pink reason – winona – woodsist – 7" – 7$
"During a show with hardcore punks Hatefuck, DeBroux and company
traveled to Winona, Minnesota. After a five-hour drive to the town,
wasted locals, angry punks and gnarled three-legged dogs greeted them
by leading them into a commandeered park. Inside the park, DeBroux
found "the ultimate punk rock experience" with townies huffing rubber
glue and mohawk-brandishing kids starting fights with crusties. The
show ended and the locals gave the band three dollars for their
troubles. A few kids asked DeBroux and company to chip in the three
dollars on a keg. Soon, the crowd dispersed and left the band with no
money or place to stay. The band wound up sleeping on an island
between Minnesota and Wisconsin and breaking up soon thereafter. He
wrote the first Pink Reason song, "Winona," about this experience." -
Steve Kobak from Blastitude #25 -2nd press, 500 on red vinyl
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crystal stilts – s/t – woodsist – 12" – 14$
Crystal Stilts started in Brooklyn in 2003 as Brad Hargett and JB Townsend. Not really trying to be a "band" they recorded and self-released their single "Shattered Shine" on their Feathery Tongue label in '04 with friend Sean Mafucci (producer of Gang Gang Dance, Psychic Ills, Kid Congo Powers etc.) With no shortage of lazy Jesus and Mary Chain and Factory records comparisons, (more like VU, Felt, and Blue Orchids) in 2005-06 they continued to play in New York with bands such as the Long Blondes, 1990s and The Monochrome Set and recorded a 4 song ep. Kyle Forrester (Ladybug Transistor etc. etc.) joined them at gigs playing organ as well. After a brief hiatus to record there back catalogue for upcoming LP (Slumberland) they adopted Andy Adler (who played bass on Eric Copeland of Black Dice fuzzpop outfit Ninjas) to rock the bass. After opening for the Clean in November, Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls) waltzed into their life to play the stand-up drums and complete the equation.
compiles their 12" ep and the "Shattered Shine" 7inch.
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sun araw –boat trip – woodsist – 12" – 15$
Boat Trip might be some hidden soundtrack to Donkey Kong warp-whistling straight into Ayahuasca Country. In about twenty minutes Sun Araw manages to navigate a psychedelic jungle cruise through canopy din & spooked drone, then he noses the boat out of the water and lifts into uncharted dub-spheres. The back half of this entranced tour is like being (fortunately) trapped inside an old Upsetters jam played at half-speed with twice the shaman-chant and reverb drenched percussion. Normally we wouldn't trust taking this kind of trip with just anybody, but with wheel and rudder alike in the hands of Magic Lantern co-captain Cameron Stallones, we can sip our yage-of-choice in peace and share the Sun Araw vision as one. Originally issued on Stunned Records as a limited CDR, here it gets the deluxe vinyl treatment. Limited to 500 on black vinyl.
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crystal stilts – s/t – woodsist – cd – 10$
Crystal Stilts started in Brooklyn in 2003 as Brad Hargett and JB Townsend. Not really trying to be a "band" they recorded and self-released their single "Shattered Shine" on their Feathery Tongue label in '04 with friend Sean Mafucci (producer of Gang Gang Dance, Psychic Ills, Kid Congo Powers etc.) With no shortage of lazy Jesus and Mary Chain and Factory records comparisons, (more like VU, Felt, and Blue Orchids) in 2005-06 they continued to play in New York with bands such as the Long Blondes, 1990s and The Monochrome Set and recorded a 4 song ep. Kyle Forrester (Ladybug Transistor etc. etc.) joined them at gigs playing organ as well. After a brief hiatus to record there back catalogue for upcoming LP (Slumberland) they adopted Andy Adler (who played bass on Eric Copeland of Black Dice fuzzpop outfit Ninjas) to rock the bass. After opening for the Clean in November, Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls) waltzed into their life to play the stand-up drums and complete the equation.
CD compiles their 12" ep and the "Shattered Shine" 7inch.
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Christian Family Underground - for the depth of your union… -woodsist - lp -14$
Summer 06 Family Underground (DK) recorded with Dave Nuss of NNCK at
Black Dirt Studios in the woods of upstate NY. The yield was as
characteristically unhinged as one might expect: sweeping electronic
sounds backed with wood and bone percussion spirit-conjure. However
also harvested was some new and especially tasty crop: sung and spoken
song, electric guitar/conga “rock,” and an odd ghostly sheen coating
the entire proceeding. Nuss comments on the session: “I remember when
we were recording, momentarily leaving the studio and going out into
the night and feeling it thicken like a partition separating us from
this intense state of clear consciousness we had in the recording,
which was like… humankind’s natural state. And then thinking about
Jesper from FU, an adopted Vietnamese living in DK, and how much he
resembles Michael Jackson, and realizing that across continents no man
can be divided from himself. We had to make this music to provide for
us some fantasy of fulfillment that would carry us through the weekend
like rejuvenated suns born again climbing to heaven, after being washed
in the deepest bluest sea….” Jacket by designer Susan Cianciolo and
screened inserts by Stellar, NL.
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meneguar – the in hour – woodsist – lp – 14$
Switching instruments and experimenting with recording techniques,
Meneguar has cooked up a totally unique(and surprising) record. The In
Hour channels the spontaneity and aesthetics of Swell Maps, the pop
hooks of the Zombies, and lyrical collage of Guided By Voices.
Everything was home recorded at their little Xanadu in Brooklyn, Rear House.
Only six months since their last record, The In Hour
represents a serious departure that still holds true to the band's undeniable pop sensibility.
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wigwam – monolith – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$
psychedelic basement scum duo from kalamazoo, mi featuring miles haney(tapeworm
tapes/ evenings) limited to 100.
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jana hunters - carrion - woodsist - 1 sided 12"-14$
half of the six songs on Jana Hunter’s Carrion are unreleased hangers-on from the writing sessions that produced her most recent full-length, There’s No Home, while the other half are alternate renditions of works that appeared on that release. But this is no mere grab bag of remnants; it’s a real tight product, all around. “Paint A Babe” is a throw-back to Hunter’s earlier material, written and recorded simultaneously on a borrowed four-track recorder. A real sad, longing song. “A Goblin, A Goblin” took a little more time to create: this strong, sturdy number, replete with violins and creepy harmony, tells the tale of an indignant outcast. “You Will Take It and Like It,” turns one central, pretty and proud guitar part over and over and over, with others mirroring it, leeching from it, grabbing on like little parasitic danglers. The original version of “There’s No Home” is here, the track that spawned an entire record title, followed by “Sleep” (titled, as it was originally, “Ooh Uuh”), from the recording that ended up on a lullaby compilation. Concluding Carrion is an acoustic re-presentation of the country-minded “Oracle,” stripped down to one guitar, one melody, and one harmony, as it was originally conceived in its creation as homage.
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loosers – sidelights – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$ sold out
Electric Free tribe from Portugal. next level mind melts/drum circle. limited..
warmer milks – in this room – fuck it tapes – cass –8$ sold out
youth of the beast – two mothers – fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
Six new songs of sax/noise/drum blast from Andy Spore of Raccoo-oo-oon. c40 limited to 100
blank dogs – on two sides – fuck it tapes – cass –8$ sold out
raccoo-oo-oon - mythos folkways vol. 3 "divination night" - woodsist - lp -12$ sold out
Divination Night is Raccoo-oo-oon?s third volume in their Mythos Folkways improvisational series. Drifting out of a hazy backdrop of
piano, woodwinds and percussion, movements are formed around bluesy vocal sludge, building walls of riff heavy wailing, percussion fury,
and spaced out synth destruction. A loose presence focused into a single collective vision. Multi color silk-screened artwork by Shawn
Reed. limited
Knit witch - witchycraft –fuck it tapes– cass –6$ sold out
owl xounds – touch the iceberg – fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
axolotl – plane of partials – fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
bedroom blur in a variety of styles with the cassette format in mind.
warmer milks –interiors – fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
Five track ep that attempts to be settling in execution but really comes off as just another uncomfortable Warmer Milks release. Acoustic jigs incriminated by dirgier scratched up electronic drum builds and a marching band stuck inside a Factory Records bathroom stall. Let us not forget the longer than anticipated whispering session and the extended moments of silence inbetween. All pieces written and performed by M/T. Recorded by Robert Beatty.
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raccoo-oo-oon - mythos folkways vol. 3 "divination night" - woodsist - lp -12$ sold out
Divination Night is Raccoo-oo-oon?s third volume in their Mythos Folkways improvisational series. Drifting out of a hazy backdrop of
piano, woodwinds and percussion, movements are formed around bluesy vocal sludge, building walls of riff heavy wailing, percussion fury,
and spaced out synth destruction. A loose presence focused into a single collective vision. Multi color silk-screened artwork by Shawn
Reed. limited
blues control - puff - woodsist - lp - 11$ sold out
Blues Control is Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, a piano, guitar, and tapes duo from New York.
Puff is their first full-length record, after two cassette-only releases. limited to 500 on black vinyl with silk screened covers.
"Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs, and the most righteously authentic stoner gumbo this side of
Twin Infinitives or Jungle Rot. Glittery framed sunglasses and doper's remorse. The finest racket of 2007 so far." - james jackson toth
pocahaunted – a tear for every grain of sand – fuck it tapes – cass – 6$ sold out
slow burning dream guitar/angel vocal duo from california. moccasins off this time around. c40 limited to 100
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hush arbors – row life – fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
excepter – tank tapes – fuck it tapes – cass – 6$ sold out
This recording is designed for obsolete systems to restrict listening to only those with a tactile awareness of intra-machine warfare. Ever heard
of crap car stereos, undead ghetto blasters, ten year old orbs, infrared light table dancers, ultraviolet ops, driving slow over potholes, boredom
research? This is not practice. This is training. Recorded in one hour live to stereo at 382 Jeff Street. 56 minutes.
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sword heaven - 2003 - 2005 - fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
repress with one extra track.
nightwounds - allergic to heat - woodsist - lp - 11$ sold out
recorded in early 2006 in a downtown LA practice space by the band. 8 songs just shy of 30 minutes, mostly recorded live. Everything from angular post punk to primitive no wave and free experimentation, rarely covering the same ground twice." limited to 500 on black vinyl with silk screened covers
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family underground - future bread - fuck it tapes – cass – 6$ sold out
robedoor - stoner reaper - fuck it tapes – cass – 6$ sold out
Jana hunter - Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom+bonus cassette- fuck it tapes – 2xcass – sold out
woods - rear house - fuck it tapes – cass – 4$sold out
imited to 100 with hand painted cassettes
sold out at label
Meneguar - i was born at night+ 7inch - fuck it tapes – cass –6$ sold out
Professionally dubbed tapes. 2 extra tracks
shepherds / quintanaa roo - split - fuck it tapes / nnf – cass – 6$ sold out
Growth is god dudes. Gotta change, morph, MOVE, ring in new harvests and let fresh blank tapes bloom black in the sun. This shadowy C60 is a cryptic/cloaked stare-off between two recently-birthed coastal crews. Shepherds traverse the Bushwick/Brooklyn axis, watching their flock from a high crooked branch off the Fuck It Tapes tree of life/death. Old world clatter meanders against dead-dub bass echoes while thin air prayers levitate from weary throats. A spiral-eyed masterpiece of tattered tunic improv. On the flip is west coast crawl unit, Quintana Roo, who burrow through sub-cellar levels of spirit dust and cursed dirt worship. “Mythological Animals” ponders bowed drones, autoharp rust, and disembodied drumming for a haunted half hour, before drifting back to tomb hum. Painted tapes in silver-mist latticework cases, with full-color covers. Co-released with Fuck It Tapes.
- nnf
shepherds - fuck it tapes – cass – 6$ sold out
brooklyn psych folk drone improv unit. limited to 100
racoo-oo-oon - mythos folkways vol. 1 - woodsist - lp - 12$sold out
Vinyl re-issue of last year's Fuck It Tape rounded out with an additional ten minutes of new music. Heavy driving drums guide constantly shape-shifting sounds through swirls of psychedlia, noise, drone, dub, free jazz, and back again in a release that traces the origins and evolution of a more improvisational Raccoo-oo-oon. Remastered by Pete Swanson. limited to 500 on black vinyl with silk screened covers.(woodsist)
sunburned – the pegadrift – fuck it tapes – cass –6$sold out
"drugmata. . .
the drifter
road born
then destiny carry
the bindkindly brainbook america
summer 2005
welcomed, the dark load lit - unlifted
readings from the drift
5 & 3 - the tools
sunburned storys phased
moon drinks in the mindtide
a spectator absorbed,
the erased self
juxtaposed - a prism is the chasm crossed. . ."
- JM
sic alps - strawberry guillotine - woodsist - 7" - 6$sold out
Sic Alps toss back 3 new tracks for this seven inch. Title track "Strawberry Guillotine" takes the listener on a guided tour of an
imagined war between the sprawling Golden Gate Park homeless population and the more established model yacht community.
Musket blasts sound off as shopping carts laden with gasoline and styrofoam emerge from the silent bushes and charge the blood
dimmed shores of the cement bottomed Spreckles Lake. Cover art co-opted from 90's LA anti-legends The Summer Hits who
themselves stole it from the Walker Brothers in the first place. Apparently Rex from Summer Hits is now homeless in London
where his long beard is black on one side and fully grey on the other. This record is humbly dedicated to him.
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wooden wand - more from the mountain- woodsist - 7" -6$sold out
More From The Mountain features one of James Jackson Toth's final transmissions under the Wooden Wand moniker. Side A has been a live favorite for some time, while Side B's "Guru Femmes" is a home recording of a long-retired tune entirely exclusive to this release. Limited, hurry, etc
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blues control - puff - woodsist - lp -11$sold out
(2nd press)
Blues Control is Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, a piano, guitar, and tapes duo from New York.
Puff is their first full-length record, after two cassette-only releases. limited to 500 on black vinyl with silk screened covers.
"Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs, and the most righteously authentic stoner gumbo this side of
Twin Infinitives or Jungle Rot. Glittery framed sunglasses and doper's remorse. The finest racket of 2007 so far."
- james jackson toth
nnck – the large tarquat – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
The Large Taquat was recorded in 1996 at 195 Chrystie St., NYC, the first rehearsal and performance space for the No-Neck Blues Band. The sequence was originally slated for an LP release and hence captured a Sound at One catalog number, #25, but alas the record never materialized. It is with great pleasure that the band now offers this historical document featuring the earliest document of NNCK operating from its own laboratory. full color double sided printing with two fold out panels. limited to 200
the brain band – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
consists of Elisa Ambrogio of the Magik Markers, Karl Bauer of Axolotl, Donovan Quinn of the
Skygreen Leopards and Glen Donaldson of the Skygreen Leopards/Jewled Antler etc. Two long tracks recorded in San Francisco,
August 2006.. c46
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woods - at rear house - woodsist / troubleman - lp -12$sold out
Damned yellow swans –fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
the folk spectre - the blackest medicine - woodsist - lp -14$sold out
Solo tunes by Pete Nolan of the magik markers, ghq,vanishing voice, virgin eye blood brothers,etc...
This is music from the American Underground. The feeling is dark and
fucked up and somehow sublime. A solid statement of loner home-made
goodness. A pop statement from behind a veil of dirt.
Blessed be, Pete Nolan.
nonhorse – mushhead – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
"Mushhead got his nickname from cruel children, but he
was ok with it. Horribly deformed, face tumors
swelling under his eyes and nose, he likes to have a
good time. He's pretty shallow, likes to sit around,
watch skate videos, anime, dungeon quests. Eats a lot,
always eating. Likes tempe, kinwa, buffalo wings and
anything chalky... hates soup. if theres a show at a
house nearby, he'll show up to hit on girls. The house
is huge, old, and well preserved. The bands play in
the kitchen." - G. Lucas Crane
two twenty minute slow jam bombs from friend to all, G. Lucas Crane(Vanishing Voice,Time Life).
the next step in the NONHORSE evolution. LIMITED TO 100
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pocahaunted - peyote road - woodsist - lp -14$sold out
"Evolving comes easier to some than others. A lot of the 21st century's
chief underground ringbearers are happy mining the same psych-ditch for
the same warped ore, tape after tape and day after day. But Eagle Rock,
CA's Pocahaunted are too restless (and easily annoyed?) to sit still like
that, and so spent all of '07 throwing ever weirder new figures and moods
into their amplifier family, and "Peyote Road" shows the motion of their
transformation agenda. The A side ritual, "Divine Flesh," stirs hand drums
and chimes into a bellydancing blur of voice smoke and rhythm before
breaking down into its base elements and slowly reforming. The flip side
("Heroic Doses") documents Pocahaunted's set opening for Thurston Moore on
Halloween night in the wasted and highly un-mystical California desert
town of Visalia. Bobb Bruno and Britt Brown backed up the ladies'
blown-out but melancholy wailing wall with electronic drums and drones,
and the recording treads a dim, no-fi path into a bleak and holy void.
With tribal-psychedelia collage jacket artwork by owleyes."- NNF
aswara – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
Philadelphia drone crew featuring Rafi from Death Chants. Lush psychedelic moves morphing into some nice synth/mumble creep out.
3 tracks in 30 minutes recorded at Black Dirt Studio. cover art by jeremy earl. limited to 100
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mv&ee – the ground ain't dirty– fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
robedoor – endlessly blazing – woodsist – lp –14$sold out
Eagle Rock, CA's Robedoor are back with another doomed out K-hole.
Slow creeping drones building to some nice loner caveman pound/ real
song territory. Three tracks in just under 40 minutes. edition of 500
with full color jacket. Artwork by Jeremy Earl.
"Another bowl of black wax lit up and littered into the smogset. Another
half hour in the haze, burned and overturned. "Endlessly Blazing" loads
together a trio of semi-recent resin sessions: the A is a sidelong
sinkhole into lava and quaaludes, the B starts with a sprawling spiral
sweetleaf ballad before convulsing into a pissed withdrawal of dread
drums, electronic fumes, and damaged howling. Hold it in as long as you
can" -?
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vivian girls – tell the world – woodsist –7" –7$sold out
irresistible mix of shoegaze, punk, and 60's girl-group sounds with beautiful reverb drenched vocals.
features three self recorded tracks of lo-fi goodness. first press of 1,000 on black vinyl.
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meneguar- tone banks 1 "some downs" – fuck it tapes – cass –7$sold out
Four open ended tracks from the "Difficult to work with" Meneguar.
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car commercials – black 93 – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
New Jersey no rock junk jams from David Sutton(Friends and Family, Current Amnesia) and Daniel DiMaggio(Home Blitz)
8 tracks in 25 min. limited to 100. what a mess!
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vivian girls – s/t & 7"s – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
debut full length album plus the "wild eyes" and "tell the world" 7inch tracks
woods – from the horn b/w to see – fuck it tapes – cass – 8$sold out
both woods tracks from the religious knives split tour tape. limited press for march tour.