Bis Aufs Messer Weekly News 01 July 2024
Hi, welcome to another newsletter for July. Lots of cool stuff arrived like the Orchid re issues on Ebulltion (10“, Chaos Is Me and the Gatefold LP), new stuff from Worried Songs, BUCKET FULL OF TEETH - I / II / III / IV DLP, ANGEL HAIR LP restock, Coalesce Re Issues, GOUGE AWAY - Deep Sage LP, GEL - Only Constant LP restock, a few SST restocks (Black Flag, Hüsker Dü),
10“, OZEAN - Ozean LP on Numero, SSD - The Kids Will Have Their Say LP re issue, SECT - Plagues Upon Plagues LP, TRAGEDY re issue, SPAZZ re issues, JASON LAMB - NoMeansNo: From Obscurity To Oblivion; An Oral History BOOK and more
We also have a new Artshow / event coming up with FREDDY ALVA from war dance records - he will sign / bring his new book an also gives a talk. All happening on July 27th at BAM at 18°°
Also we scored a handful copies of the FANNY CHIARELLO - Basta Now: Women, Trans & Non-binary in Experimental Music BOOK and the RÅPUNK - SWEDISH RAW PUNK SCENE BETWEEN 1981 AND 1989 BOOK - also got the SYNTH HISTORY - Issue 3 BOOK
We also repressed the SPORT - colors LP and the SPORT - bon voyage LP in case u are interested.
We also added (adding) a few more second hand LPs and 7“s to our discogs
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Thank you as usual
Til then thank you for all your orders & support.
Robert & Norman
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10“
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE - Dedicated To The Next World 10“ (heart worm - Yellow The new EP from American Nightmare and their first 10" vinyl release. The legendary hardcore punk band returns with four new songs that sound like classic and future American Nightmare, stripped down and sped up to their trademarked urgency and live violence. With stream of conscious lyrics and existential dread, these are revival songs for the modern disenchanted. This is the yellow vinyl version, exclusive to Rev and limited to 250 copies.) 25.00
ORCHID - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! 10“ (ebullition - NEON GREEN - Ten blasts of chaotic fury and emotive noise on a cute, little 10". The Orchid sound is even more aggressive than on their 12", and anyone that enjoyed any of their previous releases will be floored by these songs. Tuneful, vicious, throbbing and chaotic hardcore played with finesse, heartfelt energy and a wee bit of arty pretense. Now available again on colored vinyl.) 25.00
LP
BLITZ - Second Empire Justice LP (restock - Released a year after their much herald debut album 'Voice of a Generation’, 'Second Empire Justice’ features half the members from the original line-up and with a new sound. While initially being an Oi! /Skinhead Punk band, on 'Second Empire Justice' they not only changed members and their look but also their sound and released a Post-Punk classic with a heavy dose of Joy Division worship, produced by Chris Nagle. While Nagle had also produced their debut album, he had also engineered the Joy Division and New Order albums under Martin Hannett and had also engineered various other post punk albums of the day from the likes of The Durutti Column, A Certain Ratio and Magazine. Together the band and Nagle created a masterpiece while not appreciated at the time, especially by their original skinhead/Oi! fanbase. The album would go onto influence tons of post-punk/darkwave bands that sprouted from the ashes of punk/hardcore bands decades later and become one of the most sought-after albums of the golden age of post-punk. So, sit back and listen to these beautiful moody haunting guitars, dancing basslines and emotionally fragile vocals all the while retaining a punk ferocity.) 27.00
BRENDAN EDER ENSEMBLE - Therapy LP (worried songs - Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant jazz in the1970s — on Therapy, Eder drops the alter ego and the drumset (almost entirely) and explores more reverberant sounds with his ensemble of woodwinds. The result is a distinctive take on new-age ambient music subtly interwoven with Eder’s affinity for 20th century classical and jazz. The quest for Therapy came during a period of deep spiritual curiosity. Eder was avidly watching testimonies of near death experience survivors (NDEs), pouring over books of Theosophical artwork and philosophy, and processing experiences of grief, uncertainty and spirituality. Eder wanted to explore the threshold between the spiritual and physical dimensions, and create music that could evoke its shape and texture — a theme further illustrated in the original album artwork and single covers by Adam Rabinowitz. Eder felt he must be on to something when, on a whim, he looked up the tempo of a piece he was calling “137 Riddle.” Turned out to be “the most important number in the world” in theoretical physics, as well as a provocative number in Jewish mysticism. Maintaining his track record of recording the best musicians Eder can find, Therapy features special guests Nailah Hunter (harp), Henry Solomon (saxophone), and Ethan Haman on The Newberry Memorial Organ at Yale University.) 28.00
BUCKET FULL OF TEETH - I / II / III / IV DLP (iodine - The avant-grind brainchild from the founding members of Orchid. Formed in 2001 through a shared love of the foundations of power violence, Will Killingsworth (Orchid, Ampere, No Faith, Vaccine) and Brad Wallace (Orchid, Wolves, Transistor Transistor) teamed up with drummer Matt Wilga (Cancer Kids) and began creating their particular brand of brutal grindcore and power violence that pushes the conventions of heavy music. For fans of Spazz, Full Of Hell, Charles Bronson, Suppression, Naked City, and Fantomas.) 35.00
CANDY APPLE - Comatose LP (convulsive - "Comatose" offers an expansive, noisey exploration of what's always made Candy Apple great - their jarring approach to hardcore punk. But this time Candy Apple goes further, exploring the depths of their own chaos in greater detail. "Comatose" is presented in concert with "Total Control," a film by the band and Cain Cox, which features the first three tracks from "Comatose.") 27.00
CHAIN WHIP - Call Of the Knife LP (neon tase - Western Canada's top punk dogs Chain Whip are back and continue to venture down the path blazed by the early Los Angeles hardcore punk scene with absolutely manic vocals. They manage to perfectly mix tuneful punk with a garage-y guitar twang with an extremely rough edge. It brings to mind bands like Regulations, UX Vileheads, and The Vicious. Limited edition of 500 copies. Imported from Canada.) 27.00
CARA BETH SATALINO - Little Green LP (worried songs - Cara Beth Satalino built her adulthood in feral, eccentric Baltimore, Maryland, waiting tables and playing in a band, keeping her schedule flexible just in case an opportunity arose. Though spontaneity seemed inevitable as an artist, she was stuck. Paralyzed by her own assumptions of what a musician’s life needed to be, time passed undetectably- more songs written, more gigs played, tips in pocket on which to survive, undying hopes of “making it” in the music industry. In a moment of frustration, Cara Beth left Baltimore to pursue further schooling. Along with her partner Chester Gwazda- fellow member of indie band Outer Spaces, the couple moved to New Jersey only to be met with a chronic illness diagnosis for Cara Beth, a global pandemic, a surprise pregnancy, looming mental-health issues, and the inevitable obligation to quit school. So much upheaval after fifteen years of a predictable lifestyle led to the creation of Little Green, a bold, stripped-back, ten-song distillation of identity out May 2024 on UK label Worried Songs.) 28.00
COALESCE - Give Them Rope LP (relate - 1997's "Give Them Rope" was the debut full-length from Kansas City noise merchants Coalesce and the dawning of a new era in noisy, chaotic, metallic hardcore. Alongside Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc., Coalesce would go on to help define the genre, throwing all time signatures and formula-based music out the window. This landmark LP was originally released in 1997 on Edison Recordings, reissued by No Idea Records in 2008, and again my No Sleep Records in 2011 and has been out of print on vinyl ever since.) 30.00
COALESCE - 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening LP (relapse - Written and recorded as the band was in the process of breaking up, but was released in 1999 partly to fulfill contract obligations. Despite the haste in which it was produced, "0:12" packs the punch that Coalesce had become known and beloved for, a nine track blast of noisy, mathy metallic hardcore that left the band on the top of their game alongside contemporaries like Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan.) 30.00
COALESCE - Functioning On Impatience LP (relapse - Coalesce's second LP "Functioning On Impatience" was originally released in 1998 on Second Nature Recordings and blew through eight pressings through 2008 and has been out of print on vinyl ever since. Building upon the rawness of their debut "Give Them Rope," this LP takes the noise, discordant time signatures and off-kilter chords to a new, more focused level, with Sean Ingram's gutteral vocals providing the listener with a listening experience steeped in frustration and innovation.) 30.00
DIABOLIC OATH - Oracular Hexations LP (sentiment ruin - he abysmal alchemists of lysergic black/death abominations Diabolic Oath are back with their most warped and devastating work to date. On their new sophomore full-length uncreation "Oracular Hexations" the band's staple approach of using completely fretless stringed instruments and a triple simultaneous vocal attack to depredate the listener's psyche, reaches truly majestic and catastrophic forms. Their technically daring and transformative approach to the usually dogmatic "war metal" craft has metastasized as a highly divergent and enigmatic mutation within the genre itself, where the crushing heaviness of the riffs concocted to their unconventional creation has resulted in an alternate reality of bestial black metal unbound with truly unseen and unthinkable auditory monstrosities. Shapeless, formless and free of any boundaries, the six lengthy spells contained within "Oracular Hexations" assume an almost globulous, chimeric form, appearing horrendous and misshapen to the listener as they morph and four-dimensionally sprawl like a sensorially annihilating mass devouring the psyche. The gnarled and grotesque nature of chords and musical structures created evoke a sense of disorienting and otherworldly disembodiment, becoming a fertile ground for degenerate forms of ritualism and esotericism that weave an unsettling conceptual canvas rife for the propagation of the absurd. Unbound with cryptic and abstruse mutterings about cosmological, multi-dimensional and impossible states of being, "Oracular Hexations" is an hallucinatory convergence between technical, crushing and flesh-scouring musical genius and truly grotesque forms of composition and storytelling. An indissoluble dualism between primeval destruction and inscrutable bewilderment which will test the psyche and flesh of those subjected to the album's surrealistic destructive force.) 30.00
FIREWALKER - Hell Bent LP (triple b - YELLOW - Hardcore band Firewalker may have been relatively quiet over the past few years, but only because they were working on their furious, new album, "Hell Bent." On "Hell Bent," the members of Firewalker worked collectively to write an album that progressed toward a heavier sound while still vocalizing for those who feel underrepresented or alienated in hardcore. The nine tracks clock in at under 20 minutes, which is plenty of time to take in the band's crushing vocals, electrifying guitar solos, and brimming drums.) 28.00
FRAIL BODY - Artificial Bouquet LP (death wish - "Artificial Bouquet" is an 11-song album by Frail Body. Produced, engineered, and recorded by Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Recording, and mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden (Deafheaven, Joyce Manor, Loma Prieta). Without question, "Artificial Bouquet" establishes Frail Body as leaders within the modern screamo movement.) 30.00
GATECREEPER - EPs & Splits LP (king of the monsters - On this 10th anniversary release we find the 4 original tracks from their eponymous 2014 debut, plus songs from their out-of-print split 7"s with YAITW and TOAD, and their track from the 4-way split LP on Melotov. Completely remastered for vinyl by James Plotkin (Bongripper, Voivod, Khanate) and pressed at 45rpm for maximum punishment, the record also includes updated poster insert.) 28.00
GEL - Only Constant LP (back in stock - You already know what this is. Hardcore for the freaks by the freaks. The culmination of Gel's world takeover- a debut LP following up the Violent Closure 7" and last year's Shock Therapy split 12" with Cold Brats. Hardcore punk music dripping with equal parts effect and authenticity. An exercise in groove and aggression that continues to be undeniable and anthemic. Welcome to the new era of hardcore punk - the freaks have inherited the earth.) 28.00
GIFT - Ruptures LP (tcm - There's the TCM heaviness hat trick! After Phantom Winter and Park+Riot, G i f t from Leipzig are now rolling everything over and delivering a real jawbreaker at TCM with RUPTURES. Chaotic and groovy, tricky and snappy, dark and rolling, Old Man Gloom meets Ken Mode, or heavier Botch meets Deadguy. Either way, believe me, it's a real hit on the neck. For the keen observer, the line-up includes old acquaintances from the German DIY scene: The Tidal Sleep, Throwers, Trainwreck, Glasses, Dezefra Ridge and Quallus are the bands that the characters in G i f t draw from and this spectrum is also an indication of the band's musical breadth. G i f t work this into an ultra-heavy, all-encompassing sound on RUPTURES - you can be excited, there are some really tough nuts to crack here. All copies come with a screenprinted cover) 18.00
GOUGE AWAY - Deep Sage LP (death wish - "Deep Sage," Gouge Away's third studio album, started coming together in 2019 during sound checks and in small pockets of downtime between tours. On New Year's Eve just before 2022, they decided to reconnect and finish writing the album with Portland, OR, becoming their new writing location. "Deep Sage" was recorded with Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden East in March 2023, completely analog and almost entirely live.) 30.00
HÜSKER DÜ - New Day Rising LP (SST - "New Day Rising" is the third studio album by American punk-rock band Husker Du, released in 1985 on SST Records. The album continued the move away from the fast, hardcore punk of the band's earliest releases toward slower, more melodic material.)
THE HOPE CONSPIRACY - Tools Of Oppression/Rule By Deception LP (death wish - "Tools Of Oppression/Rule By Deception" is the new full-length album by The Hope Conspiracy. This is true sonic violence aimed at political division, economic manipulation, war profiteering, media propaganda, and other vile forms of global oppression. There is no question, The Hope Conspiracy is back to make a cold, hard statement about existence in the end times.) 32.00
JOSHUA - Nascent LP (immigrant sun .-This is the debut EP by Joshua originally released in 1996 by Immigrant Sun Records, now remastered and pressed to vinyl for the first-time ever. "Nascent" is an early retrospective of the band which also features previously unreleased tracks from their 1995 demo, "Today We Flew Our Balloons," as well as two re-recorded songs from their debut album, "A Whole New Theory," originally released by Doghouse Records in 1999. LP includes digital download and is limited to 200 copies.) 32.00
KLONNS - Heaven LP (iron lung - “Heaven” is the culmination of many years of hard work and careful consideration of all the modern methods of outsider and extreme music being funneled into one comprehensive overview of Japan’s underground culture as KLONNS sees it. Since their 2016 inception, they have drawn inspiration not only from their allies in the punk/hardcore scene, but also their friends from other scenes such as techno, experimental music, industrial/noise, hip-hop, etc. A united creative community of forward thinking maniacs centered on pushing culture in a positive direction. The “NEW WAVE OF JAPANESE HARDCORE” has never sounded more necessary. ) 27.00
MOUTH - Vortex Redux LP (tc - Vortex was mostly recorded in 2011 and 2012 over five sessions in a small space where the band rehearsed. Material was pieced together intermittently over a period of 11 months with Chris Koller handling guitar, keys and bass and Nick Mavridis on drums. That's where it started. Two construction projects: the studio and a recording that would help define the course of the band in classic and melodic progressive rock, happening almost simultaneously in a creative meta-narrative that could easily stand as analog for the depth of pieces like “Into the Light ” or the sprawling “Vortex” itself, which opens the record (new and old editions) in an encompassing display of impulse and fluidity) 17.00
OLD SAW - Dissection Maps LP (worried songs - Old Saw, the enigmatic New England collective led by Henry Birdsey (Tongue Depressor), return with their third long-playing record, Dissection Maps. “The band captures the American stretch, the spaces in-between and the hollowness that haunts us along those routes…fades the radio to static to let the nothingness linger among the soul.” (Raven Sings the Blues) “…evokes an ambience of prayer-like solemnity that celebrates something decidedly terrestrial, what the label describesas “a rusted and granular shadow world where the dive bar meets the divine.” It recalls one of those junkyard shrines built by some sincere eccentric, improbably wonderful forms of weathered stone and scrap metal standing like totems to an unrecognised religion rooted in the earth around us.” (Various Small Flames) ) 28.00
OMEGA GLORY - Offerings LP (council - 16 tracks of unrelenting, dark, and deranged music. Featuring members of Kill Your Idols, Celebrity Murders, Milhouse, CR, Sleeper, and Murdock.The band enters every practice and show with the same goal, to destroy everything in front of them. Their first self-titled 12” was released by State of Mind Recordings in 2021 and consisted of their two previously released EPs along with two new songs. This follow-up, titled Offerings, features 16 tracks of unrelenting power and speed. The band draws from an inspirational well that is equal parts Morbid Angel and classic NYHC.) 25.00
ORCHID - Gatefold LP (ebullition - FINALLY REPRESSED ON BLUE VINYL - The final recordings of Orchid. These 19 tracks are probably the best songs that Orchid ever recorded. Their sound has been honed and defined, and the recording perfectly captures Orchid's diverse combination of arty sensibilities, heartfelt emotive song writing, Mohinder-esque drumming, frantic precision, controlled mayhem, and chaotic adrenaline. An excellent record that even surpasses their previous releases. Definitely Orchid's opus. Both the lp and cd come packaged in gatefold sleeves. The various Orchid members have gone on to form Bucket Full of Teeth, The Wolves, and the Panthers) 26.00
ORCHID - Chaos Is Me LP (ebulltion - BLUE VINYL - Orchid’s first full-length LP features 11 songs of their unique blend of emotive chaos and combustible hardcore. The cover design has an almost Misfits-inspired motif, and their lyrics are... well, they are Orchid lyrics, which means that they are slightly emotive and vague while retaining a sense of purpose. Orchid is all about blending; taking the best of several genres and putting it all together to get the Orchid sound. Now available again on colored vinyl) 26.00
OZEAN - Ozean LP (numero - Set your shoes to gaze mode and rip into this king size cloud of ethereal dream pop. Inspired by the spate of Brits leaning into swirling distortion and punishing volume, San Jose's Ozean played just two shows in their brief existence, dissolving before the Scene That Celebrates Itself ever broke the silicon barrier. The quartet's 1993 self-titled demo cassette has been remastered and pressed at 45RPM, a timeless document of late adolescent wonder and experimentation.) 26.00
PARK + RIOT - Wise Words From Well-Fed Mouths LP (TCM - What a demolition! Sometimes less is more - as we learned from the example of Park+Riot from Leipzig. Samuel and Micha play guitar and drums, and that's enough to get things going. Somehow they're reminiscent of mid-90s chaos core, with a crazy dose of post-rock and the necessary little melodies that make the songs stick in your head. Despite all that, the songs are incredibly dense and harmonious, and don't seem pieced together or heterogeneous. What the songs have in common is definitely a feeling for rhythm and melody, which somehow brings even the most disjointed song back on track and almost makes it sound like pop. In "The End", for example, spoken word parts meet black metal bludgeoning attacks, in "Clouds", driving Swedish core parts meet post-metal atmospheric tinkling, then pick up speed again with a lot of spin and finally end in a hearty neckbreaker mosh - great! Here, three bands are united in one, and one of them has something to say. When the whole crowd sings along to the chorus of “Long Run,” everyone knows that they are part of something very important.) 17.00
THE RED SCARE - Smoky Mountain High DLP (solid brass - 'Smoky Mountain High' is the discography release from the late 90s Knoxville hardcore band, The Red Scare. Formed by college friends Matt Hall (drums), Kip Uhlhorn (guitar/vocals), Abby Wintker (bass), and Adam Ewing (guitar) in August of 1997. In 1998, Jon Asher replaced Adam Ewing on guitar. They began playing locally; building a name for themselves, with short, hyper-energetic sets similar to those of Sleepytime Trio from Virginia and Gravity Records heroes, Heroin, from San Diego, CA. The played and toured extensively with bands like Orchid, Milemarker, Lightning Bolt, The Locust, Nuzzle, Blood Brothers and more. All the material on 'Smoky Mountain High" has been sequenced by the band and remastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios. Available digitally as well as a Limited Edition 2xLP on colored vinyl with new, highly custom artwork from Grammy award winning designer and former owner of the DIY label, Hand Held Heart, Brian Roettinger.) 40.00
SCHEDULE 1 - Crucible LP (council - Schedule 1 delivers your contraband in four equal measures. Created in the Pacific Northwest by students of the Old World. Post-punk mixed with influences in Oi, Hardcore, Emo, cut with hard-hitting melody, clarion declaration, and laced with bittersweet. The band started right before Covid went on lockdown and somehow managed to record an incredible batch of songs without ever having the benefit of playing a show. Featuring members of Bishops Green, Dead Cells, Candy(BC) and Systematik.) 25.00
SECT - Plagues Upon Plagues LP (southern for d- On "Plagues Upon Plagues," Sect pierces through the veil of complacency, forcing listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about the fragility of our world. The band wields their sonic arsenal like a prophetic warning and, with raw vocals and uncompromising lyrics, they confront the harsh realities of existence in these tumultuous times. As society teeters on the brink of chaos, Sect's cold, hard statement resonates with an urgency that cannot be ignored.) 26.00
SECT MARK - Self Obliteration LP (iron lung - Self Obliteration is defined as any behavior that is harmful or potentially harmful towards the person who engages in the behavior. It is also applied to the potential at a communal or global level for the entire human race to destroy itself through the technological choices made by society and their possible consequences. Keeping that in mind and applying that knowledge toward writing fucked up hardcore you can start to see into the world of Sect Mark with all its darkness and anger being the driving forces. There is no beauty left in that world, no light. And in that world this is pure poetry: “Eat the broken stones, the old picutres of the churches; the pebbles of gone floods, loaves scattered in the gray valleys.”) 27.00
SHEER TERROR - Just Can't Hate Enough LP (dead city -Sheer Terror's classic, 1989 debut full-length, "Just Can't Hate Enough," is finally back in print for the first time in almost eight years. Recorded at CBGBs in the fall of 1988, this record captured a hardcore band who never bowed to belonging to any scene, forging their own path of Celtic Frost-inspired guitar crunch with Paul Bearer's signature working-class lyrics that spit in the face of convention.) 30.00
SISSY SPACEK - Diaphanous LP (2 live a lie - At the intersection of the two extreme genres of noise and grindcore, SISSY SPACEK has been an ongoing artistic process to create anxiety-inducing chaotic music. The band returns to basics with it's core lineup of John Wiese and Charlie Mumma (who you may know from BLOODY PHOENIX or KNELT ROTE). Diaphanous is a vortex of blast beats, noise electronics, and ardent screaming. If you've heard the group's 2016 album Disfathom, or 2018's Ways of Confusion, you can consider this its spiritual successor. For fans of chaos, noise, and blast beats. After contributing to the underground for almost a quarter of a century, this is considered the band's third grindcore full length and it is not to be missed.) 23.00
SPAZZ - La Revancha LP (625 - GREEN VINYL - Originally released on Sound Pollution in 1995, this LP marked a new point in Spazz's development - they had found their signature sound and tried to push it to its extreme with 20+ minutes of crazed Bay Area powerviolence with a Cryptic Slaughter cover to boot.) 26.00
SPAZZ - Dwarf Jester Rising LP (625 - green vinyl - The debut LP from Spazz from 1994. The rarest of the Spazz full-lengths, "Dwarf Jester Rising" is Spazz's most stripped-down and raw release) 26.00
SPRUNG AUS DEN WOLKEN - 1981 West Berlin LP (Bureau b - The Berlin project Sprung Aus Den Wolken was part of the "Genialen Dilletanten" movement in the early 1980s, along with Einstrüzenden Neubauten and Mechanik Destrktiw Komandh. The band first released an EP on ZickZack in 1981, followed by further releases on the band's own label Faux Pas in 1982 and 1983, then on the French distributor Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier until 1991. The track "Pas Attendre" was part of the soundtrack of Wim Wenders' film "Wings of Desire" and became an underground hit. Bureau B is pleased to re-release the debut EP under the title "1981 West Berlin" with more songs from the band's early days, carefully remastered from the original cassettes.) 28.00
SSD - The Kids Will Have Their Say LP (trust - What is there to say about SSD's long-out-of-print, 1982 debut, "The Kids Will Have Their Say," that hasn't already been written? Long heralded as the first straight-edge album, this collection of songs captures a time and an era in the nascent hardcore scene before formulas and posturing. Now, after being out of print for 40 years, the album will be available on vinyl by Trust Records with remastered audio and a painstaking recreation of the iconic cover art courtesy of Bryan Ray Turcotte. New pressing now available on purple vinyl) 30.00
TRAGEDY - Vengeance LP (Repress - Tragedy's first LP was an awesome record filled with powerful and melodic hardcore served with a dark underbelly of brooding atmosphere. Vengence is equally as powerful, melodic, and brooding. Twelve new songs to infect the world with their ideology and musical vision.) 24.00
TAPE
BLAINE TODD - Goodbye 'Til I Do Good By You TAPE (worried songs - 8 Songs of beautiful Country Folk - Blaine Todd: guitar, bass, voice, Henry Birdsey: pedal steel, Liam Herb: synth on Wild Desperation, A.L. Lee: fiddle Scott Siler: drums, piano, Andrew Weathers: rhodes on Everyman and A Sea of Grass - Recorded and mixed in Alameda, CA by Blaine Todd in the studio of Brian Baumbusch. Pedal steel and violin recorded by the artists in New Haven, CT.
COREY MADDEN - Taste The Hour TAPE (worried songs - AI this is not. 2024 finds guitar journeyman Corey Madden stepping out and into his own zone. An NYC expat, and a founding member of the Los Angeles based Color Green, the eight tracks found within Taste The Hour touch upon a wholly different shade of Madden's muse. If Color Green leans into riffing grooves and heady micro-jamming, Madden's solo exploits are more contemplative and nuanced; think: Kevin Ayers and Robbie Basho, Syd Barrett and John Cale. A couple years in the making, Taste The Hour's patchwork roots began to take shape in transit during the pandemic following Madden's trip from New Jersey back to LA to a semi-isolated desert compound in New Mexico. Imbued by the solitary expanse of the southwest, the bedroom demos followed Madden, eventually hooking up with producer/engineer Mike Kriebel at Glassell Park's Golden Beat studio. While psych-folk touchstones serve as the LP's main aesthetic, Madden buttresses the collection with a grip of spirited homespun 'rockers' highlighting the collection's versatility and songwriting, not to mention the guitarists' deft playing. Like Madden's nylon finger-picking, taken as a whole, the resulting brew feels at once familiar yet fresh. No small feat, and just a taste of what's to come…) 15.00
BOOKS
JASON LAMB - NoMeansNo: From Obscurity To Oblivion; An Oral History BOOK ("NoMeansNo: From Obscurity To Oblivion; An Oral History" is the fully authorized oral and visual history of this highly influential and enigmatic band which has never been told before now. Author Jason Lamb obtained exclusive access to all four former members and interviewed hundreds of people in their orbit, from managers and roadies to fellow musicians, friends, and family members. The result is their complete story, from the band's inception in 1979 to their retirement in 2016, along with hundreds of photos, posters, and memorabilia, much of which has never been seen publicly before) 32.00
