Sunday, April 12, 2009

The Michigan Militia is back and they're recruiting near the University of Cincinnati?!??

I saw a flyer for these assholes taped to a telephone pole on MLK and Riddle today. So fucked. It was taped on pretty well and I didn't have a knife or a marker on me, so I didn't take it down or deface it.

For those of you who don't know who these guys are, they're an extreme right-wing anti-government homegrown terrorist group that made headlines during the Clinton administration. If you ever see a flyer or literature for them or something similar, take it down and throw it out.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Chinese black metal

I'm in intense pain and sick, but I wanted to share this link with you guys:

Zuriaake - Chinese black metal

Saturday, March 28, 2009

AO - Japanese Shoegaze

AO (which I'm told means "blue") is an instrumental electronic shoegaze act from Japan. Their material is next to impossible to find. These two albums were distributed for free by them not long ago from what I understand, and I'm making them available again. It's better than m83 in my opinion.

AO - Endlessly, Sweetly, Slightly
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AO - View-Room

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Rock City/Scentiments Has Moved Near Shake-It Records and Blue Jay's



The oldest punk clothing store in North America (possibly the world) is located in... Cincinnati, Ohio in Northside!!! Open since 1976!!! Go figure... Their new spot is what used to be hair salon on Hamilton Ave next to Blue Jay's, a door or two down from Shake-It. There's a LOT more room there now and TONS of shirts. If you're into straight edge or mosh hardcore, they've got a good amount of shirts of that, too. Most shirts are $16, which is pretty good.

I set up their internet in exchange for a tan Larm "noisecore" shirt, and I couldn't be happier. :)

Bathe in Bleach - Demo CD Review (finally)

I'd like to thank the pain pills I've been prescribed (NO, you can't have any...) for making this post possible...



Unfortunately, there is some paint on the back of this thing, but it still plays. I'm listening to it in my portable CD player, because there's paint and glitter on the top. As a result, I can't tell you how long it is, but it's short and I'm pretty sure that it's 10 or 11 tracks. It's apparently limited to three copies, but I think I saw more than that? It says that mine is edition 3 of 3. eBay gold! ;) There's some ridiculous stuff written on the inside clear cover of the slimline jewel case and I'm told that members wrote different stuff on each one.

As for the music, it's pretty aggressive and dissonant. A bit sloppy at times, but I'm not complaining. I hear some familiar sounds at times, like basslines that remind me of ThreeOneG bands (talking to the bassist confirmed that he's influenced by that stuff), some Slayer in the guitarwork (the guitar player is pretty into them), and a small handful of short explosions of what's either Deadguy, Dillinger Escape Plan, or some tech metalcore. That was the only part that I didn't like, but they weren't terribly noticeable. You'd have to have wasted years of your life listening to that stuff to recognize it... hahaha Anyhow, the drumming is insane and while it's mixed too high, that works because it's so good.

I found the "Five Dollar Footlongs" bonus track (not available from the online download) to be funny. They could've done a little bit more with it, but I'm a nerd for saying that about a joke track... haha

One or some of the members told me that they're really not powerviolence, but rather, fast hardcore punk with blastbeats or something. I think that's an accurate assessment and I'll be labelling them as "fastcore" now.

Bathe in Bleach on Myspace

Downloadable Demo

Richard Dawkins Clowns Himself, Says That Aliens May Have Created Earth



Where the Wild Things Are Movie Teaser Trailer

Directed by Spike Jonze. This looks like it's going to be better than I expected...

Random Old Records Podcast #5

from Zach B...

"Yes indeed, the fifth episode of the Random Old Records Podcast is out and available for download. This one is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Lux Interior, featuring a massive amount of classic Cramps, sub-human garage rock from Zakary Thaks, The Rationals, Red Beard & The Pirates, and The K-Otics, plus a set of country murder ballads from the Louvin Brothers, Harry Johnson, and others. It runs about 56 minutes, and it's full of great tracks rescued from the trash heap of America's heartland.

"Grab it here: http://randomoldrecords.blogspot.com