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Massacred by Tortured Slave

https://bansheerecords.bandcamp.com/album/massacred Genre: Crust Punk Grind Sludge Metal Rating: Highly Recommended released October 30, 2023 Clocking in at around 8 minutes this has all the charm as a full LP condensed into all you need to get everything it has to offer and if you want more listen to it again. Tagged as “grindcore” it actuallyContinue reading “Massacred by Tortured Slave”

I Play My Bass Loud by Gina Birch

Genre: Dub Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ If you don’t know Birch is rock’n’roll royalty google it. I’m not here to judge this record more favorably even though she’s a god. Or because she’s old. Or because she’s a woman and a feminist. I don’t give a fuck about it any of that becauseContinue reading “I Play My Bass Loud by Gina Birch”

2E by OFFICINE

https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/2e Genre: Post Punk Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 28, 2022 2E is an aggressive, noisy, post punk rock record. The bandcamp tags include “no wave” but since the original, and, I suppose, only no wave scene was so artistically fragmented it’s hard to say what from today would actually have to be rootedContinue reading “2E by OFFICINE”

Sonic Death by Sonic Youth

Genre: Post Punk Rating: World Treasure (beyond ratings) Recorded in early eighties. First released on cassette in 84. Released again on CD in 88. I have this on cassette. I bought the cassette at Raunch Records in Salt Lake City best I can remember sometime from 87-89 (maybe 90 but I doubt it). However, I’mContinue reading “Sonic Death by Sonic Youth”

Comunione (LUNGS-217) by COMUNIONE

https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/comunione-lungs-217 Genre: Punk Rock Rating: 4/5 COMUNIONE aka Alessandro is a punk rock one man show who lives in a mountainous region of Italy known to English speakers as The Marches. I don’t want to project this on his music just because he plays everything himself but it strikes me as lonely and hollow. NotContinue reading “Comunione (LUNGS-217) by COMUNIONE”

EP by Ugly Shadows

https://awd-tapes.bandcamp.com/album/ep Genre: Punk Rock Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp September 17, 2021 Melodic punk borrowing heavily from, I’d say, 79-83, somewhat in the spirit of Crass. Satisfying technique. Proud and courageous these snakes never sleep no matter how dismal the streets. Dissonances with society. Absolution is nonsense.