May 9th, 2008

World Burns to Death III

I haven’t heard much of this yet, but what I have heard is really, really fucking good. Better than the still-underrated Totalitarian Sodomy.

A joint Japanese-US release (HG Fact/Prank), lots of cameos and such, according to below, which is just a screenshot from HG Fact’s webpage:

Full release soon, I am guessing. If you know Japanese well, you can PayPal a CD of the album from the HG Fact page.

I hope the track “Come and See” is based on what I think it is - the Elem Klimov movie of the same name. :)

YES.

(More LP recording info beneath the cut below!)

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May 9th, 2008

Image of the week

First person to correctly identify the origin of this image, and, more importantly, what it means, gets a life time RSS subscription to Cultpunk.com. (Note the digs it makes at the KKK and the lynching of African-Americans.)

May 6th, 2008

Belated update & punk stencils site

I forgot how, but I came across this great site of punk stencils you can download, print (or have printed) onto cardstock or cardboard, etc., and then make shirts, posters, graffiti, etc., with. Not a bad selection of logos and designs; the Dropdead design to the left is from the site, which is HERE: http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/text_punk.html

Been very busy as a “non-traditional student” (I realized that’s what I’m considered in academia; but about half the people I know are “non-traditional” so I wonder if what constitutes “traditional” isn’t in need of some updating) doing finals and finals-related stuff, very high-pressure — all related towards my Social Work major. Ideally, soon I’ll be transferring into UT’s School of Social Work with an eye towards an eventual degree in Macro Social Work, getting the BSW en route.

Chaos in Tejas and the New Bomb Turks reunion are all still happening in Austin May 15-17 at Emo’s. See posts below for info.

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April 18th, 2008

Rudi Peni’s “No More Pain” track list up, release date pushed back

… to June, 2008, instead of the original release date of May 5, 2008.

Anyway, here is the track list, courtesy of Southern:

Title Song - “No More Pain.mp3″ here.

Source: http://www.southern.net/southern/news/?id=411

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April 13th, 2008

Amebix DVD teaser

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April 11th, 2008

Review of Acursed’s “Tunneln i ljusets slut” CD

Acursed’s debut LP for Prank Records is a dismal, down-to-business steamroller of Swedish d-beat influenced hardcore punk. The packaging is minimalist — mostly monochrome black, with almost no exceptions; the album design even forfeits the opportunity to present the listener with any song titles! Now that’s pretty minimalist. (Loading the CD into iTunes, for example, presents each track as “Untitled 1,” “Untitled 2,” etc.). For those of you that cannot tolerate minimalism to this degree, take heart: The always-good Prank blog features an entry especially about the songs on this release. But don’t tell your friends; tell them you figured out the songs all on your own and maybe they’ll think you’ve got special hardcore skills they will simply never understand. Your new wave girlfriend might even be impressed.

Anyway, about the most important part of this 15-track LP, the music. Did I mention dismal and minimalist? That would be a start. I hesitate to mention d-beat because there is such a cringe when a band hears some reviewer say they have a d-beat sound — but haven’t we passed that point? Can’t we just admit, like Bastard Sons of Apocalypse thankfully and rightly do, that “d-beat” has simply become a bona fide hardcore subgenre, like crossover thrash, and is nothing to be particularly ashamed of?

I have to agree with Prank’s official sonic reference points: His Hero is Gone, From Ashes Rise, etc. Throw in some Avskum and you have an idea of whether this album will suit your tastes. Don’t buy it if you want a portrait painted of a world rosy and without its problems; this is social realist hardcore and doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to sheer punishing power in ts delivery. There are some minor note guitar flourishings here and there a la Tragedy or Japan’s Muga. But to say that this makes this release “melodic” would be misleading. When I think “melodic” I think NOFX — and this is definitely, absolutely, positively NOT that. It is only slightly “melodic” in the sense people say “melodic” when they mention Tragedy, but even by those standards it is more about sheer brutality than “epic melody,” etc. I consider that a plus; it adds to the release’s appeal.

That is, Acursed’s Tunneln i ljusets slut is not exactly melodic, but it is not atonal, either. It is menacing, angry, dark hardcore through and through, barely stopping to catch its breath save for maybe in the sporadic, but very brief and atypical, guitar solos that add to, rather than detract from, each song’s overall impact. Track 10 on the CD is my fave; if there is a barnstormer on here, it’s that one. The shrieking on that track approaches an early Neurosis Pain of Mind thing — EXCELLENT! Track 14 is a strange acoustic interlude, but don’t fret because it only lasts about 90 seconds. Then it’s back to being pulverized.

All in all, this is a great, well-packaged juggernaut of a hardcore release. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. You can buy it from Relapse here. Or from Prank’s eBay store here.

April 10th, 2008

Cultural Atrocity: Exhibit #10 - Trainin’ pit bulls!

cultural atrocity, n. A cultural artifact that should not exist, and yet … does.

I mulled this one over for a few days, found at the Unibrow site’s section of “The 10 Greatest Acting Performances In Porn History.” No sex is featured in any of the clips, just segments of acting and dialog. Kind of a genius idea, to go the opposite of the gonzo route and, instead of distilling porn down to its hardest-core elements, showing only the dismal acting segments.

The clip below is particularly noteworthy. It came in at #6 but probably should have been #1.


“I’ got pit bulls to train!”

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April 9th, 2008

Chaos in Tejas 2008

Just a reminder:

Wow: Roky Erickson and World Burns to Death at one fest? A very catholic assortment of bands. And don’t forget that New Bomb Turks are still slated to play a May 17 reunion show at Emo’s as well. I guess a parallel show to Chaos? I have tickets to both.

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April 7th, 2008

Photos of the “new” Amebix recording this year

Wow, thanks to Protest Zine for this!

The actual pics of the new Amebix recording sessions in Belfast are at Toxic Waste’s website, here. But here’s a quick sample, below, of original members Rob “The Baron” Miller (vocals and bass) on the left, and Stig on the right.

Of course, the tracks will appear on the upcoming Amebix DVD, “Risen.” As I’ve already mentioned, you can start pre-ordering the DVD NOW.

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April 7th, 2008

Wot a steal

“One size fits all,” it says.

But it’s 20 British pounds. Which is, like, $40 US. ;(

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