Waggers Over The Station - Upekkha

"....My name is Waggers Over the Station, and this album I am sending you, "Upekkha" is one that has been the largest part of my life for the most of a year, I have done all the instrumentation, vocals, recording, production and mastering myself and have spent many hours trying to perfect the sound which I have wanted to create.

Though all songs are written originally as pieces for guitar and voice alone, but they morphed into much different animals, and my love for the sonic qualities of Noise bands like Wolf Eyes and Sword Heaven made their print along the way, as well as the drone and oriental sounding pieces of bands like Natural Snow Buildings, Sun Araw and Grails, though some songs are down-right poppy with the exuberant nature of Animal Collective, and occasionally soft and Folky in the way Phil Elverum presents his early Mount Eerie albums.
The album was conceived as a whole, and is a cycle in itself, but not so much that I would discourage listening to a single track to see if you enjoy it, though each song has it's own idiosyncratic rules and sonic design, there is no technique or set of instruments that carries from one to the next, though the moods should be sufficient to make it a cohesive whole."

Listen to this music....right....now

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The Phantom - Love Me

LISTEN TO THIS RIGHT NOW!

This is extremely amazing surf/rockabilly styled garage rock that really puts me in the mood to wear my blue suede shoes and start dancing! "Love Me" is the opener on the LP and it's The Phantom's hit single. It's really ahead of it's time - incredibly wild and crazy. The style reminds me of Los Saicos in that it prochronistically channels this sort of intense punk energy. There are about 4 or 5 songs that are "rockers", while the rest are slower love songs. Definitely a must listen!

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Women - No Reasons

This is a pretty interesting mix of hardcore punk and garage punk, leaning more towards the Kommie Kilpatrick kind of punk. It's fast, aggressive, loud, and messy! This is the groups second release which can be purchased at womenphiladelphia.com. The purchase includes immediate download in any format you desire plus the limited edition vinyl and two bonus songs!

The whole album has a total 80's/90's hardcore punk sound and complete "fuck you" attitude that you've come to love about punk. The cover (which is pretty awesome) pretty much depicts this album perfectly - two similar things spliced together in the most gruesome fashion to form something that could sort of work (a music frankenstein?). Drunkenly belted vocals, aggressive guitar and drums, and songs that fall under the two minute mark are what you can expect and you'll love every minute of it. Garage gutter punk for the don't-give-a-fuck teen in you.

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Pipsqueak - s/t CS

Really raunchy, lo-fi, garage rock from cali. They released this cassette on the AMAZING Burger Records and it's really a big hit. Garage tunes with a blues twang at times and even some old school R&B. Wish I could write more to convince you guys, but I have to get ready for work. Take my word though - check this guy out. Also be sure to buy his new 7" that just came out

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Jeromes Dream/Orchid - split 7" (skull shaped vinyl)

I wonder how many of you actually come to my blog for the screamo/grindcore I rarely post? Judging by the download count of the previous screamo I've posted, I'd say about.....10 people in total. Hahahaha, oh well...

I couldn't resist posting this! It's a mother fucking SKULL SHAPED VINYL! It's one sided with Jeromes Dream playing from the outside to the center and Orchid playing from the inside to the outer rim of the vinyl. Jeromes Dream section is amazing as always; chaotic, crazy, and shrieking vocals. Orchid comes in with their melodic and more structured hardcore influenced screamo. Both are a pleasure to listen to.

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Lost Boy - 1991

Weird pop music... kind of hard to describe. Fuzzy, lo-fi, and high falsetto vocals. Fun music, and most importantly, FREE MUSIC! He posts all of his albums on mediafire for your downloading pleasure. This one's my favorite of his. I find his other albums too long and they start to fade into the background.

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Terror Bird - Sociopaths Are Glam CS

Canada is such a weird place when it comes to music.... These guys are from Vancouver and they've released a few cassettes, however, this is the only one I've listened to as it was released through one of my favorite labels (Night People). This is dark brooding pop for an 80's goth prom - minimal synths and piano are washed over with Nikki's reverb drenched voice. It feels very nostalgic at times. This music is almost like (dare I say it?) proto-Witch House with the slow tempo, dissonant vocals, and, as previously mentioned, the minimalistic synths.

Definitely check it out if you're info female vocals, pop, witch house, or cheesey 80's glam anything

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Teepee Interview

How did your solo music project, TeePee, come about?

Before I started Teepee I was playing in bands like the The Mutiny, Cocksuckers Anonymous, Tusks, & Free Improv groups. They were all amazing groups but I really wanted to try and write solo based material. One particular event that just struck the whole thing was when the Electric Bunnies needed a guitarist for a show in Orlando. I told them that i'd be willing to learn the material and play the show. They decided to take me in. We drove up to Orlando and I experienced a whole new world of music. We stayed the night at Rich's house from Florida's Dying records. He was running his label/distro out of his house at the time. All of us crammed into a small room and listened to everything he had for sale. I was blown away by a lot of the records and bought a few records my friends told me to pick up. I was glued to the records and I decided to seriously take on a solo project.

How do you feel about juggling time/creative efforts between The Electric Bunnies and Melted Sunglasses and your solo music?

I guess I have a lot of energy when it comes down to playing/writing/recording music. Whenever the time comes when I have to practice with all the bands I feel good and productive because i'm running around the city, spending late nights rehearsing or recording, talking about music, and all that fun stuff.

Which band/music project offers more creative freedom?

Also I noticed at So Raw you had a live band - mostly I've seen you play entirely solo... Would you care to elaborate on this new expansion?

Teepee. Especially when I play live, I feel more freedom because I don't have to play a particular song exactly the way its recorded or even have to play the versus and choruses the same length. At times I have musicians sit in with me and the songs end up being completely different. Even though I play most of my shows by myself. Whenever I do have other musicians sit in with me, I love it because they add their own feel to the song. I'm a fan of Jazz so I kind of transferred the whole "jam session-like" mentality over to Teepee. Since I don't have a "band" yet, I like to have all kinds of musicians play with me.

How do you feel about the local music scene and the resurgence of garage rock in today's underground music scene?

I'm very excited about it. I like how there's no specific genre that were all playing. If you compare the Electric Bunnies to Jacuzzi Boys you obviously have 2 completely different sounds. In my opinion the music genre is all over the place, in a good way.

A lot of your releases (S.S Norway) seem to have very elaborate and interesting background stories, how do you come up with them?

Everyone is full of stories. Sometimes I hear a particular story that really effects me and if it strikes a musical idea, I'll tend to use it.

Also, any other release of yours have an interesting concept to them besides S.S Norway?

I released a cassette called "Wooden Noise". And the idea came to me while I was listening to chain saws cutting down trees. Their were about 4 men cutting down trees that day and I noticed that each chain saw had it's own note and the intervals of each note made a very dissonant chord in the air. I grabbed my field recording mic and recorded a few minutes of it. After that I decided to create a few songs on wooden instruments but I used some keyboard effects to enhance the sound.

Any releases we should look forward from you or your various bands?

My main project at the moment is my 2nd LP. It's been in the works since December 2009. My partner in crime, Albert Ovadia is the engineer for the album and he's done an amazing job so far. The production and sonic quality of this record is over the top (in a good way of course) compared to my past releases. Since we have no deadline we've been taking our time with it. And this album will actually consist of a band! So i'm super stoked for that!

other stuff to come out one day:

Teepee 10" on Mastermind Records

Nerve City/Teepee Tape split

The Dreams/Teepee 7" split on Kill Shaman Records

MillionYoungs/Teepee Record split on Sweat Records

V/A HoZac Hookup Klub 12" Compilation on HoZac

I fucking love this guy. Awesome local florida music!

Moonhearts - s/t LP

UH OH! Charlie and the Moonhearts now just go by "Moonhearts". Worry not; they still play the same garage rock you guys love!

I'll post/write much more when I have the time...

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Best Coast - LP

Bethany has cleaned up her sound for her new album Crazy For You, but don't let that turn you off, it's still just fuzzy enough and all of her infectious melodies are intact!

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Solace Media Corporation - An interesting interview

So, some of you might remember I mentioned Solace Media Corporation on Record Store Day. They focus on harsh noise and drone and they're pretty interesting. Here's an interview I did with them about a month ago....I received it in a weird format, but knowing them they probably wanted it to stay that way. So here it is; unedited!

Royal Jelly: What inspired you as a label to focus on noise/drone?

Solace Media: well it depends on what answer you are looking for?

1.
we dont really focus on anything, we trust the law of attraction...
dont you know the secret?
LOL
2.
LIST :
domestic violence, WIC cheese, dirt, radio static, UHF consumption, electromagnetics, UFOs, ghosts, the whistling sounds of trains from far away,copy machines, brain damage, self consciousness, self awareness, self humiliation, mistakes, accidents, boredom, transference,prescribed amphetamines, zero, death, sunyata (the void), demons, infinity, altered states, dreams, psychic phenomenon, feedback, stand up comedy, performance art, lies, honesty, CONFLICT, RESOLUTION ...



&TONS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE...

3.
i saw Emil Beaulieau on july 13 2003 that's what made me realize that i can do whatever i want to do.

i didnt feel alone anymore.

HARSH NOISE

i have always been fascinated by recording sound:

i had been recording in my bedroom on tape recorders since 1996 or something... just fans and pillows and breathing and and casio keyboard
all cut up in collage, i didnt know that people already did that sort of thing WAY before i was born, i thought i was doing something new.

RJ: The packaging designs are really amazing, who comes up with the?

SMC: OUR DESIGNER

RJ: What is the inspiration for them?

OUR DESIGNER SAYS:

"I AM NOT INSPIRED BY ANY ONE THING FOR EACH RELEASE IS ITS OWN FLAVOR, AND DESERVES ITS OWN THOUGHT SPACE AND ITS OWN REASON TO BE. I LIKE TO LISTEN TO THE RELEASE WHILE I AM COMING UP WITH THE ARTWORK FOR THE COVERS"

RJ: What are your goals as a label?

SMC: our goal is to keep up the good work

release sounds that we feel need to be released

into the future, but most important is the present

RJ: What are some of your favorite releases/bands that you've featured?

SMC: kommissar hjuler und mama baer from flensburg germany

we put out a cdr for them they put out a cdr for us we did split with them

and they are on the 2010 compilation

they are really funny





sir calvi from manchester makes some sweet beets

the mesmerists are my favorite local band (cincinnati)

wasteland jazz ensemble is my second favorite local band

nebulagirl is probably the nicest person i have ever met

RJ: Anything planned for the future?

SMC: another compilation coming soon more tightly wound around the core solace media corporation members

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Junk thought


sir calvi


the mesmerists

AV

post phobia phobia
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we are re-releasing wasteland jazz ensemble's first cassette on CDR



new calvi & scab release coming soon



working on working on a collaboration with cloaca FROM FAT WORM OF ERROR



new junk thought soon


EVERYONE LIVES EVERYONE WINS /JUNK THOUGHT SPLIT



COMING SOON TOO



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Crooneres Decadentes - Ærø

Brazilian lo-fi rock. Pretty cool music to chill to...

Here are their influences; The Libertines, Silverchair, Sonic Youth, St.Vincent, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, My Bloody Valentine, Mombojó, Los Hermanos, The Kills Death From Above 1979, Nirvana, At The Drive-in, Queens Of The Stone Age,The Black Keys and Incubus.

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