Various Artists “Songs In The Key of Ⓝ” Breathmint Songs In The Key of Ⓝ serves as a compendium of many varieties of recordings, including but not limited to commissioned songs, ghost-written pieces, jingles, parodies, song poems, voicemails, personalized tracks, and crowdsourced audio. Each was collected, solicited, and otherwise produced sometime during the period of 2003-2014, but all have one common thread: Newton. Songs In The Key of Ⓝ by…
Newton / Winter Ritual Spirit Throne Tapes split Cassette ST018 Newton / Winter Ritual by Newton / Winter Ritual Newton drags the A-side through the sewer and lets you rest in the grime with two tracks of knob twisting scuzz. Winter Ritual’s B-side is a looped affair, repeating and repeating while you think about what you’ve done.
+++ San Francisco bay area-based culture-jamming band, Negativland, has broken its silence regarding the passing of Casey Kasem. The late radio legend who just passed was featured prominently on Negativland’s 1991 EP/maxi-single “U2” (released & withdrawn by SST/Seeland) which has been a touchstone of the band’s career ever since. In tribute, Negativland is offered the original multi-track master of the song for free download with the intent of allowing anyone…
T Func / Plus Whatever “Purge Once More” Cephias Treat split cassette CTR86 Not much can be said about T Func that hasn’t been said already. Remember how back in the old’n days geniuses would be berated, belittled, and persecuted by those who didn’t know any better? A T Func set is a lot like that but now he’s hitting the airwaves. Crawling on the flip is Plus Whatever, a…
Radio Shock “Trapper Keeper” Decoherence Records 7″ Trapper Keeper 7" by Radio Shock Radio Shock is the one-man project of M.P. Lockwood, making music that falls somewhere between noise, Now Wave, and DIY electronics. Coming into existence during the fertile ’00s, this release marks a bold new era for this reinvigorated project. “Trapper Keeper” is already a hit from live shows, here given a proper recording and single treatment. The…