"Take Penacilin Now" (G7 Welcoming Committee)
By Tim Den
Monday. Aug 22, 12:46 AM
An overview of one of the most important labels today... and a new Propagandhi song!!!

Take Penacilin Now is G7 Welcoming Committee’s first comp to feature all 19 of the label’s artists, past and present. You’ve got abrasive noisecore from Swallowing Shit and Hiretsukan, dreamy croons from Clann Zú, fractured sound collage from Bakunin’s Bum, old school punkcore from I Spy and …But Alive, shitheavy metal from GFK and Malefaction, the Fugazi churn of Che: Chapter 127, smoky spoken word lament from Rhythm Activism, and a seemingly alternate universe where the lilting prose of The Weakerthans swaps places with the kung fu fist of Submission Hold. An early track from The (International) Noise Conspiracy here (before the whole major label thing), a rare Randy track there (meh), and a thoroughly out of place Consolidated Sublime rip-off later, and you’ve got one kick ass collection.

Oh but wait… it gets better. Mico take emotional, atmospheric rock where Elliott strived and failed, Warsawpack deliver brainy hip hop over haunting-indie-rock-with-horns, Greg MacPherson (with or without his Band? Not clear) add muscles to the previously fragile “Southern Lites (Electric),” and – of course, the stars of the show – Propagandhi turn me into Orgasm Man (from old SNL… remember? Played by Rob Schneider? No? Anyone?) with every second of their brand spankin’ new track. Just when I thought they couldn’t top Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes, “Name and Address Withheld” refreshes my memory that, hey, Propagandhi can fucking do anything. They aren’t hardcore, they aren’t punk… they are beyond summation. They fucking rip and soar.

I suggest everyone Take Penacilin Now, because who knows when daring, diverse labels such as G7 Welcoming Committee – like SST and Owned and Operated before it – will get fed up with this cumdumpster of a business and leave town.
www.g7welcomingcommittee.com

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Tim Den

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