If you’re in the Washington, D.C. area, I’ll be DJ-ing Procedure in the basement of Saint-Ex on Wednesday, Oct. 28. My blonde, long-haired friend Josh will be spinning as well. Hence, the Viking Invasion. Come say hi! -Lars

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Randomly decided to check out Long Legged Woman’s Myspace page and got this piece of bummer news:
So, friends and enemies, it is true. Long Legged Woman is no more. Done. Finished. Three years, 8 cdr’s, one tape, one 7 inch, one LP, and a bunch of “tours” later we’ve decided to not go separate ways [...]

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Keiji Haino and Vashti Bunyan had a music baby. -Impose
Beru really raises the bar for haunting beauty and power at the intersection of exp. psych/folk! - Art for Spastics
Americana wrestles the glitch off the hill with time, and in the end, [Jessica] Collins appears more like a Samara Lubelski or Marissa Nadler for the dark. [...]

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…face slamming & horn honking mix of proton King Crimson like mettlics [sic], galloping grind-cored & punchy hard core rock, searing jazz attacks & the odd dip into more atmospheric & sleazed jazz/ rock work-outs. -Musique Machine
Mothguts settle into their own niche that can go from swing to drums barreling downhill amidst a super fast guitar [...]

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Heavy distortion, blasted reverb, thunderous, Cronenburg crackle. - Foxy Digitalis
You see that c76? That’s 76 fucking minutes of absolute destruction… I felt like I was being led around a barren, post-apocalyptic landscape on a head full of codeine with no end in sight. -Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys

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We’re gearing up for three new Thor’s Rubber Hammer releases (about time!), so here’s a quick shot across the nose of new cosmic goodness in the distro, which has basically turned into a repository for OOP Stunned bombers.
Stunned Records
Padna- Siberia / Hinterland c56
Donato Epiro- Sounding the Sun CDr
Sun Araw (feat. Matthew Lessner)- In Orbit c30 [...]

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It was high time for the Thor’s Rubber Hammer HQ (aka the basement) got re-organized. It’s not quite there, but did discover a couple OOP CDRs in the process: Chartreuse- Summit EP, Long Legged Woman- The End of False Religion. E-mail if interested (thorsrubberhammer [at] gmail [dot] com).

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Here’s a big distro update of don’t-miss-it. First, what we imagine most folks are waiting for — the latest, already OOP (natch) Stunned batch. Dreamcolour gets a lot of play at TRHP HQ as it is, so we’re always happy to nab another cosmic-jazz journey.
Stunned
Dreamcolour- Inner Worship c60
Sagas- Root Structures & Private Dementias c58
Magnetic North [...]

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First, Auxiliary Out has these nice words to say about us:
Thor’s Rubber Hammer seems to be becoming the go-to place for jazz in the underground.
Aw, shucks! Here’s a review of Strawberry Duplex CDr by Bright Duplex.
If I gave out a best new artist award or something Bright Duplex would be the horse to bet on, [...]

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