CHRIS SMITH - 'BAD ORCHESTRA'

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• HH-02 - LP

  655035210216

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Like most key figures in the Antipodean noise scene, Chris Smith exists in the adventurous-musician nethersphere: hailed by followers, unknown to most. Though he has released a few solo albums, played in groups like The Golden Lifestyle Band and Library Punx, and co-released recordings with Peter Jefferies, his only release outside of his country was 2002’s Map Ends: 1995-2001 (Emperor Jones). Bad Orchestra is from 2007, and aside from a small CD run on Death Valley, didn’t get the opportunity to turn heads. Thankfully, Hermit Hut has taken on the mission of releasing vinyl of this impossible-to-find album. Bad Orchestra is Smith’s masterpiece, a maelstrom of expansive guitar abstractions, sound collage and full-out rocking. Recorded with a band, the album touches many tangents while converging as a glorious whole. Initially inspired, surprisingly enough, by The Germs, Smith creates music as a solution to his own inner turmoil. He captures an essential rawness on par with Jim Shepard. Bad Orchestra is an assault that is wrought with skill. Every listen unearths new treasures and dynamics.

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1. Goose Run
2. Living Dead Blues
3. Glue Factory
4. Grain Elevator Blues
5. The Orbit
6. Bobby and the Big O
7. Slight Problems (Intermission)
8. Jimmy?s Theme
9. Step into the Light
10. Your Tunnel

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THE BLIND SHAKE - 'BREAKFAST OF FAILURES'

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• 111GONE - LP

  600385251518

• 111GONECD - CD

  600385251525

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Minneapolis three-piece The Blind Shake crafts dense, massive locomotive music—powerful sounds with the ability to careen through one cinematic, post-apocalyptic chase scene after another. The band’s latest album Breakfast of Failures comes clanging and crashing through these confused times. Fronted by brothers Jim and Mike Blaha along with friend Dave Roper on drums, the trio was tunneling through the underground since before telephones could talk. With six full-length albums to their credit, several singles, three collaborations with psych legend Michael Yonkers and another with downstroke warrior John Reis, The Blind Shake continues to push the sliding scale between catchy punk songs and pitch-red noise. “The Blind Shake is at once spacey, primitive futuristic, and brutal: a kind of backyard extraterrestrial minimal surfpunk party. One guitar, one baritone guitar, a fuckload of reverb, and a drummer who deserves an Olympic medal.” —SF Weekly

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1. Old Lake
2. Parachute
3. Dots in the Fog
4. Breakfast of Failures
5. Go Lie
6. Pollen
7. Young Carnival Waste
8. In a Trance
9. Mildew
10. Nobody Else

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ULAAN MARKHOR - 'SPIRAL HORNS, BLACK ONIONS, ET AL'

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• SAB069 - LP

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Ulaan Markhor is the latest solo moniker for Californian Steven R. Smith's studio explorations. "Spiral Horns, Black Onions, et al." fuses recent itinerant work under the aliases Ulaan Khol (blistering basement psychedelia) & Ulaan Passerine (moody & meditative zones) & unveils a distinctly American version of kosmische, with heavy Levon Helm/Clyde Stubblefield-indebted rhythm & groove replacing motorik pulses. Fluid synth, bass, organ & searing guitar textures - all played by Smith - augment the beats. The result is something akin to The Meters meets Amon Duul II.

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CUNTZ - 'HERE COME THE REAL BOYS'

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• CHKLP015 - LP

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There’s no denying that Melbourne’s CUNTZ crafted the feel-good hit of last summer with Never Felt Better—a frantic atonal mess from a country that has no shortage of gems in their jewel encrusted crown. When on tour in the US in 2013, Chunklet industries were completely floored by their live show here in Atlanta at the Earl and were ready to work with them in any capacity. Enter their first LIVE album—Here Come The Real Boys—culled from performances at WFMU, Death By Audio, Gonerfest 2013 and The Earl in Atlanta. LP limited to 450 copies

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