Fri Aug 9, 2024

BAD TRIPS (NYC oozin' psych/Already Dead & Hot Releases Tapes)

RELIEF (local noise/electronics)

SWEET PITH (Local experimental duo)

BUGGER (experimental ween related)

@ the Gallery 25 Bridge St, Lambertville, NJ

$10 notaflof

 

Fri June 28, 2024: Wavers from Olympia & our friend Jeff Schroeck of the Ergs plus two local Hunterdon Co bands.   @ Flemington D.I.Y., Flemington, NJ 6:30-10pm.  ~$10-15. Nogtaflof.

DIY Indie, folk, experimental & garage.

Saturday June 1, 2024 ck out the noise & psych show at Flemington D.I.Y.  Pick up a 4 way split live tape from local bands & a 2" xerox art buttons from an art vending machine experience.

Alan Courtis & David Grubbs "Braintrust of Fiends and Werewolves" (LP/CD, Husky Pants Records, 2023)

2 guitar players on this 2023 LP/CD. I'll talk about each track in order.  'Hinterhalt', one guitarist is playing in the lower register and the other one plucking and picking.  Toward the end of the opening track it gets pretty heavy like the strongest tracks on the Tokyo Flashbacks comps. 'Braintrust Of Fiends And Werewolves' gives me a forlorn feeling.  Drowsy.  This speaks to me. On 'Braintrust Of Fiends And Werewolves', the finger picking is prominent.  This is sounding sorrowful.  'Song Of A Fence Grown Through A Tree': Heavy psych jam drones.  Hearing an experimental psych/folk sounding duo without a drummer allows the listener to appreciate the interplay of these decidedly contrasting guitar styles.  'Airborne Particles Of The California Central Valley'; reminds me of the stuff Ptolemaic Terrascope Zine is genrerally known for.  English guitar psych.  Gentle sounding.  Minstrel sounding.  Minimal and slow tempo. 'Airborne Particles Of The California Central Valley' (CD only) is a more experimental jam.  Prepared guitar.  Brings to mind Keiji Haino solo.  One guitar is low registered, and other one is doing rapid picking & bending.   Got some Jack Rose vibes.  I don't think I've knowingly heard David Grubbs before.  Glad I have now. Alan always brings thoughtful & alien playing to the table. This guitar duo made a very enjoyable album, totally worth checking out.  Looking forward to more.

Twilight Memories of the 3 Suns 'Dogs' (Audial Dowry Label)

 

Side A
This tape starts things off with some excellent sounding droning & whining multi-tracked sax.  There's a plucked and strangely played winding bass guitar under the mix. Bagpipe is listed in the liners but I'm not sure if I've heard it yet.  Next it moves into ghostly waves of electronics and a unsettling shimmering.  Small dogs are doing 'vocals'. There is literally barking at this point. Then into a Sci-fi space ritual.

Side B
Continued howling, whining and droning wind instruments & electronics.   Bag pipes audible now, and have the sound for which they are traditionally known but are not playing anything that resembles traditional music.  Something very alien here.  Dog yipping under the mix.  This side wobbles from an enveloping tension-creating drone to a kind of wailing, slow & whining  scuzz-jazz.   Theres an unexpected and possibly humorous musical passage  that fades in and out at one point.  The mix on this is incredible.  The art work/notes are cryptic & fitting.  My only complaint is that this isn't a 120 min tape.

Get the tape from the band on insta: @fleshcontrol or @null_disclosure

Do You Like RocknRoll?

 Sunday 2.25.24.  Arllight (NYC) / West Jersey Airport (NJ) / Phil Spector's Gun (Philly) @ Flemington D.I.Y., Flemington, NJ

...experimental rock, psych rock & hard rock...

All ages.  Support sub underground and sub genre music.

PSYCH, HEAVY, IMPROV & ELECTRONICS

MAGIC MONDAY II: OCT 9TH 2023, 7PM: JEFFREY ALEXSANDER & THE HEAVY LIDDERS, BHAJAN BHOYS (AMSTERDAM), HUMAN ADULT BAND (20TH ANNIVERSARY SET) & PLUTONIAN BURRITO @ FLEMINGTON D.I.Y., 26 STANGLE RD, FLEMINGTON, NJ

Also, ASPS in Queens, NY.  See below..

Tri-state area shows Summer '23

Wed July 19 2023: REYNOLS MOVIE SCREENING & EXHIBITION @ Flemington D.I.Y., Flemington, NJ.

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Wed July 26, 2023

NOISE NOMADS, BILL NACE, ASPS, NEIL BURKE, SPREADERS and INLET TERROR 

@ In The West, NB, NJ

Flyer by K.P.G.

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Sat July 29 2023

MOUNTAIN MOVERS, GLUE BAG and HUMAN ADULT BAND @ In The West, New Brunswick, NJ.

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Fri Aug 25, 2023: BITTER WISH, DANCE SATAN DANCE (Robb & Feehan), SHIRESE and HUMAN ADULT BAND @ Cousin Dannys, Philly, PA

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Mon Oct 9th 2023: HEAVY LIDDERS, BHAJAN BHOY and HUMAN ADULT BAND @ Flemington D.I.Y., Flemington, NJ.