Siltbreeze Records: Search! Destroy!

Charalambides, Market Square
The Dead C., Trapdoor Fucking Exit
The Dead C., Harsh 70's Reality
Harry Pussy, s/t
Alan Licht, Sink the Aging Process
Sandoz Lab Technicians, s/t
The Shadow Ring, “Tiny Creatures” b/w “Harlequin: darkest part of the sky”
The Shadow Ring, Put the Music in Its Coffin
Tard and Furthered comp.
Temple of Bon Matin, s/t
The Tower Recordings, Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles
the two Angus MacLise CDs (co-released with Quakebasket)

Destroy:

Fucking over Angus MacLise's widow.

x-post!

Put The Music In Its Coffin. The one with 'Horse Meat Cakes'!

Was listening to Ashtray Navigations last night. Half of that record is awesome (track two I think?), half of it is, err, not. Kind of like the noisy codas at the end of Sonic Youth songs stretched out to infinity.

Charalambides, Market Square
The Dead C., Trapdoor Fucking Exit
The Shadow Ring, “Tiny Creatures” b/w “Harlequin: darkest part of the sky”

taken from hstencil's list...these 3 releases like totally messed up my worldview in 1996 or so.

Tom Lax emailed me a year or so ago because he wanted to hear the Desperate Bicycles again and heard I'd sent a CD to someone. He was like, "my name is Tom, I used to run a label" and I was like "I know damn well who you are."

Shortly after a friend of mine who's somewhat inside, with some connections to Table of the Elements and Smells Like amongst others told me the Angus story and it sounds pretty sketchy, but what I got was all hearsay.

In any case, I think Siltbreeze's stopping had something to do with a deal with Matador or Revolver, which was it? Moving onto the next level but not being able to function. Like how many copies of the Dead C's Whitehouse CD were floating around, and wasn't the next Dead C's record put in Whitehouse digipacks with a new cover glued on top?

Hmmm .. destroy that Sam Esh lp, I guess. ALso Un didn't do much for me.

Monkey 101 were great! I wish they had found a way to release more than the two singles.

Yeah, the Dead C's Repent live thing was made with leftover White House sleeves.

Anybody else attend the 2-day Siltbreeze fest in Philly back in the early 90s? Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Bruce Cole, GBV, Strapping Field Hands, Harry Pussy, Bassholes, Charalambides ... Good times.

Awesome Label.

That Philly festival sounds superb!

haha my copy of 'repent' is the whitehouse digipack with a photocopied cover glued.

'Repent' is an astonishing release, and easily up there with 'trapadoor...' and 'harsh...'

The timing of this thread is pretty good bcz i got a few CDRs, just this morning, of a couple more dead C releases on siltbreeze.

Love harry pussy and we've had a thread on them.

Didn't know the bassholes put out a rec on there, I have the one that came out on revenant (there was a thread on 'em recently just in case anyone missed it).

Oh and ddb reminds me, ALan Licht played at that show as well (basically turned on his guitar, set it against his amp, and sat on the stage smoking and manipulating an effects pedal - reproduced the Sink the Aging Process record, essentially)

Speaking of Jim Shephard. Anyone know who ran Ropeburn or what happened to that label?

It's a Rex Garvin & The Mighty Gravers cover.

Yo La Tengo recorded their version backed by The Pussywillows (April March's old band).

Speaking of Jim Shephard. Anyone know who ran Ropeburn or what happened to that label?

I knew the guy -- Doug Zimmerman was his name. He was a clerk at a record store in South Bend adjacent to the Notre Dame campus called Tracks. In the late '80s/early '90s he and his father opened what is now a small chain of huge record stores in the SB area called Orbit Music, and I think that's what took over his life, along with having a family. I think there was a second release on the label but I'm drawing a blank right now.

Another question: what was the connection (if any) to Public Pop Can? That Halo Of Flies album is a fine, fine thing.

God how could I forget that Renderers CD?? Baked Bean Teeth you should punch me the next time I see you. That's a great record.

Didn't Byron have some involvement w/ Pubic Pop Can?

Re: TL's writing - Siltbreeze itself actually started out as a fanzine. Anybody ever read it? I think a friend of mine had a couple copies but I can't remember anything about it.

here's a pretty decent disco graphy:

http://gravediggervideo.com/siltbreeze.html

m.

Rob, I have a few issues of Siltbreeze sitting in my 'zine boxes in the basement. My most vivid memories of these are the naked black chicks on the front, and an Amphetamine Reptile ad that displayed an impressive anger toward Mike McGonigal.

Sam Esh was cool too! What are yall crazy??!?

If i had to 'destroy' any, I'd say that Alan Licht LP is a real snoozer, and the Ashtrav Nav LP was not Phil's best. Ashtabula blah (tho all Fieldhands = classic). Other than that, though, Dead C, Tower Recordings, Shadow Ring...c'mon!!! Those are some of the best bands ever!!

What exactly was with all the McGonigal haters back in those days? I seem to remember Albini being snarky towards him in FE for some reason (it was pretty hard to get a handle on US fanzine politics from where I was sat). Chemical Imbalance turned me on to a big bunch of amazing things - Slovenly, Mofungo, Ut and I don't know what. Oh and loads of books and comics and stuff. Gorgeous artwork too.

Dunno what was up with the FE/CI beef. Narcissism of small differences? Yetimike himself was posting here for a few weeks, but he seems to have disappeared lately. Good autobiographical piece by him here:

http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0052/arts-mcgonigal.shtml

"In the limited "black bag" edition of Big Black's infamous Headache record, underground guru/scribe Byron Coley wrote a short story in which a character named Mike McGonigal is birthed through the butt of the barber from Mayberry: "There's an art fag sticking out of your keister." This is, in retrospect, the highest compliment I have ever been paid. My agenda was far more gay-, art-, and women-friendly than the prevailing coolster ethos of the day. "

Also great memories of the Siltbreeze fest at Khyber... Slave Apartments, Screaming MeeMees, GBV played and all these drunken bighaired Philly club peops spilled into the Khyber just hopping from bar to bar just as Harry Pussy came on. Weird crowds at shows in Philly, which made shows like this even more fun.

i think it has more to do with tom wanting to explore his cooking more professionally. im serious! he's just as good at making food as he is putting out awesome records.

oh and btw, 3 beads of sweat are still stocking a bit of the old stiltbreeze catelogue, now that they've gone belly up.. the renderers next album is gonna be on that apparently..

(x-post)

..im actually putting on a gig here in christchurch, new zealand with both the renderers and the terminals this friday (hamish kilgours even making a guest appearance with an acoustic set!), i feel like a big name promotor..

OK, maybe not.

* not to be confused with cherry coke!.

** all fingers were pointed at me, but i had nothing to do with it. however, i thought it was awesome and hilarious.

Whatever happened to Mac?

I'm happy to see Chris's Renderers love - they are indeed great. Brian is an awesome guitarist. I really need to hear his solo album.

actually, that's his second solo album; the first is "bathysphere" and it was on metonymic. just to be anal. it's really good, has some stuff in the more terminals/rock style (including a song that is a re-done scorched earth policy number), some quiet downer tunes. little bit of noise. i definitely need to hear "bible black" but it doesn't seem like anyone's distributing it in the US.

bible black is basically the renderers under a different name, but just brian fronting. its very good, very minimal - find the song 'baby doll' to get a taster, has this great mellow rambling conversation going until BAM! brian hits you with a giant WALL of guitar..

maryrose is putting out an album herself too, apparently its going to be 'maryrose crook and the renderers', whilst brian's third solo album is maybe closer to bathysphere - i.e. in the more 'experimental' vein..

that one took a while for me too.

xo

if so, that's about it. There's really no band that has ever sounded like TR at their peak.

i was a little unhappy that none of siltbreeze's releases made it into the top 100 philly records of all time. if those didnt define a good part of this city's indie scene in the 90's, then what did?

completely sick. however, the iggles are consistent when it comes to not shutting the door, as sportswriters/athletes put it.

-- maria tessa sciarrino, September 27th, 2004

let's face it: that list was of little redeeming value, especially given all the tenuous connections to Phila. anytime an "article" like that gets published, i think about what other stories could be covered. oh wait...

Anybody hear the incredible Woozlebug LP with Greg Chapman, who put out one of my all-time fave zines, Ugly American? Woozlebug would definitely sound appropriate alongside Siltbreeze damage.

friends,

wanted to keep you up with a sketch of the current release plans for spirit of orr. please drop a line if you have any questions, comments, or wish to obtain any of the below. of course, the website has been increasingly informative and workable over the past several months, and the effort to keep relevant artist news page is ongoing. so make it a point to stop by there from time to time if you wish to be further informed on the doings here.

and as always, thanks for your continued interest and support.

rs

just released:

destroyer / black mountain split 7" quiet weather series #4. (spirit of orr -qws4)
At last the final chapter (unless another box of covers turns up) in Spirit of Orr's 'Quiet Weather Series' is available. Two of Vancouver's finest song makers each with a brand new track, pressed on white vinyl limited to 600 copies only, ever. Dan Bejar, and DESTROYER should need little introducing, if you are a fan already this tune will greet you like a fresh fall wind, nostalgic and breathtaking. If you are new to Destroyer, this is a quick way into a new obsession. BLACK MOUTNAIN is one of the new vehicles of STEPEHN MCBEAN, also of the much loved - little known JERK WITH A BOMB and also of the recent Jagjaguar label roster addition, PINK MOUNTAINTOPS. Get all of their records.

rubby boys s/t cdr (spirit of orr - so39r)
There is a carelessly guarded story regarding the freaked out underground of the Boston, Massachusetts environs. It goes back years and years. In this story you can plug a spout into almost any line and fine some of the dankiest damaged psychedelic forms imaginable. On the vinyl only imprint, RECORDS, we have tried to shed some light on just a few instances of this story (SUBSKIN CABLES, EL-RON, SHRIN, DELUXX). Mainly focussed on the 1988 - 1993 era, this project saw it's greatest exposure coming from SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN's debut LP 'Headdress'. The RUBBY BOYS were a band that in 1991 (or thereabouts) operated (and lived) in the very same loft-space handed down to SUNBURNED that you may have read about in many recent articles on the band. More than a mere living & practice space, it is a place that is as much a member of the band as anyone involved. The members of the RUBBY BOYS were current NY State resident PHIL FRANKLIN (SUNBURNED, FRANKLIN'S MINT, CAROLINER, FAXED HEAD - many others) and GREG PETROVADO (currently of FEATHERS... but also 'slept around' through the years). This recently surfaced collection also features RICH PONTIUS (SUNBURNED, TOUCH ME THERES, YOUR FABULOUS ASS). It is a primer of acid drenched home four track recordings as much displaying a heads up to noise New Zealand, as a call to 1970s Texas lo-fi psych - channeled through two mid-20s minds who would go on to involvement with many underground mutterings to come. LIMITED TO 100 CDRs in hand painted & glued digipaks.

john barlowe's reading of the surface of eceyon cdr (spirit of orr - so37r)
The master poet/storyteller ventures away from his own work to read from Franz Prichard¹s Drohym myth of the capture and freeing of the Wind. This is merely a section of what is reported to be a complete story of the life of Dragyyn and the legend that surrounds the entire Surfyyc of Eceyon story. On this release, his spoken words are placed over the music from the ŒDraggyn¹ CD released by Strange Attractors Audio House. As with all of the ŒWould What is Old, Would Make Us New¹ CDR series on Spirit of Orr, this is limited to 100 hand assembled copies.

and coming up next:
(more info as they become available, but here's the gist of it all....)

in october:
warheads again! cdr (spirit of orr - so
a full on, unabashed noise effort. limited to 100.

temple of bon matin 'infidel' cd (spirit of orr - so38)
the latest record from ed wilcox's TOBM. more written info to come, but here is your warning.

in november:

flaherty corsano duo 'last eyes' lp (records - r7)
debut vinyl issuing from the internationally awe-ing free combo. on fire, and heavier than lightning bolt. limited.

temple of bon matin 'thunder feedback confusion' cdr reissue (spirit of orr - so40)
long out of print lp on siltbreeze. re-release in limited cdr series for the new faithful.

the foole's method dvdr (spirit of orr - so41r)
the other method, joined by dredd foole. recorded live at the bookmill in montague massachusetts. limited to 100 copies.

in december:

mv & ee medicine show 'moon jook' lp version (records - r8)
limited edition vinyl release of the beautiful release made specially for last spring's gladtree festival in amherst.

asa irons 'swaanjaleif' lp (records - r9)
asa plays in feathers, this is a record he recorded with a friend last winter in california. it is stunning.

and planned... not yet scheduled:

acid mothers temple 'live in brattleboro' dvd (s034)
jackie o motherfucker cd (so38)
other method lp (r11)
joshua burkett lp (so12)
feathers cdr (so42r)

Mouthus sound like they are channelling the spirit of Woozlebug.

Surefire might even have some extra copies of the Woozelbug vinyl. I usually see it for $1!!!!!! Buy it.

Ugly American was a righteous zine. Greg's taste pre-dated most of these young noise kiddies and Vice by a decade. He was covering Lightning Bolt, Tom Smith, Temple, Blackjack records, and porn years ago. Great writer and artist. He also played synth on Temple's Bullt in2 Mesmer's Brain CD.

the renderers are releasing their next sleight of albums (there are 3 in the works!, a maryrose w/ band, the renderers themselves, and a new brian solo piece as 'anti-clockwise' thats very electronic/experimental) themselves, forming their own label..

That's kind of interesting cause I got hold of 'clyma est mort' LP, I should compare it to a siltbreeze CD sometime, listening to both back-to-back. It wouldn't surprise me if there was an added on effect, if that is what you're saying.

I wonder if this is ever gonna come out?

Scott, I was a writer/editor at Ugly American from '88 - '95. Glad to see there's still some love left for that obscure print age dinosaur.

Greg unfortunately suffered a pretty bad brain aneurysm/stroke back around '97. After he recovered, J. Marlowe helped him publish the last few Ugly Americans, with Greg's contributions gradually diminishing. The final issue is as long as the New Testament and it nearly sent Marlowe around the bend. It's a hell of a read, though.

Last time I talked to Greg was around 2001, when the Frown CD came out (Greg played guitar, and Davo from the Bunnybrains engineered it). I should probably check in to see how he's doing.

The UN 7" was great, didn't go for the record as much.

Sebadoh, GVB, Harry Pussy, Dead C, Charalambides, Galbraith all great, obv. Also V3 7" (another one I miss), probably other stuff.

three of my favorite bands.
plus plenty of others just short of that peak. great label. i will buy most things on siltbreeze if given the chance.

This Is The Strapping Fieldhands Thread Cuz I'm Drinking Beers And Feeling Nostalgic

discus isn't in print, is it? was it ever on cd? i didn't like 'wattle and daub' quite as much, maybe it's time to revisit it.

http://www.matadorrecords.com/times_new_viking/

The girl in this band is foxy and they're pretty good live.

Also, "...presents the paisley reich' is a great title.

Matador should sign Blues Control.

Anyway, all the more reason to do a Blues Control LP.

What's Blues Control like?

stence - yeah, fuck it tapes is doing one and holy mountain i think is doing the other. two good dudes behind those two labels

yinz, yang, etc.

okay, i think i'm caught up. got the ex-cocaine album today. even bought a der tpk 7-inch that isn't on siltbreeze. old cdr thing re-released by skulltones. oh, and i like the ex-cocaine album. pretty fukkkkked.

i need to listen to the sapat album again. only listened to one side when i bought it.

i found a plain white sleeved, no stickered Der TPK "Harmful Emotions" record w/2 zeroxed pages inside, one with a stamp with the Siltbreeze address on it. is this weird or raer or whatevs. it's not really my thing. i actually bought it for Ian, but i don't know where he is anymore.

Mine is white sleeve. But the image of Harmful Emotions I tend to see online is usually black.

I picked up the Naked on the Vague Blood Pressure Sessions album too. It's pretty chilly. Fancied that over the Operazione Nafta or whatever. Is that some Italian free kinda jazz thing?

And how's the Eat Skull LP? Hype!

i thought Charalambides' Houston was on this label. could be wrong. but i swear my CD copy is Siltbreeze. great record btw.

yeah i need more info about some of the newer LPs. for some reason i'm just not scooping them up like the first batch or two. who has that nafta album? and do i really need that factums album? and the eat skull thing too.

and, gnarly, chilly how? chilly good? chilly chill? chilly you need a sweater?

i didn't buy the alasehir thing either. i figured it probably sounded like bardo pond. (although i do actually kinda dig bardo side-projects that don't include she-who-will-not-be-named.)

i'm listening to the naked on the vague LP. given that the top of my head feels like it's floating away (allergies) and there are guys mowing the lawn across the street using what sounds like 8,000 foot long hornets this is working pretty well on headphones. it's sort of goth sounding. it sort of reminds me of babyland, but like babyland for people who would be embarassed to like babyland. maybe that's just the rhythm box and big, distorto synth riffs.

i like it.

brown sun/sydney lane rd. sounds like a sop to the hippies though.

Chilly chill!

Ha. To be honest, I've bought a bunch of stuff recently, so I've only listened to it once. I was more excited by some other stuff. And I'm not really too familiar with goth, but I guess Herr Gottpunch is about right. It sounded cold. Is goth stuff cold? I presume so! Cold and lonely, right? Although I'm sure I heard someone describe Pink Reason as goth, but PR ain't what I expect goth to sound like.

There's also now a Fabulous Diamonds LP. I'm having to pick carefully here...

i found a plain white sleeved, no stickered Der TPK "Harmful Emotions" record w/2 zeroxed pages inside, one with a stamp with the Siltbreeze address on it. is this weird or raer or whatevs. it's not really my thing. i actually bought it for Ian, but i don't know where he is anymore.

It's part of the new Siltbreeze. It's not rare. But I don't think it had been distributed as widely as TNV, Pink Reason, etc. I dig it. Mutant industrial punk with fucked up dub-production. Glenn Donaldson of the Skygreen Leopards/Jewelled Antler is invovled, so is the Pink Skulls dude.

the der tpk album is definitely my fave of the new bunch. i love that thing.

OK, i'm only buying one - Naked on the Vague or Fabulous Diamonds? Leaning toward Naked on the Vague based on reviews...

Jeez, thanks for the help, guys

Listening to Fabulous Diamonds on the computer, I like it just fine, but don't feel any particular rush to have this LP in my life. Maybe that's just because I'm broke though. I may splurge next week and will likely pick it up if I can find it.

Naked on the Vague, anyone? I'm reading about 'goth' overtones, which, inexplicably, makes me excited.

GET NAKED

ON THE VAGUE

that fabulous diamonds cover art is gross

vvvvvv great album though
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5516/fabdsoo2.jpg

Arggh, my eyes. Looks like they've been shagging on the barber's floor.

looool

I'm going to pretend and hope that's Photoshop or costume fur on Fabulous Diamonds dude, yikes.

And while that FD record is a great and short album, my favorite record of the year thus far is probably EAT SKULL's 'Sick to Death,' on Siltbreeze. Holy fuck it's good!

It's his hair.

New Sic Alps on Siltbreeze July 15th. I'm officially stoked

http://www.sicalps.com/listen.html

This makes sense, really. I've only recently gotten into Sic Alps, but the collection they released earlier this year is so good.

Naked on the Vague >>> Fabulous Diamonds, by the way, to answer my own question above

new Sic Alps rules, duh - that band can do no wrong

well, i like the mp3s of the "compressed gas" 7" by gas. but i'm never gonna find a copy because "300 copies no repress," which is pretty lame.

Tom Lax on WFMU:

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/32700

How is the tropa macaca record? Am considering picking up the latest catalog additions from midheaven.

there's a free download off the new u.s. girls album, it's good. want this.

I can't wait to hear that. I loved her first record and the couple singles that came out.

yeah she's cool. the first thing i heard by her was the springsteen cover, which i love. i'd like to see her live, but it looks like she's on some long european tour.

finally got around to this u.s. girls album, it's pretty awesome. parts of it are really pretty, in a howling way.

Tipsy, do you have much familiarity with the earl(y/ier) Siltbreeze catalog? If you like the pretty moments of the U.S. Girls LP, which I love, you may also be interested in things like the UN LP and the early Charalambides LPs on Siltbreeze.

I will make ANYONE a 'best of siltbreeze' tape.

I'm going out to see Pigeons in a few minutes, who would be a perfect fit on a bill including U.S. Girls & UN.
Pigeons LP is one of my favorite LPs of uh, 2008? or was it 09? Great record.

i would love that tbh. i have one charalambides album, but i'm not sure if it's earlier or later. but yeah i'm a big fan of this latter-day siltbreeze stuff, would like to hear more of the older stuff.

the c&b 7" (cat & bells club) on siltbreeze is nice. essential for shadow ring completists, or wannabe completists like me who can't afford a copy of "city lights."

City Lights isn't even THAT expensive, you know. Do you need a tape of it?
The Shadow Ring material I can't afford: CD on Corpus Hermeticum, picture disc 7"

will put together something for you, tipsy.

Well, I gave up on City Lights when I started seeing copies going for $60 plus, I just don't think there are many records worth that... I've already got MP3s of it, though. Oh, and I forgot about "Wax Work Echoes," that one's impossible to find.

$60 seems high. Got my copy for $40, but.. you know, i'll tape it for you if you want.

ilx user 'ilxor' i got your e-mail and i will assemble a tape & send copies to both you & tipsy. give me time, cuz i am a lazy person.

i've won a couple records from gr@h@am l@mbkin on ebay, can't even remember which ones they were at this point, but I've kept the handwritten "thanks, rob!" notes that he wrote and included in the package

^^ total nerd, yes

Dude, I bought records from him and I still have the emails in my hotmail. Also, the hair I found in the package, though that might've been Adris Hoyos'.

(wd be curious to see a track listing to your tape, ian...)

Oh man this Fabulous Diamonds album (the new one). Totally feeling this right now.

http://www.messandnoise.com/images/3012020/440x440-c.jpeg

Sorry I don't think this new one is on siltbreeze btw. still very good!

it is in the US at least! can't wait for it.

Can anyone here tell me if Fabulous Diamonds' Los Angeles show is still going ahead? Echo Curio (where it is supposed to be) got shut down by LAPD.

i don't know, but if you go, please check out my friends Pigeons! They are doing the whole tour with fab diamonds.

Yes, I read about Pigeons. I want to go.

Both bands will be performing down here at UCI on Friday as well...

http://acrobaticseveryday.com/

Yeah I know about that but working that night

Protest. Point out this is more important.

Anyway an e-mail went out from Metal Rouge saying the Echo Curio show is in fact on -- so go!

just discovered siltbreeze through shadow ring

dead c and charalambides, very fine music.

Hey ian, got a hold of Pigeons/Fabulous Diamonds earlier -- Clark's a friendly guy!

And I can further report that both bands are all great folks, and put on good live shows too. Do what I did and give 'em a place to stay when they pass through your town. (In fact, anyone in Phoenix reading this thread? They're heading there now.)

Clark & Wednesday are super sweet folks. I might start playing drums for that band when they get back. </braggin>

Haha yes they were talking about trying to persuade you to do just that.

tom of siltbreeze playing some cool punk 7"s on wfmu

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/41892

Sex Pistols I Wanna Be Me 7" EMI
Boys Boys Control Tower 7" Pass
Chain Gang Cannibal Hymn 7" Kapitalist
The Sillies Is There Lunch After Death? 7" Nebula
The Mockers Murder on Manners Street 7" Mock
The Dishrags Past Is Past 7" Modern
Eternal Scream Action In My Life 7" Eternal
Boywonders He Man Various: Rough Cuts Zblock
Mary and the Immaculates Trip To Jonestown 7" (split w/Borbetomagus) Concordant
Radio Free Europe It Likes You 7" Mig
German Shepherds Booty Jones 7" M&S
Valeska Wascsalon Berlin 7" Marat
Eiyo Boys Asia In Japan 7" Darkside Records
They Must Be Russians Nagasaki's Children 7" Self-Released
Furious Pig June 3, 1981 7" Vanity
Mindless Delta Children Go Go Dancer PVC Apron Various: Terse sampler 7" Terse
Real Traitors Blackmailing You 7" EMI Custon
Six Impossible Things Summer on the Nullabor 7" Sausage
High Thirties Piano Outer Date World 7" Self-Released
Pere Ubu Street Waves 7" Hearpen
Chi-Pig Bountiful Living 7" Chi-Pig
Fred Cass and His Fabulous Cassettes At the Weekend Missing In the Eighties 7" Self-Released
Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles Candy 7" Onset Offset
Crossfire Melanie 7" Brave
The Rat Race Kid You're Being Hi-jacked 7" Texas-Record
Wild Man Fischer Monkeys Vs. Donkeys 7" ATC
Mikey Wild Stuff My Bunny 7" Self-Released
Vast Majority Throwdown 7" Self-Released
Clak Ne Haluu/Kangastus 7" Self-Released
The Bizarros Laser Boys 7" Clone
Grauzone I'm Tanz Mit Dem Tod 7" Off Course
Smiley Arisen 7" Bizart
Tch Tch Tch Doing Very Little 7" Self-Released
NG LS Disco Ugomeku Ego 7" Unbalance
Tuxedomoon Pinheads OTM 7" Time Release
Men In Black S & M Bar 7" Lectric Eye
The Monochrome Set Strange Boutique 7" Dindisc
The Swingers Distortion 7" Ripper
Alms For Children Failsafe 7" Self-Released
Charles S. Russell All Tomorrow's Parties 7" Jargon
The Very Things The Gong Man 7" Corpus Christi
Die Name Schallplatte 7" Moderne Musik
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense Identity Crisis 7" Self Released
Crazy Hearts L-I-G-H-T 7" R
Mutants Schoolteacher 7" Rox
Bloated Toads Victim Happy Home 7" The End
Horrible Nurds Personal Relationships 7" Half Wombat
Oxy & the Morons The Good Life 7" Music For the Deaf
Mad Tea Party In a Tea Bag 7" Vanity

wow that's great... only heard of like 15 of those bands!

srsly!

nice, thank you

wow that's great... only heard of like 15 of those bands!

kind of a sleeper rather than a LOL but think this would be a good ILM board descrip

this guy has the best taste in music & the best record collection ever

o ya and the best record label

he's a good cook too!

Ha I've only heard a few of those as well. I've got that Radio Free Europe single but that's about it. Would like to hear that mix, is it live or can you download it?

punk, sheesh. imo siltbreeze was a better label before the re-boot, when they released more abstract and psychedelic music. but srsly i have no room for complaint--put out records by pretty much all my fave bands of the nineties.

The kitchens floor album they're putting out next week is a corker

oh, i'd be psyched to hear that. i liked their first record.

ian i think you would like this radio set, its not _that_ punk really

I am enjoying the Circle Pit album way too much.

Also there's a new Mount Carmel?

Mount Carmel release is solid.

Guy who runs this label is a dick.

But: Beyond The Implode 7" by a continent.

why do you say that?

actually he's super cool and friendly

Dunno a lot about him, but I used to enjoy reading his record reviews in Opprobrium zine.

does he write siltblog? i've always wondered about that

Apparently so! Haven't actually seen that blog until now.

it's really good, really crazy writing style. think i've bought like everything recommended on it since i've started reading

I am enjoying the Circle Pit album way too much.

Bruise Constellation? Or is there something new?

must be the old one as the new CP will be on hardly art

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50 Skidillion Watts Best Of Lists.

Bruise Constellation?

That's the one. I'm always behind with this label! Can't wait to hear the new CP.

rest in peace malcolm "mac" sutherland, tom's 2nd in command, and the heart and soul of 90's siltbreeze action. i saw him almost every day in the 90's and he always made me smile. he was funny and cranky and one of a kind. i worked right below siltbreeze HQ for years and i always liked getting a visit from mac or his roommate ellen. troo philly peeps!

Tom Lax paying his annual visit to Briant Turner's show on WFMU, currently in progress until 3 PM EST:

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/57032

a great volume of excellent releases have come out on this label in the last yr or so

https://siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/

^ they're selling a reissue of the second mahogany brain record for $13 !

holy shit @ the yuzo iwata record

used to have all those axemen lps. good band