PSYCHO SIN // INSECTS VIOLATOR

 

OG Jersey noisecore veterans PSYCHO SIN disbanded before Clinton was elected, but they left an outsized impact on the shit-fi community while they were active. And then....they were back. Since reforming sometime in the 20101 they've cranked out dozens of releases and only grown more immature and/or brilliant. Nine tracks here spanning three minutes - starting with "Grow Up" and ending with "Die Trump Die" (don't forget "Shut Up" and "Mind Your Fucking Business" somewhere in the middle). Harsh noise presented as noiecore - hard to tell if there are riffs or instruments involved and not even point caring. The lkegens find themselves paired up with Jakarta noisecore acts INSECTS VIOLATOR who fly the flag with pride - there are ruthless fastcore/grind riffs buried under the tape hiss and "recorded this from the street outside the basement where the band was rehearsing" recording quality....but if you're still reading these words then that is exactly what you're here for. Two bands, eighteen songs, six minutes.

MAXIMUM HARDCORE

LEMOTS

 

More raw blasts from the early waves of DIY hardcore / punk that spread through Indonesia and helped build the foundation for one of the strongest, most vibrant punk scenes in the world. We Don't Give A Fuck was recorded in 2002, and from the harsh shout that opens "Stupid System" to the discordant guitars making an utterly simple riff in " Kami Akan Tetap Bertaham" sound like a revolution, to the relentless rapid fire blasts in the closer "Confused" there can be no doubt that it holds up as a brilliant example of intense and honest punk mania. You can't fake this shit. 

WE DON'T GIVE A FUCK

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DIE ENTWEIHUNG

 

Ten JOY DIVISION songs interpreted by a one-person black metal project. 

You shouldn't need much more than the above sentence to pique your interest. 

DESPAIR DIVISION: A TRIBUTE TO JOY DIVISION

LOWRIDER KUMBIAS

 

What a glorious re-interpretation of the classic soul and R&B jams that continue to provide the soundtrack for summer city nights and lowriders. More than just remixes, this is banger after banger turned into low and dirty cumbias by some genius who probably had an idea while stoned as shit....and followed through. "El Duque" has never sounded this fukkn cool, and I feel like anything approaching in depth description of how this tape hits me would run the risk of being interpreted as cultural appropriation. I remain on the sidelines, with the bass and volume pumped as loud as possible. 

TURBO SONIDERO: MUSIC DE BARRIO

TARDIVE DYSKENESIA

 

The last times a band hit me like TAR-D was when I saw PIG DNA at House Of The Rat. There's something about the people who aren't assimilating by choice and the people who aren't assimilating out of sheer determination - and there's a sonic bond that connects the two groups. "Agoraphobia" sounds agoraphobic."Death" feels desperate and real. The screams in "Numb Life" are yearning to feel. This is nine minutes of frenetic determination presented as hyper-speed pogo noise mania...and it's going to be another decade before I hear anything like it.

NEVER TRUST A DREAM   

EXCRUTIATION

 

I snatched this one as a bit of an afterthought, but it's been a steady presence in my listening rotation ever since I did. Classic Euro heavy metal with death and dark thrash undertones throughout, but EXCRUCTIATION's approach is unique and it's tough to put a finger on what makes them different. I present "The Mask" as a prime (and difficult); picture the above subgenre descriptors with added influence from '80s Japanese metalpunk - think the MASTURBATION 12" or CRIME's Nucler Blood. When I mention these records while I'm talking about a band who seem to be just a couple of degrees removed from some regular ass Euro metalheads it doesn't make sense.....then "Oppressive Reality" starts and there's no more analyzing. Choice cut is maybe "Genocide In God's Name" but I could trip over myself trying to finger the most compelling tracks on this collection of tracks recorded between 1988-1990. Listen to "Wardance" and realize that there has always been hope for music, punks. 

ANNO DOMINI: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE PAST

VIOLENCE AND THE SACRED

 Outsider improvisational and/or experimental sounds from the Canadian realm, captured in Montreal in 1986. It's difficult to describe what VIOLENCE AND THE SACRED are/were/is, but I can tell you that intentional listening will likely result in intensified thought and/or analysis.  Like NEGATIVLAND and IDIOT FLESH and RESIDENTS, maybe deconstructed by ZOLAR-X because it's just that fukkn weird. 

TEDDY DIED (SINCERITY)