FMSMPRC 02

The Ukraine Team/Trash Can Make Us Better

a split cassette released by the Fuck Me Stupid Mountain Princess Recording Collective

What the hell do I say (or even know) about this thing? I know not a thing of The Ukraine Team, and only what the notes say about TCMUB, which I have improperly read (for years until today) and mis-tagged as "Trash Cans Make Us Better". Tough luck. Jeremy Kennedy plays guitar and sings and I don't know who First Meat might be. I can see from the FMSMPRC's myspace that "the Ukraine Team plays strange, funny, lo-fi rock; while trashcan...delivers noise punk in the key of frustrated teenager." I was going to say [for TCMUB] something utterly convoluted like lo-fi progressive emo (definitely in the key of frustrated teen), if something like that exists or can. It's really good. I love lines like "I'm not yours, but I'm yours if you wanna fight," from a song about forming a relationship with a younger stalker...I think. It kind of reminds me of the less popular songs of early Nirvana and parts of Incesticide, with some nice K influence and a penchant for guitar feedback. As for The Ukraine Team, they're certainly lo-fi, their guitar turned up to fuzz and feedback, every sound loaded with treble, bass sucked out. The vocals hide behind amp distortion, and overall the songs ring of The Moldy Peaches with less overt (and less outrageous) humor. I'd say that if the disjointed blend of Beat Happening, The Butthole Surfers, Nirvana and lo-fi punk appeal to you, you'll like this.  I really get into the Trash Can Make Us Better side.

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Ghost Goat::Release #2

Floating Hand & Bacchus

Ghost Goat::Release #2

I've searched the internet for more information on Ghost Goat to no avail, but here is there second release, a split cassette between Floating Hand and Bacchus.  Both bands feature prominent members of Bloomington's music scene, and reflect the somewhat structured, improvisational drone sprawls which were taking place around 2006, when this was recorded.  I haven't seen these tapes around in a while, but there probably are a few in some cracks.

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Songs from the Depths of Hell

Aleksander Kulisiewicz

Songs From the Depths of Hell

I was going to begin with this album, which I ripped from vinyl.  I forgot that it was on Smithsonian Folkways, and you can purchase it on cd and download, in fact.  Instead, I suggest that if you are interested check it out.  Aleksander survived the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and went on to write and record this album.  I feel like anything I say about this album would be redundant, as you should just read the liner notes.  They're a free pdf available from Smithsonian Folkways.  This is mostly a vocal album.  Sometimes with a guitar from a Jewish musician who was sent to die.

I'll begin with a real first post, with download, soon. No later than tomorrow, but I need to scan the art first.