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Alex Chilton - "Like Flies On Sherbert" (1979)
To say that Like Flies on Sherbert is a masterpiece of lo-fi punk would be a misnomer. Chilton wasn’t a punk rocker, even if he wanted to be.What he found so exciting about punk was its engagement of...
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Scarcity of Tanks - "Fear is not Conscience" (2012)
Matthew Wascovich, the Clevo skater/sporto/wordsmith/punk dude, is touting two new LPs (via his own Total Life Society imprint) that bustle with his crud-bathed white-noise blues. Oneida/Man Forever...
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HUAH! - "Scheiß Kapitalismus" (1992)
Ok, this might be my final statement on this blog. 5 years, 222 posts and even more albums... I love every single one. And I hope some stay up - from Nihilist Spasm Band to Huah! - it's been quite a...
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Ikara Colt - "Chat And Business" (2002)
Ok, I won't back down. Let them come !Chat and Business is a mélange of stripped-down noise led by sharp guitars, socially conscious lyrics and a lot of attitude.The energy the band packs into their...
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George & Martha - "Another Head" (1987)
"Aus dem Zentrum eines giftspritzenden Alien geht der Blick nur über Feindesland." Damn great noise-rock album and side project of the legendary Slime from Hamburg ! Somebody called it "future core"...
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Evan Caminiti - "Psychic Mud Shrine" (2009)
You'll probably know Evan Caminiti as one half of the brilliant Barn Owl, but here he's forging a path as a solo artist for Digitalis, devising four towering guitar pieces that move beyond the pursuit...
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Prong - "Force Fed" (1988)
Prong emerged from the New York City underground of the late 80's, quickly setting themselves apart from the conformist culture of the city's hardcore and metal scenes. Prong was founded by...
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Tortoise - "Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters" (1995)
Tortoise invited several friends (including Steve Albini, Jim O'Rourke and John McEntire) to dissect several tracks. The result is a 30-minute continuous mix, ranging from A Tribe Called Quest and...
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NoMeansNo - " 0+2=1" (1991)
"Nonsense is better than no sense at all." Their earlier albums "Small Parts Isolated..." and "Wrong" are absolutely recommended for further research - and everybody should know them anyway - but this...
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STAER - "STAER" (2012)
Raw, brutal and dissonant heavy instrumental rock from Norway. Those genuises could be compared to Noxagt... Although executed in precise, deafening and in slow-motion-like telluric movements, STAER...
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Fripp & Eno - "Olympia, Paris, France May 28, 1975"
This historic recording documents an extremely rare and classic performance of a mysterious collaborative tour from two of the most creative and fascinating figures in rock. For any fan of ‘No...
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Key of Shame - "Threnody for Marcus Junius Brutus" (2012)
Atmospheric radical electronics at their highest peak. Key of Shame is the creature born from the collaboration of Mark Morgan (Sightings) and Pat Murano (No Neck Blues Band, Decimus, Malkuth, K....
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Noxagt - "Noxagt" (2006)
The coolest thing about the bludgeoning noise-rock instrumentals by Norwegian trio Noxagt is that they were made without a guitar. Erga's hard-sawing viola could certainly sound like a guitar, and...
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Guardian Alien - "See The World Given To A One Love Entity" (2012)
Guardian Alien is led by exceptional drummer Greg Fox of Teeth Mountain, Dan Deacon, and Liturgy. This album is a 40 minute psychic/psychedelic meditation that is driven by an intensity that is at once...
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Colin Stetson - "New History Warfare Vol. 1 & 2"
Colin Stetson is polarising. Is this jazz ? Is this for real ? Is he overdubbing ? Is he cheating ? What sounds like studio trickery is actually sheer virtuosity. So adept is he at manipulating the...
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The Hand to Man Band - "You Are Always On Our Minds" (2012)
The Hand To Man Band is an all-star-band consisting of Mr. Mike Watt, Deerhoof guitarist John Dietrich, Silver Jews drummer Tim Barnes, and Tsigoti pianist Thollem McDonas. They met in 2010 and almost...
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Mary Halvorson Quintet - "Bending Bridges" (2012)
Ms. Halvorson s work with her quintet has inspired critics to call her "extraordinary" (John Fordham), "hugely inventive" (John Corbett), "daringly unpredictable" (The New Yorker), "a distinct voice of...
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Cyclobe - "Luminous Darkness" (1999)
Cyclobe is the project of Stephen Thrower, a member of Coil , and Simon Norris, whose work with Death in June is well respected. Drawing on both instrumental and sampled sounds run through a surfeit of...
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Swell - "...Well?" (1991)
Alternating influences from neo-psychedelia, noise pop, and Ennio Morricone film scores, Swell formed in San Francisco in 1989 when vocalist/guitarist David Freel and drummer Sean Kirkpatrick decided...
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Caspar Brötzmann Massaker - Black Axis (1989)
"Recorded at the FMP studios and sporting a cover design by his father, one might have been forgiven for expecting guitarist Caspar Brötzmann's first album to owe more to Derek Bailey than to Jimi...
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Normal Love - "Survival Tricks" (2012)
Normal Love creates bracingly intense modern music of shrewd density and unique imagination orchestrated for processed voices, guitars, violin, drums and various electronics. Everything about the band...
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Jandek - "Tribute I & II"
In celebration of Jandek's new album called "Songs of Morgan", here are the 2 tribute albums, featuring the following:Naked in the Afternoon: Peter Weiss & Brian Charles, Thurston Moore's Dapper,...
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SchnAAk - "Wake Up Colossus" (2011)
I just discovered SchnAAk - an absolutely stunning duo from Berlin! "Here in this bizarre world of “Wake up Colossus” the experimental development that happened in contemporary electronic and...
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Kiss My Jazz - "In The Lost Souls Convention" (1997)
Music from Belgium. I just rediscovered the early dEUS albums and here is one of their side-projects.They began with a kind of lo-fi combination of jazz and rock with punky intentions, sometimes...
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Simon Fisher Turner - "The Epic Of Everest"
Simon Fisher Turner is an indelibly cool individual, having partied with Bowie at Haddon Hall, befriended Salvador Dali and scored Derek Jarman's films. He released a new score for "The Epic Of...
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