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Blonde Redhead: "This is the number of times I said I will but didn't (4-Track Demo)"

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At the end of September, Blonde Redhead will be releasing Masculin Féminin , a 37-track compilation featuring the band's first two releases ( s/t and La Mia Via Violenta ) along with singles, demos, essays, and unseen photographs.   Masculin Féminin is being released as part of the 200 Line series , a faction of Numero Group's archival endeavors that specializes in the forgotten recorded artifacts from the DIY era.  You can listen to the track below or check out the Black Book article. There's also a trailer announcing the release. Information and links were provided by Force Field PR. Blonde Redhead shares rare early demo via Black Book ahead of Numero Group box set release STREAM: "This is the number of times I said I will but didn't" (4 track demo) - Soundcloud / Black Book VIDEO: Trailer Video - YouTube Teeming with the energy and grit of pre-Giuliani Manhattan, Blonde Redhead's long out-of-print early recordings have finally cr...

Shopping For Records: “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone,” Fugazi's First Demo & Rollins Band's Life Time

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Fugazi First Demo Dischord Records Released: 11.18.14 Rollins Band Life Time 2.13.61/Dischord Records Reissued: 11.18.14 Between The Monkees and hair metal, you could find the 10 year-old me reconciling my want of connection to my father's generation and record collection while attempting to find my own way in the modernity of 1987. This was the year I saw my second concert, Def Leppard at The Spectrum. It was school night and I was a small child caught up in a floating miasma of Aqua Net, pheromone and secondhand smoke. I remember being draped in an oversized concert t-shirt while waiting in line to use the bathroom and being asked if I was snorting lines by some curly-haired Leppard head with an elastic headband. I also remember being convinced that guitarist Phil Collen had waved to me before the band exited the stage and feeling elated, special almost. I told everyone at school the following day, my exhausted and overwhelmed frame ready to fall over on my de...