Ropes - Demo II

Third yield from the reincarnation of sumptuous REPOS, of course as the ROPES. 5 new blazers on this second demo distributed on their recent midwest excursion. and YAOWWWWWWWWW these are the most killer Ropes tracks yet. The vocal output on this one is more atrocious than ever! And holy shit the Dead Boys cover is insane!! The tape is housed by a rich zine with lyrics and artworks. !!!

Updated link with mastered recordings!
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A Shameless Plug

Hey, I'm announcing/plugging my new blog of only live recordings called, We Ain't Gonna Stop (Fuck You). So far I only got posts of Condominium, Manipulation, Culo, and Formaldehyde Junkies. I'm going to try to space out the posts to once a week, so hopefully it'll be a steady stream with no big gaps between posts. It's probably not terribly exciting to most, but hopefully a few people will get a kick out of it.

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HPP - HPP 7"

Ow oWE. Hipster Piss Party is definitely my favorite band curated by the Perennial Famzz, and a definite 2k11 top-dog out on the playground as well. This 7" is all that I want in a punk record. I love HPP's re-occurring lyric of "RIP IT UP", yeah... 6 new track follow up to the LP released last summer. HPP's finest recordings yet. Hilarious Clorox Girls riff (intentional or not). HPP is spilling their slime all over yr town this June. Go see them. Look for the interview in FA fanzine #2 out SOON. BUY IT HERE (NOW).

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Ralph - S/T 7"

Young illiterate Atlanta punks toss out a fucking HIT with their debut 7" on Scavenger of Death. Ripping and youthful cuts holding (sped up) Koro and groovy Adolescents stroking close to the giblets. "Infectious" is the killer on this record, the gang vox are WYLD. For fans of the first Gov Warning 7" and 80s hoohaw. Great turd of wax for 2011. "For A Good Time, Call Philip". Buy it here.


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Career Suicide - Cherry Beach 7"

It's about time Career Suicide returned to the pit. It's been almost three years since 'Cherry Beach Mk. I' was released, honestly, I kind of forgot they were still together, though I did end up seeing them in St. Louis yesteryear which was BOMB. Obviously, this is their new record with the two original tracks from the Cherry Beach '2008 Tour' 7", plus two new cuts, which are TOTAL BANGERS. This time they've recorded in a studio adding maximum smack and zest. Some might say Career Suicide are 'past their prime', but these tracks might be the catchiest yet of the triumphant CS catalog. Out on Dirtnap Records, comes with a rad poster. I TOOK THE FERRY.

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Clockcleaner - Live in Australia CS

The 'unreleased' Clockcleaner cassette that came with that 'Nevermind' pre-order that took fucking AGES to get to me. Good recording of this 35 minute live gig that took place somewhere in Australia in late 2009. From what I can tell it's mostly songs off 'Babylon Rules', didn't recognize a few, maybe those are the 'unreleased' tracks, idunno. "Scathing banter". The 'Nevermind' issue turned out great though, get it if you can. Cheers.

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Yadokai - S/T 7"

A little bummed I had to wait over a year to hear more Yadokai cuts after first bumping that little masterpiece of a demo. But yeah, this shit is nuts. I swear the bass and guitars are samples from the 'alien talk' in that badass blockbuster hit 'District 9'. If you didn't know, Yadokai is doogs from ECOLI, MORPHEME, & FACE THE RAIL, playing some evil, pulverizing hc/punk, up in the gutz of Italo madness ala WRETCHED, as well as retard Clevo shit, and obviously Discharge. The clear vinyl w/ black labels on this looks HOT. Out on Video Disease Records, but looks like he's already sold out. Should be hitting yr favorite distro soon.

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Brain Tumors - Cassette

Excited to bring you Pass Judgement release number five! Debut recordings from Minneapolis' Brain Tumors. Graceless and barbaric hardcore punk, much in the vein of 9 Shocks Terror and assorted Clevo bangers. Wild tempos, insane solos, psychotic speed--the whole shebang. Let's fart. 12 complete tracks from two separate recordings. 100 Pressed.

purchase @ http://passjudgement.bigcartel.com for 5ppd.

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SOON:
FASHIONABLE ACTIVISM #2 - Interviews w/ THE MEN, SHAVED WOMEN, HPP & DEATH DOMAIN
SELF-INTEREST - "Blooming" 7"

Stay tuned.

Solid Attitude - Prison Water 7"

Newish 'lo-fi' garage-punk group from Iowa City, IA (You might be a little late for the trend, Iowa). Pretty wyld jams from this 7" from Solid Attitude, whom you might think is some shite youth crew revival band (judging by the name), but this is some real dirty-swanky rock n roll. The second track is called "Solid Mental Attitude" a possible juxtaposition on Unity's first EP?..Which has the second track, "Positive Mental Attitude"...weirdos. Member(s) of 'psychy-noise' outfit Wet Hair to add to the strange scheme of things. The tracks remind a lot of Rocket From The Tombs' 'noiser songs', cool listen. Ill cover art too. Limited to 200 copies on Rotted Tooth Recordings--Get it here I guess.

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Volt - S/T 7"

HOZAC-01 ---- The VOLT 7" is an overlooked 'OG shitgaze' classic, the record is seemingly hard to find online, and in the bin as well- but found myself a copy a few weeks ago. Before I 'scored' this, I could only find stupid clips of the tracks, and kind of gave up my search for the mp3z. Anyways, VOLT are a French synth-punk trio--metallic drum machines, cold synthesizers, with an ear ripping guitar. I was hoping they sounded a bit more like KAS PRODUCT, but they end up sounding like a goofy JAY REATARD//DIGITAL LEATHER hybrid than anywhere in the coldwave realm. A-Side with "Man On The Ground" and "Not You" are total retard-bangers..when the chorus on "MOTG" drops, tha METAL DANCE begins. Sad they used 'Impact font' on the cover...gross dawg...but a pretty rad group of tracks. Guess they have a few more records, that I haven't checked out yet..Late pass I know, this shit came out in like 2006.

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Women In Prison - Demo CS

Hell yeah, six hot demo cuts from this new supergroup from Tejas, with the hillside stranglaz from TOTAL ABUSE, SACRED SHOCK & FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS. These tracks actually remind me a lot of the first FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS LP (One of my favorite Chicago records ever),the snotty, funky reverby vocals and that warm, fat, delicious bass, but without the whacko guitar shit, instead with catchy ass retard-slop off the hits of BLOODSTAINS ACROSS TEXAS and assorted KBD bangers. "Birth of Rots" seriously has the catchiest punk riff ever…wanna dance? Guess they already have some singles that are about to be shat out, one soon on HOZAC, surely it will revive the labels punk status....yeah the 7" on HOZAC is OUT NOW, go buy it right now.

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Diet Cokeheads - Oral / Nasal

Great name? Or greatest name? This band has done something profound, by defying my personal rule of thumb with these Noise/Punk/Whateverthefuck bands of: the recordings ain't as good as the show. Thats saying a hell of a lot considering they kicked my ass live. Both on record, and in their seamless live set, the stand out track has gotta be jöns. I can't wait for the next record, which should no doubt be called Aural.

Ventriculoperitoneal Sound

Drugged Conscience

Vinyl Rites

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Teenage Panzerkorps - Thee Incantations of Bunker Wolf 7"

New 7" from the the coolest half German, half American band on earth: Der Teenage Panzerkorps! Here's 4 new tracks 'hot off the heels' of their latest and AMAZING full-length "German Reggae" 12" out soon(?) on Holiday recs, it's available on cassette over at Campaign for Infinity right now though, seriously a spectacular LP. TPK's raw, melancholy, psychedelic post-punk sound...with those iron-fisted deutsch vocals make every release such a treat. Hail Bunker Wolf! Only 116 pressed! You'll be lucky if there's any left over at Release The Bats.

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Wiccans - Teenage Cults 7"

This one has been out for a bit, but I haven't had a chance to present it much (lazy lazy). When I heard the first Wiccans recordings well over a year ago I was floored, I hadn't heard anything so catchy and distinguished from a modern punk band, I had to do their record. Teenage Cults has the 4 best cuts off the demo, re-mixed and mastered to perfection. Their killer links of speedy USHC styled punk with euphoric double guitar riff attacks on top make the record a total smashing hardcore release...all behind one of the most powerful and glorious throats I've heard since Fucked Up. Wiccans already have an LP recorded, and it's fucking killer, hopefully it should be ready for their tour this summer. Also: PERFECT LIVE BAND, truly a must see. Members of Wax Museums, Teenage Cool Kids, Silver Shampoo, Bad Sports: Denton, TX rules. Termbo loves this record, read the review. Limited to 300. Last copies available, again at http://passjudgement.bigcartel.com.

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Getting Even - S/T 7"

The latest release on my Pass Judgement label. 3-way Split release with Rock Bottom recs, who's responsible for all the early Off With Their Heads releases, and One Percent Records, which got dug up from the grave to help out on this one too. Anyways, This is Getting Evens debut 7", I posted up their demo about a year ago, maybe you listened to it, but now here's the real deal. The 7" is 4 tracks of punchy, riffy, groove-hitting hardcore punk. Much so in the light of BL'AST's "It's In My Blood" or POISON IDEAS "Plastic Bomb", a hard hitting layer of hooks, mosh and perfect execution. Members of past Minneapolis hc championing groups: THE REAL ENEMY, HOLDING ON, & BODIES LAID BROKEN. First pressing of 300 on purple vinyl still available at http://passjudgement.bigcartel.com

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