Notes From The Record Room: Henry Rollins, Tropical Fuck Storm, IRK, Stimmerman, mclusky, Damaged Bug, Kathryn Mohr
Summarizing the week in music: Henry Rollins turned 65; see live videos from Tropical Fuck Storm and IRK; two new singles from the latest project by Stimmerman; release announcements from mclusky and Damaged Bug (John Dwyer of Osees); and a haunting single from Kathryn Mohr’s upcoming album, Carve.
Notes From The Record Room: Black Flag INSTRUMENTAL, $6.98 (and 40 Years Later)
Forty years ago, Black Flag released a four-track instrumental EP called The Process Of Weeding Out, an ambitious jazz-punk offering that further tested the constraints of hardcore and signaled that an end was close. I had thoughts, time, and a laptop.
Notes From The Record Room: Black Flag’s My War at 40
Black Flag’s polarizing second LP, My War, was released on March of 1984, celebrating 40 years. For better or for worse, some thoughts were typed out.