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Homostupids - Night Deacon EP

2010-04-17T19:11:00.000-05:00

Cleveland's Homostupids most recent release. Still available on Fashionable Idiots.

If you don't already know about Homostupids, this is a good place to start, so grab it up and go find some more.

Homostupids - Night Deacon EP

Condominium - Gag

2010-04-17T18:58:00.001-05:00

Fourth 7" from St. Paul's finest, Condominium. This one is still available from Deer Healer, so snatch it up before they're all gone. If you don't already have them, you can also download their other 3 7"s and 2 live tapes from Fashionable Activism.

While we're at it, here is their blog, and they also have some shows coming up on the east coast in June. Dates here.

Condominium - Gag

Pygmy Shrews - The Egyptian

2010-03-18T04:49:00.000-05:00

Since people seem to be eating up the Lord Got Busted 7", I figured it was only fitting to upload the Pygmy Shrews' first LP, The Egyptian. This one is sold out on Wantage USA, but you might still be able to find it in some distros, or hiding in your local record store. If that doesn't work, it's getting repressed at some point in the near future, so keep an eye out.

Pygmy Shrews - The Egyptian

Diet Cokeheads

2010-03-17T20:03:00.001-05:00

Diet Cokeheads are a fuzzed out, 3 piece noise rock band with male/female vocals, from Gainesville, Florida.

They currently have a 7" and live tape available from Drugged Conscience and a 7" on Ventriculoperitoneal Sound, but I'm still waiting on those all to arrive.

Since I don't currently have hard copies of either of their 7"s, and want you all to support Drugged Conscience/VPS, I'm just reposting the songs they have up on their blog in an effort to get more people listening to them. I haven't stopped listening to these tracks since I stumbled across them a few months back, and see no end in sight. 6 songs, 4 from their demo, 2 from their current 7"s. Check this shit out.

Diet Cokeheads

Cola Freaks - Ingenting Set 7"

2010-03-17T19:48:00.000-05:00

Lack of funds has resulted in a general lack of new vinyl. Here is some shit to tide you over until I have a steady income again:

Cola Freaks are from Aarhus, Denmark and play some more catchy punk, as seems to be an ongoing trend of a good chunk of Danish bands. Copies are still available from Hjernespind.

Cola Freaks - Ingenting Set

No Balls - Come Clean LP

2010-02-19T04:28:00.000-06:00

Monotonous, brutal, noisy protopunk from Drajan Bryngelsson and Dan Raberg of Brainbombs. Mostly drums and guitar, with trumpets and incredibly quiet vocals thrown into the mix on some of the tracks. Limited to 300 copies on RTB Records. If aggressive and scuzzy music isn't your cup of tea, you should probably skip over this one.

You can also download their 7" from Fashionable Activism.

No Balls - Come Clean LP

La Piovra - Risacca b/w Danni Collaterali

2010-02-19T03:50:00.000-06:00

Raging, high energy Italian hardcore punk with some killer guitar riffs. Members went on to Smart Cops.

La Piovra - Risacca b/w Danni Collaterali

Insomnio - Walking On The String EP

2010-02-19T03:45:00.000-06:00

4 tracks of catchy punk rock from Spain.

Insomnio - Walking On The String EP

Judgement - Just Be...

2010-02-03T03:59:00.000-06:00

Burning Spirit styled Japanese hardcore. Featured members from Bastard, Death Side, Lip Cream, and Crück. They released 4 other 7"s as well as this EP.

Judgement - Just Be EP

Gorilla Angreb - ST EP

2010-02-03T03:51:00.000-06:00

Catchy, female fronted punk from Copenhagen, Denmark. Guitarist previously played in Amdi Petersens Arme. Gorilla Angreb broke up in 2007.

Gorilla Angreb - ST EP

Strung Up - ST 7"

2010-01-27T05:13:00.000-06:00

80s styled hardcore from the Bay Area with gruff, angry vocals. I'm also tossing up a link to their split LP with Direct Control. If you want more, hunt down their Warfucked 7" and Society Rot In Hell LP.

ST 7"
Strung Up/Direct Control split LP

Neuroottiset Pelimannit - ST 7"

2010-01-27T03:59:00.000-06:00

Finnish hardcore punk. Fast with killer riffs and solos. I also recommend the Sita Saa Mita Tilaa 7", which you should be able to find elsewhere.

ST 7"

D.S.-13 - Aborted Teen Generation

2010-01-26T05:06:00.000-06:00

Fast, thrashy, pissed off hardcore from Sweden. This one was put out in 1998, and is the best of their releases in my opinion. Members went on to a handful of other bands including, but not limited to, Imperial Leather, Vicious, and Insurgent Kid.

If you're so inclined, you can grab a hard copy of the 2003 repress from Havoc Records. While you're over there, check out all the other quality shit Felix has put out or has in his distro.

Aborted Teen Generation

More posts coming in the next few days.

Retainers - Lose It 7"

2010-01-08T05:29:00.000-06:00

One of the best in Minneapolis. Retainers play ripping, lo-fi garage punk and enjoy their alcoholic beverages. If you're into this, grab their LP from Kevin at Fashionable Activism and check out the Sinks post I made a month back.

There are a couple little clicks on this one but they really aren't too bad as far as minor clicks go. I apologize, but such is the way of the world and vinyl.

Retainers - Lose It

Swinehood - In Bad Shape 7"

2010-01-08T04:29:00.000-06:00

Scummy, noisy, garage-y punk from Sweden. Drajan from Brainbombs on drums. 4 faster tracks on the Aside at 33rpm, and one 3 minute jam at 45rpm on the Bside. Released on Kenrock in 2007.

Swinehood - In Bad Shape 7"

Career Suicide - SARS EP

2010-01-05T05:26:00.000-06:00

One of my favorites from Toronto. If you're not already long since aware of Career Suicide, this EP is a good start and then you can move onto the anthologies, which I'd imagine are pretty easy to find on other blogs.

Career Suicide - SARS EP

Imperial Leather - Antibodies EP

2010-01-05T05:04:00.000-06:00

Imperial Leather is a catchy hardcore punk rock n' roll band from Stockholm, Sweden, with Amyl Nitrate on vocals. Pretty serious lineup in this band, having featured members from No Security, DS-13, Burning Kitchen, Sunday Morning Einsteins and a whole slew of others.

Imperial Leather - Antibodies EP

Pygmy Shrews - Lord Got Busted 7"

2010-01-05T04:23:00.000-06:00

Slow, sludgy noise rock from Brooklyn. Featuring the drummer of Drunkdriver and guitarist from Zs. Male and female vocals. The Bside is a cover of Kill Yourself by Pussy Galore.

Copies of this one are still available directly from Fan Death Records, so grab yourself a copy.

Pygmy Shrews - Lord Got Busted 7"

Big Black - Songs About Fucking

2010-01-04T03:11:00.001-06:00

Steve Albini's project before Rapeman, Big Black was around from 82 to 87. This is another that I'd imagine most people already have, but if not, you're late and should make up for lost time by blasting this shit all week.

Songs About Fucking was released in 87 and the band disbanded after it's release.

If you're completely unfamiliar with Steve Albini, this is some abrasive noise rock that happens to use a drum machine.

Big Black - Songs About Fucking

Exterminate - 理想と現実

2010-01-04T02:56:00.000-06:00

Some more raging Japanese hardcore, with some awesome dual vocals this time around. All I really know about this band is that this release is a CD, and they've released at least one other 7"/CD on MCR. If someone happens to read this and has any of their other releases, you should rip them for our enjoyment, or point me to an obscure distro that still has copies laying around or something.

Exterminate - 理想と現実

Funeral Shock - ST 7"

2010-01-03T03:43:00.000-06:00

First release from this bay area outfit featuring ex members of Capitalist Casualties and Spazz. 3 tracks of pissed off west coast hardcore clocking in at just under 5 minutes. They've since released a couple more 7"s and an LP.

Funeral Shock - ST 7"

Total Abuse - Sex Pig EP

2010-01-02T04:36:00.000-06:00

You probably already have this. If not, it's 7 tracks of noisy, bad natured hardcore in about 8 minutes. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding their LP or demo on other blogs if this is up your alley.

Total Abuse - Sex Pig EP

More updates coming this week. Mass amounts of job apps, people staying at my place, and a total lack of motivation have been getting in the way.

Drunks With Guns LP

2009-12-27T05:24:00.003-06:00

Unfortunately I don't actually own a copy and can't find a picture of the cover, so here's the cover of their ST 7". The link is for the LP though.

Drunks With Guns LP

Clockcleaner - Skinheaded Lady

2009-12-04T02:50:00.001-06:00

Put out by Stained Circles for Clockcleaner's Australian tour in 2008. Bside is a cover of Hate City by X, with different lyrics. "Couldn't understand the words so made up some new ones. Deal."

I've been informed that Kurt Vile is playing the saxophone, and I'll assume this is correct unless someone has a more compelling argument for him playing a different instrument.

Skinheaded Lady

Hammer - Yellow LP

2009-12-04T02:39:00.002-06:00

Hammer are from Japan and play fast hardcore punk. They are good.

Unfortunately, I don't speak or read Japanese, so I have no fucking clue what this record is actually titled, and only one of the tracks is listed on the record in English. Fortunately, it doesn't matter because this record rips regardless of if you have any idea what the vocalist is saying.

Yellow LP

Sinks

2009-12-04T02:30:00.003-06:00

One of my current favorite Minneapolis bands. Sinks play lo-fi garage punk. They are touring this winter, so check them out if they're in your town and give them your drugs and booze. Tour dates on their myspace.

S/T released on Fashionable Idiots in 2007. Recorded live on 2-track
No Money released on Kenrock in 2008. Recorded live on 4-track

S/T EP

No Money 7"

Fresh Meat - Leather Daddy 7"

2009-12-03T00:03:00.000-06:00

Another one from Andy at Fashionable Idiots. Fresh Meat play noisy, ugly, hardcore punk and hail from Allentown, PA. Copies are still available through the store on the FI site, so stop being an asshole and go order it.

Leather Daddy 7"

Out With A Bang - Love My Life

2009-12-02T23:32:00.001-06:00

Assholes from Italy playing punk about drugs, sex and booze. Just as out of control live as one would hope/expect.

Love My Life

Knife Fight - Burning Bridges EP

2009-12-02T23:16:00.000-06:00

SoCal hardcore. Members from Gordon Solie Motherfuckers, Life's Halt, Carry On, No Reply, amongst a slew of others. Members went on to a large number of bands as well. This EP was put out in 2004.

Burning Bridges EP

Rapeman - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule

2009-12-02T22:45:00.000-06:00

Steve Albini project existing from 1987 to 1989. Bass player and drummer were formerly from Scratch Acid.

Two Nuns and a Pack Mule

Billy Bao

2009-11-21T02:43:00.004-06:00

I'm not going to bother describing Billy Bao besides noisy, heavy and loud. Dialectics of Shit (released February 08) is probably my favorite of their releases thus far. May 08 (released June 09) is even noisier with a lot less distinguishable guitar parts. And if you're looking for even more, grab the Drunkdriver/Mattin collaboration, List of Profound Insecurities (released August 2009) .

Badmaster still has some copies of Dialectics of Shit and List of Profound Insecurities, so grab them really fucking quick before they're gone. Not sure where you'd be able to find a copy of May 08.

Mattin has downloads of all his released material (including Billy Bao) on his site, some in formats that are higher quality than mp3, if that intrigues you. Otherwise, here are rips of all 3 mentioned releases in mp3 version.

Billy Bao - Dialectics of Shit
Billy Bao - May 08
Drunkdriver/Mattin - List of Profound Insecurities

Gudon - Discography

2009-11-21T02:19:00.004-06:00

Another one from Japan. Gudon existed from the early/mid 80s until 91. This discography has everything they released excluding demos and the Zanin Seiji flexi 7". Members went on to Bastard, which is a post or two for another day.

Discography

NK6

2009-11-12T21:18:00.011-06:00

One of my favorites from Japan. NK6 are blisteringly fast, thrashy

punk. They don't need much more of an introduction than that, so

check them out if you aren't already in the know.

Keep On Keeping On

NK6 7"

Burning Kitchen

2009-11-12T20:52:00.009-06:00

This one was borrowed from the fine folks at Fugitive Equilibrium,

and while I'm sure their blog gets more hits in a day than mine will

in its entire existence, i'd still like to try to share this record with a

few more people.

Female fronted Swedish punk. I could (and do) listen to this album

repeatedly. Go to the FE link for more information, to thank them forthis 10" gem, and to find some more good OOP records.

Damn You If You Do, Damn You If You Don't

Cherubs

2009-11-12T20:06:00.004-06:00

Austin, Texas noise rock. Existed from 1992 to 1994. Heroin Man was released shortly after they broke up in 94 and Short of Popular is a compilation of various singles and tracks not used on their other albums, released in 96.

Heroin Man

Short Of Popular

Mayyors

2009-11-10T23:24:00.020-06:00

Mayyors are from Sacramento, California and are heavy and noisy. I can only imagine they're loud as fuck live too. All of their records are sold out.

I can't remember where I got these rips from, so if they're yours, let me know so I can give you credit for them and toss up a link to your blog, since I'm still working on getting copies of them. In the meantime, thanks unknown bloggers!

S/T 7"

Deads

Megan's LOLZ 7"

Loser Life - I Have Ghosts And I Have Ghosts

2009-11-10T22:40:00.003-06:00

Pissed off hardcore punk from Bakersfield, California. The band wasn't happy with how this record turned out, but personally it's my favorite of their releases, even if the production values aren't as good as they would've liked.

I Have Ghosts and I Have Ghosts

屍 Shikabane - Why Do You Live?

2009-11-10T21:45:00.004-06:00

Another great band from Japan. A bit darker than their earlier releases, with some slower, more melodic parts, but still plenty of fast, tight, thrashy goodness.

Why Do You Live?

Assault - Pain

2009-11-10T21:28:00.008-06:00

Probably my favorite release by this Tokyo outfit. Raging, semi metallic crust, i guess you could call it. You can find both of their LPs and the Martyrdom 7" floating around on some other blogs without too much effort, i'm sure.

Assault - Pain 7"

Brainbombs - Obey

2009-11-09T20:24:00.003-06:00

CD release in Sweden in 95, LP released in the US in 97. Loud, noisy, vulgar, lo-fi, monotonous, and great.

Obey