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« on: December 27, 2011, 07:59:20 PM »
i probably sound like a jackass, but you'll probably want to come into the stuff w/ an open mind and tolerance for bong rattled free improv, focused ineptitude, murk/clatter and lo-fidelity recording quality. a handful of these new releases are just random jams recorded at matt's place/shop in marooka or a poorly recorded live set. if you listen close enough you'll hear some of the best, more fried sounds coming out of australia.
my picks from this particular bunch are:
RESPADO REPASADO (bleak outback exorcisms, like mad nanna in a k-hole), GIR!S GIR!S GIR!S (almost rock, show booker asked "are they still tuning up or what?" halfway thru their set at ngl fest), XWAVE - live (fans of violent students will dig, noise damaged psychedelic hardcore, bobby soxx on psf), SKY NEEDLE (young marble giants/theoretical girls on a sublime frequencies trip, LP on ngl in march/april), XNOBBQX (rock 'n' roll stripped back to an intense neanderthal essence) & STIIIFS (aka foreign stiffs, butthole surfers meets fushitsusha, w/ the drive of grong grong or the more outer black eye records stuff).
greg boring and wardenburger were both pretty cool live, but haven't heard the tapes. don't have the lost domain one either, but since they're the best band of the last 25 years, i'm sure it's great.
just heard matt is selling everything on the cheap as part of a post-xmass sale. so now is the time to grip this stuff.