We appreciate that some of our readers might not have heard of Paul Catten - he has, after all, been making music for longer than some of our readers have been alive. For those of us in our late 20s and beyond though, Paul Catten first became known to us as the frontman of the notorious and furious [...]

Zilla Rocca I first heard of Zilla Rocca very recently, thanks to the track he produced for Has-Lo , entitled Cock Diesel . I was caught up in the dark and mesmerising instrumental, which made me curious about the producer/MC. I entered his universe with his previous EP, the very dim Bad Weather Classic and I became a fan instantly. There is something quite mysterious about him and when I learned he was about to release a new project, I was [...]
Im a big fan of documentaries and these guys do them very well. This is the trailer to their upcoming 6 episode web series I.C. NYC. It debuts June 1. Check it out.
Lil' promo from the iNTERNETS CELEBRITIES forthcoming "I.C. NYC" series, which premieres June 1st: " The Internets Celebrities are launching our first official web series on June 1. "I.C. NYC" presents six on-location investigative reports from our city. From all corners of New York, we celebrate the lunatic fringe, capture the fleeting moments and reveal the city's unspoken truths. Then we eat. ".
When I look back at the last twenty years, there is perhaps no more important musical entity in my life than England's EARACHE RECORDS (srs). Back when I was a little kid on a quest to find the fastest, most cock-smashingly brutal music I could get my hands on, I stumbled across a copy of [...]

About six months ago, I became completely obsessed with zombies films, mostly due to the brilliance behind Robert Kirkman 's The Walking Dead books and the airing of the series on AMC . As Season 1 comes out on DVD and BluRay today, I figured the time was right to post this. So I buckled down and finished my zombie soundtrack podcast, filled with songs I felt perfect for a zombie film. Be assured: this will not be your typical zombie mix. [...]
Every single Wednesday without fail, your hosts post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com.by Andrew Wilhelm (CHI)Some of you crusty bros were lucky enough to catch a reunited Sleep. Slow, gooey, smokey Sleep. Al Cisneros laying down fat grooves and existing in a

Í tilefni dagsins finnst mér viðeigandi að fjalla örlítið um hina mögnuðu sveit Naked City sem leidd var af jazzgeggjaranum John Zorn . Sveitin var starfandi á árunum frá 1988 til 1993 og gaf út 6 plötur auk safnplötu og heildarsafns verka sinna á þeim tíma. Zorn hefur sjálfur lýst Naked City sem einhverskonar tónlistarlegi tilraunaeldhúsi þar sem þolmörk hinnar hefðbundnu hljómsveitar (með hefðbundinni hljóðfæraskipan) voru könnuð. Óhætt er að segja að útkoman hafi verið slík að sjaldan eða aldrei hefur annað eins heyrst á plötu fyrr né síðar. Tónlist Naked City [...]

Accused of being a "black-caped, black-garbed, death-worshipping church" with ranks of mindless "hooded snuffoids," they believed they were visionaries warning of the coming apocalypse. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine and with cult activity on the increase, this could have been ripped from the mainstream headlines throughout 1999. But at the end of the hippie dream, these were the charges levelled at one of the most controversial cults of the Sixties: the Process Church. In 1963, two people met at the L Ron Hubbard Institute of Scientology on Fitzroy Street, London. They were both studying [...]

Social theory and good tunes go so well together. One of my favorite writers in this vein is Georges Bataille [1897-1962] and the songs collected below are assembled in the spirit of his work. Mystic, pornographer, frustrated dialectician, art critic, political and economic visionary –Bataille's oeuvre is frighteningly bizarre and profound. Most people know of him for Story of the Eye , a classic pornographic novel. But in truth his best writing is social theory; in particular his ideas of the low, debasement, economic surplus, and useless expenditure seem as timely as ever. His later mystical writings about self-consciousness [...]

Title says it all: here's a sporadic review of things that everyone else i'th'world thinks are the Second Coming of Christ but which, conversely, i find about as desirable as the second coming of Gary Glitter . This topic could end up having a lot of installments. 1. Shisha Because it tastes like crap, possesses no discernible 'hit' (i.e.: point) of any kind whatsoever, and is basically beloved of people who want to look all boho but are too 'mature' or [...]
It's 3:30 in the morning and you've had your fair share of oat sodas, not to mention all that Makers Mark, yet the party at your place continues to rage all around you. That asshole that wears a scarf during the summer won't shut up about the Decemberists and the only ladies left are dating each other, it's time to put this party out to pasture. Follow the jump for the Top 5 albums that can clear the place out so you can get your ass to bed. [...]

. " Late Night Conversation " 01. John Zorn - Zeraim Music Romance, Vol. 2: Taboo & Exile (Tzadik, 1999) 02. Sacred System - Galactic Zone Sacred System, Chapter One: Book of Entrance (Roir, 1996) 03. Naked City - The Bitter And The Sweet Radio (Avant, 1993) 04. Eivind Aarset - Between Signal & Noise [...]
John Zorn is scheduled to hold a six-night residency at Yoshi's San Francisco in March. Never one for convention, the legendary avant-garde jazzman will play under a different band name each night — most groups utilize a core of Joey Baron , Trevor Dunn and the iconic Marc Ribot on drums, bass and guitar, respectively. Each "group" will likely perform music from a distinct era of Zorn's career — from the jazz-punk of Naked City to the klezmer-influenced Masada to his "Music Romance" series. [...]
Jazz iconoclast John Zorn is scheduled to hold a six-night residency at Yoshi's San Francisco in March. Never one for convention, the legendary avant-garde jazzman will play under a different band name each night — most groups utilize a core of Joey Baron , Trevor Dunn and the iconic Marc Ribot on drums, bass and guitar, respectively. Each "group" will likely perform music from a distinct era of Zorn's career — from the jazz-punk of Naked City to the klezmer-influenced Masada [...]

"Tu és o rei dos judeus?" Podíamos muito bem pegar nas palavras de Pilatos e empregá-las a John Zorn. Ele poderá responder que não, que não é rei dos judeus coisa nenhuma, mas uma coisa não poderá negar: que é o rei do free jazz, da improvisação e do downtown nova-iorquino. John Zorn é uma personagem única do mundo da música contemporânea e de entre os muitos rótulos que poderíamos escolher, optamos agora apenas por estes: figura máxima do jazz avant-gard, compositor entusiastas dos mais variados géneros musicais, criador da editora Tradik, prolífero colaborador [...]
Today Michael Haneke's 2008 remake of Michael Haneke's 1997 film, Funny Games , hits DVD racks.

. Oldest they are and the wisest of beasts so they know at last how to wait for the loneliest of feasts for the full repast. They do not snatch, they do not tear; their massive blood moves as the moon-tides, near, more near till they touch in flood. - D. H. Lawrence , The Elephant is Slow to Mate . " Trippy Sonic No.2 " 01. RiEN - Dieu du Seigneur [...]

This post originally began as a collection of cheesy theme songs, but eventually grew into a mass of songs from the soundtracks of movies I love and adore. A good majority of them are 80s classics since I was born in '81, but there are some newer and older gems mixed in too. I had a lot of fun gathering them, since just hearing them brings back tons of good movie viewing memories (read as: makeouts). It also reminded me of how much I've always wanted the opportunity to compile a soundtrack for a movie. I have no idea how [...]

Perhaps the imagination is on the verge of recovering its rights. If the depths of our minds conceal strange forces capable of augmenting or conquering those on the surface, it is in our greatest interest to capture them; first to capture them and later to submit them, should the occasion arise, to the control of reason. The analysts themselves can only gain by this. But it is im- portant to note that there is no method fixed a priori for the execution of this enterprise, that until the new order it can [...]