RATS WITH WINGS & ANCIENT SHAPE difficult music festival Jan 2010

The Mermaids & Cockdriller split c46

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Review from Negative Guest List zine: Grog Pappy is a small-run tape label outta Newcastle . So far it has served to release tapes by some of the dozen or so groups that the guy who runs it is involved in (Cock Safari, Rotted Crow, Brassskulls among ‘em). Mermaids is a more recent venture featuring Mycle Leechskins and Polyfox French. The “piece” here, “Mermaids Play Guitars” is just that, the two knuckleheads bashing away at heavily-processed stringed apparatuses. The “playing” part is debatable though. One of the dueling geets sounds like a low-end plane crash, the other a collapsing pile of junk. The scope of sounds they get outta their instruments is applaudable. Mermaids make something that sounds at home in the Providence, RI noise spectrum (Weasel Walter, Landed, et al) or, more appropriately, it sounds like it’s from Newcastle.
Cock Driller is self-described as “Drillbit riding Cock Safari” if you are familiar with one or both of these freaks (you should be), you’ll begin to understand what this entails. The Cock Driller side is their set first live set, recorded at Sedition in Sydney. They combine abused tapes and demented electronics in one of the best cacophonies of shit I’ve heard lately. Some it had me wondering if the cassette was actually being chewed in the deck, it’s that fucked. The best thing about this track is the patience they employ, riding out all the good sounds for a fair amount of time. This tape rivals the ’97 premiership win as a historical highpoint for Newcastle

| $6.00pp in Australia | Title: The Mermaids & Cockdriller split' |
| running time 46minutes | full colour covers | released April 2011 | grogpappy07 |
| email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com

ANAL CUM WOLF @ VOX CYCLOPS

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THE MERMAIDS Dolphin Cove cassette

The degenerates behind Polyfox and the Union of the Most Ghosts & Cock Safari are behind this one. recorded in July 2010 it's 60+ minutes of wrestling, D grade TV cuts, corrupt software, shot korg and mic'd junk + toys. Surprisingly catchy. 13 copies.

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DOWNLOAD: The Mermaids 'Dolphin Cove' cs 55.7mb

| $6.00pp in Australia | Title: The Mermaids 'Dolphin Cove' | running time 60minutes
| full colour covers | recycled cassettes | released Jan 2011 | grogpappy05
| email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com

new tapes on ALTERED STATES

NEW TAPES on ALTERED STATES

Screwtape - "Grey" c22

Three harsh spirals dating from 2009. The source material is heavily treated vocals, however they end up sounding like something ultimately more depraved.

MSLMSLMSLABC - "MSLMSLMSLAiiBwwC" c60

MSL is the new project from Mycle of Cock Safari, Anal Cum Wolf, Sunset Flips, etc. I would say this is him in more "serious" noise mode, but I'm not really sure he's capable of being serious. This goes for sixty minutes and not a millisecond too long.


Both are in an edition of 40 on recycled tapes.

CONTACT: ALTEREDSTATESOFSOUND@GMAIL.COM

Here's a boot of the first Mermaids show NYE Newcastle. Dolphin Cove cassette soon.
The Mermaids 6.4mb

	Tuesday, January 4 · 7:30pm - 11:00pm

SPANISH MAGIC presents our part of the DMF 2011, featuring HISS, PREHISTORIC FUCKIN' MORON, COCK SAFARI & CHRIS HEARN. said show is in some swish lookin' bar in the big smoke - apparently with a good p.a. and hopefully dosh and drinks.

Tonight in Newcastle |
Teratova [jap] | Spider Goat Canyon [melb] | Drillbit | Cock Safari |
Piglet House | Cnr King St & Wolfe St | 6.30pm | $Free |

COCKDRILLER

COCKDRILLER - Nice030




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Cassette on Grog Pappy soon.

ANAL CUM WOLF chris de burgh cassette

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| $6.00pp in Australia | Title: Anal Cum Wolf 'Chris de Burgh' | running time 23minutes
| b&w xeroxed cover | 50 recycled single-sided cassettes | released Sep 2010 | grogpappy04
| email: grogpappy(at)gmail.com