***A perceptive portrait of long-running Dutch group THE EX. Filmed over a two-year period spent with the group on tour in the US and Europe, at home, and in rehearsal by Swedes CHRISTINA HALLSTROM and MANDRA WABACK, Beautiful Frenzy is a vivid and sparkling impression of one of the world's most extraordinary bands.
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07/27/2004
***WAREHOUSE FIND!!! The last copies of J CHURCH's hot little "Your Shirt" single from the Arbor Vitae album. Two sweet tracks.
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04/29/2003
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! A repressing of the debut 7-inch from this up-and-coming Austin hardcore band—90 % of the first run were destroyed in the infamous Honey Bear fire of '02—led by CHRIS PHEFFER of J CHURCH and SEVERED HEAD OF STATE fame. A searing blend of new and old styles which have gained the band comparisons to Rites of Spring, The Faith, and Really Red (whose songs Storm The Tower are known to cover live).
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04/29/2003
DFI is nothing if not an enigma. Unlike busily touring contemporaries the Fucking Champs and Orthrelm (both of whom DFI have performed with on various occasions), DFI has largely been a private affair, focusing on a dedicated following that is organically growing in number. DFI's performance at last year's Honey Bear Records' South By Southwest showcase at Sound Exchange in Austin was a highlight of the show and one of the best performances of the whole event. Each DFI release has been an exercise in perfecting the craft of intellectual metal. Dave Didonato's fretwork is immaculate - far removed from entertainment and deep within the realms of mathematics and scientific experiment. The bulk of this CD is made up of the highlights from DFI's first two now-out-of-print full length releases. For the first time DFI's music will be accessible to the many dazzled audiences who have seen him perform with the likes of Last of the Juanitas, Cherry Valance, Rye Coalition, Avail, Crom Tech, Cathedral, and many, many others. Cover versions on this album include songs by Ulver and Human Thurma, and an incredible version of "Flight Of The Bumble-Bee." The cover art includes original art by Snake Pit comics artist, Ben White.
CD $12.00
11/05/2002
***Originally written as a follow-up to The Drama Of Alienation (Honest Don's / Fat Wreck Chords, 1997), this is the album that was sideswiped when J Church imploded after a year of touring. Leader Lance Hance's subsequent hospitalization completely sealed the fate of these songs until now. Before he started writing about heart medication and dying, Hahn's songs dealt with Wim Wenders, the Jazz Butcher, and the revolution. Much of the music dates from a pre-Drama era when he was still working as guitarist for Beck. The open tunings, naïve slide guitar work, and harmonic melodies can all be traced back to that happier time when J Church was toying with the idea of signing to a major label (which explains the occasional long, drawn-out, Neil Young-inspired solo). The original tracks are joined by a handful of other unreleased songs, some updated vocals and covers of "Blasé" (Archie Shepp) and "Not Proud Of The USA" (The Mice). "Brainy and melodic but not wimpy DIY punk rock." -Giant Robot "Quality emo pop punk." -Maximum Rock'n'Roll "One of the great unappreciated treasures of San Francisco." -Hit List "Possibly the most literate lyrics I have ever heard in a punk context." -Skratch * All unreleased material * Originally written as follow-up to their Honest Don's (Fat Wreck) debut * Ex-guitarist for Beck (if anyone still cares) * Headlining a US tour for the first time since '97 * Follows an unbelievable string of J Church CDs
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11/05/2002
***The cream of the Honey Bear crop, J CHURCH returns with a crowd-pleasing collection of tracks previously available only on compilations you don't want to know about and 7-inch singles you've probably come to live without. Twenty great songs that prove the band's best material has always been relegated to vinyl-only B-sides and Third World DIY collections. Features guest appearances from British trip hop artist and jazz singer HARRIET SCOTT, MANDA RIN (BIS), JOHNNY TAKEAWAY (HARD SKIN), and KELLY GREEN (PEE, COCKPIT), and covers that range from the Jesus And Mary Chain to Bitch Magnet to Electric Light Orchestra.
CD $12.00
08/14/2001
A cherishable final curtain from two sadly defunct punk bands. Cinnamon Imperials start the wake with two female sung, melody-laced poppish gems, so that the Preggers can let the fury clang with four vicious punk snorters.
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01/08/2001
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Newtown Neurotics members go three-piece-pop-punk all over you.
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01/08/2001
The Young Ginns formed in the winter of 1991 while Justin Trosper and Brandt Sandeno were stranded at the D.C. home of Tim Green (ex-Nation of Ulysses, now with the Champs) while on tour with Unwound. Since young writers could be termed "young Ginsburgs," nascent instrumentalists with aspirations, they reasoned, could be similarly nicknamed "young Ginns," et voilà. Eventually everyone involved lived on the same coast (ours), making possible nightly annihilation of the Red House basement in delusional SST frenzies. Brett Frost heard the call to illumination so acutely that he crawled out of his hole and in a Nyquil stupor, acted out his wildest Darby dreams. What began as a math rock fantasy transformed into a punk rock nightmare. Lucky you.
CD $12.00
01/08/2001