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The world could use a vinyl pressing of the Hash Jar Tempo catalog (Bardo Pond plus Roy Montgomery).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled
YouTube video by TvuxoRoiale
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November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The world could use a vinyl pressing of the Hash Jar Tempo catalog (Bardo Pond plus Roy Montgomery).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
John Livengood - s/t cassette on Eurock. Awesome French electronic weirdness from the Spacecraft/Red Noise dude. Never been reissued.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
John Livengood - Same (Cassette, France 1980, Electronic Experimental Ambient) - Full Album
YouTube video by Archaic Inventions
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November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
John Livengood - s/t cassette on Eurock. Awesome French electronic weirdness from the Spacecraft/Red Noise dude. Never been reissued.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3o...
I'm digging this release by Romeo Poirier, which is a really cool collage of studio chatter, false starts, & various other studio sounds normally left on the cutting room floor.
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
Off The Record, by Roméo Poirier
15 track album
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I'm digging this release by Romeo Poirier, which is a really cool collage of studio chatter, false starts, & various other studio sounds normally left on the cutting room floor.
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-th...
The world could use a vinyl pressing of Bailter Space's Solar 3, which only came out on cd back in the day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
Bailter Space - Right Now
YouTube video by AudioCultureNZ
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October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The world could use a vinyl pressing of Bailter Space's Solar 3, which only came out on cd back in the day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnw...
Crime & the City Solution - 1979 demo. Not great, but still cool to hear what they sounded like prior to the main dude moving to the UK & reforming the band with Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, and Epic Soundtracks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
crime and the city solution + 1979 Demos
YouTube video by dirtypearl
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October 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Crime & the City Solution - 1979 demo. Not great, but still cool to hear what they sounded like prior to the main dude moving to the UK & reforming the band with Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, and Epic Soundtracks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9M...
Can — Live at Arles Amphitheatre, France (Aug 6, 1975)
YouTube video by Bootleg Archive
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October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you are a writer who likes money losing ideas, may I suggest a book on the BYG/Actuel series?
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you are a writer who likes money losing ideas, may I suggest a book on the BYG/Actuel series?
Cool article about Ian Thompson's fab book on the underground French music scene.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968
Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Ai...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Cool article about Ian Thompson's fab book on the underground French music scene.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Here are some free Hardware retrospective downloads. RIYL UK-post punk, Messthetics, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Wire, Pigbag etc. Buy LPs here: dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com
hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
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hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
xewk-xf6h
h8st-ja9v
4n42-k2y9
qwpw-6hnz
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t6s6-w9ja
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HARDWARE
hardware79.bandcamp.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here are some free Hardware retrospective downloads. RIYL UK-post punk, Messthetics, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Wire, Pigbag etc. Buy LPs here: dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com
hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
xewk-xf6h
h8st-ja9v
4n42-k2y9
qwpw-6hnz
gh9c-kj56
y424-gk2y
yplj-b94f
t6s6-w9ja
2yh2-ct9b
ated-x26x
hardware79.bandcamp.com/yum
xewk-xf6h
h8st-ja9v
4n42-k2y9
qwpw-6hnz
gh9c-kj56
y424-gk2y
yplj-b94f
t6s6-w9ja
2yh2-ct9b
ated-x26x
Generally indifferent to a lot of obscure hardcore since most of those bands just seem plodding, but I've been waiting for this forthcoming Mecht Mensch retrospective for ages.... nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...
Anthology, by Mecht Mensch
26 track album
nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Generally indifferent to a lot of obscure hardcore since most of those bands just seem plodding, but I've been waiting for this forthcoming Mecht Mensch retrospective for ages.... nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...
Looking forward to getting this book on Rochdale's Cargo Studios. The Fall, Joy Division, bIG fLAME, OMD, Discharge, Gang of Four, the Chameleons, and countless other bands recorded there...
September 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looking forward to getting this book on Rochdale's Cargo Studios. The Fall, Joy Division, bIG fLAME, OMD, Discharge, Gang of Four, the Chameleons, and countless other bands recorded there...
Desperate Bicycles interview from The New Wave Magazine #9.
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Desperate Bicycles interview from The New Wave Magazine #9.
Teengenerate was one of the best live bands of the 90s & I am proud to report that Fink continues to rule w/ his latest band, Angel Face. Saw them last night in Seattle & they even included some TG classics in their set.
August 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Teengenerate was one of the best live bands of the 90s & I am proud to report that Fink continues to rule w/ his latest band, Angel Face. Saw them last night in Seattle & they even included some TG classics in their set.
Hardware review courtesy of Razorcake. Order it from our Big Cartel page and dazzle the hep.
August 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hardware review courtesy of Razorcake. Order it from our Big Cartel page and dazzle the hep.
Hardware lp is now available at Iron Lung. Buy it, punk.
ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
HARDWARE - Untitled 1979 LP
Formed in 1977, the Cheltenham-based band Hardware drew inspiration from proto-punk, Krautrock, the CBGBs scene, Pere Ubu, and the more adventurous...
ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Hardware lp is now available at Iron Lung. Buy it, punk.
ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/product/hard...
Classic rock radio used to be a safe place for chumps with old cars who also dislike modern rock, so imagine my displeasure when I turned on the big local station last night only to hear Kid Rock. Can't we just enjoy "Slow Ride" for the millionth time?
August 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Classic rock radio used to be a safe place for chumps with old cars who also dislike modern rock, so imagine my displeasure when I turned on the big local station last night only to hear Kid Rock. Can't we just enjoy "Slow Ride" for the millionth time?
Hardware spin on the awesome Kosmos Klub Radio Show. Show also features a cut from the killer new bIG fLAME Peel Session lp. www.mixcloud.com/ajaysaggar/k...
Kosmos Klub / Worm Radio - Episode 99 (Monday 7 July 2025)
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August 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hardware spin on the awesome Kosmos Klub Radio Show. Show also features a cut from the killer new bIG fLAME Peel Session lp. www.mixcloud.com/ajaysaggar/k...
Not a lot of info out there about UK post-punk band Past Seven Days who put out an early 7" on 4AD but then vanished, but here's a song from some rare tape comp. Guessing it's from their demo & while it's not as cool as their 7", it's still cool to hear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ium...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ium...
The Past Seven Days - That Feeling
YouTube video by snow_bitzz
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June 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Not a lot of info out there about UK post-punk band Past Seven Days who put out an early 7" on 4AD but then vanished, but here's a song from some rare tape comp. Guessing it's from their demo & while it's not as cool as their 7", it's still cool to hear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ium...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ium...
Kha Ym - unreleased French underground prog from 1980. This was supposed to be the follow up to their great lp on F.L.V.M. but it got scrapped when the drummer died. RIYL Magma, Pole Records catalog, outsider/experimental jams, etc..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDb...
Kha Ym les inédits
YouTube video by alain gerbe
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June 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Kha Ym - unreleased French underground prog from 1980. This was supposed to be the follow up to their great lp on F.L.V.M. but it got scrapped when the drummer died. RIYL Magma, Pole Records catalog, outsider/experimental jams, etc..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDb...
Midheaven/Revolver still has copies of our Hardware lp and Vains 7". Vains was an early Seattle punk band w/ Criss Crass (Muffs) and Duff McKagen & were on a couple of Killed by Death comps. Hardware was 70s DIY UK post punk that would appeal to any Messthetics fans.
midheaven.com/label/dirty-...
midheaven.com/label/dirty-...
Dirty Knobby | Midheaven Mailorder
Buy albums from the label Dirty Knobby on Midheaven Mailorder
midheaven.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Midheaven/Revolver still has copies of our Hardware lp and Vains 7". Vains was an early Seattle punk band w/ Criss Crass (Muffs) and Duff McKagen & were on a couple of Killed by Death comps. Hardware was 70s DIY UK post punk that would appeal to any Messthetics fans.
midheaven.com/label/dirty-...
midheaven.com/label/dirty-...
Seattle zine Chatterbox reviewing the S'nots 7", which was Seattle's first punk record and now a Killed by Death classic.
June 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Seattle zine Chatterbox reviewing the S'nots 7", which was Seattle's first punk record and now a Killed by Death classic.
UK folk can get our Hardware retrospective lp at Badlands in Cheltenham, which, incidentally, was where the band formed in the late 70. RIYL Messthetics comps, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Can, Wire, the Homosexuals, etc...
badlands.co.uk/products/unt...
badlands.co.uk/products/unt...
Untitled LP 1979
Discover Badlands, Cheltenham's independent record shop established in 1985. Explore new vinyl releases, classic Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan albums, and a wide selection of CDs. Buy vinyl records ...
badlands.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
UK folk can get our Hardware retrospective lp at Badlands in Cheltenham, which, incidentally, was where the band formed in the late 70. RIYL Messthetics comps, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Can, Wire, the Homosexuals, etc...
badlands.co.uk/products/unt...
badlands.co.uk/products/unt...
Looking to have a Hot Baloff Summer.
June 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Looking to have a Hot Baloff Summer.
The Tupperwares - live in '76. Pre-Screamers band (plus El Duce) & the 1st DIY punk show in Seattle. Recording is pretty lo-fi, but it would be cool for someone to clean it up & release it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayez...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayez...
THE TUPPERWARES Live @ "The TMT Show" – Seattle Punk Rock History
YouTube video by Rio Gulbransen
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June 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Tupperwares - live in '76. Pre-Screamers band (plus El Duce) & the 1st DIY punk show in Seattle. Recording is pretty lo-fi, but it would be cool for someone to clean it up & release it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayez...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayez...