Band Aparte : "Cherry Chapstick" (via Force Field PR/ Noisey /Manifesto Records/Soundcloud) Girl Tears : "Sedated" (via Omnian Music Group / Sinderlyn /Soundcloud) Kishi Bashi : "Say Yeah" (via Joyful Noise Recordings /Soundcloud) Douglas Dare : "Doublethink" (via Erased Tapes / Stereogum /Soundcloud) Fire to the Stars : "Wholesale Slaughter" (via Fire to the Stars/Soundcloud) Miss Lava : "Another Beast is Born" (via Earsplit PR/YouTube) Purling Hiss : "Fever" (via mutante-inc./ Drag City /Soundcloud) Perpacity : "9725" (via Shameless Promotion/Bandcamp) Arise by Perpacity The Well : "Black Eyed Gods" (via Us-Them Group/ RidingEasy Records /Soundcloud) The Julie Ruin : "Mr. So and So" (via Hardly Art/ Paper Magazine /YouTube)   Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Thee Oh Sees/Purling Hiss gig, 9.12   Thee Oh Sees "Help" In The Red Released: 4.28.09   Purling Hiss Weirdon Drag City Released: 9.23.14 Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of seeing Purling Hiss and Thee Oh Sees perform at the Underground Arts in Philadelphia.  While the experience of seeing both bands perform for a very rowdy and obnoxious crowd of intoxicated rock fans was enough to top off an excellent Saturday evening, the opportunity to add a couple releases to my library was an added bonus.  So, thickening my collection of Thee Oh Sees releases by one, I grabbed a copy of the 2009 LP, Help .  I also picked up Weirdon by Purling Hiss, which I reviewed for No Ripcord in 2014.  You can find that review here . Locrian/Sannhet gig, 9.11 Locrian & Mamiffer Bless Them That Curse You SIGE Released: 2.21.12 Locrian , whom I've waxed on and on about pretty consistently over the years, were the opener for the post...

Purling Hiss Weirdon Drag City Released: 9.23.14 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead