GROUPER // BRYSON HANSEN @ HOLOCENE

MY FRIENDS, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LISTENING FROM GROUPER - CLIMB THIS WHIP CREAM MOUNTAIN TOP AND BRING DOWN THE DARK CHOCOLATE COMMANDMENTS.  THE FLASHCHOIR ENTERS A TRANCE, YOUNG AND OLD.  TAPE COLLAGES AND HEAVENLY VOICES.  BRYSON GETS CASUAL, PERFORMING IN A ROCKING RECLINER, WITH LAMP, DOLL, REEL TO REEL, AND CASIO.  PORTLAND DELIVERS.

GROUPER:  LISTEN
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SUTEKH HEXEN // ASEETHE

MAY 1, 2011 //  LIVE @ HEMLOCK TAVERN

SUTEKH HEXEN GET RITUAL AND CHAR SOME CASSETTE DECKS WITH ASH FROM A SCREECHING TRAIN PILE UP.  ASEETHE DROPS SSLOOOWW AND HEAVY BOMBS INTERSPERSED WITH MELODIC B-29 DRONE INTERLUDES.  STILL NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT SOUNDS WERE COMING OUT OF THE DIY ELECTRONICS IN THE ARMY ISSUE CARTRIDGE BOX.

SUTEKH HEXEN:  LISTEN
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THEE OH SEES LIVE AT EAGLE TAVERN

EXTENDED ROCK OUTS AT THIS SOLID STATE FRYER, WITH CAKE,  (EAGLE TAVERN'S LAST SHOW?) APES UP THE WALLS AND EVERYTHING.  CROWD SURFERS BRUSH CEILING CEMENT AND FREAK THE FLOW.  DRINKS AND SWEAT SPILLING, SUPERFLUOUS

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BARONG /// C60 /// GAMELAN /// LORD

MYSTERIOUS CASSETTE, RECORDED BY "LORD."  NO OTHER INFORMATION. FIERY BARONG CEREMONY.  KING OF SPIRITS GETS ANIMATED.  GAMELAN POWER TRANCE - CLEAR OUT THE KITCHEN AND FREAK IT.  BORTH RIP 320.

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ILYAS AHMED $$$ LIZ HARRIS (AKA. GROUPER)

LIVE AT AQUARIUS RECORDS

IT'S TRUE.  BEAUTIFUL INTIMATE SET MAKE BORTH SHED TEAR.  BORTH USUALLY VERY FIERCE AND STRONG. CREAKING FLOORBOARDS, SHUFFLING CD CASES ADD TO HAUNT.  GREATEST RECORD STORE IN THE WORLD (POSSIBLY, BORTH NEED TO TRAVEL MORE).  SHIT ASS BATTERIES MAKE TAPE SLIP A FEW TIMES, SOUNDS A BIT FUN.  CHORD PROGRESSIONS SLOG SKIN, REVERB LURES LIDS.  DON'T HESITATE WITH THIS.

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GRAINS LIVE AT MAMA BUZZ

POWER DUO PRESENTS JAW DROPPERS - VIRTUOSIC DISPLAYS OF RHYTHMIC LINEAR ALGEBRA.  FRENETIC BURSTS OF GLUTEN IMPACT GUT.  TIGHTEST PROGRESSIONS MELT DOWN LIKE SALTED SLUG INTO NEBULOUS SLIME PILE.  ESSENTIAL CREATIVITY FROM THESE BREAD WINNERS!

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INFINITE BODY /// PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT

LIVE AT AMNESIA SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

INFINITE BODY BLAST, TOWERING SPEAKER TUNNEL, RHYTHMIC STROBE, DEEP MASSAGE.  PED DEPOT UNLOAD SCRAP METAL SCRAPER DRIPPING WITH ELECTRONS AND CELLO SERENITY.  BAR ROOM CHATTER PART OF COMPOSITION, RIGHT?  RIGHT!

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MUSIC OF THE RAIN FOREST PYGMIES (LYRICHORD LP)

THUNDER ECHO, DRIPPING PLANTS ENVELOP, YOU CAN FEEL THE HUMIDITY SWIRLING AROUND WITH THESE IMPRESSIVE CHORAL WORKS.  RECORDED BY COLIN TURNBULL, NICE ACCOMPANIMENT TO BOOKBOOK (EVER READ THE FOREST PEOPLE?)  BORTH RIP VINYL 320.


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DISPIRIT :: ATRIARCH :: ALARIC

LIVE AT EL RIO MARCH 24, 2011

DISPIRIT DOMINATING WEAKLINGS.  COMPOSED METAL FLAVORS.  ATRIARCH PROVIDING ELECTROCUTION THROUGH SPRING REVERB TANK, ENTER THE CHAMBER.  ALARIC:  IS THAT CHORUS ON THE BASS?  EMO-PUNK-METAL.  ALL RECORDED TO TCD5M, DON'T MISS.

ATRIARCH ::: LISTEN
DISPIRIT :::  LISTEN
ALARIC :::  LISTEN

TECUMSEH LIVE AT HEMLOCK TAVERN

TECTONIC PLATES SHIFT, MASSIVE ORBITS, FLUTTERING FEEDBACK, HEAVIEST DRONES TO DATE, BURIED IN WARM SAND, TUNE INTO THIS.




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ON LAND FESTIVAL 2010

SELECTIONS INCLUDE:


BARN OWL 
GRASSLUNG
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
PETE SWANSON
PULSE EMITTER
WHITE RAINBOW


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JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA // HIGUMA // JON PORRAS (OF BARN OWL)

HEMLOCK TAVERN FEBRUARY 10, 2011

ALL STAR LINE UP OF SAN FRANCISCO TALENT.  JON PORRAS' TRACK IS STUNNING.  GREAT PERFORMANCES ALL AROUND.  SUPER 8 PROJECTIONS BY PAUL CLIPSON (VIEW).

PORRAS / HIGUMA:  LISTEN

JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA:  LISTEN

LAUDANUM /// WHITEHORSE

 LIVE @ THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE BUZZARD

MARCH 04, 2011
HEAVY DOOM HITTERS, CRACKED EARTH, SOUNDS FROM WITHIN ISOLATED WAREHOUSE.

LAUDANUM:  LISTEN

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TREES / BARN OWL @ ELBO ROOM

BORTH RECORD THIS ONE WITH THE TC-D5M! FOR BETTER QUALITY.  SHOW FROM LAST JUNE.  DISTORTION DRONES, HARMONICS BATTLE FOR PRESENCE.  UNHEARD SOUNDS FROM A LONG BURIED BUFFALO SKULL.

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FENNESZ IN SF!!!!

LUSH, TANGIBLE SOUNDWAVES ASSUME GASEOUS PROPERTIES AND TAKE THE SHAPE OF CONTAINER.  FRESH LIQUID JELLO POURED INTO MOLD.  THE SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSIC HALL.  THE MASTER ONCE AGAIN DIRECTING, ILLUMINATING A RARE SURREALITY.

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✠ TERMINAL ✠

RIQIS // SUTEKH HEXEN // TREES // MONARCH!

BORTH EARS SUFFER PERMANENT DAMAGE HERE.  STUFFED PAPER BAG SCRAPS INTO CANALS.  SUB-BASS VIOLENCE RATTLE THREADS.  BLOWN OUT AND BRUTAL.

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BILL ORCUTT LIVE ON LAND 2010

MUTILATED, RAVISHED, GUTTURAL.  ANIMAL SOUL IMPROVS FROM THE 4-STRING MAESTRO HIMSELF.  THE ON LAND FESTIVAL 2010, SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SF.  BORTH ARRIVE LATE, MISS FIRST SONG...ALAS.

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GROUPER LIVE ON LAND 2010

HOT MUD OOZING THROUGH ALL CORNERS OF THE SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSIC HALL.  THE ON LAND FESTIVAL 2010.  YOU CAN HEAR THE OCCASIONAL CLICK & CLATTER OF PAUL CLIPSON'S MESMERIZING SUPER 8 ACCOMPANIMENT.

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