Long-time Collaborators Tenshun & Bonzo Speechless Join Forces for 40-minute ODIOUS Split Cassette (I Had An Accident Records)

I Had An Accident Records (IHAA) is a Spokane-based tape label we've grown particularly fond of in recent months, if you haven't yet already noticed. IHAA is owned and operated by one Damien Miller (@damienbtc74) - yes, that's in fact, the same "Damien" from Luke Sick & Damien's phenomenal, yet incredibly too short EP, Strike The Clutch. First recommended to me by John "Jumbled" Bachman, I unfortunately, wasn't able to score one of Luke Sick & Damien's extremely limited edition tapes, but Strike The Clutch was highlighted within The Witzard's Rap EP Wrap-up this past March. Damien was actually, gifted the label from former I Had An Accident owner and founder Justin Bieler with his first "official" IHAA release being Mathias Kruse x Brenky's Eustress / Wormhole from May 2016. I Had An Accident has released tapes and digital albums featuring the likes of Noise/Hip-Hop's finest beat-makers, emcees, and artists such as Bloodmoney Perez & Morbidly-O-Beats, ceschi, Curly Castro, Guilty Simpson, Heltah Skeltah's Rock, Walter Gross, Willie Green, Uncommon Nasa, and Zilla Rocca. Just in the past few months, The Witzard has featured—or I've personally purchased—Luke Sick & Damien's Strike The Clutch EP, Bonzo Speechless & Damien's Aberration, EQUIPTO & Brycon Present: The Watershed, and most recently, Rabbi Max's TRANSATLANTIC. Now, that everyone's all caught up to speed... I Had An Accident Records' latest release is a split album/cassette tape from California beat-maker Tenshun/10shun and Ukrainian Noise-maker Bonzo Speechless entitled Odious.

Self-described as "both providing dark landscapes and nightmares," Odious is fittingly tagged on Bandcamp as avant garde, breakbeats, diy, experimental, noise, musique concrete, beats, chillwave, drums, and hip hop. However, Odious isn't exactly the first time Tenshun & Bonzo Speechless have worked together, they've had a collaborative working relationship since about 2014; their past releases together include Dead Resonance, No More Room In Hell, What Is Evil? Death Ritual 424, Lunatic Verses, Split Mutilation, Possession, Paroniria, Ataraxy, and of course, now Odious. Both Tenshun & Bonzo Speechless have also, issued collaborative releases with Damien Miller, as well including 10shun & Damien's Split Brain, Tenshun & Damien's DEcADe, and Bonzo Speechless & Damien's aforementioned Aberration. Odious features 20 minutes-worth of heavy drums and Noise composed by both Bonzo Speechless & Tenshun "to take your mind into murder mode" with Tenshun providing "Rott Gut" for Side A and Bonzo filling out Side B with "Odious Mix." Not unlike most of I Had An Accident's releases, Odious is super-limited and only 25 cassettes were hand-dubbed with 7 copies still remaining on Tenshun/10shun's Bandcamp page and just 5 still available from on IHAA's Bandcamp page, at the time of this article's publishing. A "little birdy" told me this past weekend that Tenshun & Bonzo are already hard at work on their Odious follow-up split!

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

The Witzard

Search This Blog