YESSIR. OUT OF THE DARKNESS, EXTREME ANIMALS PUSHES THRU LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. “RIP MCA/2K12/SAN DIEGO FIREWORKS FAIL, LOUD +UP CLOSE THE MEGAMIX” IS ON THE INTERNET NOW AND MAN IT FEELS GOOD. JACOB AND DAVID ARE TWO RAGERS CLOSE TO MY HEART AND THIS MIX PRETTY MUCH “SAYS IT ALL” ABOUT THE JAM BAND WITH PAPER RAD ROOTS.

SERIOUSLY CONCEPTUAL WITH EXCEPTIONAL “COURT VISION”, THIS MIX DOES THE DAMN THING SO I MEAN YOU GOT NO CHOICE BUT TO LISTEN. SOMETIMES EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE IS THE ONLY ANSWER. EXTREME ANIMALS ARE TRUE “NO DEPRESSION” MUSIC. CHECK OUT A MUST READ INTERVIEW AND LISTEN RIGHT HERE.

NETWORK AWESOME IS A COOL INTERNET TV STATION THAT CURATES FOOTAGE FROM YOUTUBE AND BEYOND TO CREATE A SICK AND ROBUST VIEWING EXPERIENCE. SO WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO ME TO PROGRAM AN EPISODE OF THEIR LAUDED “LIVE MUSIC SHOW” (WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE PAST PROGRAMMED BY THE LIKES OF DAS RACIST AND DEATHBOMB ARC) YOU KNOW I HAD TO DO IT!

MY EPISODE IS JUST SOME STRAIGHT UP SLAMMIN’ AMERICAN MUSIC RANGING FROM ROCK AND ROLL TO RAP TO HEARTLAND FREAKOUTS AND BEYOND. MOMENTS IN TIME. FUCK MAN, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THIS MUSIC SHIT IS ALL I GOT (BESIDES THE ENERGY DRINK). WATCH IT ABOVE OR CHECK IT OUT AT NETWORK AWESOME RIGHT HERE.

NEW COLLAB BETWEEN TWITTER LEGENDS @_YOUNGBABY_ AND @GEORGE_COSTANZA. WE ARE ENTERING SERIOUS MEGAMIX OR EVEN “MEGA-MASH” TERRITORY HERE. FUCK IT MAN I GOT NOTHING CLEVER TO SAY I’M JETLAGGED AS FUCK PLAYING A JAPANESE VERSION OF “ADVENTURE ISLAND” ON A “NINTENDO FAMILY COMPUTER” AS I TYPE THIS.

SO FUCK IT, JUST FUCKING ENJOY SOME FUCKING CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC MIXED UP THE WAY U SHOULD LIKE IT. RESPECT TO FLY-GIRLS-2!

I’VE KNOWN BRIAN BLOMERTH (AKA NARWHALZ) FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT MY LOVE FOR THE MAN RUNS DEEP. YOU MAY KNOW BRIAN FROM THINGS LIKE “NOISE MUSIC”, “JUDGE JUDY”, “POMERANIANS” OR “WEIRD AL” BUT FORGET ABOUT ALL THAT BECAUSE THIS IS 2K12 AND WE ARE KEEPING IT MOVING!

“THE SMALL DOG OTHER” IS HIS NEW COMIC AND IT ELEVATES THE GAME. SOME OF THE SICKEST GRAPHIX STYLES AROUND TELLING A STORY ABOUT GROWING UP AND FREAKING OUT VIA SOME CRAZY DOGS. THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, PEOPLE! WATCH THE COMMERCIAL FOR IT ABOVE AND BUY THE BOOK RIGHT HERE.

BRIAN AND I HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS ON THE ROAD RAGING AND FUCKING LOSING OUR MINDS TOGETHER SO I’M SIKED TO SEE THIS MOTHERFUCKER TAKING HIS WORK TO THE NEXT LEVEL. HE’S SOME GOT COLLABORATIONS WITH THUNDER ZONE COMING UP, SO KEEP YOUR EARS TO THE STREET AND NEVER STOP RAGING IN THE USA.

IN 2007 MILWAUKEE LABEL DECORATED RECORDS PUT OUT A SPLIT 7″ BETWEEN MYSELF AND NYC WILD STYLE POP PUNK LEGENDS JAPANTHER. I’VE KNOWN JAPANTHER SINCE WINTER 2002 WHEN WE PLAYED OUR FIRST SHOW TOGETHER AT A BASEMENT IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. I WAS 15 YEARS OLD.

AFTER THAT SHOW A FRIENDSHIP WAS FORMED AND WE HAVE RAGED A LOT OF SHOWS TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS. JAPANTHER LIVE AT THE BARELY LEGAL HOUSE IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN WINTER/SPRING 2004 IS STILL ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS.

THOUGH THIS SPLIT WAS THOUGHT TO BE SOLD OUT, RECENTLY A FINAL 300 COPIES WERE FOUND IN THE DECORATED RECORDS DUNGEON. DECORATED CEO AUSTIN DUTMER HAS BEEN VERY BUSY RECENTLY TOURING THE WORLD IN HIS AWESOME ROCK AND ROLL BAND JAILL (SUB POP) SO AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND I BOUGHT UP THE REMAINING 300 COPIES.

THE FINAL 300 OF THESE COME WITH SICK STYLE HAND-NUMBERED B/W COVERS AND A LIMITED AMOUNT ARE AVAILABLE ON YELLOW VINYL. PICK IT UP RIGHT HERE AND OWN A PIECE OF THUNDER ZONE HISTORY TODAY!

DEVIN FLYNN IS AN AMERICAN DIRT STYLE LEGEND. HOW MANY MOTHERFUCKERS HAVE DONE WORK WITH BOTH LOUD RECORDS AND LOAD RECORDS? GARY PANTER AND RAPPERS LIKE SENSATIONAL? THE LIST IS SHORT. FROM NOISE FREAKOUTS TO RAP MUSIC TO CARTOON INSANITY, THIS GUY HAS DONE IT ALL WITH ONE OF THE SICKEST STYLES IN THE GAME.

MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD PIXTELTAN? MAYBE YOU’VE SEEN SOME OF HIS MUSIC VIDEOS? I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS GUY DOESN’T HAVE A WIKI BUT HE SHOULD. MR. FLYNN MADE A NEW PILOT FOR SOME INTERNET TV STATION CALLED MONDO CALLED SUPERSTUPID AND OF COURSE IT BRINGS HOME THE GOODS. FUCKING CHECK IT ABOVE AND CHECK OUT EVERYTHING THIS MOTHERFUCKER DOES.

DOUBLE D IS BACK BABY! MY MAIN MAN DEACON COMING STRONG WITH A FUCKING THICK AS A BRICK SLICE OF POST-RAINBOW ROCK CALLED “LOTS”. THIS MAN IS A TRUE ENTERTAINER AND WILL SHIT ON 99 PERCENT OF WHATEVER BULLSHIT THAT IS CURRENTLY PASSING AS “TRENDY” OR “GOOD ENOUGH”.

DEACON AND I GO WAY BACK, FUCKING WATCHING SHREK AT A FUCKING FANCY HOTEL IN ENGLAND STYLE. FIRST SHOW WE PLAYED TOGETHER I THINK IT WAS 2K6? TODDP JUMPOFF WITH SPANK ROCK, FUCKING SLOW JAMS BAND. MAYBE EVEN DROP THE LIME? WHO THE FUCK KNOWS MAN. THAT SHIT IS ANCIENT HISTORY AND I’M LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.

EITHER WAY THIS NEW CUT BANGS, FUCKING CHECK IT!

AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, BMORE RAGERS DOPE BODY ARE POINT BLANK ONE OF THE SICKEST AND MOST FORWARD THINKING BANDS IN ROCK. ECSTATIC EAST COAST NOISE WITH A BANGING FUNK METAL LEAN AND A REAL CLASSIC ROCK FEEL, DOPE BODY ARE TAKING IT THERE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO APOLOGIES.

WEIRD MIRROR IS A NEW TRACK OFF OF THEIR UPCOMING DRAG CITY RECORD “NATURAL HISTORY” AND WHAT CAN I SAY MAN? IT IS SICK. CHECK IT OUT AT PITCHFORK HERE. DOPE BODY IS RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF THE CHI PEPS, THIN LIZZY AND LIGHTNING BOLT.

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MY MAIN MAN BRIAN BLOMERTH AKA NARWHALZ (OF SOUND) HAS A NEW RECORD OUT CALLED FUTURE VEGAS AND IT IS OFF DA HOOK. THIS GUY HAS SERIOUSLY ELEVATED HIS ART STYLES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THE “MUSIC” AIN’T HALF BAD EITHER.

VEGAS DARKNESS CLASSIC ROCK RADIO POWER ELECTRONICS INSANITY FOR ALL THE GREYHOUND RIDERS OUT THERE. I GO WAY BACK WITH THIS MOTHERFUCKER, I CAN SAY THAT MUCH. I GOT A LOT OF LOVE IN MY HEART FOR NARWHALZ – JUST LOOK AT THAT COVER! SICH.

“IF U CAN REMEMBER 2007 U WEREN’T REALLY THERE”

JUICEBOXXX/GOOGLE EARTH SUMMER 2K7 – THE LEGEND LIVES ON

BALTIMORE CLUB IS AN AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTION AND ALL AROUND THE EAST COAST A NEW GENERATION OF YOUTH HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE CLUB FLAME ALIVE. TEENAGERS FROM PLACES LIKE BMORE, JERSEY AND PHILLY ARE MAKING SOUNDCLOUDS AND POSTING TRACKS THAT ARE FASTER AND WEIRDER THAN ANY CLUB MUSIC THAT HAS COME BEFORE IT. THIS KIND OF DANCE MUSIC IS BORN AND BREAD OUT OF KIDS ON COMPUTERS BUT HAS A CLASSICALLY GRASSROOTS, AMERICAN ENERGY.

BALTIMORE DJ’S SCHWARZ AND MARK BROWN HAVE STARTED A NEW DANCE PARTY CALLED SHAKEOFF THAT FOCUSES ON THIS BURGEONING STYLE OF CLUB AND IT PREMIERES SUNDAY. THEIR FIRST GUEST IS BMORE PRODUCER/DJ RIP KNOXX, WHO MAKES “AMAZING, FRANTIC CLUB MUSIC THAT SAMPLES EVERYTHING FROM EVANESCENCE TO HIS OWN KEYBOARD PLAYING”. NARWHALZ IS THE MC FOR THE NIGHT. IF YOU ARE IN BALTIMORE, GO TO THIS SHIT! IN ADDITION, THE PROMOTIONAL MIX THAT THEY MADE IS A GREAT PRIMER AND A MUST LISTEN.