Grungecore Vol 1 - Nirvana covers

Breakcore just can't get past that messed up ultra hardcore rave nightmare for me. This must be somewhat of a novelty record, I couldn't find examples of these particular tracks anywhere the rest of what was out there was just breakneck layers of unbpm-able beats and changes punctuated by b-movie samples. I can't see how this could possibly be good. Good idea, but I would be shocked if I actually listened to this more than once. From FukdUp records with an unnavigatable website, I have no idea if we can expect more electronic throwups like this...

From Applecore mailorder in good ol brooklyn.

V/A "Grungecore Vol. 1" 7" (FukdUp Records) Yay! A new weirdo electronic label in the U.S.! Comin' out of Seattle these folks decided to have breakcore peoples remix grunge tunes. The first sees Shitmat and Ladyscraper remix Nirvana tunes, "Negative Creep" and "Senseless Apprentice" respectively. Shitmat gives us a nice dirty gabber version of the early track while Ladyscraper mixes the original's drums nicely with a fuzzed throb and a friend's singing. A nice collector's piece with hand-sewn flannel sleeves, a SubPop logo pisstake and limited to 500. Dope.

Whirlyball 7" - black lips, gentleman jesse, baby shakes and coffin bound

These whirlball 7" "tickets" just went on sale yesterday, the show happened like last week, so these must be the 7"'s they couldn't/didn't sell and then an additional 400 repress so everyone can thankfully hear the music.
If you are into these bands, this is totally bad ass, colored vinyl split down the middle, splatter vinyl....awesome. I have been barely checking out the black lips here and there and maybe it's just not something I want to get more of right now. I get them confused with the Black Keys but I think the Black Lips are bluesy kind of raw, dirty, in the vein of low-fi JSBX and the White stripes, they may have been doing this first, I don't really know.

This is the greatest idea, to release a 7" as the ticket to the show... and it looks like they go all out with the manufacturing of these things as art objects. Very nice. I like that you have all the options from plain affordable black to the ones from the show...and they offer media rate shipping this time....thank you chunklet.
FYI, they are 4.50. 6.50, and 7.50 respectively....$7.50 for the split red gold color 7"'s with the tickets still attached....crazy.

From Chunklet:
Only 400 additional copies made to satisfy the masses! 100 on clear/red/gold splatter vinyl. The rest are black. The Black Lips do an Ethiopiques cover, Gentleman Jesse do a Big Tuff cover, and the Baby Shakes and Coffin Bound each do an original.

ALSO! We have about 40 left of the OFFICIAL red/gold split-down-the-center vinyl with the ticket still attached! Oh so gorgeous! We don't anticipate these lasting very long so hustle!

Complaining about paying priority shipping? Contact this guy to do paypal with media mail. Save a few bucks.

James Figurine • Covers (AKA Dntel)

'Other 99' / 'Holland'

This will round out the week highlighting DNTEL, and james figurine...another 7" I found looking at his back catalog researching the new album. This seven inch entitled 'covers' is exactly that, covers of Big Audio Dynamite and The Untitled, which is a smog side project? I'll have to look into that.

It sounds like this is maybe a slightly different direction from Dumb luck, more minimal, more atmospheric? I hear a lot of that going on in layers in postal service or Dntel.
In anticipation of Dumb Luck I'm all about ordering his side projects like this, from Plug research.

I also have been loving Peter Beste's photos of norwegian death metal. Wow.

Limited Edition Vinyl Only!

With nary a glitch or bloop in sight, the blend turns out as playful Sascha funk(e) a la Drei Auf Drei dipped in Postalesque lyrical pop bliss. - Filter Magazine

This is beautiful, baffling later night music. - Blender

A melodic minimal techno record that's sunny rather than stark, emo(tional) rather than eerie. - Urb

In the Summer of 2006, James Figurine (Jimmy Tamborello of The Postal Service, Dntel, Figurine) released Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake to the delight of music fans and critics globally. James Figurine's Covers is the first of a trio of 7" releases coming out in the first part of 2007 on Plug Research (Languis, David Thomas Broughton to follow). Covers is a limited edition vinyl only release and features James Figurine's unique interpretations of Big Audio Dynamite's "Other 99" and The Untitled's (Cynthia Dahl and Bill Callahan's project) "Holland." If you've been waiting for some new James Figurine music, the wait is over. A must have for any fan of James Figurine or any of his various projects.