9 SHOCKS TERROR CDEP + DVD    (mad at the world)
"a limited cd/dvd package containing 9 shocks terror's songs from the split lp with out cold (which was subsequently scrapped and released on 7" format), and a complete dvd (worldwide territory) of live appearances by the band in cleveland, boston, la, and more by one of the spearheads of the current thrashy hardcore punk scene. blisteringly volatile hardcore thrash with the band's hallmark japanese hardcore influences and heavy motorhead-style bombast." (40kr/€4.50)


1985 - SIMMONS 7"    (monotonstudio)
"three songs that could maybe come from the very early eighties, new york underground-avantgarde scene. The theme of this 7” is a simmons-electrodrumset, which gives the songs even more of an authentical feeling. The 1985 have compared as the bastard child of gang of four, PiL and the birthday party. However the 1985 is no retro-clichee-disaster. The 1985 are very original and special while citing the past." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


400 BLOWS - BLACK RAINBOW CD    (rehash)
"remember when bands were cocky, didn't give a fuck, and when they walked into a room, it just reeked of attitude, and sass? well, it's back, and it's great! 400 blows kicks out 14 jams that could go many ways. it could be thrown into the whole troubleman record's scheme of things, it could be thrown into the whole 'wire/gang of four' thing that everyone seems to be using these days. i, on the other hand, prefer to throw it into un-throwable. if you could take the sparse eratic guitar work of shellac, and then somehow manage to make it thick, really fucked off and off time, like helmet or karp, and mix up the members of those bands a bit, it would probably come off like 400 blows. the vocals remind me of early rye coalition records. like i said, imagine what gravity was doing in the early 90's, move it up to the present day, and this will be right up your alley." (50kr/€5.50)


1999 - MIDNIGHT PEOPLE 7"    (release the bats!/promenade/lady godiva operations)
"The Swedish label Release The Bats is doing great. For a time now they have been releasing the most obscure bands in the field of post-punk and related styles. This 7" is the debut by the new Swedish band 1999 and the best release from the label until now. 1999 plays rocking dark post-punk. Their music is more punk than Bauhaus and more gothic than Au Pairs. Both the A-side and the B-side are excellent. 'Midnight People' (the A-side) is an instant hit (and a modern classic in the genre?) or at least should become an underground hit. 'Legends' (the B-side) is somewhat less catchy but still very suitable for the alternative dancefloor. This band is a revelation for everyone who thought post-punk was a dead and forgotten genre. 1999 plays post-punk in its pure form but it’s totally here and now." review from funprox.com (40kr/€4.50)


A DAY IN BLACK AND WHITE/GOLDEN BIRDS 7"    (paranoid)
"european tour 7"! new songs by each band, ADAV deliver epic hardcore and GOLDEN BIRDS rock out in a modest mouse/built to spill manner." (40kr/€4.50)


A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME - THE FRAUD AND FOLLY OF GOOD INTENTION LP    (art for blind)
"A New Spelling of My Name are a new band from Washington DC featuring ex members of Homage to Catalonia, Midvale and Virginia Black Lung. They play passionate and political emo/post hardcore. This is the 12" vinyl version of their first full length. A new spelling of my name sounds like a cross between homage to catalonia, Midvale and lighter engine down." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


A TRILLION BARNACLE LAPSE - A CRUISE IN HEAVEN CD    (electric human project)
"a trillion barnacle lapse have constantly been expanding their musical ground ever since their inception in 2000. with two full lengths already under their belt, and some recent member changes, rhode island's a trillion barnacle lapse have grown into something that their previous records on level plane and sound virus only hinted at. a cruise in heaven is a 10 song opus, clocking in at 40 minutes, that intermingles dense guitar work with suave keys and drumming that is both live and programmed. with vocals parallel to robert smith's of the cure, and the musical ability to both sooth and storm, fans of echo and the bunnymen, love and rockets and new order will all find reasons to enduldge in a trillion barnacle lapse's latest work. keep in mind though that atbl are not rehashing any stlye of ‘80s pop, but instead they are reconstructing it with punk rock motivations. like the faint, radiohead and the birthday party merging into one entity at some nocturnal gala." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


A TRILLION BARNACLE LAPSE - BLACK LAVA 12"     (sound virus)
"sound virus latest edition to its roster is a trillion barnacle lapse from providence, rhode island. here a trillion barnacle lapse return with an 8 song release which is a follow up to their full length that was released last year on level plane records. black lava delivers a mixture that brings together sounds of bands like tristeza, the cure and even moments of early public image ltd, creating a soundtrack that is truly unlike anything else coming out these days. you can see the progression in their music, as it still holds onto its hardcore roots but now adds an even more synth sound. thus at times making their music seem layered with an almost spacey feel, giving you an idea what the cure might have sounded like if they were just starting out as a band today. look for an additional lp/cd coming later this year on sound virus." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


A TRILOGY OF DREAMS, NOISE AND SILENCE - SCRAPS OF TAPE 7"    (jezebel)
"The third and last piece of 'a trilogy of dreams, noise and silence' contains only one song (with a break to turn the vinyl). The 14-minute song "Därför" is not only a very long piece of great music, it is also a trip to the moon and back. www.scrapsoftape.com" MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


ABE VIGODA - SKY ROUTE/STAR ROOF LP    (not not fun)
"Chino, CA is in many ways a thriving place. There’s vegan Chinese diners, plenty of adult video stores, and an active post-teen no-wave scene. Sort of. Mainly there’s just Reggie, Mike, David, and Juan arguing about which colors suck (all of them) on a suburban porch. And thank god for that, cause these 909 loyalists are ubiquitous dudes, road-tripping to any two-bit post-punk community center that will let them plug in and play their claustrophobic angle jams. Repetitive beaten guitars, Animal (from Muppet Babies?) drumming, and burrowing, burying bass lines—like boating shoes and cut-off jean shorts, these are signature Abe Vigoda moves." MP3 (100kr/€10.50)


ABOUT PARIS CDEP    (zabel)
"Althought their name suggest otherwise, this 4-piece is from Amsterdam. They offer a gloomy take on the post-punk genre ranging from Joy Division and Gang of Four to Les Savy Fav and Editors. Their synth-driven melodies, upbeat drumming, delayed guitars and moody vocals work together so well that it drags all the jaded hipsters onto the dance floor! The package is as dark as the music: a beautifull slipcase and a semi-shaped, transparent cd." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


ACROSS TUNDRAS - DARK SONGS OF THE PRAIRIE CD    (crucial blast)
"Dark Songs Of The Prairie, the first full-length album from Denver's ACROSS TUNDRAS, holds eight portraits of heavy majesty carved out of massive syrup riffage and spacious melodies. It's almost like hearing some mysterious 70's country rock outfit thawed out and refitted with mighty amplification, sludgecore tempos, and shoegazey shimmer that conjures up visions of the wide open prairies and looming mountains of the band's home territory. As weighty as the melodic heaviness coming from the from the whole "post-metal" camp, but coming from a different place altogether, ACROSS TUNDRAS draw a tangential line from Neil Young to HUM to NEUROSIS, and unleash a powerful new statement of rustic, crushing Americana. Features former members of Sioux Falls, SD post-hardcore outfits SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES and EXAMINATION OF THE..." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


ACRE - PHYSICALITY TAPE    (tape tektoniks)
"truly beautiful.... psychedelic, macro-minimalistic tunes... artwork by the walking bodybag. edition of 70." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


AFRAID!/A FLOWER KOLLAPSED 3" CD    (holidays)
description soon. MP3 (AFRAID!) (50kr/€5.50)


ALFARMANIA - KOFOTSREKYL TAPE    (trash ritual)
"Post Mortem Industrial from Survival Unit Member. Eight Tracks presenting some of Alfarmania’s strongest works. Same Lo-Fi Bleak Atmosphere as the "From Fix to Fix" tape along with his Recent Collaboration with Proiekt Hat." (50kr/€5.50)


ALIVIA ZIVICH & NATE YOUNG - VIDEO MADNESS DVD    (meudiademorte)
"A.A.Records founders ALIVIA ZIVICH and NATE YOUNG (WOLF EYES) deliver a collection of video experiments and visual manipulation/cut-ups set to the duo's original soundtrack recordings. Beautiful, disturbing, psychedelic, and twisted. Euro repress, first edition of 100." SAMPLES (80kr/€8.50)


ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE/SPECTRES 7"    (forever escaping boredom)
"this is a new screamo terror attack on this amazing label from Florida... if you go for all those bands ala SAETIA, early HOT CROSS... you will dig this... GREAT split 7" and amazing artwork. comes w/ handcreened covers and the record is pressed in grey/ marble vinyl - limited to 300 copies. get it while you can." (40kr/€4.50)


AFRIC SIMONE - RAMAYA TAPE    (hästen & korset)
"This is a fantastic recording from 1975 that i found in a thriftstore for over 10 years ago. I don´t know nothing about this artist and i haven´t find much of google him either but i have choosen to release this as a bootleg cause it´s fucking rule and moore people need to discover this. Totaly original music and some fucking wierd mix of disco, rock, world music, soul, folk, sinnes and strange sounds. A true party killer! Black tapes. Ca 40 min." (40kr/€4.50)


ALVARS ORKESTER - INTERFERENCE CD    (ash international)
"Analogue sound experiments from old Sweden 1987-2006+. This album is the first release in what will be the 13th anniversary since the foundation of Ash International. 'Interference' by Alvars Orkester was edited by Mike Harding and Philip Marshall, who here also designs his first CD for the label. 'Interference' consists of analogue drones, interspersed with hardcore electronics, hair-raising voices and spine-chilling ambience. Alvars Orkester, was formed in 1987 in Johannishus, a small village in the south-east of Sweden by a group of young boys interested in the mysteries of psychic sickness, mental institutions, the industrial music culture and the power of sound. For the first very creative years, Alvars was very active within the independent cassette culture scene releasing their stuff (that quite soon drifted from the industrialism inspired by Test Dept, TG, SPK and z’ev to an atmospheric, psychedelic and quite ambient version of noise) on small labels in Italy, Portugal, USA etc. AO was always very closely connected to the Börft Records label, run by the two core members Jan Svensson and Joachim Nordwall. Börft was a label for weird electronic experiments, noise and industrial. In 1994, Nordwall left the label and Sweden (to return to the country forming the iDEAL Organisation but never to Börft and the south-east) and Svensson continued by focusing on bent acid house and dance stuff. The psychedelic aspect of the music came in though an early interest in natural drugs and the need to investigate different ways of messing with the mind. For years, AO remained silent with a few short exceptions, but in April 2005, Nordwall and Svensson recorded the 'Interference' album for Ash International. Coloured by Svensson's increasing paranoia sickness and the tension between the two that have been there since their youth, they put down the aspects of the mysteries of psychic broadcasting and manipulation on tape. Long sessions during the years in the mainly analogue Studio Styrka in Johannishus built up a huge archive of recordings, most unreleased to date but slowly being brought to light by labels like Kning Disk, RRR and White Tapes." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


ALVARS ORKESTER - RECYCLED TAPE    (rrr)
"Recycled RRR tape with Alvars Orkester." (45kr/€5)


AMPERE 7"    (pure pain sugar)
"Single 7" that compiles the tracks from their split with Wolves on 1 side and their demo 7" on the other side. Pressed for their European tour." MP3 (45kr/€5)


AMTRAK 7"    (narshardaa)
"electro-no wave-sciencefiction-punk with fantastic female vocals and lot of great elektro-keyboard-computer sounds from hamburg/germany. musically a mix like the sick lipstick, the red light sting, le tigre and glass candy." MP3 (20kr/€2.50)


ANDY ORTMANN - NIGHTMANIA CD    (nihilist)
"The first full-length album from founding member of Panicsville, as well as the Nihilist label. This project began as a series of new drawings, then audio soundtracks were composed to compliment each drawing. The results are both haunting and disturbing. The sounds here, range from ambient, musique-concrete, collage to power electronics. This project was funded in part by a Grant from the City of Chicago." (70kr/€7.50)


ANEVIL - METRAKIDS 7"    (existencia)
"The 7'' debut of the infamous Anevil (Oviedo, Spain) is ready and available now. They appear after a long time scratching their balls with a new drummer that has pulled them to a new level of seriousness never lived. They give this 4 songs 7'', now released as a yellow plastic piece with their emotiveness, confusion and darkness, Uranus/Shikari style (whoa, namedropping!) and with a cool see-through packaging." MP3 (20kr/€2.50)


ANTENNAS ERUPT 7"    (weird forest)
"the first 7" (full length vinyl due out on s-s records) from sacramento's finest utopian non-jazz band, antennas erupt. their spectral sound of yore hovers somewhere between what's available and what's not. past gestures giving way to new compositional non-jazz explorations. i got stoned one night and decided them as charles ives conducting the portsmouth sinfonia interpretting the better part of the esp/actuel catalogue, mingus meltdowns, ascension, solo dolphy, and messengers fluidity. they've created something wholly unique and beautiful and groovy. saxes, cello, and drums combine to make magical energy fields of love, joy, and vigor!" (35kr/€4)


ANTITHESIS/SANTANTONIO 10"    (shove)
"Antithesis* play emotionally inspired hardcore filled with crushing dynamics. Put in the same room Reversal of man and Burzum and think what can happend. The result? Without any doubts some of the best songs i have heard for a long time. Sametime, Santantonio play italian '80 hardcore in vein of negazione but with swedish touch, modern diy sound with lyrics about personal revolution." MP3 (ANTITHESIS) (50kr/€5.50)


ANTITHESIS CD    (concubine)
"Antithesis is a four piece from Piacenza. If you like caotic, grindin' hc with metal touch you must adore anithesis. They play a perfect mix between Ed Gein, Majority Rule and Reversal of Man, with some Converge touch. Or if you prefer a jam session between Orchid and Burzum. The cd will be out with extra luxurious black jewel case with 8 pages of booklet. This records is awesome and this band is simple amazing." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


AODL - FAIT BAIT TRICK... CD-R    (audiobot)
"From the depths of Salt Lake City emerges an untamed beast of pulverizing harsh noise. F**king brutal disgusto electronics that will peel the skin off your bones. A perverted corridor leading straight into depravity. An intense cacophony that spits and shatters like a tortured animal... Constant crumbling walls and sliced open electric sputter. Menacing upbeat uppercut of rugged meat. Reprogram your mind and become weak and helpless. A game cock masterpiece! Classify under: sick harsh beast domination." (60kr/€6.50)


AOSUKE - MONOTONE SPIRITS LP    (meudiademorte)
"Aosuke's new album "Monotone Spirits", which has been released as collaborative work of the labels Audiolith and Meudiamorte, is highly recommended to all lovers of classic Ambient sounds as all four tracks which are paving their way through a total running time of about 36 minutes feature floating, totally beat-less structures of organic ambience influenced of what my be called a slightly Post-PostRock'ish attitude if the simple use of processed guitar sounds can be regarded as Rock-reference. If not, it's just Ambient at its best." MP3 (95kr/€10)

AOSUKE - LIVE AT FSK TAPE    (tape tekoniks)
"live recording of a radio show. two songs from the 'monotone spirits' album plus one unreleased song." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


THE APOLLO PROGRAM/CHIVAN CD    (svetlaana)
"nouveau label français qui se lance avec ce split cd fortement recommandé! chivan est un jeune groupe brest qui s’adonne à un emocore aux fortes résonances post hardcore mélodiques, une petite claque! the apollo program nous viennent de caen, plus expérimentés, ils oscillent dans les sphères post hardcore plutôt minimaliste, parfois le chant est hurlé… ces deux groupes maîtrisent à fond leur sujet, ce qui en fait deux espoirs de la scène emo française. très bien!" (50kr/€5.50)


THE APOLLO PROGRAM/SHORT SUPPLY CD    (heart on fire)
"two french bands: 4 songs of emotive hardcore by apollo program, in the vein of bands like engine down and yaphet kotto, also comparable to amanda woodward... short supply deliver 3 songs, more on the rocking side, comparable to small brown bike or cable car theory! www.heartonfire.be.tf" (50kr/€5.50)


ARBOR COMPILATION CD-R + BOOKLET    (arbor)
"compilation with raccoo-oo-oon, the gosling, the sneaky pines, silver daggers, haunted castle, robedoor, hannu karjalainen, the futurians, bagelsandcreamchesse, e*rock, treetops, gastric female reflex, horshead, joe+n, thelscull, barrabarracuda & loopool. this thing has carpal tunell inducing construction featuring a 24 page handsewn book littered with glu-stiked art from the contributing artists. filled to the brim with something like 1 hour 19 minutes at 33 seconds of music. limited to 200 copies on sticky sprayed cd-rs." (60kr/€6.50)


ARTBREAKHOTEL/GRAHAM MOORE SPLIT CD    (blossoming noise)
"Shattered organic walls of noise. Random splash cut-ups. Curious sounds from Nobuo Yamada & Graham Moore. Housed in a slip case with each artist designing a side. limited to 1000 copies." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS - LIVE @ RIXC CD-R    (organic pipeline)
"One long track by Lithuanian artist Arturas Bumsteinas, recorded live at the media art center of Rixc in Riga, Latvia in 2004. The track consists of ambient drones and glitchy samples." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


ASPECTS OF PHYSICS - SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL RECALIBRATION CD    (monotonstudio)
"So while AOP's predecessor Physics brought the worlds of indie/punk rock and electronic music together five years before it was even hip to do so (ala Tortoise, Mogwai, and Radiohead), Aspects of Physics takes it one step further with their seamless welding of the styles of post-rock, ambient, IDM, visuals. And lest we forget the punk rock influence, does so with a general dissent towards power structures and non-dynamic systems. Systems of Social Recalibration is more than a CD - it's a philosophy. The beautiful 12-page full color booklet diagrams these thoughts in accordance with the ideas set forth by AOP's music. In a scene so bent on being "cutting edge" and "groundbreaking", often the original underlying ideas become masked, but Aspects of Physics has something meaningful to say. Every click, every sweep of the DSP plugin console, every amplitude and every frequency serves a purpose, from the spooky ambient intro of "Pulse Width" to the epic progression of the 17-minute long "Level 4.2." Expect the post-rockers to shout with glee at the minimal guitar stylings of "Reson", while the IDM geekboys will ponder whether the C64 Sid samples used in "s.id" are vintage C64 or a modern emulator. In the end, however, what matters most is that you have a cohesive package of music and mind, and beyond all, a refreshing break from the monotony of an often faceless and voiceless genre." MP3 (70kr/€7.50)


THE ASSAILANT - THE NURSE PICTUREDISC 7"    (init)
"Four brand new songs from Seattle's THE ASSAILANT, who play heavy and technical hardcore similiar to bands like Botch and Deadguy. Pressed on a beautiful two-sided full-color 7" picture disc with new artwork by Daniel Danger, and wrapped in a black foil-stamped strip that serves as a lyric sheet and insert. Limited to only 666 hand-numbered copies." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


ASTHMA ATTTAQ/DIRTY SOUTH APOCALYPSE LP    (forever escaping boredom)
"Asthma Atttaq are a two piece that mix the passion of mid 90's emo with an experimental edge and some interesting guitar work. For fans of Shotmaker, Elements of Need, Sonic Youth, and Lightning Bolt. Dirty South Apocalypse play dirty southern hardcore with an undercurrent of psychedelia. For fans of Damad, Das Criminal, and Prank Records." MP3 (70kr/€7.50)


ASTHMA ATTTAQ - BREATHE HEAVY CD    (forever escaping boredom)
"Florida's Asthma Atttaq returns with a new genre bending full-length. Having drawn comparisons as varied from Jerome's Dream to Hella to Yes, Asthma Atttaq takes the listener through a winding corridor of punk, noise, free jazz, post-rock and seemlessly melds them together flawlessly from song to song." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


ASTRAL BLESSING LP    (mad monk)
"This vital release documenting the near-mythological Astral Blessing is, quite plainly, one of the reasons we started Mad Monk. Astral Blessing are / were a Northeastern ‘supergroup’ of sorts featuring renaissance man Paul LeBreque (Sunburned Hand of The Man, Trees Chants & Hollers, Aeth’r Myth’d, The Other Method, Soil Sing Through Me) and Daniel Presnell (Hildegard, Feed and Seed Records) along with drummer Marcus DeMaio. Sporadic gigs, often with fucking years in between them, left more than one trainspotter wondering if the band existed at all. This LP lays the whispers and rumors to rest once and for all. Totally crushing modern psych splatter, referencing the Theater of Eternal Music one minute and Oblivians the next. In total bootleg-style jacket so you can pretend you’re the only one who’s lucky enough to be in on this. Recorded entirely live. Obscenely limited." –James Toth. (140kr/€15)


AXOLOTL - TELESMA CD    (spooky action)
"It is true without lying, certain and most true. That which is Below is like that which is Above and that which is Above is like that which is Below to do the miracles of the Only Thing. And as all things have been and arose from One by the mediation of One, so all things have their birth from this One Thing by adaptation. The Sun is its father; the Moon its mother; the Wind hath carried it in its belly; the Earth is its nurse. The father of all perfection in the whole world is here. Its force or power is entire if it be converted into Earth. Separate the Earth from the Fire, the subtle from the gross, sweetly with great industry. It ascends from the Earth to the Heavens and again it descends to the Earth and receives the force of things superior and inferior. By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you. Its force is above all force, for it vanquishes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing. So was the world created. From this are and do come admirable adaptations, whereof the process is here in this. Hence am I called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world. That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished and ended. -The Emerald Tablet (Isaac Newton, trans.) Five stellar pieces with new attention to structural detail and emotional depth. Presented in stunning foil-stamped sleeves, in anedition of 500 CD's." MP3 (100kr/€10.50)


B ABUSE - MISERY IS THE RHYTM OF TH WORLD CD    (impure muzik)
"The B-ABUSE "misery is the rhythm of the world" issue is out! 4 Titles, Dark and intense, more than 40 minutes in the vein of Neurosis and Mogwai. Listen to them on their presentation page, they are just amazing!" MP3 (95kr/€10)


BADGERLORE - STORIES FOR OLWS LP    (yik yak)
"The second full-length release from psychedelic bread bakers and bird whisperers Badgerlore - represented on this release by beard-core ambassadors Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance, Comets On Fire), Tom Carter (Charalambides), Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans), and Rob Fisk (7 Year Rabbit Cycle, ex-Deerhoof)-- Stories For Owls features six beautifully lush, organic pieces that rise and fall with the group's broke-down, burned-up improv and the interplay of piano, vocals, and dual guitars. The music is organized around the conceptual theme of birds constructing nests, and each track explores this idea differently. Stories For Owls also showcases the talents of two newcomers; Tom Carter, whose playing seems beamed in from some entirely off-kilter universe; and Pete Swanson, who by grabbing and processing live sound, both in real time and through tape-delay, gives the already rickety skeletons of these songs an even greater fragility and tenderness. Beautiful and devastating. Limited Edition." (120kr/€12.50)


BALL LIGHTNING CD-R    (jyrk)
"You all may not be familiar with the project, but it's William Sabiston of (part-time) Axolotl fame... Dude is a WILD percussionist who's collaborated with tons of folks, but most recently in a group BULBS... I'm not even sure how to describe this release. I suppose "freedom techno," a ficticious genre imagined by Roope Eronen, would be some sort of applicable term. William weavs all sorts of percussive sounds; bells, electronic drum pads, synth and acoustic drums into a complex whirl of pulses and clicks that will occasionally congeal into abstract loops, minimalist techno riffs, dub-zones or some sort of cohearance, before whatever beat he's imagined crashes in on itself... Those familiar with William's solo track on the Axolotl CDR, "Oranur," will have some idea what to expect... but then, I've been listening to this thing for months and I still don't know what's happening when I listen to this thing. Limited to 150 copies." (60kr/€6.50)


BARDOSENETICCUBE & IGOR V. PETROV - THE PERPETUUM MOBILE SPACE VEHICLE CD    (mechanoise labs)
"Collaborative material from Bardoseneticcube's recording sessions with St. Petersburg-based saxophonist Igor V. Petrov. Definitely one of Bardoseneticcube's most singular and musical works, with a mixture of irradiated electronics, hazy lunar jazz, sedated drones and urban soundscapes. Artwork by STPo. Digipack, limited to 500." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


BASS TONE TRAP - TRAPPING CD    (music a la coque)
"Re-release of 1983 album LP. This english band is a mish mash of freeform jazz, jagged white funk, empty spaces, great to tangle to! Bass Tone Trap was formed in 1981 when Paul Shaft and Martin Archer's previous group, the ethno-Stockhausen inspired "de tian", possibly Sheffield's unlikliest ever group, co-opted additional recruits Carver, Jasnoch and Infanti from the Sheffield Free Music Group. After an initial period with synthesizer player Ian Clarricoates, the group was completed by the addition of vituoso free jazz / RnB sax man Derek Saw. Given their respective backgrounds one might have been expecting the new group to be more interested in amplified egg slicers than in the riotous jazz-punk pell-mell which quickly became the group's trademark sound. But as listeners as well as players all the group were equally interested in pop as well as experimental musics, and saw a role model / middle ground in, especially, the electric band music of Ornette Coleman. The result was a more or less equal mix of Prime Time, Art Ensemble of Chicago, free improv and white boy funk - not so unusual when you look at the corresponding "No-wave" scene in New York at the same time, or Don Was' Ze label experiments." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


BASTARD NOISE/T.E.F - ASTRONOMICAL SOUND IMAGES CD    (pacrec/pitchphase)
"CAVEMAN CORROSION. A Kevin Novak (T.E.F.) and Bastard Noise (Eric Wood) collaboration of pulverizing astronomical vibrations. FOUR YEARS in the making! coreleased with PITCHPHASE. All the elements of both artists are there but it's the variation, combination and flow of this recording that makes it amazing." (70kr/€7.50)


BATTLETORN - BURN FAST 7"    (mad at the world)
"Battletorn erupted onto the NYC music scene with a bash 'n crash hardcore sound and a take-no-prisoners attitude. Although they started as a guitar/ drums/ vocals 3 piece, and recently slimmed down to a two piece attack, they make the most of their minimalist line-up with a full on wall of noise sound. They've got a classic, ragged hardcore sound. Battletorn will bring their one-two punch of a live show anywhere-- hardcore shows, metal shows, rock shows, and even hipster-indie shows, leaving many an audience member with dropped jaws at the near riotous response they often get. This 7" follows up a recent LP on Troubleman Records." (40kr/€4.50)


BBBLOOD - THE COSMIC GASH CD-R    (audiobot)
"UK harsh peddling feedback junk highly influenced by distorted water falls and mutilated sponge bob's, cranks out a space-travelling tribute to the forefathers of noise and the love of having no restrictions. Equipped with lowlife microphones, metal objects, crunched teeth, electronic drills and bargain pedals, BBBlood shows no mercy. Includes the track that first appeared on the nu-metal/hybrid compilation that accompanied the Zero Tolerance magazine. Described by Bizarre magazine as 'tinnitus-inducing insanity, like being vomited on by some angry digital god, the only way to appease him is to drill holes in your brain, record it, and play the sounds to a roomful of very small children!'. Full color artwork by Italian beach-dweller Tisbo, in an edition of only 65 copies. File under = distilling harsh blood. Tracklisting: 1 Hyper Spazmic Slaughter Cult (0:12), 2 Requiem For A Gleet (2:03), 3 The Cosmic Gash (1:12), 4 Consciousness Cycle (4:33), 5 Pigface (2:21), 6 Astro Spew (1:11), 7 Mutant Ape (1:50), 8 Blood Tzar (2:21), 9 BBThugz (0:53), 10 La Chute (2:46), 11 Fake Chinese Spiel (2:13), 12 Putrid Night (0:45)." (50kr/€5.50)

BE MALEDETTO NOW! TAPE    (long long chaney)
"maledetto and be invisible now collaboration." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


THE BEAR QUARTET - SATURDAY NIGHT LP    (no method)
"The Bear Quartet is one of Swedens most influential bands. Now with an album full of quality experimental electronic noise. Extremely well done and as inventive as always. Vinyl LP version of The Bear Quartet's latest album, an idiosyncratic synth-driven noise-pop opus. An album of spiteful popsongs, distortion-swaddled rock, drizzling guitar-hymnals, padded with instrumental, experimental, ambient passages. Equally threatening and beseeching, there are definitely more questions here than answers. Why is it essential? BECAUSE IT'S THE BEAR QUARTET! Maybe this is a blurry snapshot of what it was like to be The Bear Quartet that year. Maybe that long Arctic winter brought them to their artistic knees. Maybe you need this beleaguered, monochromatic, slice of life to appreciate what’s come before and what’s coming up from this amazing band. Essential because there is of course a stricken beauty here, if you’re up to the challenge." (100kr/€10.50)


BELLE EPOQUE - A LA DERIVE LP    (forever escaping boredom)
"Originally released in Europe, Belle Epoque's debut full-length is finally available in the states. BELLE EPOQUE delivers screaming emocore in the vein of old French emo punk bands (Ivich, Finger Print, Jasmine...) and mid-90's emo bands on Ebullition. You won't be ashamed of what they have to present to you: sincere and intense screamo with passionate lyrics sung in French. Limited to 300 with 100 on gold/white swirl vinyl." MP3 (95kr/€10)


BELLMER DOLLS - THE BIG CATS... 12"    (hungry eye)
"They take their name from the dolls of Hans Bellmer, the German artist whose highly charged work characterized Europe's interwar period and foreshadowed the impending cataclysm of World War II. There is definitely something of the reckless abandon of the cabaret in New York City's Bellmer Dolls, as well as the cruel probing of the surrealist, making the Weimar-era artist an appropriate point of reference for them. The juxtaposition of the dark and the sensual in their own work is expressed through pounding beat cut by bursts of feedback that sears like an exposed nerve. These Dolls boast a highly impressive CV of ex- Love Life (whose other alumni formed the celebrated Celebration), Universal Order of Armageddon, and Vanity Set members and Jim Sclavunous (known for his work in Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Cramps, Sonic Youth, and 8 Eyed Spy) is at the helm as producer, so it is not terribly surprising how cruelly effective they are." MP3 (70kr/€7.50)


BEN REYNOLDS - MUSIC IS THE MUSIC LANGUAGE CD    (ikuisuus)
"In the Spring months of 2005 Ben Reynolds began taking yet more jabs from mankind’s collective unconscious and turning them into sounds that love being in your ears. They have since been collected under the title ‘Music Is The Music Language’ and kindly unleashed by new Finnish label Ikuisuus. This is the first CD release from Ben after a torrent of CDRs bearing his name came flowing from various corners of the globe throughout 2004/2005. The sounds contained within the present release were moulded with less care but an equal if not greater amount of love as previous creations; The age old fight between the human controlling impulse and the natural (non) laws of chance ceased momentarily and a brief collaboration between the usually warring factions ensued. The results were welcomed by the overseer of this collaboration as a job well done and has since continued to pursue methods of creation whereby this fight will be done with once and for all. As for how all this sounds, that’s for your ears to decide." (100kr/€10.50)


BEYOND THE NINTH WAVE CD    (suffering jesus)
"Suicidal Canadian Black Metal from the frozen banks of the South Saskatchewan in the old school Burzum/Xasthur vein. Beyond The Ninth Wave is Morder from Nirnaeth Arnoediad with a guest performance from Herr Diederichs also of Nirnaeth Arnoediad fame. Morder has recently been reunited with former band mate Lucus of Operation Winter Mist and the two are currently in the studio recording the follow up to 'Volume 1'. Limited to 1000 units." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


BIAS ILLUMINATION OVER DIFFRACTED HEARTS COMPILATION CD    (holidays)
"Compilation with Mock Orange, Welch, Wendigo, Fine before you came, K.C. Milian, As a commodore, Auden, Port-Royal, The Death Of Anna Karina, Engine Down, Minnie's, September 10th, The Circlesouth, Seed'n'feed, Ten cent store, ASFSE, Happy noise, Up today, The miles apart." (80kr/€8.50)


BIPOLAR BEAR - MAN MOUNTAIN CD    (deleted art)
"Ten songs of amazing swampy-ass driven guitar madness, with angular bass lines and some off -beat drumming. Members from Rose for Bohdan, The Pope and The Manifolds." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


THE BIRTHDAY BOYZ - BRO-CYCLE 12"    (life in a box)
"Recorded Halloween 2005 in Salem, MA with Kurt Ballou at GodCity. Released by Life in a Box, Unfun, and Waking Records. Initial pressing of 800 by Brooklyn Phono." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


BJERGA/IVERSEN - MATINEE PREPARATION CD-R    (organic pipeline)
"Collaborative effort from Norwegians Jan M. Iversen and Sindre Bjerga. One long 40 minutes track of digital manipulation and heavenly choir-song filling up the soundscape." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


BJÖRN KLEINHENZ - TRANS PONY CD    (mi amante)
"It would just be too easy to see in Björn Kleinhenz just another Northern Singer/Songwriter-Sensation. To be nothing but the next Kristofer Aström or the next Rasmus Kellermann (Tiger Lou), his design of contemplation is too close to the less geographically obvious heroes in adagio, just as The Jayhawks, Canyon or Early Day Miners. Closest though to his own melancholies." MP3 (95kr/€10)


BJÖRN KLEINHENZ/ROB & THE PINHOLE STARS MCD    (mi amante)
"Rob & The Pinhole Stars, for their part, seem to be lost to the world while celebrating their thoughtful absence. For their fusion of Singer/Songwriter and minimal electro no emotion seems big enough, as long as it's theirs. It would just be too easy to see in Björn Kleinhenz nothing but the new Northern Singer/Songwriter-Sensation. To be just that, his design of contemplation is too close to the less geographically obvious heroes in adagio, just as The Jayhawks, Canyon or Early Day Miners. Closest though to his own melancholies." (60kr/€6.50)


BLACK ELK CD    (crucial blast)
"The eponymous debut from Portland, Oregon's BLACK ELK is a raging destructo rock eruption, heavy, catchy, and flattening. This ten song album contains a creeped out conglom of carnivorous charred hardcore punk, the sludgy power of primo Pacific Northwest tarpit rawk (think KARP, MELVINS, and early SOUNDGARDEN as reference points), twitchy Midwestern noise rage somewhere between Am Rep Records (circa-1991) and a more rabid DIE KREUZEN, and a goatheaded psychedelic backwoods black mass/dance party risen to a freakin' fever pitch. Total crush. Produced by Mike Lastra at Smegma Studios (EARTH, THRONES, JACKIE O MOTHERFUCKER)." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


BLACK ICE - TERRIBLE BIRDS CD    (hungry eye)
"What started as an experimental side project to Bay Area stalwarts Phantom Limbs to compose haunting instrumental sound-scapes soon evolved to a full band of its own. Numerous compilation appearances (including Cochon Records’ “Nostalgia Del Buio” compiled by Vanishing’s Jesse Eva and Billy Bates as well as Manuel Cochon, and GSL Records’ “Golden Grouper”) and an EP on Atakra Records landed their unnerving din instant acclaim in multiple continents. The throbbing rhythms and jagged melodies of this debut album are both atmospheric and edgy enough, and pensive and razorsharp enough to appeal to enthusiastcs of indie, post-punk, and deathrock fans alike." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


BLACK ICE - EVE EP 10"     (atakra)
"with members of alternative tentacles powerhouse and touring sensation, the phantom limbs and la supergroup sister mary shoelace, these youngsters have made an awfully quick dent into the stale inbred us gothic scene. six eerie tracks of siouxie sioux-fueled rockage, wrought with batty female vocals, ghoulish guitars, creepy keyboards, and rotting rhythms. boo." (40kr/€4.50)


BLACK TO COMM - RÜCKWÄRTS BACKWARDS LP    (dekorder)
"Black To Comm is an alias for Dekorder label owner Marc Richter's audio excursions. "Rückwärts Backwards" is his debut full-length album recorded between 2003 and 2005 in his adopted hometown Hamburg and his childhood home in the Black Forest located in the south of Germany. With a background in many musical styles (from Psychedelia to pure Computer Music) BTC's music is never easy to pin down. This album is essentially created from scratchy shellac and vinyl loops merged with ambience field recordings (with some voice manipulations and kitchen gamelan thrown in for good measure). The warm hiss of analogue recording techniques combined with the apparently antique sounds of vintage organs, acoustic & electric guitars, pianos, glockenspiel and mbira used on these tracks generate a kind of hyperreal, fake nostalgia playing with one's perception of a pseudo-recollection. The layering and hypnotic repetition of short loops extracted from old Psychedelia, Free Jazz, Vaudeville and Traditional records reveal a haunting melodic quality sometimes not distinguishable within the original source material, evoking a hovering feeling of bittersweet melancholy with an omnipresent, slightly disturbing atmosphere hidden beneath the surface. The 8 songs constantly sway back and forth between simple, almost naive arrangements and dense surreal drones with rare, yet intense distorted climaxes making this album one constantly absorbing listening experience." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


BLAME GAME - HONEY AND SALT CD    (stickfigure)
"Beautiful and nauseating, jazzy and fierce, tumultuous and contained, precise and loose... one of these adjectives could be applied at any given point during one of Blame Game's sets. Atlanta's Blame Game is a band of extremes that somehow always makes sense. For those in the audience, the meticulous attention to detail displayed by the band's compositions (while retaining a strong attachment to playing loose when needed) is apparent from the get go. Anchored by the rhythm section of Alex Lambert on drums/sax (also a member of free jazz trio Lie and Swell) and Chris Ware on bass, the band defies nausea-inducing easy labels by giving the listener a quick ride through their assorted influences. In just one song, faint glimpses of Captain Beefheart, Ornette Coleman, and Don Caballero will appear but that glimpse is quickly washed away as you realize that you are seeing something more substantial than a band with great influences. The mark of a great band is one that takes its influences and refuses regurgitation. Blame Game molds those influences to create something that is new and very refreshing. The churning and weaving of guitarists George Asimakos (ex-Camaro Crotch) and Andrew Wiggins (ex-Left to Rust) leaves very little to be desired. Odd time changes and dynamic shifts are just a few of the tricks that Blame Game has in its hat to leave the audience cheering for more at just about every stop they make." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


THE BLUE HOUR - EVENSONG CD    (perun)
"Brian Hodges, like Steve von Till of Neurosis, shows once again that a lot of musicians from the metal scene are sliding little by little towards quality romantic neofolk. Leaving aside his initial band Black Atmosphere for the duration of this solo album, Brian Hodges fits in perfectly with the world that is familiar to him, paying homage to a musical genre he particularly affections. As proved by the Sol Invictus cover, Lex Talonis. Yet it is not a simple copy of the sounds of formations that have belonged for ages to the industrial neofolk scene, but an original and honest work. Superb folk ballads, sweet and bitter, of apparent quietude. It is difficult however, to put a label on the music, with neofolk blood in the veins. The reminiscences are hard to determine, yet it seems that one can hear, with a certain dose of imagination I agree, Martyn Bates of Eyeless In Gaza doing covers of Current 93, Lady Morphia or Lux Interna, or In Gowan Ring playing at making Nick Drake songs sound more cheerful. Many fragile and lunar emotions flow from these melancholic tracks, always on the razor's edge, on the verge of going under at any moment, but that keep a proud and vengeful poise. Fine notes of acoustic guitars mingle with Brian Hodges fragile voice, which carries in them a sensibility laid bare. Along with the tracks, sung with accompanying guitar and tambourine, are inserted a few instrumental pieces, solemn and grave, dark and atmospheric. They add to the album an autumnal hue of a world of ruins and scorched lands. Lost moors where respect inspiring mortuary songs suddenly ring out. "Evensong" is released on the Polish label Perun, a young structure run by Tomek Zrabkowski, who is also the founder of the zine Cold, and whose label is to be followed attentively, in view of the musical and graphic quality of this first production. A very nice album, that leaves aside the trodden path, offering a cure of youth to the folk noir genre, whose undeniable qualities appear clearly with each listen." MP3 (75kr/€8)


THE BLUE HOUR - THE WINDLESS PATH CD    (perun)
"The Windless Path is a meditation on solitude and memory. It is about finding peace and tranquility in the realm of suspended consciousness-a moment of memory or imagination allowed to exist despite the confines of reality. It is about extant ghosts and spirits that haunt our every moment. For the most part, the songs for The Windless Path were recorded live with guitar and vocals. After which, the Blue Hour sought the collaborative efforts of Isaac Aubrey (the Arid Sea), Gydja, Christoph Gladis (Black Atmosphere), and the inimitable Matt Howden (Sieben) to fill out the songs. The Windless Path marks almost two years of recording and mixing. The album ranges from ambient to neo classical to folk to ethereal. Like Evensong, TheWindless Path has an intimate quality with its subtle acoustic atmospheres and delicate sound collages. This album is a soundtrack for an autumn evening with a fine bottle of wine." MP3 (75kr/€8)


BOLZ'N - SPALTFUNKTION TAPE    (yehonala)
"Bolz'n are from Berlin. they play a realy rad style of mathcore/techgrind. everything is realy low-fi recorded thats why i often call them noisegrind. their low-fi recordings picture exactly what they sound like on stage. just turn on the volume and this will fuck you in the head. by the way these are female vocals... and they kill. limited to 80 copies." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)

THE BONDS - NOT A PHASE CDEP    (tuned to you)
"“Not A Phase” is the debut release from this Montreal, QC outfit and they really hit their stride. The Bonds have mixed their sound quite a bit beyond the raw/mosh sound that they’ve established so far and the result will floor you. Featuring guest appearances by Seb Gagnon from A Perfect Murder on guitar as well as Nic from As They Fall (Stab To Kill) on vocals." (20kr/€2.50)


BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - CURSED SLEEP 12"    (drag city)
"The title track of this single is smooth, elegant and assured, with every bit of tangled hair in place. Swaggering in vocally with a hitherto unknown quality and with a gang of string players in tow (the long-haired kind!), Bonnie receives harmonies alternately cute, cool and ballsy from one of his (and our) favorite singers, Dawn 'The Faun' McCarthy. Sweet melody abounds, as it should for an advance look into a mind-blowing new album. And the rest -- Eyes flashing, 'The Signifying Wolf' shuffles discordant through a snake-pit of questions, declamations and undulations -- a dance we're all familiar with, so grab a butt-plug and jump on in. The conga line forms to the rear. As always, when it's all through, there's 'God's Small Song' to be sung -- red-eyed and feeling no pain." (95kr/€10)


BOOKS LIE - HALL OF FAME OF FIRE 12"    (level plane)
"straight from the rat infested sewers and dumpsters of deepest darkest brooklyn, new york comes this brand new slab of furious hardcore from one of the genre's finest and grimiest, books lie. they recall the golden years of punk rock when anger and humor worked together to express a desperation sorely missing from the modern hardcore scene. drawing from a variety of influences and spewing forth punk in the vein of swiz and tsol, this quartet has added a modern flavor to their sound in the shape of new vocalist, jeremy, who brings an air of chaos and frenzy to the already pissed off formula. imagine mid 80s fast angry hardcore punk with a 90s, gravity records-style vocalist and you would be getting close to the monster sounds contained herein. hall of fame of fire is the culmination of 4 years of basement shows, crappy vans, 4 us tours, 1 european tour, breakups, layoffs, and regrettable tattoos from four kids with masters degrees and no health insurance. forget a.r.e weapons and forget electroclash; this is what brooklyn is really all about." (50kr/€5.50)


BRACKET.RETARDS.BRACKET - KICKING AGAINST THE MICKS 7"    (rimbaud)
"'An exhilarating force tracing insidious melodies', 'punishment from god', 'rattling my skull', 'no wave singalong', 'brutal, unforgiving and unsatisfying'. Bracket.Retards.Bracket put us to the challange with their first release on Rimbaud records and the 5th release by the band after their 'Fourth wall glory hole' 8". 4 tracks on a 7 inch limited to just 300 copies, definately some of the best stuff to be released by these screwed up sonic voyagers to date.Essential. Cool art too! Heavy weight full colour card sleeve with insert. Release number 6 for Rimbaud records - Release numero 1 for Squint and Draw. Limited to 300 copies." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


BRADBURY - INSTANT OBLIVION CD    (dual plover)
"Yes, now then, good, I’m sure it won’t be long now! Your lost mindlessly in the psychedelic vortex of the highly audiogenic Gary Bradbury. Sydney Australia’s favourite chronically depressed, long term ‘unemployed’, alcoholic, asthmatic, homosexual electronic music pioneer. A man who’s just spent the waking half of the last two years concocting this, his third collection of solo works titled ‘INSTANT OBLIVION’ between copius amounts of drinks and bouts with day time television. An album filled with, as he likes to put it ‘colour and generosity’. But what the hell would he know after listening to it so many times that he can’t even comprehend what he’s done. What he’s done is this! Instead of whacking a bunch of staple samples into some shitty looping machine before waiting for the files to render, he’s engaged his startled imagination over a steaming combination of dead sounds in such a way as to make them seam alive, organic. Electronic music like this can only come from a man with a 1/4 of a century’s experience in this so called new medium. If his previous effort the lauded "RUFFINI CORPUSCLE" was a plumb designed to measure the depths of a luscious aural abyss. This album is the measurement discovered by its predecessors journey delving deep into exquisite musical epiphany. Just say the first thing that pops into your mind?" (60kr/€6.50)


THE BRAIN BAND TAPE    (fuck it tapes)
"consists of Elisa Ambrogio of the Magik Markers, Karl Bauer of Axolotl, Donovan Quinn of the Skygreen Leopards and Glen Donaldson of the Skygreen Leopards/Jewled Antler etc. Two long tracks recorded in San Francisco, August 2006.. c46" (60kr/€6.50)


BRAVO FUCKING BRAVO CDEP    (abstract)
"Hailing from the the NH backwoods, Bravo Fucking Bravo has (almost) single-handedly revived the New Hampshire punk rock community. They have been compared to everyone from Orchid to The Who, and are very often described with the phrase 'intense live set!' With two members as young as 17, Bravo Fucking Bravo has only begun to develop and mature musically, and have time on their side to do so. Friends Forever Records will soon release the band's first EP - a one-sided 12". Abstr.act Records (France) is releasing the CD version of the EP. Look for a full length LP/CD soon on Alone." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


BRONZE/KAZUAMSUMAKI 7"    (mashnote)
"split 7" of two belgium bands that play awesome chicago kinda instrumental stuf. BRONZE remind me on some older THRILL JOCKEY stuff, I mean this spezial chicago edge. Laid back and full of swing and sexy melodies that get driven by awesome basslines. Maybe you know what I mean?! KAZUAMSUMAKI are similar maybe w/ more POP. This awesome swedish band LOG CABIN came to my mind at first. It s great - I think both bands are really beautiful and manage it somehow that I don t get bored... I was really surprised in a positive way. THANX. Great debut and I could think about an Full Length for both bands would be awesome so Mashnote do it) - Robert Adagio830" MP3 (BRONZE) (30kr/€3.50)


BRR 7"    (rok lok)
"While on tour this past summer I had the privilege of witnessing this amazing band steal my heart with their sincere, fragile songs. Needless to say it was the highlight of my summer excursion and I'm very pleased that they are the first release from a non Long Island band on Rok Lok. Taking nods from indie pop wonders such as Mt. Eerie and Thanksgiving, Brrr provide the perfect rainy day soundtrack with their memorable, melancholic vocals and the cast of wandering accompainment of strings, horns and various percussion.This 7 inch is limited to 300 with 100 on clear vinyl.Twenty pre-order versions were made with limited edition hand numbered antique gold sleeve & pin. Thrity test press additions with an alternate cover and gold sleeve were made for the band's string of Spring 2006 tour dates." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


BURIAL YEAR - PESTILENCE LP    (adagio 830)
"after TAKARU broke up Sean, DuWayne and Aaron had still so much ideas that they can´t stop playing music. BURIAL YEAR was born w/ the help of Dan Light in the Attic on Bass. The 4 piece did an nice US tour and released an 12" on weavin wheat records (the Cd version came on alone records). After that Josh from BULLETS IN joined the Band on vocals and they recorded a full length (the CD version will be on ALONE records). If you still remember on TAKARU - take them w/ a little bit less hardcore and a little bit more metal and more breakdowns. So you got a nice mix of all their previous bands that are TAKARU, A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC, RUAHEDA and SUICIDE NATION. They wil tour europe w/ ZANN in march and then go on 8 week US tour right after that. First pressing 1000 copies!" descritipon from adagio 830 (60kr/€6.50)


BURMESE 7"    (scenester credentials)
"scenester credential's first release with san franscisco's own bowel crunching duel bass n drums onslaught of burmese. burmese plays screaming, pounding, brutal grind style hardcore. the packag is designed to look like a split. pressed on 100 red and 400 black. package is 100% diy assembled in a variety of ways..." (40kr/€4.50)


BURMESE - MEN LP    (load)
"san francisco-based burmese spew forth a bile stuffed plume of thick dirge on their third full length. recorded by weasel walter this blackened-to-the-core slab manages to fuse the bleak whitehouse (the band not the building) world vision to an underwater plastic explosive dolphin attack on all that is right and just with family values. the sounds here tend to generate comparisons to mud pilots like the swans and eyehategod except that burmese use two drums and two basses. previous records for planaria and tumult have sketched out a similar murky vision, but this record raises fidelity to a notch nearer to the seconds right before the hammer falls on any given weekend's convenience store heist. not depressing musically, just very realistic and heavy. features a member of the current flying luttenbachers! has played with don caballero, lightning bolt and erase errata." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


BURMESE - WHITE CD     (planaria)
"noise tribute to power electronics with 2 bassists and 2 drummers. for fans of wolf eyes, whitehouse, merzbow, drop dead, earth, throbbing gristle, black dice... released simultaneously with 'a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity' on tumult." (50kr/€5.50)


BURNING STAR CORE - LET´S PLAY WILD LIKE WILDCATS DO CD    (hospital/rrr)
"Burning Star Core is C. Spencer Yeh. So why pick Burning Star Core now after all these years? Aside from the obvious, there's an amazing confluence among Spencer Yeh's own sound that he's been striving at for years and between various facets of an underground noise and improv scene that's virtually bursting at the seams. His music fits a number of certain tastes, be it catering to those raised on the tried and true avant garde-ians of yesteryear to the recent emergence of the post-hardcore set ripe for fresh sounds and new, more abstract and virulent noises. With all the attention being paid to left-field musicians at the left and right of America, now might be the time to head towards the heartland, and some of the seeds planted in Cincinnati courtesy of Burning Star Core." (90kr/€9.50)


BURNING STAR CORE - WEST COST SPRING 2004 LP    (what the...?)
"For the curious and complete we present a new imprint seeking specific live experience on a vinyl format. Our first edition is from the Burning Star Core, this time caught in a duo of C. Spencer Yeh on voice and violin, and Robert Beatty (Hair Police, Eyes and Arms of Smoke, Three Legged Race) on his self-style "acoustic appraiser" and electronics, during the spring in 2004 on tour with LA language Open City. Burning Star Core timeline watches would place this same time when the collaboration LP with Comets on Fire was recorded, and when "Lets Play Wild Like Wilcats Do" was first available as limited CD-R. Two complete sets from Seattle WA and San Francisco CA, what was felt was the very best ones from previous archive cassette collection on Yehs quiet vanity imprint Dronedisco. The flavor of this time is very stripped down with attention to destiny and velocity; for fans of raw electronics, vocal action and hyper-dry violin, with some brief drone for the complete trip. Only 300 numbered copies with inserts. Be sure to control an eye and ear out for the future of WHAT THE..? records!" (140kr/€15)


CALIFORNIA 10xLP BOX    (troniks/ground fault/rrr)
"Troniks, Ground Fault Recordings and RRRecords are proud to present this limited edition document of contemporary California based experimental, noise, drone and improvised music. Twenty artists each fill an lp side of this 10 x LP boxed set. Included: Amps For Christ, The Cherry Point, Joe Colley, Control, Gerritt, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Moth Drakula, Oscillating Innards, Open City, Damion Romero, Rubber O Cement, SIXES, The Skaters, Solid Eye, Spastic Colon, Tralphaz, John Wiese, Xome, RHY Yau, Yellow Swans. Compiled by Phil Blankenship (Troniks). Limited edition of 1,000 copies." (650kr/€70)


CAR VS DRIVER - DISCOGRAPHY 2xCD    (stickfigure)
"Car Vs. Driver were an Atlanta, Georgia band that existed from 1993 to 1995. This 2xcd compiles a grand total of 39 tracks of everything that Car Vs. Driver ever recorded that the band deemed fit for the complete discography. Included are three live versions of songs from their second lp – “out of a silent sky” – as well as four songs that were never recorded in a studio but were captured live on either WREK 91.1 FM Atlanta or Clemson, South Carolina radio. Both of the full length records – “deja grateful” and “out of a silent sky” are present on this 2xcd as well as the four 7” tracks, the two tracks from the split 7” with spirit assembly and the five tracks which were available only on compilations until now. Car Vs. Driver were a product of their times – the early 90’s produced a huge outpouring of “emo” bands that were highly influenced by the DC hardcore scene of the 80’s. Car Vs. Driver definitely were influenced by such bands as Rites of Spring, Embrace, Rain, One Last Wish as well as their contemporaries: Hoover, Spirit Assembly, Fugazi, Jawbox, Lungfish, Shudder to Think, Current and others." MP3 (120kr/€12.50)


CATENA COLLAPSE - RAI RAI RAI/OUTBACK SONGS 12"    (release the bats!)
"Norway's Catena Collapse are back with a new 4-song 12". The band takes a darker but at the same time more melodic approach with those new songs and the sound is somewhat reminiscent of the late 80´s/early 90´s Dischord stuff. Powerful and haunting music with the now trademarked rambled vocals. Rai Rai Rai/Outback Songs is a set of longer, moodier songs (the last one clocking in on over 10 minutes!). More desperate and more dynamic with a very strong lyrical content. Overall you get a feeling of this being a different band compared to the earlier releases, older and more pissed off. The members also plays in bands like The Birds Are Spies and Dominic. Previous releases includes an other 12" and split 7"s with Sinaloa and La Quiete. Catena Collapse will be on tour in UK with Mock Heroic in March. 500 pressed. Split release with Adagio 830." MP3 (85kr/€9)


CEASE UPON THE CAPITOL LP    (tears from silence/react with protest)
"this is the debut full lenght from these dudes from tennessee, united states - awesome melodic driven screamo. think of la quiete or raein! right now on tour in europe! maybe you already now them from their great 7" on ape must not kill ape – good stuff..." MP3 (95kr/€10)


CEASE UPON THE CAPITOL/SILBATO 3" CD    (shove)
"500 copies pressed, 6 songs total, 4 short and fuckin' good with always screamo voice and emotional parts from silbato and 2 long and really really cool emo from the spectacular '90 from cutc." (50kr/€5.50)


CELESTE - PESSIMISTE(S) CD    (pure pain sugar)
"First recordings by this new band from Lyon, featuring people from Mihai Edrisch, they're sometimes rapid and chaotic, sometimes loud and aerial, but always has a desperate or melancholy presence, think Mihai Edrisch meets Breach meets Acme or something..." MP3 (70kr/€7.50)


CELESTE - PESSIMISTE(S) 12"    (denovali)
"First recordings by this new band from Lyon, featuring people from Mihai Edrisch, they're sometimes rapid and chaotic, sometimes loud and aerial, but always has a desperate or melancholy presence, think Mihai Edrisch meets Breach meets Acme or something..." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


CHALLENGER - WHEN FRIENDS TURN AGAINST YOU 12"    (day after)
"the five song follow up to their awesome debut album on jade tree! challenger, which features milemarker's backbone and main creative forces, al burian, dave laney and noah leger, is no mere project or one-off, but rather an entirely new group that builds upon milemarker's intensity, yet offers something wholly different. reminiscent of the abrasive and pummeling energy of bands such as husker du, pegboy and fuel, challenger are taking the classic guitar driven punk to the new horizons. non-stop, scratchy, fuzzed out guitar riffs are fighting with the strict, pounding drum beats. teasing vocal of al burian versus dave laney"s screaming is filling up the room and the parts where their vocals meet create a genuine harmony. fabulous melody is squeezing through rusty, distortant sound which is a reminiscent of the classic guitar-determined origins of indie-punk music. yes. challenger songs sound familiar. challenger is not developing the original music style. but the ignition and adult concept is the proof that challenger is nevertheless creating something new. mastered by john golden. first vinyl press comes with the classic inner disco sleeve. challenger toured usa with from ashes rise, strike anywhere, toured japan in may. challenger are touring whole europe in september/october." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


THE CHERRY POINT - BLACK WITCHERY CD    (pacrec)
"In 2004, The Cherry Point completed a trilogy of limited edition 3" cdrs, released on Chondritic Sound, Fargone Records, and Audiobot. Now collected and remastered, the dark spell has been cast as Black Witchery, a murky potion of macabre frequencies, derelict moans, satanic power and the hideous stench of occult slaughter. A black mass ritual for fans of Evilspeak, The Gate, Satan's Black Wedding, Ghoulies 2 (the one set at a carnival), The Tempter, Paura Nella Citt dei Morti Viventi, The Legend of Hell House, and John Cassavetes in Incubus (1982) + Rosemary's Baby (1968)." (80kr/€8.50)


CHILD PORNOGRAPHY/QUEM QUAERITIS LP    (not not fun)
"LA is a sprawl, no doubt, but the deserts get dryest out in the sick sticks of Riverside. Ever since we first trekked out to the Pixel Palace (RIP) and had our skulls redefined, the 92501 crew have struck us as maybe the truest keepers of the So-Cal house party bombing freak-wave flame. The scene's since changed of course, but these two bands were/are the kings of old-school Inland Empire radicalism. Quem Quaeritis are no more, sadly, but the trio's jams here show beyond a shadow of a doubt why they fucking ruled. Jesus-bent weird-hop, Laker boat free-jazz, and post-political tent spiritualism mesh into a holy trinity of lunatic Americana. No genres, no rules, spring break freedom turned inside out. Child Pornography have been rocking/annoying west coasters since nearly 9/11, and their game still ain't up. Nine spazzy rants of Suicide-on-pixie-sticks Casio-babble, dumb-wave guitar shred, and helium-keyed stream of consciousness word barf. Enough outsider vibes and confusing nonsense to irritate even the stone-chillest board-short bro. In fancy printed matte jackets with face-collage scribble Erin Allen artwork, on kryptonite green vinyl." (100kr/€10.50)


CHRONIC HEIST - FAKE THIS DREAM CD    (tell me that you love me)
"2004 was the year that Daniel Fagerström and Gabriel Hermansson who played together in swedish krautrockers Pharadox, decided to shift the helm towards another stream and the launch of Chronic Heist was a fact. Homesewn term »suburban gothic« served as a flagship for their journey. Their intention was to create something with one foot in early brittish progressive rock and the other one somewhere in the emotional darkness of goth. They succeded, though the taint of glamrock came like an unexpected keelhaul. After playing an opening band tour in germany with a bad programmed drummachine, intense hardhitting drummer Mårten Billeskalns showed up out of nowhere. The trio was now complete. The three members who earlier played in and with different constellations, bands like Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Members of Tinnitus, Music 77 and JR Ewing, now seem to have found their outermost positions for their creativity. Despite the fact that Chronic Heist hasnt been around for more than half a year with the recent line-up they still feel like a firm unit that go from strength to strength. The recording of ten songs for a debut album rounds up during May and June. Distorted pianos playing magnificent circusmelodies, wry guitars, queer vocalsarrangements and melodic basslines to be expected. Chronic Heist possess that little extra that makes the music interesting to listen to, a finesse that allows something new to be discovered every time. Try it, or go to see them live and you will also be hooked on their »chronic heist«." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


THE CINEMA EYE - SOME NERVE LP    (sound virus)
"after two eps and us tours with the red light sting and pretty girls make graves, the cinema eye finally complete their first full length album. keeping in the vein of their previous songs, tce continue with their new wave attack that blends sleater-kinney with the 80's sound of berlin. strong female vocals with melodies and choruses that make you want to sing along. some nerve captures something so visceral, so immediate, so urgent and unapologetically rock-and-roll that the result is mystifying even to the band." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


CITY OF CATERPILLAR - DEMO & LIVE CD    (level plane)
"This CD compiles the earliest output of City of Caterpillar: The Demo (which includes their track from the split with System 2600) and a live set recorded on WNYU (which includes tracks that were released as a tour 7") onto one handy piece of aluminum. This is a rawer and younger City of Caterpillar than appears on their LP but these songs are too good to let go out of print. 3 of these songs do not appear anywhere else. See where it all started. While they've grown in leaps and bounds since these songs were recorded, these songs aren't any less powerful than their present material." MP3 (100kr/€10.50)


CJA - WEDDING BAND TAPE    (arbor)
"Dunedin captain of the Futurians has been busting music for years. Being a coconspirator of the Davenport Family(twice removed) everything is recorded. The A side is a soirée into guitar minimalism. Samples, delay, electricity. The B side brings it all back home. Folk songs for Dunedin porch singing, campfire or living room exhibition. Songs about life and living(but then again, what music isn’t?). Comes in hand dyed bags garnished with an “I do” ring on red/gold passion/wealth tapes with an insert. Til death do us part(in an edition of 50 copies)." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


CLOSET FULL OF CLOTHES LP    (white denim)
"from portland, oregon, usa to manchester, england with six stops in between, 'closet full of clothes' takes the listener on a sonic trip through the wendy's drive-thru and into the earth's core. the harsh, glass-melting blasts of mammal and hair police swelter skulls. the sweet, glorious rock of pearls and brass sit you on a country porch. the hectic, shifty-eyed panic rock of my name is rar rar teeters on top of an acidic percussion bath courtesy of black eyes. nice nice fingerpaint a concerto, while small rocks and doormouse chime like evil grandfather clocks possessed by sammy davis jr. this closet is constantly throbbing with a wide variety of fabrics and textures, yet all possible outfits always end up looking damn good. this 12" long player features unreleased material from all the performing artists." (50kr/€5.50)


CLOUDLAND CANYON - REQUIEMS DER NATUR 2002-2004 GATEFOLD LP    (tee pee)
"Brooklyn guitarist Kip Uhlhorn and German multi-instrumentalist Simon Wojan first met in 2002 when Uhlhorn was touring Europe. Requiems Der Natur 2002-2004 combines the guitarist's rock stance with Wojan's more electronically inclined leanings. Other hands were invited to leave their mark on the project and the tapes were further treated by the duo before being finally let loose. The pleasing result is a stunning neo-psychedelic experience where the musical spirits of This Heat, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Mahavisnu Orchestra are evoked, celebrated and absorbed inside Uhlhorn and Wojan's shifting cloud formations of sound." review from the wire (100kr/€10.50)


COALITION FOR A BETTER TOMORROW PASTEUR SERIES CD-R    (apop)
"Coalition for a better tomorrow was originally recorded as a one time live collaboration. Between D.N. of the Eugenics Council, Andrew of Praying for Oblivion/Tote Stadt, Scott and Paul from Sikhara. The tracks where recorded live in the winter of 99. Originally packaged and released (by Menschenfeind Productions) in an edition of 33 and later in editon of two hundred each disc came packaged in a large Petri dish, the disc submerged in agar. Latex gloves where provided to retrieve the disc. All art work was grown on the agar using a mix of bacteria, phage and antibiotics. The release was only available inthe U.S. for obvious reasons. The release includes all 3 Coalition for a Better Tomorrow tracks a little over 30 minutes, also included is the Eugenics Council live set at the Velvet Lounge from 1998 along with the Sikhara set from the same night. The cd is ended with 1 unreleased track each from the Eugenics Council, Praying for Oblivion, and Sikhara. Each cd is packaged in a large petri dish with artwork sealed in wax. Hand numbered, limited to 168 copies." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


COBOLT - PASSOA CD    (bcore)
"Fourth reference by this swedish band, after their first two full-lenghts on the swedish label Ampersand and their out of press EP on BCore 'A Few Hours Captured'. Cobolt's new album goes one step ahead in their personal view of what some might call slowcore, that is, quiet indie rock influenced by bands like Codeine, Seam, Low or Red House painters. Slower than ever, more melancholic and atmospheric, their songs create personal atmospheres that capture the listener from the first note. Songs to listen to on a rainy afternoon at home." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


COLE MILLER - NO STRANGERS CD-R    (arbor)
"A slight detour from the recent noisy releases on arbor brings us to Cole Milner’s newest pop gem. Cole Milner a man of many names such as Cole Miller, Cole Miller Island, Sneakypines, I Love You, and many other names following the “C.M. (insert place here)” formula. Cole writes pop songs in Menlo Park, CA similar to those of the Pacific Northwest dudes. He’s toured with everybody from Seattle and Portland and is a really cool guy, and also totally nice. Sometimes he has a moustache. Sometimes he uses a drum machine. This album features some instrumental help from the brother, but other then that it’s all Cole. Campfire songs, bossanova songs, and dance songs. All about love and fear and stuff like that. Packaged in a paper bag with paste on and an insert by Cole. In a numbered edition of 100." MP3 (45kr/€5)


COLLABORATIONS CD-R    (jyrk)
"Yellow Swans (Peter Swanson & Gabriel Mindel Saloman), Eva Inca Ore, Sharon Cheslow and Chuck Bettis toured the east coast together during the spring of 2004. As part of Yellow Swan's US tour and Sharon's Coterie Exchange tours of the west and east coasts, each city's shows resulted in different collaborations. So on this CD-R you get Yellow Swans w/Eva, Sharon, Chuck & Jerry Lim (in Brooklyn), Eva & Sharon (in Baltimore), Chuck and Carly Ptak (in Philadelphia), Sharon & Kris Thompson (in Boston), and Yellow Swans w/Sharon & Chuck (in Providence). The live recordings were edited and sequenced by Sharon...mastering was done by Pete. Ltd. to 100 copies." (60kr/€6.50)


COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES - STUCK CD    (pillowscars)
"one track, that's all they need. ok, so the track clocks in at 33 minutes, but still. collections of colonies of bees are back with a new album. hot on the heels of 2002's fa.ce (a and this year's meyou, the group is constantly evolving and this time they added laptop-fondler jon minor to enrich the sound. between the recording and the release of this record, their 'main' band pele broke up. they recently added a new bee to the hive (cheesy, i know), synth/laptopist jim schoenecker, and are focusing more than ever on collections of colonies of bees." (90kr/€9.50)


COLOSSLOTH - BLACK MERMAID TAPE    (scumbag relations)
"dark UK doom... slow and black.... bleak all black paper inserts w/light silver splatter tapes and paste on artwork/info." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


COMADRE - BURN YOUR BONES LP    (adagio830)
"Burn Your Bones" is Comadre's third release and second full length. As always, it is released on their own records label, Blood Town Records. The progression that has been made between Comadre's last releases and this one is obvious. 10 songs that test Comadre's musical creativity while remaining loud, chant-filled, heart-felt, and punk as fuck. "This album sounds more like Comadre than Comadre has ever sounded." (Eric Cornejo; Dood Records) MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


COMADRE - THE YOUTH LP    (dood)
"finally out on VINYL. those sweethearts from redwood city (home of spazz. hahaha) have blown me away everytime we played w/ them - they have been honest and full of passion while the played... the kids went crazy and it has been a great experience every night. So this is their first release. It is 10 songs of loud, chant-filled, HELLA heart-felt hardcore punk all writen, recorded, and sang by kids who live radical. It originally came out in October 2004 in a spray painted/hand-assembled CD jewel case, along with a hand-assembled/photo copied booklet. now the pressed it on red/ white splattered vinyl and packed it in a beautiful gatefold cover. Limited to 500 copies ... and thats what the sputnik mag said - Comadre sounds like Saetia if they didn't take themselves so seriously, with the dancey, sassy stylings of The Blood Brothers. Am I digging the scene points hole bigger and bigger by drawing these comparisons? It'd seem so from this apparent name dropping but Comadre is definitely above that. Their sound, which is still gawky and goofy like an immature 14-year old, holds great promise." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


COMADRE - THE YOUTH + BURN YOUR BONES 2 LP PACKAGE DEAL    (dood/adagio830)
Both Comadre lps together for a discounted price for a limited time! MP3 (150kr/€16)


COMB & PROSPEROUS - TWO OF A KIND LP    (ideal)
"Hip-hop is a beast changing shape. And Gothenburg producer and rapper Comb & Prosperous is one of the reasons why. His hell-bent splatter psychadelic loops with his futuristic horror movie lyrics is coming upon you as a blood-thirsty vampire. This is a great debut album from an upcoming undeground artist that is very busy collaborating with individuals from the hip-hop underground. On the album, you will hear appearances by American experimental rapper Parlando and long-time companion Nadasdi. Prosp is a true original underground rapper and you will hear more from him. Trust me. This record must be a must to suckers for the Anticon sound, Sage Francis and Busdriver... Don't miss out." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


CONTEMPORARY PUNK UNIT - THE RENAISSANCE FIX 12"    (ideal)
"Holy Holy Holy! Contemporary Punk Unit is all over us again, dropping a new killer 12" EP on our beloved iDEAL imprint! This is where deep dub, sweaty ebm and industrial shit meet. A battlefield of long dead sounds. And this is the sound of their resurrection. C.P.U. is the high priest of the Church of Technology and advanced sound! The title track is an honest and advanced electronic pop track, back-to-back with three more dark, noisy dub tracks. Fans of Lee Perry, Skinny Puppy and LFO should check this out." (50kr/€5.50)

COOPER JONES - NEVER DIRTY CD-R    (blackest rainbow)
"CooperJones is the Manchester based duo of Sophie Cooper and Kelly Jones. Five tracks of experimental folk fight outs and one blast of improvised jam noise featuring Pascal of Stuckometer. Comes in folded printed pastel paper jackets with artwork by Patrick Milsom, limited to 100 hand numbered copies." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


COUSINS OF REGGAE - SUMMAH SLAMMA/BOWLCANO LP    (ohnono)
"the debut 12" from this montreal based 2 man mind fuck. utilizing guitar, drums, turntables and voice, the cousins pound out sweat drenched dirty rock from under a sickening haze of overdriven everything. imagine the classic rock stylings of fleetwood mac mixed with the power and grit of noise rockers air conditioning or sightings, and you're just starting to get the picture. this first edition of 300 records are housed in beautiful hand painted one of a kind jackets." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


CRIMINALIA TAPE    (styggelse)
"Criminalia is a tribute to the countless amounts of giallo, polizieschi & terror ilms that was produced in italy & spain between 1968-1982. The sounds are recorded from vhs/dvd to tape in order to maintain the dirty, ferocious & sleazy atmosphere of these films. Remixes by "Killer with a Thousand Eyes" & "Sundsvall Violenta". For true the maniacal eurotrash addicts only! 90 minutes. Limited edition to 200 copies. Colour cover." (50kr/€5.50)


CROSSBREED - TAKE OFF YOUR FUCKING VANITY PASTEUR SERIES 3" CD-R    (apop)
"20 minutes of beautiful drone, muffled screams, and mindnumbing Synth blasts from Rie, and Mayuko of Osaka Japan. Packaged in petri dishes with art sealed in wax." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


THE CURTAINS - FLYBYS LP    (thin wrist)
"the second full length from the curtains who share two members with the local favorites deerhoof, chris cohen on guitar and greg saunier on analog synth. andrew maxwell angles off the trio on drums and occasional vocal and the results are perplexingly perfect. 22 tunes spread over a half-hour, the curtains have a strange ability to make you laugh like a pre-schooler high on snack break capr-sun. the sound of three people backtracking and rewriting their musical vocabulary... there are no real precedents, no real rules, simply explorations, often ear shattering ones that melt into quizzical codas. i only wish there was more of maxwell's baritone... a word of warning, enveloping yourself in this record may make you smile without fully understanding why and might make you cry ambiguous tears." (from the big takeover) (90kr/€10)


CUT CITY CDEP    (gold standard labs)
"Gothenburg, Sweden trio CUT CITY formed in 2002 around the local Deleted Art label, sort of the Swedish counterpart to U.S. art-punk imprints like Three One G and Tapes Records. Combining the progressive guitar-driven thrust of groups like PERE UBU, JOSEF K and THE SOUND, with elements of newer artists like MOVING UNITS and THE RAPTURE, CUT CITY soon evolved a characteristic sound all their own. Fronted by guitarist/singer Max Hansson, whose immediately-recognizable voice betrays the band's relatively new arrival, CUT CITY are a fresh and contemporary addition to the blossoming "dance-punk" pantheon, reinforced by great songwriting and skilled performances. Songs such as "Statues" and "This Exile Reads Me" recall the best of the initial postpunk surge, reminiscent of great bands like New Zealand's NOCTURNAL PROJECTIONS and the near-to-our-heart ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN. CUT CITY's self-titled CDEP is the band's debut release and a warm-up for a forthcoming full-length album later in 2005." (50kr/€5.50)


DAÏTRO - LAISSER VIVRE LES SQUELETTES JAPANESE EDITION CD     (oto)
"after the split 10" with RAEIN here comes the new piece of music by this great emotive french HC band. very mid-90s influenced melodic screamy hardcore, representing the 'new wave' of french bands of this genre, like AMANDA WOODWARD, MIHAI EDRISCH, BELLE EPOQUE, APOLLO PROGRAMM etc..." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


DAÏTRO - LAISSER VIVRE LES SQUELETTES LP     (pure pain sugar)
"after the split 10" with RAEIN here comes the new piece of music by this great emotive french HC band. very mid-90s influenced melodic screamy hardcore, representing the 'new wave' of french bands of this genre, like AMANDA WOODWARD, MIHAI EDRISCH, BELLE EPOQUE, APOLLO PROGRAMM etc... released on a quality PurePainSugar label and has an amazing packaging as well!" MP3 (100kr/€10.50)


DAMEZUMARI 10"    (stickytranslucentgoo)
"Damezumari are from Oklahoma and sound kind of similar to Kolya, Skeleton Coast etc. 6 songs, tri-colour sleeves screenprinted by Angelino Milano/La Quiete. 330 copies." MP3 (75kr/€8)


DAN FRIEL - OBSOLETER TAPE    (night people)
"Obsoleter features the solo work of Dan Friel from Brooklyn's Parts and Labor. Fuzzy beats, distorted synth washes, and catchy keyboard riffs deconstructed into very active evolved compositions that will make you feel perfect about zoning out to these upbeat jams. Silkscreened artwork by Shawn Reed. www.partsandlabor.net." (55kr/€6)


DANIEL MENCHE - THE FACE OF VEHEMENCE CD    (ground fault)
"A much welcomed new release from this American artist who has produced some of the best recordings in the experimental music scene. Although this is a Series II recording, do not assume any of the power that Daniel Menche can marshal has been lost. Quiet at times, strong and full in others, this release constructs its moods with powerful bass pulses, full spectrum harmonic drones and vibrating tones along with the scratching, raspy organic textures that Daniel Menche is famous for. Each piece starts with simple murmurs and textures that build via harmonics, tones, and layering into a progression of sound and force. This is not the kind of album that you can turn on and walk away from. It is a full frequency listening experience. The deeper you delve the more you hear. Menche carefully assembles each of these recordings so that the listener can walk away with as much or as little as they like from each session. From the minimal to the multifaceted, each piece utilizes the same elements (drones, harmonics, bass, textures, electronics) but approach and achieve their goals in completely different ways. Menche gathers these composites and sounds into various end-constructs such as great walls of sounds or drop offs into echoed or bass thrum silence without ever losing control, missing a moment or overwhelming the listener. The changes are constant (sometimes slight), only pausing on occasion to build loops or momentarily settle before continuing the music's progress. Being much closer to October's Larynx and other recent works, he manages to finely balance this new "droney" style with the organic noise of old. In doing so, he has kept the power, passion and precision that has always existed in his recordings, making this CD an excellent listen." (revied by chris goudreau) MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


DANIEL STIPED TIGER/THEY AND THE CHILDREN 7"    (shock value)
"They And The Children coming back atcha with a new sweet six minute song combining elements of Isis, Tragedy, and Majority Rule into one radical musical experience. The flip side of the record contains two new tracks from post-punk Daniel Striped Tiger. Their sound is somewhere between Fugazi and Nation Of Ulysses with a twist." (50kr/€5.50)


DANIEL STIPED TIGER - CONDITION LP    (alone)
"Melding the unharnessed energy of screamo and the frenetic rhythmic energy of Dischord-esque post-punk, Daniel Striped Tiger deliver their first full-length release for New York State's Alone Records. "Condition" is the culmination of early nineties hip-rolling DC base lines and dynamics, with a smothering of aluminum shearing guitar tones and trumpet and percussion outbursts that have been all but abandoned in this day of regurgitated garage and electro-dance-rock. Daniel Striped Tiger may have taken their cues from the likes of Fugazi and Nation Of Ulysses, but have added an urgency and attitude that is more "from out of the basement" than from the "here todayIgone tomorrow" assembly line." (100kr/€10.50)


DANNY O´REALLY - AN EVENING WITH... CD    (solitude)
"Amsterdam-based noise artist / music producer Danny O'Really's first solo CD, 'An Evening with...' Recorded in 2006. Features six original cuts of dark, fucked-up analogue/digital guitar manipulations; fellow Amsterdam noiseniks contribute subconscious layers of hidden communication via bass and drums. MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


DATASHOCK/WETHER TAPE + 3" CD-R    (meudiademorte)
"one old track when datashock was a 2 piece project (released in a diffrent version on bris cul recordsdrone season 2) which starts off echoing UMMAGUMMA-era Pink Floyd and quickly mutates into an alien exercise in applying heavy reverb, massive repeating delay, and the Doppler effect to simulate giant machines and robots coming and going.Wether (mike haley founder of electric human project) came up with a wretched, degraded dope electronic track. the 3" cdr includes remixes from the cassette tracks: Tobert Knopp (Aosuke, Turbostaat) remixed the Datashock track and Aughra (Brent Eyestone from the Magic Bullet record label and bands such as Forensics, Corn On Macabre, Waifle) remixed the Wether track. limited to 100." (60kr/€6.50)


DATASHOCK/SHIVERS - VOL.1 LP    (meudiademorte)
"first release in the "volume" collaboration series from the drone psychcollective datashock and lofi harsh noiser shivers (aka ulf schuette from aosuke). this 6 people celebrate here the birth of grusel psych!!! released on the 2 sexiest german avant labels meudiademorte andtapetektoniks. watch out for "vol. 2" which will be released on ursa minor musik on cassette and "vol.3" which will be released in the uk bybill from family battle snake on cdr. cover by ulf schuette. limited to 100 copies on white vinyl!" MP3 (95kr/€10)


DATASHOCK/SHIVERS - 11/3/06 DVD + TAPE    (meudiademorte)
"live documentation of the liveshow with Shivers (Aosuke member Ulf Schuette) from hamburg in saarlouis. this is the birth of grusel psych! touring the uk and europe in august with Family Battle Snake. released together with Tape Tektoniks." VIDEO/SOUND SAMPLE (60kr/€6.50)


DAVE PHILLIPS - IIIII CD    (ground fault)
"IIIII continues the tradition of the unique Scimpfluch-Gruppe style found in the previous four titles; I, II, III and IIII released on various other labels. The random bursts of sounds are great but the sporadic silence is the glue that brings it all together to form a brilliant listening experience. Powerfully mastered by Randy Yau, this release has all the aggressiveness of a Series III release but the small sounds and important silence found throughout forces it into the Series II group. Dave Phillips has been performing since 1987 and is also involved in Ohne (1997-present), Fear of God (1986-88 & 2002-2003), Sudden Infant (1990-1996) and Schimpfluch-Gruppe (1991-present). Fans of Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock will love this CD." (80kr/€8.50)


DAVENPORT - MAHO HANGING GRAYFACE CD-R    (paha porvari)
"(extremely well recorded) live performance and definitively one of the better deavenport records (in my humble opinion). great weird folk music : broken melodies, drone tentations and free assaults...abstract and erratic. lovers of wwvv, thuja, kemiallisett ystavat will be fond of it. davenport has releases on 23 productions, static records, nature tape limb, audiobot, imvated, three lobed, time lag records... black and white cdr with insert (photo by the artist pierre bastien) + printed cdr." (55kr/€6)


DAVENPORT - RECYCLED TAPE    (rrr)
"Recycled RRR tape with Davenport." (45kr/€5)


DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS - OLD GHOSTS, NEW GHOSTS, ALL GHOSTS CD    (ideal)
"The second full-length for iDEAL by Gothenburg's Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words offer us a journey down the depths of a hurt soul. Recorded during one year of emotional turmoil, from pitch black depression to something resembeling happiness, »old Ghosts, New Ghosts, All Ghosts« combine Ekelund's penchant for treated field recordings, monotonous soundscapes and epic drones. This album is a must for anyone in to dark drone music. There are traces back in time as well as a very personal sound on this album, which consists of 19 tracks, divided into two parts, the first one being the darker of the two. Some peices carry titles, others not. They are there to take the album forward, perhaps to tell a story of how it feels to be down and out. To lose hope. To lose love. To be left behind. »Old Ghosts, New Ghosts, All Ghosts« is as beautiful as pain can get. Thomas Ekelund (b. 1977), based in Gothenburg, Sweden does what others fail to do - he gives life to his machines. His sound is very organic and real and should appeal to everyone interested in deep listening, ambient noise, as well as the human psyche. This is ceriously deep." MP3 (95kr/€10)


DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS - 11 INSTANCES CD    (ideal)
"This is ambient music, and it shares some thoughts with Brian Eno’s »Discreet Music« philosophies. Echoes of the late 80’s Hafler Trio, minimalism which you can track down to Alvin Lucier and others, the drones — like a punk-version of Phill Niblock. There we might have it! Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words might be the anarchy in today’s sound art." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


DEAD MACHINES - LIVE AT TZOMPANTLI LP    (eclipse)
"The a side was recorded at the first No Fun Festival in March 2004 (Brooklyn) and features a little comedy to start with and then things get heavy. The second side is the very first VG Kids/Wolf Den Ypsi Street Level throwdown... our set was live on a 6 colour shirt screen press and Nate brought a fog machine that blasted out the room and into the parking lot night of the VG complex... near the end you can hear people chucklin cause its absurd. That night was also the first "offical" Sick Llama, and MI debut of Failing Lights... great night... Dead Machines had a weird 7 small speaker set up on the heads of the press and spun it slighty for that dead-universe dying electronic creeping blast sound..." - John Olson. (140kr/€15)


DEADWOOD - 8 19 CD    (cold spring)
"Outstanding Power Electronics from Sweden. This is DEADWOOD's debut album and is a solid, pounding force of electronics, Death Ambient atmospheres and brutal vocals. Featuring a member of Satanic Black Metal act Blodulv. File alongside such luminaries as The Grey Wolves and Mz.412. DEADWOOD is a relentless assault on the senses! Approach with due caution!" MP3 (95kr/€10)


THE DEADWOOD DIVINE LP    (altin village)
"limited vinyl-reissue of the first album from 1996 by singer/songwriter tom lomacchio aka DEADWOOD DIVINE from maryland/USA. 13 tracks, mostly vocals and acoustic-guitar only!" MP3 (100kr/€10.50)


DEANO MERINO - BABY CROCODILES CD    (dual plover)
"why did the woman of australia vote our dean (merino) grey as their diet-coke guy. it wasn't because he was a tanned and brave firefighter who looks great in a wife beater, no it was his talent as a singer, songwriter and casio enthusiast that brought him over the line. on baby crocodiles he delivers childlike precision pop about golf, axalotals, european cars and other issues." MP3 (60kr/€6.50)


DEERHOOF - KOALAMAGIC: LIVE CD-R    (dual plover)
"Possibly titled due to Australian recording locations -- though it's nowhere specified if that's actually the case in the credits -- the live, half-hour-long Koalamagic serves up one long and four short tracks from the group over four years' time. Only bassist/singer Satomi and drummer Greg appears on all tracks, making the disc a sort-of band history as alternate arrangements and lineups came and went. The long cut at the start is actually seven or eight tracks from a 2000 show cut as one combined track without any edits, featuring the turn-of-the-millennium trio lineup of the group finding their own stop-start crumble and crunch metier. Greg is arguably the most prominent member here, his blasting clashes on his kit slipping through tempos and fills just as he pleases without diluting the energy, though guitarist John, who proved a smart recruitment for the group, comes up with great abbreviated riffs and squalls. Satomi herself projects the spirit of a winsome singer crossed with caffeinated genes as she pleases -- the initial shift from high-pitched aggression to sweet calm is downright startling -- but for the most part relies on subtlety even as she and her compatriots fire things up. Meanwhile, the band's dips into classic rock raunch for seconds at a time make for a disorienting experience that's still pretty cool -- it's almost like a Led Zeppelin soundcheck that's meant to sound that way, only with a different singer. The remaining numbers are enjoyable enough dips into Deerhoof's disorienting sound; "Insist," featuring the same lineup as the lead track, is a fairly monstrous slab of post-punk doom gone epic, while the 1996-era medley concluding the disc encapsulates chaos in six minutes flat. Satomi does a nice job rocking the bells at points, to be sure." - all music (50kr/€5.50)


DERIDE LP    (mad at the world)
"Thrashy Japanese hardcore with a lightfooted speed and rousing grit rarely found among their stateside brethren. For fans of whirlwind Japanese rock like OAC, GISM, Assfort..." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


DESCOLADA CD    (gasping for breath)
"Passionate experimental hardcore hailing from the mountains of North Carolina, USA. Their sound resembles a sonic hurricane of intricate guitar parts, hypnotic drums and bass accompanied by some very dark yet melodic violin and keyboard parts. Their unique sound has been compared to a diverse variety of bands not limited to Isis, Sonic Youth, Party of Helicopters, Portrait, Godspeed You Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky. Limited to 500 hand screened copies only." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


DEVICES LP    (discern direction)
"10 blistering remastered tracks form their various oop demos. Featuring ex-members of Jesse Washington and Heroes and Hearsay, this is sick post-hardcore from the people who know it best. These songs are raw and feel almost as if you're listening to them in a dark, sketchy-ass basement. Comes with sick custom cut jackets, and 'puke green' vinyl to match the artwork." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


DEVILLOCK - THESE GRAVES CD    (troniks/snse)
"DEVILLOCK: It's all in stop motion. It's all real. Up, out from under all places molded and GUNKED. Slithering spool tapes sliding like thin brown snakes under, amongst, and finally overtop and around. They overtake the crumbling corpsed-up organ grinder. He, with his grin full of rot and fingers of stank, is ever so pleased to allow the decayed magnetics to engulf his skeletal frame, it is how his power is attained (maintained). Only when wrapped tightly and over his entire torso and head (a tape mummy!) will he begin to play. Quietly at first, as if from a distance - but he is there, RIGHT THERE GODDAMIT - and then the groan and the moaning howl and the static insects all begin to draw near, an orchestra of loneliness. Can you still feel your legs? As your head is slowly filled with ants, you are posed a question: 'What do you make?' he is asking. 'What do you make... of THESE GRAVES?' DEVILLOCK is Justin Chris Meyers on organ, tapes, and electronics. Justin also runs the record and tape label Tone Filth and has other additional musical projects including Panther Skull. Matthew St. Germain (Freedom From record label) plays bass on the first track of These Graves. Mastered by Pete Swanson (D Yellow Swans). Packaged in a two color cd wallet, coreleased with SNSE." MP3 (70kr/€7.50)


DIAGRAM A TAPE    (breaking world)
"Some serious serious shit here.. one side creeping, sneaking, total infection style. gargles of an answering machine in a dragon cave, beeping in the mud, totally totally awesome. in some ways a new turn for Diagram A, but the second side is vintage attack mode, more crunchy and slippery, awesome awesome awesome. transparency & full color cover." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


DIALOG CET/KNIFE AND APE 7"    (jezebel)
"Jezelbel recordings’ first release - a split with the amazing Dialog Cet and Knife and Ape. Dialog Cet appears with two radical songs and Knife and Ape with an epos of three songs, all played back-to-back." (40kr/€4.50)


THE DIALOGUE TAPE    (yehonala)
"this dialogue are from the us and play realy cool athmospheric doom. if you like isis or back when than you will love them. artwork was done by tyler rauman. tapes are spraypainted. limited to 80 copies." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


DIE EMPEROR DIE! - ACOUSTIC 7"    (adagio830)
"we are so glad to have the chance to re release their awesome acoustic CD-R that came out 2003 on friends forever records... this 7" is heartfelt emo country or however you wanna call. it goes under your skin and let you cry... this is maybe how emo was meant to be back in the 90ies. Music that is written w/ your soul and your tears. But its still strong and powerful... Yeah. Thanx so much and watch our for the WILLIAM E WHITEMORE/ DIE EMPEROR DIE split 10inch - hopefully some day!) - Adagio 830" (40kr/€4.50)


DIE MONITR BATSS - GIRLS OF WAR LP    (troubleman unlimited)
"die monitr batss tmu debut is a true classic in the making. born out of portland, oregon and featuring members of the gossip and sleetmute nightmute - dmb bring to mind late 70's nyc. picture a slightly modern version of teenage jesus and the jerks... drop them on a show with them in 1978 and you would never know the difference! they contain absolutely no dance-punk but instead pack a mean punch with a combination of angular guitars and warped sax... the sound is definitely more mature than their debut release, adding a pop edge evident in the slightly melodic vocals. they seem to have found their sound finally and are totally blowing away crowds all over the usa." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


DIE TODESKAKERLAKEN DES ZORNS 7"    (stenze quo)
"...buy, listen and understand. Amazing post-everything-core played by kids who are mainly into ...Trail Of Dead and Q And Not U and generally all things punk and experimental. edition of 300." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


DIPLEG - THE SYMPATHY WITHOUT LOVE CD    (i´ve come for your children)
"Okayama's legendary emotional hardcore band finally release their long awaited full-length. Together for over half a decade, Dip Leg has finely tuned their unique brand of emotional music. Intense instrumentals and desperate vocals create a spirit of revolution on plastic." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


DMONSTRATIONS CDEP    (strictly amateur films)
"Formed in late 2003, Dmonstrations was pieced together by 3/4 of their former outfit, dance-punk sensationalists Dosage and Usage. From their initial formation it was vital to move on and not re-hash the sounds of their past. The sounds of Dmonstrations are far removed from the bands' previous experiences. While still embodying the creative energy and hyperactive display of the aforementioned groups, Dmonstrations make it a point to make the listener feel uncomfortable yet aware of what's churning inside the three of their minds." MP3 (50kr/€6.50)


DNT IS ONE YEAR OLD COMPILATION CD-R    (dnt)
"This compilation is PACKED! If I had an otter-pop for every band on here I'd have like....13 otter pops! (13 green ones for sure...mmm...). For those of you who missed out on the first compilation, don't feel bad, this one's totally better. This time around you get to hear bands from three different countries (Australia, Canada, and America respectively). This cdr is what punk rock would be if the ninties never existed! This is to celebrate DNT being a year old, and what's the best way to celebrate a birthday? You guessed it, with a birthday card! (uhh..) This comp comes in a "birthday card" in full color, on fancy cardstock (I maxed out my card printing these) with a foam-peg-thingy holding in the cd, and the cds have freed-from-the-zoo animal stencils on 'em to keep you interested. Break off the top of your boombox so you can watch Lenny the Lizard chase his tail! Bands on this swell comp: Hips, Pretty Thigh, Channels 3x4, HEALTH, Party Fowl, Soft Shoulder, African Greys, Naked on the Vague, Ikebana, Shearing Pinx, Twin Crystals, The Pope." (40kr/€4.50)

DOG HOLOCAUST VOL.1 TAPE    (harsh head rituals)
"sewer election/kakerlak collaboration." (50kr/€5.50)

DOG HOLOCAUST VOL.3 TAPE    (harsh head rituals)
"sewer election/kakerlak collaboration." (50kr/€5.50)


DOLORES DEWBERRY/ORIGAMI GENITALIA CD    (apop)
"Dolores Dewberry's contribution to the cd is a superb mix of of Sleazetronics, cutups, and Noise Beauty. Some highlights include “Brown Bomber, and Fuck, like you mean it” Origmami Genitalia consists of Cock Esp co-founder E.W.Hagstrom, and Eric Hofferber of Gentle Tuesday. Using electro-acoustic sources O.G. create oozing layers of sound, that are sure to stimulate and induce flowing lesions. Artsy video footage is also provided by both artists. Coreleased with Sunship, Carbon, Gold Soundz, Little Mafia and Nihilist." MP3 (ORIGAMI GENITALIA) (90kr/€9.50)


DOMINIC LP    (ape must not kill ape/lilac sky/fire walk with me/asymmetrie)
"These four Viking dudes from Trondheim, Norway have stolen my heart. Or, in their own words: 'The band was simply established to create and perform music we love. We're a band that try to book our own tours and concerts, and encourage other bands to do the same. There is not much future in sitting on your asses waiting for a big record deal. You achieve the most and get the best progress by doing things on your own.' There you go. Dominic have their shit together. Plus, they rock pretty fucking hard. They are into it for all the right reasons, and they do everything with a purpose and passion." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


DOOM CAPITAL: MARYLAND/DC HEAVY ROCK UNDERGROUND COMPILATION CD    (crucial blast)
"A 14 song compendium of crushing Doom, heavy backwoods psychedelia, and stoned blues sludgery from the infamous Maryland/DC Doom Capital scene, featuring all exclusive,rare and new tracks from CLUTCH, THE HIDDEN HAND (featuring Wino of Spirit Caravan / The Obsessed / Saint Vitus / Place Of Skulls), EARTHRIDE, UNORTHODOX, INTERNAL VOID, BLACK MANTA, LIFE BEYOND, WAR INJUN, CARRION, KING VALLEY, COUNTERSHAFT, NITROSEED, LEVIATHAN A.D., and LOS TRES PESADOS. Since the early 1970's, the Maryland/DC region has been home to one of the most vital and influential underground music movements in the world, helping to define the crushing aesthetic of Doom Metal and Stoner Rock. This compilation features both legends and newcomers of the Doom Capital, and delivers over 65 minutes of thunderous doom rock and blackened riffage from the dark shadow of the nations capital, along with detailed liner notes outlining the history of the Doom Capital scene, and information on each of the bands featured." MP3 (THE HIDDEN HAND) (40kr/€4.50)


DOSAGE & USAGE - FEVER SHAKES 7"    (strictly amateur films)
"the final recording by dosage/usage reveals more structured songwriting and yet another change on vocal duties. when tetsunori returned to japan, the band discussed eplacement singers, but ultimately decided to remain as the trio of graves, wade and barnett. twangy guitars, fucked up disco bass, and booming drums make this release the most dynamic recording released by the band. graves' vocals turned out to be their best kept secret. shortly after this recording, dosage disbanded and graves and rowell rejoined the plot to blow up the eiffel tower; graves and wade also currently play and record in schoolboys." (30kr/€3.30)


DRAGON RAPIDE - II CD    (altin village)
"leeds post-math perfectionists the dragon rapide have their lushly packaged 2nd studio collection now up for grabs. this is joyous & fizzy, uncompromising, optimistic, widdly, wobbly, kaleidoscopic & heart warming stuff. a great leap forward from the debut CD, musically, stylistically & in the production stakes too. there's elements of free jazz & world music here & there but all in all no threat of andy kershaw coming round your house to chew your ear off with that worthy accent. so think maybe a friskier, dizzier TORTOISE jamming with small slices of SEA & CAKE, HIM, hints of MICE PARADE & FIVE STYLE. very intricate & clever stuff indeed. the sleeve art was done by their friend from liverpool & blew me away." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


DREAMCATCHER - NIMBUS CD    (oh no no)
"hailing from the bowels of montreal’s 'ghetto', dreamcatcher blast out with the big guns. nimbus is the debut full length; chock full of enough sinister beats and atmospheric noise-scapes to seriously mess up your face. by harnessing the power of hot wired mixers alongside countless other home made electronics, dreamcatcher has no trouble carving out a distinct sound as they burn past musical conventions and pave the trail for their ars nova. past releases on nautical almanac’s in house label 'heresee' and 'alien8 recordings' have been met with praise for a reason. dreamcatcher is blasting off; a fact their strong local following can and will attest to. an interstellar combination of cosmic proportions - this is dreamcatcher." (40kr/€4.50)

DRY CONDITIONS/YFERE 7"    (ape must not kill ape)
"YFERE plays intense emotional hardcore in the vein of Tidal, Escapado and Katyn!! Dry Conditions are our Swiss heroes and play melodic hardcore!!" (35kr/€4)


DRY TRIBES: LIVE IN TEMPE, AZ CD-R    (not not fun)
"This country’s way too big (cant we sell off a few states already??) but every blue moon or so faraway friends fuck distances, drive a billion miles, and UNITE. June 28th, 2006 was one such mesh/bond party of peace-pipe passing, extended high fives, and amplifier team spirit between Tent City, Quintana Roo, Black Monk, and Haunted Castle. Heavy ruling ensued. John Ryan & Co.’s sprawling Arizona backyard – and mercifully dim living room – played host to the geographical delirium of Michigan feedback, California smoke spirits, and hometown desert circle circuitry. Things ended in a 100-plus degrees 5 AM haze, but fortunately the mic was ON. Hear it all. Hieroglyphic-stamped CDRs in full-color hand-numbered fold-out cardstock cases bedecked with sun-gold string." (50kr/€5.50)


DUSA 7"    (åderlåtning)
"Moods and fragments, rec/pause sequenced on to cassette. November 2005. 200 copies. Ink-treated covers." MP3 (10kr/€1.50)


DÖDSDÖMD - DE SJU DÖDSSYNDERNA 7"    (havoc)
"Rampaging Swedish hardcore or "råkäng" if you will. Straight ahead and powerful hardcore with snarled vocals, hammering riffs and a d-beat that cracks like a whip. This is a concept record of sorts based on the "Seven Deadly Sins" with a song for each sin. The band recorded two versions of the record, one with lyrics in Swedish and on in English. I have been excited about this band since I first heard them. Check out their LP on Putrid Filth Conspiracy. They are more or less a project band since members live in different cities, so it's rare they play live. But the recorded efforts are sure to leave you pumping your fist in the air." (40kr/€4.50)


EARLY HUMANS CDEP    (wantage)
"(silkscreened covers) are you fucking kidding? we searched hard for a reference point and finally decided on the convenient, if only somewhat apt, gravity band tag. regardless of how it was characterized, early humans did one hell of a job whipping around their spastic rock. lyrically it's been compared to born against. musically it's more ambitious, loud and compelling than anything has been in the 2000's. john peel played tracks, as did wfmu and other enlightened stations. i saw them at jay's upstairs with japanther, in charlottesville, va with el guapo and at their final show, a house show, with last of the juanitas. friends drove from cleveland and new york for the last show! all were totally sweaty and memorable rock and roll experiences punctuated by wells' bonham-inspired pounding, kevin's spidery-assed bass playing, and matt's unfriendly axe-attack. fans can check out nick's planaria records for their noisy blackeye's split 7", the swedish 7" and planaria compilation." (30kr/€3.50)


EARLY HUMANS/KILL YOURSELF 7"    (super fi)
"british label super-fi records has just released the long awaited early humans (washington d.c., usa)/kill yourself (leeds, uk) split 7". it's got bitchin' cover art, is apparently on colored vinyl, and is a pretty tight package all around. among the early humans songs, reports say there are two, is fuck all, a powerhouse tune about the stock market crash of (insert year). it prominently features a snaky-assed riff that could've come off any of the better jesus lizard records, insane bonzo-cum peart drumming and bass that sounds like high-tension wires hit with a baseball bat. fuck all, this record should take you there!" (30kr/€3.50)


ECHO IS YOUR LOVE - HUMANSIZE LP    (sabotage)
"After eight years, three albums and several tours around Europe, Finland's Echo Is Your Love are back with their finest album. Echo Is Your Love was started in early 1998 in Helsinki by four guys who met and were introduced to each others at the first rehearsals. One of the guitarist´s girlfriend became the singer. The intention was to practice as little as possible and to record almost everything that comes out. After some 7"s and the debut album ("Sheets of Blank Fucking Paper" 2000) the band got bored of droning the same two chords and being compared with Pardo Bond, Dead C and the likes. The band decided to start rocking. With the 2nd album ("8 Hours" 2002) and tours around Europe Echo Is Your Love ended up playing at punk/hardcore shows to almost 100% punk crowds which made the band´s music tighter and more aggressive. On the 3rd album ("Paper Cut Eye" 2004) Echo Is Your Love found its own unique style of mixing hardcore aggressiveness with no-wave guitar madness, post-punk danceability with indie cuteness and pop melodies. “Humansize” is a tight and unique mix of no-wave guitar madness, dreamy indiepop melodies, hardcore aggression and danceable post-punk rhythms. Haunting female vocals, sometimes angry, sometimes heavenly, wash over shards of guitar noise and shuddering drums, like if the girls from the B-52s were invited to sing with the one band that wants to save the world with its noise." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


EFRA/SEEING MEANS MORE 7"    (denovali)
"efra from paso robles (california) was born in august 2004. equipped with two singers they play an energetic mixture of hardcore and screamo influenced by bands like transistor transistor and city of caterpillar, but they also surprise you with calm parts in the vein of explosions in the sky or godspeed you black emperor – on the flipside we got SEEING MEANS MORE from California. In the beginning the starting off as a more traditional screamo band that was in the vain of indian summer, jr ewing, and funeral diner, they played multiple shows around the san francisco bay area with such bands as takaru, under a dying sun, atriata, and heart cross love. These new songs are more heavy – but still w/ a lot of passion – all in all a great split 7“ that goes under the skin and the nice packaging looks great between all your other emo 7inches. Well done for a debut release for the bands and the new label. limted to 500 copies" MP3 (EFRA) (30kr/€3.50)


EIKENSKADEN - THE LAST DANSE LP    (weird forest)
"You know it, you love it, by the unholy pestilent gods you can't get enough of it! Hailing from France comes the first ever vinyl release of one of THE greatest black metal albums of all time! Yeah, right. YEAH RIGHT! Baroque black metal! What the hades?!? The loudest, rawest, pummeling screech, fuzz, distortion and... classical piano?!?! You got it, some of the most innovative yet primitive, and dare I say, romantic (!?!) metal I've heard in many a blood-soaked moon. You want experimental truly bizarre black metal? This is for you! Limited to a measily 333 hand numbered copies!!" MP3 (120kr/€12.50)


EL BUZZARD - GRINGA CD    (electric human project)
"El Buzzard return with their second full length album and second release with The Electric Human Project in the way of "Gringa", a half hour of pill induced scum rock. This time around El Buzzard take their Melvins/Karp influenced stoner dirge up a notch while managing to praise greats such as Black Sabbath, Leaf Hound, Motorhead, and Led Zeppelin. Solid riffs that challenge you not to play air guitar coupled with lamented doom filth dragged through rivers of cough syrup and oxycontin. The vocals are also more raw then ever before making this El Buzzard's most dense and bloodthirsty offering to date. Would you expect anything less from a band whose videos feature Barbi snorting lines of coke?" (90kr/€9.50)


EL BUZZARD - TRANQUILIZANTE DEL ELEFANTE CD/10"    (electric human project)
"the latest rumblings felt in california, crushing homes and sending school children under their desks is not another west coast earthquake. its the devestation coming from the amps of el buzzard! featuring ex members of californian legends mohinder and duster, el buzzard blare out monsterous riffs and a 'fuck this shit' attitude, building some of the most cataclysmic and lumbering sounds heard since the hay day of the melvins. this six song release, with the befitting title of tranquilizante del elefante (elephant tranquilizer) is a follow up to the bands self released, self titled cd which recieved praise from publications such as alternative press magazine. el buzzard pound their instruments into submission, every once in a while allowing them to spew out a contorted jesus lizard or orange goblin inspired sound, layered in impurity. one listen and you will be done." MP3 (40kr/€4.50)


THE ELECTRICIAN TAPE    (yehonala)
"and the second tape for this chaotic hardcore/grind outfit from the US. this time they are more into that techgrind sound than into screamo. they added some deep vocals and play more technical. realy bad ass! this tape comes with amazing artwork of spig. tapes got spraypainted in orange and good white dods on it. limited to 80 copies." MP3 (30kr/€3.50)


ÉLODIE - AT THE END OF THE LINE CDEP    (jezebel)
"Élodie are releasing a new album! Élodie are dead! Alas, ‘tis true – the album is released at the same time as their own funeral. This is the darkest and most melancholic side of élodie that you’ve ever heard, and the title of the album doesn’t lessen that impression. The album is characterized by thoroughness in the arrangements, as well as in the recording. Listening to it, you’ll find that nothing has been left to chance – not even the pauses between the songs are silent, they are filled with colors and sounds. Together, they unite the songs into a result of perfection. This is a split release with Music is my Girlfriend Recordings and a West Side Fabrication." MP3 (50kr/€5.50)


EMIL BEAULIEAU - MEMORIES CD    (rrr)
"A collection of his greatest hits and earlier heartwarming melodies." (80kr/€8.50)


EMO APOCALYPSE COMPILATION PICTUREDISC LP    (react with protest)
"the bands this time: CEASE UPON THE CAPITOL, KHERE, LOMA PRIETA, DAMORE, HER BREATH ON GLASS, THE BIRDS ARE SPIES THEY REPORT TO THE TREES, KIAS FANSURI, JUNE PAIK, ENOCH ARDON, CAGLIOSTRO, LOUISE CYPHRE, TRAINWRECK, ARCHITECTS, A FINE BOAT THAT COFFIN, TEN AND TWO, THE WALLS YOU VE BUILT, BALBOA, ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF ACHING, BELLE EPOQUE, CATENA COLLAPSE, THE CRITIC, MANHATTAN SKYLINE, AM I DEAD YET, PETETHEPIRATESQUID, ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE, ANTITHESIS, TOWERS, FUNERAL DINER, I SPOKE, ESCAPADO, VIOLENT BREAKFAST, MONOCYCLE, ARSEMOREIRA, PYRAMIDS, SUIS LA LUNE, KURHAUS, ORBIT CINTA BENJAMIN, A DAY IN BLACK AND WHITE, SL-27, MR WILLIS OF OHIO, VON COSEL. 41 bands/20 page booklet/all artwork done by michele/candymals." (100kr/€10.50)


EMPTY SILOS ECHO WAR - INNER WORKING MECHANICS... CD    (rok lok)
"'Inner Working Mechanics of a Failed Construct' is more than simply a follow-up recording to the Empty Silos Echo War debut, 'Semantics'. It is quite literally its companion piece, a sister record, with most of the compositions and arrangements completed during the same time period as those on 'Semantics', though they would not appear so on face value. These songs were finally committed live to record six months later, with Phil Douglas of Latterman fame. Explosive rhythms, electrified guitars and voices make up landscapes that are violent and ecstatic, often in the same instant. Many of the same themes as the first record are explored, but while the 'Semantics' LP was recorded largely as an exercise in chance and improvisation, 'Mechanics' had a specific design and intent, straight from its initial conception. The trio retained more of a set structure of instrumental roles as well, all the while pushing to truly know their own limits as players in this highly cinematic work. For these reasons, in an effort to offset the record from its elder sibling, these songs were recorded entirely in the digital domain, but with the same minimal overdubbing as allowed on the last release. The most exciting possible soundtrack for driving and sleeping, if such a thing exists, this shit will make you squirm nervously in your chair and rock restlessly in your sleep. I am really proud of this release and the accomplishments the band has made as being recognized as one of Long Island's finest forty minutes to be spent. I remember falling in love with this album when it was just a short run cd-r release on Children's Revolt for their summer 2004 tour. Pressing of 500 with varying different colored sleeves and insert." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


EMPTY SILOS ECHO WAR - SEMANTICS LP    (rok lok)
"The full length vinyl companion piece to the 'Mechanics' CD is a sonic exploration in lingering melodies, textural soundscapes and the extrapolation of minimalistic song structures. Empty Silos Echo War is easily one of the most interesting bands to ever come from Long Island channeling the sounds of a more energetic Godspeed! You Black Emperor with the avant garde expermentialism of Steven Reich to create a sound that is unique to the ever so talented members of this band. Rok Lok's first LP release is a split release effort with The Children's Revolt and The Tone Library Collective. Awesome hand screened covers in variety of different colors. We pressed 190 on translucent blue wax, 10 varieties of blue/black marble, and 300 on black vinyl with black and silver labels." MP3 (80kr/€8.50)


ENABLERS - END NOTE LP    (mid march)
"Visceral spoken word backed by “possibly the world's best power trio” (SF Gate). Features veterans of Swans, Toiling Midgets, Timco, Tarnation and more.Enablers hail from San Francisco California. All four members of the band are journeyman artists in their own right. On guitar and behind the mixing board Joe Goldring, has collaborated with Swans, Toiling Midgets, and Doug Scharin of June of '44 under the moniker Out in Worship, as well as with Neurosis' Steve Von Till's solo projects. Kevin Thomson, veteran of Timco and Nice Strong Arm, has been playing and touring for twenty years and with his own projects and has been a writing partner with Goldring for ten of those years collaborating on Morning Champ, Touched by a Janitor, and now Enablers.Yuma Joe Byrnes on drums has lent his unique take on the trapset to Tarnation, Broken Horse and others.Pete Simonelli has been continually writing and publishing his efforts in underground literary journals for years and now brings his poems to the table for Enablers. Backed by what Beth Lisik of the SF Gate calls “possibly the world's best power trio”, Pete's words take on new dimensions. With neither wasted words nor notes, the songs are a rich source of styles and collaborations. Recorded live in the studio, End Note equally stresses the importance of both Simonelli's texts and the band's expressive investigations of tension and release. Enablers' first-rate debut doesn't just raise the bar for verse-infused postpunk - it deftly rewrites the book. Jordan N. Mamone." (90kr/€9.50)


END I 7"    (rok lok)
"Originally planned as the second release for Rok Lok but after constant money issues and more pressing commitments the long awaited End I 7 inch finally came out. It took many people by surprise that End I is the solo moniker used by Lou of On the Might of Princes and this 7 inch features two beautiful songs penned and performed by himself. We pressed 300 of these all on green wax with totally sweet looking blue and silver labels." (30kr/€3.50)


END OF A YEAR - SINCERELY LP    (slave union)
"Exclusively licensed by Revelation Records. As part of the Albany music scene well known for its hardcore and metal, and veterans of heavy bands themselves, End Of A Year wanted to take it in a different direction. Inspired by the Revolution Summer period of D.C., END OF A YEAR decided that it is possible to be loud and honest while being tuneful. The music became a natural outgrowth of that position - melodic and, at times, pleasant but always gritty and married to a punk sensibility. Every member had spent time in basements and on stages well before End Of A Year and the confidence from those years is evident. Anxious to pit themselves against whomever, the band took shows with everyone from the most punishing metal bands to critically lauded indie rock outfits. End Of A Year will share a stagewith anyone and everyone, driven by the challenge of "difference." The band hopes to expand this groundswell of eccentric shows and gain an even more eclectic fanbase through extensive touring in the Northeast and beyond. Recorded in the legendary Inner Ear Studios - the birthplace of the band’s chief influences - with the equally legendary Don Zientara. Sincerely brings together components familiar and new – lyrical quirks that fit the sound to an eerie amalgam, fused by aggression and melody not often found in such raw music. Smart without being condescending, hardcore but not for the ignorant, Sincerely is too honest to be ignored." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


END OF A YEAR/FIRE TEAM CHARLIE 7"    (sticky sticky)
text soon. MP3 (35kr/€4)


ENOCH ARDON 7"    (existencia)
"Here you have these six songs vinyl debut of this new band with 90's old emoviolence as point of start besides nowadays euroskramz sounds. Screenprinted cardboard covers and green vinyl for the fetishists." MP3 (35kr/€4)


ERIC OSTROWSKI - CYNANONIDE 3" DVD-R    (jyrk)
"Eric is probably best known for being half of Noggin.. He also dropped the 'E' CD/DVD in 2005, which is quite a heavy load.... Cyanonide is four short film pieces of beautiful bright blue takes in his usual painted film/organic matter exposure techniques. These films cover a great breadth despite their singular spectral focus.. some are static blasts with other colors consuming the various washes of blues, approaching the most abstract hypercolor visions of the paper-rad sect.. Other pieces are meditative drifts featuring suspended plant matter in crystal blue.. limited to 90 copies." (60kr/€6.50)


ESTHER VENROOY/FREDERIK CROENE - HOUT CD    (robo)
"Esther Venrooy and Frederik Croene joined forces on a series of works that incorporates the piano as the primary sound source for electronic compositions. The pieces are subsequently recombined with the 'raw' piano sound. Utilizing uncommon playing techniques such as prepared piano. the players/composers create a unique synergy between traditional instrumentation and contemporary electronica. Packaged in deluxe fold-out digipack cover. designed by Iris Rombouts." (40kr/€4.50)


EULCID - HOPE: AND SONGS TO SING LP    (altin village)
"the long lost eulcid album finally sees the light of day! the band issued their stunning debut, 'the wind blew all the fires out' in 2002 and then seemed to disappear. eulcid mastermind Mike Law resurfaced in another amazing band, NEW IDEA SOCIETY. somewhere in between eulcid managed to record 'hope: and songs to sing'. shortly after the band broke up which unfortunately led to the album sitting on the shelves. thankfully, it has finally been released by the fine folks over at EXOTIC FEVER. its a shame this album hasnt seen release until now though cause its a great batch of songs that prove that eulcid was one of the most overlooked and underrated bands of the last few years. 'hope: and songs to sing' has a rather disjointed feel as the songs vary quite a bit. however, it actually adds to the listening experience rather than diminishing it. the first two tracks hit especially hard and remind me why i´ve missed this band. laws vocals echo the higher pitched sound of GUY PICCIOTTO of FUGAZI. 'clip' showcases laws lyrical deftness with the telling chorus, 'when information turns to dollars it is already spent/greed is the conveyor, and fiction is present tense/piling up on our backs is a fear we cant question/we will never notice the lullaby is sung all day'. on tracks like '(i heard it) on the radio' and 'checkbook' you can clearly see the influence of laws more straight-forward songwriting approach in NEW IDEA SOCIETY. the 'instrumental no vocals ... 3' and the acoustic 'word of mouth' continue the diverse songwriting to spectacular results. the epic 'cost of profit (untitled)' shows how brilliant this band was. its lyrical daggers shoot right to the heart of the consumerism that overwhelms our society at times. its a theme that seems to be prevalent throughout 'hope: and songs to sing'. ultimately this record and what eulcid meant can be summed up in the lyrics that law puts forth so eloquently time and time again. on 'afterthought' law sings 'no need for volume when the genuine sings/voices knock over un-moveable things'. and on the album closer big heart (for woodie guthrie, for walt cordell), law sings with unwavering passion, 'no one could ever burn my heart out!' call me naive but i sure as hell believe him." (review from sound as language) MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


EX-MODELS - CHROME PANTHERS LP    (x-mist)
"This record contains all new recordings by the EX MODELS, now reduced to a twopiece with Shahin Motia and Zach Seconds, joined by drummer Kid Millions of ONEIDA! Following up to the split-7" with HOLY MOLAR, lately released on the californian label THREE ONE G, the 6 tracks here are totally extreme, full-on blasting Noise-Punk madness, like taking the sound of their previous album "Zoo Psychology" to new heigths and limits! With a full playing- time of 27 minutes!" MP3 (90kr/€9.50)


EXCEPTER - SELF DESTRUCTION CD    (fusetron)
"Self Destruction was recorded in the winter of 2004 and mixed, edited and reprocessed mostly in the winter of 2005. Self Destruction is the first Excepter record to be feature multi-track recording and overdubbing. Outside of Dan Houglands drum programming and a few vision directives from producer John Fell Ryan, the playing is entirely improvised by the group. Self Destruction is also the first Excepter record to prominently feature the polyphonic synthesizer playing of Nathan Corbin. The husband-wife duo of Caitlin Cook and Calder Martin make the final statement on the album as they take sole vocal duties on the last track, 'Your House.'" (100kr/€10.50)


EXCEPTER - SUNBOMBER 12"    (5rc)
"Recorded in one hour on a hot afternoon in July 2005, SUNBOMBER captures EXCEPTER fresh from an expedition to the streams and power lines of the Catskill Mountains, and documents the first time the current four-man line-up had played together. Dedicated to the perpetual forward motion of the fixed-gear cyclist, this EP serves as a launching pad into the visionary plane of the modern-day barnstormer." MP3 (90kr/€9.50)