sugartooth - the sounds of solid

label: DGC
released: 1997

once upon a time there was a band that had gone futon shopping. and when they went to go and bring the brand new futon back home the old futon didn't like it. it didn't like it one bit. it was always trying to get the new futon to do things that it didn't want to do. they robbed a gas station once. you probably heard about it on the news. it had gotten to the point where the new futon was scared for its life. it wasn't sleeping. it wasn't eating. it couldn't even take a shower unless someone was sitting on the toilet. so the band decided that they needed to sell the old futon. sure. they'd had alot of fun together. they'd watched their first adult movie together. they'd discovered that they all liked having maple syrup spilled on themselves. and then there were the things that are written in that diary with the lock on it that no one likes to talk about. so they sold the futon and wrote a song about it and buried the diary in an undisclosed location. the end.

what had started out as a band weaned on soundgarden went into a somewhat different direction once their drummer (joey castillo) left to go and play with danzig (even though the credit goes to agent orange drummer dusty watson he shows up on this album in some spots. as does a drum machine.)

and rumor has it that the old futon is somewhere out there. so the next time you let your futon out to run around in the yard just be sure to keep a close eye on it.

DL

v9r9d - the boom/bip ep

label: self-released
released: 2002

this here is a band that existed once upon a time.
they were a band from minneapolis,mn.
this was a band made up 2 fellas.
one fella played the bass.
the other fella played the drums.
neither one of them sang.
the bass player went on to play in a band called the yoleus.
the drummer went on to other things as well.
i'm not really sure what.
but it more than likely probably involves pounding on things.

if'n you were to come across this here thing at a music store it would probably have a sticker on it that says "for fans of godheadsilo".
they would also play nicely with some gay witch abortion.
and a less busy hella.
and a less caustic lightning bolt.
don caballero was there.
the melvins were just kind of hanging out.
as were the dazzling killmen.
and primus.
maybe they were all there.
maybe they weren't.
maybe i'm just telling you all of this to get you into the van.

DL

v/a - faust: music from the original motion picture

label: roadrunner records
released: 2000

a so-so soundtrack to a so-so movie.
read the comic instead.
watch SPAWN instead.
watch THE CROW instead.
pick any other movie that involves brian yuzna and watch that instead.
i recommend SOCIETY or THE GUYVER or RE-ANIMATOR.

"why are you even posting this then,huh? have you been hitting the nyQuil smoothies again?"

this is getting posted because there's someone out there that's still thinking "fuck,man! i knew that i should've totally picked it up at that garage sale but i only had a dollar and i needed that wig. i needed that fucking wig! you don't know me,bro!"

1 - fear factory - replica
2 - coal chamber - loco
3 - brujeria - colas de rata
4 - sepultura - old earth
5 - type o negative - everyone i love is dead
6 - machine head - take my scars
7 - vision of disorder - by the river
8 - obituary - chopped in half
9 - cradle of filth - from the cradle to enslave
10 - soulfly - bleed
11 - ill nino - nothing's clear
12 - spineshank - asthmatic
13 - sepultura - choke
14 - amen - everything is untrue
15 - glassjaw - babe
16 - nailbomb - for fuck's sake
17 - deicide - bible basher
18 - carnivore - sex and violence
19 - fear factory - timelessness

DL

mindrot - dawning

label: relapse records
released: 1995

doomy doom death doom doom [insert ambient synths here].

would you like to hear about this evening's specials?
this would pair nicely with a nice DREAMS OF THE CARRION KIND by disincarnate and/or THROUGH SILVER IN BLOOD by neurosis.

DL

pig destroyer - prowler in the yard

label: relapse records
released: 2001

he walked into the room and staggered backward a few steps. everything he was seeing told him to turn around and shut the door and burn the place to the ground. this place would always be haunted. the ground it was on had soaked in the memories and nothing would be able to grow there. the casual brutality of it all. his brain was struggling to comprehend it. this is something that he'd be screaming about on his death bed. he'd never be able to look another person in the face and not see the gaping maw of gore. there were multiple black shapes sitting on the floor against the wall just beyond the table. he had counted five. the room wasn't well lit and as he approached the middle of the room the hell became more apparent. a claw hammer. garden shears. bolt cutters. crushed party hats. a box cutter. a roll of duct tape. pieces of cake. once he was able to take his eyes off of the floor he noticed words scrawled on the wall underneath the "happy birthday" banner....

"this is beautiful. this is art."

and then it hit him. this is just part of the beginning. he thought back to the time when he'd come across the notebook in the woods and wishes that he'd just kept walking. everything had become a blur since then. that was the moment the link had been created. would he ever be able to stop the polaroids showing up in his mailbox? why was he standing here right now? how far off into the distance were the sirens? he brought his hands up to his face to try and block all of it out and that's when he noticed the blood on his hands. there was blood staining the sleeves of his shirt. he tried putting everything together. what was that taste in his mouth? something was stuck between his teeth. he ran his tongue over it until it was knocked loose. he spit it into the palm of his hand. it looked like a piece of chewed meat.

that was when he noticed one of the shapes that had been sitting against the wall stand up.

"hello,shape. happy birthday."

DL

tom waits - real gone

label - anti-
released: 2004

with all of the mention that tom waits gets around these parts you'd think that there'd be more of him around these parts.
did you know that there's more to tom waits than just BONE MACHINE?
i know.
crazy,right?
and this is one of those other things.
this is filled with more of that "let's just do it and see what happens" energy of BONE MACHINE.
yeah.
i know.
BONE MACHINE isn't the be all/end all tom waits album.
there's this one.
there's the other one.
there's that other one.
but if BONE MACHINE were to have been a double album this would've been disc 2.
BONE MACHINE.
BONE MACHINE.
BONE MACHINE.
BONE MACHINE.
there.
it's all out of the way now.
i promine.
but there's just something about BONE MA-
there's just something about that album that gets me,man.
i could just go on and on and on and on....

listen.
you either know what tom waits is all about or you don't know what tom waits is all about.
you just better know what he's all about.
tom waits for no one.
that's all i'm saying.

DL

jack irons - attention dimension

label: breaching whale
released: 2004

the red hot chili peppers.
(the band) eleven.
pearl jam.
red kross.
joe strummer.
mark lanegan.
neil young.

all of those things have something in common.
and all of those things come in the form of jack irons.
he's a drummer.

and on this particular album (his first solo album) he has some pals stop by to lend him a hand.
pals with names like:
eddie vedder
flea
les claypool
the other members of the band eleven that aren't jack irons
stone gossard
jeff ament

and there's a pink floyd cover.

that should just about be everything you need to know about this thing.
thanks for stopping by.

DL

v/a - music from chicago cab

label: loosegroove records
released: 1998

you've seen the movie TAXI DRIVER,yeah?
you've seen an episode or all of them of TAXICAB CONFESSIONS,yeah?
you've watched TAXI,yeah?
you've watched CA$H CAB,yeah?
you've taken a taxi before,yeah?
so it's safe to say that just as long as it has either the word "taxi" or "cab" in its title it's considered acceptable to you then,yeah?
and now this.
the soundtrack to the movie CHICAGO CAB.
and it more than likely has a band that you like on it.
so this is a win/win for you.

1 - sparklehorse - hammering the cramps
2 - supergrass - don't be cruel
3 - the grifters - radio city suicide
4 - joey altruda and his cocktail crew - cha cha #69
5 - pearl jam - who you are
6 - hi fi killers - pomona
7 - fu manchu - swami's last command
8 - brad - secret girl
9 - pearl jam - hard to imagine
10 - page hamilton - score (chicago cab theme)
11 - hovercraft - haloparidol

DL

melvins - singles 1-12

label: amphetamine reptile
released: 1997

i'm just going to assume that you know the story behind this here business.

the cliff notes version:
the band released a single per month for a year back in 1996.
hence the 1-12.
you want covers?
you want alternate versions of songs?
you want this?
you want that?
you want some of the other?
this has all of that.
amphetamine reptile did all of this for you,damien.*

*=and for all of you other folks as well.

disc 1:
1 - lexicon devil (1)
2 - pigtro
3 - in the rain
4 - spread eagle
5 - leech (2)
6 - queen
7 - way of the world (3)
8 - theme (4)
9 - it's shoved
10 - forgotten principles
11 - ggiibbyy
12 - theresa screams

disc 2:
1 - poison (5)
2 - double troubled
3 - specimen
4 - all at once
5 - jacksonville
6 - dallas
7 - the bloat
8 - fast forward
9 - nasty dogs & funky kings (6)
10 - hdyf (7)
11 - how-++-harry lauders walking stick tree
12 - zodiac (8)

1=the germs cover
2=green river cover
3=flipper cover
4=clown alley cover
5=wayne kramer cover
6=zz top cover
7=ima cover
8=the band brutal truth covering the melvins

DL

painkiller - buried secrets

label: earache records
released: 1992

and now your neighbors have 10 new reasons to complain about the noise.
you're welcome.

DL