An excellent review of the Straight Crimes cassette, "Jams With Microphone. 2017" Give a listen
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Review 45. (02/06/18) #StraightCrimes “Jams, With Microphone.2017.” (#FineConcepts, FC04) - This one I dug right off the bat at first listen. Good sign. @straightcrimes is Erin Allen (formerly of Riverside, CA’s greatest musickal export #ChildPornography, also ex-#HighCastle, ex-#SisterFucker) and Chani Hawthorne (of #CruelSummer). This is some very tense, stripped down, mercilessly repetitive and feedback-drenched Skeletal Noise Rock from Oakland, CA. Influences quite likely include #BigBlack, early #Swans, #Brainbombs and #DeadC. It would be perhaps fair to accuse them of being an Industrial Sludge/Noise Punk band. Or contemporary Bay Area No Wavebbbb perhaps!?! Quite a long tape with 6 unforgiving yet highly varied & dynamic tracks in total, excerpt included from Side B’s beastly “Get Ready! (Jazz TV 2)”. The cassette is pro-pressed, excellent sound quality and packaging - apparently the material was recorded in 1996 on a 4-track by the band... Well it sounds rather killer, nice rich sound, full of fine harsh & shrill sonic nuances. Allen’s signature odd angst-ridden shouted vocals are sparse yet startling. Overall I really dig the material. Totally recommended & would probably dig this live - it comes off inspired, unforced and organic. AND quite fucked, of course. #undergroundcassette #undergroundtape #noisetape #noisecassettes #noisecassette #cassettereview #tapereview #noisemusic #experimentalmusic #noiserock #sludgerock #doommetal #industrialrock #nowave #noisepunk #undergroundrock #cassetteblog #NUGS #experimentalrock