Weird Judgement Day, Take Cover

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Not sure why this panel from the classic and controversial Weird Fantasy “Judgement Day” story seemed appropriate to us for this show’s event page..but it did. And then Dana of Insect Ark delivered the cool poster you see below. Don’t miss this if you’re anywhere near New York’s Lower East Side on May 22nd.

Sleeping Giant Glossolalia Presents:

PRIZEHOG (Portland) – “Prizehog might have outheavied, outweirded, and outgeniused (the) masters…” – Aquarius Records

INSECT ARK [Dana Schechter of Angels of Light(Swans), Bee & Flower]

STEPHEN BRODSKY – [Cave In, Mutoid Man, Old Man Gloom, Converge, etc]

COLUMBOID – ex-Vaz

Thursday 5/22 8pm
@ Cake Shop NYC
152 LUDLOW STREET, New York, New York 10002
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Vaz/DEAD split 7″ now available

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From Wantage/We Empty Rooms:

At some point in 2012 the Australian band Dead hosted New York group Vaz for a tour of their continent. The tour was nice where the swimming and tunes were concerned. Commercially it failed. Vaz then toured Malaysia and Indonesia, had amazing curry and returned to NYC, aka HELL. This 7″ is the commemorative oversized-foam-hand-with-index-finger-pointed-skyward … if you follow, of those tours. It offers up two of our favorite bands of the past 5 or so years, in all their desperate, excellent glory.

Dead, “like a vegan, southern hemisphere Motörhead”(but more crawling and pleasantly bitter, to these ears), and Vaz, who offer up Cold War paranoiac space rock. Desperate, fast, deftly-played and riffy without pandering to anything that could be called “stoner.”

Notes:
First edition. 313 total pressed.
Letter pressed covers.
Hand-numbered
The first 100 are limited to mailorder only and are printed on craft colored covers, and include an ultra-limited Dead and We Empty Rooms beer coaster.

Available in our store.

Bludded Head “Bludded Death” limited edition cassettes available now

bludded death frontFormed out of an appreciation for Henry Cow’s avant leanings, La Monte Young-inspired minimalism, and the power of sheer, punishing volume, Bludded Head approach metal with a focus on desperation rather than depravity. Exploring vulnerability while maintaining a hard-heartedness that is palpable, the sound is a wounded animal’s howl, a nerves-shot predator whose teeth find its prey in the dark.

Founding member Nevada Hill has surrounded himself with formidable players throughout the various incarnations of the band, a cast that includes men and women involved with Tiger Hatchery, Terminator 2, John Zorn, Drug Mountain, Jandek, R. Stevie Moore, and Daniel Johnston to name but a few.

Coming across like Codeine writing songs for Corrupted, Bludded Head are (very literally, trust us) a cancer-conquering force that collapses and devours all light at the end of the tunnel.

Professionally dubbed and packaged in a 5 panel insert featuring a comic by 7 yr old Gillian Hill, with gold on gold tapes, a strictly limited edition of the second installment of the Bludded Head saga.

“Doom bands come and go, many sounding similar to one another, with the greatest emphasis being placed on how far apart those gut-punch downbeats can be spaced; not so for Bludded Head, who seem in it to write, arrange and execute great songs, several worlds apart from the sameyness that characterizes many of their peers in the genre.”
– Wm. Berger, WFMU

Available now in our store.

Prizehog and Bludded Head together again for the first time

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Like an intravenous injection of chocolate and peanut butter that goes straight to your heart, two great tastes that taste great together, as they say. If too much of a good thing exists, it is certainly found in this heavy pairing, friends.

If you’re anywhere near Dallas on May 13 please be sure to equip yourself with high quality ear protection(safety first) and a few dollars with which to obtain the newest SGG releases(limited edition cassettes from both Prizehog and Bludded Head) and make your way to this venue while it is still standing.

Igor Von De Heilichtson III descends upon NYC

We’ve been trying like hell to get our man Igor to NYC for a while now. Looks like he’ll be at Acheron tonight and we’re hoping to get him something for Friday(but the sheer level of evil at work seems to be met with resistance even here in New York!). Either way, bask in the glory that is this classic clip..

SGG TEXAS TAKEOVER 2014

There has been an ominous rumbling coming from the strange state of Texas for quite some time and, whenever we can, we like to go down there, poke it with a stick, and contribute to and document that rumble. While we’re not necessarily interested in the circus that descends upon the lovely town of Austin every year, we can’t seem to stay away and stop ourselves from sneaking in and spiking the test tube.

SGG Texas Takeover 2014

Sleeping Giant Glossolalia presents:

Friday, March 14th

Rusted Shut

Shit and Shine

SUR

Bludded Head

Coma In Algiers

Lechuguillas

Tropical Trash

FREE BEER. FREE NACHOS. NO BULLSHIT.

Arturo’s Underground
314 W 17th St, Austin, TX 78701
$Free$ (Donations for bands accepted)
Doors at 5pm… music at 6

RSVP on Facebook here

Multicult & Roomrunner Feb/Mar 2014 Tour

Starting off appropriately here in NYC with VAZ..

2/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Death by Audio w/ Vaz + Big Ups

2/17 Boston, MA @ Charlie’s Kitchen w/ Pile + Choke Up

2/19 Montreal, QB @ Drones Club w/ Steve Jr. + Vomit Squad

2/20 Toronto, ON @ Rancho Relaxo w/ Mass + Nice Head

2/21 Ferndale, MI @ New Way Bar w/ Bars of Gold + Destroy This Place

2/22 Champaign, IL @ Error Records w/ Earth Witch + Withershins

2/27 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/ Mutwawa, Mens Room + New Turks

2/28 Abingdon, MD @ Stem Graphics w/ Two Inch Astronaut, One Watt Sun + Enemy Insects

3/1 Philadelphia, PA @ Golden Tea House w/ Bleeding Rainbow + Hunters

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Digital version of Bobb Bruno’s “Mellowdramas” has a special bonus track available here exclusively!

Bobb’s classic solo LP which we released back in 2011 is now available for download from us with an exclusive bonus track. Our enthusiasm for Bobb’s work hasn’t diminished one bit since we first met him on an Epileptinomicon tour many moons ago. We’re excited to once again offer this recording to new sets of ears and to unearth some unheard content from these sessions. We’re also thrilled to soon be releasing the long-awaited debut LP by Submissions, Bobb’s band with Ralph K. German of Merx and German Army. More news soon. Things are hectic here as usual but no fat lady within earshot.

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VAZ “Visiting Hours” Release Party/Homecoming show in Brooklyn

Because so many fine friends were unable to come out to the tour kickoff/record release with Melt Banana(due to it selling out in nanoseconds) we’ve added a homecoming show here in Brooklyn to officially celebrate the existence of Visiting Hours, the brand-new punishing platter from Vaz that has been peeling paint all over planet Earth since its recent release. How’s that for tasteful alliteration??

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Joining Vaz on the bill are ORNAMENT, the solo project from long-time Vazociate Joe DeNardo of GROWING, as well as PC Worship.

RSVP here and don’t let the intimidating amount of dollar signs on the flyer fool you as we’re sure they’re for art’s sake and not indicative of the cost of this gig!

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“Visiting Hours” is available physically here and digitally here.