To whom it may interest, In the wake of late night neighborhood demonstrations of amateur fireworks displays and cork-ejaculated ribbons of bubbly champagne, the first full calendar week of 2023 has been officially Xd out. Time to take the Christmas trees down and bundle up for the next couple months. For last week's rounds of browser tabs, I've heard the following: ____________________________ Endorphins Lost:  "Regulation Area Bombing" (from Night People  releasing 2/1/23 by  To Live A Lie  / Rotten to the Core ) This one will beat you up pretty good: A little over a minute and thirty of throat scraping crust punk/power violence replete with excessive head-knock and a writhing breakdown for its second act.   Night People by Endorphins Lost Courtesy of Earsplit PR. Atsuko Chiba:  "Link" (from  Water, It Feels Like It's Growing  releases 1/20/23 by  Mothland ) The synth ride overtop some elaborate prog-level guitar noodling is worth explorati...

M.E.S.H. : "Search. Reveal" (via Julian T. Schoen/ Noisey /Vimeo) "Search. Reveal" is featured on Hesaitix , which you can purchase now at  PAN . M.E.S.H. - Search. Reveal. (PAN) from PAN on Vimeo . __________________________________________________________ Tag Cloud : "Measured Mile" (via  Verses Records /YouTube) Tag Cloud 's Pattern Recognition EP was released, 12.8.17.  If you like their single, "Measured Mile," the EP is available for purchase from Verses Record s.  __________________________________________________________ Sinister Bodies of Water : "When the Knife Falls" (via Out of Sound / CVLT Nation /YouTube) Sinister Bodies of Water is releasing When the Knife Calls on 12.21.17 via Out of Sound Records.  It doesn't look like the album is up for pre-order, but here's the Bandcamp link .  __________________________________________________________ Endorphins Lost : "Mercy For ...

I haven't pulled one of these together in a while.  Mostly reissues... Tankcrimes Spazz Sweatin To The Oldies & Sweatin' 3: Skatin' Satan & Katon Tankcrimes Reissued: 3.2016 As compilations go, few overwhelm as easily as Sweatin’ to the Oldies and Sweatin’ 3: Skatin’ Satan & Katon , two of the three volumes of rare, obscure or out-of-print material from the powerviolence band, Spazz . Originally released in 1997 and 2001 respectively via Slap A Ham Records , these Sweatin ’ collections are packed with aggression, their contents numbering well past the 60 mark in terms of track length. These CDs were my driving soundtrack for a solid month, Spazz’s growling, thrashing chaos appropriately scoring my day-to-day on road interactions with fellow commuters. This isn’t a collection meant for easy listening in an environment designed with relaxation and meditation in mind. Spazz is music, a term many may cite as loosely applied, for upsetting crowds ...

A couple weeks ago via social media, Tankcrimes Records announced that they would be reissuing Sweatin' To The Oldies and Sweatin' 3: Skatin', Satan & Katon, the long out of print and extensively padded powerviolence compilations from SPAZZ .  The good people at Earsplit PR have come through with the info.  Sweatin' To The Oldies and Sweatin' 3: Skatin', Satan & Katon will be released on March 11th on both digital and CD formats.  There will be no vinyl.  Sorry, kids.  More info is available below. SPAZZ: Tankcrimes Records To Reissue Sweatin' To The Oldies + Sweatin' 3: Skatin', Satan & Katon From Iconic Hardcore Punk/Powerviolence Unit This March The volume assassins at Tankcrimes Records are pleased and honored to reissue Sweatin' To The Oldies and Sweatin' 3: Skatin', Satan & Katon from iconic, now-defunct hardcore punk/power violence trio, SPAZZ, on CD and digitally this Spring. Originall...

Tiny Knives : "Cowschwitz" (via Earsplit PR/ Eolian Empire / New Noise Magazine /Soundcloud) Chin of Britain : "Last Seen Alive" (via Mutante/Waltz Time Records/Soundcloud) Naked Lights : "New Carrion" (via Terrorbird Media/ Consequence of Sound /Soundcloud) Immix Ensemble & Vessel : "What Hath God Wrought?" (via Julian T. Schoen/ Erased Tapes/ Soundcloud) DIIV : "Is the Is Are" (via Captured Tracks/Soundcloud) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

A year ago today, I attended a Sunn O))) concert at the Union Transfer in Philadelphia. The experience was to be written up and submitted to Kicking Against The Pricks as a concert review, but that didn't happen. Kicking Against The Pricks has been, unfortunately, inactive for some time now, so the review was never published online. Call it self-indulgence, but I figured it would be cool to publish the review here as it's been a full year since the show. Sunn O))) Dead in the Dirt T.O.M.B. 9.5.12 Union Transfer (Philadelphia, PA) I’ve found it difficult to explain in as succinct a way as possible how Sunn O))) works as a concept, let alone as a band. The sonically dense and intensely austere duo formed by Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson have constructed a ritualized expression, allowed to transmit to live audiences via ominous and enormous drones that don’t seem possible to consider until you experience them. The albums are one thing, but when your ribs ratt...

Boyfrndz: "Moving Parts" (via Terroreyes.TV ) Dead in the Dirt: "The Blaring Eye" (via Lambgoat ) https://soundcloud.com/earsplit/dead-in-the-dirt-the-blaring TV Ghost: "Elevator" (via Pitchfork /Enabler PR) Joanna Gruesome: "Secret Surprise" (via Brooklyn Vegan ) Morcheeba: "Gimme Your Love" (via PIAS America/VEVO) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Man Or Astroman? : "Communication Breakdown, Pt. II" (via Force Field PR) Steve Gunn: "Water Wheel" (via Enabler Agency) Water Wheel Demon Lung: "Eyes of Zamiel" (via CVLT Nation ) Eyes of Zamiel Reproacher: "Casemate" (via Earsplit PR) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead