fat worm of error “broods” long playing record

• re: jh-168
  
• return of the thin white dook
  
• --------------------
  
• shunt creek
  
• mashed potentate
  
• lichen like me
  
  
• upsmanschmuck
  
• feted corps
  
• broods
  
• fleagod
  
• ratzong

open mouth press release...

fat worm of error broods lp cat: om #27 / e#212e maybe its something in the raw cows milk one can so fortuitously procure here in western massachusetts, or maybe it’s that lysergic haze of berkshire foothill emanation, but whatever it may be, it is most definitely in manifestation as the five-headed rock n’ noise n’ bleet n’ zzrrp n’ roll n’ weirdcore phenomenon known only as fat worm of error. after more than six years of live gig decimation and confusion and a smattering of cassettes, cdrs, “legit” lp releases (on labels as swank as load and ultra eczema), fwoe has become, along with noise nomads and dinosaur jr, as one of the most astounding musical whatsis factors in the pioneer valley. it was after being stunned into melted delight one evening at our local hang (the flywheel ‘natch) by the dead battery guitar, silent psycho-killer bass, drums punked beyond the free thump joy of john stevens n’ drumbo, and the supremely swinging costume-cuhraziness of the freekwency singer…well, we wanted to do a, ahem, “proper” lp. put this genius fringe into the studio with justin pizzoferrato (that’s right, the guy who helps engineer j mascis and t moore sides) and capture the delirious magic of fwoe in their inimitable prime. and we did! and mark beyer did the cover art! and the drummers name is neel young! and this lp rules hard, and if you happened to be in the same room as the live fwoe this last summer than you know: fat worm of error has got the coolest moustache in town. case closed.

mv/ee / the golden road “gettin’ gone” compact disc

• susquehanna (sole art trample) (5:06)
  
• the burden (4:39)
  
• hammer (the pacifist) (7:43)
  
• i got caves in there (3:50)
  
• mama my (5:19)
  
• day & night (5:33)
  
• easy livin' (4:38)
  
• colaed out (2:04)
  
• speed queen (6:48)
  
• motorin' (1:53)
  
• country fried (8:43)
  
• home comfort (4:52)
  
• sweet people (4:46)

mv/ee / the bummer road “green blues” compact disc

• east mountain joint (5:31)
  
• drive is that i love you (6:56)
  
• canned happiness (6:09)
  
• mine all troubled blues (6:41)
  
• big deal (7:49)
  
• grassthighs (11:39)
  
• solar hill (18:05)

islaja “blaze mountain recordings” compact disc

• kämmen, kynsi, kieli (3:58)
  
• sateen tullessa (4:18)
  
• uni pöllönä olemisesta (3:50)
  
• emoa ikävä (4:08)
  
• palaa aurinkoon (5:12)
  
• pete p (3:11)
  
• silmä-ämlis (2:12)
  
• kristallipallosilmät (3:44)

oscillator “hollywood groupies rule” c24 cassette

• (no tracklisting)

bark haze “basement psychosis” c26 cassette

• (no tracklisting)

dreamcatcher “a team come true” c100 cassette

• (no tracklisting)

poor school “the holy master” long playing record

• the holy master (1)
  
• the holy master (2)

x.0.4 “cataracts” long playing record

• (no tracklisting)

lambsbread “stereo mars” long playing record

• (no tracklisting)

leslie keffer “feels like frenching” long playing record

• flannel leaf
  
  
• torches
  
• velvet dock

16 bitch pile-up / mike shiflet “make like a fetus and abort / extract, behold” long playing record

• 16 bitch pile-up - make like a fetus and abort
  
  
• mike shiflet - extract, behold

religious knives “the door” compact disc

• downstairs
  
• basement watch
  
• on a drive
  
• the storm
  
• major score
  
• decisions are made

ecstatic peace! press release...

religious knives the door cd cat: e#100i all songs written by religious knives, all lyrics by michael bernstein. produced by thurston moore and religious knives. recorded at bank row recording, greenfield, ma by justin pizzoferrato. mixed at bisquiteen, amherst, ma by justin pizzoferrato maya miller and michael bernstein met in new york a decade ago, and began making music together as half of sturm und drone quartet double leopards a few years after that. religious knives came later still, away from the road and the rehearsal space, borne and nurtured in cramped apartments throughout kings county. beginning in 2005, the pair released a string of cd-rs and cassettes, both on their own heavy tapes imprint and through the labels of kindred spirits. steadily moving away from the psychedelic tone baths and modern industrial scrape for which the leopards had become known, religious knives coursed through minimal synth oscillations and spare kraut repetition. mouthus' nate nelson joined the pair in 2006, lending a powerful presence behind the drums that shaped religious knives' rudimentary jams into rough-hewn, long-form paeans to tar-blackened bummer psych. soon after that, old friend todd cavallo completed the quartet on bass, adding a sturdy low end and dubwise groove that lifted religious knives from cellar murk to black cloud puffs of bone deep alarm. an active four-piece for a little more than a year now, religious knives have presided over a pair of twelve-inches, a couple of collections of out of print singles and long gone burns, and one full-length. all throughout, these four have traced a path away from the clamour they once knew, bathing slight guitars, interlocking vocals, and solemn basslines in reedy organs and recalcitrant modular synths. the seemingly tin eared would call it noise, but in these eight hands such a set plays as anything but, instead a (cough) syrupy stroll in search of the ghosts of rock's classicist past. with the door, religious knives have not only found those bygone days, but broken them apart. there are bookmarks to be found here, pages creased in well-worn chapters. but make no mistake - theirs is a sound tied to the here and now, a summer record for those dread days when the heat holds low and skin sticks to cheap car seats and old patio furniture. these six songs are brighter, sharper than anything that has come before, locking in tight on jugular rhythms. it's the score for disappearing neighborhoods and crumbling buildings, a hope of holding onto the past as those around us move fast to forget it. it is scent as sound, the stench of smog and sickly smoke spiraling towards the sky. it is brooklyn, july of 2008. the sun has left us in the east, disappearing somewhere behind jersey, leaving our borough to find the pulse of another night deep with the city's streets.

hush arbors “hush arbors” compact disc

• water (1:45)
  
• follow closely (3:41)
  
• rue hollow (3:12)
  
• gone (4:10)
  
• bless you (5:33)
  
• sand (4:09)
  
• the light (4:50)
  
• water ii (4:19)

ecstatic peace! press release...

hush arbors hush arbors cat: e#100h all songs by keith wood all instruments by keith wood & leon dufficy guitar solo(s) on "follow closely" - ben chasny track 3 & 6 recorded by greg hughes all other tracks recorded by keith & leon keith wood, along with constant foil leon dufficy, is hush arbors, and while his self-titled ecstatic peace! debut is not his first album by any means - he's been at this almost ten years - it does provide the perfect introductory point to hush arbor's distinctive take on psych folk. combining the pensive songwriting of john phillips circa wolfking, the plaintive honesty of neil young, and the fishtank-gazing cacophony of six organs of admittance (wood is a frequent collaborator), wood writes classic-sounding songs that sound readymade for am radio, circa 1968. these songs would play as comfortably over a scene from the wonder years as they would piping from a noxious chillout tent at terrastock. there are songs here that resonate with the minor key melancholy of bert jansch or perhaps even mark kozelek, while others hint at a wire subscriber's siamese dream, all propulsive rhythms and lysergic electric guitar. some albums are 'growers' - not this one. while repeated listens reveal more and more details, as good albums should, this is also an album that commands immediate attention. try to put it on in a crowded room - just try. you'll have a 'high-fidelity-beta-band' scene on your hands within two minutes.

wooden wand “james & the quiet” compact disc

• the pushers (2:33)
  
• in a bucket (3:39)
  
• spitting at the cameras (2:09)
  
• delia (2:48)
  
• we must also love the thieves (4:58)
  
• the invisible children (3:28)
  
• blood (3:33)
  
• blessed damnation (3:00)
  
• future dream (4:11)
  
• james & the quiet (4:35)
  
• wired to the sky (2:54)

magik markers “boss” compact disc

• axis mundi
  
• body rot
  
• last of the lemach line
  
• empty bottles
  
• taste
  
• four / the ballad of harry angstrom
  
• pat garrett
  
• bad dream / hartford's beat suite
  
• circle

j.d. king / the coachmen “american mercury” compact disc

• agony (for arshile gorky) (3:28)
  
• bees caught in the wrong hive (3:08)
  
• blues for elizabeth bentley (4:51)
  
• composition #11 (4:49)
  
• from across the sea (3:27)
  
• hot rod cars and electric guitars (3:56)
  
• in memory of john morrison birch (4:32)
  
• our lady of fatima (mary appears to the children) (4:21)
  
• shivaree! shivaree! (2:53)
  
• sugar shakin’ (4:30)
  
• suicide of the west (for james burnham) (3:30)
  
• the big wig (1:51)
  
• the magic hour glasse shoppe (3:52)
  
• the port of albany (2:21)
  
• untitled #17 (3:35)
  
• visions of jack (4:22)
  
• whittington strange (2:33)

the coachmen “ten compositions: new frontiers in free rock” long playing record

• stratus seekers of th phun key (for george russell) (6:02)
  
• th ultimate’s pinch (for toni eden) (3:39)
  
• travelin is the best way t think (for archie shepp) (2:01)
  
• general zachary thackery marches on (and on and on) (3:34)
  
• timothy (whirled) is a clover today (7:28)
  
  
• city of brass (for bob graettinger and stan kenton) (4:02)
  
• a psychedelic oswirly (modal variations on a i, iv, v progression for garage quartet) (5:21)
  
• mr avid adam (3:37)
  
• there were milkmen every mornin (4:09)
  
• room tone (4:33)

white out / jim o’rourke “drunken little mass” compact disc

• fury breath flying at half mast (16:43)
  
• revenging agent (3:52)
  
• least shred of (3:04)
  
• maelstrom and tear (20:40)
  
• longings of underdevelopment (4:50)
  
• cloaking (7:53)

kristen mccord “all i want is a little more than i’ll ever get” one-sided long playing record

• mother turpentine
  
• walkabout
  
• loose pants take shape
  
• swain in the shadow of maurice
  
• stan laurel death rictus

lovely midget “lovely midget” ten inch single record

• (no tracklisting)

george moore “plastic flowers” long playing record

• (no tracklisting)

gene moore “twisting wires” compact disc

• pollocks brother
  
• the sikes of burma
  
• flowers
  
• twisting wires
  
• old friends
  
• darkness

david watson “throats” compact disc

• stomion (10:54)
  
• pneumothorax (2:10)
  
• glossal (3:52)
  
• queen jealousy (3:56)
  
• seventh stomach (2:21)
  
• trachea (1:43)
  
• cutting (3:04)
  
• pool (1:55)
  
• billow (6:05)
  
• acute (2:10)
  
• pleural (1:41)
  
• echo (2:00)
  
• pythia (6:12)
  
• vacuole (8:20)

rst: “r136a” compact disc

• the start of an unfinished chain reaction
  
• coils opposite
  
• red sky
  
• broken submarine
  
• they saw tomorrow
  
• tin sun
  
• 
  
• 10
  
• speeding up the beam
  
• giant molecule
  
• rstore
  
• event horizon

chris brown “branches” long playing record

• invention #7 "branches" (25:16) 2000-01
  
  
• alternating currents (14:52) 1983-84

peggy ahwesh / barbara ess “radio guitar” compact disc

• untitled (4:09)
  
• untitled (4:14)
  
• untitled (3:15)
  
• untitled (6:59)
  
• untitled (4:04)
  
• untitled (4:14)
  
• untitled (5:00)
  
• untitled (3:22)
  
• untitled (7:48)

margaret de wys “oh!” compact disc

• oh!

jess holzworth / jutta koether “the outer sound project” compact disc

• the outer sound project (40:00)

mutant ape “erotic yorkshire” long playing record

• introduction by jamie gillis
  
• after the fire
  
• countryside pleasures
  
• petite’s the word
  
• children of violent rome
  
  
• sister mary joseph’s lover
  
• night’s nurses
  
• brigitta (d.k. version)
  
• playing wound
  
• closing words by jamie gillis

paul hession / alan wilkinson / simon h. fell “st. johns” compact disc

• inn (5:50)
  
• quidi vidi (12:38)
  
• logy bay (19:52)
  
• m.u.n. (9:50)
  
• signal hill (12:15)

dara “dara” one-sided long playing record

• moon
  
• duckie
  
• quavers
  
• die alone
  
• news
  
• buzzed

sunburned “z” compact disc

• ? (7:22)
  
• ?? (5:59)
  
• ??? (4:19)
  
• ???? (11:34)
  
• ????? (8:24)

polar goldie cats “polar goldie cats” compact disc

• my new nails
  
• moist nibblets
  
• song song
  
• rincy's yarn
  
• go ringette star
  
• whale song
  
• monster draggy dynamo
  
• fairy sparkle bottom
  
• 3 against 4
  
• granjo banjma
  
• squish
  
• step ladder

midget stooges / bindi “crazy bitch b/w shithouse” seven inch single record

• midget stooges - crazy bitch
  
  
• bindi - shithouse

mouthus “divisionals” long playing record

• the duration myth
  
• rotary seeds
  
  
• in the erase
  
• telescoped histories

free kitten “inherit” compact disc

• erected girl (6:45)
  
• surf's up (3:39)
  
• seasick (3:24)
  
• free kitten on the mountain (7:51)
  
• roughshod (1:28)
  
• help me (1:45)
  
• the poet (3:41)
  
• billboard (2:37)
  
• bananas (2:49)
  
• monster eye (11:32)
  
• sway (3:51)

paul flaherty / bill nace / thurston moore “.......................” compact disc

• sex (3:39)
  
• drugs (24:23)
  
• lavender (40:46)

ecstatic peace! press release...

flaherty / nace / moore paul flaherty - bill nace - thurston moore cat: e#21e paul flaherty has been a direct lifeline to the radical  free-reed lineage of albert ayler, john gilmore, peter brotzmann and arthur doyle since first coming into our vision sometime in the 80s.  at some point in the 90s he began woodshedding hard with northampton, massachusetts resident spirit-drummer chris corsano. as the contemporary free-noise-space-weird underground gathered around minds were liberated to godhead heights. also in the 90s a young and beautiful boy-man named bill nace was drawn to the region by the living art and music here and also began inter-sonic-guitar/linguistics with corsano (as vampire belt). after corsano relocated to the uk, nace began a long-running duo with flaherty. sonic youth-ian thurston moore had been tracking flaherty’s comet whilst perusing dog-eared copies of cadence mag in the early 90s. he eventually booked the infamous flaherty-colbourne group for their first  ever nyc gig at the legendary now-defunct cooler club on way west 14th street. in 98 moore and his family escaped to free-zone northampton and immediately fell in with corsano and flaherty as a trio. (this group recorded, with the extended lineup of saxophonist wally shoup, for  a japanese only cd produced by jim o’rourke – which ecstatic peace will re-issue to the western world soon ‘nuff). subsequently moore and nace begat northampton wools, a basement-ritual guitar-noise duo (ecstatic peace cd forthcoming). from time to time nace, moore and flaherty would collect their energies and throw down live trio sessions which still resonate through the valley’s ear(s). this trio cd is a session flaherty set up in the late winter of early 2008. there are 3 tracks (“sex”’ “drugs” and “lavender”), one short, two looong.  it is a primo example of this threesome’s focus and sonic storytelling, ferocious yet pensive. cover art by noise nomads.

charles k. noyes “full stop” compact disc

• the call (1:44)
  
• (from) mud into animals (9:09)
  
• mystery = misery (7:44)
  
• the urbanchich method (5:04)
  
• john cage in heaven (8:48)
  
• in memoriam kathy acker (6:05)
  
• white noyes (3:44)
  
• a separate reality (5:55)
  
• hex code (5:03)
  
• mizo no oto (6:07)
  
• the system at war with itself (3:32)
  
• murder/massage, u.s.a. (10:16)

double dynamite “double dynamite” seven inch single record

• hero takes a fall
  
  
• ramblin’ rose

g.e. stinson “vapor” compact disc

• napalm quartet - mechanical ghost (5:44)
  
• splinter group - dream of water part 1 (11:51)
  
• bone structure - wooden horse history (11:06)
  
• stinkbug - the pump (9:12)
  
• unique cheerful events - pocket (10:05)
  
• g.e. stinson string ensemble - diagonal (7:37)
  
• splinter group - dream of water part 2 (8:43)

janisary music “janisary music” long playing record

• soul brother #1
  
• mellotron
  
• loops bowed
  
• rubberband
  
• victoria
  
• strawberry
  
• planetarium on ice
  
• eitaskire
  
• ritalin
  
• gace
  
  
• speed exp.
  
• raygun
  
• tintonics
  
• pod search
  
• drunk by the side of the highway
  
• needle / boxing glove
  
• monorail / brake
  
• sunburn (gtr duo)
  
• cave
  
• futurist shuffle

kjetil d. brandsdal “untitled” long playing record

• møkkahøl
  
• (kjetil) den beste
  
• maserau
  
• ei melding fra hin sio
  
• i'm ready for bed when you kick me in the head
  
  
• naturens hevn
  
• løgnen som drepte
  
• risvegen
  
• 7:28
  
• intet kliss og føleri

servile sect “stratospheric passenger” long playing record

• numb (2:46)
  
• into the bloom (5:42)
  
• stratospheric (3:29)
  
• kingdom (5:02)
  
  
• hypodermic like bailing wire (2:22)
  
• rendering (2:31)
  
• suicide from verona rupes (3:46)
  
• trainwreck (2:48)
  
• hudf (3:54)

ecstatic peace! press release...

servile sect stratospheric passenger lp cat: e#13d this is an lp issue of a limited cd servile sect issued in 2007 on the sounds of battle and souvenir collecting label. based in and around humboldt, ca servile sect are the true investigation of psychedelic dimensionality.

velvet monkeys “double 2x7”” double seven inch single record set

• we call it rock
  
• she’s not a girl
  
  
• 7 angels
  
• little doll

kim salmon “wall/paper” c44 cassette

• wall
  
  
• paper

notekillers “notekillers” compact disc

• the zipper
  
• clock wise
  
• run don’t stop
  
• juggernauts
  
• ricochet
  
• motorcycle song
  
• braindance
  
• spaceland chant
  
• punk song
  
• roll over stockhausen
  
• happy endings
  
• run don’t stop
  
• ricochet (live)
  
• juggernauts (live)
  
• pilgrim tale (live)