Category Archives: Avarus

Smegma – "Boils & Carbuncles" b/w "Found & Lost" – Tim/Kerr Records (1991) [Album As Art #1 / Lucky 7-inch #6]

This light-purple 7-inch fell into my lap by dint of a radio station at WSU (KWSU, which sucked compared to Our Station, KZUU, but somehow had great records) that was giving away all its vinyl. I was not one of … Continue reading

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Filed under Avarus, Cerberus Shoal, Kalikak Family, No-Neck Blues Band (Nnck), Smegma, Tibet, David, Tim/Kerr Records

D.R.I., Amon Duul II, Scritti Politti and Crimson Curse [Record Store Trip #1]

[Everybody's talkin' at me. But I don't hear a word they're sayin'. They're trying to tell me the Record Store is Dead, but I know they're just playin'. With that in mind I present another new Gumshoe Series: Record Store … Continue reading

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Filed under Amon Duul II, Avarus, Creeps On Candy, D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles), Gartside, Green, Lavalle, James, Monotonos, Ryan, Travis, Spacewurm, Tarantel

Avarus — Ruskeatimantti — Tumult [Album Review]

This blog is going to be a useful tool for me, I can already tell. For example, I reviewed the double-CD compilation Ruskeatimantti, by Avarus, in 2005. I did not like it. I did not get it. I made fun … Continue reading

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Filed under Ariel Pink, Avarus, Load Records, Not Not Fun Records, Sonic Youth, Tumult Records