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Monday, May 10, 2021
Sunday, July 15, 2012
POLVO - In Prism (2009)
I can't believe I never posted this. ENJOY!
Polvo's first studio album since 1997's Shapes, 2009's In Prism is a solid return to mathy form. Although 12 years is a long hiatus, it's hardly noticeable that time has passed, with the exception of a few machinery and personnel updates: trading in their el cheapo '60s Sears guitars for some new gear and swapping out their drummer. Back on Merge after re-forming in 2008 to play All Tomorrow's Parties, the bandmembers (Ash Bowie, Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson, with Cherry Valence drummer Brian Quast) still have their chops intact, and they're intent on using them to create winding guitar and bass riffs and intertwining them with haphazard shifts in tempo. Along with getting mathy and ultra-precise, the band takes the opposite approach and elongates passages, stretching songs into psychedelic space rock territory and surpassing the eight-minute mark on several occasions. As an album, In Prism may not quite live up to the explosiveness of Today's Active Lifestyles -- it's more like the calmer (and produced) Shapes. But even if it's not their best ever, it's a valid comeback that should appease longing fans.
Polvo's first studio album since 1997's Shapes, 2009's In Prism is a solid return to mathy form. Although 12 years is a long hiatus, it's hardly noticeable that time has passed, with the exception of a few machinery and personnel updates: trading in their el cheapo '60s Sears guitars for some new gear and swapping out their drummer. Back on Merge after re-forming in 2008 to play All Tomorrow's Parties, the bandmembers (Ash Bowie, Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson, with Cherry Valence drummer Brian Quast) still have their chops intact, and they're intent on using them to create winding guitar and bass riffs and intertwining them with haphazard shifts in tempo. Along with getting mathy and ultra-precise, the band takes the opposite approach and elongates passages, stretching songs into psychedelic space rock territory and surpassing the eight-minute mark on several occasions. As an album, In Prism may not quite live up to the explosiveness of Today's Active Lifestyles -- it's more like the calmer (and produced) Shapes. But even if it's not their best ever, it's a valid comeback that should appease longing fans.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Jesus H. Christ - Residue (1996)
A snatch of a radio jingle, the opening chords to last summers top 40 hit, a couple of bass notes from an album released 20 years ago - JHC mixes them all together to create new works of art.
Noise experimentation, found-sound appropriation, auditory twitches combined with a mix of warped sound teasers and samples, thought provoking and inspirational messages, remixes, reworkings, sound mutations and massive information consumption.
Jesus H. Christ creates music & art from pre-existing sound and media.
1996 - RESIDUE (Cassette)
Side One
- Too Fast For The Devil
- Whatever You Wanna Make Out Of It
- H. Figurine
- Moe
Side Two
- AlternaPlunderPartyMix (46 mins)
* Recorded entirely with a (slightly altered) ghetto-blaster & cd player.
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1999 - RIDE THE LAWSUIT
* Illegal Arts "Metallica vs Napster" Contest entry.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
The Kids Of Widney High
Once cited as Mike Pattons favorite bands, give it a chance...Once you hear "New Car" and "Insects" you'll be instantly hooked!
The Kids of Widney High is a music group composed of mentally disabled students from the special education J. P. Widney High School in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of several (typically mentally) disabled students on vocals, with the instruments usually being played by non-handicapped teachers and session musicians. The group originally began as a song-writing class in 1988 taught by Michael Monagan, and has evolved since into two groups, one made up of graduates that performs in local clubs and the other a group of current Widney students in the songwriting class.
The group gained a cult following, primarily thanks to their frequent live performances at such "hip" Los Angeles venues like The Knitting Factory and Amoeba Music, as well as smaller veunues like Chain Reaction in Anaheim and The Smell in downtown LA. As a result, the group often plays (seemingly mismatched) at a number of ska and pop punk shows, including a stint on the Vans Warped Tour. The group has also opened for The Melvins and Mr. Bungle, and have been included on several editions of the Kevin and Bean's KROQ Christmas Albums. Such notable musicians as Smokey Robinson, Jackson Browne, Marilyn Manson and Adam Horovitz have all cited themselves as fans of the band. [1]
In 2005, The Kids of Widney High were featured in the The Ringer, a comedy wherein Johnny Knoxville's character pretends to be mentally disabled in order to fix the Special Olympics and gain financially through betting on it. The group is seen performing "Pretty Girls" (which was also written by several members of the group) at a dance, and again towards the end of the film singing a version of the popular 1960s song, "Respect" in which the lyrics have been rewritten so that it becomes an anthem for those with disabilities.
Their songs have been covered by such groups as The Aquabats singing Throw Away the Trash and Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk singing Insects.
1989 - Special Music For Special Kids
Click to Download
mp3 - 128kbps - rar - 38mb
1999 - Let's Get Busy
Click to Download
mp3 - 192kbps - rar - 48mb
Official Site (pics, videos, mp3, info, tour dates, etc)
Wikipedia Page
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Praxis - Profanation_2008
Released in Japan on January 1, 2008.
The album features guest appearances by Iggy Pop, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, Maximum Bob, Killah Priest and others.
It has been speculated that the US release delay has to do with contractual difficulties between the artists and their various record labels. It is currently only available for purchase by ordering it from Japan.
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mp3 - 320kbps
rar - 83mb
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Mike Patton - A Perfect Place OST
Experimenting for the first time as a film composer, Patton's work will accompany the upcoming film noir short A Perfect Place, a story about two blundering friends trying to dispose of a body. A dual-disc package, including the DVD of the film and Patton's original score on CD.
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mp3 - 320kbps
rar - 80mb
Saturday, January 26, 2008
EYVIND KANG - ATHLANTIS (2007)
EYVIND KANG - ATHLANTIS
Ipecac Recordings
'Athlantis' is something like an oratorio, with the incredible singers Mike Patton and Jessika Kenney on the main parts. Inspired by Renaissance era literature and philosophy, 'Athlantis' was a chance for Eyvind Kang to interact with one of his favourites Giordano Bruno and his book 'Cantus Circaeus'. He studied and set the text, combining obscure poems from Bishop Marbode of Rennes, and some lines from the Hungarian epic 'Planctus Destructionis', he did the ground work and created the musical space. All of the singers, choir and soloists, came in and inhabited it and made it their own.
Download
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 57mb
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Buckethead - Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot (2007)
Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot (2007)
One of three CD's Bucket released October 30, 2007.
This one being the most musical. Not as "complex" as Pepper's Ghost, (still my fave), but still an excellent release.
Enjoy!
Click to Download
mp3 - 128kbps
rar - 43mb
One of three CD's Bucket released October 30, 2007.
This one being the most musical. Not as "complex" as Pepper's Ghost, (still my fave), but still an excellent release.
Enjoy!
Click to Download
mp3 - 128kbps
rar - 43mb
Re-Ups...
Some long overdue Re-Ups...
Buckethead - The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock (2006)
mp3 - 128kbps
Click to Download
Death Angel - Frolic Thru The Park (1988)
mp3 - 192kbps
Click to Download
Painkiller: 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 12 (2005)
mp3 - 320kbps
Click to Download
Suicidal Tendencies - self-titled (1983)
mp3 - 320kbps
Click to Download
Buckethead - The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock (2006)
mp3 - 128kbps
Click to Download
Death Angel - Frolic Thru The Park (1988)
mp3 - 192kbps
Click to Download
Painkiller: 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 12 (2005)
mp3 - 320kbps
Click to Download
Suicidal Tendencies - self-titled (1983)
mp3 - 320kbps
Click to Download
Monday, January 07, 2008
Mike Patton: Mondo Cane
“Mondo Cane”
arrangiaments e vocal interpretations of italian tunes from the 50’s & 60’s for voice, ensemble, small chorus, orchestra
Arrangiaments by Mike Patton & Roy Paci
Mike Patton voice (USA)
Roy Paci trumpet (Italy)
Ensemble (theremin/elettronics, synthetizer/samples, el. bass/bass, el. guitar, drums)
Small chorus (2 male voices, 2 female voices)
Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Aldo Sisillo conductor
Project for the Angelica Festival 2007
Grabado el 25 de Mayo del 2007 en el Teatro Comunal De Modena,Italia
Click to download
May. 26, 2007
Parme, Italy
Piazzale delle Terme Berzieri
Salsomaggiore
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There's also a video for the 1st show:
Teatro Rossini, Lugo, Italia (Avi)
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Friday, December 14, 2007
Crash Worship - Triple Mania II (1994)
San Diego's Crash Worship has one of the most exciting -- and dangerous -- live shows in independent music. While the band's three drummers pound trance and industrial rhythms, other members play music, start fires, ignite fireworks and drench the audience in pig blood, water, flour and fruit. An inspired cult of fans have closely followed the group since its beginnings in 1987.
After forming the Alarma label in 1987, Crash Worship began releasing material with This. Two years later, the band recorded the album The Science of Ecstasy, an EP titled What So Ever Thy Hand Findeth - Do It with All Thine Might, and the 12-inch single "Flow." After the 1990 single "Pillar of Fire" and the LP ¡Espontaneo!, the British label Cold Spring released Crash Worship's first CD, Asesinos (1992), a collection of remixed and remastered tracks from the group's initial recordings. (The American label ROIR reissued the album with extra tracks in 1995.)
Crash Worship's present lineup finally coalesced in 1992 around drummers Markus Wolff, Simon Cheffins and Dreiky; J.A. Mattson on guitar; and "Fat" Jack Torino and JXL on vocals, Moogs and tapes. The group's first "studio" album, Triplemania II, appeared in 1994 on the Charnel Music label.
Download
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 71.8mb
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
BARKMARKET
1993 - Gimmick
1995 - Lard Room EP
Barkmarket was a rock music group formed in New York City in 1987. Personnel were singer/guitarist and main songwriter Dave Sardy, bass guitarist John Nowlin and drummer Rock Savage.
Barkmarket's music was usually loud and aggressive, touching on many styles (most prominently including heavy metal, hardcore punk and noise rock), but not resting definitely in any one genre. Critic Stewart Mason wrote that the band "can at times be frustratingly difficult to pin down, but their best work has a noisy, rattling power." There were also odd touches that demonstrated an experimental edge: the eerie banjo and tape loops on "(Radio Static)" (from Gimmick), and the nearly delta blues acoustic slide guitar on "Visible Cow" (from L. Ron).
Sardy's ragged, proto-screamo vocals usually offered bizarre lyrics that were at once evocative and absurd, and rarely without a menacing undercurrent: "I bought a handgun made out of glass/I cut a hole in the side of a wild ass" ("Visible Cow"); critic Ted Alvarez wrote,
Sardy's distended poetry often has a dark humor about it; lines like "I opened all your mail" ("Feed Me") and "I got a game/it won't take long/we'll list all our beatings in a cursory rhyme" ("How are You") add a dash of laughter to the often humorless scowl across the face of hardcore music.
In 1988, they released an independently-recorded demo tape, 1-800-GODHOUSE. They were signed to Triple X Records, who released the group's first two albums, Easy Listening and Vegas Throat; the latter featured guest work from avant-jazz guitarist Marc Ribot.
Vegas Throat attracted the interest of Rick Rubin, and Barkmarket was one of the first groups signed to Rubin's American Recordings. Vegas Throat was reissued by American, which then issued Gimmick and the Lardroom EP. During this time, they released the Peacekeeper EP on the Man's Ruin record label.
L. Ron (1996) was Barkmarket's final album. Sardy's engineering/production work was taking precedence over his own band, and the group quietly broke up in 1997. Sardy has since become an in-demand producer and mixer for many heavy rock groups (e.g., System of a Down, Marilyn Manson, Wolfmother, Helmet, Quicksand).
* Discography *
* 1-800-GODHOUSE (1988)
* Easy Listening (1989)
* Vegas Throat (1992)
* Gimmick (1993)
* Peacekeeper EP (1994)
* Lard Room EP (1995)
* L. Ron (1996)
1993 - Gimmick
Download
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 62.6mb
1995 - Lard Room EP
Download
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 20.8mb
* Any other Barkmarket albums out there, I'd love to hear them! *
1995 - Lard Room EP
Barkmarket was a rock music group formed in New York City in 1987. Personnel were singer/guitarist and main songwriter Dave Sardy, bass guitarist John Nowlin and drummer Rock Savage.
Barkmarket's music was usually loud and aggressive, touching on many styles (most prominently including heavy metal, hardcore punk and noise rock), but not resting definitely in any one genre. Critic Stewart Mason wrote that the band "can at times be frustratingly difficult to pin down, but their best work has a noisy, rattling power." There were also odd touches that demonstrated an experimental edge: the eerie banjo and tape loops on "(Radio Static)" (from Gimmick), and the nearly delta blues acoustic slide guitar on "Visible Cow" (from L. Ron).
Sardy's ragged, proto-screamo vocals usually offered bizarre lyrics that were at once evocative and absurd, and rarely without a menacing undercurrent: "I bought a handgun made out of glass/I cut a hole in the side of a wild ass" ("Visible Cow"); critic Ted Alvarez wrote,
Sardy's distended poetry often has a dark humor about it; lines like "I opened all your mail" ("Feed Me") and "I got a game/it won't take long/we'll list all our beatings in a cursory rhyme" ("How are You") add a dash of laughter to the often humorless scowl across the face of hardcore music.
In 1988, they released an independently-recorded demo tape, 1-800-GODHOUSE. They were signed to Triple X Records, who released the group's first two albums, Easy Listening and Vegas Throat; the latter featured guest work from avant-jazz guitarist Marc Ribot.
Vegas Throat attracted the interest of Rick Rubin, and Barkmarket was one of the first groups signed to Rubin's American Recordings. Vegas Throat was reissued by American, which then issued Gimmick and the Lardroom EP. During this time, they released the Peacekeeper EP on the Man's Ruin record label.
L. Ron (1996) was Barkmarket's final album. Sardy's engineering/production work was taking precedence over his own band, and the group quietly broke up in 1997. Sardy has since become an in-demand producer and mixer for many heavy rock groups (e.g., System of a Down, Marilyn Manson, Wolfmother, Helmet, Quicksand).
* Discography *
* 1-800-GODHOUSE (1988)
* Easy Listening (1989)
* Vegas Throat (1992)
* Gimmick (1993)
* Peacekeeper EP (1994)
* Lard Room EP (1995)
* L. Ron (1996)
1993 - Gimmick
Download
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 62.6mb
1995 - Lard Room EP
Download
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 20.8mb
* Any other Barkmarket albums out there, I'd love to hear them! *
Monday, July 09, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Buckethead - Acoustic Shards (2007)
Acoustic recordings culled from tapes that were reportedly recorded in 1991.
Released May 31st, 2007.
Download here
mp3 - 192kbps
rar - 67mb
REPOST:
Buckethead - Pepper's Ghost (2007)
Download here
mp3 - 320kbps
rar - 75mb
Friday, June 29, 2007
John Zorn - From Silence to Sorcery (2007)
* Just released this week...Enjoy!
Three distinctive instrumental works touching upon themes of magic and mysticism. Goetia are spells and incantations for summoning demonic spirits and this colorful set of variations for solo violin draws upon the ancient alliance between the violin and the devil. Gris-Gris is a virtuosic work for thirteen tuned drums inspired by the music of Korean Shamanism, Haitian Voodoo and a scene from Howard Hawks’ classic film To Have and Have Not. It receives a spectacular performance by one of the world’s leading avant-garde percussionists—William Winant . Completing the program is one of Zorn’s most personal and elusive ensemble pieces. Scored for clavichord, three muted strings and percussion, Shibboleth is a stunning tribute to the enigmatic Jewish poet Paul Celan.
Jennifer Choi: Violin
Brad Lubman: Conductor
Lois Martin: Viola
Fred Sherry: Cello
William Winant: Drums, Percussion
Steve Drury: Clavichord
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mp3 - 256kbps
rar - 66.6mb
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