Adam Long - Tuna Town Presents: The War

More insensitive yet hilarious cartoonage from my favorite animator. This time, under his more recent banner of Tuna Town. This cartoon deals with a little boy and his grandpa and brings a smile to my face everytime.

Enjoy!

Varathron - Walpurgisnacht

It should be no secret that Greece held a secret key to creating inspiring and unique metal. Bigger bands like Septic Flesh or Rotting Christ held the public's eye, but bands like Varathron also churned out album after album of signature Greek metal.

Sotiris of Spetic Flesh even lended a couple solos for this record, perhaps my favorite from Varathron. This album was released in 1995 and is a must for any fan of melodic Greek metal; like a big slab of Baklava in the face!

Info HERE and download HERE.

Faith No More - Live at Download Festival 06-12-09

Faith No More was the most important band in history to me. When they broke up without me ever having a chance to see them live, I was broken-hearted. Now, over a decade later, they are reformed and touring, and better than ever.

This audio capture of the festival is pro-quality, and captures them full of energy and obviously excited to be performing these songs again. They perform tracks from every album, and a few covers as well. This performance gives me chills.

Download HERE.

John Oswald - Plexure

John Oswald is best known for pioneering and coining the term "plunderphonics." Plunderphonics is the use of pre-exisiting sound works to make your own works or sound collages. Oswald has been practicing Plunderphonics since the '70s, but is also a recognized saxophonist and media artist.

Here we have "Plexure" which was released in 1993, and it is one of my favorite Oswald works. This really has to be heard to understood, as words fail to describe it accurately. Listen close and you will hear everything from Gwar to Edie Brickell on this album.

More info on John Oswald HERE and download HERE.

Adam Long - Lunchfuck Presents: Spotty Lincoln

Here is another little treat from Adam Long and Lunchfuck called "Spotty Lincoln."

Enjoy and download HERE.

Nuclear Death - Bride Of Insect / Carrion For Worm

Nuclear Death was fairly well known amongst tape traders, and zine readers in the underground in the early 90s, but aside from that, were sorely unrecognized, especially later in their careers. Lori Bravo was the driving force behind Nuclear Death, and her crazed grindcore/death metal stylings are like nothing I've heard since.

Presented here is the 2000 rerelease of "Bride Of Insect" originally released in 1990, and "Carrion For Worm" originally released in 1991. These albums are like a whirlwind of sorts, seemingly uncontrolled, yet obviously refined. Amazing.

Chris Reifert from Autposy even provides some backing vocals. It's a must listen. Info HERE and download HERE.

Designed 2 Fade - "Cheze" Demo 1994

I recently found this in my box of old demos. I had completely forgotten about this cassette. In 1994 I was out of High School for about a year, and living in Bozeman, MT after having lived in Minneapolis, MN since graduating. I stopped by my old friend's apartment in downtown Bozeman, he lived above Miss Kitty's Adult Store, and he was recording this demo in his apartment.

It was mainly my friend Chris Lekan's project, he wrote most of the music, played most the instruments, and had a pretty impressive project studio in his modest apartment, so he recorded everything as well. He ended up asking me to play bass for the recording, and we worked out the lines right there on the spot, and recorded them in a couple hours.

Then we walked down the street and ran into local punk Mark King. Mark was best known for having the first septum piercing in Bozeman, at least that we knew of. He never seemed to have a place to stay, or work, he perpetually couch surfed and wandered the streets. We asked him to sing, and he sang most of the songs without ever hearing them beforehand, and made up the lyrics as he went, save for a few corrections here and there.

I think only a few copies of these existed in the first place, and I don't have a scanner, so I just took a picture of the cassette. Musically, its kind of a nod to the first Mr. Bungle album. Enjoy.

Download HERE.