NO AGE – 11/05/2024

My old pals, NO AGE played at set at the St Johns Bizarre this year. I first met Randy and Dean over 20 years ago in their previous band. I hadn’t seen either of them in over a decade, it was great to be able to catch up. Check out their latest LP, People Helping People released by Drag City.

April 2024 Bandcamp Friday Haul

It’s Bandcamp Friday, AKA, the day I buy a bunch of music. Some of it new, some of it old. Some of it has been featured in recent episodes of NONTRAST Radio and some of it will be featured in upcoming episodes.

I haven’t seen Mattress in quite a while but was stoked to see this music video show up in my feed which then clued me into his recent-ish LP, FUBAR.

Brighton punks Lambrini Girls are a recent discovery for me. They’ll be touring the US this summer and I’ve already got my ticket. The LP was too expensive to ship from the UK, so I’ll be showing up, cash in hand, at their merch table.

Two English bands with “Girls” in the name? If I cared more about sequencing, I’d move this down lower in the post. Another new discovery for me, I know, I’m late to the game.

I have most of these tracks in 7″ form, but I’m thankful for this convenient anthology.

My bandmate clued me into this band after catching them live. Hammered dulcimer black metal isn’t a commonly uttered phrase, but it works. I picked up one of their earlier LPs at a garage sale in my neighborhood, which was quite surprising.

I don’t really know how Iron Lung Records releases so many records of such high caliber, but I’m thankful they do.

I first crossed paths with Steve a couple decades ago with his old bands, XBXRX, kit, Warbler, snowsuit* and others. While his recent solo releases are a departure from those acts, I believe the same people that enjoyed his output 20 ago will enjoy this release.

NONTRAST Radio: Episode Two

Tara Jane O’Neil “Curling” https://tarajaneoneil.bandcamp.com/album/the-cool-cloud-of-okayness

Cleanser “S.O.S. (demo)” https://cleansercleanser.bandcamp.com/album/s-o-s-demo

Human Leather “Not My Business Anymore” https://humanleatherr.bandcamp.com/album/lazy-karaoke

Jo Johnson “Inside”    https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/album/the-windmill-on-the-hill

Writhing Squares “Barbarians” https://thewrithingsquares.bandcamp.com/album/mythology

Cindy und Bert “Der Hund Von Baskerville” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOAzuqngOYo

Mr. Wrong “Asshole” https://mrwrongwitches.bandcamp.com/album/babes-in-boyland

Vangelis “He-O” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(Vangelis_album)

Karp “Bastard of Disguise” https://karp1.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled-lp

Essential Logic “The Beautiful & The Damned” https://essentiallogic.bandcamp.com/album/fanfare-in-the-garden-collection

Lambrini Girls “White Van” https://bsmrocks.bandcamp.com/album/youre-welcome

The Rickets (feat Kathleen Hanna) “Voices Carry” https://therickets.bandcamp.com/album/rickets-anthology

PR Computer    “Andromeda” https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11676

Whisper Hiss “Harsh Lights” https://whisperhiss.bandcamp.com/album/shake-me-awake-2

Selda Bağcan “Yaz Gazeteci Yaz” http://seldabagcan.com.tr/

Tiny Knives “At The Retaining Wall By The Graveyard” https://tinyknivesherecomesabigblackcloud.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-knives-here-comes-a-big-black-cloud

Bronski Beat “Hit That Perfect Beat” https://bronskibeat.bandcamp.com/album/truthdare-doubledare

New Bad Things “Let’s Everyone Do It” https://newbadthings.bandcamp.com/album/freewheel

Mdou Moctar “Funeral for Justice” https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-for-justice

Code Of Honor “Fight or Die” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoftr-Lfy9c

Gene Clark “No Other” https://www.discogs.com/master/69328-Gene-Clark-No-Other

Men’s Recovery Project (feat Mojo Nixon) “Domestic Phone Call (Wankel-Rotary Engine Remix)” https://monoroid.com/collections/music/products/mens-recovery-project-frank-talk-about-humans

Melvins    “Friends Before Larry” https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-bulls-the-bees-electroretard

NONTRAST Radio reboot: Episode One

Adulkt Life – https://adulktlife.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-no-desire-2
Fat Day http://www.fatdayband.com
Ashra – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age_of_Earth
Born Against – https://bornagainst.bandcamp.com/album/patriotic-battle-hymns
Shirley Collins – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Roses
Body Farm – https://sothisisprogress.bandcamp.com/album/living-hell
Derdioklar Ikilisi – https://guerssen.com/product/coban-mamos-cd/
Krallice – https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/porous-resonance-abyss
Robert Wyatt – https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/robert-wyatt/shleep/2lp
Cyberplasm – https://cyberplasm.bandcamp.com/album/first-emanation
Mary Timony – https://marytimony.bandcamp.com/album/untame-the-tiger-2
Botanist – https://verdant-realm-botanist.bandcamp.com/album/vi-flora
Bad Canoes – https://badcanoes.bandcamp.com/album/bad-canoes
Mocket – https://mocket.bandcamp.com/album/pro-forma
Abronia – https://abronia.bandcamp.com/album/the-whole-of-each-eye
Strategy – https://strategy.bandcamp.com/album/the-wet-room
Marnie Stern – https://marniestern.bandcamp.com/album/the-comeback-kid
Waydowns – https://waydowns.bandcamp.com/album/waydowns-1994-1995
Lord Dying – https://lorddying.bandcamp.com/album/clandestine-transcendence
Mnemonic Pulse – https://mnemonicpulse.bandcamp.com/album/pasigraphic