Herätys - S/T

I saw this band in Sweden at Punk Illegal festival this year and they slayed. Swedish Totalitar worship, what more needs to be said.

Download self-titled LP
Myspace

I hear the population of these insects is particularly dense in Radelaids & Can'bra....

If you liked the last post, and a fan of other great Aussie bands as Christbait, Grey Daturas, Agonhymn, etc, then there's a fair chance you'll like Bongmoth. Instrumental doom from Ballarat, Victoria, there's not too much I can find on these guys, save for what's up on their Myspace. As far as I can tell, they don't appear to be going anymore, but I could be wrong. I'd never heard of them before randomly finding this album elsewhere online.

I hope one day to find them playing a gig somewhere around Melbourne, but until then, I can only enjoy the fruits of their recording labour. It would be selfish of me to keep it all to myself, especially on such a nice day, so I bring it you.

Enjoy.

Some people call me STC....

Cos I'm a super tough cunt, yeah!

As it's a lovely Spring day, and I'm sitting here, after work, drinking beer, and enjoying some tunes, I felt it appropriate to post what I'm currently listening to. Here is a slab of bluesy, jam-rock from Melbourne's own Sons of The Ionian Sea. Formed from the ashes of Peeping Tom (not the Mike Patton project), these guys have continued somewhat with where PT left off. Continuing the blues-tinged jams and general all-round goodness. Never a band that dissapoints, if you liked the Sir Lord Baltimore album Mikk recently posted, chances are you'll dig this, too.

So sit back, crack a beer, and experience the genius.

http://www.last.fm/music/Sons+of+the+Ionian+Sea
http://www.myspace.com/sonsoftheioniansea

The Scroungers - Weak As Piss

Dirty Australian punk that I have never heard of until now for some reason.
Fuck Politics, Lets Riot!

Kriegshög - S/T LP

Best hardcore/punk/crust/whatever record of the year. Noisy, distorted, furious, Japanese hc punk.

Download

Everyone Everywhere - S/T

I just fell in love with this band tonight. Fucking amazing. 90s emo sounding, listen if you like Mineral, American Football, The Appleseed Cast, Christie Front Drive, etc.


Download (upped to megaupload because mediafire isn't working, can put up on mediafire upon request)
Myspace

Sieg Heil - Demo

Noisy hardcore/punk from Japan (where else?). Edgy as fukk because of the band and track names ;)

(This isn't a nazi band)

14/88!

Bestial Raids - Reversed Black Trinity

Black/death metal in the bestial style from Poland.

Fukk a goat

Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

WOMAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

Hardcore Unlawful Assembly

Japanese hardcore/punk rules. Thats all there is to it. It seems that with almost whatever they do, the Japanese are always one step ahead with craziness, and hence generally rule more than their overseas counterparts that they are (often) emulating. This compilation contains some of the most ruling bands from the 80s Jap hc/punk scene. GISM needs no introduction, anyone that is in any way familiar with the Jap scene should worship these maniacs. Zouo is another of my favourites, the tracks here are really good as well, up there with the awesomeness of "The Final Agony" EP. The rest of the bands are great too, basically this comp just rules so get it.

Jap madness

Best Coast - Crazy For You

This is something different. Lo-fi indie beach pop summer jamz. Lyrics are incredibly lame (really simple stuff about boys, weed, stuff like that), but still somehow so good. Music is very simple but somehow incredibly addictive. I guess stuff like this is really popular now? I don't know, with the Pitchfork crowd or whatever. I don't care, this is one of my favourite records of the year, hands down. Sit back and think about summer and the beach, times when things were simpler, life was easier to handle, and you could sit around and and laugh with friends and not have a care in the world.

Go to the beach

Quttinirpaaq

Drone/doom type stuff, quite good. At times it sounds similar to a Grey Daturas live set.

This is the self-titled album released on Faunasabbatha records.

Website
Myspace
Download

Prurient - The History of AIDS

Harsh noise from New York. Project of Domonick Fernow (Ash Pool, Vegas Martyrs, Cold Cave, Taylor Bow, etc). Recorded in 2000.

Download

This is why.....

...we can't have nice things!

Here you will find a demo for a band I was in briefly: John Laws. Alas, it didn't get very far, but I half hope it may be resurrected in the next year or so, we shall see. For fans of crusty punk and grind. This features the skills of yours truly on vox and Brad Smith (Super Fun Happy Slide, Holy Boner, etc.) on drums, bass, and bass.

Trivia: this was recorded early 2006, on a 36 degree (celsius) day. Brad had an epic hangover from the previous nights festivities, but still managed to nail the drums for each song in one take per song. Also, all drum takes were recorded using a pair of Sing Star wireless mics. DIY or GTFO!

Finally, after immense slackness on my part, here is Part 2 of my Beanflipper posts; Garden Variety Manic Depressant. Whereas Total Dysfunctional Collapse is more the 'all-out-hardcore' album (as far as one can say that Beanflipper were like that), this is more of a drawn-out, textured album (see previous comment). It even has guest vocals courtesy of the might Bucky, Rick's predecessor as the band's frontman.

That said, this is the Beanflipper album that I find myself listening, and singing along to, the most. It's sad that they only got to release two albums (& one EP), but Garden Variety.... was a great way to go out. Enjoy

Garden Variety Manic Depressant