Friday, September 30, 2011

strange boys - live music

the wait is over for the new album from THE STRANGE BOYS entitled LIVE MUSIC......its due out october 25th from ROUGH TRADE......   but you can CLICK HERE TO GRAB IT NOW..... it 's another solid twangy garage pop heart string puller of an lp.......


watch the video for the first single off the lp ME AND YOU......



and you might be able to see the STRANGE BOYS in a city near you......well if you live on a coast that is.....
 OCT 26th  West Hollywood, CA @ TROUBADOUR w/ MIKAL CRONIN
  OCT 28th  San Fran, CA @ REDWOOD ROOM
  OCT 29th  San Fran, CA @ REDWOOD ROOM
  NOV 18th  NYC @ MERCURY LOUNGE
  NOV 19th NYC @ GLASSLANDS GALLERY w/ XRAY EYEBALLS

mean jeans - are you serious?

who doesn't love sloppy fast RAMONES inspired punk rock?  i certainly do, and so do the MEAN JEANS......

they just killed in at GONER FEST so i thought i'd mention them on the blog.   kinda forgot about them for awhile, but if you like the MARKED MEN, BAD SPORTS, WHITE WIRES or DILLINGER FOUR, you need to check these guys out.

one lp, ARE YOU SERIOUS? on DIRTNAP and a seven inch on TROUBLE IN MIND.......

go buy yrself some MEAN JEANS now......

stream 2 MUCH COCAINE off ARE YOU SERIOUS below...


watch below:


Sunday, September 25, 2011

cave - NEVERENDLESS and fall tour dates

CAVE's krautrock/noise/psych rock will spin you into another dimension.......

permanent, important and drag city have all clamored to release albums by them, one of Chicago's best up and coming rock n roll bands.... this is music you need to hear......

think wooden shjips, oneida, neu, can, liars and kraftwerk.....and for comparisons, that's good company to keep........

click below to download two tracks off the recently released NEVERENDLESS lp:
     WUJ
   and ON THE RISE
 
and go buy this now.....available on cd/lp/cassette and two digital formats.....!

watch CAVE play on the back of a flatbed truck driving around Chicago.......

Cave - NEVERENDLESS from GONZO CHICAGO on Vimeo.

 and check them out on their fall NEVERENDLESS tour........

9/27/11 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia PA
9/28/11 Floristree Baltimore MD
9/29/11 Tea Bazaar Charlottesville VA
9/30/11 Nightlight Chapel Hill NC
10/1/11 Broadways Asheville NC
10/2/11 New Brookland Tavern Columbia SC
10/3/11 Tin Roof Charleston SC
10/4/11 Burro Bar Jacksonville FL
10/5/11 The Snooze West Palm Beach FL
10/6/11 Boca Fiesta Gainesville FL
10/7/11 Evolution Records Lakeland FL
10/8/11 New World Brewery Tampa FL
10/9/11 Farm 255 Athens GA
10/10/11 529 Atlanta GA
10/11/11 The End Nashville TN
10/12/11 Proud Larry's Oxford MS
10/13/11 Skihouse Carbondale IL
10/14/11 2720 Cherokee St. Louis MO
10/15/11 The Hideout Chicago IL w/ Chandeliers
11/6/11 Mickey's Madison WI
11/8/11 Medusa Minneapolis MN
11/9/11 The Cave (Carleton College) Northfield MN
11/11/11 Mojo's Columbia MO
11/17/11 The Comet Seattle WA
11/19/11 East End Portland OR
11/23/11 Verdi Club San Francisco CA Drag City Thanksgiving Blowup
11/28/11 Pehrspace Los Angeles CA
12/3/11 Solar Culture Tucson AZ
12/5/11 Bryan Street Tavern Dallas TX
12/8/11 Siberia New Orleans LA

Saturday, September 24, 2011

wild billy childish and the spartan dreggs - forensic r&b

every couple of years BILLY CHILDISH forms a new band and tilts his musical leanings in a slightly different direction......

this keeps away the stagnation or repetition of playing the same sort of rock n roll year after year....... he could call it quits at this point and it would still be years before i get around to listening to all the lps he's had a hand in, him and robert pollard being in the same over productive category of musicians......

so without to much fanfare, BILLY CHILDISH's new project is the SPARTAN DREGGS....... primitive trashy garage rock / fuzz punk / british beat music that makes you wanna shake yr hips and get drunk.........

maybe one of his best releases in years........ not quite the MILKSHAKES or the MIGHTY CAESARS, but catchier than most...........


listen below....download link removed by request...GO BUY IT AT YR LOCAL RECORD SHOP!



Friday, September 23, 2011

jack oblivian - rat city

you may know from reading this blog that the oblivians are one of my favorite bands and the various projects they've been involved with since demise of the great garage punk band have also been a huge influence on my musical leanings.......  greg has been keeping busy with REIGNING SOUND, eric with GONER RECORDS and JACK OBLIVIAN with his awesome solo records........

and JACK OBLIVIAN has a new rock n roller of an lp "RAT CITY" just out on BIG LEGAL MESS.....

the garage punk swagger is still there, but on his new album, jack oblivian mixes MEMPHIS rock and soul with post punk, classic rock boogie, fuzzed out psych and drunken blues together in one big fun late night mess.........

this is good rock n roll, at a time when way too many people stay confined within their small subgenres..... if you like anything i post on TINY GROOVES, you need to check out JACK OBLIVIAN, he's way too under-appreciated for such an awesome musician....

so click here to grab RAT CITY

and click here to go to PUNKS MAKE YOUR DAY for some older JACK OBLIVIAN lps....

and listen to a couple of tracks off the new lp below......


double dagger - first lp and final tour

it's sad when one of yr favorite bands calls it quits.   but you gotta thank 'em for all the fun drunken times......

DOUBLE DAGGER is going on one final tour after nearly ten years, three albums and one ep.......


their noisy post hardcore art rock was some of the best underground rock you could get yr hands on... so much so that thrill jockey signed them for their last two releases......

if you haven't seen the chaos of DOUBLE DAGGER live, you're missing out.....

they're tied with japanther and lightning bolt in the wild loft party show category....  
          and no one writes hardcore songs about design, typography, dance parties and hipsters like this......  
     i really can't say enough about these guys.... sure they're friends, but anyone who's ever listened to DOUBLE DAGGER immediately calls themselves a fan........

click here to grab their self titled self released debut lp...... its an album you'll want, and you can't find it anywhere........

make sure to check them out on their farewell tour....


10.14.11 - Chicago, IL - Ultra Lounge
10.15.11 - Chicago, IL - SECRET HOUSE SHOW I WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT!!!

10.16.11 - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class
10.19.11 - Washington DC - Black Cat
10.20.11 - Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio 
10.21.11 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar

Thursday, September 22, 2011

the oh sees - CARRION CRAWLER / THE DREAM

THE NEW OH SEES lp, CARRION CRAWLER/THE DREAM will be out NOVEMBER 15th on IN THE RED RECORDS........


beneath the tracklist is a live preview of the lp.....


or just click here to grab CARRION CRAWLER now....before the release date.


i can't believe THE OH SEES have enough material for a SECOND amazing release this year.........


Carrion Crawler/The Dream Tracklist:
01. Carrion Crawler
02. Contraption/Soul Desert
03. Robber Barons
04. Chem-Farmer
05. Opposition
06. The Dream
07. Wrong Idea
08.Crushed Grasss
09. Crack in Your Eye
10. Heavy Doctor










check them out on tour with TOTAL CONTROL (which btw is awesome)........

10/16 – San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10/19 – Halifax, NS @ Halifax Pop Explosion
10/20 – Montreal, QC @ Cabaret du Mile End
10/21 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
10/31 – San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink
11/04 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/05 – Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar
11/08 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
11/09 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone
11/10 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
11/11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
11/12 – Winston-Salem, NC @ Krankies
11/13 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
11/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent
11/18 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
11/21 – Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar 
11/22 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House 
11/23 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle (early show)
11/23 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle (late show) 

11/25 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
11/26 – Denver, CO @ Moe’s

up and comers - E+


featuring two members of DISAPPEARS and the drummer from HEAVY TIMES, E+ is bound to catch some ears and sign to a label soon........

noisy droned out SCI-FI GARAGE POP, as the band puts it, they give CAVE and WOODEN SHJIPS a run for the money....

....if you live in chicago, you've been lucky to see them a handful of times.....but hopefully they'll visit a town near you soon...........

keep an eye out for E+, this is a band you will hear more from.....

watch them live....



listen via soundcloud.....
  Latest tracks by :: ::: E+ ::: ::

Sunday, September 18, 2011

les breastfeeders - dans la gueule des jours

thanks goes to WFMU's TEENAGE WASTELAND for turning me on to this awesome new album by one of canada's finest garage bands.

i thought LES BREASTFEEDERS just disappeared into thin air, but they're back with another catchy fun garage rock record....  the last album they did was way back in 2006 and not many people noticed them.....

you might not know about these MONTREAL natives, but this is some SERIOUS french canadian rock n roll......

you need to listen up........  this is so good, you might think this lp was recorded in DETROIT in the heyday of the 90s garage revival but for the french lyrics.......  brings to mind THE SIGHTS, APRIL MARCH with THE MAKERS, THE DETROIT COBRAS, BANTAM ROOSTER and many bands that used to be on SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY.....

i'm not sure how easy this will be to find on vinyl outside canada,
so click here to download the new lp,  dans la gueule des jours.

watch below....




Saturday, September 17, 2011

68 COMEBACK - golden rogues singles collection

rising outta the ashes of the GIBSON BROS, the trash rockabilly garage outfit from COLOMBUS OHIO, was one of my fav garage punk bands, 68 COMEBACK.....

most people seem to have forgotten about 68 COMEBACK, and with all these younger bands tapping into the old CRYPT, SYMPATHY and IN THE RED bands as influences, everyone should not overlook JEFFREY EVANS' great  lo-fi bluesy garage punk band.......

this is great fucking music, LOUD, RAUCOUS, SOULFUL DRUNKEN ROCK N ROLL.... you need 68 COMEBACK in yr collection......

i put them in the same list of all time great garage punk bands with the gories, oblivians, and cheater slicks.......

so since most of their albums are way out of print.......click here to grab the GOLDEN ROGUES SINGLE COLLECTION released on SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY.....

and you can click here to jump over to PUNKS MAKE YR DAY, where the entire discography of 68 COMEBACK is posted.........   

watch below......

Friday, September 16, 2011

up and comers- pow wows


for anyone who's been way stoked about the MIKAL CRONIN lp or the second new long player from THE OH SEES, i think you need to save up yr money to buy the debut album, NIGHTMARE SODA by TORONTO's POW WOWS.....

the CYNICS like these kids enough to tour with them and put out their new lp on the CYNICS' label GET HIP......

RECOMMENDED if you like any lo-fi, jangly, psychedelic, trashy or good garage rock... i mean if you like any garage rock at all....

if you don't at least kinda like the POW WOWS, maybe just need to give up on garage and listen to some quiet sad indie rock..... 

i know i'll play this lp quite a bit in the new future.......


and check them out on tour with the CYNICS...... 

Friday, October 28th - London, ON @ Call The Office 
Saturday, October 29th - Toronto, ON @ Mitzi's Sister
Monday, October 31st (HALLOWEEN!!!) - Brooklyn, NY @ Lone Wolf
Wednesday, November 2nd - Cincinnatti, OH @ Northside Tavern
Thursday, November 3rd - Chicago @ Bottom Lounge.
Friday, November 4th - Detroit, MI 
Saturday, November 5th - Pittsburgh, PA

i wouldn't usually included any press quotes about a band, but the POW WOWs have elicited some great  reviews and comments...... 

"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 

watch below:

Thursday, September 15, 2011

PERMANENT RECORDS 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY WEEKEND !!!

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........

they're throwing three shows and hosting an in-store to celebrate the occasion......

SATURDAY.....
@PERMANENT RECORDS - GRIMBLE GRUMBLE
         and the BED WETTIN BAD BOYS
         5 PM and free
@HIDEOUT -  ROYAL HEADACHE
       BED WETTIN BAD BOYS w/ DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
       9 PM and $8

SUNDAY...
@EMPTY BOTTLE - CHEVEU w/ RUNNING and E+
      7 PM and $8

MONDAY...
@EMPTY BOTTLE - BAD DRUGS, MAYOR DALEY
       and HIGH CASTLE
       9 PM and free

SO SEE YOU THERE................ALL THESE BANDS ARE FUCKING AWESOME and so is PERMANENT, so let's all drink and rock n roll............

drunk pixels - olivia tremor control / music tapes

i never thought i would see olivia tremor control or the music tapes play OR MUCH LESS TOGETHER ON THE SAME BILL...

OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL was always one of my favorite ELEPHANT 6 bands, fighting for time on the turntable with NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL.......i pretty much listened to nothing besides those two bands for a summer.......

but i love each and every one of those weird psych pop / indie bands that included themselves in the elephant six: OF MONTREAL, APPLES IN STEREO, the GERBILS, ELF POWER, CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, MUSIC TAPES, SUNSHINE FIX....just to name a few of the bands from that fun ATHENS GEORGIA scene........

so tuesday night at the bottom lounge was like a dream come true.  if you have the chance to see either of these bands, you should.   its so worth the ticket price.  one of the best shows i've seen this year.....and thats quite the stiff competition.......

pretend you were there below..........

OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL







MUSIC TAPES

Sunday, September 11, 2011

feeling of love - dissolve me / ok judge revival

let's not forget that there's plenty of awesome french garage rock out there......SONIC CHICKEN 4, LIMINANAS, CHEVEU and FEELING OF LOVE.......

despite a somewhat hippie namesake, FEELING OF LOVE is one of my fav new bands.....combining noisy psych with stomping garage punk....... one of the most unique sounding bands i've mentioned on tiny grooves yet............

here's what TERMINAL BOREDOM has to say about my new fav french band (this is a much better description than i might write)......
 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....



      and grab DISSOLVE ME released just earlier this year here......

watch em live below........





i really hope these guys tour america soon, i need to see them in person......

acid baby jesus - s/t debut lp

ACID BABY JESUS is a another great garage rock find from SLOVENLY RECORDS...... how they find these awesome european bands to release on their label I will never know.......


here's what Bazooka Joe has to say about ACID BABY JESUS:   Just months after releasing their massive "Hospitals" e.p., Slovenly Recordings presents the debut full length tidal wave from Greece's Acid Baby Jesus, simply titled, "LP" (702-110). A Mediterranean concoction of two of our favorite "Black" bands (Sabbath/ Lips), ABJ represents the future of heavy psych'n'roll from an isolated, ancient civilization. Combining the ruthless elements of American outlaw roots music and celestial glam rock, like fellow deconstructionists Demon's Claws, "LP" suggests the Rolling Stones at their wearied best, with the electrifying hi-jinks of Brian Eno bulldozing the swagger into the darkest corners of the cosmos.

Among this album's thirteen original compositions, the deathly dirge "Homo Sapiens" claws forth with a twisted, underlying skronk, ending with the terrifying bacchanalia of a pack of disgruntled flying monkeys. Elsewhere, trance inducing lullabies crescendo into fully erupting cacophonies of feedback and distortion. Girl-group icons The Shangri-Las are channeled in the beaty, dark-pop gallop of "I'm A Baby." "Tooth To Toe," with its exotic, percussive clank and uplifting glitter hook juxtaposes brilliantly with its lyrical ode to post-tour poverty ("I've got to pay the rent, my money's always spent, and I'm deep in shit.")

Dynamics play equally as heavy a role as their expert songwriting, and a flawless production job by John Vulgaris rounds this album out with a fresh level of psycho-sonic Alex Chilton-esque throb, heavily peppered with lazy Hazelwood-isms. "LP" presents a long, gooey segue from rave-up to release with breathtaking results, like the best love-making of your life.

listen below.........


GO BUY THE ACID BABY JESUS s/t LP IN OCTOBER.... 
and click here to grab their self released tape from 2010.


check them out on tour this fall......
September 2011
12 - Mon - St Petersburg, FL - The Emerald * w/ Ghost Hospital
13 - Tues - Miami, FL - Churchills * w/ Snakehole, 90s Teen, and Honey Train
14 - Wed - Orlando, FL - Substance * w/ Alias Punch and Vein Cranes
15 - Thurs - Gainesville, FL - Boca Fiesta Backyard * w/ The Enablers
16 - Fri - Tallahassee, FL - Retrofit Records * w/ Dune and PsychedelicComandos
17 - Sat - Atlanta, GA - 529 * w/ HotChaCha and Summer People
18 - Sun - Charlotte, NC - Sewercide Mansion * w/ Paint Fumes
19 - Mon - Asheville, NC - The Get Down * w/ Stockpile and Sunshine SS
20 - Tues - Chattanooga, TN - Sluggo’s North * w/ Reigning Sound and Jam Messengers
21 - Wed - Nashville, TN - Grimey’s Records * 6pm
22 - Thurs - Memphis, TN - Escape Alley - (no ABJ) Hell Shovel w/ D Watusi & Party Dots
23 - Fri - Memphis, TN - Escape Alley w/ Viva l’American Deathray and Cheap Time 

                 (after Gonerfest...start time approximately 2:30am Sat morning)
24 - Sat - Memphis, TN - Shangri-La Records (no ABJ) Jeff Clarke solo acoustic w/ Alex Warble
25 - Sun - Jackson, MS - TBC *
26 - Mon - New Orleans, LA - Siberia * w/ Super Destroyers and Dives
27 - Tues - Houston, TX - Mango’s * w/ Psychic Palms and Mikey & the Drags
28 - Wed - Austin, TX - Beerland *
29 - Thurs - Dallas, TX - Bryan Street Tavern * w/ Hardin Sweaty and the Ready to Go
30 - Fri - Tulsa, OK - The Soundpony *

October 2011
1 - Sat - St Louis, MO - The Heavy Anchor * w/ Doom Town
2 - Sun - Lafayette, IN - Foam City *
3 - Mon - Milwaukee, WI - Quarters Rock and Roll Palace * w/ The Hussy, Orange Iguanas, and AluminumKnotEye
4 - Tues - Detroit, MI - PJ’s Lager House* w/ Deadbeat Beat
5 - Wed - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups *
6 - Thurs - Cleveland, OH - Now That’s Class * w/ Beach Stav and Cave Teens
7 - Fri - Toronto, ON - The Shop Under Parts & Labour * w/ the Pow Wows
8 - Sat - Montreal, QC - Divan Orange * w/ Primitive Hands
9 - Sun - Montreal, QC
10 - Mon - Boston, MA - Tufts University
11 - Tues - Philadelphia, PA - Little Bar # w/ Faux Slang and TTOTALs
12 - Wed - Baltimore, MD - The Golden West # w/ Garage Sale and The Thing with Two Heads
13 - Thurs - Washington, DC - Hail Hail Rock and Roll Fest @ Asefu’s #
14 - Fri - York, PA - The Depot # w/ the Jons and The Thing with Two Heads
15 - Sat - NYC - 285 Kent w/ Xray Eyeballs, Cassie Ramone, and more!
16 - Sun - NYC
17 - Mon - NYC
18 - Tues - Jersey City, NJ - WFMU live show & interview w/ Liz Berg 2pm
18 - Tues - Brooklyn, NY - Newtown Radio Showcase @ Shea Stadium BK w/ Parlovr, The Immaculates, Foxygen, Mister Melt, and Fort Lean
19 - Wed - Brooklyn, NY - Newtown Radio Session 12pm
19 - Wed - Brooklyn, NY - Don Pedro w/ lividS and the Othermen
20 - Thurs - NYC
21 - Fri - Brooklyn, NY - 285 Kent w/ Jacuzzi Boys, Colleen Green, Black Marble, The Beets, and Gem Club

watch below:



Friday, September 9, 2011

royal headache - s/t lp


maybe i'm fixated on the australia garage/punk scene right now, but everyday i hear about some new awesome band from there.....and HOLY SHIT all these bands are touring their way through chicago to GONER FEST......  KITCHENS FLOOR, STRAIGHT ARROWS, DEAF WISH and ROYAL HEADACHE.....

ROYAL HEADACHE just released their debut full length on RIP SOCIETY records and it just might be one of the most catchy soulful garage punk lps i've heard since the Dirtbombs released Ultraglide in Black......

parts 60s soul, 80s college rock/post punk and lots of garage jangle and punk chaos......ROYAL HEADACHE sounds like MISSION OF BURMA, the REPLACEMENTS, JAY REATARD, the THERMALS and the BUZZCOCKS all rolled in to one fun band...........   highly recommended!



click here to grab the s/t ROYAL HEADACHE lp

see them on tour...........

Thu Sept 8th NYC @ Death By Audio Brooklyn w/ Cheveu (FR) and Family Curse
Sat Sept 10th NYC @ Ding Dong Lounge Manhattan w/ Home Blitz
Sun Sept 11th Baltimore MD @ Golden West* w/ Royal Baths (SF)
Wed Sept 14th Phillidephia PA @ Kung Fu Necktie* w/ Cousin Brian
Thu Sept 15th Cleveland OH @ Now That?s Class* w/ Neighbourhood Brats
 
Fri Sept 16th Kalamazoo MI @ Louie?s Trophy House* w/ The Amoebas 
Sat Sept 17th Chicago IL @ The Hideout* w/ Daylight Robbery 
           (PERMANENT RECORDS 5th ANNIVERSARY PARTY)
Sun Sept 18th Minneapolis MN @ Triple Rock Club* w/ Cozy and Juvie
Thu 22nd Sept Memphis TN @ Hi-Tone GONERFEST
Thu 29th Sept Sacramento CA 
Fri 30th Sept Oakland CA 
Sat 1st Oct San Francisco CA @ Hemlock Tavern w/ The Wrong Words and The Paper Bags
Sun 2nd Oct Los Angeles CA @ Permanent Records
       * dates with Bed Wettin' Bad Boys (also from AUSTRALIA and awesome)


and watch em live below.....


Wednesday, September 7, 2011

straight arrows - it's happening

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......

but the STRAIGHT ARROWS have their own unique take......part 60s psych, a bit of husker du inspired college rock frenzy and a whole lot of boozy fuzzed out punk attitude........    this is a band you need to check out.........

so click here to grab their IT'S HAPPENING lp from 2010........

and listen below......





and you'll be sorry if you don't CHECK OUT THE STRAIGHT ARROWS ON TOUR......

Thurs 8th - Kalamazoo, Louie's Trophy House w/ No Bails
Fri 9th - Chicago, Crown Tap Room
Sat 10th - Minneapolis, Hill Valley House
Mon 12th - Boise
Tues 13th - Sacramento, Davis Bike Collective
Thurs 15th - San Fran
Fri 16th - LA, working at it...
Sat 17th - San Diego, Tin Can w/Tropical Popsicle
Sun 18th - Phoenix, The Tribe
Mon 19th - Alberquerque, Low Spirits.
Tues 20th - Austin, Emo's
Fri 23rd - Memphis, Gonerfest!
Sun 25th - Atlanta, 529 (daytime show) w/ Deafwish & Wymyns Prysyn
Mon 26th - Charlotte, The Milestone w/Deafwish, Joint Damage & Paint Fumes
Tues 27th - Raleigh w/Deafwish
Weds 28th - DC, TBA w/Deafwish
Thurs 29th - New Haven, Popeye's Garage w/Estrogen Highs
Fri 30th - NYC, Death By Audio w/ Home Blitz, Deaf Wish & PC Worship


watch below:


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

bad sports - kings of the weekend

texas garage/punks
BAD SPORTS
are going to make you put their new lp on yr top ten lists for 2011........


KINGS OF THE WEEKEND is one of my favorite records this summer......


 you gotta buy this....
and/or see them live......................


stream three songs off the lp below....


Monday, September 5, 2011

the mantles - mantles / pink information

THE MANTLES are another great garage/psych band from SAN FRAN........ 

their sound falls somewhere between the FRESH & ONLYS, the ROYAL BATHS, WRONG WORDS and THE OH SEES.........

they put out an excellent s/t lp in 2009 on SILTBREEZE and then released a follow up ep PINK INFORMATION on MEXICAN SUMMER in 2010.......... and just recently unleashed a new single RASPBERRY THIGHS on SDZ records (from france).....

ALLMUSIC wrote this about THE MANTLE'S first lp.....

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.


TINY GROOVES highly recommends THE MANTLES......

grab the s/t lp here.......
     and grab the PINK INFORMATION ep here

watch below:


Sunday, September 4, 2011

up and comers - ET HABIT

CHICAGO noise rockers ET HABIT mash murky psych rock into free jazz and punk.......

featuring Christmas from MICKEY......ET HABIT is part of the local NOISE scene of CACAW, MAYOR DALEY, RUNNING and BAD DRUGS..... and close noise making cousins to SKOAL KODIAK, PUFFY AREOLAS and CLIPD BEAKS.......

i wish i could drag all of you to some of these awesome house shows in chicago, so you could see ET HABIT in action......you'd love it.

with one tape release via SKROT UP and a forthcoming 7 inch on HOZAC RECORDS, i hope to hear more from these guys in the future........

ET HABIT is playing TONIGHT at BALL HALL with PUFFY AREOLAS and RUNNING 
   and next weekend, September 10 with KITCHEN'S FLOOR at the CROWN TAP.......


listen here......





and watch below.......


E.T. Habit @ Empty Bottle, Dec. 2010 from Jason Ogawa on Vimeo.




the makers - all night riot!!!


THE MAKERS are one of my favorite garage/punk bands.........  loud furious catchy rock n roll from the northwest.....


so i thought i'd share one of their best lps for yr labor day weekend listening pleasure.........


click here to grab ALL NIGHT RIOT!!! (estrus records 1995)


watch them play FOUR BUTTON SUIT live from ALL NIGHT RIOT!!!.......

Saturday, September 3, 2011

up and comers - apache dropout

APACHE DROPOUT is good fuzzed out psych/garage rock from Indiana....

they play the kind of garage rock that has some soul like the DIRTBOMBS.......

with a heavy dose of drugged out psych like THE OH SEES......

put them in the same camp as some of the other bands i've been writing about lately, the NIGHT BEATS, WRONG WORDS, ROYAL BATHS, COSMONAUTS and BLASTED CANYONS.....wild fun garage/psych.........

they mesh influences like BLUE CHEER, VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE SEEDS,  SHADOWS OF THE KNIGHT, THE PRETTY THINGS, 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS and BLUES MAGOOS  without sounding like a cheap garage rock knock off......... THIS IS THE REAL THING.  don't believe the critics who think all these new bands are just rehashing old cliches.......

YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT APACHE DROPOUT......... there's a new 7 inch out on TROUBLE IN MIND and a s/t lp on FAMILY VINEYARD......


listen below..........

click here to grab the s/t lp......  


and watch below......