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It wasn't some great stretch of the imagination to see this one available online for a few cents and say, "yeah, this is going to be good as hell." Light In The Attic would reissue this one on vinyl a few years later, but this rip comes from the original 2006 Canadian CD release, and its a pretty rad sampling of Cuban "contemporary" music from the 60s and 70s. Less Buena Vista Social Club, more Fania brewed extra strong, like a black cup of Cuban coffee.
I mean, May 22nd is close enough to summer that I don't feel weird posting this one.
Here's a welcome soundtrack for Memorial Day weekend, which every red-blooded American agrees is the start to pool season and a proper time start wearing white shoes. You will get those shoes awful dirty as you shake ass to the hot beats contained herein, but it's worth it, I assure you. And since we've really been breaking the balls of the rest of the world, I invite those not native to this land to also cut a rug. Pretend its Kristi Noem's face you're dancing on...it's feels good!
Get off on the good foot, as the Godfather himself would suggest.
Another Sunday has come, and I have nothing in the queue, so let's fall back to an old favorite.
Relapse has ALWAYS had samplers worth holding onto. There are bands who I've never owned a record but, yet I can still still recall the samples used or the opening blast beat or riff from their track on "Spectrum Fest" or "Fast Forward" or "Contaminated". These led to my first exposures to Merzbow, Human Remains, Repulsion, and Benümb. I'm lucky that it expanded my mind and didn't melt my brain.
"Ugly Music...For Ugly Minds" finds Relapse celebrating its Sweet 16 with the sort of eclectic roster that we'd all come to know and love by that point. There were doom metal pioneers Pentagram, label mainstay Bongzilla, soon-to-be-major-label-megastars Mastodon, and the late, great Nasum; all names well known in the metal underground. But there were also contributions from also long-time Pittsburgh math rockers Don Caballero, Seattle thrashers Zeke, and techy instrumentals from Dysrhythmia and Zombi. There's an obligatory Dave Witte appearance in the form of southern "supergroup" Birds of Prey. In all, it's 19 tracks worth of the sort of sounds that are still well worth the $5 or so I'm sure this retailed for.
From the ridiculous(ly bad) to the tragic to the sublime: here's yet another killer Mojo comp. This one's chock full of proto-punk, pub rock, glam, and even a smooch of space rock and motorik. The Iggster is on the cover. The Dolls lead things off. There's not a dud in the entire bunch.
But who am I telling? You know what you're getting when you visit Primitive Offerings, my previous post notwithstanding.
This, my friends, is very much NOT a banger.
I honestly have no idea why I ended up buying this. I'm quite certain I didn't spend more than a buck on it, but, even then, there's nothing aobut this that would have compelled me to spend said buck. The scene around Asthmatic Kitty was very much not mine when it first came into view around 2002/2003. I was aware of Sufjan Stevens, a Pitchfork darling almost from Jump Street. "Illinois" was all over the front page of Insound, It was in the ether, but it wasn't crossing over into the world of punk spaces.
It was...ugh...hippy shit. And I wanted no part. It makes no sense how this would end up in my hands in 2006, or 2009, or 2014.
But that was then, and this is now, and maybe my tastes have further refined from where they were 20 years ago. At least, I hope they have. This isn't going to be a regular replay in my house, but I'm more interested in what's going on here than I was when I originally nabbed it. Castenets, the Danielson Famile, Royal City: they're all pretty good. Even ol' Sufjan,,,well, I get the appeal, even if I wouldn't seek him out.
Another reggae record, since I forgot to load up something for Friday.
This one came via a Half Price Books "fill a bag for $25" sale several years ago, and while I'd prefer to have the whole "The Best Of Studio One Collection" set, I'll settle for having this disc of extended mixes. You get a trio of Dennis Alcapone deejay cuts, a lil' something from the Jackie Mittoo-led Soul Vendors, some early Winston Francis, and Tommy McCook leading the Brentford Disco Set.
Six tracks, 47 minutes, dub on, gang.
It's the last of four Razors Edge records I own: 2006s "SWEET 10 THRASHERS".
It's literally the best description ever. 10 songs. It's a thrash record. They're sweet.
I may have stated in the past; I won't provide any additional trenchant insights. As the cover says, "PLAY FUCKING LOUD AND ENJOY FOR YOUR KILLING TIME!"
I wrote about Measles Mumps Rubella back in May, covering their 2002 demo (still available for download, as far as I can tell). Go check that out to hear the embryonic MMR. This is their final recording; a full length that was long overdue, and that I didn't acquire until just a couple months ago.
I'm not a good fan.
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It's Sunday. I wish there was a good matinee going on this afternoon. I really feel like going to a show, finger-pointing and running around like an asshole. It must be cuz I've been listening to this demo again. Sick Fix is from D.C. You know what's awesome about these guys? Everything. Released in 2006, this is sick, fast, straightforward teenage sXe HC that have you Xing up and getting caught in a mosh. In addition to this here demo, Sick Fix has released a 7" on Nick Baran's Third Party Records. Both are pretty much must haves, eh?It took from May to August 2000 to go from 100 to 200 posts. Then I hit 300 posts two days before Christmas 2000. And now I'm here, anot...
