Raw Moon - Demo

This in one of the more interesting USBM releases I've heard recently. Raw Moon mixes elements of hardcore with their own brand of lo-fi-ish black metal. At times this reminds me of a tougher Sexdrome or something.
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Death In June & Boyd Rice - Scorpion Wind

I doubt this needs a description. The best of their collaborations.
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Weekend - Sports

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November 2010 Mix

So here's the November Mix I came up with. If you're at all like me, the beginning of winter months leave you feeling bummed all the time, and confused as shit when it comes to love. I have a totally love/hate relationship with these feelings. No one likes being bummed all the time, but when these feelings start popping up they are bizarrely comforting. Anyway these are the songs I've chosen to listen to in these ever increasing times of depression and freezingness. I hope you enjoy.

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Brainbombs - Obey

Armageddon just reissued this. I know what I'll be ordering when i get paid on Friday.
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Zola Jesus - Valusia ep

I swear that last track lightsick absolutely kills me. I feel insane when i hear it, insane for being so floored by a little over four minutes of music . Swallowed by something, totally and completely.DL

Sealings - Cassette 2010

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This is really good.

Look At Your Game Girl - Mix #1 Oct 3, 2010

So this is a quick mix i made of songs i feel are appropriate for the season. I think I'm going to try and make one a month. Could be fun, right?
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ARTS - Vault Of Heaven

Vault of heaven is the sophomore release by mysterious American band ARTS. From beginning to end this album is amazing. Mastered from original 4 track cassette recordings to maximum volume to bury the listener in "deafening darkness".
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Oh, I snagged this link from The Funeral Stench

Death in June - Peacful Snow

DUH

Shoppers - Demo

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Really catchy noisy punk with awesome female vocals. One of the best up and coming punk acts around.

Initiation - Max G. Morton

This just came in the mail.

Friendship Moves - Eli Sunday

Check these guys out. Bandcamp

Puerto Rico Flowers - 2

On this new 7" John Sharkey gives us two new recordings, one original "Voice Of Love" and a cover of Neil Young's "When You're Lonely Hear Breaks". As fall approaches, Puerto Rico Flowers becomes more and more appropriate.
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Sexdrome - Grown Younger

I just ordered this LP like two hours ago from youth attack. Sexdrome mixes elements of raw black metal and that "mysterious guy hardcore" that seems to be all the rage right now, and delivers some very noisy, not so original, but still cool, blackened hardcore. Or something like that.
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Sex Church - Six Songs

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Six songs (duh) from British Columbia's Sex Church. I was hoping to be pretty floored by this release since their first 7" was sooooo awesome. Unfortunately i wasn't. Not bad though for generic darkish-post punk-lo-fi-garagey-hipster-whatever you call it.

Lakes - Tray Of Fire 7"

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New 7" from Australia's Lakes. It's really hard to describe the sound of the 4 songs here. It almost gives off a similar vibe to OM, although saying that they sound even remotely similar would be a huge stretch. The songs are blown out and distorted, there is next to no percussion if any at all, and the music is fairly basic. At the same time the subtle melodies and overall catchyness of the songs makes for a really pleasant listen. The song Ancient Moss really stands out. Highly Recommended.

Ravensdöm - Demo II

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Raw black metal from france. Most excellent.
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Lascowiec - Isolation

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Isolation is the second of two unreleased demos from this San Fransisco lo-fi BM duo. In the Slavonic mythology, the Lascowiec is a woodspirit; a wolf riding atop another wolf, who protects all the wild animals of the woods. There are no track names to be found for this unofficial release.
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Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement

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I got to see Jana Hunter's new band Lower Dens this weekend in Baltimore. It was the first show of a month long tour in support of this album. If you get a chance you should definitely check them out.

Play Dead - The First Flower

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Guess it would make more sense to wait until october to post this record, but i've been listening to lesser known 80's gem like constantly.

The Cure - Disintegration

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Arizmenda - Within The Vacume Of Infinity

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I saw this posted on Cosmic Hearse. It's definitively worth checking out. Black Twilight Circle super group.

On the way home from Paul’s graduation lunch, we were listening to the Modern Lovers in the car. My mother almost immediately was like “Who is this? I know this Voice”. When I told her what we were listening to, she told us this story about how Johnathan Richmond and my father we friends and that on more then one occasion he ate dinner at our house. My brother nor myself remember this at all, but still that’s a pretty great story! Oh yeah she also mentioned that she danced around the living room with him listening to Toots and the Maytals.

So the only good part about my trip back to Rochester tonight was driving through the most intense fog at 2 in the morning listening to Mercyful Fate’s Don’t Break The Oath at full volume. Thank you King Diamond guiding me home safely.

2010 Record List Continued

48. The Troggs - Wild Thibg
49. Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
50. Sex Gang Children - Beasts
51. The Psychicdelic Voyage - V/A
52. Sonic Youth - EVOL
53. Misfits - Legacy Of Brutality
54. For Every River Buried - S/T
55. Burzum - Filosofem
56. Burzum - Anthology
57. Billy Bragg - Back To Basics
58. White Wires - S/T
59. Elephant Micah - Hindu Windmills
60. Puerto Rico Flowers - 2 7"

Durazis - Prayer

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Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

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Yussuf Jerusalem - Heart Full Of Sorrow

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This record is a little all over the place. The first track is straight up (shitty) raw black metal, and the rest of the songs fall somewhere between really dark lo-fi pop and well... regular pop? I'm really into this. Oh, and I found it a record shop for like 7 dollars, so that was pretty awesome too.

Death In June - The Guilty Have No Pride

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This Death In Junes first studio album from 1983. It's dark and creepy and great.

Death In June - Oh How We Laughed

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This album was recorded live in 1982, and released in 1987. This album definitively sounds much heavier them most other Death in June stuff.

S. - I'm Not As Good At It As You (2010)

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Jenn Ghetto finally put out another record. It's definitely better then Puking and Crying, but still not as good as Sadstyle. I'm really into the first half of the song Save You.

No Joy - Demo

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2010 Record List Continued

32. The Strange Boys - And Girls Club LP
33. The Strange Boys - Be Brave LP
34. Jason Urick - Husbands LP
35. Christian Death - Only Theater Of Pain LP
36. Abner Jay - The True Story Of LP
37. Unwound - New Plastic Ideas LP
38. Lou Reed - New york LP
39. Black Tambourine - Discography LP
40. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Darklands LP
41. The Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour
42. The Cramps - 1976 Demo Session LP
43. Ministry - Warzone LP
44. Crispin Hellion Glover - The Big Problem? LP
45. Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Borre Fen
46. Deep Jew - Ugliest Man/Dog Blood LP
47. Impious Havoc - The Great Day Of Wrath LP

Am i making a huge mistake?

Ugh Magic 8 Ball you're no help at all. Leaving for Baltimore in the morning... to live in a basement... in a house full of kids i don't know... great.

I started a new job at Guru Records in Baltimore MD.

So far it seems pretty alright. I'm getting paid descent money to hangout in a record shop alone all day. My boss doesn't really leave me with much direction, he showed me how to ring credit cards, gave me keys to the store, told me if i have to leave for a short while thats fine but to be sure i locked up if i did, then he left. We'll see how it goes.

2010 Record List Continued

27. Pierced Arrows - Straight To The Heart
28. Pierced Arrows - Descending Shadows
29. Lee Hazlewood - Houston
30. Locrian - Territories
31. Locrian - Drenched Lands (Cassette duh.)

amy left this morning. now im bored as shit, listening to the Weed Hounds demo on repeat, it's pretty perfect when you're all bummed and feeling mushy. heavy sigh..


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From The Sunset, Forest And Grief - ...Cold, Empty And Forgotten

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stupid cheesey depressive black metal. whatever light some candles and cry about shit.

Prurient - Rose Pillar

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My Dad Is Dead - The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get

Artist: My Dad Is Dead
Album: The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get
Genre: Post Punk / Indie
Release: 1989
Label: Homestead
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in every mirror i see my own worst enemy.

2010 Record List Continued

21. Slayer - Show No Mercy (original!)
22. Drudkh - Microcosmos
23. Cold Cave / Prurient - Stars Explode
24. Prurient - History Of Aids
25. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
26. Tom Waits - Fast Woman and Slow Horses

i quit my jod a little less then a week ago. im trying really hard to figure of what to do next. until then i'll just keep buying records.

Teeth Of Lion Rule The Divine

Artist: Teeth Of Lion Rule The Divine
Album: Rampton
Genre: Doom
Release: 2002
Label: Southern Lord
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NON - Blood And Flame 1987

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dark distorted noise from Boyd Rice

Puerto Rico Flowers - 4

Artist: Puerto Rico Flowers
Album: 4
Genre: Darkwave
Release: 2010
Label: Fan Death Records

John Sharkey III from Clock Cleaner's latest musical effort. For sure one of the best records of 2010 so far.
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Ceremony & Screen Vinyl Image - Split Lp

Artist: Ceremony / Screen Vinyl Image
Album: Split Lp
Genre: Shoegaze
Release:
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The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

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I swear this is the only record that makes sense right now.

Burzum - Hlidskjalf

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