fans of fast agitated punk rock need to check out WHITE LUNG now.....they've been vancouver's secret long enough, and their new LP SORRY, out now on DERANGED, might just change that......
propulsive manic energy + metallic yet catchy hardcore punk riffs + one of the best lead singers i've heard in a while (female or not, punk or not) = one of the cult favorites of the year.......
hey its one of the records that makes you fall in love with punk all over again....... SORRY is twenty minutes of pure adrenalin, fist pumping and stay up all night fun........
i could give you comparisons / recommended if you likes / more descriptions, but just listen to the entirety of SORRY below and go but WHITE LUNGS new album shortly thereafter........
Athens, Georgia always reminds me of the elephant 6 bands...like neutral milk hotel, olivia tremor control and of montreal....but maybe not for long......a new band is in town and they're ready to destroy yer mind and melt yer face with their fiery psych punk maelstrom...... VINCAS might take the shambolic psych roots of their hometown to heart, but they certainly don't sound like late beatles loving bands of i've grown accustomed to expect from athens....... this is some of the craziest garage psych you'll hear all year......
VINCAS burst upon the scene awhile ago, but finally released their debut lp, BLOOD BLEEDS, earlier this year. it was a self released pressing of a 100 and it sold out almost immediately.... it's that good...... thankfullyDOUCHEMASTER RECORDShas come to the rescue and repressed the VINCAS record, but this time it's still a paltry five hundred copies.......
thus you need to check these guys out now......before their album is outta print again.......... screeching druggy feedback laced psych rock set to full throttle punk....... i might say this alot on tiny grooves, but damned if this isn't a fucking great record.......
recommended highly for those who love the new TY SEGALL BAND lp, NIGHT BEATS, BIRDS OF MAYA or OBNOX........
and one of my fave record shops/labels, PERMANENT RECORDS had nothing but praise for them.......so i'll let them convince you to grab this lp......
"Vincas deal in scuzzed out psychedelic punk fireballs in the broad shouldered tradition of The Scientists, The Gun Club and the art damaged frenzied space rock of The Telescopes and High Rise. They've upped the feedback squalor, infused a hefty rhythmic pulse with a muscular dexterity and topped it off with an Alan Vega snarl. "Blood Bleeds" rams full speed ahead with a surly debauched swamp-groove psych-raunch that is always welcome to our ears."
LISTEN TO BLOOD BLEEDS BELOW.... and buy it now..........
often we, americans, like to think that since we invented rock n roll, that we have the market cornered.... which is so not true...... lately there's been a wave of awesome european bands from countries that i don't often associate with garage and/or punk invading our stereos and minds...... and one of the best records of the year might just be from this little known spanish band, MUJERES.........
MUJERES give all the SAN FRAN psych rockers a run for the money.... fans of THE OH SEES, TY SEGALL, MIKAL CRONIN, ROYAL BATHS and COSMONAUTS definitely need to listen to their new lp SOFT GEMS...... one part garage pop, another part brit invasion soaked psych, with a healthy dash of punk rock stomp and plenty of catchy fuzzy melodies...... seriously MUJERES came out of left field and i cannot for the life of me stop listening to their new album.........
check SOFT GEMS out now...... and go buy it, even if you have to travel to spain to grab it...
BIG NECK RECORDS has always put out the jams.... i'm quite the big fan of the CHEAP FREAKS lp they released earlier this year.... and now they have another killer album for all us rockers to check out.... the newest lp by HOLLYWOOD entitled LOVE CHILD......
HOLLYWOOD is baltimore's snotty garage punk step child....some blistering catchy punk rock n roll that'll make you dance around yer apartment........ recommended if you like MEAN JEANS, WHITE WIRES, MARKED MEN and/or THE RAMONES....... fun blown out garage//power pop influenced punk rock doesn't get better than this......... the LOVE CHILD lp is already a favorite at TINY GROOVES....... i just can't wait til it comes out later this summer......
luckily HOLLYWOOD and BIG NECK decided to let us stream the whole album..... so check it out below.........
NATURAL CHILD just released another awesome bluesy southern fried rock n roll stomper of an LP via BURGER RECORDS entitled FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME...... and for those not in the know, NATURAL CHILD play some of the best full throttle bluesy country rock meets primal garage jams ought there today......
imagine the stooges, cactus, blue cheer, neil young & crazy horse, tav falco, the rolling stones, mc5 and canned heat all getting wasted and high together and deciding to play a sweaty basement show just for the hell of it....
or in other words.... NATURAL CHILD is what rock n roll is supposed to sound like: a brash, loud, unhinged and wild drunken time....... highly recommended......
LISTEN TO TWO SONGS OF THE NEW LP FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME BELOW.... and yeah go buy it from BURGER RECORDS IMMEDIATELY...
check them out on their summer tour in a town near you.....
(some dates are with KING TUFF and LIQUOR STORE.....so you better not miss out.....)
6/8 - Springfield, MO @ Highlife 6/9 - St Louis @ El Lenador 6/14 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's w/ King Tuff, Habibi 6/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ Tough Shits, Liquor Store, The Fox 6/22 - Charleston, SC - Tin Roof w/ Birdcloud 6/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Birdcloud 6/29 - Knoxville @ Pilot Light 6/30 - Huntsville, AL @ Happenin Fest 7/9 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 w/ King Tuff 7/10 - Dallas, TX @ City Tavern w/ King Tuff 7/11 - Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz w/ King Tuff 7/12 - Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox w/ King Tuff 7/13 - Cleveland, OH @ Wonderful Fest 7/14 - Detroit, MI @ Lager House 7/15 - Chicago @ Cobra Lounge w/ King Tuff, Jaill 7/16 - Milwaukee @ Quarters w/ King Tuff 7/17 - Carbondale, IN @ Skihouse 7/20 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree w/ The Growlers 7/26 - Harrisonburg, VA @ Blue Nile 7/27 - DC @ Comet Ping Pong 7/28 - NYC @ TBA Super Special Location 7/29 - NYC @ TBA Super Special Location w/ Birdcloud 7/30 - Allston, MA @ Great Scott's w/ Skimask, Liquor Store 7/31 - Burlington, VT @ Monkey House w/ Liquor Store 8/1 - MONTREAL @ Il Motore w/ Blues Control 8/2 - OTTAWA @ Babylon w/ MV&EE 8/3 TORONTO @ Magpie's 8/4 - HAMILTON, ONT @ THIS AINT HOLLYWOOD 8/5 - CINNCY @ MOTR {free show]
WHITE WIRESare back with a brand new single out later this summer on TOTAL PUNK RECORDS..... very recommended as they play some of the best bubblegum garage punk out there...... a third full length is due out this fall on DIRTNAP RECORDS, but at least this 7 inch will tide us over until then...... fans of garage punkers like SONIC AVENUES, NOBUNNY, JAY REATARD, STEVE ADAMYK and THE USELESS EATERS need to check out WHITE WIRES now.......... love 'em......
LISTEN TO THE A SIDE OF THEIR NEW SINGLE, CRAZY CRAZY BELOW.....
WATCH WHITE WIRES AT SXSW BELOW.....
AND HERE'S THEIR VIDEO FOR LET'S GO TO THE BEACH...
Lars Finberg is usually just outside of the rock n roll spotlight, despite being such a prolific rock n roller.... deserving much more attention than he gets.
but maybe with his latest INTELLIGENCElp "EVERYBODY HAS IT EASY BUT ME" he'll finally get his due...... i mean he's been a stalwart of the garage rock scene since drumming for the A FRAMES, and this is the seventh INTELLIGENCE full length to date...... not to mention joining THE OH SEES as a full fledged member and playing with WOUNDED LION...... i highly recommend any project he's been involved in and IN THE RED has released nearly every album he's given them.......
but i think "EVERYBODY HAS IT EASY" might just be the icebreaker people need to creep into his noisy garage rock world....... the lp gets frantic, mellows out, speeds up, hits the sweet spot of indie rock, before careening back into garage punk territory and it keeps twisting and turning every which direction.....exploring more sonic territory in one twelve inch record than many bands do in the whole career...... highlights include the stripped down rocker THE ENTERTAINER..... the punk burner, EVIL IS EASY, the frenzied (THEY FOUND ME IN THE BACK OF) THE GALAXY and a cover of LITTLE TOWN FLIRT with Shannon of SHANNON AND THE CLAMS........
it's an angry, fun, puzzling and cathartic album all at the same time...... i wasn't sure what to make of it the first listen through, but it's quickly grown on me........ for sure one of the top lps of the year.....
BUT LISTEN FOR YERSELF BELOW....... and GO BUY THE LP OUT NOW ON IN THE RED RECORDS......
HELLSHOVELis back with a new album out onSLOVENLY RECORDS entitled HATED BY THE SUN....... last years SONAR ELASTICI EP was a fierce introduction to one of my new favorite psych bands and their new lp is some of the best druggy twangy stomping garage psych you'll hear all year.......
fronted by jeff of DEMON'S CLAWS and following much the same off kilter path as his other band......HELLSHOVEL is like warping your stones albums while on a bad acid trip and soaking yr country records in cough syrup....... imagine LINK WRAY fronting a band comprised of guys from the 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS and THE SEEDS..... yep that good.
recommended for those who love WHITE FENCE, SPACIN', NATURAL CHILD, PURLING HISS, JC SATAN, DEMON'S CLAWS, NIGHT BEATS and COSMONAUTS......
HATED BY THE SUN is one eerie weird trip of a record, and definitely one you need to pick up now....... listen to the whole lp below.......
