C.O.M.A. was a short-lived new-wave-meets-avant-garde band from France. They emerged from the ashes of an equally short-lived punk band called Chaos, which did not put out any music during its lifetime but saw the release of a four-song 7″ in 2018 called White Punks On Slope comprised of tracks recorded four decades earlier in 1977. […]
Category: Experimental
The Electronic Music Club Of Edmonds Community College – “EMC5” (1988)
I blogged previously about the first two albums put out by The Electronic Music Club Of Edmonds Community College and that post provides a bit of background into the town, the college, and the music club. The club continued putting out albums each year following those initial releases in 1984 and 1985, and EMC5 represents […]
1.44mb Label
1.44mb is an independent speciality label in Philadelphia I came across while researching Adam Buffington’s latest CD The Winter Loving Idiot, because, well, Adam is one of the two guys behind it. I was intrigued by 1.44mb for two reasons. The first and most obvious was the type of recordings they put out which can […]
Tristwch Y Fenywod – “Tristwch Y Fenywod” (2024)
I was over at Volver Records the other day flipping through the 80s section when the owner John swept into the section and tossed a record on top of it. “This is right up your alley,” he said excitedly. “You’re going to love this, it’s witchy music all sung in Welsh. I love it and […]
Wüünderbar Holokaust – “This Machine Fucks” and “Wüünderbar Spilar Wunderlich” Cassettes (2026)
These are the final two cassettes in the recent spate of releases from the Icelandic noise label Hundrað Prósent Plastík and in a way I’m glad I saved them for last, because Wüünderbar Holokaust’s This Machine Fucks feels like the synthesis of the three other aritsts who were part of this series, Mávar, Ófreskja, and […]