Recent Blog Posts
podcast #12
post a comment | posted Jun 29
Originally posted at smooth assailing
for this episode, i really strove for a nice balance of sounds and styles, while trying to deftly avoid having everything sound like shit when mixed together. i like to think i succeeded. the "noise" is held in check this time, leaning more towards...
sweetsweet coffeebreath & hunting rituals
post a comment | posted Jun 27
Originally posted at smooth assailing
hamilton, ontario's scott johnson was kind enough to hook me up with several of his releases, including two on his cloud valley recordings. here's one:split c30[2008, cloud valley]sscb is the solo project of robin dickinson, from brighton, sussex. ...
to live and shave in l.a.
post a comment | posted Jun 26
Originally posted at smooth assailing
san fran's kevin mceleney sent me a handful of tapes, most of which were of his noise project droughter, but he also gave me a tape that he put out by tlasila.merely resurrected c40[2008, heavy psych]this time out, the group is comprised of rat bas...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
andy jarvis
post a comment | posted Jun 26
Originally posted at smooth assailing
salvatore giorgi, of philly's peasant magik, hooked me up with the latest batch of releases from his label.she is also phasing c20[2008, peasant magik]andy jarvis [pictured with mika de oliveira], from the uk, is the proprietor of the first person ...
blue sabbath black fiji
post a comment | posted Jun 26
Originally posted at smooth assailing
i just noticed yesterday that this disc, which i received as part of the latest package from abandon ship, was a reissue of the jk tapes cd that i already reviewed. so, this is a rare opportunity for me to just plagiarize myself (for the most part)...
meaning
post a comment | posted Jun 26
Originally posted at smooth assailing
ohio's meaning used to be antennaeboy, back when it was just eli caudill and matthew reis. they stopped being antennaeboy once josh fink jumped on board. so far, i've missed out on hearing those recordings as a duo, but (thanks to matt) i have thei...
green mist & bbblood
post a comment | posted Jun 21
Originally posted at smooth assailing
londonite paul watson (bbblood) hooked me up with the reissue of an endearingly immature titled split cassette that he did. this was originally self-released last year for his tour with green mist, who's now residing in guangzhou, china.poo & w...
fistula
post a comment | posted Jun 21
Originally posted at smooth assailing
the first batch of crucial bliss releases that adam sent me were more of a showcase of that (sub)label's noise and experimental sides. this new(ish) package, which is a combination of both blast and bliss imprints, seems to be dedicated to their sl...
rez epo
post a comment | posted Jun 20
Originally posted at smooth assailing
i've got a pair of discs from artur olejarczyk's london-based industrial culture records. here's the first.phenomena 3" cd-r[2008, industrial culture]rez epo is konrad materek from kielce, poland. konrad first started making experimental music unde...
phosphene form
post a comment | posted Jun 19
Originally posted at smooth assailing
decayed inferno 3" cd-r[2008, cut hands]phosphene form is kenny gibson, from hamilton, ontario. gibson's also a member of rocket pony (with michael higgins as well as darcy atkinson from autoerotic asphyxiation).decayed inferno's four track set of ...