Watch English grindcore pioneers Napalm Death perform eight songs, for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. 40 years of mayhem and no signs of slowing down.
Setlist:Curtis Eller's American Circus have launched a Kickstarter campaign to cover the costs of recording their new album No Bones:
Fans of past recordings have been swept up in a sepia-toned world of tightrope walkers, two-bit prize fighters, Hollywood scream queens, presidential assassins, and frequent, inexplicable visits from Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon. The latest batch of songs finds the American landscape strangely silent. An unsettling calm has befallen the sweatshops, circus tents, burlesque houses, and punk rock dives. The once riot-torn streets of the New World have grown eerily calm. Something doesn’t feel right.
Phish
2027/07/14
Enmarket Arena
Savannah, GA
Singer and guitarist Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys, Soulside, Paramount Styles, New Wet Kojak, AGRIO) called some favours from his friends to make the songs on his solo album Make It To Forever come alive. After fronting hardcore bands the soul-searching intimacy might come as a surprise to his long-time fans, but while the music has mellowed down quite a bit, the intensity is still there, albeit in a passive/agressive way (Moonlight Stagedive) or feeling awkward about a bit of grovelling ((I Got) Devotion).
His husky vocals will be appreciated by fans of Bob Mould, Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop. Life has provided him with enough hassles and bruises, but he shows his scars with pride. He is still standing, with a take it or leave it attitude. Let's hope that the Led Zeppelin lawyers don't come after him for lifting quite a bit from the lyrics of "Rock and Roll" for Hold Me Tight.
Watch the Mouth Ulcers video for Silent Pictures, the title track from their debut EP: "Suppressed emotions, a longing for a past where things were supposedly better, being vulnerable but afraid to show it, it's the full monty of angst and weltschmertz that can be overwhelming. Disgruntled youths of all ages will love it. Some of them might even make the trip to the guitar shop, inquiring about the pedal they need to have to buy to get that wall of sound."
