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Music Shit / dull knife mix #5: under the radar 70's hard rock

« on: April 07, 2008, 09:46:46 AM »

I do a series of free monthly mixes at a local record store, and this is the latest one. It's essentially a shake>some>action podcast episode I did about 4 years ago. It's under the radar 70's hard rock jams from around the world. Hits, and nothing but hits. A few tracks have been rearranged in some manner since the podcast. It has less impact noow that most of this stuff has been reissued in the years since I originally made it, but it's still whip ass.



Bang - Christians, Lions (Florida)
Granicus - You're In America (Ohio)
Buffalo - Sunrise (Come My Way) (Australia)
Leaf Hound - Sad Road To The Sea (UK)
Jericho - Ethiopia (Israel)
Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Drop Out (UK)
Pentagram - Forever My Queen (Virginia)
Blackfeather - On This Day That I Die (Australia)
Cactus - Evil (New York)
Night Sun - Got A Bone of My Own (Germany)
Truth & Janey - No Rest For The Wicked (Iowa)
Groundhogs - Cherry Red (UK)
Stonewall - Outer Spaced (New York)
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori, Pt. 1 (Japan)
Blues Creation - Demon & Eleven Children (Japan)

http://download.yousendit.com/A048953B59246BD4

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Music Shit / The Travelling Shitburys

« on: March 19, 2008, 04:16:39 PM »

Kevin Pink Reason and Matt Horseshit with Times New Viking covering "Anything Could Happen" live @ Sound Exchange in Houston.

aaaand the video evidence:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndnei5iT_ik

I really wish there was video of Kevin doing "I Love Livin In The City" with TNV backing him up.

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Music Shit / The Judys

« on: March 13, 2008, 06:10:03 AM »

They played a show at SXSW last night, and are on the cover of today's Houston Press.  David Bean started reissuing their catalog a few months ago, but the world has no clue.

http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-03-13/news/the-judy-s-come-back/

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Music Shit / Electronic and print magazines that still review vinyl?

« on: February 19, 2008, 06:34:36 AM »

other than MRR and TermBo.

Are there any other blogs/e-zines out there that do vinyl reviews with a similar size user base as TermBo?

I've really lost touch with print magazines.  What nationally distributed magazines are still around that do vinyl reviews other than MRR and The Wire?  I think Skyscraper just does cd's these days, right?

I'd really like to send out more review copies of the Hearts of Animals 7", but I'm pretty lost.  Everything online is pretty specialized, and the bigger print zines have mostly gone the way of the dodo.  Does anyone know of any sites/zines that would give a fair review of a shoegaze/pop 7" and not just immediately write it off for not being punk enough?  Thanks.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Houston: Times New Viking+Psychedelic Horseshit+Naked On The Vague 03/16

« on: February 14, 2008, 02:42:36 PM »

Early warning.




TNV + Psychedelic Horseshit will also be doing an in-store at Sound Exchange that evening.  The sets will be very short, and totally unique.  Mr. Pink Reason may also play a couple of songs if he can be persuaded.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Houston TONIGHT 2/8: INDIAN JEWLERY+A PINK CLOUD+SIXES+More

« on: February 08, 2008, 12:48:22 PM »

Indian Jewelry and Future Blondes (aka A Pink Cloud) have a 12" coming out on dull knife late spring or early summer.  Come get your faces melted off tonight.

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As it seems our local press is wanting in terms of knowhow and newsy scoops and inspiration it is with great redundancy that we bring to your attention the following event and summary encapsulations. Imagine a few badly mixed metaphors in addition to this and let's be off and away like rockets from the Golan Heights.

This Friday February 8
We of Indian Jewelry (Hong Kong Caning Crew with canes on the ready and no this is not some pathetic drug reference, this is Real Hell like Reality TV or REAL MAGIC and Real in the making) are to be pleased to share the company of the following artistes:

BALACLAVAS (Overdubbers. the once-preferred Northern Ireland headgarb, not the delicious dessert. They will be promising all manner of recordable delight.)

A PINK CLOUD (MC DOMMY DOM & FRESH-FACED RAPOLOGISTS. Rap is back in Dom form. E-magine a john carpenter soundtrack crashed into enron bildungsroman by hungarians)

SIXES (THE Electronic wizard of Crash Worship! This is his first trip to Houston in over a decade. Really. Do yourself a favor. Tell it to the mountains. Tell it to the rooftops. Tell it to the four million dumbasses who are sure to miss this show. Tell them in advance how slow they can be at times like these when times is of the assent. He is bound to stir you up what with invoking a beautiful beauty through resonant drones, resident evil, and the sweet sweet sound of horror today.)

DEAD ROSES (Hired guns / Guns for hire. Join Ralf Armin, burning tower of Truth Decay, the Pain Teens, Culturcide, Really Red, the Lepers and the once and future Swarm of Angels. Come for the glam, stay for the Roxy Music.)

TENSE//MKF (Houston Press artist of the year. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/02/last_night_gram_rabbit_at_supe.php Douche dickarounders. New CD in the ready. Don't worry be happy)

Don't let the man fuck you over over this time. Don't let him say that we didn't wreck the place properly.

Imagine a feelgooderie. Except you don't feel so great. Instead, you feel human.

Bless you all!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / dull knife: Hearts of Animals 7" out now + upcoming releases

« on: February 04, 2008, 07:14:17 AM »

KNIFE001  Hearts of Animals 7" EP
4 songs.  Minimal/bedroom stuff with female vocals from Houston, TX. The songs are beautiful.

300 hand-numbered copies, black vinyl
25 copies with magenta silk-screened record release show labels and a button (GONE)
25 copies with blue silk-screened record release show labels and a button (GONE)

first 30 mailorder copies include a HoA live on KTRU cd-r that has 3 songs not on the 7".

you can listened to a track at http://www.myspace.com/dullkniferecs and order it at http://www.dullkniferecords.com.  $5.50 ppd in the US.

++++++++++++++++++++++UPCOMING RELEASES++++++++++++++++++++++++

KNIFE002 RTFO Bandwagon "New Jack" 7"
Debut single by this Columbus, Ohio band.  The band shares a drummer with our friends Psychedelic Horseshit, but they couldn't sound more different. We're talking psych/rural/folk/gypsy/indie pop nuggets of the highest order. I'm amazed at how diffrent each of their songs can sound, yet they remain incredibly concise and catchy.  Should be out in April.


KNIFE003 Indian Jewelry/Future Blondes 12"
New material from Indian Jewelry, and the first official release for Future Blondes aka A Pink Cloud.  Face melting.  Should be out in June.


http://www.dullkniferecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/dullkniferecs

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Music Shit / SXSW bands that wanna play in Houston

« on: January 24, 2008, 08:02:57 AM »

Get in touch.  I'm trying to set up some shows with SXSW spillover bands.

Got Times New Viking/Psych Horseshit/Naked on the Vague lined up, but i want to do 1 or 2 more shows.

dullknifeproject@gmail.com or www.myspace.com/dullkniferecs

-brent