Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Various Artists - The Mercy Killing of Tarantula Pie

An excellent compilation featuring bands affiliated with London's Bull & Gate during late 90's. Lots of alternative british bangers on this one, I liked it a lot.


1. The Courtesy Group - Roll Out The Man
2. The Brain of Morbius - I'm A Busy Bee & I'm Loaded
3. Malowski - Sour Crutches
4. The Beale - Manns
5. Reverend Pike - I Lost My Coat
6. I, Ludicrous - We're The Support Band
7. Normal - Ton O'Bricks
8. Treatment - Under The Lie
9. Probing Cranks - Tuxtla
10. Nero Burns - River Of Sleaze
11. Diary - Central Line Arseholes
12. Pence Eleven - I Cried When I Hurt My Mouth
13. Gertrude - X-Ray
14. The Bigots - Margarine Man

Loseless with full artwork scans
Thanks to Saint Zager for providing me his copy.
Posted more The Bigots last year, you can find it here.

Monday, January 17, 2022

Airs

Just like the last one, this post is in the ongoing serie of me making space on my hard disk. Airs started up in San Francisco by Chris Broyles, soon to be joined by Aaron Kelley. Initially the idea was leaning towards the than freshly hyped Black/Shoegaze thing, but not only they abandoned the Black Metal early on, they kept jumping between genres in that area [post rock/post punk/noise pop/emo, you name it]. Unlike a lot of other bands from that time that were trying to imititate Alcest/Deafheaven, Airs were actually influenced by some other stuff as well, and you can hear it.
At first I was planning just to upload a few releases I had and couldn't find online at all, but than changed my mind to just post it all, and even went on to look for some stuff I didn't have. So there it is, A LOT of lo-fi, raw, immature stuff here. Most of it is solely for Airs fans, but some might be enjoyable for all, one can sure find some gems here and there.

Chris Broyles
2010.01.15 - Happy Songs For The Terminally Ill

1. Counting The Moments to Oblivion
2. I Wish Everyone Would Die Post-Haste
3. A Feeling of Pain
4. There's No Place Like Hell

2010.03.01 - Kill Yourself On Valentines Day

1. Kill Yourself On Valentines Day (Nobody Cares)
2. A Beautiful End To This Timeless Dream

2010.04.11 - Untitled

1. Untitled
2. Untitled (Remixed & Remastered)

2010.07.15 - Joyless

1. Joyless
2. Never Too Late to Hurry Up
3. Ende der Ewigkeit kommt in der Nacht
4. Ravish
5. Joyless (2009 Demo ver.)

2010.12.21 - Rainclouds Over The Remains of Hope

1. Overcast - Das Ende Der Zeit-
2. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope
3. Cast Into The Sea
4. Innocence
5. Everyone Has Died Post Haste
6. Joyless
7. Never Without
8. We're Still Drifting
9. Passing
10. Clear Skies - Und Zeit Beginnt Von Neuem-

2011.03.07 - Airs / Lunarie

1. Home
2. White Pantomime
3. Indigo
4. Lucid

2011.07.14 - Live on Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, San Francisco, CA, USA [Debut live, acoustic]

1. Interview
2. A Left Turn At Happiness
3. Gloomlights (Intro)
4. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope
5. Scott Pilgrim Vs. You
6. We're Still Drifting
7. Caves
8. Coffee And The Music Industry (Dead Ringer Cover)
9. Little Fury Things (Dinosaur Jr. Cover)
10. Variations On The Theme From Top Gun (Have A Nice Life Cover)
11. Speak (N.T.T. Fucks Cover)
12. Passing

2011.09.23 - Soundtrack for a Cancer Cell as It Is Born in the Center of Your Brain

1. Soundtrack for a Cancer Cell as It Is Born in the Center of Your Brain

2011.10.01 - Gloomlights

1. Harvest Moon
2. Scott Pilgrim Vs. You
3. White Rose
4. Knee-Deep In The Dead
5. Hollow
6. Heart
7. Caves
8. Feathers
9. Halfway There
10. Butterfly
11. The Watchers
12. Scene
13. Ghost
14. Gloomlights
15. Movement
16. Velvet
17. Cascades Of Grey
18. Shift (Repeat)

Gloomlights (Part III) [Bonus CD released on 2013 edition]

1. Scene (Original Ver.)
2. Ghost (Original Ver.)
3. Clouds
4. Bright
5. Despair & Consequence
6. If/May/Trust
7. Consume
8. Foggy Smiles
9. Highroad
10. I Miss You, You Know
11. Gloomlights (Original Ver.)

2011.12.01 - Everything Reminds Me of You

1. Lonesome Smiles
2. Dreaming
3. Everything Reminds Me of You

2012.01.01 - Blanket Shores

1. Blanket Shores 
2. We're Still Drifting (2012 ver.)

2012.01.01 - Gloomer

1. Woe unto Us (Have a Nice Life Cover)
2. Being a Teenager and the Awkwardness of Backseat Sex (Planning for Burial Cover)
3. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)
4. Little Fury Things (Dinosaur Jr. Cover)
5. Oh Righteous One (Bad Braids Cover)
6. Coffee and the Music Industry (Dead Ringer Cover)
7. Speak (N.T.T. Fucks Cover)

2012.02.12 - White Rose

1. White Rose (New Mix)
2. ''2'' (White Rose Demo Ver.) [I added this one here, it was originally on 2011 version of this single, which included this and the Gloomlights version for this track]

2012.04.08 - Adrift

1. Adrift
2. I'll Never Meet You

2012.10 - Collected Vol. I: Acoustic Demos 2011-2012

1. 1980
2. Softly/Oh Pain Oh Agony
3. Blanket Shores
4. Ending

2012.10.15 - Under Radiant Gloomlights

1.1. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope (Rehearsal)
1.2. Blue (Rehearsal)
1.3. Joyless (Rehearsal)
1.4. Never Too Late To Hurry Up (Rehearsal)
1.5. Caves (Rehearsal)
1.6. We're Still Drifting (Rehearsal)
1.7. Morgan & Frankie (Rehearsal)
1.8. What You Were (Rehearsal)
1.9. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope (Acoustic Forest Rehearsal 8/8/12)

2.1. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope (Brentwood 8/10/12)
2.2. Morgan & Frankie (Brentwood 8/10/12)
2.3. What You Were (Brentwood 8/10/12)
2.4. Joyless (Antioch 8/11/12)
2.5. Caves (Antioch 8/11/12)
2.6. Introduction (Fresno 8/16/12)
2.7. We're Still Drifting (Fresno 8/16/12)
2.8. Morgan & Frankie (Fresno 8/16/12)
2.9. What You Were (Fresno 8/16/12)
2.10. Caves (Las Vegas 8/17/12)
2.11. Morgan & Frankie (Las Vegas 8/17/12)

3.1. Gloomlights Intro (Los Angeles 8/18/12)
3.2. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope (Los Angeles 8/18/12)
3.3. Blue (Los Angeles 8/18/12)
3.4. Lonesome Smiles (Los Angeles 8/18/12)
3.5. Joyless (Los Angeles 8/18/12)
3.6. What You Were (Los Angeles 8/18/12)
3.7. Introduction (San Francisco 8/19/12)
3.8. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope (San Francisco 8/19/12)
3.9. We're Still Drifting (San Francisco 8/19/12)
3.10. Morgan & Frankie (San Francisco 8/19/12)
3.11. What You Were (San Francisco 8/19/12)

2012.11.26 - Morgan & Frankie EP
[third track is exclusive for this release, second one is from last release, first one is from next release]

1. Morgan & Frankie
2. We're Still Drifting (Live - Fresno 8/16/12)
3. What Would You Do?

2014/15 - Final Album Demos

1. Love Daze (Demo)
2. Evergreen (Demo)
3. June Gloom (Demo)
4. Bliss (Demo)
5. Guilt Trip (Demo)
6. Night (Lost Ghosts) (Demo)
7. Enemies In Low Places (Instrumental Demo)
8. Psychic Death (Instrumental Demo)

Miscellaneous [Just some stuff I compiled]

2010 - A Song for the End of the World (Short ver.) [Probably from some compilation I can't find, by their own running label Serpent Spine Productions]
2010.06 - Ravish [Instrumental demo]
2010.08 - Sunny Sundea Smile (My Bloody Valentine Cover) [A Curious Box of Captured Unfortunate Scenes]
2013 - Pendulum [Adore bonus cd-r]

Most of the releases since Adore and on are still available in their bandcamp, so if you need it the link is here.
While trying to complete this list, I found on soulseek some guy that has a couple releases I don't, but it seemed like he's hoarding it to himself, which was quite funny, his nickname is inhalinginhalants and I bet his mother sure is proud of him. If you're eager to get releases like: Performing "Adore" or Wind-Up , than go bug him up about it.
And yeah I'm way too lazy to start adding all the artworks for these.

Thursday, January 13, 2022

3 Gordons

As is often the case, don't have too much info about these folks. Two guys from Vienna I think (plus a drum machine from Japan ?) released the first album, later to be joined by a drummer right in time for the recording of their mini-cd. Nothing special here, casual 90's alternative rock, american style, some metallic vibes on occasion. Not bad at all though.
Could never put my hands on their second album, 1995's In Yoland, so if you have it and feel like sharing..
If you like what you hear, check out their drummer's soundcloud where you can hear some tracks live.

1991 - Cybercircus [192kbps]

Artwork scans available online are so awful,
had to go with this nice photo
1. This Is Not
2. Corrode Me
3. Pigs: - - On The Rock / Slaughterpigs
4. Advertising
5. Desert
6. N.W.G.E.
7. Cybercircus
8. "17"
9. Get The Gun
10. Hi Fred!
11. No Power
12. Land Fucked Up

1992 - Noise By Law [128kbps]

1. Long Tall Dwarf
2. Clean The Highway
3. Creativity Is Sleep
4. Santa Sangre