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Since I've mostly heard more than two decades old Government Alpha, I was quite curious when I picked up this brand-new CD on his Xerxes label, titled "Apophenia" — meaning, "the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things." A rather curious title for a noise CD.

He is still super-loud, but it feels more composed and well... fancy. Not necessarily better, and certainly not worse. Just a master developing his style.

Concern over #asbis after people #jailed for #feeding #birds

Almost 250 people #imprisoned for breaching #antisocial behaviour injunctions (asbis) since 2020; people being jailed for sleeping rough, begging, feeding birds & making a #noise

A man, who breached an injunction by continuing to feed pigeons on his balcony was imprisoned for 15 weeks

“I started feeding birds with my mum in the 1960s"

theguardian.com/society/2025/a

The Guardian · Concern over ‘asbis’ after report finds people jailed for sleeping rough and feeding birdsBy Jessica Murray

INITIAL SHOCK III

La Sotterenea, Saturday, July 5 at 02:00 PM EDT

Scream & Writhe and Disaster Sources are pleased to announce Initial Shock III. The third edition of the Montreal noise fest will take place July 5-6 at La Sotterenea and P’tit Ours.

Full lineup: AMARIOR, ANNE-F JACQUES, APOLOGIST, DEATH KNEEL, EUNUCH GOD, GENERIC FATIGUE, GIRL CIRCLES, GRKZGL, KAHRABA, K.M. TOEPFER, LYNDSIE ALGUIRE, MASS MARRIAGE, MATRIARCH, MOTHER MARY, QUIVERING/NAUSIA, S.D., SHADOW PATTERN, TASKMASTER, WIDDERSHINS, and WINDSHEAR

Individual showcase lineups and artist bios to follow.

montreal.askapunk.net/event/in

Genocide Organ – 虐殺機関

As the story goes this is G/O’s ‘lost’ album that was meant to be the bridging release between the first ‘Leichenlinie’ LP and the ‘Save our Slaves’ LP. Slated for release in 1990 on a Japanese label, this never surfaced, but was later released by Tesco to commemorate the group’s two live performances in Japan during March 2003.

Genocide Organ – Obituary Of The Americas (Vinyl)

This album directs a sharp focus on the socio-political landscape Latin America/ South America, which indecently has captured the attention of the group in the past. Here the group displays full immersion into this overarching concept and focuses upon covert government operations for power and control, along with themes of poverty, drug running and militia organizations, which have all shaped and influenced the region.