COP SHADES

From the bordertown of Moncton (that's the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in case you were confused) come COP SHADES. Bas...

NOTHING

This is some genuine Other Music shit right here. Synths, erratic drums and sound collages combine to create something way outside of conven...

DEN

Waves of sonic aggression in the form of space age electronic sounds doing battle with ferocious noise rock bass and drums. Sporadic vocals ...

TEARIST

Repetitive and distorted sampled beats that lurch as much as groove make up this beast, but what drives the beast is the vocals. A distinct ...

VACUÜM

Second (and final) full length from VACUÜM , Holland's weirdest '80s drum machine bizarro punks (though I imagine Jos might be able...

BURNT OFFERINGS

Sparse synthesizer driven sounds from this Michigan duo clearly worshipping at the wax covered altar of '80s Wax Trax Records fodder. Th...

MUTANT VIDEO

Subtly sinister, synth driven sounds from the Seattle. The entity behind SELF COM  sits at the center of this project, and the similarities ...

FYRCE MUONS

A while back I spent a few months on The Escape posting weekly contributions from Oklahoma - I'm not sure how many people not from Okla...

PRIMARY COLORS

A few months ago I was in a one week band with my pal Jon, our friend Anton from Sweden and our buddy Ken on vocals. We joined forces for fo...

LET ME SEE THAT OTHER HAND

If, as the title suggests, this is indeed The Now Sound Of Montreal, then perhaps I like that city even more than I thought I did. This tape...

RUTILATED POWERHAUS

This tape comes courtesy of the mind behind ROSENKOPF , and features some of the most enrapturing bedroom synth marches I've ever heard....

DROWNER

Haunting and disconcerting pieces of minimal electronic noise, DROWNER creates an entirely new atmosphere...and then crushes it. Making sou...

BITE ITSELF // SELF COM

It's been nearly a year since I first heard SELF COM , but I devour everything I can get my hands (and ears on). His sounds are mes...

RISING FROM THE RED SAND

Karoline and I went on an excursion to Sacramento and Woodland last weekend, looking for records, looking for interesting picture fram...

EXECUTION TECHNIQUES

Dark and vaguely industrial noise that weaves drunkenly from harsh droning sounds ("Chastised" and "Forgotten") to more ...

SHIT MAYOR

I can't even pretend to describe this. I can only say that SHIT MAYOR are awesome, and that the two song, seven minute investment requir...

ARTIFACTS FROM VENISON CREEK

An amazing artifact, this compilation was released in 1983 in a run of a scant 20 copies by a collective of punks from the New Brunswick tow...

ALS JE HAAR MAAR GOED ZIT (Nr. 2)

Here's the cassette version of Vogelspin's crucial Holland hardcore comp from 1983 (minus a few tracks, because the label folks made...

THE SMELL

Fred handed me this last weekend while I was in his house, and I was excited. I've heard mixed reviews about this new SF band, but every...

IRON LUNG MIXTAPE

Other bands have dabbled with collecting the music of their friends and associates in the form of a familial mix tape, but it should come as...