★TROUBLEMAN UNLIMITED
Soft Punk
After almost ten years of performing solo and over fifty releases in every conceivable format, Wiese finally unleashes his debut full-length. Twelve songs of harsh yet beautiful soundscapes that explore the realm of piercing cut and paste assemblage and harsh noise. Wiese has been called a "master in his field" (Pitchfork), and "groundbreaking artist" (Dusted), and has played art galleries and installations throughout the world, as well as toured with Sonic Youth, Sunn, and Wolf Eyes.
Spilt
Nate Young airs two of his alter egos on this great split LP: Demons, featuring Steve Kenney (oh you know, Steve Kenney - he's in those well-known beat combos The Pterodactyls and Isis & Werewolves.... No?) and Hatred, which combines Young once again with Kenney, but this time with the added presence of Spence Bryant. The Hatred side sounds like the motor on your turntable is continually breaking down, as if some perpetual Technics power-down effect was causing all manner of primitive pitch-slid…
It\'s After Dark
Religious Knives = Maya Miller and Mike Bernstein of Double Leopards and Nate Nelson of Mouthus. I have a special place in my heart for both groups, and was enamored with the first Religious Knives record, Remains, a compilation of CD-R, seven-inch, and vinyl-only material. The tracks were an amalgamation of the more droning aspects of both groups, fleshed out with some ghostly vocals and ’70s Italian horror movie-style keyboard supplements. Given the nature of the noise scene’s penchant for col…
The Empty Quarter
Recorded earlier in 2007 in Michigan 'The Empty Quarter' is the latest chapter in the ever growing (and ever changing) Hair Police story. This is a band I am well and truly smitten with, after hearing their truly seminal 'Constantly Terrified' album I was a convert and went looking for anything and everything the band had put their name to (which is a lot, trust me) and they rarely disappoint. Each limited slab of wax has positioned them somewhere a little different and the bar is raised again j…
End Of Autumn
A live collaboration from SUTCLIFFE JUGEND (KEVIN TOMKINS and PAUL TAYLOR) and PRURIENT (DOMINCK FERNOW of Hospital Productions) recorded April 19, 2006 in Tunbridge Wells, UK. Features lyrics appropriated from death poems by Japanese monks. Beatuiful gatefold packaging designed by Fernow with photography by LINDSEY WATKINS.