night beats // trmrs split 7 inch

THE NIGHT BEATS are back with a brand new split 7 inch with psych punker cohorts TRMRS.... and since THE NIGHT BEATS made my head explode with their righteous psych fuzz garage rock and released one of my favorite lps of last year, i'm stoked to say the least......  the new 7 inch is just worth is for their scuzzy haunted garage stomping A SIDE, but TRMRS' track on the B SIDE is quite the barn burner too...... full of tremolo, jangle, fuzz, TRMRS take you on one hell of a psyched out ride.......

if you wanna know the future of rock n roll, start with this killer 7 inch.......both THE NIGHT BEATS and TRMRS are highly recommended....... after listening to this, i know you'll buy the rest of their excellent releases........

and oddly enough, we have VOLCOM to thank for this psych explosion of a 7 inch.....
      i guess the skate kids are into psych now........

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SPLIT SINGLE BELOW.......




WATCH TRMRS BELOW AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE IN CHICAGO......



AND WATCH THE NIGHT BEATS LIVE HERE......

spacin' - deep thuds lp

BIRDS OF MAYA were a favorite around TINY GROOVES, playing some of the best psyched out noisy 70s rock jams to be had.......  the group has perhaps called it a day (for good? who knows i hope not) and splintered into two awesome new bands......PURLING HISS, which i've been raving about for quite a while now and SPACIN'...... both bands warp classic rock, garage and pysch by dragging them through woozy analog tape hiss and muddy production, leaving you to swoon over the spaced out melodies that emerge from there...... but whereas purling hiss delves full on into psychedelic noise and sonic experimentation, SPACIN' powers directly into bad acid trip proto punk / stoner rock territory, free jamming their way back into the sickest of MC5, BLUE CHEER and HAWKWIND grooves...... 

SPACIN' just released their debut lp DEEP THUDS on RICHIE RECORDS and it's a definite recommendation for those who like their psych rock weird, heavy and dark...... and i almost wanna move to philly just so i can see them and purling hiss on a regular basis........seriously SPACIN' sucks you into their crazy world and makes you feel high, and i had to keep this record playing over and over again cause everything else i was supposed to write about this weekend seemed boring in comparison.....

CHECK OUT TWO PYSCH ROCK BURNERS 
FROM THEIR NEW LP DEEP THUDS BELOW.....
   and go buy this excellent slab of vinyl now before its gone..........




 and watch SPACIN' rock n roll philly below......

teledrome - double vision 7 inch

synth punk doesn't get better than TELEDROME.....

you might imagine these icy cool synths are from somewhere obnoxiously hip like brooklyn, but TELEDROME hail from calgary, alberta, one of canada's coolest and  most off the radar music scenes.....

.....if i made a mixtape of what TELEDROME sound like it would be quite the awesome cassette....included would be lost sounds, gary numan, the screamers, depeche mode, kraftwerk, epoxies, devo and suicide....... their driving mix of synth punk and power pop is piled high with super catchy melodies and crunchy eighties drum beats that'll make you instantly throw a party.....

i just can't get enough of TELEDROME..... and neither could HOZAC RECORDS, who just released their brand new 7 inch....filled to the brim with five really addicting synth crazed tracks, their new single is very highly recommended....

LISTEN TO REPLACEMENTS, LAZARUS AND DIAL TONE 
FROM THE NEW TELEDROME SINGLE BELOW.....
        and go buy their new single from HOZAC now......







watch TELEDROME live below..........

drunk pixels - GET BENT's CHICAGO BDAY PARTY

before BLACKOUT FEST even started, the party weekend had already begun with GET BENT's BIRTHDAY BASH at the CROWN TAP may 16th..... NONES, THE HECKS and STRYCHNINE all brought the house down with their riotous noisy rock n roll...... and MISS ALEX WHITE of WHITE MYSTERY was there to spin garage and punk records between sets......  and we all had an awesome time.....


so in case you missed out, watch below.......
    thanks to gonzo chicagogo for the video..........

blackout fest recap - random drunk pixels

oh so many good bands and drunken hazy memories......
BLACKOUT FEST is always a great fucking time..... next year i hope to see even more of you there, it's after all one of the best festivals of the year, matched only by SXSW, Atlanta's MESS AROUND and Memphis' GONER FEST......

many thanks to the bands, HOZAC RECORDS and the EMTPY BOTTLE for one of the best weekends of the whole year......  and special thanks to TELEDROME and KETAMINES for keeping the party going all night long friday and saturday at TINY GROOVES HQ.....

here's some more random videos for the weekend, 
thanks to sadly panda as always.......

BARRERACUDAS



TELEDROME



PLATEAUS



COZY



FAR OUT FANGTOOTH



WHITE MYSTERY

blackout fest recap - VIDEO

VIDEO is a band you need to know about now...
...comprised of members from various other DENTON TEXAS punk bands such as BAD SPORTS and WAX MUSEUMS, 
   VIDEO makes some of the best dirty 
fun drunken punk rock around......


they throw in a little bit of psych, garage and krautrock in to mix, and in concert, these guys are a full on riot......... 


their full length LEATHER LEATHER 
on PLAY PINBALL RECORDS was one of 
my top records of 2011, i just can't recommend them enough.......


watch their epic set from BLACKOUT FEST below.....

blackout fest recap - spider fever

SPIDER FEVER packed a wallop of good ol' blown out rock n roll friday night of BLACKOUT FEST....... one of my favorite new punk bands of 2012....these guys don't tour very often, so it was awesome to get to hear their fierce screeching punk rock in person.......... especially sandwiched between VIDEO and DAVILA 666......  what a night.......


go buy their new s/t lp out on WINDIAN RECORDS 
and watch their set at BLACKOUT FEST below..........

blackout fest recap - fungi girls

one of my favorite bands on HOZAC RECORDS right now has gotta be the FUNGI GIRLS.... fuzzed out psych / angular garage rock like none else...... they most certainly keep the 13th floor elevators / texas psych flag flying high... 


FUNGI GIRLS melted many faces at BLACKOUT FEST including mine....their set was a crowd fave for sure... i rushed in from drinking whiskey with TELEDROME and KETAMINES at their tour van so i wouldn't miss any note of their set..... so fucking awesome...... 


if you don't know FUNGI GIRLS yet, 
get to know them real well below.......(thanks to sadly panda)

blackout fest recap - ketamines

KETAMINES were a riot to hang out with and watch all weekend long, they played an in-store at PERMANENT RECORDS on friday and a set at BLACKOUT FEST saturday.....both performances were incredible psych tinged garage punk affairs...... and if you haven't checked out their new lp SPACED OUT on MAMMOTH CAVE // SOUTHPAW RECORDS, yr missing out......


KETAMINES are super recommended and their new album is sure to make my year end best of list.......

watch them here at the empty bottle....



and here at permanent records.....

blackout fest recap - homostupids

the best part of BLACKOUT FEST is seeing bands for the first time.....and let me tell you i was fuckin stoked to finally see HOMOSTUPIDS in person.....some of the most apeshit crazy garage punk you'll ever witness.....and the most noisy punk rock destruction of the whole fest..... 


i couldn't help pogoing around and sloshing beers on my friends..... these guys are highly recommended...... if you can find their lps and singles, buy them immediately........


watch HOMOSTUPIDS below and pretend you were there......




like i said before, thanks to sadly panda for filming all these bands i was too drunk to capture digitally....

blackout fest recap - gentleman jesse and his men

nothing got the kids going like the power pop bands at BLACKOUT FEST.....and GENTLEMAN JESSE is one of the best at it there is...... check out his new album LEAVING ATLANTA if you don't believe me..... 


and watch his set of pop madness at Blackout below........ 

blackout fest recap - REDD KROSS

saturday night at BLACKOUT FEST.....chicago got a full taste of classic snotty bubblegum punk rock via the legendary REDD KROSS..... 


definitely one of my favorite sets of the weekend, REDD KROSS slammed through their classic BORN INNOCENT lp as well as their s/t debut ep....... 


it was so fuckin' killer......
 i can't even say anymore, just watch below.......









thanks to sadly panda for the live footage...... he's one of the few rock n rollers that puts forth the effort to document the scene here in chicago and it makes all the difference......

blackout fest recap - estrogen highs // medication

filling out the rest of the bill on sunday at BLACKOUT FEST was ESTROGEN HIGHS, MEDICATION and BARE MUTANTS..... all three bands which are highly recommended.....

ESTROGEN HIGHS play some of the best jangly angular guitar pop songs you'll hear all year long....their new lp IRRELEVANT FUTURE out on TROUBLE IN MIND is a record i just can't get enough of...and it was great to finally get the chance to see 'em live....

MEDICATION started the night out right with their woozy psych garage jams.... their full length on HOZAC should've caught more ears when it came out, but it's still in print, so grab a copy soon....... these guys were the under the radar faves of many of my friends at the fest...including me...

watch highlights from their sets below....


ESTROGEN HIGHS


MEDICATION

blackout fest recap - human eye

HUMAN EYE brought their space punk / mutant garage rock back to the empty bottle for quite the excellent set at hozac's BLACKOUT FEST.....  chicago can never get enough of these guys and neither can i...... 


watch some of their set from last night at the empty bottle below.....
(thanks to sadly panda for the live footage)

blackout fest recap - ROKY ERICKSON

holy shit this weekend was insane, so much rock n roll......it almost killed me......

thanks HOZAC RECORDS for throwing the always fantastic BLACKOUT FEST......

one of the highlights had to be ROKY ERICKSON of 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS fame closing out the fest on sunday.  roky is a legend and he pretty much invented psychedelic garage back in the 60s.... he's definitely on my list of fave musicians of all time... it was fucking awesome and unbelievable to see him in person and at one of my favorite venues, the empty bottle......

the show was way sold out and everyone so excited last night.....

i wish you were all there, but you can watch roky's set below....
(thanks to sadly panda for the live footage)

the BLACKOUT begins...

HoZaC's BLACKOUT FEST 

BEGINS 

TONIGHT 

with Mentally Ill and Cemetery 

at the BOTTOM LOUNGE at 7 PM.......

THEN ON TO THE EMPTY BOTTLE 

for the rest of the weekend.....

FRIDAY 5/18 

DAVILA 666 

SPIDER FEVER 

VIDEO

PLATEAUS 

COZY 

SYZ (SCREAMING YELLOWZONKERS)

E.T.HABIT 

SATURDAY 5/19 

REDD KROSS 

GENTLEMAN JESSE 

HOMOSTUPIDS 

FUNGI GIRLS

TELEDROME 

PLEASURE LEFTISTS 

FAR-OUT FANGTOOTH 

KETAMINES 

BARRERACUDAS 

WHITE MYSTERY 

SUNDAY 5/20

ROKY ERICKSON 

HUMAN EYE

ESTROGEN HIGHS

MEDICATION 

BARE MUTANTS 

Watch REDD KROSS 

perform their BORN INNOCENT LP BELOW 

and get ready for the drunken punk rock chaos 

about to ensue.....!!!!

bizarros - the complete collection 76-80 lp

WINDIAN RECORDS has been on quite a roll lately.  they just reissued two TESTORS singles and a PENETRATORS lp as well as releasing the awesome debut album from SPIDER FEVER ..... and on top of all that they've compiled a two lp collection of hits from the sadly overlooked ohio proto punkers, THE BIZARROS...... this new comp is highly recommended to all who love their rock n roll as trashy, angular, weird and lo-fi as can be...... and especially suggested if you love those killed by death collections.....

THE BIZARROS formed in akron, ohio in the mid 70s and immediately set out to destroy what mainstream rock n roll had become, much like PERE UBU, THE STOOGES, TELEVISION, THE NEW YORK DOLLS, THE TESTORS and CRIME, THE BIZARROS broke the rules and set the stage for almost all of what we call punk, post punk and indie rock these days...... its just too bad no one gives them much credit until now......

THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 1976 - 1980 includes their singles on CLONE RECORDS (ohio's late 70s / early 80s haven for strange new music) and their one full length lp that oddly enough MERCURY RECORDS put out in 1979... as well as some demo and live tracks that were to become their second lp that never came to fruition....
 
perhaps now their legacy can be cemented into the true history of the riotous underground rock n roll we all love.......all thanks to WINDIAN......


LISTEN TO SOME TRACKS 
OFF THE COMPLETE COLLECTION BELOW....
AND GO BUY THE LP HERE....

slug guts - stranglin' you too 7 inch

The Hozac Hookup Klub subscription series is always more than worth the money to sign up, especially with this latest round of stellar underground rock.  The cream of the crop has to be the new single from Slug Guts, entitled "Stranglin You Too".  

Slug Guts' play stomach wrenching swampy gothic noise rock that owes much to fellow Australians Birthday Party and the Scientists as well as early Christian Death.  Last years epic noise rattled Lp "Howlin Gang" on Sacred Bones was an ear blistering effort that ought to have awoken fans looking for lost Swans albums / demos out of their stupor, and Slug Gut's new single is even better than that.  

All four of these tracks crammed on to "Stranglin You Too" continue on in the abrasive murky post apocalyptic rock vibe of their earlier releases.  "Sucking Down" is like a schizophrenic homeless man on the corner howling about the evils of the world and its eminent end. "Coathanger Blue" and "Old Sores, New Boys" shows their love of old Touch and Go records and thrashy mid tempo guitar rock.  But it's really the title track, "Stranglin You Too" that nails the creepy vibe down.  Kinda like a slowed down Murder City Devils mixed with a vitriolic blast of blues based feedback, the kind that the Chrome Cranks are known for.  There are few contemporaries for such wailing noise, sax explosions and angular minor chord riffs, but Slug Guts have like minds in bands like Pop. 1280, Nones and K-Holes.   And if you like any of those bands, you definitely need to check out Slug Guts.

Listen to "Stranglin You Too" here.  

It's some of the spookiest sputtering primal rock of the year.  

watch SLUG GUTS live below...

drunk pixels - ty segall

TY SEGALL always tears down the house when he plays CHICAGO and last thursday was no different.... he fucking destroyed LINCOLN HALL, which was packed to the rafters and excitedly chaotic...


...and of course it was with such a stacked bill....opening for TY SEGALL was BITCHIN' BAJAS, THE STRANGE BOYS and WHITE FENCE..... all of which are faves here at tiny grooves......  


plus not only did ty segall play songs off his new SLAUGHTERHOUSE LP,  he did a short set with white fence playing songs off their new collaboration lp HAIR..... and all of it was so awesome...


i wish i had captured the whole night on my iphone, but i had too much fun hanging out with all the local garage rockers who were out that night.......


so enjoy and pretend you were there.......

drunk pixels - quintron and miss pussycat

psychotic garage rock organ.....!!!!! why yes, it's QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT ......probably the strangest duo in all of the rock n roll world...... yet so entrancing and fun.....  a live show not to be missed...... so in case you did skip the show on saturday night at the empty bottle with PIERCED ARROWS, you can watch it all below....... long live weirdo rock n roll.......... (footage by sadlypanda).....

drunk pixels - pierced arrows

PIERCED ARROWS just played the EMPTY BOTTLE this last saturday night with QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT and they killed it as usual...... 


if you like punk, garage or rock n roll, you need to check out PIERCED ARROWS now....  or their former band DEAD MOON...... both are as highly recommended as bands come...!!!!!!


pretend you were there..... (footage courtesy of sadlypanda)

NONES, THE HECKS and STRYCHNINE @ CROWN TAP 5/16

GET BENT, the other music blog i write for, is throwing their ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY this week across the nation......starting this WEDNESDAY here in CHICAGO at the CROWN TAP with the legendary noise mongers NONES as well as awesome up-and-comers THE HECKS and STRYCHNINE......MISS ALEX WHITE of WHITE MYSTERY will be DJing between sets.......  


so make sure you come out tomorrow MAY 16th for the musical chaos........ 9pm and only FIVE DOLLARS......   


i'll see you there.......


check out all three bands below...........
(thanks to sadly panda and gonzo chicagogo, as always for the video)


NONES





THE HECKS





STRYCHNINE

plateaus - do it for you 7 inch

where does HOZAC RECORDS find all these awesome new bands?????..... do they have secret talent scouts getting drunk at punk shows across the country, looking for the next cool band to sign?????  i think they must......

so let me introduce the newest band to the rowdy fun hozac roster...... PLATEAUS.....

PLATEAUS is about to release their second 7 inch on HOZAC this month....and this SAN DIEGO band is the next big thing......playful sun bathed fuzzed out garage rock..... both songs on this new single are instant classics.......  hozac continues to be on a roll with their excellent 2012 releases.......

you'll wanna pick this one up now.....  and perhaps PLATEAUS' excellent debut single from last year on ART FAG as well......  both are highly recommended......

listen to the A SIDE off the new HOZAC single, 
DO IT FOR YOU, below...



and check out PLATEAUS on tour in a city near you
 on their way to HOZAC's BLACKOUT FEST.....


5/10 - San Diego, CA @ THE TOWER BAR w/ Teenage Burritos - Tour Kickoff Party / FREE
5/14 - Denver, CO @Larimer Lounge
5/15 - Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
5/16 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
5/17 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
5/18 - Chicago, IL @ HoZac Blackout Festival 
5/20 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
5/22 - Dallas, TX @ City Tavern
5/24 - Austin, TX @ Spiderhouse 

and watch the video for DO IT FOR YOU here...

listen to SUZY and BEACH COMA off their ART FAG single below.......fucking awesome jams....

estrogen highs - irrelevant future

ESTROGEN HIGHS just released their second album, IRRELEVANT FUTURE on TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS and it's quite the killer lp.......chock full of stripped down angular post punk songs that borrow equally from noisy punk influences like the WIPERS or WIRE and more pop oriented bands like the CLEAN or TALL DWARFS....  almost a perfect guitar driven indie rock album...and they are few and far between these days, since indie rock has gone all wimpy on us in the last ten years or so......

you can check out ESTROGEN HIGHS at this years HOZAC BLACKOUT FEST, but if you can't make it to chicago, you'll need to grab IRRELEVANT FUTURE as soon as you can.......

click here to buy ESTROGEN HIGHS lp from TROUBLE IN MIND here.......

and listen to the hit single "I WANNA BE TALL" below......



watch ESTROGEN HIGHS live below......



The Estrogen Highs - Irresponsibility from Safety Meeting Records on Vimeo.


Estrogen Highs - Logical Doctor (live at Cafe Nine 3/29/11) from Safety Meeting Records on Vimeo.

black lips - sick of you 7 inch

THE BLACK LIPS have just released a new single, SICK OF YOU on VICE RECORDS...... the title song and the B-side Dance with You are both extra songs from last year's ARABIA MOUNTAIN recording session and both songs are fuckin' killer......  


highly recommended, of course, for all you Black Lips fans.....


click here to sample the 7 inch..... 
and go buy it quick, it'll sell out for sure......


stream DANCE WITH YOU off the new single below......

drunk pixels - terry malts

TERRY MALTS played chicago last tuesday night and it was a blast......  their new "Killing Time" lp is one of my faves so far this year...... songs like "waiting room" and "i'm neurotic" are on constant spin at tiny grooves hq...... chainsaw pop at its best.


watch them play the EMPTY BOTTLE below, thanks to @sadlypanda.......
   and pretend you were there......

End of the Century - The Story of the Ramones

watch the excellent documentary 
END OF THE CENTURY: 
THE STORY OF THE RAMONES below......


this is essential rock n roll history.... 
the RAMONES are one of the best bands of all time......

king tuff - s/t lp (subpop)

KING TUFF is back with another solid lp of power popped mutant garage rock gems....and it's so good that it's doesn't need a title....and so fun, sub pop records jumped at the chance to release it...

king tuff has been kickin' around the country for the past couple of years, releasing a single here and there and playing some shows, but this is his first album since 2008's WAS DEAD, that's considered a classic to some folks like me......

we did get a lp via his other band HAPPY BIRTHDAY awhile back, but KING TUFF is quite the unique experience.......snotty bubblegum punk for the kids who like mellow trippy drugs....plenty of catchy weird songwriting and a kind of glam/psych take on garage rock that'll suck you right in......

so very highly recommended.....

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM BELOW....... 
and buy KING TUFF'S S/T LP on MAY 29th 
at yer local record shop.......



watch KING TUFF live at SXSW below.......