FILTH MAGAZINE

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I’m happy to announce that the mag is done, and you can now view a preview if it here. The full version will be out August 10th. You can order it by emailing me ([email protected]) from now until August 14th, and I’ll ship on August 15th. There are 55 available copies as of now. I’m charging $6.95 for a mag, (if you’d like to donate more, feel free) All proceeds I receive for the mag will be used for future issues, developing a website, and making it possible to put out quality stuff for you guys.

Thank you for everything, the constant support and curiosity from our readers means the world. 

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Thundercat - Apocalypse

By: Gyanni Pellicone

   Apocalypse is the second studio album from the artist Thundercat.  Apocalypse was released by the record label Brainfeeder, which was founded in 2008 by Flying Lotus. Flying Lotus is also responsible for producing a lot of the theme music you hear playing during the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network.      Thundercat started out as an artist using his original name, “Stephen Bruner” and formally found success within the highly influential Thrash Metal band “Suicidal Tendencies”.  Although since abandoning this style and operating with more experimental music mainly regarding R&B and electronic just to name a few.    Apocalypse is comprised of the previously mentioned genres; R&B, electronic, and jazz fusion.  Thundercat manages to create a very oddball and spacey sound using a collection of synths and mainly bass which is constant throughout the album.  Now is the album any good? Well to answer your question it’s pretty damn fantastic but you will find yourself overlooking a few songs due to a sense of blandness and repetition. The first track kicking off the album, “Tenfold” actually has that repetitive feature but manages to disregard it utilizing a very clean production sound along with those spacey samples.  The R&B vocals also convey such a smoothness that makes you want to tune out the world and take a trip through another dimension.  These type of vocals are actually present throughout the whole album but that may be where it Apocalypse falls flat.  It further proves that some songs should of just been released as instrumentals.  The defining track of the album has to be “Tron Song” which is evidently a song about Thundercat’s cat but even so is such a laid back tune granting the listener an uneasy tone and may remind you of that Adult Swim style sound.  It also might evoke a sense of the strange approach present in a lot of Tyler the Creator songs.  With creamy bass lines and a pretty trippy drum track, “Tron Song” will definitely make you want to explore Thundercat’s library of tracks. After “Tron Song”,  Apocalypse throws a few more impressive songs at you, mainly the tracks, “Without You” and “Evangelion”.  While “Without You” has an upbeat, cozy type of sound, “Evangelion” is a little more on the depressing side with a bass line that makes you want to lay low for a little bit and vocals sung in a lower less motivating tune accompanied with rippling effects.  Overall the two tracks are significant within Apocalypse  and you’ll find yourself concentrating more on them just to enjoy a few minutes of mellow, easygoing tunes.  Now the most hard hitting track is definitely the last one, “A Message for Austin/Praise the Lord/Enter the Void” which in itself is a finale to a great album celebrating the life of Thundercat’s close friend, Austin Peralta who was an extremely accomplished musician starting from the age 13, mainly focusing on genres such as jazz and jazz fusion.  "A Message for Austin/Praise the Lord/Enter the Void" starts off with beautiful production value supported by a sample that sounds like it came straight out of a Star Fox game or Haiti Miyazaki film.  After about a minute into the song Thundercat makes an impact with lines like “Though we say goodbye, We will say hello again” and “Thank you for being the friend, That you were to me” which really show that Thundercat is truly hurting but manages to keep a positive outlook on the world knowing that Austin’s legacy will not be forgotten.  The song ends with 4 minutes of bells and chimes with a background of a consistent clicking drum sample with guitar and bass hiding in the background so subtly taking any route they desire.  These last 4 minutes close the album on a very mellon collie note leaving the listener finding themselves in disbelief and wondering where all the time has gone.    To say the least,  Apocalypse is a pretty solid album lacking aspects that could of been tweaked to perfect the final product but still implanting some memorable tracks.  If you enjoy oddball sounding music that seems to have no clear direction or the themes of the beloved Adult Swim then Thundercat’s Apocalypse is absolutely worth the listen.  The majority of music lovers might not seem so welcome to this type of style at first but it only takes a few minutes to appreciate the unique and fresh rotation Thundercat takes on traditional jazz music.

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WOD  by Maddy Ryan

WOD is not just a band, it's a state of mind. When you're full throttle ready to get kicked in the head, soaked in piss, yelled at, and bloody love it.  This Australian garage punk band comes from the combined musical womb of front-dude Wod, guitarist James Gallagher, bassist Jake Doyle and drummer Jonny Badlove, who have birthed some of the rowdiest live shows I've seen in my dazed youth.  The Melbourne based group doesn't hold back in creating an atmosphere of aggressively stoked audience members, pushing and shoving , beer, broken shit and more beer.  

Listen to “What a Drag” - WOD

With a constant string of live gigs, and a growing fan base, WOD are exposing more and more unsuspecting individuals to their own brand of rock and roll. Their songs are raucous, humor-injected, bangers that are only amplified by their trashy and raw live shows.  Lucky for all you smelly music lovers, they've recently released their first record I'm going to tell everyone that we slept together (even if we didn't) which you can grab a copy of through Pissfart Records, or Wiener Records.

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