Vinyl Pushas Sound System Radio, Fridays 8pm - 10pm (PST)
By decker | July 19, 2008
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Vinyl Pushas Sound System on Myspace
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10,000 views! Back online! Readers lend a hand!
By decker | July 15, 2008
Wow, I saw the 10,000 views mark coming up, but I didn’t imagine it would arrive so soon. Massive thanks and huge respect to everyone who has and does stop by to read my little old blog and catch a glimpse inside my head. Hope I’ve been bringing the goodness more often than not and that yall are feeling what goes on here.
Apologies, also, for being temporarily offline there. I had some serious and major issues with my hosting company and trying to pay my bill. My password wasn’t working to pay the bill online and when I called they wouldn’t do any sort of verification over the phone. So, over the course of the last few days I’ve been trying to get my password reset and dealing with customer support and trying to get them to understand that all I need is a password reset for the bill payment portion of their site. It’s been a headache, but you can see - now that we’re back online - that everything is good to go and taken care of.
Speaking of good to go and taken care of, I couldn’t have done it without the help, support, and generous donations of a few readers out there. Mark, Mary, Wally, and Tim - thank you a huge amount and I give you only the largest of respect and deepest of appreciation! Thanks to the donations from you four, the bill has been paid (after all the headaches) for two months! Seriously - you don’t know what it means to me.
So, I had been toying with the idea of doing some sort of contest with the approaching 10,000 views mark, but it came so quickly that I didn’t have time to formulate a plan of action and get it put into practice. If there’s any ideas or suggestions out there - holler. I’d really like to give back to those who read, comment, and thumbs-up what I do here, but also maybe get a little something out of the deal, myself. I was thinking of having a theme design contest or a banner/logo contest - but both are a fair amount of work and I mess with both things on my own, so, I don’t know… Thoughts? Would anyone be up for either? What sort of prizes should we be thinking about here? Suggestions for other contests?
And, generally, everyone just throw up a few requests for music/etc that you might have and I’ll see what I can do to make it happen. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside after the headache of the last day or three with my host company, seeing the site back online as a result of some true supporters out there in reader land.
To reiterate a few more things, on this, the day of 10,000 views for Grindthieves.com:
- - Subscribe to Grindthieves.com here or by entering your email address in the righthand sidebar.
- - Donations are always accepted and used specifically for keeping Grindthieves.com alive.
- - Check out all the links in my links section - let me know if you’d like to be added.
- - Please feel free to comment, or at least thumbs-up or thumbs-down.
- - Check out my music right here and share/play as you see fit.
- - Hollerate in the shoutbox to the right.
Topics: 10000 views, Contest, Donate, Grindthieves.com, Subscribe, This Site | 2 Comments »
Two new Croaking Lizard Crew mixes
By decker | July 13, 2008
I’ve had a decent amount if interaction with the Australian boys from the Croaking Lizard crew for a couplefew years now, having done some artwork and remixes of Unsoundbwoy tunes and having had some remixes done of my tunes. There’s a certain area we seem to inhabit together, while also retaining our own thing entirely. Needless to say, I’ve got a huge amount of respect for these guys and have thouroughly enjoyed their work from the get go.
Here’s a double whammy offering from them in the form of two new mixes, one from Unsoundbwoy and the other from Wanklerotaryengine. I’m not going to bother setting off into some big wordy post for them, the tracklists should speak for themselves in the hands of these two rudeboys.
Wanklerotaryengine - “Wish You Were Here”
(click images for full tracklists)
Check the donation/sponsorship post here, please.
Topics: Breakcore, Croaking Lizard, Dancehall, Downloads, Drum.N.Bass, Jungle, Ragga Jungle, Reggae, Unsoundbwoy, Wanklerotaryengine | 1 Comment »
Liquid Crystal Faith, Live at Therapy Sessions, KZ
By decker | July 12, 2008
Alright, so here’s a nice little live set for the heads out there. Totally random download action on my end yielded me a nice little surprise, here it is for you. It comes in the form of a liveset from Therapy Sessions held in, as far as I can tell from my understanding of the abbreviation, Kazakhstan - of all places! I guess this just goes to show that breakbeat music truly is a universally understood language. The unknown to me act by the name of Liquid Crystal Faith offers up the selection and it comes served with wicked amen fuckery, forward thinking banging drum.n.bass (not usually my thing, but well done here), acid techno freakouts, techno tweakings, and hardcore ravetastic ruckus. I couldn’t find anything at all, in terms of real information about this group - but, from what I gather its a multi-person collective of DJs and producers from Russia; if anyone has links or information, please holler!
Anyways, it’s dope. Check it out.
Liquid Crystal Faith - “Live at Therapy Sessions, KZ”
And please take a moment to read the donation request thread here.
Topics: Acid, Downloads, Drum.N.Bass, Hardcore, Jungle, Music, Rave, Techno | No Comments »
Help Grindthieves.com
By decker | July 12, 2008
That said, I’m making a rare but necessary plea to temporarily help cover the hosting bill for the month of July so that I can continue with more reviews, downloads, and information. The bill came due a week ago and, surprisingly, my hosting company has yet to suspend my account until it’s paid. Usually they’re pretty swift about it. Nevertheless, it’s a mere $19.99 and I currently just simply do not have that at my disposal to invest in the site. Come Friday the 18th of July I will be paying it, should this entry yield no sponsors. But between now and that time the site will surely be temporarily taken offline. Currently in my Paypal account I have two dollars and some spare change. If you’re a regular reader and you enjoy what you find here and can afford to do so, please throw a couple dollars at Grindthieves.com by way of the paypal link included in this entry or found in the right hand side bar. All donations, even if exceeding the temporary need, will remain strictly for Grindthieves.com - guaranteed. Those who donate may also find themselves the subject of a thank you post here on Grindthieves.com and might also find some free goodies delivered to them in their postal mailbox or some special links to downloads emailed to them, assuming they include information to facilitate such things.
Again, I don’t generally enjoy this sort of thing from others, so I apologize for subjecting you to such things. I also guarantee it will happen only on the most necessary occasions and extremely infrequent and rare, to boot. I just simply happen to be caught in a week and half long period of seriously low funds due to the life I live outside of Grindthieves.com as a single father of two. If each of my subscribed readers donated just one dollar, it’d be taken care of - that’s not too terribly much to ask, is it? Should you donate, be sure to include your mailing address and most frequently checked email address. And know that you’re gesture is hugely appreciated by yours truly and, assumingly, by those who visit and read Grindthieves.com.
Thanks,
decker.
Topics: Donate, This Site | 1 Comment »
emFrik - Respite
By decker | July 9, 2008
Thanks to the one known as Pixelgroover for reading and drawing connections enough between himself and I, based on what I write and what he hears, to offer up the fine suggestion for this entry which he could only assume and hope I would enjoy and which I most certainly and thouroughly do.
Joshua Evensen AKA emFrik delivers a diamond in the rough, for lack of a better term, with his E.P. on Sordo Recordings entitled “Respite”. A diamond of tasty audio delights in a rough of netlabel music comprised, more often than not, with lackluster and half-assed attempts at beauty and genius.
Put the likes of Funckarma, NIN, Buck65, Saul Williams, Tom Waits, Aphex Twin, and the nearest back alley bum in a room together for a predertimed period of time with the goal of making an album together and that’s about as close of a description as one can make of how “Respite” actually sounds. Equal yet varying amounts of glitchy IDM tendencies, industrial atmospheric ambience, a sort of psychedelic indie folk rock flavor, gritty lyrics and even grittier lyricism, top shelf production quality and aesthetics, and a sort of melecholic overtone and they all meld perfectly for a proper half hour, or thereabouts, listening session that’s reminiscent yet entirely unique.
It’s often my habit to do a lengthy, wordy, windy (and sometimes purely masturbatory) review of several and/or all tracks from a release, especially if it’s an E.P. I’m not doing that this time around. Not because I don’t have the words to fill a page or two with in describing this release, but because I think my words still wouldn’t be right enough or deep enough or experienced enough to describe this adequately and in a fashion which would make one want to listen to it anymore than one will after reading what I’ve written thusfar.
Just sit back, unfold the tentacles of your mind, relax the muscles of your being… and listen.
Listen:
- First Fiddle
- Healing for the Hopeless
- Letters Home
additional vocals and spoken outro by Introspectre
- And They Flew
- Sixteen Chapels
- Through the Eyes of Man
guitar part sampled and spliced from an unreleased track by I, Mountain
Download:
128kbps MP3
320kbps MP3
499kbps OGG
Topics: Downtempo, Folk, Glitch, Glitch Hop, Hip Hop, IDM, Indie Rock, Industrial, Releases, Sordo Recordings, emFrik | 2 Comments »
Split Horizon, Saskrotch, & more - July 13 - Chicago
By decker | July 9, 2008
Split Horizon
Saskrotch
Protman
KKrusty
IPA Ghost
Tacopunch!!!
Call Me On The Allophone
Sunday, July 13th, 2008, 8:00 PM
CASTLE TACOSKULL
3703 W Irving Park Rd
Chicago, IL
BYOB
Bring Donations for Touring Acts!
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Rapidshare updates
By decker | July 9, 2008
Rapidshare has long been one of the leading free filehosts on the internet. They’ve gone through alot of changes and technicalities, but recently made things a whole lot nicer for those of us in download land who don’t want to or simply cannot purchase a premium account. No more annoying and incredibly difficult Captcha, no download limits for free users (aside from allowing only one download at a time, that is), and increased functionality for premium account users. Mediafire still seems to be the best and all around most lenient free filehost I’ve come across, but with the popularity of Rapidshare it’s nice to see the restraints lifted dramatically.
While this post is complimenting Rapidshare on its changes and upgrades, it’d still be grand to have a premium user account. That being said, if anyone out there in reader land would like to help support Grindthieves.com, you can feel free to purchase a Rapidshare premium account for us or share yours with us - we wouldn’t mind at all. Email us if you’re down.
Topics: Filehost, Internet, Rapidshare | No Comments »
DJ Tron R.I.P.
By decker | July 7, 2008
First, let me preface this post regarding the passing of a very beloved hardcore legend by drawing attention to the comments which accompany my entry on Lord Lloigor here.
Moving on to the bad news, it has been confirmed that the legendary midwest original hardcore legend DJ Tron has passed on. I’ve read scarce details and therefore will refrain from discussing them. Those who’ve paid attention to this site for any length of time or whom know me personally know my history with and love for DJ Tron’s work - were it not for him, all the way back in 1994, it’s debatable whether or not I’d be into this electronic music shit at all. Truth. It is with a heavy heart and glorious memories I wish DJ Tron eternal rest in peace. Or blistering kickdrums and horror movie samples, if that would be more preferable for him - as I imagine it might.
Unibomber offers up this proper tribute mix in DJ Tron’s honor. Enjoy.
Unibomber -“DJ Tron Tribute Mix“
Symbiotic Love Recordings- DJ Tron - Paranoid EP - Love From Her
HDF 005 Resurrection EP - Death (Doomcore Mix)
Symbiotic Love Recordings - DJ Tact vs. DJ Tron - Creator
DHS006-6 DJ Tron - Torture Traxxx Vol. 1 - Phantom 12XU
WAR004 DJ Tron - Massacre - Monster
DJ Tact vs. DJ Tron - Hardcore DJ (1st Trontact Mix)
DJ Tron - Paranoid EP - Hardcore DJ
BNG001 DJ Tron - Undead EP - Zombie 1
HDF 005 Resurrection EP - Demon
UHF#04 DJ Tron - The Threshold Of Tolerance - Kill Them All
Symbiotic Love Recordings - DJ Tron - Paranoid EP - Live On Fear
DHS006-6 DJ Tron - Torture Traxxx Vol. 1 - Demon Slut
WAR004 DJ Tron - Massacre - Murder The World
BNG001 DJ Tron - Undead EP - Zombie (Die Slowly)
UHF#04 DJ Tron - How Long Can You Survive This Massacre
BCHUD 08 DJ Tron - Fuckin’ Deathcore EP - Fuck That Happy Shit
WAR004 DJ Tron - Massacre - I Believe In Pain
BCHUD 08 DJ Tron - Fuckin’ Deathcore EP - I Don’t Give A Fuck
BNG002 Cannibal DJ - Fresh Flesh EP - Dog Will Hunt
BNG002 Cannibal DJ - Fresh Flesh EP - Cannibal DJ
OR002 DJ Tron - Crimes Of The Mind - Serpent
*EDIT* Check the comments for links to a bunch of DJ Tron mixtape rips…
Topics: DJ Tron, Gabber, Hardcore, R.I.P. | 5 Comments »
The Artbreaker & Mental Floss, 07.05.08, Fargo
By decker | July 2, 2008
red river rising & grindthieves international present
RETURN TO THE ORIGIN
07.05.08 / 9PM / 21+ / $3
the aquarium
226 broadway
second floor
fargo nd
with the long awaited return of
MENTAL FLOSS
red river rising / wall of tvs : dj : mpls
house / techno / ass shaking beats
and…
THE ARTBREAKER
good fortune sound / grindthieves / etc : dj+live : mpls
jungle / raggajungle / experimental / breakbeat
Please help us promote this as youre able. We’ve made some webflyers and files for you to print out as you can and then distribute. It’s been a long while since either Mental Floss or The Artbreaker have played Fargo, even longer since theyve both played the same event. This is a return to the roots sort of thing - help us make it special.
A variety of files to use in promotion are available here.
Add everyone to your friends list:
- The Aquaurium
- Mental Floss
- The Artbreaker
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