If you are a fan of metal and/or outsider music and you have not yet caught wind of this 2xLP masterpiece from Dead Reptile Shrine, then OMGV is here to take you to task. But of course, all of you weirdos have probably already worn out the grooves on this black occult ritual. I’m actually [...]
NNA, previously one of my favorite tape-only labels, has transitioned into doing some pretty amazing vinyl. Their “Daydream Repeater” LP by Co-La is one of the cooler releases I’ve heard in awhile. It’s a sunny, weird ride through bedroom exotica, crossing almost every beach-dusted genre you can think of along the way. At it’s core [...]
Hooker Vision, the label lovingly run by Grant Evans (Nova Scotian Arms) and Rachel Evans (Motion Sickness of Time Travel) proudly released this crazy vinyl debut from Pierrot Lunaire. “Theme for Ascension and Eternal Love” is not a straightforward piece of music. Instead, it’s a mind-bending, world-shifting piece of pure experimentalism. Driven by sax and [...]
Thrill Jockey just dropped their first batch of records for 2012…it’s a hot one. First up is Rhyton’s self-titled LP. This improvisational psych trio consists of members of D. Charles Speer & The Helix, Psychic Ills, and Messages. For blown-out trips, it doesn’t get much better than this. The LP is limited to 500 copies [...]
2nd pressing of this inspired split between like-minded zone seekers Rene Hell and Pete Swanson. Get lifted. This one is available in Europe from Shelter Press at shelter-press.com.
Prairie Fire Tapes just released a huge new batch – ten new tapes, to be exact. I won’t write about them all here, but I will point out there is a new tape from Celer, which is always cause for celebratin’. You can buy all the new tapes for $55 Canadian dollars, which are similar [...]
This 12″ is a limited pressing made for Social Music’s Record & Tape Club. It is available here individually for $12. If your head didn’t just explode then you forgot to read the word Grouper in the post title. Must grip – littleaxerecords.com (hint: click on Distributed Titles).
Heavy. Fucking. Deeds. Dark Magus is a live album from 1974, recorded by Miles Davis and his electric group at the alleged pinnacle of the bandleader’s addiction to cocaine and painkillers. The term “heavy” gets pretty much nonstop dropped when folks are discussing this music. It is a classic recording, and has been all but [...]
We’ve been feverishly anticipating this one, so excited it’s finally out. Bathetic has just released Cough Cool’s debut LP. If you’ve heard Dan Svizeny’s bedroom pop brilliance before (we released a tape on SLG awhile back), you know what you’re in for. For newcomers, give this album a listen below, we think you’ll fall in [...]
Three Lobed Recordings dug into the catacombs to pull out this awesome collaborative LP by Bardo Pond and Tom Carter. Originally recorded eight years ago, “4/25/03″ is an interesting time-capsule that hints at where drone/psychedelic music would go in the coming years. It sounds like early, primitive recordings by Barn Owl or Grails, which is [...]
