The Agenda

reviewed by Jolly

Coughs Secret Passage (Load Records)

The closest band to compare Coughs to would have to be a Swans / Butthole Surfers choice blend — mustardy relish on top of an atomic crashing corndog bomb of discontent. This six-piece wrecking crew fronted by Anya is an atomic bomb; she has a voice like a possessed saxophone being strangled in the best way, and some of their songs are about popping pimples, and bunnies running down the slope to keep their lucky feet. They’re from Chicago. One time I saw her jump inside of a trash barrel — she was bleeding everywhere, they turned over all the tables and chairs, dry humping the club. They have dark powers.

Reviews by Jolly

Droopy Secrets the 125 chestnut sessions (improvised)
(D!SC: Dynamo Sound Collective)
www.dynamosound.cjb.net/
I must say, definitely not the best jam I ever heard by far. The drummer keeps everything going musically with it all made up as they went along, but at least these guys Darren and Ryan were recording and putting out their music instead of watching TV or something.

Pandemonium Rodeo and Adorehaze (D!SC)
www.dynamosound.cjb.net/
Very hypnotic noise music never reaching the realm of harsh noise (which is what I was hoping for), it instead becomes a gentle caress of harmony and sound loops in an attempt to pass as something kinda original. It’s not. I found myself bored with it and unhappy. “Harvesting 10,000 Angel Synapses Underneath Iced Seas” is a great song name and all, but I just wasn’t feeling it.