slug - rubberape 7"

released 1993

some industrialexperimentalnoisepunk

but you probably already knew that

DL: rubberape 7"

pixies - 10.8.89 - cabaret metro - chicago,il

did you know that "where is my mind?" was written for the movie FIGHT CLUB?

true story

1 - bone machine
2 - cactus
3 - caribou
4 - crackity jones/dead
5 - debaser
6 - gigantic
7 - gouge away
8 - hey
9 - holiday song
10 - i bleed
11 - isla de encanta
12 - levitate me
13 - mr. grieves
14 - monkey gone to heaven
15 - tame
16 - there goes my gun
17 - wave of mutilation (uk surf)
18 - where is my mind?
19 - into the white

DL: pixies@cabaret metro 10.8.89

v/a - echos from the nation's capital: a washington,dc compilation

released 1993

it's bands from dc that aren't fugazi

1 - trusty - capital hill
2 - lungfish - abe lincoln
3 - tsunami - crackers
4 - derf - duct tape
5 - wingtip sloan - waxing neurotic
6 - edsel - derelict fancy
7 - liquor bike - plain to see
8 - high back chairs - $1.60
9 - candy machine - from a boat
10 - revision - turn back the clock

(and i already know that lungfish aren't from dc...i had nothing to do with the making of this comp...so unbunch those panties and get them back in your mom's drawer before she notices them missing)

DL: echos from the nation's capital: a washington,dc compilation

distorted pony

the band will be playing together for the first time since splitting up back in 1993

they're doing a few reunion shows around los angeles starting on the 22nd

here be the dates:

5.22 - los angeles,ca - bootleg theater - 11:00pm
5.23 - los angeles,ca - the blvd - 8:00pm
5.24 - los angeles,ca - echo curio - 8:00pm

they're also working on a west coast mini tour starting in august from the 14th-19th

from the band's first show


the reunion promo


and if you want to know more...here be the place

nomeansno - the infamous scientist 45

released 1993

everyone knows who nomeansno are...yeah?

if not...get acquainted...NOW

this is one of them "unofficial releases"

7" of vinyl...2 songs recorded during the early 80's

go on...you know you want this...we won't tell anyone

DL: the infamous scientist 45

sluts - 12" of sluts

released 1982

ok...i'm just going to leave it up to you...the reader...to come up with your own quip about the name of both the band and the album

they were a band from new orleans

their vocalist (a one dee slut) tried out for the vocalist spot in black flag after dez wanted to switch to guitar

obviously...he didn't get the spot

soundwise...you could fool a lesser person into thinking this was some early black flag

DL: 12" of sluts

vertigo - self-titled

released 1990

i was wandering about the local pawn shop the other day...when this caught my eye

and at first i was all like "um...am i seeing things?...am i actually seeing an amphetamine reptile album in a pawn shop?...in this pawn shop?...in this town?"

you see...in the area i live in...how can i put this...let's just say seeing this album in that pawn shop is equal to seeing liberace (then and now) at an nra meeting

know what i mean?

so i did my civic duty and saved this from it's surroundings

something told me that vertigo didn't want to get jiggy with will smith...they didn't want to be next door to toby keith...or have to stare at the backstreet boys any longer...this was not their neighborhood

so the $2.50 was laid upon the counter...and out we went

and i'm going to assume that since you come around SGM every so often...you've already got a grasp on what these folks sound like

and if you're a fan of cover songs...the album opens up with a cover of the song "fire escape" by the australian post-punk band the scientists

so now it's your turn for you to do your civic duty

DL: vertigo

Shiner - Lula Divinia

Label: DeSoto

Year: 2002

This was originally released in 1997 on Hitit Recordings, and re-released in 2002 with two extra tracks by DeSoto, who presumably smelled a big mid-Nineties emo resurgence on the horizon.

We have touched on a small sub-genre of 90s emo here on this blog before, that I feel has aged better than the remainder of larger body of work dubbed "emo". Counter to the screeching, flailing, spastic, overwrought heavyweights of the scene, who's work was often delivered in a hand screened manila envelope, there were a handful of bands who took a more "mature" route through the emo section of a post-hardcore world. The dynamics were less contrived, the sounds were fuller, the vocals were richer, and the records came in full color, machine printed sleeves. It was a bold new world, and it didn't last long.

Times changed, dudes graduated college, and folks decided it was time to get "real jobs". Can't blame em really.

The legacy Shiner leaves behind is of particular interest as they straddle the line between the workman-like subtleties of Castor and the Smashing Pumpkins inspired big rock hooks of Hum. Maybe throw some Sunny Day Real Estate in there for good measure while you're at it.

It's a nice place to be.

And a nice record to be listening to.

Then and now.

DL

melvins - the bride screamed murder (a mini review)

when june 1st rolls around...you better had been camped out in front of your local music store since may 31st

now i know in the past that i'd said that i'd found the last couple melvins albums boring and that i missed the days of the meltrio (it's a word...look it up)

well...seeing as how i possess a time machine...i'm here to tell you that the band has somehow managed to travel back in time 15 years and released some of their best stuff to date

and now i'm gonna give you 2 reasons as to why you need to purchase this album:

1: their cover of the who's "my generation"

2: there's a guitar solo straight out of the 1970's (in a good way) somewhere on the album

3: because it's the melvins,ya ass

yes...i'm aware there's 3 when i said i'd give 2...but there are some folks out there that need to have that #3 thrown at them

so go and make sure you have a sleeping bag and plenty of snacks...and make sure to wear your king buzzo wig like a true melvins superfan

and just so you know...i'm going to cut in front of you in line

if you'd like to have some audio samples of the album...there on the youtubes...but again...you should've already known that...because it's the melvins,ya ass

drugs,firearms and fornicating in the streets

hey kids

miss me?

i've come back from my trip

it was a little too early in the morning to creep into your room to let you know i'm home (actually...by law...i'm no longer allowed to do those types of things...i'm not allowed to talk about it)

as you can see by the picture up above...seeing as how homeland security wouldn't allow an SGMfest to happen...the good folks over at amphetamine reptile took it upon themselves to do it (and cleverly disguised it as a 25th anniversary celebration)

when i first heard about this...i was all like "oh man! i have to tell everyone! here kitty kitty!"

but then it hit me...there's this new fangled thing called the interwebs...and it magically allows people to know things

and then i came here and saw that SGMer cara had already made a post about it (but with my new and improved post...you get to see the new flyer)

if you go here...you can find out all kinds of information on the shindig

it even has a counter to see how close you are to becoming a loser for not going (as of this posting...there's 550 tickets just sitting there waiting for you)

i brought back all kinds of new things for you people...and as soon as i'm able to coax them out of the basement...i'll be sharing

it was nice to see that fred made a few appearances in my absence...he doesn't seem to come around all that much anymore because i walked in on him trying to copy his urine...he got all shy after that...but anyone that urinates on a copy machine so they can share it with others is ok by me...so hopefully he decides to make a come back

and for all of you holding the place down while i was gone...thumbs up to you...and you can be expecting a special coupon to the pigfuckapalooza being held in the basement