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Unchecked Aggression 7"
Wantage USA
AEO lay out some of the crustiest, raging-est, power-violence-est, politically aware-est DIY hardcore this side of Tragedy. And where lots of your anarcho-punk groups tend to spew just as much dogma as your standard televangelist, AEO topically aren't reductive or simplistic. Unchecked Aggression was recorded early in 2005 by sound alchemist Mike Lastra at Smegma studios in Portland, Oregon. The EP is by Wantage USA's humble estimation, their most focused and dead-on slamming recording to date. Unchecked Agression features five songs and clocks in at about 7 minutes. With silk screened, two-color covers.
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Head For The Shallow lp
Wantage USA
A collossal, kudgeling record that's been a long time coming and fills a real pronounced need for heavy, loud music. Jared Warren (Karp, Tight Bros., the Whip) and Coady Willis (Murder City Devils, Dead Low Tide, Broadcast Oblivion) are the two members of the band. Big Business have cultivated their "fast and low" deal to the point where it's a thoroughly metallic affair. And that's the point. Where a lot of folks took quite a long time to get next to what Karp did, a lot of the reviews have come back sort of missing what makes this record a crucial part of the heavy rock canon: it's the screaming, the leaden bass tone and the precise and loud-assed drumming. If that's not you're bag, then by all means, keep your distance.
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In Tongues lp
Wantage USA
If Billy Gibbons and Phil Lynott had cousins in Oakland, they'd probably hang out with Drunk Horse. In Tongues is the newest/latest from the mighty 'Horse, and it's a highly satisfying record. These feature beautiful, hand silkscreened covers done by Kim and Matt in Brooklyn.
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Bambi b/w Dirty Mind 7"
Wantage USA
Two early cuts from these bay-area giants. A Prince cover! Recorded by Tim Green. It's a scorcher.
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Split 7"
Wantage USA
Top-shelf material here from two of the Mid-Atlantic's most ripping and enigmatic rock groups. Good news for fans of all things loud, clear and pulsating.
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Rally Day lp
Wantage USA
The sounds Federation X (Bellingham, WA/Brooklyn, NY) makes are unmistakably American, with deep roots in the dirt-rock, power violence and country music tradition of its native semi-rural Washington state. Fed X’s powerful, purty ruckus shares more than a little of its DNA with plow-core pioneers Karp, a youthful staple for members Ben and Beau X. They also tip hats to songwriters like Bob Dylan and Steve Earle and guitarists like Doug Martsch and Tony Iommi. The result is a uniquely coherent approach to western heavy rock, and we dig the shit out of it. Instrumentally, Federation X feature two four-string guitars fuzzy-pumpered through Sunn amplifiers (Bill and Ben) and a powerful and animated drummer (Beau). That classic solid-state plow of the Sunn amplifier--a cheap, loud behemoth that defined the Karp and Unwound sounds--undergirds Federation X’s sound like a rusty iron truss. The Federation X train is rolling, and it’s time for the world to lay on the tracks and enjoy the unique sights, smells and sounds.
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Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman 7"
Wantage USA
Bellingham boys demolish this Budgie cover over both sides of the wax. Recorded by Albini during the X-Patriot sessions exclusively for Wantage. The birds have taken arms.
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In The Dirt cd
Wantage USA
The latest from time-traveling trio Last Of The Juanitas - Lana Rebel (Juanita Family), Johnny Schier, and Maurice "Bryce" Gils (Party Time). A powerful amalgam of metal, engineering schematics, and jazz fusion, held together with the sort of power upon which very few bands can draw. Recorded in Portland by Mike Lastra.
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Time's Up cd
Wantage USA
The 2002 power-surging release from these damage-blasting instru-metal power chargers . A tense and fire-starting mash-up of outsider metal, heavy-handed jazz, and joy-releasing rock sounds. Lean, mean, and ready to level the scene.
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The Jay 7"
Wantage USA
Structure shattering ruckus-strut. The world needs more juanitas. Too bad they're the last. Portland via San Diego hard rock band covers Sun Ra?
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Alligator cd/2lp
Wantage USA
With the help of Tapes Records and Wantage USA, The Narrows have rereleased their first two albums together as Alligator. The cd version features both albums remastered by Doug Krebs and sounding louder than ever. Hand screened cover by Tom Dewar.
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Benjamin lp
Wantage USA / Pool or Pond
The Narrows music pushes acres of heavy till in front of it, much like a gargantuan northwest glacier advancing through a peaceful valley. This is the ultra-limited vinyl version of their spetacular Benjamin album, with slightly different song sequencing. Benjamin, from what we can tell, is a deeply reflective piece of work about Bellingham, and its people. It features recordings of the Narrows' encounter with the supernatural. Limited to 160, hand silkscreened copies.
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Benjamin cd
Wantage USA
Benjamin marks longplayer number 5 for The Narrows, a Bellingham, Washinton trio who issue thick, powerful sounds at about the speed of the Sperry Glacier heading toward the lakes it feeds. The Narrows are a band steeped in wild combination of pain, loss, hope, family and friendship and the music offers listeners a glimpse into life in the Pacific Northwest rarely seen since the days of the Deep Six and Estrus Half Rack compilations.
Sean, Juice and Matt are all share some genetic makeup, and the familial closeness of two brothers and a cousin playing music together seeps through this record at every turn. Among the reasons for the formation of the band in 2000 was the therapy that playing slow, heavy music provided in the wake of a tragic Interstate 5 accident, and over time the music has taken different turns ranging into more hopeful and socially conscious territory.
Benjamin is the crispest, most representative recording the band has undertaken to date. RIYL: Sleep, the Melvins, Low, Unwound, etc.
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Split 7"
Wantage USA
No-Fi's man/wife duo bring the beats and Volumen bring the new-wave on this slab o' Montana sound. Perfect to get the blood pumping during your deep freeze parties or hot rush parties.
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Lambs To The Slaughter cd
Wantage USA
Performance/participation powerhouse No-Fi Soul Rebellion returns with a new ep of frothy dance rock action. Fronted by one-man audience wrecking crew Mark Heimer, along with his wife Andrea, the duo delivers the kind of hyper-personal, stream-of-consciousness, creatively weird tracks that come from making music totally alone, and performing with prerecorded backing tracks. Includes the John Peel-loved track "Ch*rch" from the group’s split 7-inch with Volumen.
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Jazzman Cometh cd
Wantage USA
Glory be, for a couple of corn-fed, advocates of family values and the American way, the Pope fucking lay down the 00's steadiest thuggery. Bass and drums (important to note that's not an "N'" there..) never quite sounded like this before. Like a fine wine, let this EP breath a little before you play it, then listen for the tannic undertones of the Boredoms, godheadSilo and a bit of Unwound's smokiness.
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Erika 7"
Wantage USA
Four early Volumen hits. A little more rock oriented than the big beats of their recent releases. Side B recorded live on KGBA, Missoula.
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Science Faction cd
Wantage USA
Volumen are Rocky Mountain sonic-futurists with ears for melody, hooks, spookiness and bizarre non-sequitor subject matter. All of that is spawned by six month-long northern winters, role playing games, science fiction books and growing up in close proximity to U.S. Air Force bases and the reminders of the ongoing Cold War, brought by frequent F-16 flyovers. "Science Faction" is their return to the realm after 3+ years hunkered in their bunker, recording and writing material. "Science Faction" has fifteen songs and the Hickey/Smith songwriting axis, like the Partridge/Moulding team that gave the world with The Black Sea, showcases two very different songwriters who work together remarkably. Standout track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, a cover learned to win over Finns on the Volumen Baltic Tour of 2004.
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Freelance Liaison 7"
Wantage USA
Freelance Liaison b/w Sheep & Goat Judgement is possibly one of the best records of 2003. A massive single which instantly rises above all other 'hard/loud/fast' bands. Extremely recommended.
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New Releases
Robert Blake
MASA
Misc A-M
Misc N-Z