I think this (The Hawk is Howling) is one of the best things they’ve done. I dig it way more than Young Team. This feels more cohesive than Young Team, much more grown up sounding. Young Team was cool because along with it’s epicness, there are points in it that you can totally tell it was made by a bunch of guys with a pretty good sense of humor… at least to me.

Young Team may have been a little more raw, but Hawk is Howling sounds a lot more inspired to me. Why would Mogwai want to take a step backward at this point? They’re moving forward, and every time they do it makes more and more of an impact.

Sooooo, yeah. There’s my two cents.

I haven’t owned/listened to anything on casette in a few years, but it sounds much better than I remember. The first thing I popped in was Tsuskimono’s Bat Heads Roll which I picked up around the time it was released. It has been sitting on my shelf for a while.

First off I want to say how good the sound is even when its really loud. So warm. So So So warm. I have the tape deck cranked right now as I’m listening to it and it is amazing.

Those familiar with Tsukimono might find this release a bit of a departure from some of his more mellow releases (his Fukkgod output speccifically), Bat Heads Rolls is much more noise oriented than I had expected. It still sounds like Tsukimono, but it wants to drill a hole in your brain. The sounds aren’t total chaos and their are some great beats after about 30 min. on side A. Side B is a huge synthy drone, like the sound a hive-mind would make or something.

Anyway, great job and now that I’ve got a tape deck again I can listen to it whenever I want!

I haven’t been talking about music lately to anyone. There has actually been a lot of good stuff in the past few months. It was basically laziness that kept me from talking about this album.

Exotical Privates is the best remix album I’ve heard since Coil’s The Snow EP and Nine Inch Nails’ Further Down the Spiral, and ranks high among my favorite Kidwell releases. This is the album that often gets me to work in the morning, gets me through the day, and puts me to bed from time to time.

The whole thing is just so fucking smooth. Rjyan has cracked the code when it comes to reinterpretation. A great range of sample sources to build up a really nice vibe. This is not some crappy Remix Album with slight variations on the same track, these songs are pushing the original versions into new uncharted territories.

Check it out!!! In 50 years when dudes my age are meeting their grand children you’ll want to remember to tell them about Cex!
Also Rjyan if you ever happen to read this, thanks for letting us (Noiseusse) publish one of your journal entries a few years ago.

First I need to mention that Vaultworks has got it together. The CD arrived in less than a week! Quick mail orders rule!

Juggernaut is the latest release from Brian Williams under the Lustmord moniker. I’ve been following his music for quite a while now; Zeotrope is one of my favorite albums of all time. I tend to get a little down on ambient type music from time to time, but I think Lustmord will always be one of the champions of the sound. Juggernaut is no exception and far more than just boring drones. The disc features King Buzzo of the Melvins on vocals and guitar adding slow distorted chugs and vocal shrieks and mutters and some sort of weird singing.

There are probably some people who aren’t going to be into this as much as previous Lustmord releases. It isn’t a huge departure or anything, but to give an idea, there is at least one guitar solo. I usually think sci-fi with Lustmord, but Juggernaut feels almost rock oriented. It has the Lustmord feeling of sheer terror overall, but there is something different going on with the song structure. Everything is very solid sounding.
At the moment the two middle tracks, (2) Prime and (3) Able are my favorites overall, but there are nice moments in all four of the songs.

Well worth the 10 ten bucks.