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MOST EXCELLENT RELEASES THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE
 | s/t I Love Cats! MER 28 - 2010 If you liked "Vol. 2" prepare to have your mind blown. I Love Cats! are in full effect on this awesome 7". Matt showed up in Stevens Point with these records and they all said MOST EXCELLENT on them and I was like "OH CRAP!" Best surprise ever! These four songs were recorded for their ill fated debut tour and its a shame it didn't go better because I Love Cats! were tighter than ever. Now a three piece, I Love Cats! will tear up your record player with their vinyl melting garage rock and totally awesome next level reverb vocals that are practically an instrument unto themselves. I always knew these guys were going to do great things, I just didn't think it was going to be so soon! 7" record $7ppd |
 | Touching Touch/No Touch MER 26 - 2010 Touching is the debut cd from Touch/No Touch, one of Stevens Point's latest and greatest bands. The songs on this cd are great. Melissa's playing is that weirdo kind of playing where she does her own thing and totally rules. She plays her thick strings like a bass while she goes to mathrockville on the higher strings. I heard that she never really rocked out until Scott got in there to drive the points home in rapid succession accenting them with beats that while simple make your head spin. Think about a math rock singer songwriter but less math and more rock, and then think about how you want to hear this cd. Something something Ani DiFranco + Talking Heads + V For Vendetta (the band). 5" pro replicated cdr, full color jewel case $5ppd |
 | s/t Secret Secretions MER 24 - 2010 I've listened to a ton of punk records, and its pretty rare when you hear one that sounds like a punk record but doesn't sound like a rip-off. This first ever full length from the Secret Secretions manages to do avoid that trapping and it is all the more awesome because of it. The punk/reggae/surf fusion is totally bizarre when you first meet the Secretions, but everything comes together on the album with an intensity that is undeniably PUNK ROCK. Clocking in at just over 17 minutes, this cd blazes through all of their best songs which tackle everything from Scientology to the pointlessness of our modern existence. In short, this record slays and it is definitely something you're going to want to check out if you care at all about punk rock. Also of note: the Secret Secretions wanted this to be released for free, so if you buy it online you're just paying for postage. cd-r in digipack with foldout lyric sheet/poster $3ppd |
 | Vol. 2 I Love Cats! MER 21 - 2009 Vol. 2 is the first "real" recordings of I Love Cats! and it rules. The tape is full of noisy basement "garage" rock echo jams that transcend the earlier Coachwhips homage I Love Cats! started out with. Wild drums, singing saws, and fuzzed out vocals make this tape a real keeper. Get it while its hotttttttttttttt. Cassette tape in hard shell case $4ppd |
 | What's the Point? Russell Pederson / Sega Genocide / Bloated Whale Decapitation / Photographs of the Future / Richard Hescott / The Secret Secretions / Little Red Car / Jason Loeffler / Green Sun / Good Grief / Quiet the Ruckus / Troubadour / Break Bone Fever / Imoth Amero / Electric Storm / Wrath of the Girth MER 18 - 2009 What's the Point? is a compilation of hot new Stevens Point, WI bands giving you a taste of what the town has to offer. Covering all areas of the musical map from folk to grindcore, WTP? is a collection of music by people who are excited about making things happen where they live. When I first moved to Stevens Point I didn't realize that so many good things were going on under my nose, so I decided to document what we had. All I wanted to do was to make a compilation, but what we wound up with is a recording of where we started before things got even better. cdr in screen printed digipack with 16 page booklet $6ppd |
 | Riding a Unicorn to the Moon Arabian Ass Migration MER 15 - 2009 Fist full length from Dylan Watkins's one man band Arabian Ass Migration. Robotic dance beats, songs about transformers, and non-stop fuzzed out bass grooving will have your feet moving until the album is done. When you hear this cd you will want to have a dance party at your house just so you can play it over and over and over and over. 5" pro replicated cdr, full color jewel case $5ppd |
 | Blackout Beach Alex Drosen MER 14 - 2008 16 tiny tracks, including spaced out synth jams, clarinet squawks, lovely guitar textures, and electronic freakouts. The 19-minute album is on CD-R, in a jewel case with printed artwork in full black and white. The release is limited to fifty copies, and each has unique hand drawn artwork on the inside of the tray insert (under the disc). It is a very recommened listen. 5" cdr in jewlcase $5ppd |
 | Love it or Leave it Wild Animalz MER 10 - 2008 Ex-Ohio grindcore band that has songs about science fiction and how much Ohio sucks. Crazy surprises on the B side! Co-released with Peddling Records!!!!!!!!! Cassette tape in hardshell case OR 3" cd-r $4ppd
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 | House Party Spooky Spooky Washington MER 09 - 2008 Throwing a party should be fun for everyone, including the host. Here3s how to throw a successful party and enjoy it at the same time. This is the first album from the Ypsilanti, Michigan based Spooky Spooky Washington. 42 minutes of shimmering guitar lines, feed backing pedals, and massively delayed synth. Tension and release to the max! 5" cdr in sleeve $4ppd |
 | Rage Against the Machine Dan Daniels MER 08 - 2007 You may already know Dan Daniels from his band the Rangers (if you don't you have been missing out). Dan does a bunch of songs in the style of the Beatles if they were Bob Dylan and lived in Marquette, MI and worked at Beef-a-Roo. Also: I hope we don't get sued because of the album title. 5" cdr in sleeve $4ppd |
 | Boys of the Summer Electric Storm MER 07 - 2008 Finally, the promised baseball themed Electric Storm album is here! Five tracks spanning two years of tone work, whale sound tape loops, and live excursions. 41 minutes of noise. Comes with a 20th century baseball team logo sticker (while supplies last). 5" cdr in sleeve $4ppd |
 | Live in Houghton The Rangers/Duct Ape MER 06 - 2007 This is a live recording of Marquette's favorite surf band and the UP's greatest comedy noise rock duo ever. Both discs have had the crappy jokes edited out, so both sets are sure to stun you with how "on" the jokes are. Duct Ape's set has quite possibly the worst version of Pterodactyl ever recorded, because Houghton kids just don't get it.2 screen printed discs in a DVD case. How could you go wrong I ask? Two 5" screen printed cdr's in dvd case $7ppd |
 | My Favorite Hard Time vol 2 The Saurus/Alex Drosen/Man vs Nature MER 05 - 2007 A continuation of the three bands three inches theory. The Saurus are improvised noise rock with insane bass distortion.Alex Drosen is a synth pro, and these tracks rule. You should get a hold of him and get his full length, its awesome. I listen to it all of the time. Man vs. Nature is from California and brings the noise! 3" cdr in sleeve $3ppd |
 | Idea Factory The Mountain Brothers MER 03 - 2006 Clocking in at 53 minutes, the second album from the Mountain Brothers brings a delightful mix of songs from their own invented genres of noise grass and post grass. For those of you not in the know, noise grass is a mix of noise rock and blue grass, and post grass takes the traditional bluegrass song and joins it with post rock and no wave stylings. For this album Mike has kept his banjo, but Tyler has dropped his harmonica for an electronics setup your grandmother wished the bluegrass of her time had. With everything from sprawling noise to banjo solo numbers, this album is something you will not soon forget. Jewlcase + screen printed cd-rs. 5" screenprinted cdr in jewlcase $4ppd |
 | My Favorite Hard Time vol 1 Cymbolstorm/The Murder Men/Electric Storm MER 01 - 2005 Three inches, three bands. Cymbolstorm does beat poetry with a cymbal. The Murder Men explore an experemental folk collage. Electric Storm presents three noise compositions. Basically it is like a nonstop party. 3" cdr $3ppd |