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GILGONGO
RELEASES.
(35.) SOFT SHOULDER - "People Problems" 7" -
$5ppd.
Two new addictive / damaged
tracks recorded in one temporarily hollow corner of the infamous
YOBS
house in Tempe, AZ by the illustrious Gerald Biggs. SOFT SHOULDER
has been sporadically offering small
documents of skuzzy outsider-punk / no-wave and free-jazz noise
since 2006 with various line-ups (this
incarnation includes James Fella and members of TENT/CITY,
MANGLED MEN and PIGEON RELIGION’s live
band. New LP coming this fall. RIYL: Pussy Galore, The Hospitals,
Old Time Relijun, Clockcleaner. MP3: SOFT SHOULDER - "WRONG".
(34.)
JAMES FELLA - "Singular Set" (series) cassette - $5ppd Each “volume” of the “Singular Set”
series is limited to one. There is no “master” on
another tape or hard
drive somewhere else. The 10-25 minutes of sound on each cassette
was recorded directly to it, using a
stereo mixer’s output directly into the rear phono jacks of
the deck, and more often than not, using
headphones rather than a monitor. The date and time of each
cassette’ creation is marked on the spool
casing.
The idea behind this series is to create unique connections with
people. There is a non-uniformity to the
approaches and feel, the range depending on mood and whatever
devices are set up at any given moment,
but the emphasis is on reaching out and sharing something
specific with one other person, that an
unrepeated portion of time and creation was individually cut and
passed on to one other person to hold
onto as their own.
(31).
JAMES FELLA / TIMELOAD FOWL - split LP - $14ppd. James Fella (Soft
Shoulder, Tent/City) offers a live recording from May 2009:
Shifted sax, crackling electronics and
skeletal guitar drifting across 18 minutes of crowded, Ye Olde
Bike Saviors Co-Op living room sound. Debut vinyl
release from Timeload Fowl, sound / noise project of the already
established visual artist, R. Sawyer of San Luis
Obispo: grim, bleak, but secretly meditative and beautiful.
Includes a collaboration with James that offers more of a thick
brutal / buried approach. Short run LP,
art by R. Sawyer (Rainbath Art).
MP3s: samples from James'
side | Timeload Fowl -
collab with James Fella.
(29). THE TRADEWINDS - 6 song 7"- $5ppd
Highly addictive and obscured
pop-punk from Tempe, AZ circa 2008. Featuring members of Foot Ox,
Splinter Cake
and the "French Quarter" live band, this is unpolished,
upbeat and "real", in the vein of The Bananas and for
fans
of Lehigh Valley's late 90's scene. MP3: Real Ones.
(27).
STEPHEN STEINBRINK - "Ugly Unknowns" CD - $10ppd
STEPHEN STEINBRINK makes his 11 song debut release under his own
name after playing and constantly touring as
FRENCH QUARTER for the past several years. His last full length
has been a personal favorite and this new one has
shaped up to be the same. Blissful and uplifting survival songs
recorded throughout Arizona at various friends' homes.
Urgent, sincere and real. MP3's: STEPHEN STEINBRINK
- HUACHUCA CITY and WHEN IT'S EASIER.
(26). FOOT VILLAGE -
"Fuck the Future 2" CD - $8ppd In anticipation of their upcoming full length "Anti
Magic" on Upset the Rhythm, LA's FOOT VILLAGE have compiled
a
second batch of vinyl only tracks. Four humans (you know them
from Gang Wizard, Friends Forever, Rose for Bodhan
and A++, and as members of 2008’s Boredoms 88 drummers
performance) emerge from the apocalypse, exploring the
primitive wasteland and creative a new nation of their own, using
only drums and their voices. Housed in a digipack
made using partially recycled material, with art work by Brittany
Gould (Married In Berdichev!), "Fuck the Future 2"
collects
the material from: their split LP with Black Pus (Deathbomb ARC /
DNT), two recent 7”s (on Too Pure and Rock Is Hell),
the
“Pisspounder” triple LP (w/ Sword Heaven, Aa, Grey
Skull, Rainbow Blanket and Dreamhouse also on DBA) and the
recent, wild, collaboration 12” with Health, Captain Ahab
and Jason Forrest on Ravesploitative,… assembled and
mastered together by Pete Swanson. MP3: FOOT VILLAGE - "Bones".
Additionally:
MP3s available at(SOON): ITUNES / EMUSIC
/ AMAZON.
(24). GAY BEAST - s/t
7" - $5ppd.
Released on the heels of an incredible second full length on Skin
Graft (“Second Wave”), this single offers a classic /
ancient / much loved gem from early in their existence (called
“Multi-Purpose Anti-Form”), and an incredible hectic
dual
cover / splice (Dymaxion and The Need) on the tail end of the
B-side. Noisey and spastic, yet much more so complex and
intricate, somewhere between Devo and Scissor Girls, but with a
specific and special energy that is uncompromising
and legit. Beautiful four color tri-fold out covers done by the
Beast’s Dan Luedtke. MP3s: "Multi-Purpose,
Anti-Form".
TEMP. UNAVAILABLE: 50 more copies in the near future, potentially
with alternate art.
(22).
HELL-KITE - "I Am Your Cabin, Live In Me" 7" -
$5ppd.
Though usually a guitar/vocals style project, featuring heavy /
gloomy (but beautiful) songwriting by recent Tempe
transplant Ann Marie Philipp, "I Am Your
Cabin..." features drums and vocals-only versions of four
songs, conjuring
a Scout Niblett or Young People vibe, very minimal but sedative
and uplifting. Features Soft Shoulder / Tent/City skinner,
John Ryan on drums. Keep an eye out for a full length and tons of
touring in 2009. MP3: HELL-KITE -
"Cabin".
(21).
FOOT VILLAGE - "Friendship Nation" LP - $12ppd. NEW FULL LENGTH LP
from Los Angeles "post apocalyptic / electricity free
hardcore" band, consisting of four drummers /
vocalists unleashing primal and brutally catchy scream-alongs.
Members of destruction jam/van band FRIENDS FOREVER
(Load), free noise unit GANG WIZARD (Load/Ecstatic
Peace/Gilgongo) and DEATHBOMB ARC mastermind Brian Miller. CD
version released in Europe on TOME. Alternate description:
"Foot Village is the first nation built after the
apocalypse. Foot
Village have a duty to rebuild the world, a new nation out of the
ruins of civilization atop the ruins of Hell, after the oceans
have all evaporated. All we know so far is revealed on their
first album World Fantasy, a collection of songs about other
countries. Now Foot Village have created their own country and
the songs on Friendship Nation, recorded by Jonathan
Snipes of Captain Ahab". MP3: FOOT VILLAGE -
"Materialist Crap".
(18).
LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP - $11ppd.
“Official BIO”: Brooklyn quartet Little Women formed
two years ago to create music that blurs the line between
structure
and spontaneity. The group’s sound distilled from a broad
range of influences that stretch from classic Chicago free
jazz
thru pop music, punk rock, math metal, and harsh noise. Little
Women never stop pushing into new sonic territory:
splitting
overtones to create ghost notes, violently disassembling their
instruments onstage, and attacking written and improvised
material with equal ferocity. During performances band members
often experience side-effects more commonly
associated with prescription drugs such as nausea, dizziness, and
internal bleeding. Little Women stomp all over
genres, creating some of the most adventurous, in-the-moment,
wrenchingly honest music of their generation.
"Teeth" is 20 minute piece, recorded in one long,
single take, covering an impressive range of sound, and is an
intense
and dynamic presentation of what they are doing as a band. Art
work by MICK BARR (Orthrelm, Crom-Tech, Ocrilim, etc).
Also: Members of Little Women have recorded and/or performed with
some of the top names in jazz/improvised music such
as: Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy, Mark Dresser, Jim Black, Trevor
Dunn, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, George Garzone,
Chad Hugo (The Neptunes), Gerry Hemingway, Joe Morris, Matt
Wilson, Michael Formanek, Mat Maneri, and Dave Koz.
Members of Little Women also play in bands such as Zs, Extra
Life, Cutter, Period, Archaeopteryx.
(17).
BRI WHITE / JAMES FELLA - split 7" - $5ppd.
Split 7"
from two busy-bodies from Arizona. BRI WHITE (Flux Conquistador,
Foot Ox), who usually creates pretty
piano based singer-songwriter music, offers a six minute piece
which is both beautiful and haunting (primarily
using a weird piano / violin hybrid instrument called a pianolin,
which is obscure enough to not even have an
article on wikidpedia about it), and falls somewhere between the
blurry lines of Spires That in the Sunset Rise and
White Magic. (She is currently up in Portland)! JAMES FELLA (Soft
Shoulder, Tent/City) offers layers of clarinet, guitar,
vocal-based sound and noise in a piece that is much more calm and
quiet than the majority of his usual sound / noise /
splice work. Full color covers enveloping thick blue (w/ splashes
of white) vinyl.
(16). FRENCH QUARTER -
s/t LP+CD, CD (both out of print) MP3s below.
FRENCH QUARTER is Stephen Steinbrink from Phoenix, AZ. After
releasing and selling out of several DIY / handmade
recordings (both done on his own and by labels such as Arbor and
C-Salt), this self-titled LP, which comes with a CD
version inside, is his first properly issued recording, and comes
highly anticipated by anyone who has seen him on one
of his excursions across various parts of the country. Stephen
crafts memorable, vocal based songs using a
variety of approaches and methods while maintaining a smooth
consistency in sincerity, making these 10 songs an
engaging and moving listen. Though comparable to others from past
and present, (Neil Young? Woods? The
Microphones? Karl Blau?) and despite his young age, Stephen is
hard at work creating his own set of unique songs
that feel like old friends upon first listen. Other notes:
Brittany Gould (of Married in Birdichiev fame, Rhinoceropolis
(Denver venue) co-runner) painted the art for this release.
FRENCH QUARTER did a full US tour in late fall. This LP
comes out in between that and another full US tour in early
winter 2008. MP3s: FRENCH QUARTER - "Stay" and "For Andy".
(13).
ZS - "BUCK" CD - $10ppd. Fifty
minutes of live recordings from New York City prog/jazz/math
kings Zs. Previous releases on Troubleman
and Planaria. Pieces which range from long and scattered
minimalism to pieces which showcase their ability to
craft fast paced mind-numbingly complex compositions. For fans of
everything from Upsilon Acrux to Steve
Reich to Flying Luttenbachers. MP3: ZS -
"Pendulum".
(12). SOFT SHOULDER -
"2 Song Hit Single" 7" - $5ppd.
Two new songs from Arizona's SOFT SHOULDER, who play loud and
noisy but equally catchy no-wave post-
punk (X-Ray Spex, Contortions, Sleetmute Niightmute). The A-Side
being one of the original set's staple, "Mary Ann",
which originally surfaced in the form of a music video on a DNT
VHS compilation with Shearing Pinx and others. The
B-Side is a slightly longer piece, the old set's staple closer,
with a long, clean and broken bridge over trouble skronk.
Handmade covers (spray-paint, stencils, collages, burns, stains,
ect) made by the band.
(9).
SHEARING PINX - "POISON HANDS" - $10ppd. Full-length recording from Vancouver, Canada's no-wave
take on Unwound. A reissue of a double 3-inch CDR,
originally released by Not Not Fun. After nearly 30 CDr and
cassette releases over the past two years, this was the
gem that shined through. Noisy and catchy and fun. “Gnarly
skronk-shred jams that morph into free shriekback
post-jazz dead-zones.” Featuring members of Channels 3+4 and
In-Flux and the head-honcho behind the beyond
rad short-run / vanity label, Isolated Now Waves. MP3s:
SHEARING PINX - "New Gospel" and "Cursed Heart Matter".
(8).
FATHERS DAY - "I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS" 7" -
5.00ppd. Wall of noise thrash
punk played by four Phoenix youth who take on the roles of
various cliché father figures (Golf
Dad, Business Dad, Drunk Dad, Classy Dad). 30 second - minute
long songs about DAD STUFF, like finding out your
son is playing Dungeons and Dragons after school and not actually
going to baseball practice, or how the "hot new
secretary" is "just a friend"! Several newer
studio tracks, three live cuts, including their OLD SKULL
tribute, and their
infamous set-ending piano ballad, "sometimes". Find out
why this band managed to get banned from a few PHX
venues like it's the early 80's all over again. 100% fun,
seriously. MP3s: "This Really Happened".
(7).
GEORGE MOSHINGTON - "177-Fuck You" 7" - $5.00ppd.
8 songs of fast colonial punk rock from this Phoenix, Arizona
band featuring members of Where Eagles Dare. 3 new
tracks on the A side with their entire 5 song demo crammed on the
back. If you're idea of awesome cover art includes
a cut and paste collage of Mickey Mouse wearing a KKK mask while
giving a blow job to George W. Bush (decked out
in a Nazi uniform), this one is for you! Up da punx!
(5).
TENT/CITY - "Drought" one-sided LP - TEMPORARILY OUT!
(additional photos: (front) (back) (record).
Tent City play free-form sound / music; broken folk meeting
crackling noise, somewhere between artists such as
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Don Cherry, The Dead
Machines and The Davenport Family. Twenty minute
live set recorded in Feb. 2006 at a show in Phoenix, AZ with The
Dead Science, after one of the longest recorded
droughts in Phoenix history. Limited to 330, "Drought"
is Tent/City's first "proper" record, following several
short-run and
sold-out releases on Not Not Fun and Night People, and is a
one-sided clear record, the B-side being multi-screened and
color-blended. This labor of love was a long-time in the making
and is finally ready to be unleashed. MP3: TENT/CITY - short
excerpt from "Drought".
"DISTRO
SECTION" (last updated
07/19/10)
recent stuff: =========================================================
NEW ARRIVALS!
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BLESSURE GRAVE - "Judged by 12, Carried by 6" LP
Release the Bats $18 (Swedish import, their debut LP! dark /
dreary, goth / post-punk, RIYL: Death in June, Joy Division.
Extremely well done and all fronts).
BLESSURE GRAVE - "Making the Death Beds for Teenage
Vampires" 7" Release the Bats / Nitco / Gortesque
Modern $8 (hard to grab, limited single w/ tracks not on the LP).
BRAIN KILLER - demo 7" Deranged / Vinyl Rites $5 (thrashy,
noisy punk, well done demo, reissued here on a 7". Great
modern band, very much worth your time, Disclose comparisons are
common!).
BULLYRAG (aka Fucking Thunder) - "My Heroes Have Always
Killed Cowboys" 7" Police State $4 (classic two song
single from a band I joined for a brief period years later,
members also played (at various times) in Fifteen, Landmine
Marathon and the OSS. Features Eastside Records' John Quintos - a
local favorite in all ways possible)!
DEFEKTORS - "Secret Trials" 7" Nominal $5 (Great,
timeless, jangley angular punk from Vancouver, members of Twin
Crystals and Modern Creatures. Played with these guys and Vapid
back in March '10, extremely good).
EARTHMEN AND STRANGERS - "Painter" 7" Perfectly
Round $5 (newest n a long line of projects of Ryan Rousseau
(Destruction Unit, The Reatards, Tokyo Electron, The Wongs, etc).
Under-rated desert-based song-writing genius, Earthmen is Ryan's
most accesible project to date. RIYL: Wipers, Jay Reatard, Wire.
New label from the folks behind King of the Monsters and I Don't
Feel a Thing)!
JAMES FELLA - "Weak Left Input" C-62 cassette
(Gilgongo) $5 (2nd run of 50! // just over an hour of overblown
guitar, overlapping synth and strange regurgitated unknown
organic sound).
FOOT OX - "OOO" LP Stank House $12 (brand new full
length from Tempe to Portland transplant Teague Cullen, who's
grafted a greatnew batch of songs with an even larger ensemble of
friends than last time around. For those unfamiliar, Teague's
been performing for years and has a style similar to Daniel
Johnston but with the lush / diverse orchestration synonymous of
Elephant 6 recordings).
PIGEON RELIGION “Crystalized Meth" 7" Video
Disease $5 (three tracks recorded live in Sacto from the 2009
tour with original line-up. Wrecked punk ala Flipper meets the
Birthday Party. I'm in the artwork playing live with them, but am
not actually on this record. Excellent photo regardless. Salvaged
from a Phoenix diy fire pit on Record Store Day, 2010 - very much
charred and out of print)!
VAPID - s/t 7" Nominal $6 (played with this wonderful band
in March '10, w/ Defektors as well. Classic sounding female
fronted punk that could easily sneak it's way onto the
Dangerhouse label. Their new LP on Deranged / Nominal is great,
but this 7" is a bit more raw, and has been on constant
rotation at the Gilgongo HG for months, I don't think my copy has
ever been filed. One of the best bands I've seen this year.
Vancouver wins yet again)!
FOOT OX / SPLINTER CAKE - split 7" Folttale / Tiny Panda /
Stankhouse $5 (three song each from 2/3's of TRADEWINDS (see:
recent, excellent, 6-song 7" on Gilgongo). Foot Ox offers
some classics from his catalog of Daniel Johnston / Elephant 6
pop-style songs, Splinter Cake covers tons of genre-spanning
ground, with honest, up front delivery. Two AZ folks who have
since been displaces to Portland. Check out the new FOOT OX LP on
Stank House)!
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE GILGONGO RELEASES (same as above).
35. SOFT SHOULDER - "People Problems" 7" $5
31. JAMES FELLA / TIMELOAD FOWL - split LP $14
29. TRADEWINDS - 6 song 7". $5
27. STEPHEN STEINBRINK (FRENCH QUARTER) - "Ugly
Unknowns" CD. $10
26. FOOT VILLAGE - "Fuck the Future 2" CD. $8
22. HELL-KITE - "I Am Your Cabin, Live In Me" 7".
$5
21. FOOT VILLAGE - "Friendship Nation" LP. $12
18. LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP. $11
17. BRI WHITE / JAMES FELLA - split 7" $5
13. ZS - "Buck" live CD. $10
12. SOFT SHOULDER - 2 song 7". $5
09. SHEARING PINX - "Poison Hands" CD. $10
08. FATHERS DAY - "I Don't Want To Do This" 7". $5
07. GEORGE MOSHINGTON - "177-Fuck You" 7". $5
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CURRENT DISTRO LIST
========================================================= LPs = A-Z, splits, comps.
BATTLETORN “Evil Chains” LP Troubleman $12.00 (hyper
spastic thrash punk, like a less absurdist Lebenden Toten –
excellent debut LP).
BATTLETORN “Reflect the Filth” LP Mad At The World
$12.00 (fast fuzzy thrash from the NYC band that brought you
other smashing releases such as “Terminal Dawn” and
“Brutal Chains”. Mid/evil pencil art, as is standard).
BLACK CASTLE “Male Pattern Bondage” LP Blood of the
Drash $6.00 (Crimson Curse sorta of vibe, light hearted noisy
punk)
BLESSURE GRAVE - "Judged by 12, Carried by 6" LP
Release the Bats $18 (Swedish import, their debut LP! dark /
dreary, goth / post-punk, RIYL: Death in June, Joy Division.
Extremely well done and all fronts).
EIAFUAWN “Birds in the Ground” LP LP Pillowscars $15.00
(founding member of Mohinder, Duster, El Buzzard crafts a
beautiful and haunting collection of hushed selections).
FACE PLANT s/t LP Head Worse $14.00 (australian import, home-made
synth collage work by Aaron from Rah Dunes / Peaking Lights).
FAMILY UNDERGROUND “Helium Rug” LP DNT $12.00 (Denmark
drone unit, offering a single sided LP of harmonic swirl and low
end hurl)
FOOT OX “It's Like Our Little Machine” LP Distant
Colony $10.00 (Tempe, now PHX, artist Teague Cullen tosses
together an Elephant 6 style take on Daniel Johnston type singer
/ songwriter material. Great)!
GANG WIZARD “God-Time-Man Universe...” LP
GT/LTOTUW/OLF/TP $10.00 (studio release during a 2007 European
tour, on this line-up, including members of Unicorn Hard-On and
God Willing, like the “Atlas of Cancer” LP on
Gilgongo).
GAY BEAST “The Second Wave” LP Skin Graft $14.00
(excellent new full length, release alongside the new Gilgongo
7”. Prog-wave for the masses, intelligent and wild, Dan
screened these insane DIY gatefolds himself).
HANNA HIRSCH “Tala Svart” LP Adagio 830 $12.00 (female
fronted Swedish punk / power-pop, accessible but valid, super /
ultra catchy, an upbeat Masshysteri?).
HARAM “Drescher” LP Adagio 830 $12.00 (second LP from
the ex-PG. 99 and Majority Rule unit that cranks out some
smoother-end Hot Snakes style guitar / rock).
MENEGUAR “The In Hour” LP Woodsist $13.00 (unexpected
third LP, experimental methods of playing and recording yield a
diverse and interesting LP, and ultimately, some of my favorite
songs of theirs)
ODD CLOUDS new LP Not Not Fun $13.00 (a personal favorite, Tasty
Soil weirdness on a large scale assault. Like toxic creatures
playing WWVV or Tent/City).
ORDINATION OF AARON discography 2 x LP Adagio 830 $19.00 (well
done collection of output from one of the 90's emo-era's bests).
RACCOO-OO-OON Final / s/t? 2 x LP Not Not Fun $21.00 (last
recordings from Iow City's free-punk / open-noise-range /
trailblazers, who also were documented on Time-Lag, Release the
Bats and Gilgongo)!
SHEARING PINX “Weaponry” LP Divorce $13.00 (brand new
killer full length from Canada's kings/queens of no-wave punk, a
Frumpies / Sleetmute hybrid).
SHEARING PINX “Ultra Snake” LP Isolated Now Waves
$13.00 (ltd to 300 copies, great follow-up for “Poison
Hands” (CD is on Gilgongo), no-wave punk that still reminds
me of what Unwound would do if going this direction)!
SWORD HEAVEN “Entrance” LP Load $13.00 (brutal /
bizarre noise assault, Columbus duo who pull out all the chains,
electronics, cave-man drums and crude machinery for a full on
aural assault – recommended, absolutely).
TALK NORMAL “Secret Cog”?? LP Just For The Hell Of It
$12.00 (vinyl reissue of a CD-r these girls did around the time
of their incredible tape on Night People. A Throbbing Gristle,
Teenage Jesus, document of the bizarre).
TAMARYN “Led Astray Washed Ashore” LP Troubleman $14.00
(think Cocteau Twins, Blondie, My Bloody Valentine all sorta
swirled into one. One of my favorite LPs TMU's ever done. It's
excellent)
TREETOPS “Permission / When I Was Younger” LP Arbor
$12.00 (reissue of two of Mike Pollards earlier work, free-sound
basement creation, young and real. Excellent simple covers, that
I love)
WAVVES s/t LP Woodsist $14.00 (push the drama to the side,
because this LP on Woodsist is fun, catchy, addictive. 90's
influence in there, listen for Perry)
WET HAIR new LP Not Not Fun $13.00 (new full length from ½ of
Raccoo-oo-oon. Like a primitive basement New Order).
PETER WRIGHT ?? LP Release the Bats $15.00 (New Zealand free
sound / experimental artist, a calm and intricate collection of
recordings).
YELLOW SWANS “Psychic Secession” 2xLP Weird Forest
$20.00 (Second to last proper full length from this giants of
modern noise/sound, found contributions from White Rainbow,
Gerrit, Inca Ore, Christina Carter, Axolotl and many more.
Includes material NOT on the CD version).
AIDS WOLF / NIGHT WOUNDS split LP Nail in the Coffin $12.00 (Aids
Wolf return with more Harry Pussy / Arab on Radar style nonsense,
Night Wounds offer their best moments of dark, heavy no-wave
yet).
v/a / 4 way split (see description) “Dracula Safari Post
Alarmist” LP OMS-B $12.00 (4 way split LP, the members of
Alarmist, on their own: Inca Ore, Tunnels, Arguementrix and Ghost
to Falco)!
SHEARING PINX/ MUTATORS split LP Ugly Pop $13.00 (Shearing Pinx
offer some of their more broken down / exploratory sound work,
while the Mutators side gives you their full-on grunge-noise
assault you've come to love)!
SICK LLAMA / FOSSILS split LP 5nakefork $12.00 (regurgitated
saxophone-swallowed cassettes of broken violins and guitars,
recorded on a sludge powered tape deck. Or we could talk about
the drama and this label being m.i.a?? / I got my copies)
WETHER + METHADRONE collab LP The Blue Sky Writings $10.00 (years
in the making, my friend Matt did this LP. Great muddy / murky
drone+noise featuring Mike 905 Tapes Haley, electric humans have
been projected)
ALTAR OF FLIERS / SEWER ELECTION split LP Release the Bats $15.00
(Swedish gutter sounds from two of the regions orchestrators of
well-refined speaker torture. I can remember clearly how excited
for this to come out I was)
YELLOW SWANS / EX-COCAINE split LP Not Not Fun $13.00 (long time
legends Ex-Cocaine offer some of their best material to date,
with another helping of modern legends, Yellow Swans on the
flip).
THE ONE AM RADIO / THE WIND-UP BIRD “Night Falls” LP
Paramnesia $8.00 (beautiful reissue of the classic split from
several years ago. Lofi bedroom songwriter music from Hrishi,
more ambient bliss from the Wind-Up Bird, with crossover
remixes)!
FOOT VILLAGE / HEALTH / AHAB / ECT collab LP Ravesploitative
$10.00 (Health / Foot Village / Captain Ahab / Jason Forrest
deliver the new wave of absurd / obscured dance hall disaster
music)
v/a - “Emergency Room” comp w/ Twin Crystals, Nu Sensae
LP Nominal $15.00 (well done compilation LP / book, documenting
the “Emergency Room”, a practice / recording / show
space in Vancouver).
v/a – Utmarken comp w/ Attestupa and more Sweden 10”
Release the Bats $13.00 (beautiful document of the Swedish gutter
gloom scene, heavily involved around the Release the Bats /
Utmarken space).
v/a “Sun Smog and Hate” LP Folk Tale $10.00 (a Phoenix
/ i.e. collection with tracks from French Quarter, Splinter Cake,
Foot Ox, Whitman, I.E., ect).
7"s = A-Z, splits, comps.:
AIDS WOLF New 7” 7” Skin Graft $8.50 (brand new Aids
Wolf single, comes with download for an expanded version. Great
Seripop, hand screened art as normal)!
BIRTH CONTROL “Going to Target” 7” Fashionable
Idiots $5.00 (part of a huge dose of demented punk from the FA
label, “four losers” cranking out wrecked fringe punk).
BLESSURE GRAVE - "Making the Death Beds for Teenage
Vampires" 7" Release the Bats / Nitco / Gortesque
Modern $8 (hard to grab, limited single w/ tracks not on the LP).
B-LINES - 7” Nominal $6.00 (perfectly obnoxious / anxious
punk on one of the best labels going right now).
BRAIN KILLER - demo 7" Deranged / Vinyl Rites $5 (thrashy,
noisy punk, well done demo, reissued here on a 7". Great
modern band, very much worth your time, Disclose comparisons are
common!).
BULLYRAG (aka Fucking Thunder) - "My Heroes Have Always
Killed Cowboys" 7" Police State $4 (classic two song
single from a band I joined for a brief period years later,
members also played (at various times) in Fifteen, Landmine
Marathon and the OSS. Features Eastside Records' John Quintos - a
local favorite in all ways possible)!
DEFEKTORS - "Secret Trials" 7" Nominal $5 (Great,
timeless, jangley angular punk from Vancouver, members of Twin
Crystals and Modern Creatures. Played with these guys and Vapid
back in March '10, extremely good).
EARTHMEN AND STRANGERS - "Painter" 7" Perfectly
Round $5 (newest n a long line of projects of Ryan Rousseau
(Destruction Unit, The Reatards, Tokyo Electron, The Wongs, etc).
Under-rated desert-based song-writing genius, Earthmen is Ryan's
most accesible project to date. RIYL: Wipers, Jay Reatard, Wire.
New label from the folks behind King of the Monsters and I Don't
Feel a Thing)!
FOOT VILLAGE “Bones” 7” Rock is Hell $7.00
(extremely limited single, leftover from the Rock is Hell
box-set, with new art. Two great Foot Village classics on the
A-side, a cover of Alec Emprire remix of a Bjork song on the
back. Figure it out)!
GANG WIZARD “Long Beach” 7” DNT $5.00 (a-tonal,
tribal rock chopped apart, fed-back into it's own churning
stomach, a true treat for the few with an appetite wide enough
for it).
THE GLAZERS s/t(?) 7” Rip-Off $5.00 (The return of Rip Off
Records! A great female fronted garage punk single that blows by
while digging the tracks deep enough to burn these ones into your
mind for a few weeks. A-Side was on a Gilgongo mix, heavily
loaded into 2008 mailorders).
HALL OF FAME - s/t 7" Amish $4 (classic weird / outsider
psych-folk, RIYL: Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice,
Metabolismus, etc).
HJERTESTOP s/t(?) 7” Fashionable Idiots $5.00 (Excellent,
fast Danish punk band, thrashing through six quick ones. Great
artwork and recording).
MIDDLE AMERICA “Every Night” (?) 7” Fashionable
Idiots $5.00 (Also from Allentown, like the similarly wrecked
Fresh Meat, MA offer a bit of a more toned down follow-up, though
in throttle only, the thickness of dementia is still present, and
the country will burn down in due time).
MUTATORS “Paper Words” 7” The Broadway to Boundary
$5.00 (loud, aggressive, grunge / noise from Vancouver, shrieky
female vocals and guitars thrown to the floor)
NAVIES s/t(?) 7” Lovitt $5.00 (excellent DC (and DC style)
mathy, angular post-hardcore. Check out their LP and other
7”, great stuff).
NEW GENICS “Eraser” 7” Stereonucliosis $3.00 (only
around for a minute, Chris from In/Humanity, Guyana Punch Line
and Anakrid fronted this super catchy punk band. 4 versions of
this single, this one is loaded with extra goodies)
THE NEW FLESH “Dog” 7” Terra Firma $5.00 (wrecked
/ nasty punk, a sound that is becoming more and more up front in
underground music, but these guys have been at it for years)
NN Second 7” 7” Lengua Armada $5.00 (Martin from Los
Crudos / Limp Wrist, another great single of aggressive / pist
punk from the bay).
PIGEON RELIGION “Crystalized Meth" 7" Video
Disease $5 (three tracks recorded live in Sacto from the 2009
tour with original line-up. Wrecked punk ala Flipper meets the
Birthday Party. I'm in the artwork playing live with them, but am
not actually on this record. Excellent photo regardless. Salvaged
from a Phoenix diy fire pit on Record Store Day, 2010 - very much
charred and out of print)!
THE PINES OF NOWHERE s/t 7” Level-Plane $3.00 (excellent
single, on the tail end of the early 2000's screamy hardcore
revolution, LP tossed out this great Fatal Flying Guillotines /
Hot Snakes record, its way good)
RANDOM CUTS “Rat Capacity” 7” Nominal $6.00
(Justin from Mutators new solo deal, one man, two mannequins.
These are GREAT singles. Review here:
http://www.obsessivesale.blogspot.com
RANDOM CUTS “Sleep” 7” Nominal $6.00
RANDOM CUTS “Make Damage” 7” Nominal $6.00
RETAINERS “Waste of Time” 7” Fashionable Idiots
$5.00 (lof-fi garage rock / punk. A single from their P-Trash LP,
exclusive on th eB-Side).
SABATUERS s/t 7” Going Underground $4.00 (spastic, noisy
punk who's members later went on to High Castle!)
SHEAPARDS “Bush Babies” 7” DNT $5.00 (Woods w/
Nonhorse, more or less. A free-form cascading onslaught of free
jazz / psyched out guitar jamming spanning across both sides of
this single)
SHEARING PINX “Caves” 7” DNT $5.00 (OUT OF PRINT,
classic single that was from the slightly post-”Poison
Hands” era, noisy catchy no-wave punk from Vancouver's most
prolific trio)
SHEARING PINX “Iseult” 7” The Broadway to Boundary
$5.00 (three great tracks, “Speaker” and “Called
By The Wong Name” are great, energetic blasts, with
“Sl'axes” being a slowed down, weird, messed up version
of “Axes” from “Poison Hands”!)
SHEARING PINX “Haruspex” 7” Divorce $5.00 (the
a-side alone is worth it on here, a great start / stop, song /
destruction piece that spans the entire side. Great SHPX style
punk as always)
SILENTIST s/t? 7” Zum $5.00 (dark, gloomy, black metal /
free-form? Art gallery horror music? Mark Evan Burden?).
TAMARYN “Weather War” 7” Hell Yes! $7.00 (short
run import from Tamaryn, who's dreamy My Bloody Valentine /
Cocteau Twins-vibed LP on TMU is a favorite)
TIME LIFE s/t 7” Not Not Fun $6.00 (2/5's of Wooden Wand and
the Vanishing Voice carry the melted flame of noise / folk /
free-form sound)
TOTAL SHUTDOWN “Broadcast Performances” 7” Life Is
Abuse $4.00 (live recordings from the San Fran brutal jazz punk
unit that features members of Death Sentence: Panda).
U.S. GIRLS “Me + Yoko” 7” Not Not Fun $7.00 (on
the heels of Meghans' great demo, which Siltbreeze tossed onto an
LP, on of several new singles!)
THE U.V. RACE “Malaria” 7” S-S $5.00 (great new
single from these Australia garage / scuzz greats, raw and real)
VIVIAN GIRLS “Tell the Wolrd” 7” Woodsist $7.00
(second single from the internet's darlings, who can't help it if
everyone loves their brand of jangley shoegaze pop-punk. Great
single)
VAPID - s/t 7" Nominal $6 (played with this wonderful band
in March '10, w/ Defektors as well. Classic sounding female
fronted punk that could easily sneak it's way onto the
Dangerhouse label. Their new LP on Deranged / Nominal is great,
but this 7" is a bit more raw, and has been on constant
rotation at the Gilgongo HG for months, I don't think my copy has
ever been filed. One of the best bands I've seen this year.
Vancouver wins yet again)!
WOODEN WAND “More From The Mountain” 7” Woodsist
$5.00 (2/5's of Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice carry the
melted flame of noise / folk / free-form sound)
FOOT OX / SPLINTER CAKE - split 7" Folttale / Tiny Panda /
Stankhouse $5 (three song each from 2/3's of TRADEWINDS (see:
recent, excellent, 6-song 7" on Gilgongo). Foot Ox offers
some classics from his catalog of Daniel Johnston / Elephant 6
pop-style songs, Splinter Cake covers tons of genre-spanning
ground, with honest, up front delivery. Two AZ folks who have
since been displaces to Portland. Check out the new FOOT OX LP on
Stank House)!
AXOLOTL / INCA ORE split 7” Arbor $6.00 (a natural and
probably long time in the making split between two of today's
most active and visible composers of organic / physical drone /
sound, excellent aesthetics here).
C. SPENCER YEH / SICK LLAMA split 7” Arbor $6.00 (Yeh's
experimental violin creations with Sick Llama's mangled tape and
malfunctioning speaker play on the flip. Art from Marcia of
Religious Knives / Zaimph)
BE BAD / ATTACK MODE split 7” Divorce $6.00 (Canadian
grunge, dilapidated punk, uncompromisingly ugly, content with the
filth, another great Divorce release)
LIFE AT THESE SPEEDS / THANK GOD split 7” Exotic Fever $5.00
(Excellent modern hardcore / punk, Life at the Speeds notably
have released some great records over the past few years)
MURDOCK / THE SUTEK CONSPIRACY split 7” Ed Walters $3.00 (I
grew up seeing Murdock in NJ, did show years year years later for
Sutek here in AZ, both play passionate and furious punk /
hardcore. Valid and timelessly good).
WARBER / BROMP TREB - split 7" Deathbomb ARC $5 (Steve and
Kristy of KIT! toss down dancefloor spazz as Warber, with Neil
from Fat Worm of Error churning up some alien hip-hop, demented
dub as Bromp Treb. Truly enjoyable, truly a trip).
LOOSERS / OWL XOUNDS split 7” Release the Bats $6.00 (OUT OF
PRINT! // Portugals free-form tribal crew, Loosers team up for a
splt with NYC free-jazz unit Owl Xounds (check out their LP on
Mad Monk!!! - two projects that I enjpy a lot on this 7")
CHILD ABUSE / ZS split 7” Zum $5.00 (unconventional material
from Zs (typically of the jazz / prog flavor) and NYC's
destruction unit, Child Absue)
MIKAELA'S FIEND / ABE VIGODA split 7” Zum $5.00 (excellent
split, Abe Vigoda toss on an excellent sing-songy tropical
delight, Mkaela's Fiend display their Wives-style punk with much
approval from me)
RUSSIAN TSARLAG / LESSON LESSON split 7” West Palm Beotch
$5.00 (RT's lofi garbage pop my have finally been outdone in
weirdness by the slurpy sludgy spoken track from Lesson Lesson
Lessen Relearn. These two should collaborate)
BLACK CAT #13 / FEMME COVERT split 7” Punx Crunks $5.00
(super questionable record, let's just say that while I am stoked
that Black Cat #13's Phantom Pregnancies cover recorded in 2000
finally made it on a record, I would have gotten some okays and
not made it a split with a new project. I heard the rest of these
were pulled / trashed? Don't know / don't care: I paid for these
wholesale and sent them copies for the members that might not
have already had one. Ect ect ect.
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CDs and TAPES = A-Z, splits, comps.
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ALGERNON CADWALLADER - "Some Kind of Cadwallader" CD
(Be Happy) $7
Barrabarracuda - "Abasement Tapes" CDr. (Not Not Fun).
$7 (OOP CDr from Robedoor and Pocahaunted folks).
The Beakers - " Four Steps Towards a Cultural
Revolution" CD. (K). $10. (early N.W. no-wave punk,
dance-friendly and valid).
Be Bad - "Vision Correction" CD (Divorce). (grungy
Canadian punk).
Bellyboat - "Dear Robert Hanoy" CD. (Not Not Fun). $8.
Binges - "Return to Whatever" CDr (Arbor). $6
(incredible band - drums + sax / voice / noise loops over
scattered drumming).
Blues - "Death and Taxes" CDep. (Rome Plow). $7. (riyl
BOTCH).
Carz Will Burn - "Into Pure Fantasy" CDr + art book
(Deathbomb ARC). $7
Celeste - "Pessimiste" CD (Blue Sky Writing). $10
(excellent European hardcore, if you like Zann, reccomended).
JAMES FELLA - "Weak Left Input" C-62 cassette
(Gilgongo) $5 (just over an hour of overblown guitar, overlapping
synth and strange regurgitated unknown organic sound).
FILTHY GRIN - "Mouth Feeling" cassette (self released).
$5.00 (excellent bedroom // inner-brain synth work. //
http://www.gasolineicecream.com).
Kelly Ginger - "Riding". handmade book / zine.
(self-released). $5 (beautiful).
Golieth Bird Eater - s/t CD (Not Not Fun). $8
The Goslings - "Occasion" CD (Not Not Fun) $11
(decontructed, thick drone, like Sunn crossing paths with the Get
Hustle).
Les Beyond - "In A Gemstone" CDr (Isolated Now Waves).
$6
Monno - "Error" CD (Conspiracy). $12 (OVER BLOWN
PERFECTION).
MV + EE and the Bummer Road - "Mother of Thousands"
2xCD (Time-Lag). $18 (under-rated, tripped out Neil Young,
"gone").
Night Wounds - "Allergic to Heat" CD. (Corleone). $10
Non-Horse - "Haraam" CD. (Release the Bats). $10.
Raccoo-oo-oon - "Behold Secret Kingdom" CD (Release the
Bats). $12 (OOP new full length, heavy)
RPM ORCHESTRA “Afterglow” CD One Word Long $7.00 (found
sound collage work from a Phoenix local on JRC from The
Trunkspace's label)!
Shearing Pinx - "Ultra Snake" CD (Endless Latino) $8
Shepherds - "Loco Hills" CD (Release the Bats). $12
(members of Woods and Nonhorse).
Silver Creme - "Perfumed Metal" - CDr (Isolated Now
Waves). $5. (Tunnels, U.S. Girls, Hustler White members -
under-rated and forgotten)
The Skull Defexts- "Blood Spirits and Drums are
Singing" CD (Conspiracy). $12
Jacob Smigel - "Eavesdrop" CD. (self-released). $8.
(amazing collection of found-sound recordings).
Stormshadow - "Set On Destroy" CD (self-released). $3.
Sunburned (Hand with/) Circle - "the Blaze Game" CD
(Conspiracy). $12
Tent/City - CDr (Arbor). $6 (studio recordings from early on in
the days of the Tent).
WINGNUT “Live from the Willowhouse” tape One Word Long
$3.00 (Phoenix, AZ free-form / free-sound trio, open-ended
improvisation).
Woods Family Creeps - CD (Time-Lag). $12 (excelennt spaced out
free-folk, with a couple of pop gems buried).
Yellow Swans - "Live During War Crimes - Vol. 2" CD.
(Release the Bats). $12
Yukon - "Mortar" (Teraa Firma) CD $7
Yuma Nora - "Jewels in the Snakepit" CD (Not Not Fun).
$8 (destructed no-wave)
Yuma Nora - "Read Traing Graphing the Sunset of All" CD
(Deathbomb ARC). $9.
Zann - "Three Years in the Desert" CD (Vendetta) $10
Zs - "Arms" CD (Planaria). $10
Zs - "Karate Bump" CD (Planaria). $8
(splits + some collabs).
Kevin Shields / Rale - 3" DVDr (Deathbomb ARC) $6
John Wiese + C. Spencer Yeh - "New York / Atlanta" -
live CD (Helicopter) $10
Pain Jerk + John Wiese - "Terrazzo" CD (Harbinger) $10
Andy Ortmann + John Wiese - "Recorder Out of Tune"CD
(Nihilist). $8
Merzbow + John Wiese - "Multiplication" CD
(Misanthropic Agenda) $10
Merzbow and John Wiese - "Multiplication" CD
(Misanthropic Agenda) $12 (digipack verison).
Unicorn / Torso - CD. (Divorce). $8.
Wolf Eyes / Prurient - "The Warriors" split CD.
(Hospital). $11.
Kites / Prurient - split CD (Load). $10
