Music for the messes since 2012. Into the obscure, the underground, and the other stuff. Clean Nice Quiet is live on KPISS.FM every Saturday from 5 to 7 PM US Eastern. Live on 8K.NZ every Thursday 9 PM US Eastern. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: E-mail your rad tunes to: matt (at) clean nice quiet (dot) (com). In the body of the e-mail, please include a publicly available file or link. Please do not submit anything under embargo. Feel free to send when it is publicly available.
A new demo from a band called Five Bucks on Poland's almighty Syf Records label. Italian "eggpunk," sounds great:
I did an interview with Syf Records a while back, but haven't been keeping up with their releases like I should.
Tetryron Tapes out of Buffalo has a new full length digital release called "Manic AM" from a band called Eyes and Flys. Haven't listened to all of it yet but Tetryon puts out cool stuff and the first track, "Asbestos Fiber on a Sunbeam," is quality garage psych-punk:
Both Syf and Tetryon are cool tape labels. I've been daydreaming for a while about making a little CNQ boutique label. I tried once before, put out Dr. Nod's awesome Top Tips (see sidebar for ordering info!). Maybe it's time to try to something like that again.
Speaking of cool labels, not a week goes by that Metal Postcard Records doesn't have some new stuff to share. I played both of these bands on my most recent KPISS.FM show. Salem Trials is producing radical tunes at a gazillion miles a minute, and The Khats is the same guy who does K. Board and the Skreens, I think. Great stuff:
And don't forget, also from MP, the latest from Rudy Now and the Negative Cutters:
...oh and the latest Legless Crabs and Legless Trials!:
I've been having so much fun with the KPISS.FM radio show (next one is August 13, at 5P EST, btdubs), and the caster.fm show I turn on and blab into the aetheyr when I feel like it, then post it to Mixcloud. But a blog post can be a hoot too. So let's do an old fashioned CNQ dive into Bandcamp new releases and see what pops up:
First thing of interest, Desiccate's "noisy fuck punk" demo from Hamilton, Ontario. I gotta say, there's nothing better than a noisey demo tape:
More righteous noise, this from Vancouver:
Mexican punk from 1988!:
Synth-punk from London:
Finally, some bitchin' rock'n'roll from Saint Edward Island:
First up, the Science Man Nines Mecca package finally arrived in my mailbox the otherday, after an unfortunate but unavoidable delay, and it's impressive -- white vinyl LP with a really bad ass special edition t-shirt, and the gem in the package -- a limited to 50 VHS tape of videos for each of the ten tracks on the album. And it is so frickin' cool, you oughta pick it up if you love low budget horror-themed music videos, and if there are any left. The album, as I've mentioned before, is great also. 20 minutes of noisey hardcore, a great racket. Here's the video for Poach The Mind's Eye, and you can see all the videos here.
From London, guitarist Geiger von Muller has a new single out called "Space Digger #1," and it's a neat instrumental piece of slide guitar work, check out the video and you can get it pay what thou wilt via Bandcamp. It's from an upcoming album called Slide Sonotas I.
Toronto's The Slime have a new album out called Living on Borrowed Slime, it's killer diller punk -- if Science Man could be described as David Lynch-ian, I'd say The Slime would be Ed Wood-ian. And maybe I'm just saying that because there's a sample from Plan 9 in the first song, but regardless, the one two punch of the opening song on the album, "Arms Race," followed by the single, "Real Garbage," is a sweet punch in the face, and the rest of the album doesn't let up. Living On Borrowed Slime is available on vinyl from Cursed Blessings Records, and here's the video for "Real Garbage."
Alright, I plan on doing a live show here around 8:30PM CST, give or take, so in about 40 minutes, as I celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of my favorite albums, Faith No More's Angel Dust. Nothing special lined up, just going to play some cool music.
Click here to listen, or click the play button on the embedded player at the top of the blog's desktop version when you see it says "Live."
You ever seen this interview of Mike Patton eating a sandwich and being petulant in 1992?
Another reminder to check out the Clean Nice Quiet Etsy shop, got a couple of new paintings up and it'd be cool if you bought one! Meanwhile a lotta submissions to cover and I've got some Cyberpunk 2077 to play and music of my own to record, so let's get this over with.
I started off the last new music post with a new single from Liverpool's Bigflower, so why not do it again? Solid motorik just under the 3 and a half minute mark, dig it:
New San Franciso label Color and Time Tonight's first vinyl release is from Ohio's Wild Wings. Foil Landscape is 4 tracks of killer psych-punk r'n'r, listen below and order the vinyl from CTT here.
Brooklyn solo act Sunk Heaven has a new release on Crass Lips Records called Porous Mirror. Nine rad tracks, a must listen for fans of experimental/industrial noise:
Total Punk Records is an unstoppable force, they've got new Buck Biloxi and Alien Nose Job coming out which I can't wait for. In the meantime, check out this amazing racket from Montreal's Tha Retail Simps, Reverberant Scratch: 9 Shot in tha Dark, due out March 1 and Total Punk's first release of the year. You can listen to three of the tracks already on Bandcamp, and there's videos for "End Times Hip Shaker Pts. 1 & 2" and "Rock and Roll." Described in the TP hype e-mail as equal parts Velvet Underground and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs; I can't argue.
Speaking of unstoppable labels, Metal Postcard has a number of new releases that all bear repeated listens. First for your consideration is the latest from Brian Bordello, Cardboard Box Beatle, what Brian says is his final acoustic album, and it's probably his best, which is a feat. 11 tracks of heartbreakingly excellent tunes. The words I always use to describe Brian's songs all apply across the 11 song album: raw, honest, amusingly caustic, caustically amusing, and just absolutely beautiful, man. Songs like "Cat Food on the Floor," "Here Comes Eric With His Dead Child Song" and "Salamanda Fruit Fly" are Brian continuing to show us all how it's done. I've been singing "Any Room In Your Life for a Song and Dance Man" in my head all week.
Next up from Metal Postcard, Super Hit is former White Fang guitarist Kyle Handley's solo project, and this 18 track self-titled release is super-solid:
Kyle has another project called The Tyrds and their 8 song release on Metal Postcard is called I Got Shit On My Mind. Fuzzed out!
Salem Trials has a new full length, Foe Fact, and on top of that is releasing a new single every Sunday through February on Metal Postcard. Unstoppable seems to be the secret word for tonight's post, as Andy and Russ from Salem Trials are absolutely unstoppable as well:
Andy Goz from Salem Trials and Son of El Borko from Legless Crabs (who happens to be me) teamed up to release Legless on Main Street, a 9 song effort that features Andy at the top of his game and me just trying to keep up with his undeniable ability to write a bad-ass rock'n'roll song. I like to think of it as the Stones and the Velvet Underground meet Wesley Willis and the Shaggs. It's the best thing I've ever worked on and I'm super proud of it! Here's a track called "Singer" about abusive singer songwriters from the 1970s:
Finally from Metal Postcard, Italy's K. Board & the Skreens have a new EP, 4 tracks of mind-blowing Italian outsider electro-pop. So frickin' good:
Speaking of Legless Crabs, I've been busy with my made-up Naive Noise Rock Collective over on my own Bandcamp pages. Here's three new releases of naive noise rock I've put out. Enjoy at your own risk:
More submissions to come. I got other shit to do now tho. Look out!
Brighton weirdo two piece The Ducks have a new video, check out this punky freak-out, "Hypno Dim Sum":
These two hc singles from Toronto's The Slime are like, the most, man:
Finnish garage rock four-piece called Mustat Kalsarit -- you can get a limited cassette or the album on digital, from an LA label called Cudighi Records. I was immedietly taken by the first of the three songs available on streaming, "En tahdo astua pimeyteen," and when the second, "Uimaan" started, I was sold. Then there's the last song available for listen without pay, "Puu" -- when was the last time I listened to a flute-driven psych freak-out??? A while ago, I betcha. Great modern day garage-psych that happens to be Finnish:
✞ 𝕸𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖔 𝕴𝖉𝖎𝖔𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖔 ✞ -- A little over one minute of weird noise from Toyko. If you wanna be cool, you should probably check it out:
Dream Society Records is a new Amsterdam-based "female-lead yin label," headed by artist/producer Bloom De Wilde. Here's a 10 track introduction to the label, featuring my main man Brian Bordello on one track. Great stuff:
Mother Water House is from Austin. "no.angel" seems 80s goth inspired, until it gets heavy and becomes its own thing. I love it. "The only angel here is Abandon" is a great line:
Blues rock usually not my thing recorded, but I enjoy seeing it live. There's nothing wrong with this, Jacob Green is from Vermont, and this is from the album "Little Courage," released February 2020:
From the same promoter, Ryan Summers is from Wisconsin and while the album on first listen isn't for me, this track caught my ear. Released back in October, the album "captures his experiences deprogramming from an internet cult over a decade ago," which is interesting:
Epilogues is from Leeds, and this track is from an EP called "me," which was released back in November. Subtle singer-songwriter type stuff, highly enjoyable:
A few years back Kale Ogle of Doctor Nod fame was nice enough to design some sweet ass headers and icons for CNQ, really cool collage stuff that Kale is good at. His designs have been the face of CNQ on Facebook and e-mails for a few years now, but a while back I opted for a change on the CNQ blog header with some found public domain art. Tonight I did a full overhaul, channeling 14 year old Matt for some notebook drawings that's in keeping with Kale's back to basics approach with his hand-cut montages, but by me because I'm a creative type and like change but also lazy and hand drawn on notebook paper felt right. I think what I came up with is funny. Who gives a shit one way or the other tho -- let's rock:
CNQ fave Martin Månsson Sjöstrand of Dog Paper Submarine and This Heel is back with the Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio, and a nine song digital album called "Universum Faller." My dad taught me there's something special about a three man band. Excellent instrumental prog-surf, the Swedish trio's first album in six years is available for pay-what-thou-wilt on Bandcamp, and absolutely worth paying for (as is anything and everything Martin Månsson Sjöstrand is part of, he's a real talent). And speaking of montages, check out the cover art for "Universum Faller," too cool:
Dedicated CNQ-ers know I'm also a big fan of Boys Age from Japan. Here's another new instrumental album, 6 songs, $2.50 for a digital download. Speaking of cover art, I always love Boys Age cover art. I wonder if he does it himself.
Groovy new psych-pop single from Nova Scotia's Nomadic Homes, $1 CAN:
This year, instead of doing New Year's Resolutions that I'm never going to keep up with all year, I'm doing micro-resolutions month to month, and allowing myself to fail and get back up again, instead of, if I mess up, just scrapping the whole resolution. So far it's worked well and I recommend it.
Keeping up with CNQ more was not one of my micro-resolutions. For the one or two of you who read these posts, I'm a broken record, I know. I say "I post when I feel like it and don't do reviews" quite a bit. I'll put it in the blog description and maybe that will help me remember to talk about something else every once in a while. But yeah, as soon as I feel like I have to do this (or anything), I immediately do not want to do it anymore.
Meanwhile, artists and bands, feel free to send me your tunes, I'll happily listen, and if I like it, I'll share a song and a link and probably talk about it a little. But I'm not a music critic, just a fan, and I generally don't do reviews. Occasionally I'll break that rule, but in general that's how CNQ operates.
So let's see what's going on with some Bandcamp e-mail updates. Geeze, I get a lot of these.
Burger Records sent a link to Shindig! Magazine's premiere of Dead Ghosts' new video for a song called "Drugstore Supplies," off their new album "Automatic Changer," due out April 24. I liked Dead Ghosts' "Can't Get No," which came out in 2015, and I like Burger Records. Shindig's a neat magazine and I wasn't aware of their web presence until I got that Burger Records e-mail update. I listened to about half this 3 and a half minute song and I'm like, ya know, this is the same garage rock that every Burger Records release sounds like. It's fine, but frankly I'm a little bored by the formula.
Holy mackerel, I think I just did a critical review. But what do I know? I can only strum three chords. Here's the video. Like I said, the song is fine. But it sounds like so much of what Burger Records puts out, and stuff that sounds like what Burger Records puts out, that I can't really get excited about it:
The Youtube video on the Burger Records channel has 29 thumbs up and no thumbs down as of 9:47pm on 1/16/2020. I've always wondered what kind of asshole thumbs downs a video. I'm not gonna be that guy. If there was a "meh" icon I'd click it, maybe.
The Ausmuteants' Jake Robertson has a new solo album, "Suddenly Everything Is Twice As Loud," out on Anti-Fade Records (in Australia) and Drunken Sailor (in the UK). The solo project is called Alien Nosejob, and I love it. I'm pre-disposed to the "Devo-core" sound of Ausmuteants much more than I am the surfy garage sound of Burger Records releases, but it's not like Robertson is just re-making Devo songs. He's using that sound as a jumping off point to make some inventive, highly listenable, synthy garage-pop/off-kilter rock'n'roll that is worth purchasing so you can be cool and own it, and he can continue to do it. You can get it on black vinyl (red sold out already) from Anti-Fade for $25 AUS dollars, and from Drunken Sailor for a little cheaper -- shipping to the US is cheaper via Drunken Sailor too. Both sites have it available for $12 to dl digital via Bandcamp. Great album:
Dallas' warpcore purists Pavel Chekov have a new split with Mississippi's Criminal Slang coming out in ten days. Here's the Pavel Checkov side -- 10 minute, 11 song blast:
The Internet doesn't seem to have anything from the Criminal Slang side of that release, but this is a song of theirs from March 2014:
Cool Ramonesy rock'n'roll from Ohio. This was released back in 2010, but Berlin's Alien Snatch is offering it up for sale thru digital, CD, and vinyl:
This great punk EP from Boston's Savageheads was released last June, but I just found out about them through CNQ's favorite Croatian distro, Doomtown Records, who has the mp3s for sale for $2 and change - they may have the vinyl too, I'm not sure. Doesn't look like anyone else on the Internet does.
This transgender hc awesomeness from Olympia has a 7" in the works. It's pay what thou wilt for mp3s in the meantime. Dig that d-beat:
I feel like I mighta shared this already, but just in case, it bears repeating. These Rhode Island noise punks recorded this in 1996, and then more was added a couple of years later. It's their last recording and Providence's Atomic Action released it onto the web, 10 songs for $5. Oh man, it's awesome:
CNQ's favorite Toronto-based singer-songwriter has two new rad tracks available for $2 USD. I don't think I've ever seen Canadian money. Maybe they just trade in good vibes. J/K. No joke though, Engel gets better and better with each release. A singular voice and talent:
From Burger and PNKSLM, this garage single from Stockholm equals awesome. Album coming in late February:
Also from PNKSLM, check out this garage-psych from HOLY (Not to be confused with the Italian hc outfit HOLY). This album is due out March 11, pre-order from the PNKSLM site if you want it, as it seems to be selling fast:
Sorry State has a new single out in their North Carolina series of singles. This is their second, sounds great. The first one featuring the The Davidians is really good too.
Oh man, I love Halloween novelty songs. Monsters are up to all sorts of monkeyshines. Here's a new one I found this season, courtesy WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban:
Googling that song I also found this different Witches Brew:
Hey girls, you know those sexy occupation costumes (sexy cop/sexy terrorist/sexy Mr. Peanut)? Let's get back to monsters, I say. Monsters can still be sexy! Elvira, to wit. A very sexy monster. Monstress. This song was written by Holly Knight, who wrote Tina Turner's "Better Be Good To Me," Heart's "Never," and a lot of other stuff for big names. She also co-wrote Pat Benetar's "Love Is A Battlefield" and Animotion's "Obsession," AND my favorite Aerosmith song, "Rag Doll," which she co-wrote with Aerosmith. Whoa. I had no idea.
From a great album:
My buddy turned me on to this cheesy Canadian goodness. It's not really a Halloween novelty song but I've been meaning to share it:
Youtube suggested this to me based on that Thor video - "Bewitched" definitely fits the Halloween theme, but it's not really a novelty song per se (though it is hysterical):
Happy Halloween. On a sorta related note because the cover is kinda Halloweeny and it's scary how good the album is, don't forget to listen to Run the Jewels 2. The Internet is hailing it as the end of the beginning for hip-hop ya know and I dunno if it's 100% that apocalyptic; it's easy to get caught up in joy over a great album and declare nothing else can come after it. But I'll agree that it is next level bonkers and it's fun to have a new favorite thing. The wife and I love it. I've had it on non-stop for the past two days.
Some googling didn't uncover anything about Tommy Zang, except he recorded for a label called Mark in the late 50s and for Hickory in the 60s. I think he may have been Canadian. He may have a daughter and a grandson who post in Youtube comments, which is pretty cool. I'd love to know more about Tommy Zang.
Zang was backed on these two songs by Frank Metis & His Orchestra. A little googling didn't uncover much about them either.
Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies is a cool site and it has this listed as Zang's first single, from '59. "White Silence" was written by one Frank Cavall, who is another mystery to me. The flip, "With the Good Lord Willing," was written by Zang himself.
Both are unusual and enjoyable. It's pop, it's orchestral, it's a little country, maybe? White Silence sounds like the theme song to Blazing Saddles, to me, anyway. This is some unique stuff. So enjoy it, Quieteers:
White Silence:
With the Good Lord Willing:
Another mystery is the label, Mark Records, outta Utica, New York. This rockabilly song was also released on Mark:
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