 THE SECONDS - Y LP (x-mist) "the seconds are a three-piece from new york city, being on the forefront of the neo-no-wave/post-punk scene along with the liars, radio 4 and ex-models (actually guitarist zachary plays as well in the ex-models, and drummer brian is also in the yeah yeah yeahs!). their incredibly tight and frenetic proto-punk, with buzzsaw-like guitars, punching bass and driving drums, reminds of gang of four, richard hell, early devo and the minutemen... and then there's an extremely cool cover-version of madonna's "burning up" on this record! awesome!!!" (90kr/$11) 
THE SECONDS/EX-MODELS 7" (x-mist) "features 2 songs each by these new-york-now-wave bands! more of the second hectic & spastic no-wave/neo-punk blasts, and the ex models - who had a cd out already on ace fu records - sound like the "missing link" between jesus lizard and arab on radar...! this 4song-ep was released in the usa as a cd-only on my pal god records - and now it's exclusively on x-mist as a limited edition of 300 copies on white vinyl with a full-color sleeve!" (30kr/$3.50)
 SEVEN FEET FOUR - DEPARTURE/ARRIVAL CD/LP (coalition) "the new flavor from sweden is there to disturb your world. seven feet four's debut full length combines melody, catchy songs and musicianship and turn them into modern sounding rock, a new sound from a new collective. seven feet four could described as a mix between the merge label sound (superchunk), fugazi, sonic youth and at the drive-in. something old, something new, something stolen, something blue. a good combination for inspired rock music." (CD - 100kr/$12 | LP - 90kr/$11)  
 THE SHAMELESS KISS OF VANITY vol.2 7" (release the bats!) this is the second part in a serie of three the cure tribute records brought to you by release the bats records. this time with the vanishing (they are doing a dark and harsh version of the masterpiece a forest) and something about vampires and sluts (a loud and upbeat grinding halt). amazing versions of amazing songs. (30kr/$3.50)
 SHIKARI CDEP (level plane) "when bremen, germany stopped producing the loudest and most destructive hardcore bands in existence, it seemed unlikely that any other city would follow up with a suitable and equally scathing alternative. enter shikari and prepare to kneel because your savior has arrived. from the small city of groningen in the netherlands, shikari offers brutality on a scale rarely if ever seen in modern hardcore. recalling elements of the terror once exclusive to acme and incorporating textures found in canadian giants uranus and drift, this 4 song blast is nothing short of audio terrorism, continuing where they left off after a split 10" with dutch punk stalwarts seein red. prepare for obliteration. the countdown starts now." (50kr/$6)
 THE SHIVERING 10" (council) "this is honest and raw hardcore from northern california. the shivering play a style of music that helped define the powerful and emotional hardcore genre in the early 90's, and they do it very very well." (80kr/$10)
 SKARNSPAGE - CD (lilac sky) "first full album by this norweigan band! no-wave-noise-punk meets avantgarde... somewhere in between arab on radar, but less spastic, and orthrelm, but less improvisational... in any case a pretty cool and original release!" (80kr/$10)
 SMACKDOWN 7" (coalition) "crazy fast and exciting hardcore from sweden. this 5 piece with members from the dead ones are inspired by american wrestling and fast early eighties hardcore. if you dig the oath, mk ultra and classic early eighties hardcore be prepared to enjoy a bite of swedish punk." (30kr/$3.50)
 SOILED DOVES - SOILED LIFE LP (gsl) "seattle's soiled doves are history - although the group's brief existence in no way reflects its significance in the scheme of things... the band emerged in the late 1990's as new-wave upstarts the vogue, and by 2001 had mutated (or, rather, condensed) into the 4-piece soiled doves. three of the four doves were soon to be members of the critically-acclaimed chromatics, while vocalist johnny was on loan from local heroes the blood brothers (three one g, second nature). soiled doves released a single on arizona's collectable king of the monsters label, then ventured into seattle's paradox studio to record a full-length. before the album was finished, it was decided that the group would lay itself to rest - johnny's commitment to the brothers was compromising his time, and the band were eager to get on with touring, etc. so, after a single west coast tour in the summer of 2001, soiled doves called it a day." (90kr/$11)
SOON THE DARKNESS - CUT THROUGH THE CROSS SECTION 7" (wakusei) description coming soon! (30kr/$3.50)
 THE SOUTH 7" (perpetual motion machine) "four blasting, spastic and urgent tunes from florida's youthful three piece. brutally honest and heartfelt lyrics about the beauty industry, work and coming of age. a wonderful follow-up to their full length which came out last year. think 'palatka with hoover's basslines'." (35kr/$4)
 STOP IT!! - SELF MADE MAPS LP (robotic empire/perpetual motion machine) "the debut full-length from richmond, va's stop it!! is an undeniably catchy take on dark rock music. going from harsh and frantic to melodic and stoned-out, this cd shows a raw young band with multiple personalities, all overlaid with shouted vocals and the occasional burst of beautiful harmonies. a fantastically detailed cut-and-pasted layout is housed in a paperboard pack accompanied by a 12-page booklet and perfectly reflects the urgency of this inspiring music." (90kr/$11)
 SUBTITLE - I´M ALWAYS RECOVERING FROM TOMORROW 12" (gsl) "subtitle is to hip hop what the locust are to punk rock - that is, fucking-shit-up, from the inside out. a veteran of the l.a. underground who's shared stages with anticon, cannibal ox, aesop rock, shape shifters and living legends, subtitle has accumulated something of a cult following around southern california over the past five years. as a solo performer, collaborator in the weekend science experiment and with his current part-time project, labwaste, subtitle has been a noteworthy presence in the hardcore, and largely overlooked, l.a. subculture of intellectual and progressive musician-mcs, purposely limiting his output to obscure cdrs and cheap cassettes. despite the constant interest of established hip hop indies, many of whom he disregards as purveyors of cookie-cutter bullshit, subtitle has labored in virtual secrecy while refining his style, recording and re-recording tracks endlessly until just right. he's spent the last 12 months in a windowless, 8' X 8' storage closet shotgunning soda and bong-hits, crafting beats and samples and basically shunning every established cliche, norm and standard practice relative to what we'd typically call 'hip hop'. naturally, we are humbled to have made his acquaintance and are seizing the opportunity to document some of his work, beginning with i'm always recovering from tomorrow." (80kr/$10)
 THE SUBURBAN KID/THE SLINGSHOT IDOL 7" (lilacsky) "the kids deliver 3 amazing songs combining the best elements of bands like so much hate, his hero is gone and catharsis. the idols provide three fast and totally wild numbers while bringing on the snotties vocals this side of the monorchid. this record is on half'n half black and white vinyl." (30kr/$3.50)
 SUNSHINE - HYSTERICAL STEREO LOOPS CD (day after) "the remastered cd version of sold out 2nd sunshine album, previously released on day after/gsl alliance as lp version only. three extra songs from split 7" with no knife, split 7" with starlite desperation (this one as original version with full length) and a great song from forthcoming gsl compilation make this cd worth getting." (90kr/$11)
 SUNSHINE - NECROMANCE LP (day after) "a blistering new record by famous czech band sunshine, necromance is clearly the rawest and most driving sunshine record to date. necromance follows sunshine's platinum usa release velvet suicide (big wheel records), from which a track made it to blair witch II! necromance is simply a must-have for any fan of sonic youth-to-new wave." (80kr/$10)
 TEMPERS RISE/LOS ASESINOS DE LA SUPERFICIALIDAD LP (wasted youth power) "los asesinos de la superficialidad are a band from groningen, the netherlands. they play hardcore in the vein of econochrist, so expect some harsch melodic emotive hardcore!!! tempers rise were a band from amsterdam, the netherlands. they played in a choatic and intense way, some say in the vein of angelhair and born against." (80kr/$10)
 TEMPERS RISE - MY BOUT WITH DEPRESSION 7" (wasted youth power) a bit like early racebannon stuff mixed up with a chaotic gravity sound. comes in screenprinted covers that looks really great. (30kr/$3.50)
 THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT/VANILLA 10" (pure pain sugar) "one more record from the 'french/japanese connection' series. there is a light that never goes out hail direct from tokyo, japan and you should know them from their last record on dim mak... if you do, just think it over, cause they changed their style a lot. those fury elements are now more in the back but they added some more of those great melodies and driving parts. vanilla are french veterans of energetic emotional hardcore and had several records out. they got a more 'relaxed' and moody sound, combining the old energy with intelligent clever song-writing." (70kr/$9)
 THIS MACHINE KILLS/JR EWING 7" (carmen diablo) "yeap; this is a killer. this machine kills just released a lp on ebullition and have toured all over the world. and jr ewing should be known as one of the best noise rock hardcore european bands these days. 2 new songs by both bands." (30kr/$3.50)
 TIMES ARE HARD FOR DREAMERS COMPILATION CD (waking) benefit cd for after-school art programs with the following 17 bands: the fiction, scent of human history, hit self destruct, this scares me, helen of troy, countdown to putsch, are you fucking serious, operation latte thunder, memory as perfection, the south, a day in black and white, the faeries, turn around norman, hurrah, books lie, a petal fallen and dead city. 28 page booklet with lots of information. beautiful packaging. (90kr/$11)
 TO HELL AND BACK 7" (coalition) "albany shows it's real collors with these glamrockers. to hell and back is a project from john brown's army and devoid of faith members making a great mix of punk and pure rock 'n roll. think about the mc5, ac/dc and iggy and the stooges. solo guitars and piano parts do the rest. turbo negro probably would be sounding like this if they had balls." (30kr/$3.50)
 TO THE ANSAPHONE/RED WORMS FARM/SPRINZI 3" CD (alice) "you should know about sprinzi, and this is their longer and most post rockish song ever. to the ansaphone make kids go crazy and happy, and this instrumental song delivers their new wavish sound at its best. red worms farm are simply put, italy's best live band in years. imagine a mix of sonic youth, fugazi, unwound, the lapse, blonde redhead... pure adrenaline!!" (60kr/$7)
 TOKYO SEX DESTRUCTION - THE BIG RED BOX LP (trans solar) "7 songs by spains new soul-punk sensation - like a mix of international noise conspiracy, king khan and mc5... this lp features 2 more songs than the cd on b-core!" (80kr/$10)
TOTAL FURY - COMMITTED TO THE CORE 7" (busted heads) "finally! ten brand new songs from japan's craziest, most over-the-top ushc worshipers. ssd + minor threat + amphetamine = total fury! expect a u.s. press on youth attack." (30kr/$3.50)
 TOTALITÄR - SPELA BORT ALLT DU HAR 7" (död & uppsväld) "fierce hardcore with heavy discharge style guitars from sweden’s leading thrash veterans." (30kr/$3.50)
 TRAGEDY - KAFE 44 O11090 TAPE (hiroshima) live tape. lots of songs. (15kr/$2)
 TRANCE AND THE ARCADE 7" (troubleman unlimited) "chuck bettis of the meta-matics and all-scars goes solo for the tmusss. three songs of laptop noise mania. many of you remember him opening the tmu cmj showcase last year, and clearing the room of a&r types (for the first of many times that evening). these songs are atmospheric at times, and pure noise at others. excellent stuff. limited to 500 hand numbered copies." (30kr/$3.50)
 TRANS MEGETTI 7" (trans solar) "the latest hum-ho from these kinetic energy harnessing technicians. four biting tracks of erratic rock filled with robert smith-like crooning and jingle-jangle riffs all powerfully and confidently executed." (30kr/$3.50)
 TRAPDOOR FUCKING EXIT - THE DEVILS EGG 7" (no idea) "greetings from a colder climate! tfe return with two new songs, exclusive to this release! al quint @ suburban voice said, 'intense music with a drive like jehu-ish sense of drama. guitar chords keep building up and the vocals are on the edge of rationality... hammering and darkly compelling.' besides, the new york times says that bands from sweden who like the stooges = hot shit! the covers for both formats were loving hand-screenprinted by sean 'what more do you want from me?!?!' ingram at blue collar press!" (30kr/$3.50)
 TRAPDOOR FUCKING EXIT LP (bridge) "members of last match and ashram team up for a wild and great adventure in punk. melodic but working a lot with contrasts. i would compare it to a more aggressive fugazi, even tough that makes no sense. great guitar work, with screamy vocals and strong commitment. i love it when the band goes into a slow humbling part of a song and then crashes down into a total explosion of anger and frustration, pounding away on their instruments, focused and set to destroy. they tear into themselves and pour out in a stream of passion. exposing all that ever matter in that split second, before going back into the quite humbling part again. an essential piece of swedish punk development." (80kr/$10)
 TURN PALE - CHANCE 7" (blue sanct) "exploring the dark corners of the dancefloor, within a decidedly post-punk aesthetic, turn pale offers their debut single. 'chance' is catchy and danceable ala early p.i.l/the pop group, with a raw, echoing production that invokes a vintage post punk/death rock sound. 'mesmerized' is a cautionary tale of sorts. devilish vocals, tribal beats, and pure emotion swell up. the tower of babel as seen through the virgun prunes or the birthday party." (40kr/$4.50)
 TURN PALE - KILL THE LIGHTS CD (what else?) "turn pale’s music is a blatant, triumphant celebration of what goth and post punk music was once all about. it is a raw, aggressive, and claustrophobic release. jagged, pounding tribal rhythms, gigantic bass lines, scratchy piercing guitars, and a theatrical vocalist that is not afraid to let loose and scream, wail, and deliver an outright vocal attack. turn pale’s energy is irresistible, unmistakable and contagious. there is a fire lit beneath the collective ass of this band and the result is a collection of music that should, ideally, cause a veritable typhoon of critical praise and interest in the underground and perhaps even in the overground. they might be a little known band of average looking indie rockers from indiana, but they are responsible for some of the most exciting and explosive music since the classic cult bands that influenced them." (100kr/$12)
 TUSSLE - EYE CONTACT 12" (troubleman unlimited) "tussle formed during the spring of 2001 in san francisco as a rhythmic mix of late 70's inspired post punk/disco, repetitive krautrock minimalism and jamaican dub-inspired electronic experimentation. bridging the city's typically segregated but increasingly related art, punk, pop, noise and electronic scenes, their shows which mix structured songs, rarely played exactly the same way twice, and improvised abstractions have been known to lead to the same ends. namely, dance frenzies. The group do not use guitars and reject trad rock posturing. instead, the emphasis is on rhythm and sound, emphasizing propulsive rhythms that are somehow simultaneously stiff and liquid. combined with their abstract use of outdated electronics often used in blurry swathes or reverberating echoes however, the group create a complex dichotomy of sound: simultaneously abstract, hypnotic and disorienting while being immediate and physical." (80kr/$10)
 UNBROKEN - CIRCA ´77 7" (three one g) "unbroken was (and still is) a monumental band from san diego, ca. before you label them as a hardcore band, as straight edge, as musicians, you have to know that they were what punk is. a band like unbroken, hands down, could take any other band in its genre, subculture, or class. politically, emotionally, and with such sincerity, they were the soundtrack to our life, love, and regret. members went on to form such bands as swing kids, kill holiday, some girls and johnny angel. this is a classic re-issue (originally released on new age records) of their last recording ever. new artwork. fans of slayer, chain of strenght and morrisey, watch out!" (40kr/$5)
 VAZ - DYING TO MEET YOU LP (x-mist) "their highly anticipated 2nd album! totally awesome noise-rock, file in between lightning bolt and sonic youth... or whatever - simply great! first pressing comes on colored vinyl, limited edition of 500 hand-numbered (!) copies in special packaging!" (100kr/$12)
 VENUS #17 MAGAZINE erase errata, ursula rucker, von bondies, holly golightly, pretty girls make graves, broadcast, slumber party, joan baez, enon, trailer bride, fanny pack, scout niblett, leona naess, ellen alien, client, rachel goswell (mojave3/slowdive), the dishes + lots more. (40kr/$5)
 WATCHERS - TO THE ROOFTOPS LP (gern blandsten) "an incendiary blast of soul, punk, funk and subterranean rock, watchers' wildly inventive debut combines mile-deep grooves, no wave skronk, dub experimentation and soul-drenched strings into a full-on dance party. think trenchmouth, a certain ratio, the pop group, young americans-era bowie, and remain in light-era talking heads. garnering advance props from xlr8r, time out, the onion and skyscraper on the strength of their demo alone, watchers are also a live phenomenon, having played with radio 4, yeah yeah yeahs, erase errata, !!! and others." (90kr/$11)
 WHITE CIRCLE CRIME CLUB - THESE ARE THE SECRET... CDEP (conspiracy) description coming soon. (50kr/$6)
 WINTERBRIEF - UNWRAPPED 7" (promenade) 2nd press are here! described as a mix of le tigre and devo and that´s pretty much it. 4 crazy tunes that makes you happy. another fine record on promenade records! (30kr/$3.50)
WINTERBRIEF - FAMOUS SHOPPERS LP (x-mist) "originally planned as a 5Song-12", but now it turned into an all new full-length album! 11 songs of catchy and bouncy electro-pop or synthesizer-punk, in the same vein as bands like le tigre..." (80kr/$10)
WITH LOVE/THE EXELAR LP (plenge) "with love deliver noisy chaos in vein on early black dice or arab on radar, a lot of feedback, wall of sound, etc. 'fans' of stuff released on load or wantage usa will be pleased. the exelar from the us play fast, chaotic emotice hardcore with a blend of melody. a nice split!" (90kr/$11)
 WITH LOVE/CLIMATIZADO LP (chierra) "first release of this young label from czech republic. both bands play noisy experimental hardcore. with love sound really improvised and spontaneous, file somewhere between arab on radar and early black dice. climatizado sound more structured, using a lot of samples, electronica/syths they remind me on bands like black cat #13, the locust etc.. people who appreciate releases on lodad, skin graft, gsl etc will have their fun with this nice split record." (90kr/$12)
 WITH LOVE - ICEAGE GENERATION 7" (heroine) "one sided 7" limited to 333 copies - blank side is hand-etched by nico vascellari, every copy is unique/different from all others! musicwise 2 noisy arty songs from this italian band, if you like black dice and bands on load or wantage, you will like this as well." (30kr/$3.50)
 YAGE - ANDERS LEBEN!? LP (ebullition) "anders leben!? - living differently!? ...is the both the main question and the main statement of this record. as a statement 'living differently' is meant normatively, as an utopia of an emancipatory, equal and free living together. as a question 'living different' is one of the main aspects of all our discussions around the band, around our relationships within the band and to the 'outside' world. radical criticism and an utopia of a different, 'better' life just makes sense to us when this has it´s consequences for our current life. such an idea is confronted with the fact that criticism cannot just work on a theoretical level, but at the same time it is impossible to do the right thing within the wrong structures. how to deal with this ambivalence, how to search for temporary spaces where resistence and subversion is (partly) possible and how to attack the dominant structures are the main aspects of the question 'anders leben?' (by yage). while taking a step in a different musical direction than on the previous releases, it is still without doubt a yage record." (90kr/$11)
 YAPHET KOTTO - SYNCOPATED SYNTHETIC LAMENTS... LP (ebullition) "this amazing northern california emotive hardcore band has once again crafted a full length of powerfully intense and melodic songs to charm your body into a gyrating flurry of motion. the two guitar, duel vocal sound is relentless and pulsating with energy and emotion. a total of ten tracks packaged in a beautiful gatefold jacket with a design reminiscent to their last 12" record. a great record." (90kr/$11)
 YOU AND I - DISCOGRAPHY CD (alone) "this you and i collection cd includes the tracks from the first 7", the saturday's cab ride home lp, the within the frame cdep, as well as live versions of some tracks from the curtain falls cd. pretty much everything you and i ever did other than the studio versions from the curtain falls cd. you and i has been gaining popularity for several years now, and even though they are no longer playing this cd is guaranteed to be a big hit with the screamo kids." (100kr/$12)
 YOUNG PEOPLE 12" (hand held heart) "young people songs are mercifully short, complete and dramatic thoughts. recordings and live shows move rapidly between worlds of exhilaration, sorrow, quietude and redemption. vocalist katie eastburn (also of janet pants dans theeatre), jeff rosenberg (ex-pink and brown, tarentel), and jarrett silberman (ex-uphill gardeners, the get hustle, the jews) multi-task electric and bass guitars, drums, and violin, producing spacious but concise music that reflects band members’ roots in nashville, los angeles and middle america." (80kr/$10)
 YOU´VE GOT YOUR ORDERS COMPILATION CD (chrome peeler) "thurston moore (sonic youth), mark arm (mudhoney), mike watt (minutemen, firehose), johnette napolitano (concrete blonde), neil fallon (clutch), aaron turner (isis, hydra head records, house of low culture), bluebird, nels cline, mike gent (the figgs, the gentlemen), bliss blood (pain teens), beehive & the barracudas, twink, weasel walter (the flying luttenbachers), IDX1274, betty's trash, godstomper, hella, jed parish (gravel pit), greg (lana dagales, brainoil, lemur mutation) and chris taylor (pg.99, mannequin). 22 songs, 74 minutes, only 997 copies made." (90kr/$11)
 ZANN/BLAME GAME LP (adagio 830) "nice split lp from zann from germany and blame game from the us, who are on tour together now. downtuned heavyness and chaos from zann which would appeal to any 'fan' of neil perry, coalesce etc. and emotive rocking hardcore from blame game, which reminds me of older gravity stuff like heroin or angel hair combined with almost jazzy parts. very cute silk-screened packaging!!" (description by nikita/nova records) (80kr/$10)
 ZS CD (vothoc/troubleman unlimited) "troubleman is proud to announce the debut cd by the nyc band zs. this release is also the debut release from the vothoc series, which is curated by mick barr from orthrelm. it will showcase the current crop of amazing unknown bands circulating throughout the area. all these cds are pressed in a limited edition of 1000 copies only. zs' sound ranges from loud virtuosic prog-rock counterpoint to barely audible breathing sounds. they have been described as 'brutal chamber music'. their sound is very hard to pin down. math rock rhythms, insane time signatures, over the top melodies... it's all here. fans of other troubleman bands like abcs, orthrelm or older bands like magma will not be dissapointed. a true original. order fast because they will dissapear fast. since they formed in 2001, zs has shared bills around the northeast with acts such as the flying luttenbachers, touchdown, tyondai braxton and gang gang dance." (100kr/$12)
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