3rd Of June 2011 Update and Reviews

3rd Of June 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items & Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12"s
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5.6.7.8'S, The    "The 5.6.7.8's 10-22-2010 (Third Man Live)"
Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O    "Pink Lady Lemonade You're From Inner Space"
Akitsa    "Au Crepuscule De L'Esperance"
Altars    "Live On Pure Hate"
Appleseed Cast, The    "Middle States (+ D/L)"
Bazan, David    "Strange Negotiations"
Bear Hands    "Burning Bush Supper Club"
Black Lips    "Arabia Mountain (+ D/L)"
Boris    "Heavy Rocks"
Bowie, David    "Space Oddity (40th Anniversary Limited Edition)"
Boy King Islands    "Fall "
Bush, Kate    "Director's Cut"
Caretaker    "Empty Bliss"
Cave In    "White Silence"
Cola Freaks    "Cola Freaks (+ D/L)"
Coltrane, John    "Coltrane Plays the Blues"
Cramps, The    "Songs The Lord Taught Us (180 Gram Repress)"
Cramps, The    "Psychedelic Jungle (180 Gram Repress)"
Cults    "Cults (+ D/L)"
D.O.A.    "Hardcore 81 (30th Anniversary Ltd. Ed. /1000 Blue Vinyl + Poster)"
D.O.A.    "Something Better Change (30th Anniversary Ltd. Ed. /1000 Green Vinyl + Poster)"
Death Cab For Cutie    "Codes and Keys"
Delay, Vladislav Quartet (Vladislav Delay Quartet)    "Vladislav Delay Quartet"
Deskonocidos    "En La Oscuridad"
Devil Wears Prada, The    "Plagues"
Fire & Ice    "Collections"
Fireworks    "Gospel. "
Flogging Molly    "Speed of Darkness"
Ford & Lopatin (Formerly Known As Games)    "Channel Pressure (/2500)"
Foster The People    "Torches (+ D/L)"
Friendly Fires    "Pala (+ D/L)"
Fucked Up    "David Comes To Life (+ D/L)"
Ilsa    "Tutti Il Colori Del Buio"
Ilsa / Hooded Menace    "Hooded Menace / Ilsa"
Kids On A Crime Spree    "We Love You So Bad (+ D/L)"
Lady Gaga    "Born This Way (2LP 180 Gram)"
Late Nite Wars    "Who's Going To Miss You If You Go?"
Ludicra    "Ludicra"
Masakari    "The Prophet Feeds"
Misfits    "Shocking Return"
Misfits    "If You Don't Know This Song… Beware"
Monks, The    "Black Time"
Morning Teleportation    "Expanding Anyway (+ D/L)"
My Morning Jacket    "Circuital"
Negative Plane    "Stained Glass Revelations"
Obsessed, The    "Lunar Womb"
One Master    "The Quiet Eye Of Eternity"
O'Rourke, Jim     "Old News #5 (Green Cover, 2xLP)"
Pagliara, Massimiliano    "Focus For Infinity"
Phenomenal Handclap Band, The    "Tears (Remix)"
Possessed    "World War III"
Prurient    "Black Vase"
Ritual    "Paper Skin"
Sarcofago    "DeathThrash (Unofficial)"
Scapegoat     "Scapegoat"
Serpent Throne    "Ride Satan Ride"
Snake Oil    "Snake Oil"
Touche Amore    "Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me"
Turner, Frank    "England Keep My Bones (+ CD)"
Various Artists    "El Sonido De Tupac Amaru (LP+7")"
Various Artists    "Brazilian Nuggets"
Various Artists    "The Rhythms Of Black Peru: Classic Afro-Peruvian Recordings (+ D/L)"
Vicious, Sid    "My Way"
Watain    "Lawless Darkness (Die-cut)"
Woods    "Sun And Shade"


Hip-Hop LPs & 12"s
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!llmind    "Behind The Curta!n (Ltd. Ed. W/ D/L W/ Bonus Material)"
Atmosphere    "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Ltd. Yellow Vinyl)"
Blitz The Ambassador    "Native Sun"
DangerDoom    "The Mouse And The Mask"
DJ Premier    "Beats That Collected Dust Volume 2"
Kool G Rap    "Riches, Royalty & Respect"
Roc Marciano    "Marcberg"
Vast Aire    "Ox 2010: A Street Odyssey (Feat. A Ton Of Guests)"


Electronic 12"s
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Addison Groove    "This Is It"
Blondes    "Lover / Hater"
DJ Yellow     "Night In Tranzylvania (DJ Yellow E.P.)"
Dubkasm    "More Jah"
Joker    "The Vision (White Label)"
Mochipet / Dkon    "Remixes"
Orphx    "Apparition"
Secret Cinema     "Minerals EP1"
Skream    "Where You Should Be 1"
Skream    "Where You Should Be 2"
Stott, Andy    "Night Jewel"
Stott, Andy    "Tell Me Anything / Love Nothing"
Stott, Andy    "Bad Landing EP"
Stott, Andy    "Brief Encounter"
Teeth of the Sea    "Hypnoticon"
Tejada, John & Leviste, Arian    "Western Starland Remixes 2011"
Tobin, Amon    "Isam (+ D/L)"
Tokimonsta    "Creature Dreams EP"
Vincenzo    "Wherever I Lay My Head"


10"s
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Floating Points    "Post Suite / Almost in Profile"


7"s
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Banana Splits "Doin' The..."
Baptists
Cold Showers "Highlands"
Dance Gavin Dance "People..."
Incendiary / Unrestrained
Kill Life / 33
Monks "Pretty Suzanne"
Most Precious Blood "Demo"


CDs
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African Head Charge "Off The..."
Creation Rebel "Starship"
Dark Castle "Surrender To All Life"
Fucked Up "David Comes To Life"
Ipsissimus "Way Of Descent" (Local Black Metal gone big on Metal Blade)
Kuti, Fela "Lagos Baby (2xCD)"
Loss "Despond"
LV "Routes"
New Age Steppers "New Age Steppers"
Om "God Is Good"
Touche Amore "Parting The..."
USX (U.S. Christmas) "Valley Path"
Various Artists "Dutch Electronic Music V.3 (2xCD)"
Woe "Quietly Undramatically"
Woods "Sun And Shade"
Wormrot "Dirge"


Cassette Tape
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Woods "Sun And Shade"

Review

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Deafheaven Roads To Judah LP/CD

(Deathwish Music)

Hailing from San Fransisco, Deafheaven is a five piece genre-bending band. They've got elements of shoegaze, black metal, & hardcore (read: screamo). It's no shocker that the band sites My Bloody Valentine, Burzum, & Orchid as influences. It's also no surprise that these guys are on Deathwish; one of my favorite labels. While Deathwish does have a stacked roster of legendary bands, they also have plenty of new acts that push the limits of what can be shoved under the massive umbrella terms of, "hardcore" or "punk". Deafheaven fits in beautifully. They're also playing CT in a couple weeks: FB Event Page. (FFO: Wolves In The Throne Room, Liturgy, Envy) 

[Reviewer: Josh]

Hooded Menace / Ilsa LP

 (Contagion Records)

I'm not even going to pretend like this is a review.  This is just a recommendation.  Death doom gutter music.  Ilsa is a little more doom than punk (like Coffins, but with less d-beat).  Hooded Menace is just evil gutteral death metal drawn out and slowly beating on your body (from the ear holes first, duh).  It's limited to 500 copies so just get it while you can.  We have a couple.  It seems we haven't had enough metal - even after a full weekend of it in Baltimore at Maryland Death Fest (both Josh and I and a few friends attended).

[Recommend-er: Rick]

26th of May Update & Review (CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY)

26th Of May 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items

at Redscroll Records

NOTE: WE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY). HAVE A NICE PICNIC! (CAPS LOCK MEANS THAT I MEAN BUSINESS!)

Note 2: There will be even more showing up on Friday, but that will have to be on next week's update. Beat the update and check in at the store yourself (we get deliveries every weekday so really this goes for every weekday.)

Note 3: This is a day early (and with only one review by Sean) because both Josh and Rick will be attending Maryland Death Fest for the next few days. Sean will be at the shop for the weekend. Business as usual. The twitter account will probably have a lot of MDF related things for the weekend (and perhaps the blog and facebook as well - we pollute the internet daily).

LPs & 12"s

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Animal Collective (Avey Tare & Panda Bear) "Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. DMM Remastered)"

Atomic Bitchwax, The (TAB) "The Local Fuzz"

Bachelorette "Bachelorette"

Batillus "Furnace"

Battles "Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)"

Black Flag "TV Party (12")"

Black Tusk "Passage Through Purgatory (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl)"

Born Without Bones "Say Hello"

Celestial "Desolate North"

Chinese Telephones "Democracy"

Chinese Telephones "Chinese Telephones"

Church Of Misery "Vol. 1"

Coliseum / Burning Love "Coliseum / Burning Love: Live At The Atlantic: Volume Four"

Credentials "Goocher"

Crippled Black Phoenix "The Resurrectionists"

Crippled Black Phoenix "Night Raider"

Damned, The "Damned From the Start (Demos 1979-80; Finsbury Park 19860727)(Unofficial)"

DangerDoom "The Mouse And The Mask"

Ear Pwr "EAR PWR (+ D/L)"

Felice Brothers, The "Celebration, Florida"

Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"

Gun Club, The "Fire Of Love"

Haemorrhage "Hospital Carnage"

Hook, Peter And The Light (Joy Division) "Unknown Pleasures - Live In Australia (Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 25.9.2010)"

Human Eye "They Came From The Sky (+ D/L)"

Integrity "Detonate World's Plague (PRE-ORDER PACKAGE! LP+CD+Patch+Sticker)"

Jesus And Mary Chain, The "Automatic (180 Gram)"

King Diamond "The Graveyard (Remastered By Andy LaRocque Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl - 500 Handnumbered)"

King Diamond "The Spider's Lullabye (Remastered By Andy LaRocque Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl - 500 Handnumbered)"

Men, The "Leave Home (+ D/L)"

Menuck, Efrim Manuel "Efrim Manuel Menuck Plays "High Gospel" (+ Poster + CD)"

Mount Eerie "Song Islands Vol. 2: Collected Rarities And Singles (+ D/L)"

O'Neil, Tara Jane / Nikaido Kazumi "Tara Jane Oneil / Nikaido Kazumi"

Primal Scream "Vanishing Point (180 Gram)"

PS Eliot "Sadie"

Rvivr "The Joester Sessions 08-11"

Scientists "This Is My Happy Hour (Birth Of The Scientists)"

She Wants Revenge "Valleyheart (+ D/L)"

Soul Swallower "Devoured"

Spiritualized "Amazing Grace (3x12" Box Set)"

Teenage Fanclub "Thirteen"

Tobin, Amon "Isam (+ D/L)"

TV On The Radio "Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes"

Various Artists "Down And Out In Toronto & Montreal"

Witches "Forever"

Yuppicide "Dead Man Walking (Remastered)"

Zombi "Escape Velocity (180 Gram or Color)" (This is sold out at Relapse [the label that released it] so this is probably the last time we'll get this in.)

10"

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Esplendor Geometrico "Re-Pulsion (Ltd. Ed. /500)"

7"s

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1994! "Most..."

Basemint "Retro"

Bush Tetras "Too Many..."

Choke Up "Spent"

Christmas Island / Meth Teeth

Cock Sparrer "Spirit Of '76 (PIC)"

Deftones "Rocket Skates"

Green & Wood "Light Of Lune / Siren"

Hoax

Hot Water Music / Bouncing Souls

Leather Sterile

Mind Eraser/Iron Lung/Hatred Surge/Scapegoat "Brutal Supremacy (2x7")"

Mixtapes "Hope Is For People"

Power "Death Haunts"

P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Ex-Poison Idea)

Soul Search "Intolerable Weight"

Wooden Wand "Circle..."

CDs

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Anaal Nathrakh "Passion..."

Demonaz (Of Immortal) "March Of The Norse..."

Gappy Ranks "Put The Stero..."

Haemorrhage "Hospital Carnage"

Hecker (Florian) "Speculative Solution (CD/Book Box)"

Integrity "Detonate World's Plague"

Ipsissimus "The Way Of Descent" (CT Black Metal debut on Metal Blade!)

Messe Noir "Mandal - Gate Of The Calling" (Also CT Black Metal, this on Natas Prod.)

Various Artists "Japan Koto & Shamisen..."

Zombi "Escape Velocity"

Review

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Iron Lung / Mind Eraser / Hatred Surge / Scapegoat 

Brutal Supremacy 2x7” 

(our copies are actually on black vinyl)

 (Painkiller Records)

Brutal Supremacy is a double 7” compilation that showcases the works of Iron Lung, Scapegoat, Mind Eraser, and Hatred Surge. All of these bands play a similar type of fast and brutal (as stated in the title) hardcore, but each with a very unique sound. When I first saw the cover of this I instantly thought of the “Reality #1 #2 #3” compilations, which offer a similar batch of bands. If you’re into this genre of hardcore, this compilation will not disappoint. As an added piece of bait, the singer (Rahi) for (now defunct band) Insect Warfare has joined the roster of Hatred Surge (following the departure of one of their singers, Faiza).

[Reviewer: Sean]

Spotlight: Curmudgeon

Spotlight: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon is a new 3-piece hardcore punk band from Boston, MA that

rests comfortably in both the realms of crust and power violence.

Their singer, Krystina is a CT native that most notably did time as

the vocalist for Ripshit. In April, she put out the new Curmudgeon

material entitled, “Human Ouroboros” as a cassette on her label: We

Rise Records.

This tape features eight songs that average about a minute in length.

The songs have a similar pattern, sludgy, slow-headbanging part into

blast beats. I dig it. The vocals are yelled in a way that you can

actually make out what is being said, which is a refreshing change in

a sub-genre where you often have to question whether what’s being

screamed and what’s written on the lyrics sheet are the same thing.

The entire demo is streaming on the bandcamp page linked here:

Live Music: F*ck#d Up Music at Popeyes Garage

Live Music: F%ck!d Up Music at Popeyes Garage

This post is a guest post by our friend Kryssi (Colorguard, Gramery Records, Popeyes Garage). Thanks Kryssi. Check these shows out.  Check out all that happens down at Popeyes Garage.  Josh and I (Rick) will be in Baltimore this weekend so we'll be missing at least one of these, but if you're around you should do your best to attend. All words forthwith are Kryssi's (and actually do reflect the views of this store, ha):

FUCKED UP MUSIC

A series of 2 shows at Popeyes featuring highly abrasive, other-worldly, or just plain fucked up music.

Sunday May 29th Italian free-jazz/psych group Jooklo Duo will be joining noise guitarist Bill Nace and sax player Paul Flaherty for a performance at Popeyes Garage. The chaotic duo, featuring Virginia Genta on sax & David Vanzan on drums, most recently released a 7” on Northern Spy titled “The Warrior”.

Here’s a pretty excellent video:


and their website:
http://jooklo.altervista.org/

Also playing will be Mittimus featuring members of Hat City Intuitive from Danbury, CT and Broadcloth, a trio from New Haven featuring member of An Historic and Dr. Caterwauls C of CC.

Tuesday, June 7th another harsh free-jazz outfit, Tiger Hatchery, from Chicago will be coming to Popeyes. The aggressive trio features Andrew Scott Young, Ben Billington (Quicksails, Moonrises), and Mike Forbes. They have an awesome LP on Pizza Night, as well as some other cool releases on Fag Tapes and Gilgongo Records. It’s their second time at Popeyes, and they were sick the first time so that’s kind of a guarantee. Go to their website, it plays a blistering jam: http://www.polarenvy.com/thc.html

Also playing will be Colorguard and Dasen, two solo noise projects from New Haven.

20th Of May 2011 Update

20th of May 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items

at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12"s

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Acephalix "Interminable Night"

Against Me! "Total Clarity"

Baldwin, Matt "Night In The Triangle"

Barn Owl "From Out Moths A Perpetual Light"

Bee Mask "Canzoni Dal Laboratorio Del Silenzio Cosmico"

Bible, Jeremy & Jason Henry "Vryashn"

Black Order "Electropolis #5 (One Base, Precious Beast, Lost Afternoon)"

Blank Dogs "Collected By Itself: 2006-2009 (+ D/L)"

Boys Next Door "What's The Storey? Live At Storey Hall RMIT Melbourne Australia December 21 1978"

Cantu-Ledesma, Jefre "Shining Skull Breath"

Clap "Have You Reached Yet?"

Coffey, Dennis "Dennis Coffey"

Colourmusic "My ________ Is Pink (+ D/L)"

Darkest Hour "The Human Romance (+ D/L)"

D'Eon // Grimes "Darkbloom"

Dietrich, Don / Ben Hall "Spitfire"

Dinner At The Thompson's "Off The Grid"

Dream Syndicate, The "The Days Of Wine And Roses (180 Gram)"

Eno, Brian "Before And After Science (Import)"

Fair, Jad "Beautiful Songs: The Best Of The Best Of Jad Fair (+ D/L For 109 Smash Hits)"

Fell, Mark "Manitutshu*"

Iceage "New Brigade (2nd Pressing On Dais)"

Jesus And Mary Chain, The "The Complete John Peel Sessions"

Jesus And Mary Chain, The "Honey's Dead (180 Gram)"

Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds "Gorilla Rose (+ D/L)"

Levy, Barrington "Bounty Hunter"

Love Inks "E.S.P."

McGuire, Mark "VDSQ - Solo Acoustic Volume Two"

Moore, Thurston "Demolished Thoughts (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)"

Neud Photo "Open-Air Cinema"

Nilson, BJ "Vinyl"

No Problem "And Now This"

Nodzzz "Innings"

Obnox "I'm Bleeding Now"

Pearl Jam "Live At Melbourne Park Australia March 5 1998 (Show #126)"

Pink Reason "Sh!t In The Garden (+ D/L)"

Reinhardt, Jonas "Music For The Tactile Dome"

Rubble "The Farewell Drugs (+ D/L)"

Vampire Weekend "White Sky"

Various Artists "Bustin' Out 1984: New Wave To New Beat Volume 4 (Cabaret Voltaire, Front 242, Dub Syndicate, Skinny Puppy…)"

Various Artists "Nigeria 70: Sweet Times (Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos)"

Wet Hair "In Vogue Spirit"

Hip-Hop LPs & 12"s

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Atmosphere "The Family Sign (Clear Vinyl + D/L)"

Celph Titled & Buckwild "Ninteen Ninety Now: The Instrumentals (+ Bonus Beats)"

Madlib "Beat Konducta Vol. 3: In India"

Zavala "The Dark Time Sunshine Vessel Instrumentals (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl)"

Electronic LPs & 12"s

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Africa HiTech "93 Million Miles (3xLP + D/L)"

Aquarius Heaven "7 Days"

Black Van "Moments Of Excellence (Feat. Holy Ghost! / Aeroplane Remix)"

Boxcutter "The Dissolve (+ D/L)"

Daedelus "Bespoke (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)"

Fidan, Tolga "We're Strangers Now"

Forrest, Jason "The Everything"

Hyetal "Broadcast (2x12")"

J:Kenzo "The Roteks / Protected"

Kitbuilders "You Trashed My Mind"

Kolombo "Waiting For / Rescue Me / Waiting For (Michael Mayer Mix)"

Laid Back Vs. Soul Clap "Cocaine Cool / The Soul Clap Remixes / Bakerman Soul Clap Edit / Instrumental Mix"

LCD Soundsystem "London Sessions"

Mark E "Stone Breaker"

Tejada, John "Unstable Condition / The Living Night"

7"s

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Banana Splits, The "The Tra La La Song"

Burning Love "Don't Ever..."

Foundation "At Your Mercy"

Johnson, Syl "Myth 45s (5x7" Box)"

Sleep∞Over "Casual Diamond"

Title Fight "Flood Of '72"

Weekend "End Times"

White Fence "Harness / The Pool"

CDs

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A Storm Of Light "As The Valley Of Death..."

Africa HiTech "93 Million Miles"

Allen, Tony "Afro Disco (2xCD)"

Across Tundras "Sage"

Against Me! "Total Clarity"

Blitz The Ambassador "Native Sun"

Hyetal "Broadcast"

Liturgy "Aesthetica"

Moore, Thurston "Demolished Thoughts"

Neek The Exotic & Large Professor "Still On The Hustle"

Sabi/Kiyo "71:36"

Unthanks, The "Last"

Various Artists "Brand New Wayo (+ Book)"

Various Artsts "Delta Swamp Rock (2xCD)"

DVD

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Ghostride The Whip (Documentary about the Bay Area hip-hop hyphy movement sparked by Mac Dre)

Magazine & Book

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Hit The Ground Stumbling (Book)

Wire #328 June 2011 (We lowered our price on this)

Reviews

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The Banana Splits The Tra La La Song 7"

"The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television program that featured both live action and animated segments. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and ran for 31 episodes on NBC Saturday mornings, from September 7, 1968 to September 5, 1970. The series costumes and sets were designed by Sid and Marty Krofft and the series' sponsor was Kellogg's Cereals.[1] The show was Hanna-Barbera’s initial foray into mixing live action with animation." -Wiki 

I honestly didn't even realize that it only had 31 episodes or that it aired in that time frame (a couple decades before I saw them). I remember them re-airing these Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I guess 31 weeks worth is enough for most of one year. I swear it seemed like a lot more. Guess not. So, this song is all about the hook ("Tra La La"). As a kid it's easy to identify with (fun repeated sounds) and easier to remember. And it starts with a food count off ("One banana, two banana, three banana, four."). So perfectly poppy rock and well, it's performed by big old muppet type characters (2 dogs, an elephant and a monkey... errr, a dog, a lion that looks like another dog, a gorilla that looks like it could also be a monkey and an elephant that would be hard to confuse for anything else). Fun!  Oh yea, and there's a song on the B-side too! Bonus! (Insert laughter and more fun.)

[Reviewer: Rick]

Defeater Empty Days & Sleepless Nights 2xLP/CD

Defeater is a hardcore band from Boston, and to no surprise are on Bridge 9 Records. What sets this band apart from other bands playing similar styles of hardcore is Defeater tells a story in each album. Each album tells a new story of a post World War II family, and their struggles coping with the war and internal struggles with family.

Empty Days & Sleepless Nights is separated into two sections: Empty Days. which is emotionally driven, sometimes technical hardcore and Sleepless Nights, which consists of four acoustic songs that finish up the album. I personally enjoy the Sleepless Nights portion of the album more, and I feel that it can appeal to a wider audience than the Empty Days portion can.

This release comes on CD, and a nice double LP gatefold package with a screened D side.

[Reviewer: Sean]

Noose It's Your Time 7"

Vegan straight-edge hardcore from Chicago. These dudes are on React! Records and sound way more akin to early 80s hardcore (SSD, Negative Approach) then they do their labelmates. The recording quality is dirty, which I love. The microphone sounds like it's buried deep down the singers throat most of the time. X-swatches, Football jerseys over hoodies, & stylish moshing.

[Reviewer: Josh]

Out And About: Brazen Betties 2nd Birthday Street Fair

Out And About: Brazen Betties 2nd Birthday Street Fair 

Us small business owners have got to stick together, you know?  Well, whether you know or not we do.  Our friends in the Northwestern corner of the state have a pretty cool event going on tomorrow.  We were actually invited to take part.  Unfortunately, we could not logistically make that happen for ourselves.  Fortunately, there are plenty of great vendors and general goings-on at this to keep anyone's attention.

||Facebook Event Page||

||Brazen Betties Website||

"In celebration of our 2nd birthday we are going BIG and BRAZEN...once again! Like last year, we are shutting down a block of Main St. to celebrate street fair style! Expect great music ..., a fashion show,CT Roller Girls, hula-hoop contest, a handful of hot rods, 20+ vendors, live music, food, a Zombie Crawl by Artwell Gallery & sooo much more to be announced!!" - Julia Sloan (Owner/Designer)

Spotlight: Cold Snap (UN-UK)

 Spotlight: Cold Snap

Cold Snap, from central CT, plays left-of-center, slow, noise-rock influenced hardcore. They sound like Unsane. You want to bang your head, but you can't. Ben's my dude (on bass). Jack (vocals) will punch you or get punched. Mario (guitar) lost mad weight; he's a sexy Portuguese fellow. Al D. (drums) is of many bands (Pale Horse, Brass Caskets) and screen prints (Shop Shogun). They have a long ex-members roster, but it wasn't until this line-up that they finally hit their stride.

When asked about their sound, Ben had this to say, "I'm trying to sound as twinkle-free as possible."  We like that idea because the opposite sounds like Phish and I don't think Phish and hardcore mix.

Here's a clip of them playing live:


They are playing the Converge show that we posted about previous to this so there is a nice way to check them out live soon (though tickets for that will be all but gone - something like 30 left).  

The image posted at the top is the cover art from their 7" released by Hot Air Press in 2009.  Be on the lookout for a split 7" with another CT band (that Al D. also drums for) in the near future.  They also have a 7" coming out on Get Young Records out of MA.  Sounds from that first 7" are here:

Live Music: Converge, Trap Them, Burning Love, TFT, Cold Snap - 5/26/11 Milford, CT

Live Music: Converge, Trap Them, Burning Love, The Flaming Tsunamis, Cold Snap

5/26/11 Milford, CT

Converge

Converge is a 4-piece band, formed in February of 1990 in Salem, Massachusetts. Playing a blend of extreme metal and hardcore punk, this pioneer outfit helped define a lot of the rudiments of the fast-burgeoning metalcore and mathcore genres.

They first started by playing covers of hardcore, punk and heavy metal songs, being self-confessed “hardcore kids with leftover Slayer riffs”. The band soon graduated to playing live performances in 1991 after recording some demos on a 4-track recorder.

In their latter years, Converge have enjoyed relatively high levels of popularity despite the esoteric feel of their music and the substantial lack of media attention they receive. The extreme nature of their music, particularly the atonal vocals and often complicated finger-work of the guitar riffs make it difficult for some to appreciate this brand of metal. Later records have gradually become more extensively produced largely due to the maturation of their sound.

Converge’s influences range from hardcore punk bands, such as Black Flag, Negative Approach, The Accüsed, and Born Against; metal bands like Black Sabbath, Godflesh, Slayer, and Entombed; and proto-mathcore bands Starkweather and Rorschach. Jacob Bannon has also discussed an appreciation for and inspiration from grindcore on Earache Records, post-hardcore on Dischord Records; thrash metal, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Vio-Lence, and Death Angel, and post-punk groups, such as Depeche Mode and The Cure.
Deathwish Inc.

Trap Them
Trap Them is a band from Salem, New Hampshire, formed in 2001. They began as a side project for vocalist Ryan Mckenney (Backstabbers Inc.) and guitarist Brian Izzi (December Wolves). Since forming they have released three albums, Sleepwell Deconstructer, Seizures in Barren Praise and Darker Handcraft, as well as three EPs, Cunt Heir to the Throne, Séance Prime and Split with Extreme Noise Terror. Anyone digging the 90’s swedish deathsound from the Sunlight studio should have a go at this.
Prosthetic Records


Burning Love
Members of Toronto’s Burning Love play Hot Snakes-influenced punk rock with Chris Colohan (ex-Cursed) providing vocals. To date they have released a demo 7”, a single 7”, ‘Jack the Ripper’ and an LP entitled ‘Songs for Burning Lovers’


The Flaming Tsunamis
The Flaming Tsunamis are an experimental hardcore/punk band that incorporates a diverse range of eclectic musical styles further accentuated by their inclusion of a horn section, keyboards, samples and auxiliary percussion. Based out of New Haven, CT the fiercely DIY and relentlessly touring six piece has put out releases on Kill Normal, a label that members of the band founded. Since their formation in 1999 the band has released 2 EPs and 2 full-length albums. In 2011 the band announced “Externalities”, their latest and potentially final album.


Cold Snap

For fans of Into Another, Nirvana, Ink & Dagger, and UNSANE.  New stuff is really all about being similar to Unsane.


$15 / All Ages

Live Music: Reservoir, Wolves at Bay, Dagwood, Circle Circle - Thursday, 5/19/11 6PM

Live Music: Reservoir, Wolves at Bay, Dagwood, Circle Circle Thursday, 5/19/11 6PM

Reservoir (Emo on tour from York, PA)
Wolves at Bay (formerly Dear You)
Dagwood (feat members of Fire First, Heavy Breath and Dadwood)
Circle Circle (CT puppy cat folk)
 

24 N. Colony Rd.

Wallingford, CT

6 PM

Donations for the touring band

Intern at Redscroll Records!

Intern at Redscroll Records!

Don't even think twice about this.  Just do it.  We don't really care what your major is.  You're a music major with a minor in communications?  Perfect.  You're an ecology major with a minor in politics?  Not quite perfect, but we'll try (start a recycling program?). And most music comes from Earth (that we know of).  We'll make anything work.  There is a place for you here.  

We are continuously growing.  We are continuously looking for ways to expand and having new voices is great.  There is one minor catch, these are unpaid internships (like most you'll find).  We've had one great intern so far and we're definitely looking forward to more like that.  

College credit seems to be the reward/payment for most internships.  We can work with you and your advisors to make this happen.  We realize that most of you are done with school for now so this isn't the ideal time to ask, but if you can ask and are really interested we'll make this work.  If not, keep it in mind for the future.

Send inquiries to redscroll@gmail.com (attaching a resume is a definite plus)