Rule Of Thirds-Demo

This demo has been out for sometime and the band is now on to a monster of an LP, but I couldn't find it outside of the label's site so here you go world. Rule of Thirds for the uninitiated is an Australian Post Punk band busting out some gloomy and atmospheric music that you can really dig in and dance to. I got the see them last April in Denton at what I consider to be one of the best NTX shows so far this year. 

The download is a rip from my copy of the tape (thanks to my good pal Tad for selling me his copy), when I get a new turntable expect a rip of the LP.

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Soy Babies-Demo

Soy Babies are a new band from Fort Worth, Texas made up of kids ages 16 to 21, for half of the band this is their first group to play in. The group plays a weird mix of Flipper-esc No Wave with hints of Post Punk thrown in here and there. It sounds weird, but it works. 

This band came at a perfect time, formed and started playing shows around the time both The Noid and Baja And The Blasters forming the third in the triad of new NTX bands. Check them out when they go through the midwest in early September with the Blasters

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Mass Sterilization - Punk Sounds

Mass Sterilization was a band from Fort Worth/Denton that was around way before I stumbled into punk. Made up of dudes who would be in bands such as Wiccans, Teenage Cool Kids, Institute, Sin Motivo, Collick and more. The band's style is the blown out, messy, My War worship that was around in the day akin to bands like Cult Ritual, White Wards and SQRM. 

I don't really know why or when Mass Sterilization folded, but many times Jeramy has babbled about how they played an early show in his living room and how stoked he was on it. People seem to have forgotten about this band, or never really heard of it to begin with. It's worth the listen as well was their split with No Man's Slave from OKC. 

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Treatment - Tape 1

Treatment was a band from Denton that was around for only about nine or so months. When they formed they quickly won over NTX with the high energy and vocalist Leech's antics. And yes, they are that band that sounds like Crazy Spirit.

I'm happy I got to see the start of this band and see their closure, as well as almost all of their North Texas shows. Like most I was bummed to hear they were calling it quits so early, but they made their mark and now the dudes are onto other things.

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Black Hole - Land Of Mystery

There are many bands that existed in the pre-internet world that never really did much beyond their bubble. Probably released a record or two and faded into the oblivion. The internet has helped many of these bands breathe a second life. 

Black Hole was a band from Italy that existed in the mid to late eighties. They released a slew of demos and in the middle of that came an LP called Land of Mystery. The band caved in 1990 and not much was heard until the reissues came in the 2000s. 

Soundwise, Black Hole mixes the Power/Doom Metal stylings of Candlemass with the haunting horror movie style snyth of Goblin. The two elements blend together wonderfully to create something truly haunting and doesn't feel too dated. 

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Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument

In 2012 when I was a wee, dumb ass lad of 18 I went to my first house show at the Lions Den in Denton. Still new to a lot of things I kind of clung to my friend Schiller that night, one of the few people I knew at the time. Schiller had the aux and was playing one of the most bizarre bands I'd heard at that point. The band was Oranssi Pazuzu.

Oranssi Pazuzu is a Finnish, Psychedelic Black Metal band which most of their lyrics and approach concerning space, but with a black metal view-point. The out-put is hypnotizing, and I have yet to hear anything remotely similar to Oranssi. 

If you're a fan of Black Metal, you should download this, if you're not a fan, you should download this. 

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Hot Cakes - June 27th Demo

You know those times when you're together with some friends, you make a joke about forming a band in this-or-that manner? Hot Cakes is what happened when a joke from tour became a band. 

Hot Cakes is Common Ignorance minus Jenn. All three of the dudes playing the same instruments, but with Der performing vocals as well as guitar. The snottiness of this band cannot be understated. I really wish this had become an actual live band or that they had done something other than this tape. Who Knows?

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Recide - Statues

I'm sure this has been posted somewhere else//other times. Oh well, I don't care. I'm posting this because Recide is a band that really never seems to see the credit they truly deserve. Let me elaborate on this; Recide was a band from Austin, Texas who shared members with other Austin bands you probably listen to. This band was the first False Form band (Albert was one half of the founding duo of that label). Recide helped kick-start the 2012 wave of punk in Texas. If you talk to most anyone from Texas about this band you will hear nothing but adoration, and with good reasoning. 

Personally, Recide was one of the first punk bands I ever saw when I started going to shows. The very first time I went to 1919 in 2012 I saw these guys. Their tape on Not Normal was one of the first demos I ever picked up. The point is, I have a soft spot for this band, and I'm happy I was there to see their final goodbye in Chicago last summer. 

All I can say is download this. Download it and tear apart your room. And thank you Albert.

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Baja & The Blasters - Pure Fucking Blast

This is nothing but shameless promotion but I don't give a fuck. This Baja And The Blasters, a new band I front. We're from Denton, Texas. I've heard two different people at different times tell me we sound like YDI so I guess that's a description. 

We formed sometime in March I think. I yell things, Jacob a transplant from Midland plays guitar, Joey who was in this band Prowl last summer plays bass and Hodge who played drums in my last band and is also in Mean & Ugly among a plethora of other bands is the last dude. Jacob, Hodge and I had been talking about starting something for a while and we finally got together and started writing things in April. We recorded our demo earlier this week with Ryan from Clear Acid and I'm really stoked on how it turned out. 

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UPCOMING SHOWS:

6/21-The Shop OKC-Chain Rank/Reach/The Blasters/Fuckheads/Scathe

6/22-J&J's Denton-Chain Rank/The Pose/Sin Motivo/The Sentenced/The Blasters

7/10-Glorp Studios Debut Show in Denton with Glasir and some other bands I don't know

7/13-7/14-A couple out of town things in the works, midwest keep an eye out

8/15-J&J's Denton-The Brain/The Blasters/Soy Babies/The Noid

We maybe doing a quick run in September with Soy Babies and maybe something bigger in November, who knows yet? Our demo is out on Left Hand Path and the first batch is limited to 42 copies. There will be a second press if the demand exists. 

The Coneheads - Live With Liquids Time!

So I feel like at this point in 2015 we really don't need an introduction for The Coneheads. But for the uninitiated; The Coneheads is a three piece band from Northwestern Indiana, featuring Mark Winter of Big Zit, Ooze, Pukeoid, Guinea Kid and C.C.T.V. to name a few. Last fall they dropped their "Total Conetrol" Demo and took the internet by storm and a few months later dropped the "Canadian Cone" tape and solidified themselves as monsters of rock. 

About a month ago some pals and I ventured north from Denton to the wild, lawless land known to the world as Kansas City, MO to catch the Coneheads as well as Beta Boys and new KC rockers The Deacons. The night was fun but strange and I ended up with a copy of this tape. 

What lies inside are seven songs by The Coneheads and two songs by Liquids, a newer NWI band featuring Mark, as well as other members of Big Zit & Pukeoid playing a slowed down garage-er style of punk. The Coneheads material is all delivered in different ways than the way the songs were presented on the tapes (for the most part the songs are sped up into a traditional 80s hardcore style). This tape is fun and I'm surprised a rip hasn't already surfaced (to my knowledge), and if you want a copy dub yourself one from this. 

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