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Monday, 6 September 2021

PODCAST #71 Nat Coghlan (Transistor Transistor, Strangelight)

One of the most influential bands for me is TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR, who existed for most of 2000-2010, releasing a myriad of splits and two phenomenal 12"LPs on Level Plane Records. Zegema Beach released 'Erase All Name and Likeness' on cassette at the end of July 2021 with 'Ruined Lives + 7"' following tomorrow morning, September 7th! So, when I got the okay to make the band's tapes posthumously I asked Brad Wallace for Nat's email because I really wanted to chat with him about TT, and titled the email, "You have the best scream I have ever heard". Luckily he responded shortly thereafter and we did this little ole podcast. It's fucking hilarious and very informative, including side splitters about: his new band Strangelight, the hiatus from music after Transistor Transistor, going back to school at 25 and his subsequent career path, gettin' bummed out by Bob Dylan, Hot Snakes love, what was the band's "aesthetic" and what does Transistor Transistor mean?, the best artist on Level Plane, wut this...two demos? aka band dysfunctionality, working with Level Plane, knowing too much about bands/labels, the first tour, having ducks, how James saved the band, dissecting the scream, ruining your voice, recording in the studio, the best Transistor Transistor memory, Jack Shirley love, and lots more. Bands played in this podcast: Hot Snakes, Orchid, Strange Light and Tricky Woo. Listen to podcast #71 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR tapes

'Erase All Name and Likeness' digital/cassette

'Ruined Lives + Young Vampires' digital/cassette releases tomorrow!

STRANGELIGHT

Bandcamp

Instagram

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HOT SNAKES "If Credit's What Matters I'll Take Credit" (Nat)

TRICKY WOO "Let the Good Times Roll" (Dave)

ORCHID "Le Desordre, C'est Moi" (Nat)

STRANGE LIGHT "Heaven's Parking Lot" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #71 linked here
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Tuesday, 17 August 2021

PODCAST #70 Seth Robert Babb (Funeral Diner, Lacrima, Repeater Records)

I spoke to Seth Robert Babb. I'm a huge fan. Funeral Diner? Hoooooly shit Funeral Diner. Repeater Records? Mmmmmm yes please Repeater Records. Tons of info on one of the most influential screamo bands (and their vocalist!), a new-ish and very exciting label, as well as tons of other stuff including: meeting Danzig, Reversal Of Man discography, high school ska band, Stirling Says, mind-blowing mixtapes, the transition from Walken to Funeral Diner, being second tier, the writing/theme of 'Underdark', losing momentum, being in a band with the drummer of Portraits Of Past, playing Magic on tour, finding Milemarker's disposable camera, Seb Alvarez love, yelling at clouds, Punishment Park, the band Pills, and lots more. Bands played in this podcast: Black Nail, John Henry West, Meth., Noose Sweat, Ovlov and Wrong War. Listen to podcast #70 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

REPEATER RECORDS

Offical Site

LAST GOOD SLEEP

Bandcamp

Facebook

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WRONG WAR "First Shot Misses" (Seth) (music video linked here)

NOOSE SWEAT "Mentality" (Dave)

METH. "Shuddering Impulse" (Seth)

BLACK NAIL "It's Not Just a Feeling, You Are Being Watched" (Dave)

OVLOV "Short Morgan" (Dave)

JOHN HENRY WEST "Ten Thousand Words" (Seth)

~Dave

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PODCAST #70 linked here
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Friday, 13 August 2021

NOOSE SWEAT

Band: NOOSE SWEAT
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Powerviolence / Grindcore / Noise / Thrash / Crust / Sludge
Related artists: The Rabbit Loves The Shining Wire, War Hero, Obacha, Prison Violence, Throat Slitter, Licorice, Paradise, The Tontos, Trip And Stumble, and Scum Human.
Country: Vancouver, BC CANADA
Years Active: 2020-present
For fans of: Spazz, Bucket Full Of Teeth, In/Humanity, Crossed Out, Suppression, No Comment, Creeper, and Jenny Piccolo.
Label(s): Tomb Tree Tapes

My friend Will Terhove from Vancouver sent their new band to me a few months back and I was iiinnnnnnnto it. The band is NOOSE SWEAT, and the three-piece includes prominent DIY figure Tommy Wilson as well as Jason Macneil (who has also played in numerous bands). The powerviolence/grind/noise trio released the 10-song 'Demo' digitally back in May but I had to get involved, and did so with Tomb Tree Tapes who just released 55 cassettes of this thing.

Name some bands? Okay. Straight up, I don't generally listen to too much of this style. Buuuuuut after falling hard for Bucket Full Of Teeth back in the day, and having Will Killingsworth and Brad Wallace show me perpendicular crossovers recently, I became instantly attached to the globular nature of NOOSE SWEAT. Besides the aforementioned similarity, there is a fair amount of Spazz, Jenny Piccolo, In/Humanity and Crossed Out.

The 10 tracks fly by in a mere six minutes, with some songs barely reaching double digits before imploding. Opener "Manslaughter" is a bit misleading as it starts relatively slow in comparison to most other tracks, but its thickness and flashes of intensity eventually lead to a crushing close. "Thoughts and Prayers" and "Mentality" blow through with some seriously intense speed and dual vocals, while "Deplatformed", "Waste" and closer "Parasite" hit a different spot, I don't know what exactly, maybe it's the restraint amidst bouts of whirling chaos. But I can definitely tell you why "Complacent" kicks ass, that shit is mad heavy with some seriously bellowing screams. All in all, one helluva demo.

As mentioned, Tomb Tree just released these on tape via 20 opaque faceless red swirls in fluorescent pink/clear cases, 18 orange in fluorescent dual-tint cases and 17 show-only transparent red swirls (10 in dual-tint cases, 7 in swirled cases) with additional large-size 7x10 poster/lyrics. The band also has a show that I'll be attending tomorrow (Saturday August 14th, 2021) in Vancouver at Alf House with Con Artist, Body Rot and Cranial Sodomy, linked here.