SOME SWORDS (Shows)
The 3-15-12 show is dedicated to Scott "Ferd" Ferdinand, longtime Missoulian, rocker, friend and fixer of many guitars. We miss you already, man. Hope you've got internet wherever you are and dig the show we put together.

Josh's Ultramega Ultrablast 3-15-12 by Joshvanek on Mixcloud

Josh's Ultra-Mega Ultra Blast 03/15/2012 04:00PM to 05:00PM
04:01PM Federation X “Song About The Sweet Lovin' Woman” from American Folk Horror on estrus
04:04PM Saints, the “River Deep, Mountain High” from (I'm) Stranded (1977) on sire (US)
04:08PM Lyres, the “100 CCs” from Lyres (1998) on Matador
04:10PM Birdman, Radio “I-94” from The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) (2001) on Sub Pop
04:14PM Saints, the “(I'm) Stranded” from (I'm) Stranded (1977) on sire (US)
04:17PM Birdman, Radio “Aloha Steve and Danno” from The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) (2001) on Sub Pop
04:21PM Lyres, the “Buried Alive” from AHS 1005 (1998) on Matador
04:29PM Ax, the “Bent the Wires” from Fossils of Our Kind (2012) on Whoa Boat!
04:32PM Bugs, the “Dos Equis (That's Tonight)” from Goin' Places (2002) on Tombstone
04:34PM Lost Sounds “Read a Requiem Mass for Me” from Rats Brains & Microchips (2002) on Empty Records
04:35PM Ax, the “In The Shadows” from Fossils of Our Kind (2012) on Whoa Boat!
04:39PM Bugs, the “The Adventures of Blue Collar Cat” from Goin' Places (2002) on Tombstone
04:42PM Poison 13 “Hellbound Train” from Wine is Red, Poison is Blue (1994) on Sub Pop
04:53PM Big Black “Grinder” from Headache - EP (1986) on touch and Go records
04:56PM Sonic's Rendezvous Band “Electrophonic Tonic” from City Slang 7"
04:59PM White Boss “Darkness” from White Boss (2) (2010) on Perennial
05:04PM White Boss “Lightness” from White Boss (2) (2010) on Perennial

This show is uniquely errr, unique, in that it's Niki, the woman behind Muffintops and my better half covering the show and doing a better job than I normally do. Shucks.

Josh's Ultramega Ultrablast 3-22-12 by Joshvanek on Mixcloud

Josh's Ultra-Mega Ultra Blast (Loud) with Niki 03/22/2012 04:00PM to 05:00PM
04:06PM Golden “Good Hope” from Trans Solar
04:21PM The Fucking Champs “Thor Is Like Immortal” from IV (2005) on merge
04:21PM Thrones “The Suckling” from Day Late, Dollar Short (CD, Album, Private, 2005) on southern lord
04:22PM Melvins “A History Of Bad Men” from (A) Senile Animal (MP3, Album, Private, 2006) on Ipecac
04:25PM Akimbo “Bane of the Ancient Whales” from Elephantine (2004) on Dopamine Records
04:32PM Le Force “Sometimes Everybody Needs A Tissue (Trilogy)” from Le Fortress
04:35PM Green Milk from The Planet Orange “BUTTERFLY” from He's Crying "Look" (CD, 2006) on Beta Lactam Ring Records
04:46PM The Pope “White People” from Sports (CD, Album, Main Library, 2007) on Wantage USA
04:46PM AAVIKKO “Sports Criminal” from Multi Muysic (2000) on Hawaii Sounds
04:51PM The Birthday Party “The Friend Catcher” from Hits (CD, Album, Private, 1992) on 4ad
04:51PM The Fall “Middle Mass” from Slates (2004) on Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (http://www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.co.uk, Mexico)
04:59PM The Lights “We are the victims of the pleaures of the sense of hearing” from Beautiful Bird (CD, Album, Private, 2003) on Bop Tart
04:59PM Ass End Offend “Permanent Sick Leave” from character assassins (CD, Album, Local, 2004) on Wantage USA
05:00PM The Anti Difrancos “A Permanant Forgotten Name” from Kill the Bastards (2001) on Poison Candy Records
05:05PM The Monks “Complication” from Black Monk Time (12LP33rpm, Album, Private, 1966) on Light in the Attic Records

Playlist for the 3/8/12 'Blast
Download here.

White Boss “Number Two” from White Boss (2)(Perennial 2010)

Raw Power “No Card” from Screams from the Gutter(Toxic Shock 1985)

White Boss “Sun Rays” from White Boss (2) (Perennial 2010)

Men, the “ANIMAL” from Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones 2012)

GodheadSilo “Bereft Rescue Mission No. 43” from Hammerhead Split 7" (OXO 1993)

Filth Matress “#3” from Filth Matress 3" CDR (self-released 2008)

White Boss “Meld” from White Boss (2) (Perennial 2010)

Melvins “Leech” from Gluey Porch Treatments MP3 ALBUM (Boner 1989)

Hammerhead “Swallow” from Into the Vortex MP3 ALBUM (Amphetamine Reptile 1994)

Ax, the “Climb and Claw” from Fossils of Our Kind (Whoa Boat! 2012)

Helms Alee “Weatherhead” (Hydra Head 2011)

Totalitar “Vi är inte människor” from Vi Ar Eliten CD (Prank 2006)

Judas Priest “Deceiver” from Sad Wings of Destiny (Gull Records 1976)

Thin Lizzy “SOLDIER OF FORTUNE” from Bad Reputation 12LP33RPM ALBUM (Polygram 1977)

Television “ELEVATION” from Marquee Moon CD ALBUM (elektra 1977)

Mordecai “Blow Happy” from Ejaculating Squat Marmut CD ALBUM (Killertree 2011)

3/1/12 Ultramega Ultrablast
R.I.P. Aaron "Major Terror" Bolton.

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Playlist:
Mountain High “Lil Boo Big” from Catholic Cookie Cutters CDR on Hot Dog City Record Co.
Mordecai “Computer” from Hugo Ball / Two Rooms (CD, Album, Playlist, 2009) on self released (USA)
Human Eye “Car Was Alive” from Human Eye (2005) on in the red
Stooges, the “Loose” from Fun House
Fireballs of Freedom “Take Up Thy Stethascope and Walk” from Total Fucking Blowout (CD, Album, Punk/Garage, 2000) on estrus
Stooges, the "TV Eye" from Fun House
Fireballs of Freedom “F.O.F. Express” from Total Fucking Blowout (CD, Album, Punk/Garage, 2000) on estrus
Achim Reichel “Station 1: Globus” from Die Grune Reise on Melting Pot — PROGRAM BREAK
Charles Bronson Superstar “Circuit Breaker” from Sputniks Split 7" on pink house records
Charles Bronson Supertar “Walkin Past Your House” from Sputniks Split 7" on pink house records
Charles Bronson Superstar “Sugar Cain” from Sputniks Split 7" on pink house records
Charles Bronson Superstar “So Nice To See You Dead” from Sputniks Split 7" on pink house records
Divorced “Medical Experiments” from Separation Anxiety (CD, Album, Playlist, 2011) on Untapped Resources
Lollipop “7 and 7 Is” from Dog Piss On Dog (1996) on Amrep
HERÄTYS “Pelkkaa Pahoinvointia” from HERÄTYS (CD, Album, Playlist, 2010) on Not Enough Records
Die Goldenen Zitronen “Complication feat. Chicks on Speed”<br>from Lenin (2006) on Buback Tonträger
Bacon and Egg “World Of Mystery” from All In One Basket (CD, Album, Playlist, 2012, added 02/29/2012) on self released (USA)
Achim Reichel “Station 1: Globus” from Die Grune Reise on Melting Pot — PROGRAM BREAK
Jesus Lizard, the “PASTORAL” from Head (1990) on touch and Go records
Lightning Bolt “BIRDY” from Hypermagic Mountain (CD, Single, Main Library, 2005) on load

ULTRAMEGA ULTRABLAST: FEB. 16, 2012
There's a special bonus at the end of this one. Here's the download.

Playlist:
Divorced “Weirdo Boss” from Separation Anxiety CD ALBUM (Untapped Resources 2011)
HERÄTYS “Pelkkaa Pahoinvointia” from HERÄTYS CD ALBUM (Not Enough Records 2010)
Black Cobra “Red Tide” from Feather and Stone MP3 ALBUM (At A Loss Recordings 2007)
Helms Alee “Elbow Grease” from Weatherhead (Hydra Head 2011)
HERÄTYS “Ei Saatana” from HERÄTYS CD ALBUM (Not Enough Records 2010)
Shahs “Medicine Girls” from Big Room/Medicine Girls 7" (Death By Audio 2011)
The Juveniles “What Do I Get” from Take One CD ALBUM
Divorced “1000 Years” from Separation Anxiety CD ALBUM (Untapped Resources 2011)
Diskonto “Broderskapsrörelsen” from There Is No Tomorrow (Retard Records)
HERÄTYS “Heikoin lenkki” from HERÄTYS CD ALBUM (Not Enough Records 2010)
Helms Alee “8/16” from Weatherhead (Hydra Head 2011)
Vaz “Throttle” from Chartreuese Bull (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia 2011)
Warsaw “The Drawback” from Warsaw (Vinyl Passion 2007)
Sandrider “Paper” from S/T (Good to Die 2012)
Thrones “Coalsack” from Enlightenment 10" (Soledad 1993)
Tragedy “Vengeance” from vengeance (Tragedy Records 2002)

DID WE MENTION WE HAD A RADIO SHOW, (BRO)?
Yep, it's that's factual. On KBGA, 89.9 FM Missoula, and at KBGA.org. called "Josh's Ultramega Ultrablast" and you can like it on the f-book. We've done it since around 2007 or so. We haven't really ever recorded it... until recently! Yes, we got so stoked about the new Vaz record (Chartreuse Bull) that we decided to plum the depths of Jeff "Isolation DH-9" Mooridian, asking all sorts of questions about it.

Here's a download
and here's the playlist:
Josh's Ultramega Ultrablast, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

• Divorced “I Wanna Die” from Separation Anxiety CD ALBUM (Untapped Resources 2011)
• Hammerhead “Swallow” from Into the Vortex MP3 ALBUM (Amphetamine Reptile 1994)
• Hammerhead “The Starline Locomotive” from Into the Vortex MP3 ALBUM (Amphetamine Reptile 1994)
• Vaz “Chartreuse Blues” from Chartreuse Bull CD ALBUM (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia 2011)
• INTERVIEW WITH JEFF MOORIDIAN, VAZ DRUMMER.
• Vaz “Sine Language” from Chartreuse Bull CD ALBUM (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia 2011)
• Thrones “Wage War” from Sundries (Joe Preston's Solid Gold Records 2010)
• Divorced “Medical Experiments” from Separation Anxiety CD ALBUM (Untapped Resources 2011)
• Vaz “No Leaf Clover” from Hey One Cell 7" (Reptilian Records 1998)
• Vaz “Prepare To Dive” from Chartreuse Bull CD ALBUM (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia 2011)
• Dead “Prick Rodeo” from Thundaaaaah! CD ALBUM (Wantage USA 2011)
• Blind Shake “Soft Zodiac” from Cold Town / Soft Zodiac CD ALBUM (Learning Curve Records 2009)
• Prophecy “Killer” from S/T (Metal Arc 1984)
• Blind Shake “Radon Detector” from Cold Town / Soft Zodiac CD ALBUM (Learning Curve Records 2009)
• Vaz “No Woman / No Cry” from Demonstrations in Micronesia (Load Records 2001)
• Ax, the “Bent The Wires” from Fossils of Our Kind (Whoa Boat! 2012)
• Future of The Left “Destroywhitchurch.Com” from Polymers Are Forever - EP (Remote Control Records 2011)
• Megasus “Ten Kingdoms” from Megasus CD ALBUM (20 Buck Spin 2009)
• White Shit “Reposessed” from Carry Me 7" (PPM 2011)
• Sovine, Red “Shotgun Boogie” from Sings Country Fine
• Eyehategod “Depress” from Dopesick CD ALBUM (Emetic 2008)Buy it!
• Vaz "Chartreuse Blues" fom Chartreuse Bull CD ALBUM (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia 2011)

May 31, 2011 Update

First things first here:
Our biggest piece of news comes in the form of this incredible new stuff we've been hearing from Dead, from Melbourne. They're a two-piece, with Jem Moloney who's drummed in Fire Witch, Inappropriate Tough Guy Behaviour and Fangs Of!. Dude's a savage. Dead is sort of like Fire Witch, in that it's got an kind of spacious, plodding creep and heaviness. I think of it as kind of modern AmRep noise rock, channeled through some kind of claustrophobic doom riffs, played on a bass. In short, the shit's fabulous. Gives us faith in the human race's ability to not just do crappy American Idol bullshit with its evenings. Not to get all soapboxy, but you know, it's affirming to get rocked in a fully supportable way once in a while, and Dead are just that! And, hear this, they are coming to the US in August and will tour East to West, play Total Fest in Missoula on August 19 and lots in-between! Get ahold of us if you want 'em in your town. We'll send out their itinerary in June or July, well prior to its start.

Couple of things Dead related here before we move on:
Here's a sneak peak, free MP3 of a song called "Preventable Disease"

We'll be releasing their 12" called "Thundaaaaah" and are pretty stoked about that. Pre-orders will be up shortly.

NEW SHIT DEPARTMENT
So, just about a year ago Japanther put out their most recent longplayer. It's called :Rock 'N Roll Ice Cream" and it's Japanther moving further along their pop continuum. So, back when we first heard the record, and the song "Not At War" in particular, we got really stoked to be involved somehow with the record. We opted for doing a small run of CDs+ a limited embroidered patch. This thing's finally come out. My god, what took so long? Maybe the fact that re-using a bunch of un-used CD trays seemed like a good idea at the time? Maybe because it's silk screened? Maybe because it come with an embroidered patch? Not any part of this project was as easy as paying for a box of plastic to be shipped from wherever CDs exactly come from. But, so it goes. The things here, it's priced at $10 for list members in n. america and $15 overseas.
Buy a limited to 250, hand-numbered Japanther RnR Ice CreamCD + Patch (North America)
Buy a limited to 250, hand-numbered Japanther RnR Ice Cream CD + Patch (world)

DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT
Friend, there's a ridiculous amount of titles we've traded for here, for starters we've got some really good stuff from:
Thou, Helms Alee, Broken Water, Pine Hill Haints, Killer Dream, Squalora, White Shit, Goddammitboyhowdy, Circle and oh, oh, oh, so much more. It'd be a pain in the ass to write about it all here so what I've done is create a separate, easy-to use, postage gets added-uniformly-and-it's cheap site for the Wantage Distro. It's right here: http://wantagedistro.bigcartel.com/

TOTAL FEST
Our Tenth(!) annual Total Fest happens this August 18-20 in Missoula. It's a lineup on par with the best we've ever done, with Big Business, White Shit, Dead, Unstoppable Death Machines, Kowloon Walled City and a ton more coming out. Have a look at the totalfest.org site to follow what's going on. We'd love to see you there, as always we float the river/swim, barbecue and host a record swap.

DUDE, WTF DEPARTMENT
Quit using acronyms, generation Y. Yeah, we know. It's been a long time between updates. Too long really, but as a living organism, this thing (Wantage) has times of pretty moderate activity, and times with pretty serious action. It's pretty much a one-dude and his wife machine, so no excuses. It just takes a while to get a report together for you sometimes.

OTHER NEWS DEPT.
Wicked news for us all: Federation X played live in Bellingam on November 13th back in 2010. All signs point to total sonic mastery and no notes missed. Here's the link to that. Nice audio/video.

Karp Documentary: Bill's still plugging away, and he's beginning to shop early versions of the doc. to film festivals.

-White Shit (Big Business, Karp, Monorchid dudes) have a new video, viewable perhaps only to those of you with facebook accounts. It shreds. Here's a link to it.

-Speaking of that, did you know that White Shit are playing Total Fest X, August 18-20?

RECOMMENDATION DEPARTMENT
-We can't say enough about the Blind Shake's ability to rip. They've got a new record coming out on the Learning Curve label, and it's thoroughly, thoroughly start to finish good news. Like Federation X sort of, with a baritone and standard guitar and great tones.

-Hammerhead have a new four song EP. I didn't think I'd ever be typing those words, but it's true. Legendary, and I try to use that adjective sparingly, Minneapolis via Fargo noise rock masters Hammerhead stopped playing over 10 years, to everybody's chagrin, and last year they made this new recording called "Memory Hole" and put it out on a CDR in time for the AmRep 20 year party. It's excellent.

Talk to you soon,

Wäntage.

FIRE (WITCH) SALE
Just for one week only, we're knocking a significant chunk off the price of these awesome Fire Witch 10"s we put out a couple years ago. $10 gets you a copy in the U.S. and A, friend. We hand screenprinted these things, signed and numbered them, and now we're in the home stretch, with most of them having gone to Australia, distributors and mailorder.

CLICK HERE TO BUY A FIRE WITCH: Japan 10"