Toadliquor

I know I'm pissing off a handful of people when I say this but Toadliquor remains atop the Southern Lord roster as the architects of anguished, turtle-paced riffing that just crushes. SL will never top Hortator's Lament, ever.

Last fm's description:
Toadliquor just doesn’t understand. Like a Roman slave, chained for life with oar in hand to an ancient galley, just a floating hunk of wood that he has barely a modicum of control over, Toadliquor are forever strapped to their own sound: A vessel of enormous weight floating over perilous unplumbed depths, always a moment away from the potential disaster; but never in possession of the knowledge of why.

And like the great blind god of the forge, Hepheastus, always straining to bring elegance out of hunks of raw molten earth, Toadliquor are eternally yearning to find beauty and spiritual tranquillity in the roar that surrounds them. They can’t see why, and could never explain how; it’s just an essence that Toadliqour doesn’t understand.





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Remo Voor

German punk from 1979. They released a 7" and nothing else. The track 'toilet love' can be found on the Bloodstains across Germany compilation although the highlight of the 45 is 'frogrammer' which can be found on the seventh Killed by Death compilation, which I highly recommend you get along with all the others. Sloppy, simple punk rock done the right way; as sloppily and simply as possible.

You can purchase the reissue of this 45 on Rich Bitch records.

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Khanate

Before the Sunn O))) fame became the phenomena that it now is, members of OLD and Burning Witch got together to form the slowest, most gruesome, and painful drone band of all time by the name of Khanate. This was their first attempt at doing so and quite frankly, I feel that not only did they succeed but this may well be music to perform satanic ritual abuse to. I kid...

Khanate

Sound of Confusion

Perhaps one of the most significant rock albums of all time. I tend to prefer the more raw, distorted side of spacemen 3 than their later stuff but that's not to say the music after sound of confusion isn't short of remarkable. This upload is from the 1994 re-issue on Taang! which includes 4 extra tracks. More people need to listen to this.

Sound of Confusion

Below is a beauty of a track. The first comment on youtube sums it all up.

Noise-A-Go-Go

So this one has stuck with me for a while and I get a huge grin on my face every time I pop the fucker in. With tracks like Cock Rock Incineration and Horrendously Anal-drilled, It's the type of album that'll make the right party get its dance on. So good makes you want to kill the cock rock greedy hog.

Gore Beyond Necropsy

Holly Hunt

South Florida's humidity, hot weather, and constant traffic can have adverse affects on one's psyche and lead to a nagging case of lethargy. Some, on the other hand, seem to thrive in this environment despite it's ongoing right-winged ethos and conformity that keeps a portion of our community isolated from not only itself but from the rest of the country as well. So when we get something right, it usually comes out of nowhere; rolled up into a blob of fervor, passion, ire, and a fuck you attitude that the rest of the spoiled country should envy. Such is the case with the intense duo known as Holly Hunt.

Amplifier worshiping at its finest, reminiscent of bands such as Earth and the Melvins but experimenting and transcending auditory frequencies into a definite realm of their own. Having seen them evolve in their short existence has been an absolute pleasure for me as a fan, musician, and fellow friend of this two-piece ensemble of sinusoidal wave manipulation. Since they are in the process of recording, I can only provide early recordings of the band. To quote the late great Biggie, " if you don't know, now you know."

Knife-Fight Rock

A few months back, I attended a local garage rock show at Miami's Temple of Music and Mecca of all things smelly and drunk going by the name of Churchill's; A staple in the music community now in its 30's. I was speaking to the band in an after-party and mentioned my man-crush on Link Wray and the travesty that continues to this day by not having him in the rock and roll hall of fame. Link Wray was the first man to purposefully use distortion in his music along with the beloved power chord. The first person to use distortion happens to be none-other than Ike Turner, in Rocket 88, when he used an amplifier that had been "damaged" by rain. Link Wray would punch holes into his speakers to create his sound.

Rumble is a highlight track of Wray's that makes the listener want to fight, fuck, and drink all at the same time. Please do yourself a favor and join the Link Wray legion of crassitude.

Listen below and you won't have an option but to do so. By the way, this man was missing a lung but the vocals do nothing but display the pillars by which rock and roll became a genre of memetic disobedience.

Joe Yamanaka R.I.P.

Frontman for Japan's ominous psych monsters known as Flower Travellin' Band, Akira Joe Yamanaka, died at the age of 64 due to lung cancer. Another rock legend passes on. If you've no clue about Flower Travellin' Band and Joe's work with them, a good start would be Satori. Incredibly heavy psychedelic music, reminding many who are exposed to it for the first time of Japan's response to Led Zeppelin. I keep showing my respects late but it's better late than never and that's what I get for living on North America's cock shaft.

Thanks to PUKESKYWALKER for putting this up. Go!

King Dude

Putting all the comparisons and influences aside, King dude is a haunting one man doom folk project from Seattle, Washington. So before you decide to write this off because of the DIJ comparisons, well, shame on you. His recordings are a fine example of how simplicity can most times lead to sincerity. You can find his stuff on Clan Destine Records. Below, are two of my favorite songs written by the King, dude...

Aiwass

New Noise Project I'm working on. Splitting Frontal lobes...

R.I.P. Conrad Schnitzler

Better late than never to give my respects to a music Pioneer of such magnitude as that of Conrad Schnitzler; Founder of the legendary Kluster and former member of Tangerine Dream. A musical pioneer like this dies and it takes me 4 days to find out. A piece of shit drug addict like Amy Winehouse croaks and I have to take the bombardment of news through every nook and cranny. The world is a sick place. R.I.P. Mr Schnitzler.

Arvid Tuba

Arvid Tuba is, as far as I'm informed, a one man project by Markus Arvidsson. Swedish industrial music and below is a gem that will not stop bumping. Minimal Synth at its very finest that has yet to be put on any of these compilations being put out by Minimal Wave and Walhalla Records . I have not been able to find this on mp3 anywhere on the net so I've provided one for you. Download it but I have to warn you that the file is a bit large for just one track. So I'll leave the quality reduction to you via any DAW.

TOMA!