HEALTH PROBLEMS - WINNERS (2015)

Seattle, WA's Health Problems are no strangers to staticfraction.
Featured an early demo way back here.
They continue bulldozing right along with bombastic, thudding noise in the vein of Pissed Jeans, Hawks and Flipper. Right in the vein!
(Virgin Spring Publishing - 2015)

DL: WINNERS

KOWLOON WALLED CITY - GRIEVANCES (2015)

You guys already know these noise bashers.
This monster of a new album should definitely go on everyone's favorite records of 2015 list.
(Gilead Media / Neurot - 2015)

DL: GRIEVANCES

WAILIN STORMS - ONE FOOT IN THE FLESH GRAVE (2015)

Like a morbid plate of hot grits covered in zombie blood, Wailin Storms are from North Carolina.
Like a mix of Young Widows, Murder City Devils, Danzig and TSOL. Get dark and noisy!
(Magic Bullet Records - 2015)

DL: FLESH GRAVE

USA NAILS - NO PLEASURE (2015)

Brand new, 2nd album from USA Nails. 11 aggressive, raw, angry, punch to the chops, rock songs.
Its a grittier and catchier racket from previous releases, but still plenty pissed off.
Like a mix of Pissed Jeans, Future of the Left and Wire.
(Bugout Records - 2015)

DL: NO PLEASURE

JABBERJAW - GOOD TO THE LAST DROP (1994)

I realize this comp has been around on other blogs and such.
But fuck it! It's a killer compilation that continues to have the need to be played over and over.

Plus I was just reading about a book that came out about the club called "It All Dies Anyway: L.A. Jabberjaw, and the End of an Era" and it got me in the mood to hear this again.
So I'm sharing it cuz now you're thinking about it too. You're welcome.
Read this too.
(Mammoth Records - 1994)

DL: IT ALL DIES

DESTRUCTION UNIT - NEGATIVE FEEDBACK RESISTOR (2015)

Album number 2 of crazed-psychedelic-freek-noise-guerilla-warfare from Destruction Unit.
They sacrificed their ears to make this album. Will you lend them yours?
(Sacred Bones - 2015)

DL: NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

TODD - FORGET THE MINIONS (2007)

Its Todd doing a killer version of Karp's Forget the Minions. And Fuck its good!
There's 2 other songs on this tour only 7" version, which was limited to 500 copies on "insanely thick" blue vinyl, that kick all kinds of ass too. You need this. Trust me.
(Southern - 2007)

DL: MINIONS

LES SPRITZ - LES SPRITZ (2015)

Les Spritz are from Messina, Italy...
They play a loud, chaotic and frantic style of instrumental pandemonium rock.
Similar to Dead, godheadSilo, and Lightning Bolt.
Like chewing on tin foil, while laying in a bathtub filled with water and toaster ovens and having an electric eel wrapped around you. Gaa-zaaap!
(Kaka Kids - 2015)

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A MINOR FOREST - ININDEPENDENCE (1998)

Mathy, noise rock from San Fran's A Minor Forest.
7 songs. One clocks in over 18 minutes.
Kinda Slint-y. Kinda June of 44-y. Kinda Jehu-y. Kinda Don Caballero-y.
C'mon, its 90s rock! So you know its good.
(Thrill Jockey - 1998)

DL: INDEPENDENCE

COORDINATED SUICIDES - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (2015)

Brutal and bashing!
Sludgy noise rawk from Coordinated Suicides outta Madison, Wisconsin.
Pairs best with jackhammers, bulldozer, beer and cheese!! Killer!

DL: BEAUTIFUL LIFE

HMAS - FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING (2015)

Homeless continues to crank out quality shit. No exception here.
Almost 2 decades after being recorded, hMAS unreleased album of lost recordings is finally smacking us in the face. Fuzzed out noisy garage punk.
(Homeless Records - 2015)

DL: FEAR GOD

CRAIN - HEATER (1994)

So that last Crain album got me thinking of this one.
Their 2nd and final full length, which I feel is their better album.
Some may argue. (...go on argue), but either way, you can't go wrong with these guys.
(Restless - 1994)

DL: HEATER

GAZER / FRUSTRATIONS SPLIT 7" (2015)

Split 7" from Gazer and Frustrations.
2 songs of drag down, knock you out, louder than punk...Noise Rock!!
(Gladfact - 2015)

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TEETH - THE STRAIN (2012)

I've seen this floating around on other blogs. Its a great record. Not sure why I didn't have it here before.
Anyway, Steve Albini engineered this record. Cool enough.

But I wanted to point out that Albini was on Marc Maron's WTF podcast recently.
And in the conversation, he mentioned this being one of his personal biggest records. Because
apparently one of the members had cancer, and decided to record this album with the remaining time he had left to live. Powerful shit right?
Its a good interview...I suggest checking it out on the WTF site/app. And listening to the whole story.
It made me go back and listen to this album with a different perspective.

DL: THE STRAIN

CRAIN - SPEED (1992)

CRAIN! This band needs no introduction.
Badass 90's indie/noise rock from Louisville, KY.
This was their first full length.
Essential. Crucial. Necessary.
(Automatic Wreckords - 1992)

DL: SPEEED
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GRIZZLOR - CYCLOPTIC (2015)

Noise rock power trio from Hell.
Grizzlor returns with a new 7 song, ass-whoompin', crunchy, noise rock behemoth...
blasting at maximum volume!
(Hex Records - 2015)

DL: CYCLOPTIC

BBIGPIGG - DIN-DIN (2015)

I could swear I posted this a while back. It recently came across my desk, and I was like, oh yeah that's on the blog. But when I looked, it wasn't there. Damnit!
So here it is for reals!

Erupting from Brooklyn’s guts like a cultural vomiting fit, bbigpigg’s ferocious SEWER-PUNK sound leaves audiences with ringing ears and the best kind of bad taste in their mouths. Mixing “noise” and “rock” in equal measure, bbigpigg’s blunt, pulverizing knuckledusters crossbreed The Jesus Lizard’s airtight rhythm section with Arab on Radar’s haywire guitar-work, invoking an ugly, groove-heavy commotion far catchier than it has any right to be.
(Money Fire - 2015)

DL: DINDIN

BIRTHDAY GIRL - PEEL (2015)

New 4-song thingy from Oakland's, Birthday Girl.
I posted their demo here a while back.
This continues where that left off, with more dirgy noise punk ala Drunks With Guns and/or Flipper.
(Self-released - 2015)

DL: PEEL

BLACKLISTERS - ADULT (2015)

Brand new shit from Blacklisters! Goddamn these guys are the cats pajamas!!!
10 songs of pure pummeling and crunching noise rock that takes everything you love about old Amrep bands, and smashes it with some Jesus Lizard, Hawks and Throat.
OOOOF! Heavy thud action that you neeeed! Get on it!
(Handshake Inc - 2015)

DL: A DULL TA
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'68 - IN HUMOR AND SADNESS (2014)

Just discovered these guys and gawd-dayam they're goooood!!
A duo from Atlanta, GA that are loud, disruptive, chaotic, exploding!
Mash The Bronx, Nirvana and Shellac into an insane little noise punk package of pow!

Honestly, I don't know how big these guys are.
Generally I try to stick with the smaller unknowns 'round these parts...
so I apologize if these guys are huge Hasselhoffs in some parts 'round the globe and I'm unaware.
But this shit's the bombastic bomb-o-rama, and fit here just aok!
(eOne Music - 2014)

DL: SAD HUMOR IS ALRIGHT

BOTFLY - HATCH (2015)

More heavy, raucous, thudding from Botfly.
You can find their old demo here.
This be their new clobbering and bashing 7 song effort.
Includes a cool Neil Young cover.
(Self-released - 2015)

DL: HATCH

VANDAL X - ALL LINED UP AGAINST THE WALL (2008)

Pummeling, destroying, crushing, annihilating, damaging, scarring.
How do just 2 people make this thick of a ruckus?
Unsane sounding shit from Vandal X, who obviously got their name from the Unsane song.
I only assume that actually.... You need this shit!!!
(Vlas Vegas - 2015)

DL: ALL LINED UP

T-TOPS - T-TOPS (2015)

Here's something that was sent my way a while back and completely forgot about.
T-Tops are a loud, noisy, heavy 3 piece from Pittsburgh PA. featuring ex members of Don Caballero & The Fitt. Whoo-ya!!
(Big neck Records - 2015)

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CASUS BELLI - TAILGUNNRANGELES (1994)

You fucking love this stuff... as do I.
Casus Belli features Anthony Martin, who was in Bastards, and also worked with Chokebore.
This is just the heavy, ugly, noisy thud that you expected from Amrep in the mid-90s.
This be their only full length. Get ready to get your head schmacked!!
(Amrep - 1994)

DL: TAILGUNN

TWIN LORDS - DEVASTATING PLANETARY SHIFT (2015)

2-piece from NY. One part Lightening Bolt, one part Nomeansno, and one part Bastard Noise, Twin Lords play a punishing mix of swirling, melodic, progressive, heavy-as-hell metal rooted in insane bass riffs and blast-off drumming.
(Handshake Inc. - 2015)

DL: PLANETARY SHIFT

HEAD OF DAVID - SEED STATE (1991)

4th and final full length from Head of David.
Features Justin Broadrick. Yes!!
And should fulfill any Big Black / Industrial noise rock sounding cravings you may have.
They just don't make 'em like this anymore.
(Blast First - 1991)

DL: SEED STATE

DIRT - SHE-MALE SUGARPUSSY / DRILL THE MINX (1990)

Dirt featured John Forbes of Mount Shasta and Phantom 309.
Grimey, grubby, grungy, bluesy and ugly Atlanta noise rock.
Mule meets Nashville Pussy meets Mudhoney.
(Tupelo - 1990)

DL: SHE MALE SUGARPUSSY

GONE BALD - WAITING IT OUT (2010)

I'll admit, the cover art misleads. No, this is NOT a ska album, as much as it looks like it.
You should know by now that I wouldn't do that to you guys.
This is a noise/indie influenced rocking band from Amsterdam that has been kicking around for 20 years! Wow! Maybe they were called Going Bald back then. (Heh heh).

Anyway, they play a buzzsaw style of rock with influences pulled from the Albini Instruction manual. Throw in some Sebadoh, Truman's Water, and Big'n, and this should slap your face into a rubbery, stretchy, pliable putty.
(Narrominded - 2010)

DL: WAITING IT OUT

WHITEY - THE WHITEY ALBUM (2007)

This is Andy Newman's post-Glazed Baby project.
It's noisy like Glazed Baby, but has some bluesy aspects swirling within.
No this has nothing to do with Sonic Youth either, which is what mostly comes up when searching for this. Definitely 'must have' shit.
(SF Recordings - 2007)

DL: THE WHITEY

PIGS - WRONGER (2015)

Brand new, and second ass-kicking full-length from Pigs!
It picks right up from where their last 'Gaffe' EP left off and continues to pummel you into dust.
11 songs of ugly, nasty, crunchy, pounding, bludgeoning punishment!
(Solar Flare - 2015)
 
DL: WRONGER
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THE STRAP - A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW...A DIFFERENT POINT OF YOU (2012)

The Strap are from Winnepeg, Manitoba.
Bottom-smashing grooves under layers of frantic guitar noise and wall-o-sound percussion arrangements. 
14 kicks to the ass.
(No List Records - 2012)
 
DL: THE STRAP

A SNAKE OF JUNE - LE BUCIE (2015)

Heavy, thudding noise rock from France.
Do the clicky click thing.
(Day Off / Some Produkt - 2015)

DL: LE BUCIE

MEATWOUND - ADDIO (2015)

Impossibly dangerous and hardcore as shit, a thundering concoction of 90s influences...industrialized elements of Fudge Tunnel and Godflesh meet a sordid death metal edge meshing Sepultura and Exit-13, all while a throbbing Big Black style of punk gets a scuzzy sci-fi kick in the nuts that harkens The Locust. It's beyond aggressive, it's as unruly as a pet store on fire, and like Warchild from 'Point Break," it's here to fuck you up.
(Magic Bullet - 2015)

DL: MEATWOUND

HAPPY FLOWERS - MY SKIN COVERS MY BODY (1987)

Amazing first record from Happy Flowers.
Drugged out, experimental, head spinnin' noise rock.
(Homestead - 1987)

DL: SKIN COVERS

MONOLORD - VAENIR (2015)

Here's something a lil different for the blog.
Monolord (Sweden) play a slow and heavy stoner sludge type thing.
This is their 2nd full length slab. Pump this thru yer earholes. Killer shit.
(Riding Easy Records - 2015)

DL: VAENIR
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GOD AND TEXAS - CRIMINAL ELEMENT (1993)

3rd full length from God And Texas.
You like Tar? Jesus Lizard? Arcwelder? Yup.
(Restless Records - 1993)

DL: CRIMINAL ELEMENT

THE CATALYST - FREAK OUT THE SQUARES (2006)

Richmond, VA's powerhouse dudesquad THE CATALYST.

These guys are light-years ahead of their time simply in "coolness" alone, but it doesn't hurt that their band fucking RULES. They're kind of like KARP if they were still around to tour with PG.99 and BOTCH, or NIRVANA if they'd been more into JIMI HENDRIX than THE MELVINS.

But these comparisons fail to do THE CATALYST the justice they deserve... simply put, this shit fucking sheds and these are only DEMOS.
(Robotic Empire - 2006)

DL: FREAK OUT

DIAL - SELF-TITLED (2009)

The old expression "like a ton of bricks" doesn't even come close here. The weight of a mountain is what DIAL drops on you with their absolutely crushing 5-song debut EP. The austere New Zealand outfit originally self-released this as a demo, but the material contained within is leaps and bounds beyond what most bands accomplish even at their best. DIAL successfully channels the darkest corners of the AmRep catalog, the raw ferocity of classic hardcore, offtime kilter of math-rock, and the whole concept that music can actually be dangerous. 
(Robotic Empire - 2009)

DL: DIAL

TECHNICIAN - ELECTRONIC CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD (1999)

Whole lotta Shellac worship goin on.
(Tranquility Base - 1999)

DL: ELECTRONIC DEAD

REGN - KANSKJE (2011)

2 person noise rawk from Norway.
(Self-released - 2011)

DL: KANSKJE

THEM TEETH - THE KNUCKLEDRAGGER (2015)

(Triple Eye Industries - 2015)

DL: THE KNUCKLEDRAGGER

SEX SNOBS - POPS SONGS AND OTHER WAYS TO DIE (2015)

New Sex Snobs album. (2015)

SEX SNOBS BANDCAMP

MUTTON - FLYBLOWN 7" (2015)

New Mutton 4 song 7"
(We Empty Rooms - 2015)

MUTTON FLYBLOWN BANDCAMP

SLEIVEEN HOSTESS - S/T (2015)

Hey look! A new post. Ha. Jeez. I know its been quiet 'round these parts.
So lemme make it up with something truly awesome.

Seriously heavy, noisy and pummeling noise rock from Sleiveen Hostess out of Finland.
These guys are probably the neighbors of Throat I could guess...drinking the same booze
and eating the same funny looking shrubbery behind the garage.
So yeah, take... Throat, Unsane, Blacklisters, KEN mode and mash it up for this ugly concoction.
FUCK YEAH!
(Kaos Kontrol - 2015)

BANDCAMP

WORM CROWN - TRAUMA (2015)

Damn. I can never spell Australia. I spell it wrong every time there's a band from there.
So...Worm Crown are from...Australia. (Ha! Nailed it!)

A 3 piece who crank out a fuzzed out and and raunchy brand of noise rock.

Like a blend of Pissed Jeans, Dustdevils, Brainiac and U-men.

This outta get your arse shakin’ with overly spastic moves like being struck by lighting 3 times straight while laying in a kiddy pool of water.

(Self-released - 2015)

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NO FORM - NO FORM 12" (2015)

No Form are from Leeds, UK and they pack a fucking whallop!!
Punishing and brutal, blown the fuck out noise punk. So evil and dirty, just makes you want to take a hot bath in paint thinner and scrub with wire brush. For fans of Shaved Women, Rectal Hygienics, Grids, Clockcleaner.
(Reagent Records/Muscle Horse Records - 2015)

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LOUDSPEAKER - SUPERNATURAL (1991)

90s bands had all the cool names. Seriously, if you had no idea about this band, you would have your curiosity peaked right? Maybe not the best album title though, but thats ok. That happened in the 90s as well.

So, these guys started out in the crusty punk band Crucifix. Weird.
This is the heavier, less-punk, noisier project that came afterwards.
They did 3 thick albums and a burning pile of singles. This is their first full headsmacker.
Part Cop Shoot Cop. Part God Bullies. Park Season To Risk. Part Killdozer. Blast it!
(Patois Records - 1991)

DL: SUPERNATURAL

HABERDASHER - QUARRY / DAY TWO NO SLEEP 7" (1996)

First and only single from Haberdasher.
Slint / Shellac inspired 2 song 7" EP thingy.
Sounds good in the bath or shower too. Just don't get shaving cream on it.
(Reptilian Recahhds - 1996)

DL: QUARRY

U-MEN - STOP SPINNING (1985)

More psychotic crazy ugly shit from U-Men.
6 songer from back in the 80s.
Just think...when people were dancing it up to Wham or Thompson Twins...these guys were doing this. Yep.
(Homestead - 1985)

DL: SPIN SPIN SPIN

DOUBLE DAGGER - S/T (2003)

Comprised of former members of Baltimore stalwarts Charm City Suicides, Stars of the Dogon, and League of Death (all three known for their absolutely chaotic live shows), Double Dagger powered through their songs without patience for fashion or filler, signing to Thrill Jockey and releasing multiple albums shortly after the release of their debut self-titled album on Hit Dat.  
(Hit-Dat Records - 2003)
 
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