Peeps. Sunshine all over the place and lots of records that need a new home to support your summer mood. So much cool records arrived this week like the amazing new Simon Joyner LP, broken water Lp (EU version is at the plant incl. a BONUS Lp), charles mingus re issues, electric eels 7“, predatory light 10“, melvins re issues, new young fathers lp and soooooo much more!!
Also thanks to everyone that came out for the Vendetta fest last weekend and made it a blast. So many great bands, people etc. Thanks for letting us feel spezial.
And mark your calenders for the LITTLE CLARA & MENTALETTES show at MONARCH incl. a set by DJ LOBOTOMY. Soul explosion. Polish your dancing shoes!!!
we also started booking the BROKEN WATER fall tour – get in touch via robert@schnick-schnack-schnuck.org if you can help
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THE ABSENTEES - Tryin’ To Mess With Me 7" (ug - Reissue of THE ABSENTEES’ impossibly scarce 45 from 1981 remastered from the original tapes. Pressed on colored vinyl.) 10.00
ELECTRIC EELS - Accident / Wreak And Roll 7" (hozac – Another devastating chunk of festering midwest proto punk from the inimitable ELECTRIC EELS, and the second installment in our singles series with these scurrilous sub-creatures of Ohio's rich musical history chucks forth two more cauterizing cuts of whiplash thug rock your thin plane of existence just might not survive without. "Accident" is another BRIAN MCMAHON-penned brain-scrambler and features not only the angelic DAVE E. on vocals, but also features Brian on vocals as well, coalescing into a tangled mess of treble-stabbing noise that's just as life-reaffirming as it is polarizing. You just don't get threats of sound like this anymore, and the stained path of insanity combined with the ambivalence that comes with being drawn toward something that's so sinister, yet so seductive, is a feeling you really have to dig deep to find. The bonus here (as if you needed a bonus), is the rarely heard MORTON/MCMAHON/MAROTTA "Wreck And Roll" composition from the 3x10" Those Were Different Times boxed set, which shows their unique ability to create a pop masterpiece inside of a trainwreck, and another reason why the eels are so not-of-this-earth and were too far ahead of their time to even be measured. First pressing of 600 copies on black vinyl.) 8.00
GRIM KLONE BAND - Back On The Street 7" (Three loud crude protopunk rants by a bunch of stoned hippies from the cultural wasteland of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, circa 1979.) 8.00
JJ 180 - Talk Talk 7" (alohas dream - JJ-180 got its start in 1977 when a group of teenagers came together around the art & music that had influenced them growing up in the ‘70s in Santa Cruz. They were: POLIO FERRARI (keyboards), WALLY SOUND (guitar), TORA BROOKS (bass), WALTER MCKEE (guitar), and CAKER CALLOWAY (drums). Their music was a hybrid of the then emerging punk sound as well as ‘60s surf, garage & psychedelic music. The band was a keystone of the Santa Cruz punk scene and organized many important early punk and new wave shows in their hometown. After establishing a local following, they released a single and a few songs on compilations. This is that very single.) 8.00
LAZY - Soft Sheets 7" (volar - Kansas City art punks LAZY return with two more weirdo rippers following their Obsession LP on Moniker Records. “The band’s classic punk attitude—one part bratty, one part brainy, is rough around the edges, but supremely skilled. With a sound rooted in the ’80s, Lazy share a kindred spirit with the raw punk of fellow midwesterners Zero Boys, but also evoke the nuance of arty acts like Pylon.”—Impose) 7.00
LIFE - take off with you / money 7" (“Because LIFE are an immensely talented British pop-rock band led by a pair of brothers (MEZ SANDERS-GREEN on lead vocals and MICK SANDERS on lead guitar), there will be inevitable comparisons to Oasis. But ‘Take Off With You’ and ‘Money,’ the tracks that comprise the Hull quartet’s new double A-side single, are more like a young Arctic Monkeys trading Alex Turner’s snarling wit for the pop shine of the 1975, but without the saccharine boy-band feel to it. This is young, fun, fast-paced, urban pop-rock, and I fervently recommend it to you. LIFE released videos for both songs earlier this year before they signed to Grand Jury, the new label that also signed Twin Peaks this year. Watch both clips below, preferably at a high volume.”—Stereogum) 8.00
LOS PIRANAS - Salvemos Nuestro Folclor 7" (Bogota, Colombia‘s LOS PIRANAS blend tropical rhythms, punk attitude and modern electronics with nods to everything from surf music to afrobeat to no wave. Their songs are marked by pulsing basslines with driving drums & other worldly guitar. This single on Alona’s Dream marks the band’s North American debut on vinyl.) 7.00
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED - Innocence 7" (alohas - Reissue of the classic debut EP by legendary Chicago hardcore punks RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED. Cut originally in 1984, the long out of print Innocence EP captures all of the energy and attitude the band became known for at their over the top live shows. A part of Chicago punk history, this highly sought piece of wax is now available again for the first time in 30 years.) 10.00
VATICAN DAGGER – not to be 7“ (total punk - New Orleans’ VATICAN DAGGER are made up of ex-NECOR HIPPIES, GARY WRONG ad ROMAN GABRIEL TODD. These three distinct forces combine to make some killer downer punk that is covered in noise, soaked in slime, and here to bum you out. The bass line of “Not To Be” might be the scuzziest thing I’ve heard in quite some time. 100% TOTAL PUNK and make sure to check them out at this year’s TOTAL PUNK TOTAL FUCK OFF.) 7.00
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PREDATORY LIGHT - MMXIV 10" (pesanta - “Lurking somewhere within the borders of New Mexico is yet another hugely exciting new project; a project that leaves behind any trace of affectation and theatrical pomp, delivering dense and primordial black metal with a sound as vast and cavernous as the indigenous landscapes. Boasting members of Drought and USBM notables Ash Borer, Predatory Light is the metaphorical beast residing in their basement; darkly disquieting and utterly unnerving, with a melancholic streak that serves only to darken this trio’s already atramentous universe.Just as Irish troupe Malthusian ended 2013 on a gigantic high note with their bestial demo recording MMXIII, Predatory Light bring forth an equally primeval recording with MMXIV. Atmospheric in an entirely different manner to guitarist K’s day job, the sounds created here reside comfortably in boundless subterranean murk, swaying between eerie mood-setting and all-out extremity. “Changing Skins” sets the interminable tone of unearthly doom-ridden black metal, whilst “Spiritual Flesh” delves deeper into the root of the evil that emanates from the band’s collective consciousness. Unhallowed death growls echo amidst restless melody and ruthless unease; the stripped-back production accentuating the sense of foreboding that clings to Predatory Light like a malevolent spirit.”—Cvlt Nation) 19.00
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - High On New Heaven - Live In New Haven TLP (safetly - ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARASIO U.F.O. celebrates it’s 20th year as Japan’s premiere psychedelic freak-out collective with the release of this intimate live 4/20/2013 recording. Recorded on site at Cafe Nine in downtown New Haven, CT, KAWABATA and crew delivered a solid live show totally deserving of the holiday it was conceived on. Sometimes heavy, sometimes slow and quiet, the set endlessly climbed through the frequencies delivering the fuzzy and hypnotic to a sweaty, gleeful, bleary-eyed room of psychedelic enthusiasts. Tiple LP packaged in wide spine jackets with download. Limited edition of 400 copies. “Today is 420, so please, High On!”) 36.00
BENOIT PIOLARD - Sonnet LP (kranky - The sound of the fifth BENOIT PIOLARD full length is lush and verdant, a temperate rain forest of ear ecstasy that reflects the environment surrounding the artist. A mostly instrumental work, it is an adept melding of song and sound, melody and texture, the intangible and the palpable, that in an abstract sense recalls the more fractured and loose end of the ‘70s krautrock movement. (STREET DATE - 3/31/2015) "The basis of the album was a series of field recordings of tones and unintentional harmonies that I made in the summer & fall of 2013—whistling industrial air conditioners, bird songs, locust drones, washing machines—that I mimicked or interpreted on the guitar, making loops that developed into fuller compositions. Several of the pieces are recreations of harmony loops that I heard in a series of extraordinarily vivid dreams, and then woke up and recorded. A few pieces had lyrics and vocal parts that I ultimately removed; at a certain point the album became an exercise in restraint, so I strove to leave only what I felt absolutely essential. Unlike most of my previous recordings, there are no digital / software after-effects on the album; all sounds are from analog tape and / or my few guitar pedals."—Thomas Meluch (Benoit Pioulard)) 17.00
BROKEN WATER – wrought LP (night people - A follow up to 2012's widely-praised Tempest, Olympia, Washington favorites BROKEN WATER’s new album was recorded and mixed with STEVE FISK (Nirvana, Soundgarden) and features a mix of noisy, fuzzed-out guitars and melodic vocals. Features a guest appearance from LORI GOLDSTON (EARTH) on cello.) 16.00
CHARLES MINGUS - Mingus Plays Piano LP (superior - Bassist / composer Charles Mingus is one of the most radical figures in American music. Throughout the ’50s, he worked as a sideman with legendary players Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and more. In the ’60s, he gained recognition as a bandleader, often followed by controversy for making strong-minded statements in the press about race, politics and stodgy music critics. While Mingus received many honors posthumously as well as during his career, perhaps his greatest achievement was transcending the restrictive label of jazz. Mingus Plays Piano, released just a few months after his masterpiece The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady, is the only record to feature Mingus performing on his instrument of choice for composing. From the opening track, appropriately titled “Myself When I Am Real,” Mingus shrugs off any virtuosic pretensions of solo albums and stakes out more introspective territory. These trance-like, poetic musings reveal a tenderness rarely associated with Mingus, reminiscent of Erik Satie’s piano works and Art Tatum’s free rhythmic style. This long out-of-print vinyl release has been carefully remastered from the original master tapes.) 21.00
CHARLES MINGUS - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady LP (superior - Bassist / composer Charles Mingus is one of the most radical figures in American music. Throughout the ’50s, he worked as a sideman with legendary players Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and more. In the ’60s, he gained recognition as a bandleader, often followed by controversy for making strong-minded statements in the press about race, politics and stodgy music critics. While Mingus received many honors posthumously as well as during his career, perhaps his greatest achievement was transcending the restrictive label of jazz. The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady is without question Mingus’ magnum opus. Originally released on Impulse! in 1963, the album broke new ground in both genre-defying composition and innovative recording techniques. A six-part suite with dramatic shifts in mood and tempo, The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady features the three-way brass dialogue of trumpets, trombone and tuba, swooping reeds and awe-inspiring rhythm section. Balancing delicate Spanish modes and Ellingtonian themes, the ensemble breaks into a divine cacophony of group improvisation on par with free jazz giants like Ornette Coleman or Cecil Taylor. In his best-known essay, “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung,” Lester Bangs praises, “the experience of the first few listenings to a record so total, so mind-twisting, that you authentically can say you’ll never be quite the same again. Black Saint and The Sinner Lady did that, and a very few others. They’re events you remember all your life, like your first real orgasm.” This long out-of-print vinyl release has been carefully remastered from the original master tapes.) 21.00
CHRISTINA CARTER - L’etoile De Mer LP (emerald - Unlike Man Ray’s dreamlike 1928 surrealist film of the same name, her score for it is severely in focus: carefully placed single notes of electric guitar hang in a space made so tense by expectation that the air feels like glass under pressure. Buckling under the weight of their own naked intensity and the film’s obscure ritual logic, both takes end with a sudden descent into a seasick pitch-shifted blur. On the flip, seven etude-like songs recorded in an Austin hallway, were inspired by solo saxophone exercises. These pieces are meditations on sound rather than words. Tongue and throat animate the air, unconstrained by lyrical concerns; vocal shapes are carved, probed, turned over, and discarded. Previously released on cassette (Freedom From 2000). Silkscreened jackets. Edition of 300.) 21.00
COLLEEN - captain of none LP (thrill jockey - Following on from an extended period of silence broken by 2013’s "The Weighing of the Heart” album, Cécile Schott a.k.a. Colleen returns with the fantastic "Captain Of None”, without question the finest record of her career to date. It’s the second Colleen outing that features her own vocals, but this time round there is a heightened pop sensibility fuelled by an immersion in the works of Arthur Russell (and in particular Tim Lawrence’s excellent biography "Hold On to Your Dreams”), as well as an unexpected love of Jamaican music manifest here via her first ever incorporation of basslines, but also more extreme studio techniques that intrude the arrangements and jolt the listener whenever the album becomes too easy on the ear. Schott recently described the album to FACT as “…the poppiest and the most experimental record of my career..” - and it’s an apt summation of a record that is immensely approachable, memorable, but also quietly daring with its effortless blend of neo-classical signatures and more unexpected, angular elements. The aforementioned basslines are provided by a small Viola De Gamba (which is said to be the instrument that most closely resembles the sound of the human voice) which first makes an appearance on opening track “Holding Horses” - underpinning those instantly familiar harp cascades with some bass weight, but it’s on the immeasurably beautiful ‘I’m Kin’ that you get a fully panoramic view of just how far Schott has come as a producer over the last few years. “This Hammer Breaks” pushes further into the new, including a gloriously messy percussive assault that undulates and ricochets with carefully overplayed delay and echo to startling effect, while "Salina Stars” ushers a Melodica in to proceedings with a gently chaotic touch. So, to sum up, 'Captain Of None' is a real French fancy; an impossibly lovely reverie mirroring sylvan vocals with a world of sonic influences that reminds us of everything from Brenda Ray's sun-struck Casio reggae to Grouper's exquisite use of negative space, creating a twilight garden maze of resonant wonder that we just can’t stop listening to...) 16.00
DESTRUCTION UNIT - Live In San Francisco LP (castle face - “I believe Destruction Unit to be one of the most important underground bands in America. The live shows vary from dense chaos to dumbstruck pandemonium. The volume is always colossal. The spectacle, dramatic. “Putting microphones on these Arizona weirdos is similar to trying to get a decent recording of a soccer riot—getting Ryan [Rousseau] to sing into our microphone like shooting a hummingbird with a spitball from across a gorge…but we’ve done it. Polished up and pushing the red, we present this deathless comet captured to tape. Headphones on, lowlights flickering, spliff in hand—you are a warrior on the dawn of a new perilous passage…until you have to flip the LP. Enjoy.” —John Dwyer) 17.00
DICK DIVER - Melbourne, Florida LP (trounle in mind - DICK DIVER managed to avoid the “sophomore slump” with their 2013 album Calendar Days (Chapter Music) and look to perfect a “three-peat” with their 3rd album Melbourne, Florida, which hums with a strident assurance, buoyed by the benefit of the band’s four talented songwriters whose singular voices sit comfortably beside each other in the albums 12 tracks. If Dick Diver weren’t already leading the pack of new-school Australian pop (as their ranks include members of TOTAL CONTROL, UV RACE, LOWER PLENTY, and BOOMGATES) then Melbourne, Florida is sure to put them in the pole-position.) 18.00
DINNER - three ep's 2012 -2014 LP (captured - Dinner is the alias for Danish singer and producer Anders Rhedin. Since 2012, Dinner has released ‘Girl’, ‘You Are Like LA’, a guided meditation tape and, in collaboration with Texas label Red Eye Transit, ‘Oui!’, a four-track EP that serves as a powerful introduction to this idiosyncratic musician.
Dinner’s songs seem to be inspired by his own life - in the lyrics one can find references to cities, parties and girls (the latter sometimes referred to as the ‘divine feminine’). Dinner himself claims that “All the songs are about death and transcendence.” At times, Dinner sounds a bit like a sun-bleached cassette tape you’d find stuck behind your car’s dashboard, last played at a party in Dusseldorf in 1984, full of echoes of sweaty depressions, spiritual longings and earlymorning trances. At other times, Dinner sounds a bit like melodic EBM-meets-Europop with elements of Danish darkwave. And sometimes he sounds more like the male descendant of Nico singing Eno-esque pop songs on discarded Julian Cope tracks. Whomever you ask, you’ll find Dinner’s sound defies simple classification. In his own words, his influences range from rock ‘n’ roll and pop giants like Michael Jackson and Velvet Underground, to experimental tape-music pioneers like Steve Reich.) 20.00
ERIC AYOTTE - transparency LP (pike - Ayotte plays the kind of honest indie folk that any fan of the Mountain Goats would dig, and -- especially with this fleshed out, full-band backed set -- fans of The Weakerthans, Neutral Milk Hotel, Andrew Jackson Jihad or Defiance, Ohio would appreciate.) 11.00
GARY WILSON – music for piano LP (feeding tube - "Although it might sound perverse to say so, Music for Piano may well be my favorite GARY WILSON record. Most people who dig Wilson are very into his lyrics, but I actually find them to be a bit taxing after a while. Those early records all sound and feel amazing, but what I really wanted was to hear the music without the words. I had high hopes when I found a copy of Another Galaxy, the 1974 Gary Wilson Trio LP, but it had a very different heft than that which Gary displayed on You Think You Really Know Me. It was really just a jazz LP. Well, here's some instrumental material from the same mid-late '70s time frame as You Think, and it's pretty amazing. There's one side of classic youthful piano destruction by Gary and the late Vince Rossi (one of Gary's most dependable collusionists). And the second side has five shorter tracks with a trio, that moves like oddball soundtrack music from '70s exploitation cinema (which is exactly what I'd hoped Another Galaxy would be like), before ending with the vocal track 'I Love Gary'—as maniacally collapsed a 'pop song' construct as anyone could hope for. It's a great record. A bit more overtly avant than the other three GW LPs we've done. But surely you can handle that." --Byron Coley, 2015. Edition of 500 copies.) 21.00
GINO & THE GOONS - same LP (total punk – Gino and the Goons are the most unlikely band to have gotten any attention in the current shitpool of rock’n’roll posecrap. Fakes are plenty, and everyone seems to be buying it, but we’re happy to be wiping our asses with it. Late 2012 saw the release of The Goons’ debut self-released LP. The 300 copies only press was a goner in no time flat, but the sickos at Total Punk rushed out a reissue to meet the demands of of the desperate, and quickly followed with the “Troubled” 7inch, the sleeve of which I just devalued by setting it in the condensation on my desk of my 11th beer of the night. This slab was promptly answered by the weirdos at Pelican Pow Pow, with the release of the “Oh Yeah!” single, and it’s even soggier than than the sleeve I just ruined. In 2014, Gino and the Goons and Black Gladiator have sniffed each others asses just enough to have come to the understanding that if we’re gonna do a record together, it’s gotta be the baddest shit. THE BADDEST SHIT. This is the album you wanted to be budget rock. This is the album you wanted to be dumb as fuck. This is the album that fails on both levels. This is the album that proves that Ramones worship doesn’t have to be predictable or generic. This is the album that proves that rock’n’roll doesn’t have a fashion, and that musical style rules supreme. PLAY LOUD cuz, ‘cause you’re not likely to get this action for many years to come. R.I.P. Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny and Tommy!) 15.00
INSULTS - Insults To Injury LP (brain - The long lost INSULTS album. Fifteen spastic twitches from 1979 by the prides of Watsonville, California.) 17.00
JESSIKA KENNEY - atria LP (sige - Ltd. to 300 copies, Tri-tone sleeve, incl. 12 page booklet - Atria is a full length LP featuring compositions written between 2007-2013, including performances by esteemed musicians from Gamelan Pacifica, Gamelan Kusuma Laras, and Gamelan Rakyat, as well as Eyvind Kang, and recorded in multiple contexts with sound engineer Mell Dettmer. LP edition of 300 copies in tri-tone LP sleeve, with oversized LP booklet containing scores and translations. Album art by Faith Coloccia and Jessika Kenney) 29.00
JOANNE ROBERTSON - Black Moon Days LP (feeding tube - "Black Moon Days is the second amazing solo LP by British polymath JOANNE ROBERTSON. It comes six years after her 2008 debut, The Lighter (Textile), which was one of that year's signal releases. In the meantime, she has continued painting (the activity for which she is best known), curating shows, writing, recording odd bits in trio with TOM GREENWOOD and DAVID CUNNINGHAM , touring and recording with DEAN BLUNT, and doing whatever the hell else it is she does. The songs on Black Moon largely proceed from the avant-volk tradition Joanne first explored on The Lighter. One can hear shards of Sibylle Baier's deepest darkness in these acoustic moments. But there's also electric material that is rougher, and more indicative of the wandering approach Joanne takes to rockist songwriting—open form, open chord squalls of quiet brutality leavened by sweet vocals and lulling cadences. Her poetry, painting and music all have the same binary quality—they pour sugar directly onto raw wounds in a way that is healing and transformative. Alchemical, I guess. Not easy to shorthand, Joanne Roberston's Black Moon Days is one of the great albums of the new year. Give yourself a treat and check it out."—Byron Coley, 2015. Includes download code. Limited to 300 copies) 21.00
JOHN WIESE - Deviate From Balance DLP (gilgomgo - J O H N W I E S E s l o n g a w a i t e d D e v i a t e F r o m B a l a n c e i s t h e a r t i s t s f i r s t a l b u m s i n c e 2 0 1 1 s S e v e n O f W a n d s ( P A N ) . R e c o r d e d t h r o u g h o u t E u r o p e / U K , A u s t r a l i a , a n d t h e U S , t h e a l b u m i n c l u d e s s c o r e d e n s e m b l e p i e c e s i n c l u d i n g o v e r 2 0 m u s i c i a n s o n e a c h , r e c o r d e d i n M e l b o u r n e a n d P o r t l a n d , a s w e l l a s a u d i o d o c u m e n t a t i o n o f i n s t a l l a t i o n p i e c e s W i n d C h a n g e d D i r e c t i o n , a f o u r - c h a n n e l s o u n d p i e c e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e g a r d e n o f t h e G e t t y C e n t e r ( c u r a t e d b y L i a r s ) , a n d B a t t e r y I n s t r u m e n t s , a n e i g h t - c h a n n e l p i e c e p r e s e n t e d a t H S P i n N e w Z e a l a n d , n o w h e a r d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e . A l s o i n c l u d e d a r e v a r i o u s c o l l a b o r a t i o n s a n d r e c o r d i n g s f r o m l i v e p e r f o r m a n c e s . A t o v e r 8 0 m i n u t e s , D e v i a t e F r o m B a l a n c e h a s b e e n p a c k a g e d a s a 2 ◊ L P w i t h t i p - o n g a t e f o l d j a c k e t s . M u s i c i a n s a p p e a r i n g i n c l u d e J o s e p h H a m m e r , I k u e M o r i , E v a n P a r k e r , C S p e n c e r Y e h , J o e P r e s t o n , S m e g m a a n d c o u n t l e s s m o r e . T h e m a t e r i a l i s e x t r e m e l y d i v e r s e a n d s e r v i c e s a s a c o m p r e h e n s i v e a n d d e t a i l e d d o c u m e n t o f t h i s p r o l i f i c i n d i v i d u a l s w o r k o v e r t h e p a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s . T h i s r e l e a s e c o i n c i d e s w i t h a n a r t i s t m o n o g r a p h o f t h e s a m e t i t l e , p u b l i s h e d b y H e s s e P r e s s i n L o s A n g e l e s , f e a t u r i n g a n u m b e r o f p i e c e s r e p r e s e n t e d o n t h e d o u b l e - a l b u m . J o h n W i e s e w i l l b e t o u r i n g i n E u r o p e a n d U S F e b r u a r y M a y 2 0 1 5 .) 26.00
KING KHAN AND THE BBQ SHOW - Bad News Boys LP (in the red - After a five-year hiatus, rock ’n’ roll’s renegade-angel savior The King Khan & BBQ Show returns with a brand new album of high-energy, low-brow rockers!Known as the hottest duo from Montreal to come out of Berlin, the King Khan & BBQ Show is dirty, funny, irreverent and always a good time. Their raw, stripped-down mix of doo-wop, early rock ’n’ roll, soul and punk is drenched in pure energy. Known to their mothers as King Khan and Mark Sultan, these guys make this stuff sound simple, but make no mistake—it takes serious talent as well as balls to pull this off.Bad News Boys takes its title from the original moniker the duo gave themselves when they first started over ten years ago. They recently threatened to revert to this name before deciding that it might make things too confusing. Bad News Boys serves twelve sizzling slabs—from the beautifully soulful “Buy Bye Bhai” to the juvenile and obnoxious “D.F.O.” (which stands for “Diarrhea Fuck Off”)—with all the rocking lunacy that their legion of fans has come to expect.In their storied, sordid career, these guys have endured a roller-coaster of successes, trials and tribulations that would’ve buried lesser men: They’ve played with some of the coolest names in rock. Their relentless touring schedule has included countries where few bands venture. They’ve been kicked off tours. They’ve headlined and sold out some of the most prestigious venues in the world. They’ve played some of the worst dumps imaginable. They’ve been busted and jailed for shrooms mid-tour. They were hand-picked by Lou Reed to play the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival. They were ejected from the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival. They’ve suffered mental and physical exhaustion. They’ve enjoyed dizzying highs and suffered crushing lows. They’ve broken up. They’ve gotten back together. Through it all, they continually make incredible and real rock ’n’ roll music like no one else, always with smiles on their faces, always with middle fingers held high.) 17.00
MALE GAZE - Gale Maze LP (Castel face - Blow-out enthusiasts, make ready to scarf this down without chewing: “How many licks does it take to get to the spider egg in the center of this sugar bomb? “You got the jitters, and dude, there’s blood on your shirt. “I like gore with my goth. “Hey, you got your pop sensibilities on my explosion!” Strong vocals à la Modern English, back-beat complete and foamy bass bleached onto half-inch tape specially for Castle Face. Seven headstrong tunes to clatter your phonograph needle. I’ve always loved Matt Jones’s (ex-Blasted Canyons) vocal stylings, rich with tenor muscle flexes. Over the top in its endeavors and reaching, always reaching. Primal gas-guzzler drumming, center speaker from Adam Cimino sets the ear up for a beating. And hell, it’s got the old (and I mean old) bass player, Mark Kaiser, from Mayyors; solid-state aggression at its mid-low, knuckle-dragging finest. A slap in the brain done up nicely here on wax. Enjoy. —John Dwyer) 17.00
MELVINS - Eggnog / Lice All DLP (boner - This double-LP package combines two of the earliest releases from the often imitated but never duplicated Melvins. Formed in the early-’80s in the scenic wonderland known as Aberdeen, WA, the band took inspiration from Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Venom, Flipper, Stooges and other floggers of high-energy, low-velocity plod. Today, more than 30 years later, they might be more popular than ever. Slow and steady wins the race. Disc one is Eggnog, from 1991. Originally released as a 10-inch, Eggnog is a wild ride into the outer limits of Melvins-dom. The first side cuts loose with three quick blasts. “Wispy” has the Lorax (Lori Temple Black) on bass and Dale Crover on drums, pounding one note in unison while Buzz Osborne bellows and whispers and turns his guitar on and off. “Antitoxidote” is a rabid horse galloping off into the desert, with yet more stops and starts and feedback detonations. “Hog Leg” sounds like a syphillitic Jimmy Swaggert trying to mimic Dio while being backed by a drunken ZZ Top cover band. Side Two features the side-long epic “Charmicarmicat,” with seasick waves of guitar and slow-motion madness bringing communicable disease and poisonous jellyfish ashore, stinging and infecting the unsuspecting sunbathers before gently washing out to sea again. Disc two is Lice-All, from 1992, previously known as self-titled, and also previously known as something else we’re all not gonna talk about, thank you very much. This was their last release before signing their Atlantic deal, and features the introduction of new bass player Joe Preston (previously of Earth, currently of Thrones). It’s one long, slow, loud blob of drones, moans and fuzztones. The opening endless power chord shimmer influenced Sleep, Sunn O))), and countless other sludge metal drone freaks for years to come. The LPs have been remastered and are back in print on vinyl for the first time in 15 years. The new gatefold packaging includes never-before-seen vintage photos, as well as the original artwork and insert, all tidied up and ready to meet Mom and Dad. Free download is included.) 27.00
MELVINS - Ozma / Bullhead DLP (boner - This double-LP package combines two of the earliest releases from the often imitated but never duplicated Melvins. Formed in the early-’80s in the scenic wonderland known as Aberdeen, WA, the band took inspiration from Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Venom, Flipper, Stooges and other floggers of high-energy, low-velocity plod. Today, more than 30 years later, they might be more popular than ever. Slow and steady wins the race. The LPs have been remastered and are back in print on vinyl for the first time in 15 years. The new gatefold packaging includes never-before-seen vintage photos, as well as the original artwork and insert, all tidied up and ready to meet Mom and Dad. Free download (with one extra track) is included.) 27.00
MEAN JEANS - singles LP (dirtnap - This epic 20 song collection comps singles, compilation appearances, a few covers (White Wires, Big Eyes, Sparks) and one track from deep in the vaults making its vinyl debut! Originally released on labels such as Dirtnap (natch!) Goner, Trouble In Mind, It’s Alive, Big Neck, and more, Singles works as a great overview of a now established band’s humble beginnings and subsequent progression. Listening to these songs reminds us of why we fell so hard for these guys in the first place, it’s been really fun for us here at Dirtnap to revisit some of this stuff! It’s all covered, from their earliest 2-piece recordings, to the first album era with HOWIE DOODAT on bass, to their current, slightly (but not much!) more polished lineup with JUNIOR JEANS. This comp shows the band at their rawest, oftentimes most goofy and irreverent, and oftentimes best. Pick it up.) 16.00
M83 / Anthony Gonzalez / Joseph Trapenese Oblivion - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack DLP (Original music by M83. Score composed by ANTHONY GONZALEZ and JOSEPH TRAPANESE. Packaging design by KILIAN ENG.) 30.00
MINSK - The Crash And The Draw DLP (relapse - Chicago's MINSK reemerge from a six year hiatus with their biggest and finest record yet, 'The Crash And The Draw'. Rooted in the post-metal landscape that brought us bands like Neurosis and Isis, with 'The Crash And The Draw' MINSK step out from the shadows of the giants of their genre to create a psychedelic blend of melodic tribal heaviness. The wait was worth it, as MINSK have delivered one of the year's best and most forward thinking metal records of the year.) 24.00
THE NOTATIONS - still here 1967 - 1973 LP (numero - "From the dawn of doo-wop to the death of disco, the Notations saw—and sang—it all. Persisting through changing trends and technologies, on major labels and minor ones, produced by both Syl Johnson and Curtis Mayfield, nothing could stop the Notations from representing Chicago’s Southside for decades. The first overview of their indie label golden age, Still Here 1967–1973 finds the Notations at a musical crossroads, turning from simmering R&B ballads to socially-conscious soul. Offering up a platter of golden-dipped harmonies, inventive arrangements, and super-powered soul, the Notations survived as unheralded legends in their own time.") 18.00
NOTS – we are nots LP (goner – back in stock - A longtime collaboration between Natalie Hoffmann (guitar) and Charlotte Watson (drums), Nots has evolved into its wildest incarnation yet. Now featuring Madison Farmer on bass and Alexandra Eastburn on synthesizer, the Memphis band follows up their first two singles on Goner Records with their guitar-driven, synth-laden debut LP. We Are Nots was put to tape over the summer by Doug Easley and arrives just in time to land a spot on your Top Ten of 2014. “There’s a constant post-mortem and excavation of the Memphis music underground by vultures of both the Euro and American varieties. Bands form, toil and scheme, mutate, play and record only to wither away in the seemingly unrelenting wall of indifference. Plod ahead a few years, label X or label Z discovers and excavates the musical rubble as much for autocratic as historic purposes. A gold star and a box of records to the winner. “Nix the assertion Nots are a side project, a spin off, a revival of some fashionable subset of your record collection. Evolving headstrong, their white noise is without compromise or concession. Brass venom yelled atop a torrent of twisted guitar shards, so human, barbed and unruly. Obliterate the retroactive retreat; Nots are now.” —John Hoppe) 16.00
NUDITY - Astronomicon LP (iron lung - "Astronomicon features driving uptempo beats, ringing choruses, and twin-guitar harmonies that segue into improvised jams invoking the MC5 at their Sun Ra-channeling best, cruise through talkbox-laden breakdowns and finish with pulse-revving big bang crescendos. Inspiration for the tracks came from places as lofty as long summers spent working fire lookouts on remote mountaintops, to lowly as a need for cathartic musical release after inter-band fights. As its arresting cover imagery (painted by BRITTANY STALLINGS) suggests, NUDITY pulls listeners to a place where the earthiest, most carnal human attributes bend around to meet supernal desires, while vouching that lovers of grit-filled rock'n'roll get a headbanging fix. You can liken it to time travel, space travel, or space-time travel, but once on board, Nudity will take you to sonic frontiers in a style all their own. The current lineup might be their most impressive yet, bringing talent from bands such as the TIGHT BRO’S FROM WAY BACK WHEN, HYSTERICS, THE NEED, SEX/VID, BROKEN WATER and more." All 1,000 copies come housed in a heavy duty tip-on jacket on thick black vinyl. Includes a download. Nothing but the finest quality.( 16.00
ONO - Machines That Kill People LP (priority male - Priority Male’s reissue of the Chicago trio’s debut album (Thermidor 1983) revisits their unique mixture of love pulsations from the deep end of odd, no-wave guitar collage clatter, churning and clanging repetition, exuberant freak-flag-flying, and powerful quasi-sermonizing cautiously and passionately delivered by legendary frontman TRAVIS. 150-gram vinyl. Hand-screened jackets. Poster insert.) 20.00
PETER BRODERICK & GABRIEL SALOMAN - same LP (beacon - In 2013 Beacon Sound invited PETER BRODERICK (EFTERKLANG, collarborator with NILS FRAHM and MACHINEFABRIEK) and GABRIEL SALOMAN (YELLOW SWANS) to collaborate on a musical project. The two artists met for the first time at the Beacon Sound Weekender on the Pacific Coast in October of 2013, and immediately afterwards went into Type Foundry studio with engineer JASON POWERS to record basic tracks together. They each then transformed those tracks into their own pieces and the result is a compelling reflecton of each artist’s personality and musical trajectory. Broderick’s side brings together elements of modern compostion, electronic music, dub and vocal-oriented songwriting, while Saloman’s side is an epic 18-minute journey that builds into a gorgeous crescendo before gliding away on plaintive cries of a violin. Limited edition of 500 copies.) 17.00
ROYAL THUNDER - crooked doors DLP (relapse - Atlanta's ROYAL THUNDER reemerge with their stunning sophomore LP 'Crooked Doors'. Propelled by the powerfully emotional voice of Mlny Parsonz, Royal Thunder seamlessly blends the great parts of heavy classic rock, 90s grunge and the forward thinking guitar heroics of contemporary metal bands like Mastodon and Baroness to create a sound unmistakably their own. Rarely has a band so naturally tied together 3 generations of hard rock into one triumphantly magnificent album.) 24.00
SIMON JOYNER - Grass, Branch & Bone LP (woodsist - Renowned American singer-songwriter Simon Joyner first came to prominence during the lo-fi movement of the early ’90s alongside contemporaries like Will Oldham, Peter Jefferies, the Mountain Goats, Smog and Alastair Galbraith. Joyner was championed early on by the late British DJ John Peel, who famously played Joyner’s 1994 LP, The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll, start to finish on one of his BBC programs, making Joyner more well known overseas than in his own country. Considered a forefather of the Omaha music scene, he’s released critically acclaimed albums on various independent labels every few years for over two decades. He keeps a low profile and tours only occasionally, spending most of his time working and raising a family, allowing writing and music to remain an artistic outlet rather than an occupation.Grass, Branch & Bone is Joyner’s thirteenth proper album and a sonic departure from 2012’s Ghosts. While that record was a double-disc collection of dark, dissonant songs confronting death and loss in the vein of Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night, this new one is sparse by comparison, running with the likes of other singer-songwriter outcast aftermath albums like Dylan’s John Wesley Harding, Gene Clark’s White Light, David Blue’s Stories, Jerry Jeff Walker’s Five Years Gone, Townes Van Zandt’s Our Mother the Mountain and Cohen’s Recent Songs. It’s a natural progression—after a funeral, one takes stock and reflect upon his or her own life. Grass, Branch & Bone is a song-cycle of short stories about time and memory, full of people the listener has known and even may have been.) 18.00
SOLUTIONS - Life Of Joy LP (iron lung . A band that was never supposed to have a long life has performed a grand total of two times, once in Milwaukee (home to JUSTIN KERN), once in Buffalo (home to DAVID BAILEY & PATRCK BOLGER) and will finalize the trilogy by performing their maniac music in Seattle (home to JOE BELLUCCI) this March 2015. This will be it. “SOLUTIONS' contribution is brief but hugely important to the lexicon of modern power violence. Short, brutal and uncompromising sound blisters here, even to the well-calloused ear. No one plays it like these guys. It is baffling and otherworldly to see. When Iron Lung played their first show in Milwaukee a few years ago they made me want to retire from playing music altogether and I fucking love doing what I do. Rarely does a band hit me that hard."—Jensen Ward. Recorded by JACKSON LONG and SHANE HOCHSTETLER. Art by CRAIG SHEPERD. 300 copies ever. Includes a download.) 16.00
STINA NORDENSTAM - the World Is Saved LP (beacon - STINA NORDENSTAM recorded 6 albums between 1991 and 2004 and in the ten years since The World Is Saved was released to critical acclaim, the famously reclusive Swedish musician has gone quiet. The album found the gifted lyricist in top musical form, combining elements of electronic and acoustic music, pop, and even jazz into her own compelling universe. The songs "shiver with foreboding and uncertainty", as The Guardian (4/5 stars) wrote at the time, and "seem to be the sound of her tentative progress out of a dark place, disconcerted yet full of wonder." The album reaches a fragile apex in the title track, when she sings 'I clashed with silence / I stumbled and fell / I blinked again, sure / This wasn't hell? / You had to look / In awe and surprise / Yet I'd found nothing / To life but my life / Pouring through me / The world is saved'. Ten years later, the album still sounds timeless and Nordenstam's melancholic observations of human nature and the complexities of modern life resonate deeply. Beacon Sound is honored to be releasing The World Is Saved on vinyl for the first time. First pressing of 500 individually-numbered copies will contain an accompanying 7” featuring a remix of ‘Parliament Square’ by THE KNIFE as well as the non-LP track ‘Failure To Fly.’ Received an 8.6 rating from Pitchfork upon its original release.) 17.00
TEENGENERATE - live at shelter LP (ugly pop - TEENGENERATE are one of the most rightfully-revered punk rock bands of the past 25 years but, this is still the very first time ever on vinyl for one of their greatest recordings, 2001's Live At Shelter. Fifteen tracks of high-octane, high-energy raw punk here, and don't be scared by the 'live' angle-- this sounds better than most of their studio records. Delivered with the swagger to win over fans of classic garage rock and the fury to appeal to '80s hardcore enthusiasts, this is truly one for everybody. Remastered by FINK for maximum impact, and with the deluxe QRP pressing that a record this good deserves.) 20.00
THEOLOGIAN - some things have to be endured LP (crucial blast - Finally here after a series of delays, Theologian's amazing Some Things Have To Be Endured is now available on vinyl, released on blood-red vinyl in gatefold packaging in a limited edition of five hundred copies, with download code. The album art for the LP is completely different from the CD version, and features the evocative and disturbing images of NY photographer Gretchen Heinel; it's equally as visually striking as the CD edition, and casts these eight tracks of punishing death industrial in an even more menacing light. The latest offering from NY synth-death master Theologian (aka Leech, also the mastermind behind the renowned power electronics/death industrial outfit Navicon Torture Technologies), Some Things Have To Be Endured features eight new tracks of punishing black industrial, apocalyptic darkwave frequencies, and nerve-rending electronic deathscapes.. Co-produced with Derek Rush/DREAM INTO DUST and mastered by James Plotkin, Some Things Have To Be Endured contains some of the most moving and dramatic music to emerge from Theologian's black sonic abyss.) 15.00
TRTRKMMR - Avec La Souillure Nous Entrons Au Regne De La Terreur LP (iron lung - Four years in the making, TRTRKMMR's Avec La Souillure Nous Entrons Au Règne De La Terreur is an aural assault rifle set to unleash a blackened unorthodox power-electronic hell upon you. Since the first scribble, it's author has endured organ ruptures, physical and mental collapse, deaths and unheated Wisconsin winters. That pain and more comes through in the unearthly maelstrom of "music" created using chopped/crippled vinyl records, mountains of literary research, AK-47s and a plethora of secret sound equipment. A truly compelling and singular vision here. Be careful. 500 copies come in high-strength jackets with a 20-page booklet and a hand-numbered insert stamped with human blood. Includes a download.) 16.00
THE VICTIM PARTY - Getting To Know The Victim Party LP (ugly pop - “The second LP by one of the best Canadian punk bands in ages—it's not a reissue, but once I heard the recording, it became my most-listened to music of 2014 and I had to get it on vinyl. THE VICTIM PARTY hail from Toronto, and feature members of various 'name' bands of the past couple decades, including frontman COLIN of MARILYN’S VITAMINS, whose first EP came out on Ugly Pop seventeen years ago! The music here is very strong, tuneful punk rock, fast-paced and tough with smart lyrics spat out by the duel male/female vocals, and the songwriting is exceptional. This draws on too many influences to be easily pinned down, but it's a good bet you'll dig it if you like Dillinger Four, Leatherface, Marked Men or Cleveland Bound Death Sentence.) 18.00
VIOLENT REACTION - Marching On LP (revhq - Originally conceived and executed as a one-man project by Tom Pimlott on the banks of the Mersey River in Liverpool, England, Violent Reaction recorded a demo in 2011, an EP in 2012 and an LP for Painkiller Records in 2013. Soon after, Tom relocated to Leeds to assemble a full band with an end result that finds the lads playing straight edge, hardcore punk with an obvious oi influence. With a lengthy American tour with their brother band The Flex under their belt, Violent Reaction is set to make their Revelation Records debut with "Marching On." Vinyl version includes digital download of this record.) 14.00
X (australia) - Aspirations LP (ugly pop – Originally recorded in 1979 and released in 1980, LOBBY LOYDE (Coloured Balls) produced this album in a blistering 5 hour session. To say it's a raw, tough album would be a gross understatement. STEVE LUCAS' ragged vocals and dagger-sharp guitar work with rhythm section in a way that makes you feel like you're getting worked over like a sorry punching bag. Always an outsider band, X never quite fit in with the punk scene roiling through Australia at the time but were also shunned by the mainstream music scene. New reissue includes inserts and unseen photos.) 21.00
X (australia) - Spurts LP (ugly pop - Before their legendary debut LP, X recorded a 1977 demo session that is a brilliant snapshot of the period, and a treasure for anyone with an interest in world-wide first wave punk. Ten tracks, perfect raw/full recording, seething with desperation and urgency, this is the sound of early AC/DC meets Pink Flag with everything cranked.) 21.00
YOUNG FATHERS - white men are black too LP (big dada - Don’t run away… don’t hesitate for a second”. Let’s get that title out of the way first: "White Men Are Black men Too". Please read the accompanying words, straight from Alloysious’ mouth. And then the sticker on the vinyl and CD: ‘file under Rock and Pop’. You probably want to know what that’s doing there, right? Well… (breathes) when everything is post post post post something older and better where do the exceptions go? (Exhale). When the sci-fi 20’s ‘Urban’ might as well be the atomic 50’s ‘Race’, when R&B has no blues and hiphop is a boom bip with a shorty, a hoe, it’s off to the street corner we go… where does a group like Young Fathers, who ‘picknmix from the popular music sweety shop and fly no flags and swear allegiance to no country’ (© - 100 interviews with the group in 2014) - where do they go? They have to go to the place where Beck makes a sandwich with The Beach Boys and Captain Beefheart, where Faust and The Fall tango. In Rock and Pop you are allowed to pretty much be yourself. If you are a blue and green eyed boy from Brixton with the sallowest of white skin you can become the epitome of crystalised soul, itself. It swings both ways. So… Young Fathers are breaking out of the ghetto.) 18.00
TAPES
ASS - Live In New Jersey TAPE (ba da bing - The rage of rebellion refried and roaring, ÄSS ("AHH-sss") marries Monoshock, Electric Eels and Red Transistor with Judas Priest and UFO in an unauthorized ceremony still illegal in most states. Made up of the underground scourges Andy Kman (TeePee Records), Brian Turner (WFMU), Andrew Shumway and Chris Larsen (honored former member, since replaced by the Crucifucks drummer), ÄSS tear through a set recorded live in Hoboken where you can feel the scum on the walls and sweat clouds in the air. Rock festers on in the crevices.) 8.00
BURIAL HEX / CROWN OF BONE - split TAPE (crucial blast - This new entry in Crucial Blast's Infernal Machines limited edition cassette series again features the blistering black harsh noise of Crown Of Bone teamed up with another denizen of the black noise/death industrial / mutoid black metal underground. This time its with the renowned "horror electronics" project Burial Hex, aka Clay Ruby (also of Davenport, Totem, ex-Jex Thoth, Wormsblood, Journey To Ixtlan, Hintergedanken, and a bunch of other musical projects that I've been listening to over the past decade or more). Released in a limited edition of two hundred professionally manufactured tapes.) 6.00
CAULBEARER - haunts TAPE (crucial blast - Originally released as an extremely limited CD from Peacock Window, the debut album from ghostdroners Caulbearer is now reissued on limited-edition cassette via our Infernal Machines imprint, released in an edition of two hundred copies in full color packaging.) 6.00
EYE - The Future Will Be Repeated TAPE (ba da bin - Eye is among the finest of New Zealand’s rich improvisational scene, and The Future Will Be Repeated follows their stunning Winterwork LP of last year. Including Peter Stapleton (The Terminals, The Pin Group, Flies Inside The Sun), Peter Porteous (Empirical), Nathan Thompson (Sandoz Lab Technicians) and Jon Chapman (Double Leopards, Rory Storm and the Invaders), the group incorporates percussion, guitar, piano and electronics into a beautiful melee. These tracks come from three different performances, one notably done at the famed Chicks Hotel in Port Chalmers.) 8.00
FAMILY UNDERGROUND - No Host. No Guest. TAPE (ba da bing - Denmark’s greatest drone rock duo unveils an epic record of beauty. Family Underground has released numerous records with Not Not Fun, Into The Lunar Night, Chocolate Monk and Turgid Animal over their ten-plus years of existence. No Host. No Guest. displays the group at their best, delving to ominous lows and intense highs with equal skill and precision. For fans of The Dead C, Yellow Swans, Prurient and Burning Star Core.) 8.00
GOAT - dead gods feed the land TAPE (crucial blast - Dead Gods Feed The Land is the first new release to come along in years from the long-running American harsh noise artist Goat, and marks the return of one of my favorite U.S noise outfits. As one half of black industrial duo Goatvargr, Andy O’Sullivan has had a hand in crafting some of the most vicious black metal influenced industrial music of the past decade. As Goat, though, he traffics in pure, unfettered noise, blasting electronic chaos delivered at assaultive levels of volume and intensity. He's been creating this sort of extreme electronic noise under the Goat name since the late 90s, appearing on splits alongside artists like Folkstorm, KK Null, The Rita, Sixes, and Steel Hook Prostheses, as well as releasing some spectacularly abrasive noise tapes through his own Philosophy Shop label. With Dead Gods, O’Sullivan unleashes a firestorm of electronic noise and brutal bass-frequency abuse, the tracks splattered with rapid-fire FX-pedal violence and surreal, morbid soundscapes, and blasts of vicious junknoise carnage that threaten to leave your speakers tattered and torn.
Recommended to fans of extreme distorto-crushers as The Rita, Cherry Point, and Black Leather Jesus, limited to two hundred copies on pro-manufactured cassette.) 6.00
PETER KOLOVOS - A Wolf Should Only Be Lone TAPE (Los Angeles guitarist Peter Kolovos’s last release was the epic 3xLP Black Colors. While not quite as immense, A Wolf Should Only Be Lone, the artist's first cassette release since his days with Open City, hits the beautiful red space in fits and starts. These two tracks carry his distinct style of annihilating common notions of guitar playing. Bruce Russell once likened his playing to “Derek Bailey covering The Resident’s Duck Stab,” while David Keenan has described him as having the "dexterity of Bailey directed more towards Mars-style tonal confusion." Whichever take makes more sense, each Kolovos performance carries its own internal logic, a methodical and fervent approach to randomness that bleats pure emotion and raw skill. This cassette captures the best of his live performances during a West Coast Tour during August 2014.) 8.00
BOOKS
TONY RETTMAN - NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 BOOK (Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim, urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York Hardcore as bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan's Lower East Side. With a backdrop of despair, bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Murphy's Law and Youth Of Today confronted their reality with relentlessly energetic gigs at CBGB, A7 and the numerous squats in the area. Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history captures ten years of struggling, including the scene's original rivalries with DC and boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straight edge movement and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness. Foreword by Freddy Cricien of Madball. Now back in stock. Trade paperback, 6.75" x 9.5", 450 pages.) 30.00