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HAPPY NEW TEARS VOL. 8

Greetings from beneath the Doctor’s orders to lay even lower. I was meant to be in Peru today but am on an extended layover in my Los Angeles bed. It’s ok. I hope you are too. Here is what I’m listening to…

Sunshine Bandits - Pinup Boy

Belgrado - Boixar

The KVB - Words

The Wake - Crush the Flowers

Lykki Li - Complaint Department

La Punta Bianca - Smell of Paint

Martin Dupont - Just Because

Getting The Fear - Against The Wind

Anja Huwe - Rabenschwarz

Sandra Electronics / Karl O Connor - Her Needs (1999)

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CROSS CROWDED ROOMS

I fell asleep with a Silent Majority song stuck in my head and now I’m awake with coffee and listening. Because in 1995 I bought any 7” remotely related to hardcore and this was a genius method to discovering new bands via saved lunch money, the downside was that a lot of them weren’t great and I was often hungry. But I loved the ones that weren’t great too since at the very least, they were made by people my age or a few years older… and the layouts were indicative of that… and the band had the...

YOU CAN'T FIND JUSTICE, IT'LL FIND YOU

By now you know it’s difficult for me to wax aimlessly in this void when there are songs to be sung. It’s 5:30 and a Friday. By the time I reconcile some semblance of peace, some silly satisfaction, the violent gardeners will appear to clean and pollute the serenity of the one way street. In headphones listening to the 1999 EP ‘The Age Of Backwards’ by The Spells, a Mary Timony / Carrie Brownstein release on household favorite, K Records. Yes, sipping coffee, but have been up since 4 or so with ...

COLD CAVE - BLACKBERRIES

For the bittersweet…

BLACKBERRIES

New song out now everywhere.

Bandcamp and Apple Music here.

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedSome readers will notice that these lyrics began from entries here... Thank you again.BLACKBERRIESTruth is a curseFreedom is a cliqueDrive across AmericaBeautiful and sickAll your little hatredAll your little liesAll your little love songsAll your battle criesIt may be daylightIt may be darkPassion depressionAsleep in th...

POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES

Happy 41st anniversary to the New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies. Here’s our live cover of Your Silent Face from a few years back, with baby Rainer in the background.

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DISINTEGRATION

Happy 35th anniversary to the Cure’s Disintegration. Here’s our live cover of Plainsong from a few years back, performed at a castle in Ireland for our friends Cathy and Tony Hawk’s beautiful wedding.

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STATUE OF HEAVEN

Statue Of Heaven - This is a solo recording. Four songs of primitive blackened hardcore punk and midnight poetry. Cassettes coming soon. Edition of 100.

Digitally only via Bandcamp:

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published-SORROW-Sorrow in the cityAll love has leftSidewalk split by shadowDaylight obscuredThe modern world is a shrine to deathSpirit imprisoned 'til there’s nothing leftDisguised as progression and sold off as virtue The prison of sadness wil...

REBELS WITHOUT A CREW OR PURPOSEFULLY LOST IN NEW ENGLAND

Sipping this cappuccino. Reading Rumi to remember. Music is crooning along. That’s where I’ve been! Sun hanging around longer. Last I looked it was Sunday. The days run away like domesticated ponies. Outside they are walking in circles, drunk on snake poison, to stave off the inevitable shame for having invested the little everything they had in bridges for sale.

At the bottom of the entry is an unreleased Cold Cave track, Strung Out On Your Love, for the paid subscribers. Thank you to those who...

WHO WORE IT BEST?

Who wore it best? The Pop edition. Surely I cannot say. I find it interesting… perhaps it’s the collective unconscious or the cycle of creativity... and I’m on the wheel.

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COLD CAVE - SHADOW DANCE

For apocalyptic lovers…

SHADOW DANCE

New song out now everywhere.

Bandcamp and Apple Music here.