MANY TITLES ARE CURRENTLY
ON SALE, including The Flying Luttenbachers, Lake Of Dracula, Weasel Walter and much more!!! CHECK OUT THE
ENTIRE SITE FOR DEEP DISCOUNTS! Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (last shows ever, feat. Lydia Lunch, Jim Sclavunos, Algys Kizys) Burmese (45 minute "greatest hits" set) T.I.T.S. (you know and luv)
Slims, San Francisco, CA
thurs oct. 8, 2009
$25.00
8PM
The Flying Luttenbachers - Cataclysm (mini-gatefold reissue) Vinny Golia/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter CD-R Nondor Nevai/Mick Barr CD-R The Chicago Sound - Live in Chicago 2003 DVD-R
January 15, 2010 will most likely be, at the very least:
Weasel Walter Septet - Invasion CD
Walter/Halvorson/Evans CD Burmese CD
There are some newly unearthed Hatewave videos posted on the Hatewave page. Not for the musically or ideologically squeamish!!!
August 2009:
Below is a clip from the recent Chicago concert by the Forbes/Young/Walter trio. If you like it, be sure to rate it accordingly on Youtube! The group has decided to offer a full MP3 version as a preview of the new vinyl-only debut lp. Feel free to check it out and if you like it donate something to the production expenses via Paypal or, better yet, purchase a copy of the album here. The three recent Midwest shows were all recorded and featured some really unhinged playing. There might be another release soon from these recordings, so watch out for it. the Trio will do more touring next spring.
coming in October 2009 will be a mini-lp cd-r reissue of The Flying Luttenbachers' epic "Cataclysm" album (for those that missed it the first time), an hilarious collaboration between insaniac Nondor Nevai and shredtastic Mick Barr (ltd. to 100 copies CD-R), and possibly a trio recording with Vinny Golia on mini-lp cd-r format.
What's with all theseCD-Rs you ask? Well, stuff just doesn't sell like it used to (ask any other label) and, sadly, most people really aren't paying for music any more. Many folks are fine downloading digital music illegally (including many of of our own titles) and nobody is stopping them, so as a result we are forced to limit many of our releases to the CD-R format for the sake of not sinking the ship.
Luckily there are a bunch of diehard ugEX fans (you know who you are!) who regularly put their money where there mouths are and continue to support us. For those people, we are grateful! Until things turn around and we can afford larger pressings of our titles, we are committed to surviving and documenting the best music we can with the best packaging and production at our level of resources.
There's other ways of helping us out than donating or buying stuff from this site . . . Come see one of the artists perform live . . . Book a paying gig for us in your town . . . Tell five of your friends how awesome this music is . . . Go to your local record store and ask them to stock our releases . . . Write a blog entry or review about one of our titles . . . We need word of mouth to grow and that power is in your hands. Thanks for the help!
Coming later in January 2010 will be a full-on CD release by the Weasel Walter Septet. This stunning big-band recording (made at the top-of-the-line Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA features a veteran heavy line-up with Vinny Golia, Henry Kaiser, John Lindberg, Liz Allbee, Damon Smith and William Winant. Three epic pieces of abstract violence with total clarity and power. This one is really going to throw a gauntlet down for quality and it should not be missed.
July 2009:
A lot of great new stuff is showing up around here. The biggies are the new Weasel Walter studio album "Apocalyptik Paranoia" and the Forbes/Young/Walter LP "American Free". "Apocalyptik" features a familiar cast of characters in an incredibly unprecedented grouping. The music has a really invigorating, cold edge but contains all the agitated violence you expect from a WW project. The Forbes/Young/Walter trio is a new grouping that looks very promising for the future. The lp captures the band in full-flight in Chicago from March of this year and don't let that clean, minimal cover art fool you - this is some seriously bloodyminded energy-spew! Be sure to check out the short clip of the opening track on the item page. From now on, all the new store items will feature some kind of preview or related video (when possible), so be sure to check them out. Right now there's videos for the Walter/Halvorson/Evans DVD, the Forbes/Young/Walter LP and the Berman/Shelton/Walter CD-R . . .
Be sure to check out Weasel in the midwest during late July, with a bunch of Chicago gigs plus Cleveland and Cincinnati. If any of you midwestern promoters want to bring a WW ensemble out, contact us and give an offer.
On the horizon is the release of the Vinny Golia Trio CD-R with Damon Smith and WW. The master reedman Vinny primarily appears on the highest and lowest saxophones on this one - usually contrabass saxophone
or soprillo! Highly energetic, highly unusual and balls-out, this is definitely some of the most hardcore blowing by Golia to be found anywhere. Also, we're planning a compilation of the various Burmese tracks which haven't appeared on compact disc yet. Basically we're going to compile all the singles, comp tracks and vinyl-only cuts, remaster them and put them all in one place for you. should be EPIC. One of these days the Weasel Walter Septet record will surface . . . it was intended to be for ESP-Disk, but the guy who originally green-lighted it left the label and although the remaining folks there seemed to like it they declined to release it because the "band doesn't tour". Hmmm. Dunno about that one ESP. Weak excuse. Your loss. Luckily we've got impervious skin around here and nothing can stop us. When all else fails, DO IT YOURSELF!
Later this year, the Walter/Halvorson/Evans trio and the Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter Group will both hit the studio to lay down tracks for upcoming releases. Both should see the light of day early 2010.
March 2009:
This month we are proud to present a bevy of awesome new releases! First up is the Henry Kaiser/Damon Smith/ Weasel Walter studio trio recording "Plane Crash". This intense cd contains more than an hour of abstraction that will satify those who like their music weird, hard and fast! This just might be the most insane playing on record by Henry Kaiser in decades! See the video below for a sneak preview . . .
The ass-kicking Walter/Halvorson/Evans Trio is taking Europe this May in a series of live dates in France, Germany, Austria and Hungary.
(If anybody wants to book this group in the future, please get in touch with
us.) These performances are guaranteed to deliver a heavy dose of lighting-fast interplay and instrumental insanity. Please check the Live Concerts link for more info and be sure to become Weasel Walter's myspace pal for future updates. The group will have a limited gatefold CD-R release on ugEX this June. In the meantime check out other releases featuring the members of this combo like Opulence and Oculus Ex Abyssus. Below is a rough cut preview of the upcoming DVD release by the Sanctuary For Independent Media
Also appearing in Europe in May 2009 will be Weasel Walter joined by many illustrious improvisational cohorts including Evan Parker, Marco Eneidi, Mario Rechtern, John Edwards, Dominic Lash, Mark Cunningham (of Mars) and Sheik Anorak. Once again, the Live Concerts link is always the best place for more info ...
Other hot new releases include the blistering Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter CD-R "Mysteries Beneath the Planet". This sumptuously packaged mini-gatefold CD-R release features kick-ass live performances by the rotating, multiple drummer ensemble featuring a cross-section of the biggest talents in the current East Coast free music scene: Peter Evans, Mario Rechtern, Ras Moshe, Darius Jones, Tom Blancarte, Andrew Barker and Paul Flaherty. Check it out!
Also, we have a very limited amount of the latest studio release by Burmese. This extremely limited 10" picture disc features 20 minutes of all-new studio material and it's the most focused musical statement the band has made since their 2002 "Men" release on Load. Totally crushing twin-drum/twin-bass plus vocals noise/grind insanity. Live video below of some of the material from this crushing release!