What our staff has to say: “Very cool comp of lost and forgotten PNW grunge. Super gnarly, getting at both the driving hardcore-influenced parts and muddy, sludgy parts of grunge. If you’ve listened to your Mudhoney, Nirvana, and L7 records over and over again and want something fresh, dive deeper and check these bands out.” – Hannah
This compilation features some of the divergent bands emerging out of the North-West during this era. Intensely researched and documented, it features bands who have now disappeared from history, after releasing maybe just a couple of singles, or an album, or never even making it onto vinyl – alongside bands who continue to this day. Comprehensive double CD (and 2 volumes of double vinyl releases), bringing together the hidden, lost and forgotten sounds of the North-West grunge era. Fantastically in-depth sleevenotes. Band interviews. Exclusive photographs. All tracks sonically remastered.
“Nahawa Doumbia is one of Mali’s defining vocalists of the last four decades. Her work journeys through progressive stages of musical evolution and sonic vogues, making it hard to summarize [...]
New 2019 album … their first in 19 years! Tearaway trouble-punk ‘n’ bubblegum scuzz-rock from the notorious US duo, now signed to Fat Possum. Includes “Year Of The Dog”.
First vinyl offering from both Kjostad, and Ligature. FFO: Crude tape manipulation, field recording, harsh noise, spoken word, sound collage. Macronympha meets Yeast Culture.
“Following his critically acclaimed collections Electronic Music from the Seventies and Eighties and Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties, Carl Stone quickly follows-up Baroo [...]
London Records present a reissue of Happy Mondays’… Yes Please!, originally released in 1992. The last Happy Mondays album on Factory Records – reaching no. 14 in the UK chart. [...]
“Photonz is the alias of Marco Rodrigues a DJ, producer and driving force of Lisbon’s underground scene. For little over a decade now, he’s been crafting his own deeply personal [...]
Did you say Bath-House?”, was the initial response when I proudly announced to a Norman-troglodyte about the newest, ear blastingest, front-over-sideways puke-a-thon noise-rocking trio [...]
Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
HATRED SURGE – Human Overdose LP (LUNGS-041) HATRED SURGE had been around for a while but only released an LP when it is truly ready. Now after nearly 10 years […]
Is there a definitive song about Cincinnati? One that truly captures the fraught relationship with being a city both out of time and place? A Midwestern Rust Belt straddling the […]
Debut LP from Crisis Man. Featuring members of Smirk, Ceremony, and Acrylics, the new record continues the knuckle-dragging right where the last 7″ left it. Recorded back in 2020 but […]
Freak Genes continue their descent into angular electronics with Power Station. Musicians are replaced by machines, natural sounds are swapped for noises. The result is synthetic pop for problem [...]