Free Fridays: The Slurpee Stains

The Slurpee Stains can't tell the difference between feeling good and feeling bad. They play fuzzy pop songs that are convulsive and propellant and sometimes tragic, with a sort of a dayglo New Wave anxiety-core aesthetic, but buried in waves of comforting/terrifying noise. They currently have a split cassette with bit-rockers Microcosmos in the works, more news as things progress.

MP3s:
1. For The Grave
2. Spunk Lessons
3. Orange Sun
4. Land Waltz

Punks are scary but we wish we were them.

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Heartlands

Someone (I think it was Blastitude) called the Replacements "Heartland Rock" recently, and I super don't get that. What is a heartland anyway? Doesn't a word like that imply conservatism, family values, and an overdeveloped sense of nostalgia? I guess the Replacements did get pretty sappy and nostalgic as they grew up. But for a couple albums at the beginning of their run they were the messiest of beer-punk teensploitationists.



The Replacements - Customer (1981)

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Totally Irrelevant

I'm really into being really into things. Sometimes it's unavoidable.



Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism (1992)

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Welcome to the Hidden Fortress

Hi All,

Welcome to the Hidden Fortress Tapes Super-Hidden Blog of Tapes and Things. We'll be posting MP3s and news about cassettes and stuff.

Awesome.

See you again soon,
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