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SKiN GRAFT No. 150

Posted in Labels on October 25, 2022

For Halloween -- oh, and to mark the 150th release of the label -- SKiN GRAFT Records has released a new 15-song cassette featuring all new and exclusive tracks. Released last Friday, Oct. 21, the tape includes material by David Yow, Jim O'Rourke, new projects from members of Dazzling Killmen, and more (listed in full, with descriptions, below).

The collection is titled Sounds To Make You Shudder and showcases the noise-rock leanings of the long-running label.

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Track list:

  1. David Yow & YOWIE – The Spider's Greeting The Jesus Lizard’s David Yow is master of ceremonies and none other than St. Louis’ Yowie has got his back, laying down their first new music since the release of “Synchromysticism”.
  2. USA Nails – Horror Show Formed through a mutual love of noise rock, punk and krautrock, USA Nails made their SKiN GRAFT debut earlier this year on the “Split” LP with Psychic Graveyard. For their return, they look no further than the world around us to pen “Horror Show”.
  3. Lovely Little Girls – Procreation (Of The Wicked) Chicago’s avant prog oddballs Lovely Little Girls are back with their reimagining of the Celtic Frost favorite, maintaining the song’s malevolent mood while taking it places never heard before.
  4. Terms – Mouthful Of Moss Having served in acts such as Grand Ulena, Jitters and Yowie, Terms bring a wealth of experience and a heaping helping of the unexpected to the operating table. Their album “All Becomes Indistinct” will be released in 2023. This track is not on it.
  5. Tijuana Hercules – Long Slide “No crossing the River Styx” - Tijuana Hercules apply their hillbilly trance to an Ambrose Bierce tale... a psychedelic take on a murder victim who discovers the dismal neverafter. Headphonically conceived in the laboratories of Frogg Mountain Recording Studio.
  6. Pili Coit – Lo Comte Arou On paper, Lyon’s Pili Coït sound simple enough: Jessica Martin Maresco (of Le Grand Sbam) on floor tom, oil can, synth, drum and vocals - plus Guilhem Meier (of Poil) on guitar and vocals. On record, Pili Coït come together - here for a haunting rendition of a traditional Occitan song. SKiN GRAFT will release their album “Love Everywhere” on vinyl in 2023.
  7. Psychic Graveyard And John Dwyer – Is There A Hotline ? The Osees’ John Dwyer takes Psychic Graveyard’s raw, emotion-filled mechan- ics and puts them through the ringer, remixing the four piece into a squirming, sickly, electronic mess of delights.
  8. Jim O'Rourke - guising Taking up from where Brise-Glace’s Camp SKiN GRAFT track “likeness” left off a hundred cat- alog numbers ago, Jim returns with “guising”, where scary sounds are scarred, then sewnup again into something resembling itself.
  9. Cuntroaches - Borborygmus Here is a first dose of the type of noise-wave, black metal bombast Berlin’s Cuntroaches will bring to the fore in 2023. Their full length is entering post-production. No one is ready.
  10. Strangulated Beatoffs - Happy Halloween Now well into their fourth decade of existence, legendary SKiN GRAFT recording artists Strangulated Beatoffs (just barely) lift a finger to return with their first new recording in 10 years.
  11. Shatter On Impact - Amar’s Volta The new trio from Blake Fleming (formerly of Laddio Bolocko, Mars Volta and Dazzling Killmen) takes you rocketing through the eye of the cobra and beyond the final frontier to strange new worlds. Amar's Volta is slinky, seductive and raw.
  12. Bobby Conn - Don’t Be Afraid A veteran of Chicago’s No Wave scene, Bobby Conn quickly developed a reputation for delivering messages of hope, politics, de- spair, revolution and bullshit in a quasi-falsetto, all the while decked to the nines in glitter, eyeliner and high heels. His third consecutive SKiN GRAFT compilation appearance.
  13. The Flying Luttenbachers - Violence Labyrinth No wave / punk jazz / brutal prog iconoclasts The Flying Luttenbachers’ founding member Weasel Walter takes listeners on a dizzying ride in all directions at once - and straight down where it counts.
  14. Upright Forms - They Kept On Living Dragging behind ghosts of SKiN GRAFT’s Past (Dazzling Killmen, Colossamite and Xaddax) this carbon-based, three- headed organism raise a collective fist at the inevitable dark veil. The debut of Nick Sakes’ new band.
  15. AZITA - Tss Tss Former Scissor Girl and past, present & future Azita Youssefi surprises in the best of possible ways, wrapping up with a reflective synth n’ sax “party’s over” jam that will leave you grasping at straws and reaching for the stars.
     

The Flenser adds Ragana

Posted in Labels on October 24, 2022

The Flenser has announced that Ragana has joined their roster and is at work on a full-length follow-up the duo's 2019 EP We Know that the Heavens are Empty. A queer and female do currently located in Olympia/Oakland, the experimental black metal group draws from Pacific Northwest sounds while making … Read more

Little Punk People's Elliott Fullam joins Kill Rock Stars

Posted in Labels on October 23, 2022

Youthful musician Elliott Fullam has joined Kill Rock Stars, sharing a new single for the label: “Kick You Down” b/w “On and On,” which is fittingly described on the press release as "tranquil and lo-fi." Fullam recently released What's Wrong on Sept. 2, 2022, his debut album on his 18th … Read more

MV Carbon and Charlemagne Palestine & the relaunch of 5RC

Posted in Labels on October 19, 2022

Experimental and avant-garde imprint label 5RC, from Kill Rock Stars, is back. Named for 5 Rue Christine in reference to Gertrude Stein, the label seeks to share new and innovative music. Previousl releases included Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Hella, Metalux, and others. The label returns to mark its 25th annivesary. The … Read more

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DC-Jam, meet The Ragged Jubilee

Posted in Labels on October 18, 2022

DC-Jam has added another band to its roster, the San Luis Obispo, CA-based band The Ragged Jubilee. The California band will soon release a new album called Mulholland Overdrive on their new label home, recorded with Rob Campenella (The Brian Jonestown Massacre). The band has been featured on numerous shows, … Read more

Botanist finds Prophecy

Posted in Labels on October 13, 2022

Botanist is changing labels, announcing a new album to be written entirely in Latin and to release via Prophecy Productions, the tenth album by the the post-black metal project. The San Francisco, CA based band founded by multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Otrebor is planning not just a new album, but reissues of the … Read more

Habibi reissues

Posted in Labels on September 25, 2022

The entire Habibi catalog will soon be reissued via Kill Rock Stars, according to a recent press release from the label. This includes Habibi, Anywhere But Here, and two 7" EPs. The entire catalog is currently out of print, but Kill Rock Stars has the repressings available for preorder as … Read more

New and upcoming at White Russian

Posted in Labels on September 24, 2022

White Russian Records released the debut EP from Bayline this week, a new five-member band from The Netherlands. Additionally, the label announced that it will release a self-titled album from Third Ego on Nob. 25. The band features former members of NRA, Brat Pack, NEED, Human Alert, and Selfish. Check … Read more

Matt Latinen returns as Mt. Oriander

Posted in Labels on September 24, 2022

Count Your Lucky Stars has set a release date of Oct. 21for the upcoming Mt. Oriander album, Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again. Mt. Oriander comes from Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)'s front person Keith Latinen. While led by Latinen, the project includes a full … Read more

Kill Rock Stars signs Ron Gallo

Posted in Labels on September 20, 2022

Philadelphia, PA native Ron Gallo has shared a new single called "Entitled Man," which comes with the news of Gallo joining Kill Rock Stars record label. “I wrote this song after hearing female friends talk about their experiences with men. Infuriating, creepy, weird shit they deal with on a regular … Read more

Sad Park signs with Pure Noise

Posted in Labels on September 17, 2022

Sad Park shared a new single this week, "OMW," below. The song comes with news that the Los Angeles group has joined with Pure Noise Records for an upcoming release. Speaking on "OMW," vocalist Graham says, "'The song is an expression of the sacrifices we give up to pursue this … Read more

Relapse's End Reign

Posted in Labels on August 27, 2022

Relapse Records announced the addition of End Reign today, a hardcore-meets-metal band comprised of guitarist Domenic Romeo (Integrity/Pulling Teeth/A389 Recordings), Mike Score (All Out War), bassist Art Legere (Bloodlet), drummer Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer/Misery Index), and guitarist Sebastian Philips (Exhumed/Noisem). Formed by Romeo, who picked his supporting cast, the band's … Read more

Languish with Prosthetic

Posted in Labels on August 20, 2022

Tucson, AZ deathgrind band Languish has joined Prosthetic Records, sharing the new song "Comply Or Die" now, in advance of their full-length on Oct. 7 which will be titled Feeding The Flames Of Annihilation. The new 11-song record is album #3 from the group. Read more

Sounds of the San Francisco Underground series unearths '70s-80s recordings

Posted in Labels on August 14, 2022

Liberation Hall has announced a series of live recordings form the San Francisco Bay Area, capturing the 1970s and 1980s scene and sharing oft-overlooked but influential bands from the era. The label has arranged a deal with former KALX Radio disc jockey Terry Hammer to share several digital-only releases in … Read more

Marthe is the latest to join Southern Lord

Posted in Labels on August 13, 2022

One woman black metal/crust project Marthe has linked with Southern Lord for an upcoming album. Led by multi-instrumentalist Marzia, known for drumming in various Italian crust punk bands and playing guitar with Horror Vacui, Marthe is dscibed as "Antifascist, feminist and misanthropic." Marthe has previously released an EP, Sisters of … Read more

Bruise Control is coming

Posted in Labels on August 7, 2022

TNS Records has announced the addition of Bruise Control to the label roster, with plans to release a full-length album in early 2023 called Useless For Something. The Manchester, UK band formed in 2018 and has self-released a variety of EP thus far, known for chaoatic live shows and a … Read more

Wiretap's summer sampler '22

Posted in Labels on August 6, 2022

Wiretap Records has posted its summer sampler for 2022, available for free download. The 14-song collection includes new songs by Timeshares, SHIVA, Baby Got Back Talk, The Dreaded Laramie, Reminders, and more. Check out a song from the label's tribute to Vagrant Records on the latest episode of our podcast … Read more

The Bar Stool Preachers have a new label

Posted in Labels on August 4, 2022

The Bar Stool Preachers announced a new label home today, Pure Noise Records. Along with the news, the Brighton, UK-based punk band also shared a new anthemic singalong called "Call Me On The Way Home." The band will be playing both Rebellion and Beautiful Days Festivals this summer, as well … Read more

Howlin' Banana summer sampler #9

Posted in Labels on July 16, 2022

Ten year-old label Howlin' Banana has shared the latest edition in its now-annual compilation series, Summer Sampler #9, collecting singles, b-sides, live cuts, previously unreleased tracks, and demos, available for stream/purchase/free download. Artists include Eggs, Johnnie Carwash, Hoorsees, Avions, and more. Read more track listing: 1. Fontanarosa - Translated Sight … Read more

Meryl Streek will release debut on Venn

Posted in Labels on July 16, 2022

Recently signed to Venn Records, Irish group Meryl Streek has shared a new single: "False Apologies/Yesterday," released on Tuesday July 12 (and shared below). In addition, the young group will be performing at Bring Them Home Ireland this Saturday at The Helix in Dublin, their hometown. This news comes in … Read more