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Rettsounds - I Don't Beat Off Dudes

Before we start this week's entry, I would like to make it known that I never--AND I REPEAT NEVER--made any anonymous threats to beat off anyone who leaves negative comments about my column.

We Have Heaven

Before we start this week's entry, I would like to make it known that I never--AND I REPEAT NEVER--made any anonymous threats to beat off anyone who leaves negative comments about my column. I have no desire, and never have, to beat off anyone—even those who leave negative remarks about me or my writing. The mere thought of that is so—oh, wait… Sorry, I read that wrong. Have I ever left threatening comments to beat up anyone talking shit about my column? Oh yeah! Of course! That I can’t deny! As you would expect, I just sit here at my desk glaring into the laptop, refreshing and waiting for someone to write something, anything negative while the moon and sun rise and fall in my window Godfrey Reggio style. That’s my life. You are my life. We… WE ARE LIFE. That’s why I take your comments so seriously! But I guess you don’t take this shit as seriously as I do. So, I’ll just continue to type out this column one handed while I beat off an anonymous man who called me a jerk down at the North Shore Farms.

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The discovery and/or re–discovery of early 90s Aussie trio 3 Toed Sloth has sent many a tar caked heart aflutter the past few years. To think a unit featuring the primitive genius thud of former feedtime drummer Tom could have existed at any point in time, right under the noses of the collector scum elite, is downright mind fucking. A small stash of their self released LPs from 1991 was found under the fat roll of a not-so-famous vinyl collector a year or so back. After these made the rounds, the Unwucht label did up a magnificently constructed double 7" of totally unheard-until-now tracks from the band dating back from ‘93 and titled it …Against The Odds. In lazier moods I might say there's some similarities here to feedtime’s brand of lurch, but there’s something a little less riff driven, a tad busier, and a whole lot more hip shakin’ going on in some of these tracks, see: "The Odds." To think these reels languished in someone’s underwear drawer for 15 or so years is incredible. I just checked my underwear drawer and all I saw was opened condom wrappers and unpaid bills. Fuck. Check this footage of the re-formed 3 Toed Sloth and make sure to check ‘em when they play San Francisco in a couple weeks if you’re the type to live there.

There's not been much yappin’ about this three song 7" of unearthed Billy Boys recordings, and I don't understand why. Apparently it's a side project created by a member of Finnish core legends Terveet Kadet and the dude behind infamous weirdo label Bad Vugum. This is the kinda stuff that makes my mind wander through valleys of broken glass and tri-colored grit, wondering what the fuck kinda circumstances created these sounds. If the idea of some GBH-ed out Finn punk making sounds like Martin Rev trapped in the submarine from Run Silent, Run Deep doesn’t make you pop a boner of intrigue, please go eat it.

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The Wonderfuls - ["Piss Fist"](http://vicerecords.com/download/01 Piss Fist.mp3)

I slobbed on the proverbial knob of Negative Guest List editor Brendon Annesley a few months back and now I’m gonna glob on it once again. The first release on his NGL record label is a four song 7" by a family band who call themselves The Wonderfuls. E-mails from Brendon hyped up this cousinly duo’s trips in and out of mental institutions, their substance abuse problems and other such stuff that gets any talentless dickwad a mention in this column. Regardless of whether these guys shoot Drano or think the CIA placed cameras in the walls to watch them wank, this record is pretty great. Half of it sounds like the Godz gone juvenile, while the rest comes off like some grainy aural self portrait of freedom rockers found in a dusty basement along with American flag rolling papers and soggy herbs. 'Tis good. Be on the lookout for more on the NGL label, like a live Slug Guts LP, a posthumous 7" by the pre-Pink Reason unit Hatefuck, and a compilation entitled Wings Over Gabba. It’ll all be good eats. Meat Thump in 2012.

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We Have Heaven - ["Sweet and Mild"](http://vicerecords.com/download/03 - WHH_sweet and mild.mp3)

It’s rare to find a band with the good taste to name themselves after one of the finer moments from Yes’ Fragile LP and the talent to live up to it, but I think Pennsyltucky’s We Have Heaven might just be that band. On their four song LP, Feel the Power, the unit sounds more like shirtless German hippies jamming in a field somewhere than a bunch of silver cloaked limeys. They've got that sound of yearning in their shambling sound, like all they want is to find a planet full of hay and sage to escape to. This is a great record for getting into ceiling starring contests. Grab it from the highly boss Caesar Cuts label.

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Leather - "Relapse"

Speaking of the Caesar Cuts label, remember when they did up that wonderfully brutal debut 7" by Philadelphia's Leather last year? Of course you do! Well, it looks like the Leather boys have graduated to the somewhat-big-time with a four song 7" on Jade Tree records entitled Sterile. Cuing up the 7" from last year with Sterile, back to back, was a revelatory experience. Whereas the first 7" just barrels down fists first with blinders on, this new one seems to have a little more herk in it’s jerk. It kinda sounds like Seattle’s long lost U-Men finding themselves in early 90s San Diego. I’m down. More please.

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Black Tar - ["I Want"](http://vicerecords.com/download/03 I Want.mp3)

And sticking on the Philly/Pennsylvania tip, let’s talk about the band Black Tar. Caught these guys late last year in the town of brotherly fuck and found them legit in their hate vibe. Finally tracked down a five song tape of theirs and I gotta say, I really dig it; maybe even more so than their live show. If you’re the type who gets an ear twitch when you hear names like Bad Posture, Drop Out, Stickmen With Rayguns, or the Retardo Pubes, then this band and tape might be just the thing for you, you dateless wonder. You can score it from the aforementioned Caesar Cuts label.

That about does it for me this week. Check back next week when I’ll be interviewing Rick and Al from feedtime. I’m not shitting you, chump.

As usual, most of this stuff is available through Fusetron, Revolver, and wherever halfway decent records are sold.