San Fran sound-collage collective Negativland are releasing their most brand new, ass-shakin’ disc Thigmotactic July 15 on their own label, Seeland Records. Though the disc is touted as the band’s first “song-based release,” I personally fail to see how past efforts like No Business (with its “Favorite Things” send up) are any less so. AND ANOTHER THING. If Negativland are the culture-jamming bad-asses like they claim, why release an album at all? While some b-boys are super-disco breakin,’ and others are certainly fakin’ (looking at you C. Finn), Negativland is most definitely COMMODITY-MAKIN’.

Or maybe that’s the point?

Either way, we better get some Negativland Converse/Nike commercials out of this, cause I ain’t bailing them out of jail this time...

1. Richard Nixon Died Today 2. Lying On The Grass 3. Extra Sharp Pencils 4. It’s Not A Critique 5. Basketball Plant 6. Two Light Bulbs Flickering 7. By Truck 8. Jack Pastrami/Flower Bum 9. Influential You 10. Virginia’s Trip 11. Steam On A Whim 12. Pork In The Store 13. Perfect Little Cookies 14. Kind of Grumpy 15. Your Skin Is Gelatin 16. Omnipotent Struggle 17. Rancho Pancho