), and more of a post-punk scrubbing.
Or, to put it in classic eighties skater terms: If their second album Bonsai Superstar was Neil Blender (arty, experimental, exciting, but still grounded in the something recognizable), and their third album Hissing Prigs In Static Couture was Edwin "Jinx" Jimenez (twisting, turning, and developing a new language from an old template), then this first album is Jeff "Mothra" Grosso (powerful, dynamic, but you can see it's slightly off and heading into a strange future). That should clear things up.

DL

mclusky - acoustic session

released 2004

this is mclusky.

this is mclusky doing it acoustic style.

can it work?

let's find out.

1 - throwing bricks from trains
2 - he's been sitting here forever
3 - normal kid in the united states
4 - love song for a mexican
5 - centrefold
6 - grace under pressure
7 - give you cinema
8 - cassanova
9 - perpetual motives
10 - leaning forward/make room for more thoughts
11 - catch more fish

DL: acoustic session