listens of the beginning of february '26
here's some noisecore for ya
living room - gonorrhea mechanic
matthew reis is a mastermind and this 99 track opus is a work of intense joy as are all the outpourings under the living room name. trash collage broken instrument tape speed fucking grodiness.
riot dog - first riot
some proper gnarly finnish noisecore. toilet on the cover of the tape. classic shit.
romutus - s/t
romutus was on one of the RAVING FUCKING MAD noisecore comps i put out years back, and were one of my favorite bands i ever had on one of those. revisiting their stuff is always a good idea. they have that utterly fucked sound like you'd hear on the project housing comp from monorail trespassing which is my favorite comp of all time and a sound i always look out for.
stuff my friends played on
skeletonized - 100 movie rebels
skeletonized continues the skronk-punk style invasion. on the mellow side, moderately stretched out tracks, but with the same infectious energy as always.
farkas/hackathorn duo - a scourge of discoragement
luke and corey (of THAT LIKE THIS) doing a stripped down free jazz duo session. mr. hackathorn's playing here has the busyness and unpredictability of the classic free players but a really nice light and dexterous touch that i really appreciate. this is a top tier pittsburgh improv record for sure (and a lot of good has been done in this realm lately, stay tuned).
serial mouse - tears in the eyes of a benevolent lord
wonderful dudes noah and troy participated in the creation of this work of out-there grateful dead heavy metal haze that is just so much god damn fun. spacey jams, southern slide guitar balladry, and cream-esque driving riffs all over the place here. ever onward.
and another one
bob gorry and stephen chillemi - black iron
this is an interesting piece. a method i have for discovering music occasionally is just searching bandcamp tags (usually for noisecore, free improv, or noise) specifically for either cds or tapes (the only physical formats i actually buy, generally) and just sorting by new releases. this was a fruitful discovery there: a guitar and drums skronk-improv album with enough rocknroll-isms to remind you of something like daily dance by doug snyder & bob thompson but with sort of a colder edge like an ascension record. good stuff.
nothing to self promote this time
although you can view a video of the shame doula set i participated in at tough pill a few weeks ago (jan 15). overall quite a success.