dull knife mix #6 available, shows, and Rusted Shut news

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<b>MIX:</b>dull knife mix #6 is now available to Houstonians at Sound
Exchange. FREE on the front counter. only 25 copies available.

currated by stuart schrader of shit-fi.com, this mix serves as a
primer on the wonderful world of shit-fi. what is shit-fi? here is an
exceprt from the liners:

<i>This mix serves as a minor introduction to the wonderful world of
bad music known as shit-fi. I don’t particularly like to define this
term, which I coined, because its parameters are amorphous and
historically situated. Nevertheless, shit-fi encompasses music that is
rigorously anticommercial, poorly played, even more poorly recorded,
and generally out-of-bounds (both in geography and sound). Many of the
bands either are not easily pigeonholed into a genre or else through
sheer exuberance, ineptitude, crapulence, or political extremity
transcend the confines of genre. A lack of traditional chops often
means that bands—accidentally or intentionally—end up discovering or
defining new genres that were heretofore unimaginable by those on the
inside of the music business. Anyway, it would be impossible to sample
even a small percentage of the music I characterize as shit-fi (and,
beyond that, I love plenty of music that doesn’t fit the term), but
here are 15 songs from four decades (sorry, 90s), six continents, and
something like 14 subtypes of shit-fi. I’ve focused on noisy
recordings, hybrid moments, and long-form melancholia. </i>
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<b>SHOWS:</b>

dull knife celebrates it's 1 year anniversay with two shows/record
release parties.

HALLOWEEN Friday, October 31

<b>Rusted Shut</b> (Hot Sex 12" release party)
a href="http://www.myspace.com/rustedshuthouston">http://
www.myspace.com/rustedshuthouston</a>
listen to a mp3 from the record: <a href="http://dullkniferecords.com/
Multimedia/Godstrike.mp3">Rusted Shut - Godstrike</a>

<b>The Homopolice</b> (Houton's new noise/acid punk sensation.
features members of other bands)
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehomopolice">http://www.myspace.com/
thehomopolice</a>

<b>Sound Exchange</b>
1846 Richmond Ave
8 PM
FREE

This show will end early enough for you to attend your other Halloween
events.

Friday, November 7

Los Llamarada
Balaclavas
Future Blondes

@ PJ's Sports Bar
614 W Gray St, next to Cecil's Pub
9:00 PM
$5

<b>Los Llamarada</b> (Monterrey, Mexico)
Psych leaning rock from Mexico. Equal parts of The Fall, loft-era
Sonic Youth, Spacemen 3, and the more sinister side of the Velvets.

Watch a video of Los Llamarada's "A Chance To Become Transparent: <a
href="www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGpsqrFcvyo">www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CGpsqrFcvyo</a>

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/losllamarada">http://www.myspace.com/
losllamarada</a>

<b>Balaclavas</b>
<i>Pretty terrific post punk from Houston. Dark and moody like a young
Toiling Midgets. Tribal and apocalyptic like early Killing Joke
(though a bit more stripped down and not as pretentious). Plus these
guys have the key to what makes this style: A singer who can sing</i>
- S-S Records

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/balaclavas">http://www.myspace.com/
balaclavas</a>

<b>Future Blondes</b>
Rumor has it that a special version of the Indian Jewelry+Future
Blondes 12" will be available at this show...

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/apinkcloud">http://www.myspace.com/
apinkcloud</a>

<b>PJ's Sports Bar</b>
614 W Gray St, next to Cecil's Pub
9:00 PM
$5
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<b>RUSTED SHUT</b>

I have 10 copies of the scarce first Rusted Shut release, which is a S/
T CD on Fleece Records. The disc is a compilation of studio, live,
and radio session material from 1992-1995, though many of the songs
date back to the 80's. Not as sonically brutal as the Rusted Shut you
may be used to, this shit is still real. The CD is $8 postage paid.
You can pay via Pay Pal to dullknif...@gmail.com