DANNY KAYE

 

Pretending isn't always bad. Faking it isn't always negative. Sometimes even a little white lie to yourself can help you make it through. Deception is a motherfucker though, so keep yourself in check. But if you want to spend 20 minutes with a national treasure from another time, from another reality, then allow me to offer Mr. Entertainment DANNY KAYE for your listening and escaping pleasure. Go ahead; lie to yourself. Everything is fine. Everything is fun. This isn't a dystopian hellscape. You aren't quietly counting the days, hoping that your life comes to a natural end before everything implodes. You aren't looking over your shoulder wondering how long until they're after you. It's all good "Down By The Riverside" though, and today is the first "Great 'Come And Get It' Day" of the rest of your life. Enjoy.  

MR. ENTERTAINMENT

LEMOTS // DISPLOISUCK

 

Arguably two of the best and/or most random band names that have appeared on this blog in the last sixteen-plus years, DISPLOISUCK and LEMOTS team up for a raw and blistering fastcore assault more than worthy of your full attention. The way LEMOTS use a machine gun double snare hit to accent their verses is tough to describe even while I find myself getting sucked way deeper into their sound than any typical '00s fast/thrashcore should warrant.....which is exactly the point: they aren't typical.  TOTAL FURY-meets-CrasherCrust energy set to absolute maximum speed and punkest fidelity, it's truly something special and I hope that (the punk) TE visitors take note.
• Oh shit - there's another side!!! •
DISPLOISUCK are an entirely different animal that makes use of many of the same descriptors as their tapemates, but DISPLOISUCK hit more like an unhinged and out of tune street punk band who listened to the first two CASUALTIES records way too much and couldn't quite pull it off while they were wasted but compensated by trying harder. I don't know what else I can do to suck you in today....except that the physical tape is slightly fukkd and turns both recordings into a phaser a few times and it makes both of them even better in a way that feels like nostalgia even though you're likely hearing both for the first time. 
• You're welcome. •

PAST TOMORROW AND FUTURE

CRUCIAL '78

 

From the opening echoes of PRINCE JAMMY's track that sets the tones to a bizarre dub from JOE GIBBS & THE PROFESSIONALS to TRINITY to U-ROY's smooth rizzed out rock steady, Crucial '78 is a master class in dub, crackling beats and hopelessly infectious reggae adjacent sounds. A glorious (and presumably homemade) mix that truly makes you feel like you've been on a journey once it's finished.  

CRUCIAL '78

RACK TRAP

 

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Hardcore is (or can be) brilliant and flawless in its simple simplicity. Sometimes you know which version you're going to get from the first burst and it makes you even more eager - you want to hear it even more because you've heard it before. Which version of the thing that you know are you going to get? You wonder consumes and your excitement increases as you reach for the volume knob....which is probably more like a volume toggle because it's almost 2026. That's what RACK TRAP feels like; six songs in five minutes. Manic mid-fidelity stomps holding back an animal struggling to break out of its cage. It's exactly what you think it's going to be, and it's beautiful. 

RACK TRAP

COLONIZE THE ROTTING

 

Seems like this band my have only recorded six songs. Ever. And still there are more riffs than the entire discography of some bands I've played in. Brutal, manic, psychotic death metal lurches from the mean streets of San Jose....shit is filthy. Shit is disjointed. Shit is precise and focused. Shit is.....brutal OSDM-influenced tech grind (but I actually don't know how to apply subgenres to death metal so probably that's wrong). Band probably stopped because the drummer/vocalist Alex Colon (who was a good musician) passed....but what a fukkn sonic legacy, right? Blasting Guttural Bay Area Death Slam, motherfuckers. 

COMPOSTING THE MASTICATED

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GEIGER COUNTER // ZUDAS KRUST

 

It's hard to know what to say when something is executed this perfectly. GEIGER COUNTER harness '00s epic crust, Burning Spirits, face melting fastcore and DISRUPT and create something that is so instantly infectious that....it's hard to know what to say. So you flip the tape to blast ZUDAS KRUST. Epic and apocalyptic crasher crust borrowing from the classics but delivering with wild thrashcore energy. Two tracks from ZK, three from GC.... and every single one of these five tracks is an absolute berserker. 

GEIGER COUNTER // ZUDAS KRUST

DISGOD

 

What if there was a world where Thrash2K and SHITLICKERS joined hands and made a modern crasher crust band? Well, that world would have a king, and that king would be named DISGOD. Not sure what more I need to say here, except that listening to "Fuck Your Power Fuck Your Arrogance" could serve as a very important reset to start your week.....have a pleasant Monday, punk.

ENDLESS MISERY