Copyleft records

Got a message from the guy that runs this great little label a few days ago. And what a great label it is, done for non profit with just the vision to put out great band after great band then this is the kind of label that should be supported. Taking out the evil money out of it then the love of music shines through, the way it should be! So go over and say hi and support the label.

You can download/stream album here - http://copyleft-records.com/ But don't be just a moocher go and donate to some of the bands and the label, DO IT!

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Also Joe from Copyleft hooked me up with some other net labels that defiantly worth a check out:

Mine All Mine records

CXCRSIX

Quote Unquote Records

Velma and the Happy Campers

"Shit happens when you listen to records and read comic books" States the ever good and ever funny Velma and the Happy Campers. A one man army from the Ghetto's of Florida with a guitar and an amp and a taste of the surreal. Each song is an odd and interesting tale from Dragonflies Can't Have X-Ray Vision to Eric Without Eyelids. Always entertaining, always different, always good, always Velma!

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Song About Parking Lots And What You Find There

From The Kites of San Quentin

So here is yet another treat from Manchester! So many good bands running round this snow filled town at the moment and none better than The Kites. Mixing up some great dubstep with glitchy electronic/experimental sounds then are really making a name for themselves. I have had the pleasure to see them live a couple of times and they have always blown me away with the great wall of sound they provoke and the sublime vocals that open up your veins and feed their music mainline into your brain. So here is two tracks from them so grab them as you wont be disappointed.

From The Kites of San Quentin Blog

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Two Track Demo

Yellowthief

Do you have the skills to get the gzils? Didn't think so but these guys do in droves. Hailing from British Columbia this two piece certainly know how to shred shit up. Sounding like the bastard child of Yowie in 8 bit ,their noise is exact and freeform. At a first listen i sounds crazy but the more you get into it the more you see there is a method behind the madness. Each track is short like thirty seconds short and putting to shame a whole range of instrumental bands with their unique idea's and powerful drive. Now here is their Skills on Cassette download BUT there are still ones to be bought so go to their Mysapce and buy one, you wont regret it.

Will you be their allies?

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First level Skills Vol 1

Negative Neutron

Amazingly beautiful and awe inspiring ambient/electro music from the ever impressive Negative Neutron. The music comes across you ever so slowly until you are wrapped up in something that sounds like the music of the universe being funneled directly into your ears. Below is one track that is just outstanding. It is an epic eleven minutes long or so and takes you on a wondrous journey. I can't rate this fellow highly enough.

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Trantor

Captain Beefheart

Now last night i couldn't sleep so i need something to drift me off and came across this on my messy pile of cd's and i was surprised as i thought i had previously lost it! So on it went and how i had missed it, the amazing guitars and bass with the near free form drums and the best voice i have ever heard. From the outstanding tracks like to Where's there Women to Electricity this has to be one of my favourite albums ever. Ranging from the just peculiar to pounding, complex rhythms that run over you like a helpless lady tied to train tracks. I only wish most bands put this much effort into their music and world would be a gnarly place.

Raise your glasses for Captain Beefheart.

Safe As Milk

Age Sixteen

Now im sure by now alot of you guys and girls have heard of this lot by now and if not then shame on you! Pushing out their brand of emo for just over a year or so now they have been doing some serious heavy duty touring in America building up their profile. A few months ago they released their first album Open Up Finders, Please onto Cd and tape. But we shall go all the way back to the beginning with their first Cdr demo. I was lucky enough to grab copy number 33/100 and it automatically made something in my pants say "hello". The tracks were rerecorded for the album but i think they sound dirtier and better in demo form!

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2008 Demo

The Afternoon Gentlemen

Nail down the hatches as here come The Afternoon Gentlemen. Brutal fast paced kids from Leeds mixing up the best points of Grindcore and Powerviolence and ending up with something truly awesome. If Satan wanted to play some evil assed hardcore he would prolly do backing vocals for these guys, that's just how good they are. Now listen up as they are doing a handful of gigs around the uk this month (See tour pic below) playing with other great bands as Sex Dungeon, Cryptic Salve Band and Dunce Water. And they will also be playing at the Bloodshed Festival in October AND also playing with the likes of Eyehategod and Jesus Crost in April and March respectively, so these guys are going to be around alot this year so get the Tracks below from their European Fatness Split CD and get on board!

They have a 7" due out on the 18th of January and will have some new tee's ready for their tour!!!

Tour Poster: (click to enlarge)


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European Fatness

xNERDS÷

NERDVIOLENCE!!! Fast pissed off hardcore that punches you in your stupid jock face!

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EP

New Madrid Faults

I was so happy when these kids said i could put them on here. Wonderful and epic shoe gazey kind of tunes that wrap around you and submerse you into a world that warms your heart. Each track has an indivdual voice that whispers sweet nothings into your ears using a whole collection of instruments that create a wall of sound that is impossible to avoid. They really are that good.

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Concerning Small Town Aberration

Dasha

Great indie music from Rochester, New York. Heard about these guys/girl a while ago when checking out Whale Plane and heard the brilliant track Little Ghosts and i was hooked straight away. Beautifully played guitars and sublime female vocals with pop beats make it all so additive. So here is the first release and hope there is more to come soon.

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Dammed if We Do

I Killed Techno!

Here's the latest EP from I Killed Techno! The digi punk kid throwing his hand at digi violence. Fast electro digi music. The tracks are short, noisy and pretty darn good. Just put out today so thanks to IKT for letting me put it up.

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HAHA Powerviolence, Naw This is Digiviolence

Monster Island

Stumbling through their songs like a crazed drunkard with a heavy accent telling you wonderful stories of the universe then this is the Island of which they live. Great music that bounces along at a nice pace with the said vocals over the top then this would be a great addition to your new years play list. I got to play with these fellows last year and they were so good, no sound check just went on and played their set and left me gob smacked. Great Tunes, great guys, Monster Island.

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The Anchor

Happy New Year!

Well as the new year is about to kick off then i thought i would post up some older stuff from some awesome bands that you may of heard of but some classic shit that you all should have!

Bob Tilton - Peel Sessions

My favourite British emo band of all time and this is a pure treat! Coming from the always brilliant and very much missed radio DJ John Peel RIP is the great session they did for his show. Playing some of their best tracks i just love everything about it. A definite for any emo fan.

As The Sun Sets - 8949

Before Daughters was As The Sun Sets and hot damm they were so good. Their first album was pretty much straight up grind hardcore with some odd spazzy sections. And then they shortened the tracks and turned up the intensity ten fold. The results were sublime and this small EP is as good as it gets, so get it!

Lockout - Demo

These cats split up just under a year or so ago and what a shame! Five tracks of bone crushing punk hardcore that is well thought out without compromising on the speed or furiousity. The guitar is loud, the bass smacks you in the face like a pimp slap, the drums are brilliant and the throat screamed vocals are just perfect! Awesome.

Sleepytime Trio - Memory Minus

Everytime i listen to this album it amazes me the timelessness of it. Always sounding fresh it just shows how good they really were. This also includes a good few live tracks as well which are amazing. All Hail Sleeptyime!

Slayer - Reign in Blood

Still shits on everything ever haha.

The Cryogenic Strawberries

Looking for something a bit different? For something individual but can still make your feet tap and your head bob. Then look no further me amigo's as here is The Cryogentic Strawberries. Mainly the solo project of Rev. Eddie DeSadebut also is contributions from Casey Jones (amongst others) this throws everything you thought about Lo Fi music out the window, slaps you in the face and then puts it's hands down you pants and gives your loose change a jingle. So want to take a trip to a whole other side of the world? Then click below.....

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The Cryogenic Strawberries - Dadaism is the old kistch (12 minute opus of insanity)

Get Serious

Yet another awesome band from Manchester (UK), hurrah! This time super pop punk from the Get Serious kids. This is terribly addictive and i was caught on the bus busting out some one my best white boys dances shuffles to this while on my way to work. It was all recorded with one maybe two mics in their practice room and the results are pretty fucking good. Each tracks is around two minutes (if that) and bounces around like a kid on a Haribo sugar rush with the live recording really helping push through their energy.

So you like power pop punk? Well open a beer and put this on and get singing "Waste my time, lose my mind!" you know you will.

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Get Serious - High on DIY

Workerbee Records

So here's a post about the wonderful Workerbee Records. Mainly known for their awesome compilations featuring all kinds of bands and other music folk including Casey Jones, Murder Mystery and Electric Needle Room. Mainly focusing on Lo Fi stuff plus some of the most bizarre music i have ever heard (that is a compliment) then this is one of those small labels that are always worth a look out for for new and very exciting music.

At the moment they are looking for bands for a new comp so if you are interested then go and drop them a line on their myspace.

Now here is the Low Fidelity Living 5 featuring My Cell Phone is Better Than Your Cell Phone, Poland and You Are Home amongst many others so grab a copy and enter the world of Workerbee records.

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Low Fidelity Living 5

Polina

Here's a band you have to check out the wonderful Polina. Mixing up the intensity of punk with sprinklings of emo hardcore (the good kind of emo that is) and some great technical diversity, then how can that not sound good. You only have to see their influences to see that they are willing to try and play something a bit different to most other bands in this genre. From Miles Davies to Pig Destroyer to Drive Like Jehu!

Their EP will be out in late January next year and more tracks will be posted on their myspace very soon. So go on over and say hello!

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DIY Jux

Bill Shatnerrr

Hailing from Manchester, UK comes (or came as now sadly defunked) Bill Shatnerrr. A trio of odd bods that wanted to push the boundaries of hardcore using as many influences as possible like Daughters, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Ornette Coleman and every garage punk band under the sun. The results came out loud, fast and noisy. The demo below has 4 tracks that were recorded live in a practice room with a handful of beat up mics and a very temperamental laptop. These tracks are all that pretty much remain as nothing else got put out. So like your hardcore with a jazzy, bizarre edge? Then here's Bill Shatnerrr.

Bill Shatnerrr - Bootleg Demo

No One is Immune

A small side project i did over a couple of weeks. Super fast powerviolence containing six tracks all wrapped up in three minutes or so. I was going to put it out on a tape but i was too lazy so here it is!

No One is Immume - EP