K/S/R / Nihilist Spasm Band
(Gilgongo) split LP $25.00
This intergenerational, wide-minded split LP blurs the hedges of national borders and the traditions of composition, marking a niche interzone inhabited solely by the uncles of punk and their experimental stepchildren. Canadian noise pioneers Nihilist Spasm Band deliver a ripping side-long opus rife with their singular blend of hi-octane kazoo, invented instruments and propulsive, arrhythmic drumming. This deep cut is likely to be the final NSB recording released featuring the late great vocalist Bill Exley, who passed away in 2025 after performing as a Nihilist for exactly 60 years. On the flipside, K/S/R screw the tempo down to their patented desert crawl pulse and lock the door behind them. Departing from the interstellar density of the trio’s Already in Heaven, the side-long treatise of An American Sonnet brandishes the group’s minimalist approach heard during recent performances across the United States. A plein air structure of ascetic interplay locates K/S/R carving terrain from the space between notes, where each gesture is ascertained both as an individual voice and a building block of the collective. 180-gram mixed color vinyl, edition of 245.
No Nihilist Spasm Band in Mulhouse
(Les Mondes Mental) LP $14.00
Canadian monsters of broken rock improv recorded live in eastern France in front of 15 people going mental. One of the final recordings with the late Hugh McIntyre. John Boyle (kazoo and drums), John Clement (guitar and drums), Bill Exley (voice and more), Murray Favro (guitar), Hugh McIntyre (bass), Art Pratten (pratt-a-various).
No Record
(Lion Productions) LP $10.00 (Out-of-stock)
(Lion Productions) Used CD $10.00
2014 reissue of the 1968 album by these Canadian national treasures. Begun as a twisted New Orleans-style “spasm band” that provided the kazoo chorus for an experimental film, the shrieks, screams, skronks and screeches begin immediately. Freedom, hilarious anger, homemade instruments, glorious bedlam.
Nothing Is Forever
(Wintage - WRT-99) LP $18.00 (Out-of-stock)
The legendary first warriors of noise bring forth four new head-hitting masterpieces of No Music, laid down at London, Ontario's Forest City Gallery. Red vinyl. Edition of 500.
NIHILIST SPASM BAND / SUN PLEXUS 2
No Victoria
(Bimbo Tower - BTR09) 2xLP $23.25 (Out-of-stock)
NSB (John B. Boyle, John Clement, Bill Exley, Murray Favro, Art Pratten, and Aya Onishi) join SP2 (Laurent Berger, Sébastien Borgo, Rémy Bux) in a musical confrontation where the former’s anti-academic improvisation and no-technique playing oppose the latter’s raw post-punk mixed with concrete music composition. Recorded at La Mer Rouge Studio in 2006.