hum - you'd prefer an astronaut

label: rca
released: 1995

as i was walking through various thrift stores and pawn shops the other day...i noticed that they all had at least one copy of this album

and that made me question humanity even more

then as i was checking the SGM catalog...i noticed that this hasn't been posted here yet

and that made me question SGM a little bit...and i don't like doing that...the last time i questioned SGM about anything...i woke up with a paper mache billy corgan's head on the pillow next to me

and for those of you that are interested...it's getting a re-release on vinyl in march: YOU'D PREFER AN ASTRONAUT

DL: you'd prefer an astronaut

disguised as birds - black circles/new demons

label: phratry records
released: 2011

so...you like the united sons of toil...

and you like jawbox....

and you like slint...

and you like fugazi...

and this is the part of the show where you click on the DL

DL: black cirlces/new demons

tinsel teeth - trash as trophy

label: load records
released: 2010

you've been coming here long enough to know what some tinsel teeth is all about

and that's nudity and bodily fluids

and music

sadly...the band recently became a threesome...vocalist stephanie left

so...maybe the band won't be all about some nudity and bodily fluids anymore

either way...strip and douse your body with some bbq sauce

you will do what SGM tells you to do


DL: trash as trophy

tiny hawks - fingers become bridges

label: corleone records
released: 2005

do you like bands consisting of only 2 members?


do you like it when one member plays the drums and the other plays the guitar?

would you like it if they played something akin to the band lightning bolt playing something that sounded like some mid-90's math rock from the midwest?

well well....

look what we have here

DL: fingers become bridges

yaphet kotto - syncopated synthetic laments for love

label: ebullition
released: 2001

once upon a time...i had discovered a genre of music called "screamo"

and as per usual...none of my friends really got it

and as per usual...i had to do a lot of ordering music from catalogs (you can only get the "i drank some bad milk" look from music store employees so much)

where am i going with this?

i'm not really sure

so if you like city of caterpillar...or pageninetynine...or circle takes the square...or practically anything released on either level plane or robotic empire during the late 90s/early 00s....

DL: syncopated synthetic laments for love

bad lovers - long hair,no care

label: affection deficit
released: 2009

what we got here are some fellers that like them some jesus lizard...some melvins...some unsane...some young widows...some pissed jeans...

now you may think that i'm just throwing around all of the key words to capture your attention

if'n i wanted to capture your attention...i'd be walking up behind you with some duct tape and a copy of  the iron maiden album SOMEWHERE IN TIME

"what's that supposed to mean?"

just never you mind what that's supposed to mean

DL: no hair,no care

grids - kansas

label: made in kansas
released: 2010

cherubs


drunkdriver

pissed jeans

young widows

blown speakers


get into it.

DL: kansas

beautiful mother - vanilla

label: self released
released: 2011

you like flipper

you like pigeon religion

you like hawks

you like upsidedown cross

do you see what i'm getting at?

DL: vanilla

Deerhunter - Turn It Up Faggot

Label: Stickfigure
Year: 2005

"Oh man, those dudes are nihilists"
- James Joyce (on Deerhunter)
I don't think Deerhunter get credit for being as fucked as they really are, or were...or are. Their grinding drone of noise pop/rock is alternately alien and hypnotically addictive. On this first album, the band relies heavily on bleeding volume to push their songs to the edge of audible recognition, and they succeed in harnessing noise as the sixth "member" of the group. The noise never overtakes the composition, but constantly threatens to.
In recent years, Deerhunter has been championed by the more...how do you say...irritating(?) taste makers of musical journalism, and that's a shame as I believe it turns off a potential audience who would otherwise enjoy the music. And I suppose that's the point of this post, unless you consider us irritating, which I wouldn't necessarily blame you for.
The record is available for purchase here.

Thee Mighty Caesars - John Lennon's Corpse Revisited

Label: Crypt
Year: 1989

If the previous Cramps posting got you all hot and bothered for more sleazy rock music, then please direct yourselves to Thee Mighty Caesars. They play wild, unhinged, trashcan punk rock as well as anyone, and manage to add a literary tenderness not often associated with music this primal.
This record was their last collection of new material before the band split and Billy Childish went on to release about two albums a year for the next decade.
Simple, direct, effective, and a couple choice covers thrown in for good measure. What more could you ask for?

DL