12-16-2015

Setlist:
1. Black Panties - No Manners
2. Swell Maps - New York
3. Women In Prison - Suicidal Exit
4. Church Police - The Oven Is My Friend
5. SPK - Slogun
6. Ascension - 7
7. Breathing Problem - Strange And Violent Dreams
8. Swallowing Bile - Untitled

Black Panties - "No Manners"
Off the "I Don't Care About Punx" cassingle, released on Lumpy Records in 2013.
Part of the superb and degenerate Lumpy crew, Black Panties are a regular on the prestigious Lumpy Records, but have also had releases on Windian and Total Punk. Black Panties, as far as I can tell, is formed out of members from different Punk bands in their area, most notably Shaved Women and Violations, (who released 1 demo tape on Lumpy in 2013.) Black Panties, must like their Lumpy Records contemporaries, make ultra-insane fucked garage punk with a no-fi sound and degenerate aesthetic. Woo!

Swell Maps - "New York"

Off the "...Jane From Occupied Europe" LP released on Rough Trade in 1980.
Previously featured on 10-9-2015.
A classic of Art Punk, Swell Maps made loud, rude and ear-damaging Art Punk songs. Their sophomore LP "...Jane From Occupied Europe," takes some more experimental edges on the songs, (unlike their first LP, A Trip To Marineville, which was mostly punk songs) many of the songs being lyric-less instrumental works, with some bangers like "Helicopter Spies" thrown in.
This specific take of "New York" is only included on the expanded CD edition of the album. 

Women In Prison - "Suicidal Exit"

Off the 2010 (?) Demo, self released.

More Shit-Fi punk here! Women In Prison are a group hard to dig dirt up on - between one single released in a short run of 60 copies and this mysterious demo which I can't find anywhere, (only on youtube, bless the uploader) Women In Prison present fucked and drunken noisy punk tunes that have trouble keeping themselves together.

Church Police - "The Oven Is My Friend"

Off the "Not So Quiet On The Western Front" V/A LP released on Alternative Tentacles in 1982.
One of the more famous tunes off Maximum Rock N Roll's classic comp, "The Oven Is My Friend" was a choice song taken from a Church Police demo tape and put onto the comp. Formed in Concord, the 4 members recorded their first and only demo tape in a San Fran townhouse basement, and with heavy influence from Flipper and Fang - Church Police produced a thundering, scary and ominous brand of Punk made up of guitar feedback, fuzzed out bass notes, reverbed drums and lyrics about mental disassociation with everyday life. 
After their break up in the early-mid 80's, the group would release old recordings of their other songs, in the form of singles, comps - you get the idea. But none of their songs ever amounted to the popularity and craziness of "The Oven Is My Friend."

SPK - "Slogun"
Off the "Factory" EP released on Side Effects Records in 1979.

A classic slice of Industrial music, Australia's SPK were many peoples entry into the world of industrial music - less free-form then TG and more ass-kicking then Cabaret Voltaire, SPK balanced noise with actual song-writing. SPK's first single and release, "Slogun," is among some of their most abrasive work, sometimes falling into the territory of full on noise.

Ascension - "7"

Off the "Five Titled" CD released on Shock in 1994.

When a conversation about "Free-Jazz Rock" takes place, the name "Ascension" usually pops up. One of the best kept secrets of noise music, Ascension was Noise Rock with a big emphasis on the Noise aspect - and that noise came in the form of EAI and Free-Jazz. Clearly inspired by Brotzmann, Ayler, AMM and Coltrane, the group never really goes full on Free Jazz or full on Noise Rock, but balances the two with a certain amount of mastery that is hard to find in a genre most commonly associated with insane and extreme themes and concepts. (I mean, just look below!) 
Formed in the UK in the early 90's, Ascension is Jazz 'fer the cool kids, trust me.

Breathing Problem - "Strange And Violent Dreams"
Off the "Mattress On The Floor" Cassette Tape released on Breathing Problem Productions in 2009.
Breathing Problem is a somewhat recent Power Electronics group from Austin, Texas. Formed by Rusty Kelley, (a veteran of the Texas music scene, having been in about half a dozen groups, Total Abuse probably being the most well known) Emelia McKay and Mason Tucker, (Tucker is no longer in the group, and is not on this release, memory serve me right.) the group specializes in American PE with more emphasis on making walls of unforgiving sound then say, trying to seem foreboding.

Swallowing Bile - "Untitled"
Off the "Swallowing Bile / Magia Nuda" Split tape released on Solar Temple Tapes in 2014.
Swallowing Bile is Breathing Problem's formula taken to an uncomfortable extent: 15 minute power drones of sharp rigid noise that shift and change over time, but still sound like heavy machinery and broken dreams. Music for the scumfuck inside of all of us.