Thursday, March 20, 2008

LSD MARCH - Shindara Jigoku



2004 LP-only release from Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shinsuke Michishita & Crew-- this time it's Masami Kawaguchi (guitar, whom you may remember from Aihiyo) and ex-Fushitsusha drummer Ikuro Takahashi. Seems every LSD March album I buy is boldly emblazoned with thee legend: Picks up where the Velvet Underground and Les Rallizes Denudes left off! Which has some merit on a superficial level-- there's some feedback-ridden squawk here 'n' there, and Michishita's flat monotone of a voice occasionally brings to mind a young Lou Reed-- but what I find myself most enraptured by is the all-pervasive sense of melancholy. (Are you Japanese people okay? Yer getting your daily allowance of minerals 'n' shit, right?) Seriously, this stuff'll pull down yer shutters for ya even if the sun is blazing outside. It can be a bit too much at times; Occasionally the band slips into some of the most tuneless grooves this side of Jandek-- but since I like Jandek, you can take that however ya want.

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  1. Jake Thee PopeMarch 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    http://lix.in/96c0a085

    pw = sln2008

    EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that the final track cuts off unexpectedly. This has been remedied-- here's one that works fine:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=484PXMD4
    zip file, no pass.

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  2. irishdaveMarch 20, 2008 at 12:33 PM

    Cool! I wanted to hear this band for ages - thanks for giving me the oppertunity.
    BTW - you ever notice some folk are never happy? Add me to that list. I'm going to see merzbow here in Birmingham (UK) next month, with Nic Bullen's new project on the same bill - good huh? Well - Sutcliff Jugend are playing support on the London date. Life sucks!:-)

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  3. malkovichMarch 20, 2008 at 5:36 PM

    got some more 4 your pleasure))))
    http://wehavenozen.blogspot.com/2008/01/lsd-march-x4.html

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  4. Jake Thee PopeMarch 20, 2008 at 10:08 PM

    Thanks for that Malkovich-- everybody load up.

    Dave, you poor dear. I haven't been to a gig in about a year. I'm too busy eating bologna so's I can afford ridiculously high-priced import vinyl & discs.

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  5. jonathanMarch 21, 2008 at 11:01 AM

    The only LSD March I don't have! Thanks for that. Had a chance to see LSD March live...being used to their quiet, meandering side, I wasn't prepared to be roused from a heroin coma by the fiercest guitars this side of AMT. Wrong drug for that show, haha. Good stuff, though (the show, not heroin...yuck).

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  6. iMarch 27, 2008 at 10:41 AM

    awesome. those japanese have some downer jams that make even a misanthrope like me go "woahh". you got that renzoku shasatsuma live record? it's real sludgey and fucked, with some hyperactive speed demon guitar that's too fried to be wanky. i know you'll dig it.

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8D4LW00I

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  7. Jake Thee PopeMarch 27, 2008 at 9:57 PM

    Wow-- thanks for that! I saw this on a blog somewhere almost a year ago, and never got around to check it out. Man, I LOVE this acid-fried power trio shit.

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