Xhol Caravan – “Motherfuckers GMBH”
a band often referenced by/in conjunction with Steven Stapleton/Nurse With Wound, one listen to this will make it quite clear why that is.
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Brainticket – “Cottonwood Hill”
sometimes also coined as being self-titled, here is the debut of acid-drenched fuzz-psych from this group.
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Embryo – “We Keep On”
a group featuring Mal Waldron, who had played with Miles Davis as well, Embryo tended to incorporate jazz and eastern-music influences into their sound, which can be heard here. there’s a quote from Miles Davis in the liner notes: “That German hippy group where Mal used to play, they are doing interesting things. You know, man? They are creative, good musicians, just playing good shit.”
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Kollektiv – “Swr Sessions”
another similar release from another excellent German prog band. like Odin, Kollektiv seem to be overlooked by the more casual purveyors of krautrock – unfortunate, as there are some real gems from both bands.
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Odin – “Swr Sessions”
continuing with musicians of German origin in a different vein, here’s one of lesser known prog bands from Germany and some sessions they recorded in 1973. includes a cover of Zappa’s “King Kong”.
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Caspar Brotzmann Masaker – “Koksoffen”
if the last name looks familiar, it is indeed. or familial, rather. Caspar Brotzmann is the son of free-jazz legend Peter Brotzmann and about 1.5 decades ago, he released this slab of Neubauten/Swans-inspired dirge. another longtime favorite of mine that isn’t too easy to find these days.
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Six Finger Satellite – “The Pigeon is the Most Popular Bird”
reportedly having submitted a “fake” demo of grunge-styled rock to Sub Pop in order to get signed, 6FS showed their true colors once their contract was in place. or maybe it was all a gimmick to begin with. either way, this disc collects two early 10″ releases that saw the band showing an early version of their Beefheart-meets-Devo-meets-metal stylings and has been a longtime favorite of mine.
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Lubricated Goat – “Psychedelicatessan”
another one that I reviewed in the earlier days of the blog – see the review for additional comments 
in the meantime, get it here
King Snake Roost – “Ground Into the Dirt”
going back to the Amphetamine Reptile roster for this release from arguably the best band of the late-80s noise-rock scene.
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Scissor Girls – “We People with Space Phantoms”
rounding out the day with another of Chicago’s early-mid-90s no wave revival groups and their release that was recorded early in their career, but released on Atavistic only after the departure of founding member SueAnne Zollinger.
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Harry Pussy – “In an Emergency You Can Shit on a Puerto Rican Whore”
speaking of tasteless, here’s this infamous release by this equally infamous Miami-based free-noise group, who were met with a seal of approval by many an indie-rock “tastemaker”…
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Faxed Head – “Uncomfortable But Free”
and continuing with the tasteless-but-hilarious streak, here is the infamous parapalegic black-metal quintet that rumors say features a member of Mr. Bungle. show pride in Coalinga.
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Zip Code Rapists – “92124″ ep
hilarious Greg Turkington excursion from the mid-90s, tasteless but fun.
“94124″ ep here
edit: removed at the request of Eabla Records, who will evidently be re-issuing this in some form shortly. keep an eye out for it.
Terminal Cheesecake – “Bladdersack” ep
featuring members of Skullflower and Godflesh, this group pushed the psychedelic noise-punk stylings of Chrome to further extremes, becoming probably the most stoned-sounding space-drone UK band of the 80s this side of Loop.
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Death Sentence, Panda! – “Puppy, Kitty or Both” 10″
featuring a member of T.I.T.S. and also released (on vinyl only) by Upset The Rhythm, this noise-punk trio is a must-hear.
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Notekillers
a late-70s group blending punk, funk, jazz and prog in an inimitable way. a couple years back, Thurston Moore gathered all of their known recordings as well as some live stuff and issued this retrospective on his Ecstatic Peace label.
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Pyrolator – “Ausland”
here’s a weird one… a German duo echoing Kraftwerk’s methods and The Residents’ surrealism all at once. dadaist pre-techno?
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Liliput/Kleenex
anthology of this female Swiss group who were often compared to The Slits and The Raincoats, while likely inspiring the likes of The Bush Tetras and Erase Errata. originally called Kleenex, they changed their name to Liliput after being threatened with legal action by you-know-who. this two-disc set was most recently issued by Kill Rock Stars around 2001 and collects all of their recorded material. it’s almost 200MB, but no longer in two parts thanks to the new and improved Rapidshare.
Delta 5 – “Singles & Sessions”
Gang of Four-inspired group from Leeds, had little to do with the NY no-wave scene itself other than a passing stylistic post-punk similarity… but excellent stuff nonetheless.
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Waitresses – “Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful”
Chris Butler-led project that ended up having a couple of those “no one knows the band but everyone knows the song” 80’s hits, such the infamous “I Know What Boys Like”, included on this release.
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ESG – “South Bronx Story”
the popular story about this quartet of sisters is that they were aspiring to be a soul/r&b group but, due to their lack of instrumental prowess, ended up sounding more like a no-wave band and becoming popular in that scene, despite being fairly detatched from it on an intellectual level. they also had some material released by 99 Records. I don’t remember off-hand if this release is an anthology or just one of their albums, but either way, pretty enjoyable. oh yeah – apparently ESG became sample fodder for the Beastie Boys at one point as well. I forget the exact details but if you google the band name you should come across the story.
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Y Pants
first of a few posts by bands who had records released by early-80s NY label 99 Records (good article about the label here). Y Pants were an all-female trio and apparently some of the tracks on this anthology, originally released on a four-song 7″, had Glenn Branca at the controls when they were recorded.
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Del-Byzanteens
featuring former members of The Controtions and Circus Mort, this is one of my favorite no-wave related outfits. I’ve uploaded their “Girl’s Imagination” 12″ and their full-length, ”Lies to Live By”… AFAIK this is the sum total of their recorded material.
“Girl’s Imagination” here
“Lies to Live By” here
Ut – “In Gut’s House”
and rounding out a “post-DNA” trilogy of sorts… even though no one from Ut was a member of DNA, Nina Canal had been in Dark Day with Crutchfield before forming this project.
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Dark Day – “Exterminating Angels”
normally I won’t make a habit of posting stuff that has shown up recently on other blogs (this album appeared on the excellent Mutant Sounds blog within the last month or two), but this one is related to the preceeding and proceeding posts, so I’m making an exception. plus, this is one of the few things to show up on Mutant Sounds that I already had 
… namely, Robin Crutchfield’s post-DNA outfit.
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Ambitious Lovers – “Envy”
continuing with some more no-wave related posts, here is Arto Lindsay’s post-DNA project, in which he took some of the no-wave spirit into catchier and funkier territory.
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Teenage Jesus and the Jerks – “Everything”
their discography here
The Contortions – “Sax Maniac”
in the spirit of the live gigs, here are some proper recordings by the bands as well. although The Contortions album “Buy” is usually the main point of reference toward the band, this release with longer songs and more sax squall is equally compelling.
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Friction/Contortions/Teenage Jesus… live
in the earlier Friction posts I mentioned some gigs that Reck had played in the US as a member of The Contortions and Teenage Jesus… here are some recordings of those gigs. one of each band with Reck and a third one to bring us full circle: James Chance of The Contortions playing with Teenage Jesus. keep in mind that these gigs happened in the late 70s and were likely captured on portable cassette decks – the sound quality certainly suggests this to be the case.
The Contortions with Reck here
Teenage Jesus with Reck here
Teenage Jesus with James Chance here
The Seconds – “Kratitude”
another no-wave spirited release from last year. apparently a member of this group is also in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but don’t let that deter you – this one’s good.
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Park Attack – “Half Past Human”
last year’s release from this band sounds like what DNA might have if their songs had been even catchier…
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Lake of Dracula – s/t
starting a series of no-wave posts with this mid-90s group, featuring Weasel Walter (of Flying Luttenbachers fame) and others copping the style almost 20 years after the fact…
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Jackwacker – “Things from Inside Your Body”
further with the noise-rock bass-and-drums duos… sort of. having apparently been recorded in 1993-1995 and just (re-?)released last year, this pre-dates anything Lightning Bolt have done to my knowledge… Godheadsilo and Ruins would have been the only well-known projects operating in a similar realm at the time. that said, apparently the bassist here was a guitarist as well – that is, he played an axe that had 3 lower-register bass strings and three higher-register guitar strings. post-everything for a pre-everything world, or something. check out the excellent cuts “frontal lobe blues” and “another bullet in the head (reprise)”.
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Eloe Omoe – 12″
continuing in the spirit of Lightning Bolt, here’s a bass-and-drums duo whose tone has a lot in common with LB, though that’s about where the similarities end. with much more of an improv spirit about them, Eloe Omoe end up sounding like a free-jazz version of LB or Godheadsilo. they seem to have some sort of affiliation with Bill T. Miller (producer extraordinaire, responsible for recordings by sludge monsters Grief and his own experimental projects Kings of Feedback and Out of Band Experience), which is always a good signifier.
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Headbutt – “Solvent Bassed Product”
another item courtesy of our friends at The Ceiling (I’m not sure, but I think this may have been their last copy). four bassists and two percussionists go completely over the top in what sounds like jam session between “Dial M…”-era, sheet-metal-banging Pussy Galore and the modern day Lightning Bolt.
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Gravitar – “Edifier”
having originally heard this band on a 7″ that I got from the Charnel House catalog way back when, I was intrigued when a full length disc showed up in the catalog of my friends over at The Ceiling when it was time to do a trade with them. Gravitar were an American band who seemed to be heavily influenced by K.K. Null’s work in Zeni Geva, with similar dense walls of oppresive guitar. slightly over 100MB, so in two parts.
part one here
part two here
Halo of Flies – “Music for Insect Minds”
anthology of Amphetamine Reptile label-founder Tom Hazelmeyer’s own band. raw, noisy garage-rock at it’s finest.
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Flied Egg – two albums
rounding out the Japanese posts (for now) here’s some material from this 70s Japanese psyche outfit. I found these together, labelled as “two albums” so I don’t know the titles or which tracks belong on which. I split the difference down the middle.
evidently though this group had a sense of humor, since their name makes more sense in English if you pronounce it in Engrish.
part one here
part two here
Demi Semi Quaver – “I”
first release from this group, who contributed members to Tzadik “New Japan” supergroup Rovo. this is one of the first things I reviewed when I started the blog and, like I said then, it’s a bit like Space Streakings and Omoide Hatoba meeting somewhere in the middle and picking up a female vocalist along the way. great stuff. their second album, appropriately titled “II,” may follow.
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