Rock, Alt-Rock, Indie Rock, Psych Rock, Shoegaze, Punk, Noise Rock, Emocore, etc.

A once-lost record by Disappears, Steve Shelley, and White/Light resurfaced on digital last year and has now been given a 2xLP pressing, limited to 350 copies. Bandcamp exclusive.

In the summer of 2009, Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and the band’s long time sound engineer, Jeremy Lemos, invited Lemos’ White/Light bandmate Matt Clark and Chicago spacepunx Disappears to come over to Lemos’ Semaphore Recording studio and jam. Their one-afternoon, two-drummers, three-guitarists, no-rules jam evolved into a productive and glorious multi-day freakout, which resulted in the recording of these eight songs. Producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen) later mixed the marathon session with Steve and Jeremy at Echo Canyon West in Hoboken, NJ.

And then… the record disappeared. Sonic Youth went on hiatus, Shelley briefly joined Disappears, Disappears broke up and then evolved into FACS; plans to release the album on Shelley’s Vampire Blues were scuttled and eventually shelved. In the quarantine days of spring of 2020, more than a decade later, Shelley started blowing the dust off old masters he’d had planned for his label over the years, and here we are. An Exclusive to Bandcamp. Rip it up.

 
The Walkmen just updated their store with items they “found” in the warehouse. Just picked up Everyone Who Pretended on vinyl for $30 shipped. I’ve been hunting that one for a decent price for years.
 
Some recent rock/ indierock albums I've enjoyed:

The Muckers "Endeavor"
Kiwi Jr "Cooler returns"
shame "Drunk tank pink"
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets "Shyga! The sunlight mound"
Melvins "Working with God"
Black Pistol Fire "Look alive"
Xixa "Genesis"
TV Priest "Uppers"
LICE "Wasteland : what ails our people is clear"
 
Don't know how or why I've slept on Ringo Deathstarr but everything they've done is excellent. A weird mix of Shoegaze, Rock, Dreampop that works so well. I think if I had to guess, them having a kind of jokey name is probably why I passed them by previously.
 

 
IF you are in the NYC, NJ, Philly area, my "local" is selling a ton of Metal, Punk, Emo memorabillia:

Vintage Vinyl (Fords NJ) is having an auction!

Saturday: April 17th

Starts at 12:00PM

"We've accumulated many, many signed boards and other memorabilia from all of our instore events over the years. The event is free but admission is limited and pre-registration is required. You must be present to participate. We will not be accepting bids by phone, email or internet."

Against Me, Misftis, MXPX, Used...and more.


 

Great round-up of all of the amazing post punk coming out of the UK and Ireland over the past few years. Strong chance that the SQUID album that was released yesterday will end up as my AOTY. It's spectacular.

Also, one more important thing to note: fuck maggie and fuck brexit.

 

Great round-up of all of the amazing post punk coming out of the UK and Ireland over the past few years. Strong chance that the SQUID album that was released yesterday will end up as my AOTY. It's spectacular.

Also, one more important thing to note: fuck maggie and fuck brexit.


Living in the Eastwood constituency is a frustrating experience. Good on Glasgow South for being full on anti-fash again!
 
Somehow I missed this stealthy reissue back in October, and I'm pretty sure I can't be the only one who misses this damn band desperately.

Limited to 500. Around 100 already logged on Discogs, so who knows how many more have already been claimed by non-cogs users.


I could have sworn I ordered (and failed to receive) the band's self-released pressing back in 2012, shortly before they fizzled out of existence, but I found literally no evidence of actually having done so. Drummer Brett Stowers posted about this pressing back in October, but it somehow missed my feed despite seeing his Star Wars memes constantly. (Damn you, algorithm.)

Experience Vinyl seems to be the best bet to nab one. Mine just got delivered and is now spinning!
 
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