Saturday, November 3, 2012

Foxing - St. Louis, Mo. - Emo/Post-punk


St. Louis based band Foxing make feel-good emo jams. Reminiscent of emotional song structures much like American Football, this band brings a modern tinge of indie and mathy elements for a nice blend of  songs worthy of singing along.

Stream their debut EP "Old Songs" below.

For fans of:  American Football, Castevet, Boyfriends




Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween! More Skeletal Lightning store updates



Happy Halloween!

Now introducing LP bundles to the Skeletal Lightning Store. Treat yourself to a nice LP bundle on this special holiday and save some money in the process!

The store is now featuring the following bundles:
Braid LP Bundle (Includes "Frame & Canvas" and "Closer To Closed" - $21.99
Halo of Flies "Milwaukee's Best" LP Bundle (Includes Enabler's "All Hail The Void" and Northless' 2xLP "Clandestine Abuse") - $29.99
Owen LP Bundle (Includes "Ghost Town" and "At Home With Owen") - $25.99
The Ghost is Clear Records LP Bundle (Features Brighter Arrows' "Division and What it is to Abide" 10" and the Kansas City 4-way split 12" featuring Texas Instruments, Battle Royale, Regret, The Informer, and Baitfish) - $16.99

In addition to those groovy bundles, we'll be offering a "Sale item of the week" special, where each week we mark a special item in the store on sale. This special will begin next week, so be on the lookout for that.


Thanks for reading! Have a great Halloween!


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Updates - SxL Fest, Distro, and more!

While things have been slow on the face of blog, we've been working hard on a bunch of behind the scenes projects.

I know most of these updates are pretty vague, but we are making sure everything is perfect before releasing any details. Plus, it will definitely be worth the wait!

- As you may have heard, Skeletal Lightning Fest is in the works. We've got a date, venue, and a ton of bands confirmed already. We're still working on getting some sweet headliners, but most of them are going out on tour right now, so we have to wait to hit them up until after they get back from the road.

The initial lineup will be announced mid-December, and tickets will be available starting in February, so keep an eye peeled out for that. As you all know, fest lineups undoubtedly change. It's usually out of our control. We're doing our best to make sure that doesn't happen, but if it does, we'll promise to find suitable replacements.

- Second, more releases will be hitting our distro super soon. We've got an order from Count Your Lucky Stars Records on the way, and restocks and other cool things coming soon thereafter.

- Third, we have a couple of amazing projects in the works. If/when these are confirmed, big changes will come for the blog. We will still carry the same mission in promoting our wonderful music scene, but we'll be involved in s little more of the groundwork of the scene, meaning physical releases (hint hint). We'll let you know more when we get things rolling.

Thank you for all of the support so far! We couldn't do it without you.

-SxL

Monday, October 29, 2012

Skeletal Lightning store item of the week: Enabler - All Hail the Void 12"



This week's Skeletal Lightning store item of the week is the Enabler - All Hail the Void 12".

Out of print! Get it here while you can.

Black vinyl with gatefold reverse board cover from MKE based band, Enabler.

From Halo of Flies: Be prepared to have your head crushed by ENABLER. Cut from the same cloth as the likes of Integrity, From Ashes Rise, Nasum and Masakari Produced, engineered, and mixed by Greg Thomas at Silver Bullet Studios and FC. Drums recorded by Shane Hotchstetler at Howl Street Recordings. Mastered by Bill Azimuth at Azimuth Mastering.

 01. F.A.T.H.
02. The Heathens
03. Speechless
04. Fuck Today
05. False Profit
06. All Hail The Void
07. True Love
08. They Live, We Sleep
09. No Deliverance
10. Save Yourself
11. Trust
12. Funeral Dirge

 Released July 2012.

  Listen:

Enabler - All Hail the Void 12" - $14.99

Friday, October 26, 2012

Neon Hole - Appleton, WI. - Grindcore/Sludge



More brutal heaviness from Appleton. This time, Neon Hole brings the goods.

With blindingly quick songs and crunchy riffs, this band will grind your head off.

Listen to their split with Diseksa below. View a live performance even further below.

For fans ofEyehategod, Slayer, Brutal Truth, Cripple Bastards