Thursday, 8 June 2023

*** PODCAST #116 Justin Smith (Graf Orlock, Sweat, Vitriol Records) ***


     After years of giving mad love to Graf Orlock, I am super stoked to bring you this podcast in which I speak at length with Justin Smith of Vitriol Records, Graf Orlock, Ghostlimb, Sweat, Dangers (kinda), etc. Having gushed at length in the past about his bands and label, it was awesome to finally sit down and chat, discuss movies, share songs, and a few laughs. Please check it out as well as the band's final 7"EP 'End Credits' and a ton of other Graf Orlock merch will be showing up in the Vitriol store tomorrow (Friday June 9th, 2023) so I'll see you there! Some additional things discussed: movies that we watched too early in our lives, sex caveats, ranking Alien movies, geographical Graf fracking, Graf Orlock the instrumental band, Propagandhi as a teacher, Punishment Park is the fucking best, Graf Orlock as a verb, making the best t-shirts ever, accidental screamo infiltration and the Vitriol Records catalyst, information on all of the Gorlock packaging, 20 years of Graf and their dissolution, Children Of Men rules, the movie that Graf missed out on, etc. Bands played in this podcast: мятеж, I Spy, Lukestar, MasshysteriaMisery Index, and Olth. Listen to podcast #116 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

GRAF ORLOCK

SWEAT

GHOSTLIMB
New LP on Bandcamp

VITRIOL RECORDS


1 Defined By Movies
I SPY "God, Family, Country" (Justin)
мятеж  "Van Llewn & Burke, Carter J. - Welcome to 2016 You Pieces of Shit" (Dave)

2 The Screamo Tangent and Grackaging
MASSHYSTERII "Låt Dom Hata Oss" (Justin)
LUKESTAR "White Shade" [MUSIC VIDEO linked here] (Dave)

3 No One Needs A Studio Cinema-Grind Band
MISERY INDEX "The Great Depression" (Justin)
OLTH "LOOking THrOugH THe HOLe in my Head" (Dave)


~Dave

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Wednesday, 31 May 2023

*** EXCRUCIS exclusive song premiere ***

EXCRUCIS
"One Must Make A Living"
exclusive song premiere


For fans ofBlind Girls, Dianacrawls, I Hate SexThese Arms Are Snakes, and Oathbreaker

orders open June 30th, 2023 at 9am PST

     Born from the ashes of Chicago bands such as Nouveau and Not For You, EXCRUCIS sent me their demo recordings a few months back and I was stoked. After hearing the masters and gettin' these tapes ordered for Tomb Tree I became ecstatic. Ecstatic for Excucis? Yep. This four-piece plays simultaneously destructive and dancey hardcore/screamo (not unlike Dianacrawls) with a lot of variety and jarring transitions (not unlike These Arms Are Snakes). Their 9-song, self-titled album comes out on June 30th via Tomb Tree and it's fucking great. You can jam the opener below...and what an opener!!!

(2023) EXCRUCIS "One Must Make A Living" (from 'Excrucis')

     Clocking in at 1:28, "One Must Make A Living" wastes little-to-no time in capturing the listener's attention in the way jarring thunder is both terrifying and wonderful. Feedback leads into a bass wallop and Linda's incredible shrieking. So, after seeing Linda in Not For You I knew they'd be a sick screamo vocalist...but holy shit did they seriously exceed my expectations! The wild, torn cries flip between ear-shattering screams and sassy spoken word with some slight crooning. There's also very cool guitar progressions and the drums are fucking commanding, and that doesn't just go for this track, the entire EP sounds like this. June 30th, baby!!!

ADDITIONAL LINKS & WHATNOT

Not For You playing in Hamilton 2016
https://youtu.be/PKXVtG_lhII

Nouveau playing in Hamilton 2016
https://youtu.be/qZ1JlzjQync

Thursday, 25 May 2023

*** PODCAST #115 Olth ***



     As soon as I heard the upcoming OLTH album 'Every Day is Someone's Special Day' I knew it was something special. And with repeat listens came an even further appreciation for the absolute chaos and visceral bombshell that is their sound. After jumping at the chance to release their debut on cassette, I asked Danny (guitar) and Sean (vocals/lyrics) to have a chat with me. We discussed their upcoming release on June 1st, 2023 via Zegema Beach Records as well as: the best and worst of The Grateful Dead, getting into screamo, the Loma Prieta legacy, the poppiest of screamy bands, lyrical themes for 'Every Day is Someone's Special Day', the band's favourite OLTH songs, hearing Elliot Smith for the first time, better than Alexisonfire, new OLTH, collaborative music and breaking out of habits,  etc. Bands played in this podcast: Elliot Smith, In Reverent Fear, Infester, Loma Prieta, Senses Fail, and Stuntman. Listen to podcast #115 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

OLTH

music video for "screamO sucks"


1 Birthing Screamo at the Grateful Dead Show
INFESTER "Darkness Unveiled" (Sean)
STUNTMAN "The Scourge" (Dave)

2 Olth Chisels a Statue
LOMA PRIETA "David Fung" (Danny)
SENSES FAIL "Bite to Break Skin" (Sean)

3 What the Hell are Those Vocals?
ELLIOT SMITH "Tomorrow Tomorrow" (Danny)
IN REVERENT FEAR "Bright Eyes Under the Blue Night Skies" (Dave)

4 Nolth Lights Everyone On Fire
~ no music

~Dave

live video

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