dear torinos,
please write more songs. i like them.
sincerely,
fdslkugbsfd
alaskan black metal hailing from a fairview basement
Here’s a classic solo track from Ryan Sollee, charismatic The Builders and The Butchers/The Born Losers frontman. The song is tagged 2003, but the recording might predate this by a year or two. This song demonstrates the tounge-in-cheek-yet-sincere motif that characterized much of Sollee’s early work, before the darker, somber Butchers vibe developed.
Gabe Castro engineered, played drums, and probably insisted on the monologue interlude. Photo by Rob Bob.
A live demo of a new Hug-A-Mutha song, recorded in the Carlot basement during the Bearing Gruesome Cargo sessions. Mixed by Adam. Hug-A-Mutha is now on geographical sabbatical, but we’ll do our best. We still have Discography CDs, $5 tiny dollars.
The Bearing Gruesome Cargo EP needs some vocals and then it’s officially ready to grind you into catatonia. Also, word has it that the Stubby’s album has come back from the mastering studio…
cfc. anti-music. 2001. pre fibonacci sequence, eu vusahm, skin culture, still hunting, sleetmute nightmute, bearing gruesome cargo. jeff crack co’s basement, live. 34 songs, 9 minutes 42 seconds.
01-intro.mp3
02-scream-beginning.mp3
03-guttural.mp3
04-stephan.mp3
05-on-off.mp3
06-trainspotting.mp3
07-20-seconds-noise.mp3
08-love.mp3
09-hi-hat.mp3
10-11235813.mp3
11-shane.mp3
12-ramones.mp3
13-stick.mp3
14-blast-beat-punk-beat.mp3
15-ballad.mp3
16-eight-and-a-half.mp3
17-dont-open-the-window.mp3
18-scream-charlie-mumma-scream.mp3
19-metallica.mp3
20-dig-it.mp3
21-anthem.mp3
22-charlie.mp3
23-slow.mp3
24-untitled.mp3
25-the-stuff.mp3
26-tom-beginning.mp3
27-tap-on-mic-tap-on-ride.mp3
28-red-headed-step-child-orgy.mp3
29-cymbal-slow-beat.mp3
30-i-never-had-a-cat.mp3
31-silly.mp3
32-taint-commensula.mp3
33-up-stroke-down-stroke.mp3
34-last-song.mp3
Lauren came to Alaska in 2003 in the first wave of the hobo invasion, which would provide Anchorage punk rock a much needed kick in the ass. The latency of 1990’s – early 2000’s had passed, and previously isolated D.I.Y. cells began to converge. Bands like Stubby’s Crack Co, The Born Losers, Hug-A-Mutha, CFC, Fat’s Tuna Melt, Martyrs’ Union, Billy Dirt Cult, Flying Falcons, and eu Vusahm were booking frequent shows and forming a loose knit but active community. The arrival of traveling kids like Lauren provided a sudden influx of uninhibited energy, a sense of connection to a larger national and global scene, and (perhaps most importantly) new blood.
Lauren didn’t play publicly, so it was always shocking to hear her pick up a guitar and start singing in one of the most haunting and soulful voices you’d ever heard. When the song was over she would go back to a bottle of whiskey in one hand and a fist in the other, but between the notes she was all serenity.
Kickin’ Rocks have recently finished up their new disc, Drink to Death. Fisticuffs philosopher Dave Armstrong (ex-Martyrs’ Union) handles guitar/vocal/songwriting duties, while Jason Brisson (ex-Uncle Jessie, T.S. Scream) and Aaron Selbig (Insurgent 49) juggle drums, bass, smoking, and drinking.
The no-nonsense songs ring old school, and the band proves it’s not afraid of the occasional drunken, Oi-influenced sing along. Armstrong’s lyrics are sometimes political and sometimes personal but most often somewhere between, hiding under metaphors and wordplay. In fact, bridging disparate extremes seems to be a trademark of the band; they’re rowdy but intelligent, fun loving but focused, and concerned but optimistic.
Pick up a copy of the cd and see Kickin’ Rocks at this month’s Insurgent 49 Third Friday show with Fats Tuna Melt on 5/18, and on 5/19 at the Crossroads (also with Fats).
Artist: Kickin’ Rocks
Title: Drink To Death
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01 – My IPA
02 – Corners Of Our Eyes
03 – Drink To Death
04 – 3 – 0
05 – It Always Rains When We’re In Paris
06 – For All Debts
07 – Fight Song
08 – I Ain’t Marching Anymore
09 – Turkee
10 – Final Chance
hug-a-mutha’s discography cd is currently in production and should be on our doorstep, wrapped in crackly cellophane packages, in about a month. we are stoked, and you should be too. if you’re not, we’ll smash a cd into tiny shards and rub them into your bloody, bloody eyeballs.
Artist: Hug-A-Mutha
Title: Discography
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01 – Psychoterus
02 – Epidural Rock
03 – FAV
04 – Zona Pellucida
05 – What Happened in 1989?
06 – Interlude
07 – One Sex Change Away from the Dave Matthews Band
08 – Don’t Come In
09 – Guest of Honor at a 3 Car Pile-Up
10 – Death Surftificate
11 – Murphy Who?/LISTEN TO MY ART!!!
12 – Caught in the Embrace of Evil Masquerading as Love
13 – The Most Sensual Showdown the Wild West has Ever Seen
in other news, we’re currently tracking stubby’s crack co.’s long awaited urban jungle book, slated for release in early summer. so far, it’s sounding like the record you always hoped they’d make.