[originally posted on cephalochromoscope]

I know I'm late. Can't travel back in time, anyhow. If I had to, I'd say that 2010 took the cake in the sludge / slower department in general; bands like Thou, Harvey Milk, Cough, The Body, the new, improved version of Bastard Noise, and much, much more (and sure, I've missed some potentially ace / probably metal ones, e.g. the new Immolation, but I don't really care to hear about it unless it's grind). Not to worry, though, 'cause I've suffered through a great lot of blastbeats anyhow. Deliberately ignoring a lot of titles like,…

What is "sketchgrind"?

In the end, it's just grind.

c/p from Cephalochromoscope:

"鞠螺千世 (KiKurachiyo) no. 2, much faster and noisier and goddamn sketchy (open the blue schematic above for the tracklist counting ten minutes & forty-four seconds). I can't promise that you'll like it, even if you liked Satan Samurai ¤REC Pirate Force, 'cause, while it's still punk as fuck, it has gone a bit into the abstract and came to be with a somewhat specific approach in the first place, one that we dubbed "sketchgrind" ('cause I'd rather use a term made-up a bit less predictably than post-grind,…

Dan 1 / Day 1 (7. svibanj / 7th of May)
Dan 2 / Day 2 (8. svibanj / 8th of May)

Dani Franko-DIS-fonije i panka u podrumu uključuju dva giga: jedan se održava ovaj petak (7. svibnja), čudniji od dvojice, sa spektakularno bučnom thrash / math rock ekstravagancom iz neznanih dijelova francuske, dok je drugi, subotnji (8. svibnja), pravi pravcati hardkor pank gig koji će zasigurno spojiti sve rođene na relaciji Rijeka-Krško u jedan gargantuanski mošpit.
Warsawwasraw rade puno brze buke u powerviolence, odnosno, fastcore maniri; beskompromisno, s jako malo onih klasičnih sporih intervala. Epileptično thrashanje. John Makay je…

Fri 26 Feb – Hijos Del Pueblo, Frekvencija

Jebenica.

Fri 4 Dec – Let's make some noise

Here with a few photos.

There was Smetnja with his accordion & hammer theatrics, like a Siberian peasant with a penchant for jesting. There was Suburban Howl, like a folk singer whose notes had disappeared 'twixt middle-class family houses turning into wolves. There was Fukte with a steady priest-posture, summoning gritty sounds that grind on buried caskets. For the pack of eight or nine that attended, it was a fun and noisy show. For everyone else, you've always got your cookie cutter bullshit. Obviously, noise can also be produced in a standardized,…

Mon 16 Nov – Isis zatvara n.o. jazz festival!

Originally on Cephalochromoscope.

Isis, Dälek, and Transitional played at Teatar &TD, Zagreb, Croatia this Monday. I went with a friend. At 14:15 we boarded a bus, rode to the highway, jumped over a fence, hitched a ride, and come 16:00 we were in Zagreb. As we empirically found out, the tickets were already sold out everywhere except at the venue's cash desk. Before the gig started, all five hundred and fifty were gone and you could see, hear, and feel people with desperate mad eyes looking to buy one.…

Tue 18 Nov – Suma, Birushanah

This is on Cephalochromoscope in its original, longer form, but I figured I might as well put it on last.fm too:

Hailing from Osaka (just like Corrupted and many, many, other awesome bands), Birushanah was really the main reason why I went, and I'm happy to say that their performance didn't disappoint the least. They lit a candle before the show to fill the air with a fragrance that I, my nose full of shit, couldn't smell. However, Birushanah was so awesome that they totally blew off my fragile face, and in fact, melted…