The rage of rebellion refried and roaring, ÄSS ("AHH-sss") marries Monoshock, Electric Eels and Red Transistor with Judas Priest and UFO in an unauthorized ceremony still illegal in most states. Made up of the underground scourges Andy Kman (TeePee Records), Brian Turner (WFMU), Andrew Shumway and Chris Larsen (honored former member, since replaced by the Crucifucks drummer), ÄSS tear through a set recorded live in Hoboken where you can feel the scum on the walls and sweat clouds in the air. Rock festers on in the crevices.
MC $6.75
03/17/2015
***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Trading under the pseudonym ASS—ANDREAS SÖDERSTRÖM SOLO—for more than a decade, he has been the hitherto unknown man of Swedish pop, having played with the likes of electro-pop priestess JENNY WILSON, digital folk stalwarts TAPE, offbeat folk-pop minstrel BLOOD MUSIC, and TAKEN BY TREES, the latest incarnation of former CONCRETES singer VICTORIA BERGMAN. Söderström plays all of the instruments found on this quietly intoxicating 10-track record, the follow-up to his astonishingly assured, eponymous debut. My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went is largely a non-vocal outing, augmented at various points by electronic gurgles, horns and an accordion. Söderström channells a hypnotic style which is at times reminiscent of folk legends such as Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and John Fahey, his crisp compositions nevertheless have an ultra-modernist edge to them, digital elements seeping through and sounding perfectly at home, but with a softly engaging feel rather than the clinical hum of technology. subtle intonation adding a sweetness and warmth to proceedings.
LP $17.25
05/27/2008