by BBG

Racebannon

The worlds needs more Racebannon. The deranged noise-core unit takes notes from 90s greats like Unsane, Melvins, and Today Is The Day, co-opting the latter's nihilistic and destructive disposition. Racebannon doesn't fuck around, except for in playful album titles like their latest LP Six Sik Sisters due on 1/23/12 via Tizona Records.

Produced by Agoraphobic Nosebleed's all-time favorite producer, Kurt Ballou, and mastered by Alan Douches, Six Sik Sisters is the band's follow-up to 2008's Acid or Blood. Stream the first track from the LP and the lead single, "Thee Plea", for the first time below alongside the album art and tracklisting.

Members of Racebannon also served time as Medusa, whose En Raga Sul was a personal favorite.

Song stream, album art and tracklisting are below. Unfortunately no live dates to speak of, but we'll keep a look out.

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by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Bloodhorse - "Paranoiac" (MP3)

Combining elements of punk, doom, and plain 'ol brute force, Boston's Bloodhorse have dropped their new LP Horizoner on Translation Loss. Check out the sublime "Paranoiac", available for download above, and stream the entire LP at MySpace.

In celebration of the release of Horizoner, Bloodhorse will play a record release show at Union Pool in NYC (?) on June 10th with the mighty Medusa (mems Racebannon, profiled here) and Pollution! Check out the flyer below, that's a great triple bill.

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by Black Bubblebgum

sunn o))) @ Knitting Factory (more by Damien Neva)


Ya hear that rumble? Thats the sound of great records perched in the distance waiting to descend on 2009 (more on that later). While this year will bring about great music and another set of "next big things", let's take the time to be thankful for 2008 and all of it's memorable records and shows. Here are my favorite records of 2008:

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by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Medusa - "Transform" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Medusa - "En Raga Sul" (MP3)

Meet Medusa from Bloomington, Indiana. They may not be quite as frightening as the mythical snake-haired devil-woman responsible for turning men into stone, but damn they (tunes) be ugly!

Medusa combines the noise rock asthetic that could only come from 3/4 of Racebannon (or possibly Jesus Lizard), along with an angry pre-Big Business-era Melvins thunder. Medusa's debut record En Raga Sul is out today on Hawthorne Street Records and streaming in it's entirety at punknews. The band also hooked us up with a little gratis action in the form of the very Stoner Witch-y title track, and "Transform", both of which are available for download above.

Racebannon dropped Acid or Blood earlier this year and toured with Light Yourself on Fire. The Jesus Lizard is getting back together.