i hate the sound of guitars

The Karl Hendricks Trio
Not quite a Screamfeeder-like “Omigod, where have I been all your life” discovery, but not too far off, either.

The Capstan Shafts
The Loud Family
Thou
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Parts & Labor
Escapers Two consists of 51 tracks and it goes by in well under half an hour. It was written and recorded in only two days, in the bands own words, it’s a “tribute to our favorite loud and fast bands, a cram […]

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I got Simulacra via eMusic, which meant I first heard this as a weird record, not as a novelty record. It was an arresting mixture for sure, blending the everything-distorted-all-the-time aesthetic of Parts & Labor/Times New Viking et al; a slow-tempoed, heavy, King Crimsonish vibe; and deep-buried, high-pitched female vocals a bit like Melt Banana, […]

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The Capstan Shafts
California Oranges
Action Strasse
I checked out the samples of American Gas Jive at eMusic. I really didn’t care for the clips from the first few songs, and was about to stop listening when I got to “Developing Fear” and then I was in […]

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I had just enough leftover affection for Kay Hanley’s 90’s act Letters to Cleo to check out the previews for her new record, even though the only thing I remember about her solo debut Cherry Marmalade is that I felt like I didn’t need to hear anything on it twice. I’m really glad I gave […]

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Fugazi
Big Audio Dynamite
Hands on Heads
Bearsuit
Alkaline Trio
Jim Guthrie
Sarah White
Tie: Screamfeeder, Big Audio, Kay Hanley, Avril Lavigne, Liz Durrett

94 artists, 223 tracks.

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