Mondo Drag on Daytrotter

Not sure how I missed this, but headly dudes, Mondo Drag did the Daytrotter thing and it sounds fucking fantastic. Dig it here. Strangely enough, drummer Johnny is the guy who does the kinda Finster/Steve Keeneesque artwork for the Daytrotter sessions. I had no idea! Enjoy and of course buy their new record, New Rituals on Alive.

Ascension

Lots of awesome mid 90s greatness in the form of Stefan Jaworzyn and Tony Irving's guitar/drums duo Ascension. Check out most of their releases on No Not Fun Not No blog. Thanks to them for posting this long out of print stuff, nice blasts of jazz/noise guitar and spazz drums. Amazing how good this stuff holds up.

A decent wrap up on them here on the Skullflower blog. Anyone have Jaworzyn's solo set on WKDU from 1996 listed on that blog? If so, please get in touch!

Yahowha 13 - Sonic Portation now on vinyl

While it has been out for a few weeks now, I seem to have neglected to mention that Yahowha 13's spacey awesome reunion album, Sonic Portation is now available on vinyl via Prophase Music.

This one still blows my mind, I constantly hear new things on each listen and the vinyl does seem to bring out some more coloring in the background. Cool black/blue vinyl with white flecks, gatefold sleeve (which makes Djin's totally out there but awesome liner notes much easier to read than the CD version), and now credited to Yahowha 13, instead of Yahowa 13... yeah! Once again, limited to 500 copies, this time actually hand numbered. Enjoy!

Don't forget to see Yahowha 13 share the stage with Acid Mothers Temple at the Alien8/Prophase night on March 17 if you are gonna be at SXSW!

Prophase Music/ Alien8 Recordings Night SXSW: March 17 2010

Okay, I am pretty sure I can mention this now... but after lots of planning, of which I did none, here is the awesome, awesome line up of the Prophase Music/ Alien8 Recordings night at SXSW:

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Yahowha 13
Plastic Crimewave Sound
Black Feelings
Duchess Says

Wow, holy shit! Yahowha 13 and AMT and more... and more to be announced! ahhh!!!

Wed March 17 6:00pm
Rusty Spurs
405 East 7th Street
Austin, TX 78701-3316
(512) 482-9002

Acid Mothers Sunday Vol. 22: Mainliner - Troop (LA -039)

And for the first AMT Sunday of 2010, here is one I said I would post ages ago, but it somehow slipped my mind (and thanks for the reminder, dear readers). This is Mainliner's awesome Troop cassette from Nanjo's La Musica label with a catalog number of LA-039. This one contains different versions of the jams on the ultra pound fuzz Mainliner debut CD, Mellow Out. This one is the original Mainliner with Kawabata, Nanjo and drummer Hajime Koizumi. For a good overview of Mellow Out, check out Julian Cope's take.

Here is the scoop on Troop from the La Musica catalog:

Psychedelic heavy group, aka High Rise II, that reinterprets High Rise's concept on an eve heavier plane. Compilation of special acid takes, comprising an acid cool mix version of the first album and 3 bonus tracks.

You will note on my rip of the cassette, I somehow left off "Cockamamie (Take II)," I am not sure why this is the case, but please forgive. Hopefully there is enough in the red riffness to distract you from the incompleteness.

Mainliner - Troop (LA-039)

Mondo Drag - New Rituals CD/LP

Friends of Nice Pooper and all around nice guys, the awesome Mondo Drag have a new album out on Alive. New Rituals is a great, trippy cauldron of psych, stoner rock, and hell, grunge? Anyways, if you dug their last one, Holy Spirit, this one is even better and kinda expands on those themes but a bit... more. Plus some mellower sounds are seeping into the deal for most awes effect. Also, their rad version of "Rosemary" will be on the often delayed burnt psych G.Dead tribute comp I am putting together.

Strapping Field Hands Tonight @ Johnny Brenda's

Yay! Opening for Kurt Vile.

And some ink!