i have not forsaken, you dear reader. my internet has just been really slow.

Steev Thompson/Will Soderberg

Two "back in the day" Michigan noise creeps. This was a collaborative CD-r for their tour together. Will Soderberg is maybe best known for playing the electric log. Steev Thompson recorded tons of killer jams as Roxanne Jean Polise and Warmth. Gooey/crunchy electronic noise circa 2005.

RED HAND.

OK, that's all for today.

Noise Nomads/Diagram A

Noise Nomads is a dude with long hair that headbangs and screams through a Marshall stack. Diagram A is dude in a gas mask who dissects massive hospital synths. They are both from Providence, RI. This is a split CD-r that comes in a cardboard box and has an awesome booklet of artworks by both artists illustrating their tracks. Excellent noise split.

Split CD-r

Julius Hemphill

Julius Hemphill was an amazing sax player who never really got his dues. In my house, he's best known for the massive free jazz of "Dogon AD" and for playing on K. Curtis Lyle's "The Collected Poems For Blind Lemon Jefferson". This isn't actually Julius playing, but a posthumous recording of his music, some impressive compositions for saxophone quartet.

Julius Hemphill Quartet- At Dr. King's Table

Harrigan's Blues

The internet's been slow lately, so I couldn't upload... But today is a rainy day so I am hanging out at home. Should I file taxes or upload albums? Silly question.

Anyway, The Puffy Areolas are a psychedelic/basement space rock/acid punk/noise rock band, they are from Toledo, Ohio, they do tons of drugs and put out tiny editions of weird tapes. "Harrigan's Blues: OK Pussyface, It's Your Move" is a double cassette put out on Pizza Night, so of course it got sold out really fast. It has the expected Psychedelic Speed Freak fist-pumping, chemical-huffing jams but also some spacey instrumental stuff stuck in between. Beth was nice enough to digitize this for me, so now I am passing it on to you folks...

OK Pussyface, It's Your Move

Mikami Kan

1972 コンサートライブ零狐徒

With just an acoustic guitar and his raw voice he can rip a hole in your eardrums and melt your brain. Most people need a stack of amps turned up all the way to do that, but not Kan... His earlier albums like this are a little less outsider and a bit more accessible. This is a live album and sound quality is pretty bad, but the audience is extremely enthusiastic and overall it's pretty fun. Plus a really cool album cover.

Jerry Solomon- Past the 20th Century

I have no idea what Jerry Solomon's deal is. He seems to miss the 1950s in a way few people do. If you're into weird outsider music, you will probably like him. Sparse instrumentation with Jerry's shabby weirdo crooning overtop. Most of this album is from 1971, but there are some later extra tracks (the great "Come to the Fair") and the last track has some icky keyboard. Kind of addictive and also extremely irritating at the same time.

You can watch Jerry's cable access talk show on youtube if you want to be really uncomfortable.



There are a couple of song titles missing on this one, but there are some songs that aren't on the other blog postings of this album. If you have any other Jerry Solomon albums/singles to share, contact me...

Denied of All Human Life

I've had this blog for over a year and am just getting around to posting something. Hopefully there will be more obscure outsider gunk and other stuff soon.