Uptape

i have noticed for a while that the frequency of my blogging in comparison to others is weak, and i have decided this morning after a refreshing monster energy drink that i will step it up. i am planing on blogging everyday for as long as i can.

here i go.

i have been meaning to blog about things i have received in the mail lately for there has been so much that i haven't checked out a lot of it.

1.blank dogs "the seconds" 12" 4 songs captured tracks 002
this is the second vinyl release from captured tracks and has some pretty rad artwork. i don't know what it is but it is way different than most blank dogs artwork that i have seen. i feel pretty lucky i ordered one early and recieved one of the 150 that have hand colored covers. i think it came out pretty classy for hand colored. i would probably do it and eventually make a bunch of crappy ones. i haven't gotten to listen to it yet.
2.dum dum girls untitled 4 song 12" captured tracks 001
same design of packaging as blank dogs 12".
not hand colored sadly but it all looks reel nice. i have already heard most of it and i love it i jammed pretty hard through the whole thing.
3.mark mccoy "wound" book the heartworm press #24
this is pretty dope i have always been into mark mccoys hand drawn stuff but in wound he dabbles in more of a cut and paste technique that leaves vagueness for your imagination to run wild. a lot of overtly sexual themes that i was way into, some beastiality in it too. i loved the packaging along with a very nice forward. the cover is dope with wound pressed into the cover on ivory white. not to mention it came in a sealed black envelope. (very creepy). it contains art from the failures album and the blessure grave cold cave crocodiles split. it is dope. worth $40
4. wavves "so bored" 7" single young turks ???
wavves is aight i liked a lot of the recordings, when i saw him live is drummer was very rock-esque. and i thought the s/t full length was more hype than what was there. with all of that aside i bought 3 "so bored " 7"s. i have been doing a lot of thinking about record fliping. and as a collector i don't really dig it, but in this case his records go for some bucks and i figured if i can buy three and put out a tape of somebody(deep sht out in march) i will and not feel bad about it.
5. bad dudes "Böse Kerle" (euro 7") altin village 023
i loved the bad dudes, not to say i don't love the bad dudes. but when i was in high school what changed my taste in music completely was a mix cd that had the bad dudes s/t album and chromatics "plaster hounds'" both are crazy different but had a great impact on my musical tastes. since then i have just automatically bought all of their releases on vinyl with this tour 7" i now have everything but their new album, that i am 50/50 on. dope artwork.
6.u.s. girls "Kankakee Memories EP" cherry burger 001
debut release from brooklyn's new cherry burger, bad name yes great music totally. they have a 4 way split release coming out with trudgers and jeans wilder coming out soon. so looking forward. this release however is so rad. the first side is less songy than the full length on siltbreeze, but very harsh and good. on the second side miss remy does some very dope covers justice in the only way she can. you should get it , the cover is dope the music is rad and cherry burger is so nice. not to mention i got it crazy fast.
7.abe vigoda " reviver " 12" ppm 20
abe vigoda surprise me on this, i heard it in january when tyler found it online. a big change if you ask me, for the better??? yes. don't lie is amazing, dope druming and and amazing chorus solid. everything else is like a brain warp. it is all over the place in both dark and light. skeleton sounds really happy and i know its not. reviver isn't a happy record to me. i shows that this band is in the same reality as everybody else they get bummed to. this is a versatile record. i like it a lot.

i sound rich, i am totally going to blog tomorrow.

TOP 5

1.
cat power-metal heart
2.
nelly- (hot shit) country grammar
3.
woods-live i can't remember the first song/twisted tongue/military madness
4.

this heat-spqr
5.

transplants-djdj (john thill understands this)

DIMPLES DIMPLES DIMPLES

from the city that one city that is famous for grunge and starbucks comes dimples. no paws and rapid youff played with these bro's at the greenhouse with seahouse in january, they were on point hard blending simple guitar playing with solid drumming and harmonizing vocals, these two pump out some great unforgetable pop punk jams reminisent of the 90's and cute stuff, but not that cute.
i am putting a tape out by them in the far distant future that is summer 09 until then keep your eyes out for a 7" of one of the hot jams featured on their page right now "top ten" check it, stalk them and don't pick on the dimples.

Memory Lane: Rikk Agnew

i don't even know if rikk is even in this, it would make sense but i can't get a visual. way dope when they start word attack
then...

his first solo record done in 82 some dope jams he plays everything
then for a sec...

then...

and then...


thats how that cookie crumbled

p.s. in the last video, check out the dope shirt of the "all by myself" album cover

WEEKEND

first with the blessure grave tour kick-0ff show at UC Irvine. protect me opened. i have to say these dudes have come a long way, ima gymnast pretty much sucked, a lot. that band lacked a serious amount of creativity and i thought was really boring live(especially for a punk band), but protect me rules, these dudes are doing it hard and show no signs of stoping. we came in a couple songs into the set and as soon as we walked in my jaw dropped. the drums where tight and the bass sounds were thick. the samples were on point and the dual vocals flowed right along with the fluidity of their whole sound.
second was blessure grave, this was their first show with rogers and the first time he used more than a floor tom and snare. it was pretty solid up till complications with one of the songs that their was drum difficulty with. all in all they were pretty tight and can't wait to see the improvements when they come back.
crocodiles played next, they were LOUD. I love it when bands play loud. they started off pretty cool until the PA wasn't having it, then some modifications then the show continued with just as much energy. they seemed pretty bummed by the set afterwards, but they sounded pretty dope, i wanted to get my hands on one of those jah crocodile shirts but funds were limited due especially to that altars 7" on the blessure grave table.
sprawl out played last, those dudes are goons and i don't really care for goons

SUNDAY
sunday was a beautiful day i woke up, jammed with brent met his dog and we picked up hatti and tyler and went to that big ass smell show. j-lep played, i wasn't that into them. wavves played second and i was into it, minus my discovery of the dudes lyrics. his new drummer is a rocker guy but the set was tight through and through. weed demon sounded pretty good. third was rings they were kindof rough but sounded really good when they were on. i missed DSS but came back for abe vigoda. i think on the car ride home it was agreed that it was probably the best Abe set we have ever seen. it got kindof emotional towards the end, being it was reggie's last smell show with them and all but it ended on a good note with little said. mika miko played but it was pretty hot and had to go outside. no age played and it seemed kindof flat, we left early cause we were hungry and we had a long drive.
end

INFINITE BODY

so i guess i met kyle before the other night, but i am a dick and i don't remember. anyways we were talking and then he was like yeah i do music under infinite body. i had seen the name and asked if he had anything that he could sell me. he told me that he would give me a copy of his 12", what a dope dude. anyways he gave it to me and i listened to it last saturday after i got back from the san diego zoo. it is fucking DOPE. the release is a one sided 12" called "a series of false awakenings" 300 were released by arber. it is one continuous song of all kinds of noises and patterns that is continuously flowing. overall a pretty well thought piece, never getting to crazy or out of control, unlike others who do similar stuff. i think this is pretty rad, i am considering buying his 11 song cd white hymns on, i believe his own label, not today.

but yes this is what "a series of false awakenings" looks like

and this is one of his upcoming shows i am going to


he is also playing a show on the 22nd at the echo with high places but that sounds expensive and i am mentally broke
but if anybody wants to carpool to this show on the 27th let me know

ART IS TOUGH

ROGERS (THE DRUMMER OF NO PAWS(NO PAWS (NO LIONS))) IS HEADING OUT ON TOUR WITH SAN DIEGO GOTH BAND BLESSURE GRAVE AS THERE DRUMMER. ACCOMPANYING THEM ON TOUR IS CROCODILES. BOTH BANDS RULE AND YOU KNOW IT, CHECK THEM OUT ON TOUR IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA.
THEIR TOUR IS AS FOLLOWS->


BLESSUREGRAVE
MYSPACE. COM/BLESSUREGRAVESD
CROCODILES
MYSPACE. COM/CROCODILESCROCODILESCROCODILES

ALSO SEND ROGERS SOME LOVE OR MONEY HE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

ART IS TOUGH

SAM

DADFAG

dadfag is a three piece punk band from San Francisco that i think is pretty dope, for some reason they remind me of weezer if weezer didn't know how to play or write songs the way they do. when listening to the begining of "no reason" i thought they were going to start playing a rudimentary peni.
one drummer and two guitarists make up dadfag, i am really into the one guitar almost always doing really high leads. they are going on tour towards the end of february up the coast to seattle then back down to SF. you should send them a message to come south and play in LA or somthing

DADFAG

okay

2009 has fully began for me today with the abrupt end of the no paws / rapid youth tour. because we got snowwed into one of the worst storms in Washington history we couldn't make it to Olympia to play, then during the storm our windshield wipers went out. not to mention the van we were touring in didn't have heating / defrosters. we chose to limit our loses by not venturing towards boise salt lake city or denver and head home.

on the other hand
1. we have returned home safely
2. we had a really good time
3. we have tons of tour cdrs that we were selling at shows, because the tour is pretty much over the bands want you to have them, so just send your info to either rapid youth/no paws/ family time and we will send you a copy. these are hand made and contain rad shit. limited to 100 we probably have 60 left.

but again 2009 is now and i can't tell you how excited i am so i will try my best in list form
1. twin lion-awesome power c30 tape
2. trudgers / twin lion split cdr
3. no paws 12"
4. ports o'call / me collaborative zine
plus way more that is all that comes to mind right now

keep your eyes out and check out
Ancient Crux-interracial coupling cdr it is dope

also the no paws / rapid youth tour completes this saturday at the soda bar with christmas island and blessure grave $5 san diego california presented by skull control most likely some djs also

NO AGE NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY

WTF?
http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/news/grammy-nominations-predictable/