By The Old Punk, on Sat March 29th 2008 @ 17:34
Section(s): Free Noise, Reviews - Noise
When I got a bit of cash from my mum at Xmas, there was nothing I really wanted or needed at the time, so I decided to wait a bit for the right moment for it to play its part in the capitalist mode of exchange.
That moment came in late February, when I was perusing [...]
By The Old Punk, on Sun March 23rd 2008 @ 19:42
Section(s): Free Noise
Artist: Back To The Planet
Title: A Potted History
Source: CD LP
Bitrate: V0 VBR
Running time (h:m:s): 01:05:09
Size (mb): 107
Label: Arthur Mix Records
Year: 1994
Yet another band from my crusty traveller yesteryear who kinda lost the plot for a bit when they signed to a major label, disappeared for quite a while and have now popped up on the [...]
By The Old Punk, on Tue March 18th 2008 @ 23:38
Section(s): Free Noise, Reviews - Noise
Another one of my favourite micro-labels, Suburban Home, is offering their latest release, Ghost Buffalo's 'The Magician', as a free download to the first 200 people to click the link in the post. They're keen for people to hear it, hopefully like it, spread the word, and maybe buy a copy and encourage others to [...]
By The Old Punk, on Tue March 18th 2008 @ 15:13
Section(s): Free Noise, Reviews - Noise
Fighting Chance – Sacrifice And Struggle (ltd. edition package)
Insurgence Records
As I've probably said more than once before, I like to get my music delivered through the post. Not only does it mean I usually deal direct with the label or band, it's cheaper, there are often freebies and, most importantly, I love getting a parcel [...]
By The Old Punk, on Sun March 16th 2008 @ 13:56
Section(s): Anarchy For Sale, Free Noise
Artist: Amebix
Title: Monolith
Source: Studio master
Bitrate: 256kbs
Running time (h:m:s): 00:44:04
Size (mb): 85.8
Label: Moshpit Tragedy
Year: 1987 (re-released 2008)
This band should need no introduction. As the official Godfathers Of Crust™ before the term was even coined (credit for that goes to Hellbastard with their 'Ripper Crust' demo), they were personally responsible for adding the dark and crushing edge [...]
By The Old Punk, on Sat March 15th 2008 @ 23:21
Section(s): Bitter Words
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Programme: In Living Memory
Broadcast date: 12.03.08
Size: 47.3mb
Oh how joyous it was to hear news last week that the old bag was taken ill. Sadly, she seems to have recovered, but it can't be too long now surely? Apparently, she also has problems with her memory these days. Well, rest assured, I will [...]
By The Old Punk, on Sat March 1st 2008 @ 13:39
Section(s): Free Noise
Artist: Pissed
Title: Pissed
Source: Vinyl 7" EP
Bitrate: V0 VBR
Running time (h:m:s): 00:13:08
Size (mb): 21.7
Label: Profane Existence Records
Year: 1991
1. Purge
2. Strength From Within
3. Uprising
4. Sunrise In The West
Pissed were made up of people who were (and in some cases still are) involved with the Profane Existence collective. This record is a pretty good summary of what it's [...]
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