In 1996 Gerry Hubley, Steve Mannette and myself started a local fanzine in Halifax called Incoherent Crap. It was a black and white photocopied 8.5x11 folded over format. Though the first issue or two was mainly the three of us writing show and record reviews, Gerry did most of the leg work on organization, layout, and spearheaded the editor's notes.
By issue #3 it had become a Halifax collective. We started getting reviews, editorials, comics, ads and rants from all kinds of people in our tiny, secluded scene. Most, if not all, focused on local happenings with bands and eventually branched out into politics and subsequent arguing. The amazing thing was that, in this pre-internet savvy punk world, so many people began to use IC as a means to air out dirty laundry in both a positive and negative way, we all still managed to get along. Maybe it was the fact that we were all teenagers stuck in a city right on the Canadian coast line hours and hours from anything resembling a "big city", we knew we had to keep the peace and be progressive about our little punk scene.
With IC quickly becoming the essential scene report for most of Maritime Canada, by issue #4 it was time to do more. Gerry began putting the word out to any and all local bands that we'd be taking submissions for a compilation to accompany the new issue. Using a basic cassette 4-track, we got an immense amount of help from Derrick Hiltz in recording several bands who would have otherwise not been able to be included on the comp. The result was 28 songs from 15 bands from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The cassette came free with IC #4, which I believe was sold for just a dollar. Due to Derrick's volunteering his time to record bands, and several people donating old tapes to be dubbed over, costs were kept low enough so that everyone was able to get a copy of it this cheap.
Because all the copies were dubbed over existing tapes (most were intentionally left with the label of what was once on it - mine has Sarah McLachlan: Solace on it with a single line crossing it out) the quality ranged from decent to shitty, depending on the age of the tape and how many times it had originally been dubbed. But the quality didn't matter. This was the humblest of efforts just to give small bands from a small town a voice, even if for just a fleeting moment.
At the time, we had never dated anything with a year. Though proud with our efforts in all of our ventures, I think we assumed that all we did had a shelf life - that we wouldn't look back on it past short term memory.
The Incoherent Comp came out in late 1997 or early 1998. Upon listening to it, I'd be dumbfounded to find someone who would love listening to it who wasn't there to experience it. There's some real stinker bands (and I should know - I was in two of them), and some great bands with just poor recordings.
But nonetheless, this was a snap shot of punk rock in Eastern Canada in the mid to late 90's. It's truely a piece of history that could remain one of the best kept secrets Halifax ever produced. And looking back, now 13 years later, I can honestly say it's one of my proudest moments in punk rock to have been a part of it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tjtyy3t5ztd
In an attempt to maintain the grit that was our time and place, all of the songs are mostly a direct rip without much EQing at all. I wanted to keep the same quality as an indicator of the honesty of the recordings - a time before digital recording, before any of us had the money to produce anything the least bit "slick" sounding. I wanted to maintain that undeniable indicator that this was truely by the punks, for the punks.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Shrine Of American Martyr
Shrine Of American Martyr was one of the best bands I have ever been in. This was recorded in 2000 on analog 8 track by Mike Catano (from North Of America, The Plan, Thrush Hermit, The Holy Shroud, etc) in his parents basement. We were writing stuff while the "screamo" wave of the late 90's and early 00's was still really strong. Bands like Orchid and Majority Rule were good beginnings for comparison, and then throw in alot of post-punk/hardcore influence.
These songs were a great collaboration between our four minds. If I could reunite one band from my past it would be The Shrine, for the mere fact that we burned so hot for a short period of time, and then broke up too soon in my opinion. One day I will have this released on vinyl.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zyaynjmhi00
These songs were a great collaboration between our four minds. If I could reunite one band from my past it would be The Shrine, for the mere fact that we burned so hot for a short period of time, and then broke up too soon in my opinion. One day I will have this released on vinyl.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zyaynjmhi00
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Persist - 15 Songs
This was my first dabbling in "side projects" - Persist. I played guitar, drums and sang and Steve Mannette played bass and recorded on a rented 4-track. The whole thing was written and recorded in an afternoon in my bedroom at my parents house in 1997.
It's pretty hard to listen to as I was still cutting my teeth at song writing and playing instruments, but in hindsight it's not so bad. My pubescent vocal chords couldn't quite pull off the gutteral screaming I wanted, but it was a good effort. I'm surprised my drumming is as decent as it is seeing as how I was doing blast beats with a single pedal only about a year after starting drumming. Albeit, not very well, but still...the effort is there.
This was recorded and became absolutely nothing. I'm sure my copy is the only one that exist.
http://www.mediafire.com/?imnwnl2o2yx
It's pretty hard to listen to as I was still cutting my teeth at song writing and playing instruments, but in hindsight it's not so bad. My pubescent vocal chords couldn't quite pull off the gutteral screaming I wanted, but it was a good effort. I'm surprised my drumming is as decent as it is seeing as how I was doing blast beats with a single pedal only about a year after starting drumming. Albeit, not very well, but still...the effort is there.
This was recorded and became absolutely nothing. I'm sure my copy is the only one that exist.
http://www.mediafire.com/?imnwnl2o2yx
Useless Solution - March
This was the second tape released by my main band during the late 90's, Useless Solution. The band consisted of basically two eras, each with a different sound and lineup. This marked the tail end of the first era.
HeartattaCk zine reviewed this and said it sounded alot like His Hero Is Gone, which is 100% accurate. We had a bit more melody and metal influence on this recording, but that "dark hardcore" sound from the late 90's is still definitely there.
This was recorded in 1999 by Jon Hutt and was release #46 on Ant Records only on cassette.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dygmngemigy
HeartattaCk zine reviewed this and said it sounded alot like His Hero Is Gone, which is 100% accurate. We had a bit more melody and metal influence on this recording, but that "dark hardcore" sound from the late 90's is still definitely there.
This was recorded in 1999 by Jon Hutt and was release #46 on Ant Records only on cassette.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dygmngemigy
Snot Party - 627 Days
Here's a link to download the second tape by my old band Snot Party.
Snot Party existed for 627 Days (what a coincidence!) and played fast thrashy punk in the vein of bands like Heresy, Charles Bronson, etc., but very stripped down. Lyrically/conceptually it was the stupidest thing I've ever had a hand in. Basically a band based on a dick and fart joke. And yet, I was the lyrical mastermind. I'd like to remember myself in an Andy Kaufman sort of way, but I actually thought it was hilarious. We were well liked and put on a live show never to be forgotten.
This was recorded in mid 1998 by Ian Dares in our 6'x10' practice space.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ukyidmnlbtm
Snot Party existed for 627 Days (what a coincidence!) and played fast thrashy punk in the vein of bands like Heresy, Charles Bronson, etc., but very stripped down. Lyrically/conceptually it was the stupidest thing I've ever had a hand in. Basically a band based on a dick and fart joke. And yet, I was the lyrical mastermind. I'd like to remember myself in an Andy Kaufman sort of way, but I actually thought it was hilarious. We were well liked and put on a live show never to be forgotten.
This was recorded in mid 1998 by Ian Dares in our 6'x10' practice space.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ukyidmnlbtm
Friday, February 5, 2010
RECORD WANT LIST
Here's my vinyl pipe-dream of a want list. It'll be an ongoing thing.
There are a few titles on here I once had but sold or traded out in a moment of youthful, misguided stupidity that I want to recapture, but most are things I was just never able to get my hands on in the secluded frozen shores of Eastern Canada.
I don't have anything to offer in the way of trades (I hold onto most everything). So, monetary gain is all I have to offer you. If you're a friend or a stranger with something on here that you'd let go of, email me at callitwhatitis [@] gmail [dot] com
Thank you!
A
Abandoned Hearts Club - The Initial Confessions Of 7"
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Honky Reduction 10" (original, not LP + 7" reissue)
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope LP
American Nightmare - Background Music LP (only the NIGHTMARE copies, no other names)
As The Sun Sets - Each Individual Voice Is Dead In The Silence LP
Assfactor 4 - Sports LP
Assuck - Anticapital LP
Assuck - Blingspot 7"
Atom And His Package - A Society Of People Named Elihu LP
At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command LP
Avail - 4AM Friday (Lookout!)
B
Black Flag - Damaged LP (original pressings on MCA/SST with the Unicorn Dist. logo and "Anti-parent" sticker)
Backstabbers Inc - Kamikazee Missions LP (preferably w/ the handscreened cover)
Backstabbers Inc - Theory/History 7"
Bikini Kill - Pussywhipped LP
Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - The Record 7" (compilation - Slap A Ham)
Son Of Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! 7" (compilation - Slap A Ham)
Blood Brothers - This Adultry Is Ripe LP
Bongzilla - Gateway LP (Modus Operandi)
Born Against - ALL (except The Rebel Sound Of Shit And Failure)
Botch - We Are The Romans LP
Boy Sets Fire - The Day The Sun Went Out LP
Braid - Frame And Canvas LP
Brutal Truth - Machine Parts 7"
Brutal Truth - Kill Trend Suicide 10" or LP
Buried At Sea - Indignation LP
Burned Up Bled Dry - Kill The Body, Kill The Soul 7"
Burning Witch - Towers LP (Slap A Ham)
C
Capitalist Casualties - Disassembly Line LP
Capitalist Casualties - Raised Ignorant 7"
Capitalist Casualties / Slight Slappers - split 7"
Capitalist Casualties / Man Is The Bastard - split LP
Carcass - Heartwork LP
Catharsis - Samsara LP
Cattlepress - Hordes To Abolish The Divine LP
Cattlepress / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - split LP
Cave In - Beyond Hypothermia LP
Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops 2xLP
Charles Bronson - Youth Attack LP (clear vinyl w/ metal cover)
Chixdiggit! - s/t LP
Chokehold - Prison Of Hope LP
Coalesce - 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening LP
Copyrights - Mutiny Pop LP
Copyrights - Nowhere Near Chicago 7"
Corrupted - Se Hace Por Los Suenos Aesinos LP
Cursed - Two LP (Canada pressing on Goodfellow)
Creation Is Crucifixion - In_Silico LP
Crossed Out - s/t 7" (Slap A Ham pressing only with long gaps between songs)
Crossed Out - Discography LP
Crossed Out / Dropdead - split 5"
D
Dag Nasty - Can I Say LP (original press)
Dahmer / Suppression - split 7"
Danzig - I LP
Darkest Hour - Mark Of The Judas LP (Southern Lord)
Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death LP (orig. press on Alt. Tenacles, preferably with the extra flexi!)
Deadguy - Fixation On A Coworker LP
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine LP
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice LP
Devoid Of Faith / Counterblast - split 7"
Dillinger Four - The Kids Are All Dead 7"
Dillinger Four - Higher Aspirations: Tempered and Dismantled 7"
Dillinger Four - More Songs About Girlfriends and Bubblegum 7"
Dillinger Four / The Strike - split 7"
Dillinger Four / Pinhead Gunpowder - split 7"
Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing LP (orig. press on Clay Rec.)
Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless LP
Discordance Axis / Capitalist Casualties - split 7"
Disembodied - Diablerie LP (on Lifeforce, not the Ferret reissue)
Disembodied - If God Only Knew The Rest Were Dead 10"
Doom - Fuck Peaceville LP
Dropkick Murphys - Do Or Die LP
Doughnuts - Age Of The Circle LP
Dropdead - ALL (except the 1994 discography LP)
Dystopia - Human = Garbage LP
E
Econochrist - Skewed 7"
Econochrist - Ruination LP
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone LP
Elliott Smith - Either/Or LP
Entombed - Wolverine Blues LP
Entombed - DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth LP
Excruciating Terror - Expression Of Pain LP
Eyehategod - In The Name Of Suffering LP (orig. press on Intellectual Convulsion)
Eyehategod - Dopesick (orig. press on Century Media)
Enemy Soil / Reversal Of Man - split 7"
Enemy Soil - The Ruins Of Eden 10"
Enemy Soil / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - split 7"
F
Face To Face - Big Choice LP
Fiesta Comes Alive! - compilation LP (Slap A Ham)
Fifteen - The Choice Of A New Generation LP
Floor - s/t LP (on either grey, clear or dark red vinyl)
Frail - ALL
From Ashes Rise - ALL (Nightmares only on color)
Funeral Mist - Salvation LP
G
G.I.S.M. - Detestation LP
Gasp - Gnome Triler Of Puzzle Zoo People LP
Gayrilla Biscuits - Hung Queens Can Suck It 7"
GO! - ALL
Godbelow - Painted Images With The Blood Of LP
Good Clean Fun - Shopping For A Crew 7"
Good Clean Fun - Who Shares Wins 7"
Grindcrusher - compilation LP (Earache)
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today LP (orig. press w/ the embossed cover)
H
Harvest - Living With A God Complex LP
Haymaker - ALL
Hi-Fives - Welcome To My Mind LP
Hickey / Fuckface - split 7"
High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense LP
His Hero Is Gone / (Union Of) Uranus - split LP
Hope Conspiracy - Cold Blue LP
I
Ice Nine - Psychology And Extreme Violence 7"
Infest - ALL (except the Mankind 7")
Ink And Dagger - The Fine Art Of Original Sin LP
Ink And Dagger / Le Shok - split 7"
Integrity - Humanity is The Devil 10"
Integrity - Septic Death Karaoke 7"
Isis - Mosquito Control LP (original mix - first 3 pressings)
Iron Lung - Life. Iron Lung. Death. LP
J
Jesuit - ALL (except the 7" on Hydra Head)
Jud Jud - No Tolerance For Instruments 7"
K
Khanate - Things Vital LP
Kylesa / Memento Mori - split 7"
L
Lack Of Interest / Slave State - split 7"
Leatherface - Mush LP
Lagwagon - Hoss LP
Left For Dead - Live LP
Left For Dead / Chokehold - split LP
Left For Dead / Ochre - split 7"
Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview LP (either pic disc or seven 7" set)
Less Than Jake - Slayer 7"
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life 2xLP
Limbonic Art - Ad Noctem Dynasty Of Death LP
Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers LP
Lifetime - Hello Bastards LP
Locust - s/t LP (on purple swirl vinyl)
Los Crudos / Reversal Of Man - split LP (mistake pressing, ROM side with Spitboy label)
Los Crudos - Canciones Para Liberar Nuestras Fronteras LP
Lucero - The Attic Tapes LP (with silk screen/watercolor cover)
M
Marduk - World Funeral LP
Man Afraid - Uphill Struggle 7"
Man Is The Bastard - ALL (except Uncivilized Live 7", Cap Cas/Bleeding Rectum split sides, and splits with Agathocles and Locust)
Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium LP (on silver)
Mars Volta - Televators 10"
Matt Skiba / Kevin Seconds - split LP
Melt Banana / Three Studies For A Crucifixion split 7"
Mental - Planet Mental LP
Merzbow - Pulse Demon LP
Millencolin - Life On A Plate LP
Mine - Tetanus LP
Minor Threat - First Demo Tape 7"
Minor Threat - Out Of Step LP (orig. presses)
Misfits - ALL (pre-Graves era, orig. presses except Legacy Of Brutality, Evilive, and Earth AD)
Monster X / Human Greed - split 7"
Morning Again - As Tradition Dies Slowly LP
Mr. T Experience - Love Is Dead LP
Mr. T Experience / Goober Patrol - split 7"
Murder City Devils - Empty Bottles Broken Hearts LP (orig. press on pink)
Murder City Devils / Botch - split 7"
Murder City Devils / At The Drive In - split 7"
N
Nasum - ALL
Napalm Death - Scum LP
Napalm Death - From Enslavement To Obliteration LP
Neanderthal - Fighting Music 7"
No Use For A Name - Let Em Out 7"
No Comment - ALL
Negative Approach - Tied Down LP
Negative Approach - s/t 7"
Neurosis - Times Of Grace LP
Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood LP
Nirvana - Nevermind LP (UK pressing)
NOFX - ALL (except Punk In Drublic, War On Errorism, Heavy Petting Zoo, They've Actually Gotten Worse Live, and Coaster)
Noothgrush / Corrupted - split 7"
Nothing's Quiet On The Eastern Front - compilation LP (Reservoir)
O
Off With Their Heads - Hi Five For The Rapture 7"
Off With Their Heads - To Hell With This And All Of You 7"
Off With Their Heads - Fine Tuning The Bender 7"
Offspring - Smash LP (orange vinyl)
One Eyed God Prophecy - s/t LP
Operation Ivy - Energy LP (orig. press)
P
Pig Destroyer - ALL (except Orchid split)
Pinhead Gunpowder / Dillinger Four - split 7"
Pinhead Gunpowder - Fahizah 7"
Panic - Dying For It 7"
Portraits Of Past - 01001011101000111001 LP
Propagandhi / FYP - split 7"
Q
Queers - Move Back Home LP
Queers - Grow Up LP
R
Radiohead - The Bends LP
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves LP (first pressings w/ old Epitaph logo on back)
Rancid - Let's Go 2x10"
Rancid / NOFX - split LP (on orange or green vinyl)
Rise Above - compilation LP
Reversal Of Man - s/t 7"
Riverdales - Storm The Streets LP
Ruination - Dead Horse 7"
Ruination / They Live - split 7"
S
SOA - No Policy 7" (preferably green)
Screeching Weasel / Born Against - split 7"
Saves The Day - I'm Sorry I'm Leaving 7"
Septic Death - ALL (except for "Now That I Have Your Attention What Do I Do With It LP)
Severed Head Of State - one-sided LP (on Lengua Armada)
Slapshot - 16 Valve Hate LP
Slayer - Reign In Blood LP
Song Of Zarathustra / Spread The Disease - split 7"
Spitboy - True Self Revealed LP
Spread The Disease - We Bleed From Many Wounds LP
Spread The Disease - Sheer Force Of Inertia LP
SunnO))) - The Grimm Robe Demos 2xLP
Spazz - s/t 7"
Spazz - The jeb 7"
Spazz / Toast - split 7"
Spazz / Charles Bronson - split 7"
Spazz / Slobber - split 7"
Spazz / Floor - split 7"
Spazz / Rupture - split 7"
Spazz / CFDL - split 7"
Spazz / Subversion - split 7"
Swingin' Utters - A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class LP
T
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device LP
Teengenerate - Audio Recording LP
Teengenerate - Get Action LP
Tiger Army - II: Power Of Moonlite LP (yellow)
Today Is The Day - In The Eyes Of God LP
Tragedy - s/t LP (orig. press on Tragedy Rec, black and white cover)
Tragedy - Can We Call This Life? 7"
Tragedy / Desobediencia Civil - split 7"
Tragedy - 2004 UK Tour 7"
Tragedy - To The Dogs 7"
Trap Them - Cunt Heir To The Throne 7"
Twilight - s/t LP (black/white swirl)
U
Unearthly Trance - Season of Seance, Science Of Silence LP
Unearthly Trance - Eleven Are The Voices 10"
Undying - Whispered Lies Of Angels LP
Undying - This Day All Gods Die LP
Union Of Uranus - Disaster by Design LP/2x7"
Union Of Uranus / His Hero Is Gone - split LP
V
Venom - Black Metal LP
Venom - Welcome To Hell LP
W
Weekend Nachos - s/t 8"
Weekend Nachos - Torture 7"
Weekend Nachos / Chronic Bleeding Syndrome - split 7"
Weakerthans - Fallow LP
Weakerthans - Left And Leaving LP
What Happens Next? - Standfast Armageddon Justice Fighter LP
What Happens Next? / Life's Halt - split LP
What Happens Next? - Hollow Victory 10"
Wolfpack - A New Dawn Fades LP
Wolfpack / Skitsystem - split 7"
Wolfpack - Allday Hell LP
Wolfbrigade - In Darkness You Feel No Regret LP
Y
Yacopsae - Tanz Grosny Tanz LP
Yacopsae - Fuck Punk Rock...This Is Turbo Speed Violence! 10"
Z
Zozobra - Bird Of Prey LP
There are a few titles on here I once had but sold or traded out in a moment of youthful, misguided stupidity that I want to recapture, but most are things I was just never able to get my hands on in the secluded frozen shores of Eastern Canada.
I don't have anything to offer in the way of trades (I hold onto most everything). So, monetary gain is all I have to offer you. If you're a friend or a stranger with something on here that you'd let go of, email me at callitwhatitis [@] gmail [dot] com
Thank you!
A
Abandoned Hearts Club - The Initial Confessions Of 7"
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Honky Reduction 10" (original, not LP + 7" reissue)
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope LP
American Nightmare - Background Music LP (only the NIGHTMARE copies, no other names)
As The Sun Sets - Each Individual Voice Is Dead In The Silence LP
Assfactor 4 - Sports LP
Assuck - Anticapital LP
Assuck - Blingspot 7"
Atom And His Package - A Society Of People Named Elihu LP
At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command LP
Avail - 4AM Friday (Lookout!)
B
Black Flag - Damaged LP (original pressings on MCA/SST with the Unicorn Dist. logo and "Anti-parent" sticker)
Backstabbers Inc - Kamikazee Missions LP (preferably w/ the handscreened cover)
Backstabbers Inc - Theory/History 7"
Bikini Kill - Pussywhipped LP
Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - The Record 7" (compilation - Slap A Ham)
Son Of Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! 7" (compilation - Slap A Ham)
Blood Brothers - This Adultry Is Ripe LP
Bongzilla - Gateway LP (Modus Operandi)
Born Against - ALL (except The Rebel Sound Of Shit And Failure)
Botch - We Are The Romans LP
Boy Sets Fire - The Day The Sun Went Out LP
Braid - Frame And Canvas LP
Brutal Truth - Machine Parts 7"
Brutal Truth - Kill Trend Suicide 10" or LP
Buried At Sea - Indignation LP
Burned Up Bled Dry - Kill The Body, Kill The Soul 7"
Burning Witch - Towers LP (Slap A Ham)
C
Capitalist Casualties - Disassembly Line LP
Capitalist Casualties - Raised Ignorant 7"
Capitalist Casualties / Slight Slappers - split 7"
Capitalist Casualties / Man Is The Bastard - split LP
Carcass - Heartwork LP
Catharsis - Samsara LP
Cattlepress - Hordes To Abolish The Divine LP
Cattlepress / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - split LP
Cave In - Beyond Hypothermia LP
Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops 2xLP
Charles Bronson - Youth Attack LP (clear vinyl w/ metal cover)
Chixdiggit! - s/t LP
Chokehold - Prison Of Hope LP
Coalesce - 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening LP
Copyrights - Mutiny Pop LP
Copyrights - Nowhere Near Chicago 7"
Corrupted - Se Hace Por Los Suenos Aesinos LP
Cursed - Two LP (Canada pressing on Goodfellow)
Creation Is Crucifixion - In_Silico LP
Crossed Out - s/t 7" (Slap A Ham pressing only with long gaps between songs)
Crossed Out - Discography LP
Crossed Out / Dropdead - split 5"
D
Dag Nasty - Can I Say LP (original press)
Dahmer / Suppression - split 7"
Danzig - I LP
Darkest Hour - Mark Of The Judas LP (Southern Lord)
Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death LP (orig. press on Alt. Tenacles, preferably with the extra flexi!)
Deadguy - Fixation On A Coworker LP
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine LP
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice LP
Devoid Of Faith / Counterblast - split 7"
Dillinger Four - The Kids Are All Dead 7"
Dillinger Four - Higher Aspirations: Tempered and Dismantled 7"
Dillinger Four - More Songs About Girlfriends and Bubblegum 7"
Dillinger Four / The Strike - split 7"
Dillinger Four / Pinhead Gunpowder - split 7"
Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing LP (orig. press on Clay Rec.)
Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless LP
Discordance Axis / Capitalist Casualties - split 7"
Disembodied - Diablerie LP (on Lifeforce, not the Ferret reissue)
Disembodied - If God Only Knew The Rest Were Dead 10"
Doom - Fuck Peaceville LP
Dropkick Murphys - Do Or Die LP
Doughnuts - Age Of The Circle LP
Dropdead - ALL (except the 1994 discography LP)
Dystopia - Human = Garbage LP
E
Econochrist - Skewed 7"
Econochrist - Ruination LP
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone LP
Elliott Smith - Either/Or LP
Entombed - Wolverine Blues LP
Entombed - DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth LP
Excruciating Terror - Expression Of Pain LP
Eyehategod - In The Name Of Suffering LP (orig. press on Intellectual Convulsion)
Eyehategod - Dopesick (orig. press on Century Media)
Enemy Soil / Reversal Of Man - split 7"
Enemy Soil - The Ruins Of Eden 10"
Enemy Soil / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - split 7"
F
Face To Face - Big Choice LP
Fiesta Comes Alive! - compilation LP (Slap A Ham)
Fifteen - The Choice Of A New Generation LP
Floor - s/t LP (on either grey, clear or dark red vinyl)
Frail - ALL
From Ashes Rise - ALL (Nightmares only on color)
Funeral Mist - Salvation LP
G
G.I.S.M. - Detestation LP
Gasp - Gnome Triler Of Puzzle Zoo People LP
Gayrilla Biscuits - Hung Queens Can Suck It 7"
GO! - ALL
Godbelow - Painted Images With The Blood Of LP
Good Clean Fun - Shopping For A Crew 7"
Good Clean Fun - Who Shares Wins 7"
Grindcrusher - compilation LP (Earache)
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today LP (orig. press w/ the embossed cover)
H
Harvest - Living With A God Complex LP
Haymaker - ALL
Hi-Fives - Welcome To My Mind LP
Hickey / Fuckface - split 7"
High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense LP
His Hero Is Gone / (Union Of) Uranus - split LP
Hope Conspiracy - Cold Blue LP
I
Ice Nine - Psychology And Extreme Violence 7"
Infest - ALL (except the Mankind 7")
Ink And Dagger - The Fine Art Of Original Sin LP
Ink And Dagger / Le Shok - split 7"
Integrity - Humanity is The Devil 10"
Integrity - Septic Death Karaoke 7"
Isis - Mosquito Control LP (original mix - first 3 pressings)
Iron Lung - Life. Iron Lung. Death. LP
J
Jesuit - ALL (except the 7" on Hydra Head)
Jud Jud - No Tolerance For Instruments 7"
K
Khanate - Things Vital LP
Kylesa / Memento Mori - split 7"
L
Lack Of Interest / Slave State - split 7"
Leatherface - Mush LP
Lagwagon - Hoss LP
Left For Dead - Live LP
Left For Dead / Chokehold - split LP
Left For Dead / Ochre - split 7"
Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview LP (either pic disc or seven 7" set)
Less Than Jake - Slayer 7"
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life 2xLP
Limbonic Art - Ad Noctem Dynasty Of Death LP
Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers LP
Lifetime - Hello Bastards LP
Locust - s/t LP (on purple swirl vinyl)
Los Crudos / Reversal Of Man - split LP (mistake pressing, ROM side with Spitboy label)
Los Crudos - Canciones Para Liberar Nuestras Fronteras LP
Lucero - The Attic Tapes LP (with silk screen/watercolor cover)
M
Marduk - World Funeral LP
Man Afraid - Uphill Struggle 7"
Man Is The Bastard - ALL (except Uncivilized Live 7", Cap Cas/Bleeding Rectum split sides, and splits with Agathocles and Locust)
Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium LP (on silver)
Mars Volta - Televators 10"
Matt Skiba / Kevin Seconds - split LP
Melt Banana / Three Studies For A Crucifixion split 7"
Mental - Planet Mental LP
Merzbow - Pulse Demon LP
Millencolin - Life On A Plate LP
Mine - Tetanus LP
Minor Threat - First Demo Tape 7"
Minor Threat - Out Of Step LP (orig. presses)
Misfits - ALL (pre-Graves era, orig. presses except Legacy Of Brutality, Evilive, and Earth AD)
Monster X / Human Greed - split 7"
Morning Again - As Tradition Dies Slowly LP
Mr. T Experience - Love Is Dead LP
Mr. T Experience / Goober Patrol - split 7"
Murder City Devils - Empty Bottles Broken Hearts LP (orig. press on pink)
Murder City Devils / Botch - split 7"
Murder City Devils / At The Drive In - split 7"
N
Nasum - ALL
Napalm Death - Scum LP
Napalm Death - From Enslavement To Obliteration LP
Neanderthal - Fighting Music 7"
No Use For A Name - Let Em Out 7"
No Comment - ALL
Negative Approach - Tied Down LP
Negative Approach - s/t 7"
Neurosis - Times Of Grace LP
Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood LP
Nirvana - Nevermind LP (UK pressing)
NOFX - ALL (except Punk In Drublic, War On Errorism, Heavy Petting Zoo, They've Actually Gotten Worse Live, and Coaster)
Noothgrush / Corrupted - split 7"
Nothing's Quiet On The Eastern Front - compilation LP (Reservoir)
O
Off With Their Heads - Hi Five For The Rapture 7"
Off With Their Heads - To Hell With This And All Of You 7"
Off With Their Heads - Fine Tuning The Bender 7"
Offspring - Smash LP (orange vinyl)
One Eyed God Prophecy - s/t LP
Operation Ivy - Energy LP (orig. press)
P
Pig Destroyer - ALL (except Orchid split)
Pinhead Gunpowder / Dillinger Four - split 7"
Pinhead Gunpowder - Fahizah 7"
Panic - Dying For It 7"
Portraits Of Past - 01001011101000111001 LP
Propagandhi / FYP - split 7"
Q
Queers - Move Back Home LP
Queers - Grow Up LP
R
Radiohead - The Bends LP
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves LP (first pressings w/ old Epitaph logo on back)
Rancid - Let's Go 2x10"
Rancid / NOFX - split LP (on orange or green vinyl)
Rise Above - compilation LP
Reversal Of Man - s/t 7"
Riverdales - Storm The Streets LP
Ruination - Dead Horse 7"
Ruination / They Live - split 7"
S
SOA - No Policy 7" (preferably green)
Screeching Weasel / Born Against - split 7"
Saves The Day - I'm Sorry I'm Leaving 7"
Septic Death - ALL (except for "Now That I Have Your Attention What Do I Do With It LP)
Severed Head Of State - one-sided LP (on Lengua Armada)
Slapshot - 16 Valve Hate LP
Slayer - Reign In Blood LP
Song Of Zarathustra / Spread The Disease - split 7"
Spitboy - True Self Revealed LP
Spread The Disease - We Bleed From Many Wounds LP
Spread The Disease - Sheer Force Of Inertia LP
SunnO))) - The Grimm Robe Demos 2xLP
Spazz - s/t 7"
Spazz - The jeb 7"
Spazz / Toast - split 7"
Spazz / Charles Bronson - split 7"
Spazz / Slobber - split 7"
Spazz / Floor - split 7"
Spazz / Rupture - split 7"
Spazz / CFDL - split 7"
Spazz / Subversion - split 7"
Swingin' Utters - A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class LP
T
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device LP
Teengenerate - Audio Recording LP
Teengenerate - Get Action LP
Tiger Army - II: Power Of Moonlite LP (yellow)
Today Is The Day - In The Eyes Of God LP
Tragedy - s/t LP (orig. press on Tragedy Rec, black and white cover)
Tragedy - Can We Call This Life? 7"
Tragedy / Desobediencia Civil - split 7"
Tragedy - 2004 UK Tour 7"
Tragedy - To The Dogs 7"
Trap Them - Cunt Heir To The Throne 7"
Twilight - s/t LP (black/white swirl)
U
Unearthly Trance - Season of Seance, Science Of Silence LP
Unearthly Trance - Eleven Are The Voices 10"
Undying - Whispered Lies Of Angels LP
Undying - This Day All Gods Die LP
Union Of Uranus - Disaster by Design LP/2x7"
Union Of Uranus / His Hero Is Gone - split LP
V
Venom - Black Metal LP
Venom - Welcome To Hell LP
W
Weekend Nachos - s/t 8"
Weekend Nachos - Torture 7"
Weekend Nachos / Chronic Bleeding Syndrome - split 7"
Weakerthans - Fallow LP
Weakerthans - Left And Leaving LP
What Happens Next? - Standfast Armageddon Justice Fighter LP
What Happens Next? / Life's Halt - split LP
What Happens Next? - Hollow Victory 10"
Wolfpack - A New Dawn Fades LP
Wolfpack / Skitsystem - split 7"
Wolfpack - Allday Hell LP
Wolfbrigade - In Darkness You Feel No Regret LP
Y
Yacopsae - Tanz Grosny Tanz LP
Yacopsae - Fuck Punk Rock...This Is Turbo Speed Violence! 10"
Z
Zozobra - Bird Of Prey LP
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Cadillacula Video / French Regrets
Upon watching the masterpiece of Inglorious Basterds, I'm overwhelmed with regrets that I hadn't stuck with my french studies in high school.
Here's some videos of a Cadillacula show from the start of this month. The second and third turn into a spotlight on my drumming after a power failure.
Here's some videos of a Cadillacula show from the start of this month. The second and third turn into a spotlight on my drumming after a power failure.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
2009 and 00's Best Of Picks
For no other reason than my own eventual nostalgia, here's my best of picks for 2009 and the 00 decade. What a ride it's been:
2009:
10. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Having been a long time fan of the band, I knew a long lapse in their releases would equal great success or total failure. Figuring it wasn't hard to write 45 second grind songs led by a drum machine, it'd be easy to repeat the same formula for this as the last 400 songs they had written and the whole release end up as an exercise in monotony. Nay. Trimmed down to 13 songs (most breaking 2 minutes), much more technical ability, a new singer, and one of the best cover illustrations I've just about ever seen - I'd say it was a breakthrough most were hoping for. Though, this probably only means there's even less chance they'll play live.
9. Cave In - Planets Of Old
Years on hiatus following commercial failure, they turn out this gem. Brodsky made an amazing go at a solo career that'll probably warrant him more success than Cave In ever brought, as such I was expecting a mellower, dare I say stoner-esque sound on this EP. Nay again. Channeling the same ghosts as they did on Until Your Heart Stops they re-found the volume knobs on their amps and tuned back down. Could be a front runner for one of the best releases of their catalogue.
8. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Propagandhi is one of those bands that I keep expecting to hit a high note and not be able to get back over that hump for several albums. Potempkin City Limits was an amazing leap forward for them that appeared to have alot of thought and practice put into it. I didn't think they'd be able to top the quality they were able to achieve on that one, but here's Supporting Caste. They added a second guitarist, wrote more thrash riffs, churned up the same idea(ologie)s and re-packaged them to make them still as valid and thorough, and even managed to write a song about Hockey and put a political spin on it. Nice one, my hosers.
7. Teenage Bottlerocket - They Came From The Shadows
I didn't dig the Skate Or Die single that prefaced the album, but they trumped it with the remaining songs, somehow making the similar hooks and harmonies sound better than they last made them sound. What it might lack in originality (save for "Fatso Goes Nutzoid") it makes up for in sheer song writing talent and pop sensibility. It still baffles me that these guys come out of Wyoming. I guess there's one reason that state doesn't completely blow.
6. Tombs - Winter Hours
What seemed like out of nowhere, this three piece drops a behemoth of an album (and on essentially the biggest heavy metal label in the world right now, no less). Combining all the best elements of doom, black metal and post-metal these guys simutaeously made me love them and hate them for doing exactly what I was trying to do with my own band.
5. Cobra Skulls - American Rubicon
A band who ingeniously combines elements of musical genres that usually destroy the credibility of a band, these guys mash in equal parts rockabilly, pop punk, and singer/songwriter-esque sensibilities. I was as turned off as most at first listen, but after a valient effort I couldn't find a song on the entire album I didn't like. Even the upbeat piano balad has me hitting repeat over and over.
4. Ringers - Hurry Up And Wait
I bought this without ever hearing it, or even hearing the band. The note on the front said they sounded like Rancid, so I bought it on a whim. Well, they don't really sound like Rancid. It's more like a combination of the Minneapolis pop punk sound and Boston street punk grit. The singer sounds like he's about to die of throat cancer, and yet still hits all the right notes. If it were longer, it would have been closer to the top of the list.
3. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
Fuck the haters, Rancid has always been amazing. This is about the best line straddling of real punk and commercial success I've heard. Tim Armstrong must have gotten all his reggae-rap desires out during the Transplants, because the cheesiness of past songs seems to be gone. Or at least less noticeable. They haven't done an album this good since ...And Out Come The Wolves.
2. Hoots & Hellmouth - The Holy Open Secret
Here's my oddball. The first time I heard these guys is when I saw them open for William Elliott Whitmore this past year. Four guys, two acoustic guitars, a mandolin, a stand-up bass, and three part vocal harmonies abound. This is just boot stomping good fun. The musicianship on this is damn near baffling, and seeing it done live is even better.
1. Dear Landlord - Dream Homes
A fucking homerun. I shouldn't have really expected less combining guys from The Copyrights, Off With Their Heads, and The Gateway District. Everything about this record is spot on, and it lacks any and all pretentiousness to ruin it. Oh, and did I mention it's their first album?
2000 - 2009 (in no particular order)
World Burns To Death - Totalitarian Sodomy (2006)
So many crust punk bands talk about educating the listener - but nobody can hold a torch to how these guys do it. In addition to one of the best crust records of all time, this thing comes with a goddamn novel to read. They flex their muscles in musicianship and world history at every turn.
Tragedy - Vengeance (2002)
Though forever in the shadow of His Hero Is Gone in my eyes, nobody does d-beat/crust better than Tragedy. They're becoming legends without a lick of self promotion besides simply playing shows. Though some of my favorite Tragedy songs come from their first record, I thought Vengeance felt much more cohesive and powerful. I can still remember exactly where I was the first time I listened to it.
The Copyrights - Make Sound (2007)
Even if pop punk hasn't progressed, The Copyrights are proof that you can make the same song sound great album after album. Make Sound, despite a few quarrels I have with its production, is an amazing blend of pop savviness and punk rock. The hooks never end and I think every song on this record has been stuck in my head for days at some point.
Converge - Jane Doe (2001)
One of the best hardcore records of all time. I don't call it a breakthrough album, because they did some amazing records before Jane Doe, but this is a peak they'll never pass. The music, production, lyrics, and artwork all flow together like fate itself constructed it. They showed the experimentation that other hardcore bands were afraid to dabble in at the time, and hit a homerun on every song in it's own way.
Unearthly Trance - Electrocution (2008)
This band just sounds like it comes from a dark place. But, not dark as in Satanism, but more so I picture this is what the inside of Aleister Crowley's head sounds like. They just have this occultish ambience about them that is so intriguing. Electrocution is an exercise in all things heavy. Combining doom, black metal, and crust punk, they show their chops in everything from melody to sheer power, and don't let on to a shred of pretention or cheesiness.
Cursed - One (2003)
Thank god that Left For Dead, The Swarm, and Countdown To Oblivion were in the 90's, otherwise Chris Colohan dominate half this list. When these guys broke out they ended up being nothing of what I expected and was incredibly thankful for it. Colohan trumped his past lyrical efforts, and this album features one of my favorite guitar tones of all time. It sounds like it's literally about to explode at any minute.
Marduk - World Funeral (2003)
I was so into black metal for the first part of the 00's I had to throw in my favorite black metal record of the decade. World Funeral is regarded as many to be one of Marduk's worst, but I love its versatility. They can either speed up or slow down and do both perfectly. Plus, they make a song out of the opening music to Clockwork Orange.
Entombed - Uprising (2000)
I'm one of about three people in the world who likes Entombed's death 'n roll style more than their traditional death metal stuff. Uprising is the pinnacle of that style in my opinion. It has a much grittier production than their other albums and it makes everything sound really organic, which compliments the riff storm all over this thing.
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
Before the hipsters discovered them, they were the pride of Canada. One of the best bass tones I've ever heard.
Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom (2008)
I can't ever get enough of this album. Every song is a sing along, despite some downright depressing lyrics. After seeing them live, I think this captures the same energy they have on stage. I think 20 years from now it'll be regarded as a punk rock classic.
2009:
10. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Having been a long time fan of the band, I knew a long lapse in their releases would equal great success or total failure. Figuring it wasn't hard to write 45 second grind songs led by a drum machine, it'd be easy to repeat the same formula for this as the last 400 songs they had written and the whole release end up as an exercise in monotony. Nay. Trimmed down to 13 songs (most breaking 2 minutes), much more technical ability, a new singer, and one of the best cover illustrations I've just about ever seen - I'd say it was a breakthrough most were hoping for. Though, this probably only means there's even less chance they'll play live.
9. Cave In - Planets Of Old
Years on hiatus following commercial failure, they turn out this gem. Brodsky made an amazing go at a solo career that'll probably warrant him more success than Cave In ever brought, as such I was expecting a mellower, dare I say stoner-esque sound on this EP. Nay again. Channeling the same ghosts as they did on Until Your Heart Stops they re-found the volume knobs on their amps and tuned back down. Could be a front runner for one of the best releases of their catalogue.
8. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Propagandhi is one of those bands that I keep expecting to hit a high note and not be able to get back over that hump for several albums. Potempkin City Limits was an amazing leap forward for them that appeared to have alot of thought and practice put into it. I didn't think they'd be able to top the quality they were able to achieve on that one, but here's Supporting Caste. They added a second guitarist, wrote more thrash riffs, churned up the same idea(ologie)s and re-packaged them to make them still as valid and thorough, and even managed to write a song about Hockey and put a political spin on it. Nice one, my hosers.
7. Teenage Bottlerocket - They Came From The Shadows
I didn't dig the Skate Or Die single that prefaced the album, but they trumped it with the remaining songs, somehow making the similar hooks and harmonies sound better than they last made them sound. What it might lack in originality (save for "Fatso Goes Nutzoid") it makes up for in sheer song writing talent and pop sensibility. It still baffles me that these guys come out of Wyoming. I guess there's one reason that state doesn't completely blow.
6. Tombs - Winter Hours
What seemed like out of nowhere, this three piece drops a behemoth of an album (and on essentially the biggest heavy metal label in the world right now, no less). Combining all the best elements of doom, black metal and post-metal these guys simutaeously made me love them and hate them for doing exactly what I was trying to do with my own band.
5. Cobra Skulls - American Rubicon
A band who ingeniously combines elements of musical genres that usually destroy the credibility of a band, these guys mash in equal parts rockabilly, pop punk, and singer/songwriter-esque sensibilities. I was as turned off as most at first listen, but after a valient effort I couldn't find a song on the entire album I didn't like. Even the upbeat piano balad has me hitting repeat over and over.
4. Ringers - Hurry Up And Wait
I bought this without ever hearing it, or even hearing the band. The note on the front said they sounded like Rancid, so I bought it on a whim. Well, they don't really sound like Rancid. It's more like a combination of the Minneapolis pop punk sound and Boston street punk grit. The singer sounds like he's about to die of throat cancer, and yet still hits all the right notes. If it were longer, it would have been closer to the top of the list.
3. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
Fuck the haters, Rancid has always been amazing. This is about the best line straddling of real punk and commercial success I've heard. Tim Armstrong must have gotten all his reggae-rap desires out during the Transplants, because the cheesiness of past songs seems to be gone. Or at least less noticeable. They haven't done an album this good since ...And Out Come The Wolves.
2. Hoots & Hellmouth - The Holy Open Secret
Here's my oddball. The first time I heard these guys is when I saw them open for William Elliott Whitmore this past year. Four guys, two acoustic guitars, a mandolin, a stand-up bass, and three part vocal harmonies abound. This is just boot stomping good fun. The musicianship on this is damn near baffling, and seeing it done live is even better.
1. Dear Landlord - Dream Homes
A fucking homerun. I shouldn't have really expected less combining guys from The Copyrights, Off With Their Heads, and The Gateway District. Everything about this record is spot on, and it lacks any and all pretentiousness to ruin it. Oh, and did I mention it's their first album?
2000 - 2009 (in no particular order)
World Burns To Death - Totalitarian Sodomy (2006)
So many crust punk bands talk about educating the listener - but nobody can hold a torch to how these guys do it. In addition to one of the best crust records of all time, this thing comes with a goddamn novel to read. They flex their muscles in musicianship and world history at every turn.
Tragedy - Vengeance (2002)
Though forever in the shadow of His Hero Is Gone in my eyes, nobody does d-beat/crust better than Tragedy. They're becoming legends without a lick of self promotion besides simply playing shows. Though some of my favorite Tragedy songs come from their first record, I thought Vengeance felt much more cohesive and powerful. I can still remember exactly where I was the first time I listened to it.
The Copyrights - Make Sound (2007)
Even if pop punk hasn't progressed, The Copyrights are proof that you can make the same song sound great album after album. Make Sound, despite a few quarrels I have with its production, is an amazing blend of pop savviness and punk rock. The hooks never end and I think every song on this record has been stuck in my head for days at some point.
Converge - Jane Doe (2001)
One of the best hardcore records of all time. I don't call it a breakthrough album, because they did some amazing records before Jane Doe, but this is a peak they'll never pass. The music, production, lyrics, and artwork all flow together like fate itself constructed it. They showed the experimentation that other hardcore bands were afraid to dabble in at the time, and hit a homerun on every song in it's own way.
Unearthly Trance - Electrocution (2008)
This band just sounds like it comes from a dark place. But, not dark as in Satanism, but more so I picture this is what the inside of Aleister Crowley's head sounds like. They just have this occultish ambience about them that is so intriguing. Electrocution is an exercise in all things heavy. Combining doom, black metal, and crust punk, they show their chops in everything from melody to sheer power, and don't let on to a shred of pretention or cheesiness.
Cursed - One (2003)
Thank god that Left For Dead, The Swarm, and Countdown To Oblivion were in the 90's, otherwise Chris Colohan dominate half this list. When these guys broke out they ended up being nothing of what I expected and was incredibly thankful for it. Colohan trumped his past lyrical efforts, and this album features one of my favorite guitar tones of all time. It sounds like it's literally about to explode at any minute.
Marduk - World Funeral (2003)
I was so into black metal for the first part of the 00's I had to throw in my favorite black metal record of the decade. World Funeral is regarded as many to be one of Marduk's worst, but I love its versatility. They can either speed up or slow down and do both perfectly. Plus, they make a song out of the opening music to Clockwork Orange.
Entombed - Uprising (2000)
I'm one of about three people in the world who likes Entombed's death 'n roll style more than their traditional death metal stuff. Uprising is the pinnacle of that style in my opinion. It has a much grittier production than their other albums and it makes everything sound really organic, which compliments the riff storm all over this thing.
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
Before the hipsters discovered them, they were the pride of Canada. One of the best bass tones I've ever heard.
Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom (2008)
I can't ever get enough of this album. Every song is a sing along, despite some downright depressing lyrics. After seeing them live, I think this captures the same energy they have on stage. I think 20 years from now it'll be regarded as a punk rock classic.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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