24 FEBRUARY 1987

 

Y'all remember those commercials that advertised "Christmas in July!" sales and shit like that? Maybe that was an Oklahoma (or a middle-of-the-country) thing or maybe just generational? Regardless, because today I am here to offer you "February in June!" courtesy of Pat Wright's extensive and expansive archives. February 24th, to be exact - the TDX D90 that captures his piano heavy KALX broadcast on that date opens with JELLYROLL MORTON, ALBERT AMMONS and KING OLIVER and then drags the listener on a journey that includes CLITBOYS, a DINU LIPATTI waltz, WIPERS, a gloriously crackly KRZYSZTOF PAWCZUK track, a painfully awkward news broadcast that includes Reagan "forgetting" he approved a shipment of arms to Iran in 1985 and some blasted MINUTEMEN cuts......because it's a Pat broadcast, and Pat played MINUTEMEN all the damn time. 

KALX - 24 FEBRUARY 1987

I know what I was doing on August 8th 1985....do you?

RIBAG SUDE

 

14 minutes of fierce and relentless raw Indonesian DBeat released in 2021. 

Bleak sounds for a bleak reality. 

WAR VICTIMS

WEAVING STONES

 

Gloriously haunting lo-fi drones captured in the PNW. Two movements of mesmerizing pulses recorded in 2023 backed by a live conjuring from 2024 that focuses on mangled low end guitar feedback. There might not be much to say, but there are layers upon layers of sound waiting for your ears. 

WEAVING STONES

DICTATORS

Special? I mean, maybe not. Killer? Definitely. Dubbed as the Lonesome Dick Manitoba demo from 1976. Maybe that's correct info, maybe not. I'm just here to jam a little two song bang-bang-banger from NYC's DICTATORS.

LONESOME DICK MANITOBA

DISTURBING THE COMMON PEACE

 

Recently received a request to re-up this one, and figured that a re-post would be better - the original post is fifteen years old after all, and who's really gonna dig that deep, right? 1984's Disturbing The Common Peace is the quintessential Greek punk comp, the dark and distinct sound that epitomized their scene through the next decade is captured here with EX HUMANS, STRESS and PANX ROMANA with the slightly lesser known ADIEXODO, CHAOS GENERATION and GROVER. Two tracks from each, bootlegged and reissued countless times since then....with good reason. 

ΔΙΑΤΆΡΑΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΉΣ ΗΣΥΧΊΑΣ

VICTOR LOVERA & R. STEVIE MOORE

 

Holy shit. This tape ripped scabs of fresh wounds and opened a series of portals into sonic realms I didn't know existed. who knew that a solo trip to see some hardcore bands in the Sunset last month would have resulted in.....this? I snagged some killer heat that night for sure, but this collection of 1970/71 recordings from VICTOR LOVERA of SMASHERS and R. STEVIE MOORE might have more staying power than all of the riffs. I was not familiar with either artist, and seem seems that there's an absolute gold mine of primitive lo-fi folks and pop music with their fingerprints smeared all over them. I will investigate, I will listen, I encourage you to do the same. First though, I want you to listen to "Chewing Gum" - and know that it's okay if you're crying before the song is over. Actually, it's encouraged.

EENQUE

Cheers to Popular Affliction for not knowing (or, even better, not caring) that there are certain rules that hardcore tape labels are supposed to follow. Cheers to Popular Affliction for leaving that briefcase open just a little bit longer so I could grab "one of each please" on my way out the door. 

OPIOD CRISIS

 

This is the kind os post that could end up as one declarative sentence or a stream of drool and babble while I fall over myself trying to explain and/or define every nuance - logically it will end up somewhere in the middle but the point will be the same: Do. Not. Skip. This. There's something in the water in Vienna these days, and there are some kids there who rival 2000s Boston in their ability to take a thing, emulate it, and make it their own. First it was BACKYARD, who worshipped at the altar of PLUTO/NO LESS/DOOMRYDERZ. Then I heard TONAL SHIFT and I couldn't stop thinking about that show in Pomona a lifetime ago (mostly TOTAL FURY though). And then there was this....three pieces of low end distorted filth that bridge a gap between DYSTOPIA and hell. I implore you to focus on the way OPIOD CRISIS use distortion and recording limitations to make "Prenatal Exposure" (particularly the beginning) sound as demonic as anything I've heard - the song itself feels possessed. And then there's the title track "Favelas De Brutas," a seven-plus minute opus that left me absolutely stunned. These kids take their craft so much further that simple worship, and I can only imagine what it will be like when they make their next move. 

FAVELAS DE BRUTAS