Monday, April 25, 2016

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AKA QUAKERS


artist: SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AKA QUAKERS (Austin, Texas, USA)
venue: Mission Records
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 19 August 2001
length: 16 minutes

"Now I'm in control....Microphone Control."


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

99¢


artist: 99¢ (California, Pennsylvania, USA)
venue: ??
location: ??
date: 24 February 1985
length: 32 minutes

All I know comes from the scrawl on the front of the tape and a listing for a band with the same name on the Infernal Noise comp tape, also from 1985. If you ever wanted to draw a bridge between FEAR and VOID....here you go.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

SIXTEENS

artist: SIXTEENS (San Francisco, California USA)
venue: Mission Records
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 20 October 2001
length: 41 minutes

Twenty years too late for the primitive industrial/synth their sound was rooted in, and more than a decade ahead of the current synth-punk explosion (see also contemporaries like VANISHING, MUTILATED MANNEQUINS, SUBTONIX), this band was genuinely weird, a total trip to see live, and would remain active in SF and Berlin for most of the '00s.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

SCREAMING TREES


artist: SCREAMING TREES (Seattle, Washington, USA)
venue: Kennel Club
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: ??, 1988
length: 61 minutes

Middle of the road recording quality, but the overwhelming and relentless wall of guitars is still noteworthy. Tracks mostly from "Even If And Especially When" and "Invisible Lantern," for those interested in such things.