Monday, August 31, 2015

SANGRE AMADO


artist: SANGRE AMADO (San Francisco, California, USA)
venue: Mission Records
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 10 November 2001
length: 50 minutes

1) "Here's some shit you won't understand, so fuck you."
2) "It's time for the secret weapon...are you sure you're ready? OK: John Wayne. Fucking secret weapon motherfucker."
3) "You how hard it is to find a fucking bass player to play metal in San Francisco motherfucker? It's very difficult, bitch. We're gonna play one more for you. First track off of our second album....that nobody knows because you're fucking posers, bitch. Only metal band in San Francisco, and you don't know what it is, so you're a fucking poser." [audience member shouts song title] "I eat my words."

Thursday, August 27, 2015

SLAYER


artist: SLAYER (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: Dynamo
location: Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS
date: late May/early June 1985
length: 84 minutes

Recorded on SLAYER's first European tour and widely circulated via video, this recording is top notch and screaming. There's a reason why this band is the bench mark...also, some of the between song banter must be heard to be believed (and I'm specifically talking about the introduction to "Necrophiliac" here).

Monday, August 10, 2015

INVISIBLE ASTRO HEALING RHYTHM QUARTET


artist: INVISIBLE ASTRO RHYTHM HEALING QUARTET (Bakersfield, California, USA)
venue: various
location: (various) California, USA
date: (various) 2012-2014
length: 79 minutes

Improvisational avant/jazz ensemble from Central California, recordings culled from various performances.

Friday, August 7, 2015

RAKTA


artist: RAKTA (São Paulo, SP, BRASIL)
venue: CCSP
location: São Paulo, SP, BRASIL
date: 07 September 2014
length: 40 minutes

Live recording available on the fall 2014 USA/Europe tour, with alternate versions of two studio tracks released on the "Serpente/Sólido" 45 on 540 Records.