The Degenerics are a New Brunswick, NJ band active on and off since 1996. Generica is their seminal release, blending punk and hardcore elements with some ska and dub vibes. Jah Rastafari doesn’t tone down the intensity of this one, which is cool. The guitar on this one seriously rips.

Glorious 320 kbps.

This record does a good job encapsulating varying the hardcore, metal, and emo influences in the New Brunswick, NJ scene of the 1990s and early 2000s. Wacky guitar work, personal lyrics, melody, and a good mix of speed and mosh.
These dudes were active from 1996 to 2000 and shared members with other prominent NJ bands like Ensign and Burnt By the Sun.

Get it at a sorry 128 kbps.

Part Todd Rundgren, part Bruce Haack, and part loner stoner folker, Randy Rice’s double LP “To Anyone Who’s Ever Laughed at Someone Else” ebbs and flows between dark emotional outpourings and mellow, minimal psych jigs. If you dug the Dave Bixby stuff this is definitely for you, although it’s much more varied and not quite as hopeless. NOTE: I’m not sure if the ID3 tags are entirely correct as this was ripped from vinyl, but it’s a very pretty 320k rip with very minor pops & crackles.

Enjoy

Thanks to one of my favorite sites out there, Allegory of Allergies, and to The Acid Archives for turning me on to this sunken treasure.

Burnout antisocial hippie ramblings from 1971. I know the cover is pretty telling, but just to give you an idea of the degree to which this record embodies “lo-fi”… there’s about a minute long whistling solo in “12th Gate House.” The music is great but the lyrics are the highlight for sure. These guys coulda been big but they decided to stick it to the man instead. Bravo Roger & Rotfree!

Get into this @ 192kbps.

Being into Japanese music is cool, but Boris and Mono made it easy. This is an LP of some seriously earsplitting jpunk powerviolence recommended to me by a kid in North Carolina whose best friend was wearing a kilt. Youth Enrage play a million miles an hour without forgetting the mosh parts. 625 records. Apologies for the lowish bitrate and lousy res picture. We’re obscure, bro.

A plane crash from 30,000 feet at 160 kbps.

Often I’ll try write some new music only to regret it a few minutes later when I realize I’ve just authored the stupidest, most meat-headed riffs imaginable. Floor is a band from Miami that disregarded this part of their conscience. This is a rather lengthy collection of demos and seven inches from the nineties, today these dudes play in Torche.

Bang yr head at a variable bitrate.