Skrow!Media - experimental independent media netlabel.
website | myspace | last.fm

Beardslicer - improvisational avant rock duo (with fellow RYMer nacho220).
myspace | last.fm

Bukkake Earlobe - harsh noise/drone.
myspace | last.fm

Grimbeard - lo-fi surrealist avant folk.
last.fm

earthbreather - ambient/experimental (with fellow RYMer YellowArcher)

Ellipse - ambient/drone/minimalist soundscapes.
myspace | last.fm


**I only put albums into my collection that I physically own on some format (CD, vinyl,
etc.). I have thousands of burned CDs and such, but I don't include them in my collection
until I buy them. If there are any albums listed in my collection as CDRs, that's because
that is how they were produced by the artist.**

***Update to this: I've decided to "own" as "digital" only those albums which are net releases and thus exist only in digital format.***

My Rating System:
5.0 - Buy it. Steal it. Kill someone and take their copy. Whatever you have to do, get it now!
4.5 - An excellent collection of sounds. Required listening.
4.0 - A great album, worthy of being in my collection.
3.5 - A good album, but certainly nothing essential.
3.0 - Just slightly above average. Either it has some good ideas and doesn't capitalise, or it's well done but just isn't my thing, or maybe it's enjoyable enough but just fails to move me.
2.5 - Slightly below average. Shows potential, but still kinda sucks.
2.0 - Definitely a subpar record, but might have a few promising moments.
1.5 - Blech. If you're a completist fan or are looking for a few laughs, go for it. Otherwise, don't bother, as there's barely anything keeping this out of the gutter.
1.0 - Listening to this has just cost precious minutes of my life I can never get back.
0.5 - The musical equivalent of chucking your record player from a 12th story window, torching the remains, then pissing on the ashes.