16/12/10

Tera Melos - s/t (2005)

1Melody 11:17
2Melody 26:19
3Melody 32:31
4Melody 44:54
5Melody 58:50
6Melody 63:42
7Melody 74:19
8Melody 828:44

Math rock is a rhythmically complex, guitar-based style of experimental rock music that emerged in the late 1980s. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (including irregular stopping and starting), angular melodies, and dissonant chords. (Wikipedia)

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05/12/10

Mule albums s-t + Wrung + If I Don't Six

P.W. Long first surfaced as the vocalist for the Michigan-based Wig (appearing only on the 7" Just Obscene and the indie release Lying Next to You), billing himself as Preston Cleveland. After the single's release in 1991, Long left to form the disastrously named Nigger Lover, eventually changing the name to N.L. Mule before finally deciding on the more succinct Mule. Backed by Kevin Munro and Jim Kimball, veterans of Ann Arbor's Laughing Hyenas, Mule's eponymous debut was released on Quarterstick Records in 1992, followed by the Wrung EP and the Steve Albini-produced If I Don't Six, both released in 1994.

1Mississippi Breaks 3:26
2What Every White Nigger Knows 4:17
3I'm Hell 3:21
4Drown 3:25
5Now I Truly Understand 3:17
6Mama's Reason to Cry 3:36
7Lucky 5:16
8Sugarcane Zuzu 5:21
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1. Ass    2:17
2. We Know You're Drunk   3:22
3. Seachlight    4:44
4. The Rope and the Cuckold   4:57
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1Hayride 3:39
2X & 29 5:30
3The Beauteous 5:12
4Nowhere's Back 6:12
5Obion 5:09
6A Hundred Years 5:29
7Spearfish 6:05
8Piano 2:06
9Pent 3:20
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Table - WNUR Radio May 23rd, 1992

Table
WNUR Radio: May 23rd, 1992


01) Dead Bird
02) M.E.G.O.
03) Feasting Time
04) Ignition
05) Gag Box

The show was recorded off the radio, and has lots of radio noise, but it’s totally listenable.

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25/11/10

Ugly American Overkill videotape

Filmed at the Venue, London during the 1991 Amphetamine Reptile European Tour

BANDS:
-SURGERY
D.S. Laura
Action Candy
-TAR
Downtime
Viaduct
-HELMET
Bad Mood
He Feels
-GOD BULLIES
Let's Go To Hell
Long Way Home

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Surgery

Tar 

Helmet 

God Bullies

21/11/10

Blake - S/T (2001)

1Three Quarter
2No Vote
3Bottles for the Contents
4Lamen's Terms
5Bishop
6Idleness
7RS
8DSR
9Sewn Between
10Trouble Song

Blake is a Math rock band ofthe late 90s from Canada. their sound was intricate, noisy and ahead of its time.
This eponymous release serves to bookmark Blake's career, in presenting recordings from 1996 (at the apex of naive intensity) and 1999 (the most introspective moments of Blake's "blue period"). Blake though driven to collapse by their always-explosive inner tension, was variously reincarnated as Rockets Red Glare. If Okara and Shotmaker mean anything to you, you'll love this.

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19/11/10

The Stabs - Dirt (2006) + 7'' (2004)


Imagine Laughing Hyenas meet Jesus Lizard, but bored.
from their last.fm profile
They have the honour of clearing the ‘Airport Lounge’ at Monash Uni faster than any other lunchtime act, with only three diehards ending up braving the wall of noise for the whole set.


Dirt (2006)
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Split Lips / House of the Peter Gunn (7'' 2004)
or this

18/11/10

The J.J. Paradise Players Club









The J.J. Paradise Players Club EP 2001
1Beware the Ides of Moose 
2House of Torment 
3Hog Jowel 
4No

Clean EP 2002

Coextinction EP 2005
1The E.M.P. 
2Things You Can't Imagine 
3Safety Word 
4Flux 
5Song to Make You Hate Me
 
Wine Cooler Blowout 2001

Regenesis 2004




Fuckemos - Hurtin'

14/11/10

Swallow - Sourpuss (1990)




A1Forever 
A2Thankx 
A3Sex Pig 
A4Nice 
A5Fed 
B1Take Me 
B2Queen 
B3Sink 
B4Time 
B5In Effect



Swallow were an early grunge band that didn’t make the major label jump. They cut some of the earliest Sub Pop records, shared bills with some future star bands, and broke up before the Alternative Nation frenzy. With two front men, Swallow also had two kinds of sound: Chris Pugh was more pop-grunge, and Rod Moody leaned more towards heavy grunge rock. At some moments, they also had a bit of an early Soul Asylum (and yes, that band used to be cool, too) feel to them.

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Why Stakla - Nevin sam, čovječe (1998)




A1Đinđigiškane, dobro jutro 1:50
A2Rekla si 1:57
A3Britva 1:54
A4Dosta je 2:02
A5Udi 1:50
A6Breathe 3:05
B1Čist sam 2:24
B2Bunker 1:53
B3Dan poslije 1:50
B4Studentica Sara 1:48
B5Farewell (During Wartime) 2:08
B6Sin 2:22



We like bass sounds like this! An eastern european version of Tar. Dobro!

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Gravity Propulsion System - Days Like Razors (2008)






1. Bloodworks
2. Situation
3. Untitled Track
4. No West
5. Haircut With a Happy Ending
6. Untitled Track
7. Here's to Saying Random Things
8. Travel Agent
9. Untitled Track
10. Floated
11. Untitled Track
12. Faker Now Than Ever
13. Epic Disasters

Loud, seemingly spontaneous chaos erupts from their music like sonic lava, melting everything in its path, especially musical conventions.

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S.P.U.D. - Sour (1990)


A1Breakdown Town 4:52
A2Jesus Extreme 2:16
A3Jimmy-Ray 2:40
A4Motorway 5:40
B1Hard Hat 3:05
B2Drag Me 3:17
B3Old Man 5:58


Imagine the Butthole Surfers, Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid, Birthday Party and Fungus Brains all stuck in a blender.  Turn on blender and the stuff that comes out the other end would approximate the sounds that S.P.U.D. were creating at the tail end of the eighties/early nineties.  The lead singer sounds like he just woke up after being in a drug induced coma for 100 years!

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Pneu - Pince Crocodile (2006)



1Plongée en a3:10
2Matophore1:46
3A coup de couteau denté4:21
4Avant gauche1:57
5Tu t'blesses1:47
6Deux brouettes2:40
7Tailleur2:20
8Entremet1:40
9Neige1:18
10Neuf3:33



Pneu are a pair of noisy, noisy Frenchmen playing math-rock with the raw ferocity of a punk band.

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Salamander Jim - Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids (1985)




A1Fly in da Ointment 
A2Ugly Breakfast 
A3Papa's Got a Brand New Bag 
A4Spontaneous Combustion 
B1Alligator Wine 
B2Hot Cakes for Daddy 
B3Black Star


Weird Swamp/Grunge/Rock/R & B hybrid. Includes one of Kim Salmon's best songs (Ugly Breakfast) even though Salmon doesn't actually appear on the record.

Band contains various members of The Beasts of Bourbon / Lubricated Goat / The Butcher Shop so it's well worth a listen.

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Blunderbuss - Push (7'' 1992)


A1Push2:18
A2Surrounded3:18
B1Line Drive To The Forehead2:58
B2Flatfood2:43

Noteworthy noise-core in the vein of Unsane, Distorted Pony and Hammerhead

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