Third Death- Thrash Out!!! cdr (2006)

Third fucking Death.
If you lived through this period in Providence history you probably still have two or three of these demos still lurking in your belongings somewhere. No one who attended punk, hardcore or metal shows around this time managed to escape leaving at least one show with a copy of this in their hand. These dudes were unbelievably prolific free-demo distributors, just walking through punk shows with backpacks full of these "Thrash Out!!!" CDRs handing them to anyone willing to take one. I was offered copies multiple times at a single show on at least one occasion. Which, in the end, was great because this shit is gold. Blazing fast, short n sweet blasts about skateboarding and eating pizza.
They released one amazing 7" on Pvd's Culture Void imprint as well as a three-way split with Hulk Out and All Those Opposed on Tor Johnson Records. And then kind of disappeared. I haven't done my research, and don't personally know any of them so I can't say what any of these kids went on to do after. Culture Void maintains Third Death's internet presence with this lil info page here:
http://www.culturevoid.com/ri/thirddeath.html

Seventeen songs in just over ten minutes of tight, fast-as-fuck skate thrash in the classic tradition. Super fucking awesome. GO!!!!

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Badman- demo CDR (2005-6?)

 

I'm happy to present something a little different from the noisier stuff I've previously posted. Badman was based out of Providence but members appear to have split time between Pvd, NYC, Boston and Denver. A few years back they were playing out frequently and getting great local press in anticipation of their debut full length slated for release on Providence's Corleone Records. Unfortunately the release date came and went with no album, and the band seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth, though at least one member went on to explore similar-minded ground (albiet instrumental) in the excellent Volcano Kings.
Badman took up in the fine lineage of the Gun Club, later Tom Waits, and most strongly the Bad Seeds and the bluesier moments of the Birthday Party. The vocals have a distinctly Cave-ian croon (in the best possible way) augmented by twanging slide-heavy guitar and a second percussionist banging on trash cans and scrap metal, recorded open and reverb-thick. Excellent songwriting chops, great production (especially for a demo, god damn!) and style for miles. I'm a sucker for a band that wears suits.

This was a 5-song demo CDR they were giving away at shows at the time. Absolutely amazing stuff, far exceeding what one would expect from such modest packaging.

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ADDENDUM:

Just found out that they went and deposited a cleaned up version of this demo and what I imagine was supposed to have been their debut album on Bandcamp for all to enjoy. I'm still going ahead and uploading my rip of the CDR, so do whatcha feel. The bandcamp site also states that the group officially disbanded in 2009, so I guess that's the end of that mystery.

https://badmanmusic.bandcamp.com/

Tinsel Teeth- demo CDR (2010)

Some more recent history here with Tinsel Teeth's untitled/self-titled demo CDR from 2010. If you got to see them in their prime you know the deal, and if not you missed out HARD. They recently did an Original Lineup reunion show at Aurora in Providence that brought them right back to their half-naked blood-splattered glory.
I won't go on much about the band itself as there's plenty of readily available press online:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/11/tinsel_teeth_pl.html
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5822

This was their first demo. Six tracks listed, plus a "hidden" cover of "Negative Creep" by Nirvana. Handwritten track listing on the back and original art by Will from White Mice on the front.
Nasty, filthy shit.

 

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Mix Ape- Found In the Street Tape Vol 1 CDR (2004)

The first of many such posts of Mat Brinkman's multi-pseudonymous "Mix Ape" series. This first one was spliced together from "approximately 88 1 ft lengths spliced in no particular order" from "tapes/tape pieces found in Olneyville/Providence streets 199?-2004. 100+ tapes."
There ya go. 13 untitled tracks of precisely that. Heavy on the latin dance, hip hop and children screaming.

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various artists- MISH MASH MUSH MAXIMUM MEGA MIX VOL 1 (2000)

For this beautiful Friday the 13th we've got the first volume of the Mish Mash Mush Maximum Mega Mix series curated by Mat Brinkman of Forcefield. The first three came out together out of Fort Thunder in 2000, with extremely minimal packaging in plain jewel cases.
These featured an extremely eclectic mix of styles ranging from field recordings of the old East Side train tunnel, spazzed out noise rock, musique concrete, bedroom electronics, straight up harsh noise, and a liberal dose of one-offs and joke tracks (doo-wop acapella Black Flag cover, anyone?). The lineup is also all over the place and could probably only be fully deciphered by Brinkman himself, with a handful of more etablished names like Mindflayer, 25 Suaves, Libythth, Jeff Hartford (Noise Nomads), a few more obscure acts of the time, as well as a good amount of what I suspect are joke names and pseudonyms (if Bronchitis Brothers isn't some incarnation of Olneyville Sound System I'll eat my shoe.)
This is the first of three in the initial MMMMMM series, with the other two coming soon.
Classic American freak noise history absolutely not to be missed.

Tracklist: (copied from Discogs)

1	–Train Tunnel
2	–Borbid Torpor	Borbid Torpor
3	–Libythth	Fart Thunderwear
4	–Tazer	Once I Was Struck By Lightning
5	–Reptile House	Reptile House
6	–Roentgen	Vineyard Pirates Vs Maximum Harmful
7	–Gang Of Fonzies	Wasted
8	–Dan Bodah & Jeff Hartford	Excerpt From 3 Hours Of...
9	–Larry Marshall	Spontaneous Human Combustion
10	–Bronchitis Brothers	Extra Strength Muscle Rub
11	–Minnows Electric	Burning Plastic Army
12	–Mindflayer	PW11-20-99
13	–Paecom	Entropik Feast
14	–Voknine	Number 2
15	–25 Suaves	Herculeum
16	–Defecation	Undesirable
17	–Ninja	Training Maneuvers

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(Note: after several tries I was unable to rip track 10 from my copy, so had to include the best rip I could find on Soulseek, which is unfortunately only at 192kbps as opposed to the strict 320 I've been keeping things at. If I find a better copy I'll re-upload the whole thing proper.)

Dave & Steve- demo CDR (2005)

Here's a fun little quickie.
Short-lived instrumental prog-metal duo out of Woonsocket featuring neither a Dave nor a Steve. Soon after they gained a bassist and 2nd guitarist and became Bonestorm, who eventually morphed into Thrillhouse.
The first anybody outside of Woonsocket had heard of them was when they played early in the afternoon at the first Fancy Fest at AS220 in 2005. They slayed the small early crowd enough that it was demanded that they come back and play a better spot later in the evening. The geared back up hours later in a primo time slot in front of a packed room and totally smoked the place.
This is the lil 3-song, 6-minute CDR they were giving away at that show, recorded surprisingly well for a freebie demo. Short n sweet. Fun stuff.

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Unicorn Hard-On - "Unicorn Hard-On no. 3" CDR (2004)

 What can I say about Unicorn Hard-On that hasn't been said already? In the past decade Val Martino has established herself as the reigning queen of rhythmic noise and noisy techno. Val was doing the beat-based noise thing AGES before the current trend of technoise, and was and still is doing it better than 90% of the rest. Her mastery of the Korg Electribe is unequaled.
Technically Val was not living in Providence at the time this particular CDR was made and put out, but being a longtime Providence resident at this point I think it's still a valid local entry.
She has since released tapes, cdrs and vinyl on labels such as Deathbomb Arc, tanzprocesz, I Just Live Here, More Records/Hot Releases, and most recently her full length LP on the eMego offshoot Spectrum Spools.
This is one of her earliest offerings, simply titled "Unicorn Hard-On no.3" which I got from her when she was living in Philadelphia in 2004. The beats are still there, but mostly take a back seat to blown-out, chopped-up vocal samples and squealing delay-pedal abuse. Nine untitled tracks of truly bent freak electronics.

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