Motel Hell

The Dick is back with the Beard to talk about his favorite records of 2012. Listen in for music from Anatomia, Dead Can Dance, Lil Ugly Mane, Mutant Video, Pallbearer and more!

Best of 2012:

Anatomia - Decaying in Obscurity CD/2xLP - NWN!

Black Marble - A Different Arrangement CD/LP - Hardly Art

Dead Can Dance - Anastasis CD/2xLP - PIAS

Grimes - Visions CD/LP - 4AD

Krökta Rum ‎– Tankar & Syner Del I LP - Järtecknet

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city CD/2xLP - Top Dawg

Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation MP3s/2xLP/Cassette - Self-Released/Hundebiss/Ormolycka

Mutant Video - "Head Scan" - Part Two Cassette - Iron Lung

Pallbearer - Extinction And Sorrow CD/LP - Profound Lore/20 Buck Spin

Purity Ring - Shrines CD/LP - 4AD

Raime - Quarter Turns Over A Living Line CD/2xLP - Blackest Ever Black

7 H.Target - Fast-Slow Demolition CD - Coyote Records

Shackleton ‎– Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs CD+3xLP - Woe To The Septic Heart!

Sigha - Living With Ghosts CD/2xLP - Hotflush Recordings

V/A - Port Out, Starboard Home 2xCassette - Posh Isolation

This week Dick Fetti finally finishes his series on Japanese auteur director Shinya Tsukamoto [塚本 晋也]. The Dick covers the director's films from 2002's "A Snake of June" [六月の蛇] through 2018's "Killing" [斬、]. For those who've been waiting for the conclusion, thank you. For those who are new to the work Shinya Tsukamoto, it's time to dive in!

This week the Beard and the Dick start a new series, looking at their favorite records of the past decade. The boys dig into what makes the records special and discuss the moments of their lives which they soundtracked. Primarily a Dick Fetti affair, his picks range from the esoteric and experimental to the neon-bright and sickly-sweet. In this first part the boys get through 2010 and 2011.

Best of 2010:

Deathspell Omega - Paracletus CD/LP - NED

Drunkdriver - Drunkdriver LP - Self-Released

Fleshpress - Rebuild/Crumble & No Return CD - Kult of Nihilow

Haus Arafna - You CD/LP - Galakthorrö

Inquisition - Ominous Doctrines of the Pepetual Mystical Macrocosm CD/2xLP - Hells Headbangers

IRM - Order4 CD - Cold Meat Industry

Michael Mayer - Immer 3 CD - Kompakt

SNUFF - Male Supremacy 7" - Filth & Violence

Umpio - Sauna Cassette - Obscurex

Yellow Swans - Going Places CD/LP - Type

Best of 2011:

A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP MP3s - Self-Released

Demdike Stare - Tryptych 3xCD - Modern Love

Ilsa - Tutti il Colori del Buio LP - Contagion

Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe MP3s - Beer on the Rug

Nicole 12 - Black Line CD/LP - Freak Animal / IOPS

Numinous - Numinous CD/LP - Northern Heritage

Pestdemon - Helvetesljuset LP - Unrest

Pyhä Kuolema ‎– Saavun Vaikken Kulkisi CD - Anima Arctica

Sandwell District - Sandwell District CD - Sandwell District

Surgeon - Breaking the Frame CD/2xLP - Dynamic Tension

Chelsea Wolfe - Ἀποκάλυψις CD/LP - Pendu Sound

Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo are back to kick the decade off right by immediately looking backward! Ben is on the mend from his abdominal surgery (and complications) and to make up for lost time the boys deliver this two hour episode. The Dick and the Beard discuss the best and worst life events, records, movies and video games of 2019. Come join and live in the past with Motel Hell!

To bridge the gap between Shinya Tsukamoto episodes on Motel Hell, the boys have an extra BDMFT for your ear-holes. First the Beardo and the Fetti review "Slugs: The Movie" from 1988. Directed by Spanish cult legend Juan Piquer Simón, this creature feature is completely bonkers in all the right ways. Then Dick Fetti opens the Disco Box to recommend another Nile album, an album by infamous American black metal project Xasthur, and the soundtrack to "Castlevania: Rondo of Blood" aka "Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo" by the Konami Kukeiha Club. The spooky gush continues...

Disco Box Recommendations:

Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked CD/2xLP - Relapse Records 2005

Xasthur - Telepathic With The Deceased CD - Moribund Records 2004

Konami Kukeiha Club - Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood / Castlevania: Dracula X - Konami 1993/Mondo 2018

The Beard and The Dick are back! Dick Fetti gets personal with his long-winded recommendation of Nile's "In Their Darkened Shrines"; recommends the debut from Russian Slam psycho's 7 H.Target; and wraps up with Kiran Arora's harsh noise excellence. Then the Beard gets into his first impression's of the SWERY directed horror/surrealist game "Deadly Premonitions", recently re-released for Nintendo Switch.

Disco Box Recommendations:

Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines CD/2xLP - Relapse Records 2002

7 H.Target - Fast-Slow Demolition CD - Coyote Records 2012

Kiran Arora - Fromication CDr - Prose Nagge 2019

Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo are back for the second part of their in-depth look at the life and work of Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto. This episode will cover the period of 1989 through 1999, starting with the director's most famous work, "Tetsuo: The Iron Man" aka "鉄男 Tetsuo" and ending with "Gemini" aka "双生児". This episode is a KNOCKOUT.

This week Ben the Beardo unveils a new segment, In Comparison, in which he compares the 2008 horror film "The Strangers" to its sequel "The Strangers: Prey At Night". The Dick Fetti delves into the world of knuckle-dragging, vomit-gurgling slam death metal, only to escape at the last minute with a review of Boy Harsher's new album, "Careful". Get ready to get dumb.

Disco Box Recommendations:

Vomit Remnants - Supreme Entity CD - Macabre Mementos Records 1999

Vomit Remnants - Indefensible Vehemence CD - Supreme Musick 2001

Putridity - Ignominious Atonement CD - Willowtip 2015

Boy Harsher - Careful CD/LP - Nude Club Records 2019

This week Motel Hell dive into the life and work of Shinya Tsukamoto (塚本 晋也), legendary Japanese auteur director. Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo discuss Tsukamoto's childhood, his persistent love of kaiju films and his origins as an 8MM film maker, actor, playwright and director. If you want to know about the man behind "Tetsuo: The Iron Man", "Tokyo Fist" and "Vital", here's the place to start! In honor of Mr. Tsukamoto's life-long love of kaiju (and because he appears in it), the boys start with a review of incredible "Shin Godzilla" by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi from 2016.

Ben the Beardo aka Adam Sessler is back for another video game review, covering the acclaimed Bioshock series with a focus on Bioshock Infinite. Then Bobby Goldwater fills in for Dick Fetti to host the new and improved Disco Box recommendations which now include samples of the albums reviewed!

Disco Box Recommendations:

HTRK - Venus In Leo LP/CD - Ghostly International 2019

Pessimist - The Woods / Lead Foot 12" - Samurai Music 2015

Sigha - Christ Figures / New Puritan 12" - Token 2016

Masonna -Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Auréolé CD - Alchemy Records 1993