last one for today, AUTOreverse Issue One review – SANITY ASSASSINS 7″ (1995)

excerpt from AUTOreverse Issue One

last one for today -
SANITY ASSASSINS
Martian Beach / Hot Foot 7″
Comes on like a surf record. Uptempo rock, or is it punk? (That’s not a philosophical question, I’m really curious) Overly reverbed distorto guitar over a driving bass-n-drums beat. “Hot Foot” is fast and has all of your favorite surf elements: tremolo guitars, fast ride cymbal work. Makes me think of loud cars and old rockabilly guys trying to keep their hair from going flat in the sun. We surf a lot in Ohio, so this is like soul music to me.
Ian C Stewart

another AUTOreverse Issue One excerpt – CD review – BACCHUS JIHAD (1995)

BACCHUS JIHAD
BACCHUS JIHAD CD
Music that has no agenda, and that can’t be compared to anybody else’s has always appealed to me. That’s the case with Bacchus Jihad. This CD was really relaxing, and very emotionally absorbing. The vocals, (especially in the first track “Cranial Bedfellows”) are absolutely beautiful. The CD contains a lot of machines, a little chanting, and other fun-filled effects. There is a lot of unmasked potential here, and I hope everyone who read this will give them a true listen. If I had to throw it at a certain group of listeners, I would reocmmend this to anyone who likes a cross between industrial and gothic, and has a sense of humor.
Kim Rizzo

CD REVIEW - TEENAGE SLOTS – WE OUTLIVED REAGAN – CD 2011

TEENAGE SLOTS
We Outlived Reagan
Stedmusik CD 2011
http://www.russstedman.com
Gorgeously rendered trips down memory lane. The beauty of modern technology is that you can go back and make everything sound as it was intended. The circa-1986 songs are energetic, melodic, tuneful, energy-up. This genre would be, I guess classic midwestern punk rock, if that’s not an oxymoron.“Ronald Reagan Is A Dick!” Don’t dance the poot. Righteous. “People On Drugs” gets one hell of a retrofit, with booty bass drums and autotune vocals. And there’s a whole current of anti-jock rhetoric, which amuses me to no end.
Ian C Stewart

BUY NOW, BEFORE THEY RUN OUT!!!!!!!!!!

AUTOreverse Issue One excerpt (1995) an essay. My first tape recorder.

My First Tape Recorder by Ian C Stewart

Pretend you care for a minute. On my 8th birthday, I got my first tape recorder. I’m sure my mom grew to regret her choice of gifts within hours of giving it to me. I took it with me everywhere. Mostly I remember recording myself reacting to the other kids in the neighborhood and at school. There was also a brief period where I stood there with the tape recorder every time I had to pee. You know… compare the lengths of each pee, etc. As a kid, it seemed like research but now it would be some kind of joke. I also recorded a lot of things on radio and TV. Recording was always more important than listening, which I rarely did. I often recorded over entire tapes without even listening to them. One of these days I’ll break out those old tapes from 1980 and surprise myself with what I find. I hope. Then again, it could be a bunch of classic rock b.s. from the radio. QFM for 2 hours or some shit.

Ian C Stewart

VINYL REVIEW: PALE SKETCHER – SEVENTH HEAVEN - EP - 2011

I ordered the new Broadrick EP on Wednesday, sumbitch showed up YESTERDAY. Less than 24 hours later. Mofo and son of a bitch, that is fast. So fast that I haven’t even opened it yet.
I bought the download, but sort of wanted the limited edition vinyl too. It was only like $15 or something for the vinyl and the mp3s…..
Justin Broadrick and Jack Dangers are two artists whose work I will always purchase legitimately and as often as possible. I’ve always bought their stuff, so there’s no reason to stop now. The Pale Sketcher EP is pretty damn amazing, of course. I say it every time he releases something, but he really does get better all the time.
Fake-ass Red House Painters gone techno, hell yeah. :)
I never ordered from Ghostly before but it seems cool so far.
BUY, GUY
PALE SKETCHER – SEVENTH HEAVEN EP