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Pusdrainer - Humiliation Mask (Dead Gods) A short but concentrated effort from Pusdrainer. It’s an angry & harsh tape that contains a lot more maturity than the projects early material. It’s a fitting end for this project, as moments do venture more into “Shredded Nerve makes a one off PE tape”...

Taking the energy of Hospital’s International Misanthropy showcase into today… Prurient - Sexual Magic (Hospital) It’s finally mine… out of all the shorter Prurient tapes in discography, this one has been my white whale. Dom is so powerful in shorter run times, and this one proves it. Tells a wonder...

Perhaps one of the most accessible entry points into noise for curious newcomers, the RRRECYCLED series has remained a mainstay in my regular noise listening for the better part of 5 years now. There are so many rippers, so many duds and so many strange oddities are mixed within this series that I f...

+DOG+ - Recycled (RRR) The man, Steve Davis, in rare form here. Lots of weird, crude, harsh noise going on here. The legacy of +DOG+ to American harsh noise deserves a neither spotlight on it. Defektro - Forged Seeds (Grog Pappy) An all-time great of both Australian & rhythmic noise. The way Hi...

Back again to continue my rant on artists & labels you need to know more about... Defektro is Australia's finest, flat out. While his work as a pedal maker is revered with Lastgasp Art Labs , I feel like I have never heard any prominent discussion of his noise. For as much as people discuss thei...

Coming back to check in with this one now that I have heard quite a few new releases from this year. Scathing - Flesh Wreckage (Cruel Symphonies) this one will take the cake for me as best noise record of the year, probably. Absolutely maniacal in every sense of the word, and getting to play with hi...

Powdered Beatles - What Am I? I wanted to come in here & chime in on this particular tape. Picked it up from Richard years ago, and kind of forgot about it since an initial listen. Might be time to take it for another spin. It is a lot weirder and more involved than other works of his. Also, ho...

Sissy Spacek - Absorb Wanting Symbols (Petite Soles) A fantastic addition to the expanded ensemble catalog for Sissy Spacek . Seeing how the band takes the likes of Dilloway , the Ramirezes & Bill Nace to such sonic territories that all work together is a thrilling time. Skin Crime - A Legacy o...

V/A - America Salutes Merzbow (Vinyl Communications) Currently playing as I type this… Honestly, the idea of tribute records have always carried a negative connotation for me. If I wanted to hear the songs done right, I’d go and listen to the actual band. But this one piqued my interest too much to...

Going into last night/today's listenings... Eugene Chadbourne - Guitar Freakout (self-released) My roommates dad dug up this tape he got from Eugene when he saw him back in the 90s. A-Side is all amplified rake, while the B-Side sounds like a cut-up record of every dad that has ever noodled around i...

Deterge - Unintentional (Fusty) A short but killer ripper from Jim. Just when you think you figured out Deterge as a project, stuff like this comes along. Nice. Evil Moisture/Shredded Nerve/Jackson-Pratt - Untitled (Imperial Sperm) I’m assuming this is Bolus working the source here for this one. Ou...

Bastard Noise - Descent to Mimas (Ground Fault, 2001) A solid Wiese/Wood effort, with only a couple minutes of vocals tucked into the first track. This is another album I haven't listened to in years that I think still managed to be burned deep into my subconscious. Likely one of the first places I...

Throwing a few more names in there. Fragments was incredible. The tape on Hanson is something else to behold. I just don't understand why nobody talks about them in the same light as Emeralds now. Lidless Eye is incredible freak shit that I had to dig for hard. Why does no one talk about him too muc...

She is an amazing artist who knows what's up; giving back to the actual noise crowd more than I can say about most in the more "academic" side of things (or any side of things, for that matter). She has helped me figure out cool tricks with the flower electronics I have countless times. Lu...

David Gilden - Texas Pillbox (Fusty Cunt)

Well, this is gonna take a while. Tape 1 is great so far. I will report back on it as a whole whenever I finish.

Bastard Noise - Descent to Mimas (Ground Fault, 2001) A solid Wiese/Wood effort, with only a couple minutes of vocals tucked into the first track. This is another album I haven't listened to in years that I think still managed to be burned deep into my subconscious. Likely one of the first places I...

One Dark Eye - Death Knocking at the Door (Mother Savage) Swallowing Bile - Malicious Intent (Beneath the Ruins) C.C.I.C. - Cosmick Coroners Investigation Committee (Easy Listening) Lobo Messiah - God’s Plan (Fusty Cunt) Kyle Flanagan & Church Shuttle - Beer Drinking Hellraisers (Easy Listening...

Neuntöter Der Plage - Let Your Flesh Writhe, For It is Your Time (Chondritic) This is a peak Ryan Oppermann tape. Creepy synth & vocals all throughout, with unsettling piano & what sounds like tape loops joining the mix. Mania - Ultra-Negative (Freak Animal) Mania sourcing Dilloway ? Cmon, ...

I have heard "Psycho Bondage" , and the Neuntoter der Plage tape on Chondritic Sound is a jam that I am currently loving the fuck out of as I type this. What else is worth checking in Ryan's discography? It's a shame he is not really making this type of noise anymore, it is so unsettling i...

Saw this thread yesterday, but did not get to comment until today. This topic has been permeating my mind though. I still put on noise when I am doing a lot of activities -- playing video games or cleaning my bedroom are a good example. But even in those moments, I will find myself stopping to just ...

Prurient - Cain and Abel S/M (Hospital Productions) I bought the special edition & finally had it land in the mail the other day. I have no way to spin the 12” yet, so just the tape will have to do. It’s not one of my favorites of Dom’s recent work, but it’s still good! It really starts to pick...

Rodger Stella - Resin Drones (Mutter Wild) This is among my favorite works of Stella's. Love how lowkey and minimal it is, barely moving in an inch throughout the four pieces. Wonderful noise to relax to at night. Shredded Nerve/Form Hunter - Split (self-released) My most recent show pickup. This s...

I am really glad this topic gained traction. It is awesome to see so many stories and record suggestions come this way. I hope that we can continue to remember how great & inspiring Scott was for the time this genre had him.

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What a phenomenal body of work. You have the stone cold classics like " Mulberries Ripen & Rot" and "Excuse Me but I Think You Dropped Something." Other releases, such as "Interstital" and "Le Corbusier" do not reveal their truly hypnotic power right away,...