Out now: Sissy Spacek – Vanishing Point 7″ flexi

Whoa, thanks everyone. Already gotten quite a few orders for this one and I put it in the store on the sneak since I hadn’t sent band copies out (they are going out today). I don’t even have a good picture or a description up. This is super limited and when it’s gone it’s gone.

Noise god John Wiese is back with his cohorts to pummpel your ears with nonsensical noise-grind. Six songs in a minute and a half. Limited to 250 copies, probably ever.

Out now: Agathocles / Violent Gorge – split 7″

You’ve been waiting awhile for this one. Mince from Belgium meets lofi grind from Canada. Numbers is one of my favorite AGx songs… their whole side sounds like they are trying on the Unholy Grave vocal style, and I love it!

Agathocles – Numbers

ViolentGorge – Picturesque Encystment

Super Sale: $1 Hummingbird Of Death CD+s

The only catch is that this will budget version will come without a plastic case around it. Will roll this up in some cling plastic to keep it safe. All the same music, same artwork, just no case. Deal huh?

Out now: Beartrap – Nailed Shut EP & tour info

Sixteen tracks of ripping thrashing hardcore from Massachusetts. Hailing from this area they are very reminciscent of TERMINAL YOUTH (RIP) and BRAINKILLER, and to me they sound like a hyper-speed version of BLANK STARE. Comes with DIY digital download code.

Tour info:
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Out now: Assholeparade – Live in Rostock tape

Budget edition of the 10″, this is all the same music at 1/4 of the price. Pro-dubbed, no imprinting to make it cheap, just good awesome music. Dark red and black limited to 50 copies each, light red limited to 25.

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Only Play Fast Shirts

Awesome new shirts… black on red, limited sizes. One note, not trying to scare you, but my friend wiped the screen for these shirts so these may be limited to 30. Will do more shirts of either this design or a totally different one when the screen gets burned again.

Thanks to my lovely friend Spinach for being an excellent model.

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Thanks MRR #334 for the love

XBRAINIAX – Deprogrammed CD
After a brutal and excellent mid-tempo opening track, Michigan’s finest fastcore veterans blast through 30 songs that each clock around the half-minute mark. Total blurrcore mania here, with jackhammer drums and vocals spewing disdain as fast as the guitars can crank out the riffs (pretty fast, apparently). The slow bits are sporadic but devastating, especially after your brain is turned to slush by the grind. These kids have been active for years, and this release floors their earlier efforts; indeed, it destroys most of the output from similar bands. An obligatory eleven-minute dirge closes the disc and fades into electronic noise..a peaceful but disconcerting end to the most brutal 30 minutes of your day. Completely awesome.

Backslider – Harsh Negativity EP
I like the previous tracks I heard from this band so was excited to review this 7″. BACKSLIDER is a two-person powerviolence band from Philly that mixes in a few other sounds. Imagine a combination of LACK OF INTEREST and GODSTOMPER. Quick, short tracks that somehow find a way to twist and turn in their short length. This is one of my favorite powerviolence records in a while.

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Releases available in local stores through Revolver and Ebullition

Rad news, been looking for better distribution and managed to get the XBRAINIAX CD in the Revolver distro. Maybe if it does well for them, they will carry more TLAL stuff and we can flood into your mom and pop shops more and more.
Xbrainiax: Deprogrammed | Midhaven Mailorder

Also, as always, can pick up most TLAL releases through the almighty Ebullition, who is a great distributor and gets copies in your local DIY music shops.

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Three songs from the upcoming Sidetracked 7″

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New releases I haven’t had time to hype

Here is what is out and why you NEED them!

First we have the Assholeparade live 10″. Why should I convince you to buy this at all? Well its a live recording from when they played Germany. Recorded off the soundboard and then premastered and mastered down to vinyl at Lucky Lacquers to make it sound crystal clear. Gold foil stamped covers, limited pink copies. This isn’t just a lofi crappy live recording, this might even sound better than the actual show did!

Next is the new Charogne Stone EP. I’ve only sold one of these in the two weeks I’ve had this, think people don’t know this is out. French straight-edge powerviolence (I think its more like superfast punk violence). Best record of theirs I’ve heard yet. Pretty rad packaging and pretty vinyl.

Conga Fury/Shitstorm split repress is fresh in here. Sold through the first 500 copies like it was free money. All copies are on the weird gray marbled or purpley marbled vinyl. Conga Fury is crazy spastic noise punk hailing from Japan. Shitstorm is furious grindcore from Miami, this is their first and to this date only recording with Eric playing bass on it. 500 more copies and then this thing will be gone forever.

Last and definitely not least is the Magnum Force EP. This record kills everything. Grindcore very much ala Magrudergrind. Also this is the first TLAL release to come with a download code, DIY style. Super heavy covers, all on black vinyl, real grind form AZ. Do yourself a favor on this one.