Lightning Bolt - John Peel session #2004

Easily the best release from this band, as it's basically better versions of all their best songs. It was from a show in early 2005, so it's between Wonderful rainbow and Hypermagic mountain, and you can hear how there's early versions of a few Hypermagic mountain songs on here (tracks 2, 5, and the ending of track 4).

The studio albums have a hard time capturing them with this kind of intensity. Brian and Brian add so much more energy to the tracks in the live setting than they could ever possibly do in the studio. The climaxes are all amplified and songs flow into each other seamlessly in perfect fashion, often while they are in full noisy apocalypse mode. You can hear just how many hours these two guys have obviously been jamming together to become this tight with each other.

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Tracklist:

01. Intro
02. 2 morro morro land
03. On fire
04. Dracula mountain
05. Dead cowboy
06. 30000 monkies
07. Rotator

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X - White girl (7") #1980

First pressing of X’s first Slash single (SRS-106). Different mix from the track that eventually appeared on the classic Wild Gift lp.

LA punk prime movers!

Tracklist:

a1. White girl

b1. Your phone's off the hook (but you're not)

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Big Zit ‎– Big Zit International Player's Club #1 (tape) #2013

cos'è, si son per caso riformati i bad brains?

Tracklist:

a1. Big Zit
a2. Eggs
a3. Lil' Zitty/Big City

b1. Eyes

b2. Peel Out

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Drowning Pool - Drowning Pool #1987

Drowning Pool's second album is an entrance into a zone of dangers and torments, landscapes of fluid forms and terrifying violence, initiation rites of suffering, sweat and tears, with glimpses into spaces of transcending beauty. The march of imperialism, machinery of oppression, fragmented barks of military orders' speaking a language we don't understand (Romans); ominous, relentless drums, feverish sleep punctuated by the "erotic sound of gunfire" (Pogrum); jungle sounds, primitive drumming and dancing, savage female voices, eerie incantations, infernal animal and bird noises, squawks and grunts, cooking pots and hunters' cries, and a vibrating buzzing (this sound is often described at the beginning of psychedelic voyages, and Huichol shamans create e a similar sound, like hiving bees, prior to initiation ceremonies). "Archaic slave rhythm" (Open Palms) women with flowing guitar chords; a wild ecstatic voice and fierce drumming, a driving, un/coiling motion, in New Tremblin Fingers.

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Drowning Pool - Romans

Tracklist:

a1. Romans
a2. What of singing birds
a3. Open palms
a4. Pogrum

b1. Broken jawed woman says
b2. New tremblin fingers
b3. Edith, hold put your hand
b4. P.E. 26
b5. Paradise found

Scarface Charley records
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NASA Space Universe - Brainrailers (7") #2010

If anything gets me back into hardcore it’ll be Nasa Space Universe. This is easily the best hardcore record I’ve listened to fresh this year. For one reason or another I’m getting the same vibes I did first time listening to the MINUTEMEN. This is more ostentatiously hardcore, and sticking to the stock reviewer band comparisons would maybe make more sense, but there’s something refreshing about this that can’t be summed up by selling it as another plain 80s hardcore revivalist effort. Or maybe it’s just successful, managing to capture more than just an aesthetic. Either way, it’s a refreshing hardcore 7". It’s not a full length that run the risks of getting old, and it’s not a 45 with not enough music to justify the pressing. Plus every song is a beast. Essentially a perfect hardcore seven.

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Nasa Space Universe - Passionate hash

Tracklist:

a1. Sean Rodman
a2. Passionate hash
a3. Pee flavor Georgia floor job

b1. BWAP
b2. Bradford trap bubba
b3. Bukkake sake

Shogun records
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Residents Uninc. - Santa Dog (2x7") #1972

Welcome to the wild, bizarro world of the experimental artists called The Residents. Little is known about the group's origins or its members' identities, although it is widely believed that they are based out of San Francisco, California. When their debut release, Santa Dog, first appeared in 1972 on the equally enigmatic Ralph Records/Cryptic Corporation, the few hundred copies quickly fell on deaf ears and blind eyes*. Rumor has it that then-President Richard Nixon sent his record back.
True to their "Theory of Obscurity" concept, The Residents cultivate mystery to ensure artistic integrity. With different musical personas for each of its four tracks, Santa Dog is a fully-formed avant-garde pastiche of musique concrète, Raymond Scott-esque exotica, television sound effects, and the group's own mutilated take on rock'n'roll that later became known as their trademark aesthetic.

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*Limited edition of roughly 500. About 100 were mispressed or had other issues, and 300 were mailed out to friends, musicians, and various celebrities. All copies are signed and intentionally misnumbered, e.g. 16/18, 7/58,000, 2/1, 11/12.
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve made to resemble an insurance agency's Christmas card. Several copies had the sleeves stuck together because they were folded and packaged before the varnish, applied to seal in the hand silk-screened cover art, had sufficiently dried.
Inside sleeve has the following text around the edge (roundclock, from top right):
"... from the Ralph film "Vileness Fats" coming soon to a theater near you * Artwork - Porno/Graphics * Ralph Records and Porno/Graphics are divisions of Residents Uninc. 18 Sycamore St Bldg SF CA 94110 (415) 863 5896 * © 1972 * The Ventures appear courtesy of Dolton Records * The Singing Lawnchairs appear courtesy of San Mateo County * Aircraft Damage..."
In the center:
"Season's Greetings, Residents, Uninc."
Auto-coupled release. One disc has side A (One) and side D (Four), and the second disc has side B (Two) and side C (Three).

via Discogs

Residents Uninc. - Fire

Tracklist:

a1. IVORY & THE BRAINEATERS – Fire

b1. THE COLLEGE WALKERS - Explosion

c1. DELTA NUDES - Lightning

d1. ARF & OMEGA - Aircraft damage

Ralph records
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Bikini Kill - Bikini Kill (7") #1995

Bikini Kill is a feminist punk band that was based in Olympia, WA and Washington, DC, forming in 1990 and breaking up in 1997. Kathleen Hanna sang, Tobi Vail played drums, Billy Karren (a.k.a. Billy Boredom) played guitar and Kathi Wilcox played bass. Sometimes they switched instruments. Bikini Kill is credited with instigating the Riot Grrrl movement in the early 90’s via their political lyrics, zines and confrontational live show.

The band started touring in June 1991. In addition to touring the US several times, they also toured Europe, Australia and Japan. Bikini Kill recorded and released a demo tape, two EP’s, two LP’s and three singles. Their demo tape was self-released, while their first two records came out as a full length CD/Tape and their singles were posthumously collected on CD.

Bikini Kill believed that if all girls started bands the world would change. They actively encouraged women and girls to start bands as a means of cultural resistance. Bikini Kill was inspired by seeing BABES IN TOYLAND play live and attempted to incite female participation and build feminist community via the punk scene. They used touring as a way to create an underground network between girls who played music, put on shows and made fanzines. This independent media making and informal network created a forum for multiple female voices to be heard.

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Bikini Kill - I like fucking

Tracklist:

a1. I like fucking

b1. I hate danger

Kill Rock Stars

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Drowning Pool - Drowning Pool #1986

Limitato a 1000 copie, etichetta bianca con logo custom "viva", catalogo REVI002, copertina non incollata apribile, (affascinante ed enigmatico art-work da parte di Claudio Di Gianbattista ), completa di inserto, lo stupendo e raro primo album dei Drowning Pool, oscura splendida ed indimenticabile band californiana originaria di Los Angeles. Grazie alla Viva Records nel 1986 pubblicano questo loro primo lavoro, denso, sognante, evolutivo. La voce di Andrew Crane ci accompagna in sognanti e malate atmosfere per crescere in implosioni solari. Assolutamente ineccepibili, stupenda glaciale wave usa; i Drowning Pool sono stati uno dei pi—ù importanti gruppi apppartenenti alla scena denominata "trance music" che ebbe altri fondamentali esponenti nei SAVAGE REPUBLIC, 17 PYGMIES e RED TEMPLE SPIRITS. Eterei ed oscuri insieme, onirici ma inquietanti.

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Drowning Pool - Weaving petals

Tracklist:

a1. Ritual regeneration/Toy soldiers
a2. Festival of healing
a3. Song to the Chumash

b1. Weaving petals
b2. Muted streak
b3. Art of waiting
b4. Fired from within

Viva records
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Snakefinger - What Wilbur?/Kill the Great Raven (7") #1979

SNAKEFINGER + THE RESIDENTS = TNT
Suoni lisergici, ritmi sbilenchi e persino una specie di reggae.

Snakefinger - What Wilbur?

Tracklist:

a1. What Wilbur?

b1. Kill the Great Raven

Ralph records

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Sickoids - Sickoids #2012

The home of DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, DEFECT DEFECT and CANADIAN RIFLE, there’s no question that Chicago’s Residue Records is one of the top imprints for jean jacket/black toque punk. You know the kind: elements of pummeling hardcore from various sub-sub-subgenres with just enough melody to keep you coming back for more. Few bands exemplify that sound as well as Philadelphia’s Sickoids.
Sure, if you’re one of those masters of describing hardcore, you’d be sure to impress everyone at the local squat with the elements of d-beat, UK82, post-hardcore and melodic working-man punk on the band’s self-titled debut. Played separately, it’s hard to see the link between the mid-tempo fuzz attack of My curse, the angular melody of Hope subsides, the gravelly pop-punk of King of the dirt mound and the straight-up noisy blasts of Bleached bodies.
It’s kind of bizarre, really — somehow, in 18 minutes, Sickoids touch sonic ground once tread by VARUKERS, DIE KREUZER, THE REPLACEMENTS, CRASS, ARTICLES OF FAITH and even a tiny bit of JAWBREAKER. To genre purists, this all-over-the-place description might sound like a living hell, but in an age where even the best bands are following strict structural rules, it’s a breath of fresh air to listen to a record this diverse. Without sacrificing any pent-up fury, Sickoids’ ability to shift genres makes for an endlessly compelling listen.

via fast forward weekly

Sickoids - Hope subsides

Tracklist:

a1. Psychic cold war
a2. Bleached bodies
a3. Hope subsides
a4. Reality's refugees
a5. Dive

b1. My curse
b2. Permanence
b3. King of the dirt mound
b4. Clarity
b5. 10 human steps

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The Nuns - The Nuns (7") #1978

Legendary punk classic from San Francisco. It's the original first US pressing of this ground breaking 3 track EP, released on 415 records in 1978 (catalogue number 34037). With absolute crusher Decadent jew featured on Killed by death #1.

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The Nuns - Suicide child

Tracklist:

a1. Decadent jew

a2. Savage

b1. Suicide child

415 records

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Death - ...for the whole world to see #2009

Death is the three Hackney brothers, fueled by the raucous sounds of Iggy & Co., creating their own take on the emerging sounds of punk. Socially conscious lyrics mixed with a sky-cracking combination of guitar and vocals, all recorded in raw fashion with little in the way of polish. Seek Death, my children!

via Drag City

ps: originally recorded in 1975.

Death - Rock-n-roll victim


Tracklist:

a1. Keep on knocking
a2. Rock-n-roll victim
a3. Let the world turn
a4. You're a prisoner

b1. Freakin out
b2. Where do we go from here?
b3. Politicians in my eyes

Drag City
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J Church - Society is a carnivorous flower #2004

J Church's Austin, TX lineup makes its official debut with this long-player for Gainesville, Florida's No Idea imprint. They pick up where 2003's split with STORM THE TOWER left off, with David DiDonato's second guitar adding another dynamic layer to Church brain Lance Hahn's already raucous SG and righteous, erudite, and awesomely cynical vocals. (Bassist Ben White and drummer Chris Pfeffer are no slouches, either.) Society is a carnivorous flower begins with Overconfident, a tingling, rousing number straight outta the early - '90s punk-pop zeitgeist (think: POSTER CHILDREN). But J Church will likely hate this comparison if they read this, as the song itself is a typically correct Hahn evisceration of music geeks' obsession with elitism and rock history. "You worship Nico/You spit on Yoko", but "We are nothing more that all the things that came before". Styrofoam is Hahn's version of a love song, while the out of focus, melancholic indie of 210 tracks Our Singer's acceptance of inferiority to a tattooed cool guy. "Compared to your youthful wonder/I'm just four tracks and shitty rhymes". Yikes dude! Other highlights of the album include the PAVEMENT-ish Austin's shitty limits, as well as the 15-minute title track, which is actually a clanging thematic opera in the tradition of the WHO, a punk revivalist serial that seems to draw parallels between the narrator's frustrated sexual desire and the failures of the class system. Catchy? Yes, as hell. But let it be said again -- J Church's pop-ish melodies and punk footing don't make them devotees of the sugar-smack safety pin kids populating Warped Tour parking lots. Now go buy Lance Hahn a drink and make him feel better.

via AllMusic

J Church - Overconfident

Tracklist:

01. Overconfident
02. Keep Smiling America
03. Styrofoam
04. 210
05. Tree House Of Love
06. Austin's Shitty Limits
07. Society Is A Carnivorous Flower

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Bad News - No end (12") #2012

S. Bernat & A. Lukas duo operating in the heavy industrial and noise zones, with an awareness of Vivisect-era SKINNY PUPPY, incorporating guitar, synthesizers and drum machines writhing like mercury under sharp female vocals.

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Bad News - Decay


Tracklist:

a1. Decay
a2. No end

b1. Bath salts
b2. Typical illusion

Chondritic Sound
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Nasa Space Universe - NSU (7") #2008

Six tracks of breakneck thrash with quirky breakdowns and raw snotty SoCal vocals. It's basic 80's skatepunk with a psychedelic twist to keep things weird. The artwork is pretty cool, but is that a drawing of the band in blackface? (AM)

from Maximum RockNRoll

Una band semplicemente...stratosferica!

Nasa Space Universe - Phenomenon starring John Travolta rated stargate SG-1

Tracklist:

a1. Inspense expherience
a2. Judge Bludgeon
a3. Phenomenon starring John Travolta rated stargate SG-1

b1. Insane Greek street rider's death rage
b2. Soup or salad
b3. Apache blood overdrive destroys Oprah Winfrey

Gradual Limbo records
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Minor Threat/Negazione - Live (tape bootleg) #1985

Split tape, bootleg no doubt of a live recording (29 April 1982) by Minor Threat in the USA and Negazione in Amersfoort, The Netherlands on May 4th 1985. Unindexed.

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Tracklist:

a1. MINOR THREAT side
(A litte friend/In my eyes/Stand up/Seeing red/Small man big mouth/Straight edge/12XU/No reason/Filler/Minor threat/Screaming at a wall/Out of step/Steppin' stone)

b1. NEGAZIONE side
(Tutto dentro/Noi/La mia mente/Cannibale/Ancora qui/Transistor/Metodi di giudizio/Sogni e bisogni-Niente/Troppo debole/Maschere-Chiuso/Omicida-Tutti pazzi)

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Magazine - Shot by both sides (7") #1978

Although Howard Devoto wrote it with former Buzzcock partner Pete Shelley, Shot by both sides was the first single from Magazine, the band Devoto formed after the release of BUZZCOCKS’ Spiral Scratch 7”. Despite the fact that many critics and fans point to Shot by both sides as Magazine’s greatest moment, the song was merely a launching pad. It’s one of the band’s most straightahead arrangements – the tension-ridden nature would remain in place, but it’s a pretty standard driving punk song played by people who happened to be more familiar with their instruments than most of their contemporaries. What would follow from the band – trickier and more imaginative arrangements, crazy keyboard playing from Dave Formula (Bob Dickinson, who plays keys here, was gone after this single’s recording), even sharper lyrics from Devoto – truly set the band apart from all the others. As it is, Shot by both sides is still a remarkable, rush-inducing song. A couple weeks after its release, Top of the Pops invited the band to come down and mime the song. Not pleased with the prospect of not playing live, the band turned down the offer.

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Magazine - Shot by both sides

Tracklist:

a1. Shot by both sides

b1. My mind ain't so open

Virgin
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Oxes - Bile Stbudy #2011

The wildly energetic Baltimore instrumental math-rock trio Oxes have been mostly inactive over the past few years, but back in the early ’00s, they were the shit in their hometown. You can still hear their influence in the wave of spazzy art-punk bands that’s continued coming out of the city. And now Oxes are returning with the new 12" Bile Stbudy, their first release since 2005. Bile Stbudy is out 11/22 on Friends, and it’s limited to 500 copies.

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Oxes - Crunchy Zest

Tracklist:

01. Bile Stbudy

02. Crunchy Zest

03. Orange Jewelryist

Friends records

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Eternal Tapestry - Dawn in 2 dimensions #2012

On the Portland band's seventh formal release, Eternal Tapestry continue their general approach of hotwiring classic psychedelic power rock touchstones for a new century -- if Dawn in 2 dimensions is (arguably) an example of encapsulating not only their own sound, but what they draw on, it's a mighty fine one. Wholeodome starts the album with a short blast of big, epic, psych stomp, the main riff going like a monster, drums pounding steadily with splashing crashes and a further guitar part heading for the sky with the solo, not to mention wordless, chanted vocals along the way. On the one hand, all the elements are perfectly familiar, on the other, it's all tightly wound and played well, sounding just that much more like something that feels modern in spite of all the established tropes. Bread of dreams takes a quieter route in contrast, building up to zonier drift soloing that touches on ASH RA TEMPEL and PINK FLOYD in just the right way over the slow flow of the rhythm, cutting off suddenly in a bird/insect sample with a bit of acoustic guitar that then moves into the electric Marrow of the wand, the first of two lengthy concluding compositions. Halfway through, as everything settles into a focused low-key chug, guitar serving as a chiming rhythm as much as the bass and drums, it's like a pastoral Motorik that then finds other byways en route. The lengthy title track (or at least, partially a title track, thanks to three separate parts grouped together) concludes things, drawing on the various approaches earlier to serve as something of a summary, with the midsection being not as huge as the first track, but still feeling like a real skyscraper surging upward, with guitars driving each other on.

via AllMusic

Eternal Tapestry - Wholedrome

Tracklist:

a1. Wholeodome
a2. Bread of dreams
a3. Marrow of the wand

b1. I.S.F.S./Dawn in 2 dimensions/Quantum leap

Thrill Jockey
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Erchint - Blaze (7'') #1992

Erchint was an aggressive hardcore band from Louisville, KY that played shows during the mid-90s, breaking up in 1996. They released three seven inches and a cassette tape called Erchint is Macho Cock Rock.

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Erchint - Alone

Tracklist:

a1. Shove
a2. Fuel

b1. Alone
b2. Hammer
b3. Outro

Self-Destruct records
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