You're Fucking Nailed......

I don't recall the last time I have ever been so shock and awed when it comes to great hardcore bands, especially now in these times where being hardcore has become a trend that popping up rather so quickly that I have almost came to a decision to actually stop giving newer bands a listen, thinking it was another commodity, an easier way to make a buck, cashing in, milking the sacred cow.


This was until I heard Holiday from Cult Ritual. I then started asking myself, where the fuck have I been this last year? The track was incredible, noisy, nerve hitting, raw, dangerous, everything I basically ever asked for. It was like Sonic Youth was getting raped by Drunkdriver, with Henry Rollins doing a vocal commentary on the whole action. I found my scenario was quite false, finding out they were instead musically compared to Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov, the first man to die in space, go figure. It was ridiculous. Considering that the year is coming to a close in about two weeks, it would be fitting to say that this is probably one the best LP's coming straight out of Hardcore, just one of the handful.


Their self titled masterpiece has two sides, the first side being the straight-ahead-hardcore-in-your-face and the second being a whole lot slower, yet deadlier, powerful, and striking.


The standout tracks vary from opinion, but in mine, the entirety of the second side stays comes up to mind. "Last Time" in particular, sounding experimental in the beginning, before delivering it's punishing blow to the listener. "Cancer Money" finishes the LP off, at 12 minutes, building up from beginning to end.


About a few weeks back was when I read that Cult Ritual was laid to rest, with little thoughts doing one final LP. It would be safer to just let it be.


http://cultmaternal.blogspot.com/


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Wesley Willis' Joy Rides

I can recall the first time I had ever encountered the music of Wesley Willis, and that was the first time I heard "Rock N' Roll McDonald's" when I first viewed the appetizingly titled documentary Super Size Me. After random searches that came in my path, I found other tracks from Willis' vast catalog, and I do mean vast. During his life, he released more than 50 albums. Amazing. The one thing that I found truly unique about his work was this; it was simple, repetitive, and humorous at best.

So, it did give me a whole lot of chills when stumbling upon this link on Pitchfork's site that showed a documentary on Wesley's chaotic life, called Wesley Wills' Joy Rides. For one week, Pitchfork is giving the world the chance at viewing Willis up close. From his early days as child drawing portraits of skyscrapers that graced all around Chicago and selling them to various strangers on the streets, to his first days fronting his first band The Wesley Willis Fiasco, and his final years, with various interviewees that knew the man personally, one of them being Jello Biafra who signed Willis on his label Alternative Tentacles. The film is indeed a must see for fans of Willis and gives a better perspective on his amazing life.

It is without a doubt that Wesley Willis was one of the most ingenious artists that came straight out of Chicago and it is truly sad that he is not around with us anymore. The world will never have another Wesley Willis and his humorous antics that made him one of a kind.

Wesley indeed whipped Spiderman's ass.

http://pitchfork.com/tv/

http://wesleywillissjoyrides.com/site/

http://www.alternativetentacles.com/