TERMINAL BOREDOM

Massive reviews update, and it’s only about half of them. I had to cut it off before it got too huge. Too much stuff still incoming, too much stuff to still be edited, too many pics to upload…so for everyone’s health, I stopped tonight and posted what was left finished. The rest will be up momentarily, so if your record isn’t in this batch, please don’t fret. Part Two is iminent, promise. Thanks for understanding, my dwindling staff and I trying to keep up as best we can. Read eighty or so reviews right here. After the second half of the reviewables (or concurrent with) we have Part III of the Lars Finberg series, a Terrible Twos interview, the Florida’s Dying feature I promise to get off my ass and finish and tons of other rad shit. Stay cool. It’s fucking hot out there.

A special Monday treat for you brown-baggers and nine-to-fivers. The fourth installment of Too Much Junk from Mr. Justin Collectorscum himself. Covering some cover songs this time around, it’s a treat to have someone as knowledgable and helpful as Justin on staff. I know there are some other record collecting heavies lurking out there, I see you hiding as Guests on the message board, your ULTRA-RARE OOP IP addresses lurking in the shadows of the TB site. Expose yourselves and come up with something as informative and interesting as Too Much Junk or Cheap Rewards or The Guide to GG Allin. I dare you. Share the knowledge stored in the long boxes of your mind before it is lost forever. TB will be more than happy to assist you in interacting with other humans via the interweb. Don’t be frightened. We want to hear those long-lost test presses and local obscurities and hard-to-find KBD bonzers and shockerz. Call us anytime at termibore-at-aoldotcom and put your collection where your mouth is.

Here’s a quick little reviews update of some demos and tape-only releases we’ve had the pleasure of receiving somewhat recently. We have no problem giving demo discs a spin and are really enjoying what seems to be a mini-revival of cassette releases. TB HQ is valiantly fighting to stay on top of reviewable materials here. We’re swamped. It’s great. Keep sending stuff. A full-fledged new releases reviews section is right around the corner (again), plus more Termbro columns and interview action on the summer horizon. Be back very soon…here’s the link for the reviews.

Finaaly got some reviews finished, this time of the old stuff variety, including the new Mission of Burma 2XLPs, Neutral Spirits, Hellhammer, Iron Virgin, LSOK, Tactics, Solvent Abuse, Scott Walker and much more, including Prof. Sniper’s African Music Reissues Round-Up. Contributions from Snipes, Hyde, Gaffney, Boyle, the Editor, Steve-O, all very much appreciated, our pal Collin slacked off on this one a bit, a little disappointing, yes, as Collin’s reviews are always my favorite part of a Reish Reviews section. He’s been given a verbal warning. Lots of good stuff here, we’ll be back with some new release reviews very shortly, including an all demos/cassettes section plus a huge backlog of LP reviews and perhaps the return of Mindless Contentment, the editor’s old Blank Generation column which I’m sure none of you remember. Plenty of interviews in the works, including one with Rich of Florida’s Dying that just needs to be laid out, which will be the first of a series of profiles on regional labels/scenes. Lars is in Europe right now formulating the next Intelligence vs. interview. Plus, we have some top secret super surprises coming up which will be blowing your mind this summer if all goes to plan. So you’ve got that going for you. Which is nice. Oh, check those reviews out here.

And as usual, if anyone want to write/review for TB, please contact the editor via the contacts link on the sidebar. I’ve had a few applications submitted, but nothing firm yet. I know there are some good writers out there, don’t be scared, we’re actually very nice here at TB HQ and can offer a nice benefits package after your six month probationary period is over. We could use the help people. Over and out until next time.

In Part Two of an ongoing series, the fearless Lars Finberg this time dukes it out with Seattle’s party-time monsters Coconut Coolouts in a no-holds barred action-packed interview. Lars and his Intelligence are currently somewhere in Europa playing to packed houses. Go check ‘em out if at all possible. Who’s next to fall prey to Lars’ potent interview skills? Ohsees? Plastic Letters? Brainbombs? Who knows?! Stay tuned to find out….
In other Termbo news, all staff members seem to have survived Horriblefest. We’d like to thank Russ Romance, Now That’s Class, Sleepy Bear, My Mind’s Eye and the city of Cleveland for being so gracious to us. If anyone would like to do a write-up of the fest, drop us a line. Record reviews of both the reissue and new release variety are on deck, plus a series of interviews/articles with some regional record labels where we talk shop about the label game and some local scene stuff…more on that front soon. We’re always looking for contributions, and are also currently looking for some dependable/competent record reviewers who would like to lend a hand. If you think it’s just a good way to get free records, don’t bother…if you want to review a lot of stuff that you’re buying anyway, please apply via the editor, then we’ll talk about free stuff later….be back soon….

Our old pal Lars has generously taken some time out of his busy schedule to do some Termbo grunt-work, taking the form of a series of interviews with some of his favorite bands. We’re very excited about the whole thing. This first installment finds Mr. Finberg squaring off against Mike Donovan of San Fransisco’s Sic Alps. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. You can catch Sic Alps on tour in the US later this month, and they also have a few new releases on the horizon (but more about that in the interview…). Lars and The Intelligence are storming their way across Europe as we speak, please go support them if you’re over there somewhere. We’ll be back soon with the second part of Lars’ interview adventures, wherein he takes on the ferocious Coconut Coolouts. Stay tuned! And remember, Horriblefest III is just a few short days away, we’ll see you there!

Here’s the latest installment of Can’t Stand The Midwest from the always reliable Matt “Money Shot” Coppens. Matt’s been the most dependable columnist on staff over the past few years, always ready to come at you with some record reviews and vitriol. If you see him out-and-about in the Chicagoland area, please buy him a beer for us. Also, here’s a little reminder that festival season is upon us once again, and Horriblefest III is right around the corner. April 17th-19th in Cleveland, OH. Clockcleaner, Homostupids, TV Ghost, Daily Void, Cheap Time, Thomas Function, Human Eye, Plates, Cheater Slick and more TB-approved acts. We’ll be there for the festivities, hope to see you there as well…

Three months in and it’s time for our first reviews section of the new year. Yes, timely as always. (Please insert my usual apologetic comments to the staff, bands, labels and readership here.) We’re still plugging away, it can only get better, right? You’ll notice most of these reviews are of the 7″ variety. The reason being we have a plateful of waxing about recent and semi-recent full lengths ready to go as well. These will be warmed up and served next…well, next after the latest installment of Coppens’ column, which will be hitting the site ASAP, before Matt hops a bus to my house and rips my face off. I’m working on it! Then it’s a new Reissues section which is being slaved away on as we speak. Lots of interviews in the works in time for the change of seasons, stay tuned. And as usual, we’re looking for help with features, interviews and anything else of interest. Contact the editor if you think you’re up for it.

Here we have an interview with much-lauded Aussie sensations Eddy Current Suppression Ring in two parts that has been a long time in coming. Firstly, an interview with Mikey (ECSR guitar player/songwriter, aka Eddy Current) conducted before their US Tour last year by our favorite Australian zinester, Mr. DX. Secondly, a post-tour interview that went down Stateside with singer Brendan Suppression (and Rich Dropkick), curated by TB’s own Icki along with some other members of the TERMBO Bay Area Chapter. This portion of the interview actually appeared in Maximum Rocknroll recently as well, but for those of you who are killing the scene and not reading MRR anymore, here you go. Please enjoy this interview by clicking here. Thanks.

Our annual year-end wrap-up is finally complete and as always, embarrassingly late. This year we have the usual staff lists, plus contributions from some bands, labels and friends of TB to make things a bit more diverse. As always, we hope everyone finds some interesting stuff contained in these lists, some records you might’ve missed or bands you haven’t yet checked out. Lots of entertainment contained in the guest section, and not just music but films, books and more. Here’s the intro page with more of an explanation and three pages worth of input from everyone who decided to play along. Thanks to everyone once again and thanks to our readership for sticking with us. We’ll be back shortly with some reviews and columns.