Toilet Trades - S/T CS
Incredibly too short, but the material on it is killer. Has a real ugly/droney vibe with what sounds like field recordings of sounds made in the bathroom. Hopefully there will be another release and it will be longer.
Content Nullity - Scorn of Totality CS
Unbelievably well composed and executed power electronics. Some of the most furious PE I've heard in some time. Two excellent tracks of anger driven perfection! Great packaging makes this tape all that much more worth it.
Mailbomb Solution/Compromised Position - "Comrades of Kaczynski" CS
Primitive No Coast Power Electronics. Has a very grim, dense, left wing focus. The Compromised Position is the winner, but MBS still packs a punch with some excellent harsh noise on the second track of side A.
Gnawed/The Thin White Puke - Split CS
Two more No Coast PE/Industrial coming together for a split. Gnawed side opens up with a monstrous Industrial field recording manipulations of what sound like saw blades (artwork features sawblades on fire......) Just my guess but it makes for a great intro, as the second song captures Grant's classic sound. Big booms and aggressive vocals. TTWP usually gets downplayed because of his name, but I feel that Dan is a strong new comer to the Minnesota scene. First track opens up with a massive wall and a fairly bitter and ugly movie sample, which quickly escalates into a rhythmic, clanging industrial beat. Second track opens with ugly, cold drones. Muffled, angry vocals bleed in and out throughout the track. Quite the split showcasing why Minneapolis does it right.
Developer - AP-003 CS
Matthew killing it like always with pure maniacal, cut up, tape loop/cassette worship to the fullest. Loops fading in and out as quickly as they came. Bursts of peace and quiet. Very much like Dayton, Ohio and what its been putting out lately. Excellence.
Anal Barbara/Musta Oksennus - Split CS
Anal Barbara was not my cup of tea. Vocals were a little too goofy for me. The Musta Oksennus side though is exactly what I was hoping it to be. Chaotic noisecore that drifts in and out of mid-tempo punk. Fucking spot on! And the drums sound awesome!
Orgasmic Response Unit - Dissonant Love CS
The Tandy brothers at it again with pure unadulterated scrap metal/harsh noise worship. Fierce and uncompromising. Macronympha worship to the highest, yet still bringing their own sound and textures into play. Side A brings a much more fierce attack while Side B has more of a metal feel to it. Really disappointed that I never got to see them live before I moved out west. Long live Dayton, Ohio!
V/A - Arachnid Claims Its Prey: A Tribute To Atrax Morgue CS
Neat packaging and excellent artists to compliment this tribute. Well assembled and dubbed perfectly. Solid efforts on all parts, with some very interesting interpretations.