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At fireside bowl chicago nomeansno4/5/2024 Way intense thrash with excellent screeching vocals. (UNIQUE ANCIENT TAVERN)Įnvironmental industrial noise gets mixed, collaged, amplified, isolated, looped and effected, and blended with electronic sounds, bells, drums, and a variety of other sources in these microphone-manipulation experimental pieces. ID BATTERY's instrument consists of nothing more than their ears and a belief in the moment. (FANG)Īrchitectural ruins, industrial detritus, trodden footpaths are turned into sonorous landscapes, and combined with minimal electronics, we get the latest environmental/ambient journey from this increasingly well-known duo of sonic investigators. (FANG)Ī multi-instrumental duo that throws Ornette Coleman sax, punk song lengths and aggression, new wave synths, and Knitting Factory experimentalism into their blender. Recorded live in the studio, believe it or not. Jazzy, joyful noise from the Knitting Factory school of downtown New York artbop. (BLACKJACK)īetween them, this duo plays sax, violin, keyboards, drums, percussion, octapad and bells, and then throws electronics effects and vocals on top. Great "punk," especially if you don't have to live in the same town as them. The crew of crude whips up a mix of 60's punk loser, ungodly primitivism and bad screwball penis & vagina-type comedy. Think of your mentally-challenged 6-year-old brother banging around in playtime, now mid-20's and not having changed his sound. Heavy progressive rock from Iceland, originally released in either 1973 or 1978, depending on who you believe. These Salt Lake jazzpunksters are loud, powerful, raw and yet masterful musicians, and this 80 minute magnum opus showcases a sound that's rapidly becoming known across the US and Europe. Cochrane from Terminal Cheesecake and Justin Broderick from Godflesh get together and make just the kind of noise you'd expect: unholy and monumentally heavy. Fourth World percussive hoedowns, buzzing analog synthesis, dissonant echolalia. Sonic crazy quilt collaged from 7 years of "yow-core" musical performance, ritual activity, power electronics ala SKULLFLOWER, organic soundscapes ala ZOVIET FRANCE, CAN, FAUST. Javier from Born Against plays bass, and Clive Barker does the cover art. New Yawk deathgrind of the brainmelt variety, complete with satanic vocals and buzzsaw guitar. Powerful (but not slicked-up) playing and production, good punk graphics and attitude, and a full album at a bargain price. Pennsy punx on da march with these melodic, hooky sing-alongs. 9 tracks, gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl, Italian import. This early '70s progressive rock quartet from Rome was strongly influenced by the hard rock blues of bands like Led Zeppelin, with prominent lead guitar. Strong politics and take-no-shit punk songs with great, emotional vocals show how good this band is getting. Ten sharp, explosive hardcore bombs from Winnipeg. (PLASTIC)Ĭomparisons run to Scratch Acid or Big Black for these Italian noise-punk jazz veterans. This is a "best of" collection taken from their 3 Globevision albums released from 1974-76. Swingin' jazzy sounds, psych guitar and a funky acid beat by this famous late-'60s, early '70s soundtrack ensemble. This re-issue has the original artwork, one bonus track, and the LP is in a gatefold sleeve with a poster, and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. The only album by this early '70s Italian progressive group (which included a member of AREA), this is a concept piece dealing with the Mafia, originally out in 1971 on Rifi. Italy's powerhouse surf guitar slingers I COSMONAUTI meet Texas's SIR FINKS for a Western-flavored, all-instro, four-song shootout. Rome's surfin' spacemen do a hyperspeed, reverb-soaked cover of Dick Dale's "The Wedge," and a slow, loungified "Perfidia Cha Cha Cha." Ocean-blue vinyl, Italian import. Raw, early 60's style production and great, reverb-drenched guitar slinging! Full color cover, Italian import. Subterranean - Dark Ages - I,J Subterranean Mailorder, PO Box 2530, Berkeley, CA 94702, USAįour superb surf instros (covers of "Hawaii Five-0" and "The Cossack," plus two originals, "Sea Storm" and "Matador") from probably the best and hottest of the Italian surf bands.
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