January 22, 2010

So, hand in hand with the addition of all the reviews last month, with the exception of the collections/compilations, I've gone through EVERY single page of the existing discography. Cleaned them up, added some more cover art as well as (when the files are a good size) making them accesible in a larger version. As time allows, I hope to scan some more artwork as well as hopefully coming across more online. I've consolidated some redundancies and corrected mistakes. Though undoubtedly there are more, but hopefully I hit most of them.

So, next up will be adding pages for major Laswell-related labels and bringing back the chronological discography. As much as some of the layout I still intend to change, the album pages themselves will likely stay as they are. And there you have it.

So, it's been a fairly slow Laswell year, but it looks like there's a possiblity 2010 will be a different story.

Rare Noise Records will be releasing a live Somma concert in January, and Method of Defiance has already hit the studio to work on a proper studio release for the label. There will also be more news on the live front for the groups as well. Bill also plans on doing a series of solo performances in 2010. There are a couple of things in the can already that didn't come out in 2009, but should arrive in 2010. Dr. Israel's new full-length (Gangsta n' Police 12" is already available), Blood of Heroes - featuring Bill, Dr. Israel, Submerged, Enduser and more (on OHM Resistance) and Beatundercontrol's remix album, though you can already get Laswell's remix through iTunes.