dirty knobby records

Off The Record, by Roméo Poirier 15 track album

I'm digging this release by Romeo Poirier, which is a really cool collage of studio chatter, false starts, & various other studio sounds normally left on the cutting room floor.

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Never heard their full-lengths, but I have a few of their singles that are cool. Wanna say they share members w/ Crawlspace.

Nice score with Dragonfly!

great as usual!

YouTube video by AudioCultureNZ Bailter Space - Right Now

The world could use a vinyl pressing of Bailter Space's Solar 3, which only came out on cd back in the day.

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YouTube video by dirtypearl crime and the city solution + 1979 Demos

Crime & the City Solution - 1979 demo. Not great, but still cool to hear what they sounded like prior to the main dude moving to the UK & reforming the band with Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, and Epic Soundtracks.

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Awesome!

YouTube video by Bootleg Archive Can — Live at Arles Amphitheatre, France (Aug 6, 1975)

Always cool to hear a good sounding live Can concert.

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If you are a writer who likes money losing ideas, may I suggest a book on the BYG/Actuel series?

I remember the arcade game was shittier than the movie, so I am the target audience.

YouTube video by Peter McLennan Chris Knox: Songs Of You And Me - a documentary about Chris Knox (1995)

Cool short documentary about the great Chris Knox.

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YouTube video by The Day After The Sabbath Les Variations - Come Along [1969 Blues Rock Hard Rock France]

Though I would argue that Les Variations weren't bland (at least for their bunch of singles and debut lp). I imagine anyone who likes hard psych a la Savage Resurrection or Blue Cheer would dig this jammer.

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Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968 Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Ai...

Cool article about Ian Thompson's fab book on the underground French music scene.

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I also can't figure out why the Samhain discography has been out of print for ages outside of bootlegs.

Sucks that Slovenly's catalog seems to be stuck in SST purgatory.

Judge might have a better batting average but can he do this?

Gunter rules. We did a vinyl pressing of his 70s band Gam and it was cool to interview him for the liners. He is also still making cool music.

Here are some free Hardware retrospective downloads. RIYL UK-post punk, Messthetics, Pere Ubu, the Fall, Wire, Pigbag etc. Buy LPs here: dirtyknobby.bigcartel.com

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Anthology, by Mecht Mensch 26 track album

Generally indifferent to a lot of obscure hardcore since most of those bands just seem plodding, but I've been waiting for this forthcoming Mecht Mensch retrospective for ages.... nocoastrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...

Looking forward to getting this book on Rochdale's Cargo Studios. The Fall, Joy Division, bIG fLAME, OMD, Discharge, Gang of Four, the Chameleons, and countless other bands recorded there...

Great band and Artman's later project Urban Sax also ruled.

I wonder where he gets his inventory and if he pays fair value for people's collections.

Desperate Bicycles interview from The New Wave Magazine #9.

Teengenerate was one of the best live bands of the 90s & I am proud to report that Fink continues to rule w/ his latest band, Angel Face. Saw them last night in Seattle & they even included some TG classics in their set.

Hardware review courtesy of Razorcake. Order it from our Big Cartel page and dazzle the hep.

HARDWARE - Untitled 1979 LP Formed in 1977, the Cheltenham-based band Hardware drew inspiration from proto-punk, Krautrock, the CBGBs scene, Pere Ubu, and the more adventurous...

Hardware lp is now available at Iron Lung. Buy it, punk.

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Classic rock radio used to be a safe place for chumps with old cars who also dislike modern rock, so imagine my displeasure when I turned on the big local station last night only to hear Kid Rock. Can't we just enjoy "Slow Ride" for the millionth time?

Hardware spin on the awesome Kosmos Klub Radio Show. Show also features a cut from the killer new bIG fLAME Peel Session lp. www.mixcloud.com/ajaysaggar/k...

They transcended the death metal genre & came out of the UK hardcore/crust scene, so they avoided the more dumb elements of that kinda music.