“The thrust here is that Dostoevsky wrote fiction about the stuff that’s really important. He wrote fiction about identity, moral value, death, will, sexual vs. spiritual love, greed, freedom, obsession, reason, faith, suicide. And he did it without ever reducing his characters to mouthpieces or his books to tracts. His concern was always what is it to be a human being – that is, how to be an actual person, someone whose life is informed by values and principles, instead of just an especially shrewd kind of self-preserving animal.”

- David Foster Wallace (via macrolit)

(ENGLISH VERSION BELOW IN CAPITALS) 

Eh, ça y est les albums de NEON et CHRONOPHAGE qu'on sort avec Cool Marriage sont dispos! Du free-hardcore-punk détraqué (ou UGLY GIRL MUSIC comme elles disent) et de l'indie-punk inventif quelque part entre les MEAT PUPPETS, les groupes UKDIY et… je sais pas, LITHICS sur certains morceaux? Artworks uniques pour chaque cassette, tous fait à base d'aquarelle/ acrylique/ encre de chine/ riso/ etc. Commandes sur >>> https://coolmarriage.bigcartel.com

HEY ENGLISH-SPEAKERS, NEON & CHRONOPHAGE ALBUMS NOW AVAILABLE VIA OUR LABEL COOL MARRIAGE. NEON = TOTAL HARDCORE PUNK FREEDOM WARRIORS FOR UGLY GIRLS! CHRONOPHAGE = THE MEAT PUPPETS + SOME UKDIY BAND + LITHICS SMOKING WEED BY A CAMPFIRE IN THE DESERT. LINK IN MY BIO TO ORDER/ UNIQUE ARTWORK FOR EACH COPY/ ACT FAST THESE ARE LIMITED. >>> https://coolmarriage.bigcartel.com

PSYCHO DISCO 5 est sold-out pour la VPC chez nous, mais toujours dispo à la Luttine pour les lyonnais-es. (Eh oui, pour citer une bande de skatepunks californiens, c'est ce qu'on appelle du BLATANT LOCALISM). On va peut-être en retirer quelques dizaines en version NB, donc si vous en voulez, vous pouvez toujours nous faire signe.

Sinon pour les canadiens francophones, quelques copies sont dispos chez CELLULOID LUNCH, https://www.celluloidlunch.com/store/psycho-disco-5

This is great. 

ALPHONSE RATCHARGE TOP JAMS OF 2020

On distribue le nouveau numéro du graphzine Aд-RA! “Cinquième numéro du graphzine psychédélico-précaire internationaliste basé à Lyon. 40 pages de riso/ impression couleur/ sérigraphie, avec TKC, Christophe Bernard, Suka Mabuk, BikeSabbath, Antipathic, Olivier Voyou, Ratcharge, Lia Vé, Hugues Pzzl, Chris “Karkavul”, Delphine Bucher, Simone F. Baumann, Bonnie Laeken, Piano Piano, Ricky Rançon. Couverture : JM Bertoyas!”

https://coolmarriage.bigcartel.com/product/adrazine5

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How a whirlwind cross-country collaboration launched the new Philly-Omaha band Astute Palate, and a solo record from songwriter David Nance - The Key

Next COOL MARRIAGE release should be a tape by these rockaz’

Screenprinted posters for sale – A3++ size – 2 or 3 colors on ~200g paper – THE VELVET UNDERGROUND + THE FUGS + SUNDOG SUMMIT imaginary gig. Paypal 10€ postpaid international if folded in two – ratcharge(at)gmail.com for more infos. 

http://www.yellowgreenred.com reviews the new CHRONOPHAGE album

futuresandpasts:

New 7″ from my band Collate out today — no wave for the now; desperate sounds for desperate living.

“Shards of glass guitar punctuate a rhythm section that wants you to dance that anxious bedroom dance you did when you first played that Au Pairs mixtape your cousin made. Each song is delivered with minimal fanfare and maximum intent: music by people who know what they’re doing and know what they want.” (Allan McNaughton)

All profits from this record will be donated to Portland-based mutual aid groups, including Mutual Aid Alliance Portland, the Fred Hampton Community Clinic (volunteer medical professionals working horizontally to provide free care to all) & Fires Igniting the Spirit (Indigenous-led organizers of runs to bring critical supplies/resources to Indigenous communities).