When The River Bed originally came out, I thought it was their sort of lame “soft” record. But now compared the 2011 reunion album, Fell & Found, this thing seems like death metal. 

God, Fell & Found is bad. 

Holy shit is this good. Featuring members of: Creepoid, Transistor Transistor, Orchid, Fight Amp, Kill the Man Who Questions, Bucket Full of Teeth, Distress Signal, Wolves,   War Emblem, BrainDead.

So good. Go buy it. 

Everything this band does is fantastic. I’ve had their full length Melt Cry Sleep on constant rotation since it came out a couple of years ago. 

This song is from a split with a band called Hawks , who if the 7" is accurate are probably pretty great too. 

I wasn’t as into the album this song is from (Rotten Thing To Say) when it came out as I was the band’s previous releases. It just didn’t sound the same, so I forgot about. Listening to it again, I think what probably turned me off was that the production (by Kurt Ballou) didn’t sound like shit. 

Listening to the two albums back to back, Songs For Burning Lovers sounds like it was recorded on a boombox. Its still a great album, there is no question about that, but the production can’t touch Rotten Thing To Say.

Go buy things and see them live every chance you get, you will not be disappointed. 

New record from what is easily one of my favorite bands of the last few years.

Sad songs about being a fuck-up, feeling like you’re wasting your life, missing people and not giving up, sung like this is the last chance you’ll ever get.

Unfuckwithable.

I know nothing about this band other than they are French, their newest release, Amen, is killer and that international shipping for a 10" is crazy expensive. 

I think the term “noise-rock” is pretty dumb, but I can’t seem to get enough of it these days. 

This album is pretty great, a little heavy on the song intros, but good.

Go can download the entire album for “Name Your Own Price” from the band’s bandcamp page or buy a vinyl copy. 

Everytime I think I’ve got a song picked to post, the next song on the album plays and I have to rethink what I’m putting up. The entire album is great. It reminds me a lot of the hardcore/metal of the late 90s/ early 00s. This song is on the fast side, but they have plenty of sludge on the album. Go buy the album, it is fantastic. 

This sort of sad bastard music was something i was pretty into a few years ago, but that love has faded. I still like it but I don’t really actively seek it out (the last 10+ posts are good evidence of that).

I saw PJ last night, and this song just grabbed me. The line “my hands are well acquainted with my mouth” has been stuck in my head all day.

There are two released versions of this song. The “original” is from an album called “You Didn’t Know I was Alphabetical.” Its the more full band alt-country (his words) version. The second version (what I posted) is from an album called “22, April: Vienna, Austria.” This one is how the song sounds when he tours, just him and a guitar. 

Version 1 is alright, but version 2 crushes it. 

Listen to the entire album here.

I get the distinct feeling that I should not like this band. I can’t really put my finger on why, though. Maybe is the WWE sweatshirt I saw several times while looking for a photo to post or that it looks like they only play giant festivals or empty rooms.

Never the less I keep listening the the album. They crib the Jesus Lizard pretty hard, but there are definitely worse things to steal from. 

Incredibly mixed review aside, I really do like the album a fair bit and definitely think its worth checking out.

New Whores. I’ve listened to nothing but this single song for the last 30 minutes. 

Go buy it, and while you’re at it buy their last album too. It just got a vinyl repress on clear with gold haze. 

Torche turns the dial from pop back to sludge. Crusher.

Photo by elawgrrl