Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Death In The Audubon Ballroom

So the king of mosh, Mike C, has demanded that I update this more often. Sorry, Mike, I'm doing my best! Here's an update I hope everyone can get into, but especially Mike C.
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Straight outta California, some raging thrashy punk/hardcore//skramz from the early 00s. Unfortunately, like most good screamo bands--nay, most good bands, This Machine Kills is no longer around and only managed to put out one full length. Here it is: "Death in the Audubon Ballroom." 9 tracks of blazing, spastic hardcore with "snotty" screaming vocals by a one Steve Aoki who runs Dim Mak records. TMK also did a KILLER split with (fucking) Envy and Yaphet Kotto, which is unbelievable. Maybe I'll put that up another time. TMK also toured Japan with Envy at least once (maybe twice). Any way, they fucking rule. You can get more info about them here: http://dimmak.com/tmk/. Here's the album:

This Machine Kills - Death In The Audubon Ballroom (Ebullition)

1. (The Last Poets Sample) Cracking The Mask
2. Bending The Erotic
3. Giving Testimony (spoken word by Yuri Kochiyama)
4. Our Histories Have Burned Holes In Your Flag
5. Running With All These Names
6. Breakdown
7. Hearts And Minds
8. Death In The Audubon Ballroom (samples by Malcolm X)
9. And The Weight Of The Silence Alone Will Choke Us

Buy "Death In The Audubon Ballroom" here:
Interpunk
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