THE NEW OH SEES lp, CARRION CRAWLER/THE DREAM will be out NOVEMBER 15th on IN THE RED RECORDS........
this is great fucking music, LOUD, RAUCOUS, SOULFUL DRUNKEN ROCK N ROLL.... you need 68 COMEBACK in yr collection......
"Pow Wows gloriously carry the flower punk torch and continue in our debaucherous death cult tradition. In the spirit of Simply Saucer and The Monks this recording bleeds and should be a hit during any afternoon Robitussin session.... My only advice is to keep hydrated... lots of water & GRAPEFRUIT... it will save you in the end...." -King Khan, Emancipator of R&B (Leader of the Pack)
"If The Urinals hit head on in a car crash with Wire." -Gregg Kostelich of the CYNICS / GET HIP RECORDS
"The POW WOWS are some awesome garage-punk for the kids and we recommend them fully." -Le Noise
"My ears got wood when I heard the Pow Wows." -Bill Kelly, WFMU-FM and Little Steven's Underground Garage channel on Sirius/XM
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PERMANENT RECORDS is having its 5th BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS WEEKEND......and you need to join in the festivities, well at least if you live anywhere near chicago........Feeling of Love may very well be one of the most under-rated acts out there these days, but it seems they're starting to get their due... FOL bring back best of Nineties-garage-blues (Oblivians, JSBX, and Doo Rag at their finest) without the stench of revisionism, updating those styles with a Pussy Galore-like slop of noise and a healthy dose of acerbic wit. Guitars alternately slide and slash, keyboards get punched and stepped on amid the fray, Frenchmen sneer and whoop at you, drums boom and then turn coffee can hollow...they run blues-trash through the gauntlet and come out the other side reborn as some snarling beast. One of these tunes sounds like the Bassholes if they were on AmRep. Others sound like Spencer, if he were REALLY a bad ass and not just pretending. The best song titles ever and gratuitous use of the word pussy just ratchet the entertainment value up a few clicks. Beautiful, like a cranked-up Bob Log fronting Unsane!
There's so much I love about this band right now. Invigorating music. Cheveu may be everyone's current French darlings, but Feeling of Love hold the keys to my heart. Buy all of their records now if you haven't already.listen to the title track off their new lp DISSOLVE ME below....
STRAIGHT ARROWS are jangly lo-fi garage rock from AUSTRALIA...... ........where quite the rock n roll scene has sprouted up.......along with them, there's UV RACE, ROYAL HEADACHE, EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING, CIRCLE PIT, KITCHEN'S FLOOR and SUPER WILD HORSES.....just to name a couple...... all of these bands playing wild garage inspired art punk......
texas garage/punks
The Mantles may hail from San Francisco and their self-titled album may have been released on Siltbreeze in 2009, but after listening to it, one would be excused for thinking the group hailed from Los Angeles and the album was released on Down There in 1986. Or that they were from Auckland and the record was released on Flying Nun in 1990. (Or even that they were from the Midwest, maybe Dayton, OH, and opened for Plasticland or Death of Samantha when they came through town.) They share the swirling guitar and organ textures of the Paisley Underground crowd, the chiming, chugging feel of classic New Zealand groups like the Chills, and the jangling, melodic songcraft of bands like Love and the Byrds (who inspired the Nuns and Undergrounders). The Mantles isn’t some studied nostalgia trip, though, despite how strong their influences come through. They escape it through strong songwriting, spirited performances, and the garagey energy that comes hopping off the grooves as the record spins. Songs like the pretty folk-rocker "Don’t Lie," the surging rockers "What We Do Matters" and "Yesterday’s Gone," or the a surprisingly soulful organ-led ballad "Look Away" make a strong case that the Mantles are almost on par with their inspirations. The rest of the album isn’t far behind, with the hits beating the duds 10-0. It’s an impressive debut album from a band that loves the past but doesn’t live in it.
