All Saints Day

The honoring of the dead and of the forefathers should never be forgotten.   Don't admire other cultures honors while turning your back on your own.  The harvest of souls is never ending, the scythe is whetted and there are no graves for you in your home.  

Dead gods feed the land and the capricide is upon us.   The cold winds blow mighty ships into new regions.  Destroy your idols and seek new levels.

The war machine is no longer idle.....

The Solstice

Gaxzn played our first gig this Solstice.   Gaxzn is myself on mountain dulcimer and irish bouzouki, L. Kerr (from Steel Hook Prostheses) on frame drum and ambient sounds and C. Satchel on violin,

we have a band camp page here:

https://philosophyshoprecords.bandcamp.com/

There should be some video footage available soon.

Two new goat releases are being shipped out to be mastered tomorrow. The first one is called "dead gods feed the land" and it will be on crucial blaze records. It has a one collab track with Steel Hook Prostheses and will feature 8 total tracks. The second release will be a double cassette (2x30) that I will be putting out and it will be called "the book of lamentations", finally I am having some new t-shirts printed up as well.

Available now, The Rita/Goat split double C48, HNRA.

Field recordings the way it should be, true mechanical violence.

Updates

There will be a change of theme here. I will do the occasional review, but this will be the main focus of the Philosophy Shop label. I started the label in 1997 because no one would release anything by my band goat at the time. Not much has changed. Myspace is annoying and Facebook is useless.

The new Goatvargr release will come out Wednesday on Cold Spring Records. It was an attempt to pay tribute to more traditional styles of industrial music.

Also I am going to the print shop tomorrow to pick up the covers for the long delayed, (which translates to my laziness) The Rita/goat double cassette. It is only a pressing of 50 so your reaction times need to be fast.

John Doe & The Sadies- Country Club

Country music is an interesting beast.  On one part you have traditionalists who will fight to the death to preserve the honor of Johnny Paycheck and George Jones.  Then you have the modern school of thought that embraces "pop" elements ( which has probably deeper roots in country music than most people want to admit, Jimmie Rodgers played pop songs of the day).   You also have a distinct history and lineage that is traceable and honored, ( Similar to Heavy Metal and Hip Hop).  So keeping that in mind we have the singer of one the greatest bands to ever walk out of Los Angeles ( Mr. Doe) being backed by one of the best bands to walk out of Canada, (only The Band, Rush, and the eternal 14 year old in me thinks Anvil are better).  Instead of a synthesis of new music, which would be almost too good to be true, these minstrels lay their hands on the past.  

The results are pretty stunning.  The Sadies are amazing musicians and their method of attack is sublime.  Every song sways with balance and nuance.   Mr. Doe's voice is as familiar as the catalog they play, ( there are no real surprises in the choices ).  The presentation of the art overrides any lack of meaning that might be inherent in a group of cover songs.   Both artists create subtle waves of sound and I know this album wouldn't be out of place the next time I go into the Ernest Tubb Record Store in the Stockyards of Fort Worth.