January 3, 2017Lists of things to buy and check out are always good provided they come from the right people, and Jimmy Monsta Funk is still top of that list. He’s dropped some proper heat on us this year and we’re still sitting on about six hour of mixes comprising of wax from 2015 that’ll be up shortly. A lot of good…
December 31, 2016Looking back at the records and tapes I shouted at last year and it’s pretty spooky how many artists and labels came back again. Maybe I’m getting old, not playing out as much and listening at home instead, or maybe it’s just the couple of big boxsets breaking the record budget, but the most noticeable shift was towards albums over…
December 14, 2016Stored on libcom.org (“a resource for all people who wish to fight to improve their lives, their communities and their working conditions”) alongside such greats as Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman and Government In The Future by Noam Chomsky, we found this treasure worth shouting out. Published by Hooligan Press in London in 1987, Radio Is My Bomb: A…
April 10, 2016Here’s an artist to get obsessed over if you’re not already familiar. Dan Melchior has been peddling his unique form of lo-fi garage rock, blues and folk experiments for the last thirty years, primarily as a solo artist but never far from a band or collaboration release. And reflective of his solo work over the years, once you discover Melchior’s…
March 30, 2016Been getting to know the Canberra based Moontown Records of late – recently through the one off Luxury Look Zine of works from artists connected to the label, and before this with a self-titled cassette from The First Baboon Civilization. The label mostly does tapes and wax, with “a focus on great and weird Australian music”, racking up an impressive…
January 10, 2016More lists and a chance to shout out all the goodness that buzzed us. Nice to reconnect with London crew this year, if only for one night. The biggest change is buying habits again. If the previous two years represented cassettes as a novelty, 2015’s when it became essential to own a walkman to do the show we wanted. It…
January 8, 2016We’re pretty late on these but they’ll be trickling through the nest few days. Cracking year for Jimmy Monsta Funk, who, as well as unearthing a field recorded mix from his residency at Snugg, delivered six hours worth of live wax from 2014, which you can check out here. Here’s his lists of 2015. 5 Documentaries Of 2015 ‘A Syrian…
January 5, 2016While we’re on the live tip we need to shout out this LP from Housewives. Coming to us as some sort of three way label split between Blank Editions, Hands In The Dark and Negative Days, Work is their first full length since the debuted with a self-titled cassette back in 2013. With makeshift instruments and a lo-fi recording style…
January 4, 2016Some stuff’s just meant to be heard live. Though in the case of Laddio Bolocko, who disbanded in 2000 after just four years together, the next best thing is this triple LP release of live recordings, packaged with a DVD (though I’m still wondering sincerely who actually has time to watch bonus music DVDs nowadays). Consisting of bass, guitar, saxophone…
January 3, 2016Seekersinternational aka SKRSINTL (also Seekers International and SKRS) can do no wrong in my book. I was pretty stoked to have completed the physical collection (tapes and wax) after tracking down a copy of the Yardflex 7″ earlier this year. In fact it was Craig Morton aka Monkeytek of PDXINDUB fame who was kind enough to sell me his copy; another label who…