rock n roll will never die...

rock n roll will never die, but we lost some legends in 2013.....
so take a moment and crank yer stereo in their honor!!!!!!!

REST IN PEACE AND 
THANKS FOR MAKING RnR WHAT IT IS TODAY!!!!!!!


REG PRESLEY OF THE TROGGS -



KEVIN AYERS OF SOFT MACHINE -



FAST EDDIE ALTESLEBEN OF CLONE DEFECTS -



MICK FARREN OF THE DEVIANTS -



JEFF HANNENMAN OF SLAYER -



ALAN MEYERS OF DEVO -



and last but not least...

LOU REED (OF VELVET UNDERGROUND) -

top 30 albums of xx13 !!!

as always this is a difficult list to compile and i went back and forth quite a bit, but here it goes....

TINY GROOVES TOP 30 LPS OF 2013 !!!!!!!!!


1.   obnox - corrupt free enterprise (12xu)
2.   fuzz - s/t (in the red)
3.   pampers - s/t (in the red)
4.   lazy - obsession (moniker)
5.   running - vaguely ethnic (castle face)
6.   gino & the goons - play loud (total punk)
7.   blind shake - key to a false door (castle face)
8.   spray paint - s/t (s.s. records)
9.   gary wrong group - knights of misery (total punk)
10. oblivians - desperation (in the red)

11. heavy times - fix it alone (hozac)
12. basic cable - i'm good to drive (permanent)
13. cave - threace (drag city)
14. black pus - all my relations (thrill jockey)
15. true sons of thunder - stop and smell your face (little big chief)
16. oozing wound - retrash (thrill jockey)
17. cuntz - solid mates (homeless)
18. jeffrey novak - lemon kid (trouble in mind)
19. thee oh sees - floating coffin (castle face)
20. verma - coltan (trouble in mind)

21. cheap time - exit smiles (in the red)
22. night beats - sonic bloom (reverberation appreciation society)
23. sewers - hoisted (homeless)
24. the funs - s/t (manic static)
25. bare mutants - the affliction (in the red)
26. birds of maya - celebration (little big chief)
27. terry malts - nobody realizes this is nowhere (slumberland)
28. kid congo and the pink monkey birds - haunted head (in the red)
29. counter intuits - sheets of hits (pyramid scheme)
30. human eye - 4: into the unknown (goner)

best of the best in xx13

the year is almost over, so now it's time to go through some of my favorite releases of the year..... tomorrow i'll post my top lps of the year, and today i'll start it off with the best 7 inches, comps, et cetera of xx13..... 

this year was so overflowing with goodness, i don't even feel that this list scrapes the surface.  but if you missed any of these releases, NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK THEM OUT..... after all that is what these lists are about.....

so without further prefacing, 
here is the BEST OF THE BEST OF 2013!!!!!!!!!



Best 7 inches

1.   Endless Bummer - Ripper Current (In The Red)
2.   Action Swingers - Miserable Life (Total Punk)
3.   Obnox - Canabible Ohio (Black Gladiator / Slovenly)
4.   Energy Gown - I Watch The Sun (Self Released)
5.   Gino & the Goons - Troubled (Total Punk)
6.   Fuzz - Sunderberry Dream (In The Red)
7.   Blind Shake - Garbage On Glue (Sweet Rot)
8.   Vacation Club - Daydream (Randy)
9.   Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Conjure Man (In The Red)
10. Uh Bones - Only You EP (Randy)
11. Gary Wrong / Wizzard Sleeve - Halloween Violence EP (Pelican Pow Wow / Jeth-Row)
12. Buck Biloxi & The Fucks - Holodeck Survivor (Total Punk)
13. Manateees - Smoke That Bird (JKSHK)
14. King Blood - Where Is He? (White Denim)
15. Golden Pelicans - Earls (Total Punk)

Best Comp

Land Of Nod (Scavenger Of Death)

Best 7in Comp

Son Of Flex (Castle Face)

Best Cover Album

Castle Face and Friends Velvet Underground and Nico

Best Label

Total punk

Best Reissue Label

Superior Viaduct

Best Reissue

Urinals - Negative Capability (In The Red) and their first three 7 inches (Superior Viaduct)

Best RnR Show

Thee Oh Sees / Blind Shake / Obn IIIs @ The Empty Bottle

Best Live Album

Fuzz - Live In San Fran (Castle Face)

Best Best Of

Resonars - Greatest Songs Of (Trouble In Mind)

Best Rarities Collection

Thee Oh Sees - Singles Collection Vol 3 (Castle Face)

Best New Band On The Scene 

Gino & The Goons

Best RnR Reunion

Oblivians

Hardest Working Most Prolific Motherfucker

Obnox

Zine

Droppings

Blog

Terminal Boredom

up and comers - manateees

2013 has been a fucking killer year for music, especially with an onslaught of amazing new bands that appear out of nowhere every day!  one such band i've been meaning to post about all year is memphis' new garage punk miscreants, MANATEEES!!!!!!   and everytime i was just about write about them i found out they were releasing yet another down n dirty single for yet another of my favorite record labels....  so i guess we'll cover them all right now, cuz you need to hear them yesterday!!!!!!

this year MANATEEES have released fucking MUST OWN 7 INCHES on PELICAN POW WOW, GONER, TIC TAC TOTALLY and JKSHK....  all of them blown out, drunken, thrashy punk like i can never get enough of.....   and as far as i'm concerned they might just be THE BAND TO SEE LIVE if yer ever in memphis....certainly they keep the city's longstanding tradition of unruly punk chaos alive.....

so if yer a junkie for BUCK BILOXI & THE FUCKS, TRUE SONS OF THUNDER, THE OBLIVIANS, REATARDS, GOLDEN PELICANS, PAMPERS, FOSTER CARE, GARY WRONG GROUP and anything on GONER / TOTAL PUNK / PELICAN POW WOW / CRYPT / JKSHK RECORDS, YOU FUCKING NEED TO INTRODUCE YERSELF TO YER NEW FAVORITE GO TO BAND!!!!!!!

and watch out for a brand new single from MANATEEES on TOTAL PUNK early next year, cuz there's no doubt in my mind it will melt yer face like all four of these singles.......  

TRASHY / UGLY GARAGE PUNK DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAT THIS!!!!!!!

SO PREVIEW ALL FOUR OF THEIR KILLER SINGLES BELOW!!!!!!!!  and make sure you collect 'em all!!!!!!

SMOKE THAT BIRD on JKSHK -



DESTRUKTOR on TIC TAC TOTALLY -



CAT FOOD on GONER -



OUT FOR BOOZE on PELICAN POW WOW -

our solar system - vart solsystem

BEYOND BEYOND IS BEYOND RECORDS just unleashed one of the best PSYCH ROCK ALBUMS OF THE YEAR from sweden's OUR SOLAR SYSTEM entitled VART SOLSYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!  and guess what? YOU NEED IT NOW!!!

this cosmic collective of RnR misfits channels the most mind expanding moments of AMON DUUL, PARSON SOUND, HAWKWIND, SUN RA'S ARKESTRA, CAN, SOFT MACHINE and TAJ MAHAL TRAVELLERS, complete with all the droned out epic jams and lysergic freakouts you could want in a psych rock album!!!!!   FUCK YES!!!!!

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM seamlessly merges the best of krautrock experimenting, west coast hippie psychedelic jams, mind melting late 60s/early 70s japanese rock n roll, post free jazz avant sonic exploration and high flying space rock into one HELLUVA A FUCKING JOURNEY THROUGH DEEPEST CORNERS OF YER CONSCIOUSNESS !!!!!!!!   and no substances are needed to enhance yer mind, cuz this VART SOLSYSTEM's druggy haze will swallow you whole!!!!!

fans of YURI GAGARIN, CAVE, WOODEN SHJIPS, MMOSS, VERMA and/or WAY OUT THERE EXPERIMENTAL PSYCH ROCK N ROLL NEED TO GET SUCKED DEEP INTO THE OUTER REALMS OF COSMOS WITH THIS ALBUM BY OUR SOLAR SYSTEM !!!!!!!

seriously recommended.  

listen to the whole album below 
  and pick one up now from BEYOND BEYOND IS BEYOND here!!!!!



and watch the video for JUPITER off VART SOLSYSTEM here -

mc5 - a true testimonial

KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!   

you already know that MC5 is one of the best RnR bands of all time.....but you might not know that there was an excellent documentary made about them called MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL.....  it premiered at several festivals in 2002 but due to a lawsuit (and a stupid one at that) it has never seen the light of day as a DVD....(and you can't stream or rent it either....a certain band member wants it to disappear for good)...but thankfully some music junkie like me posted it on youtube for all of our enjoyment......  yes, the internet will not let a killer film like this go unnoticed!!!!   

SO STOP WHAT YER DOING 
AND WATCH MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL BELOW - 
   (at least until it gets yanked from youtube...)

cuntz - solid mates

oh man get ready cuz you need to get terrorized by the CUNTZ!!!!! and their ferocious new album SOLID MATES!!!!!!!!!!  out now on HOMELESS RECORDS!!!!!!!

seriously one of the best / most unhinged / fucking feral slabs of PUNK ROCK ANGST in recent memory, australia's CUNTZ are out to destroy you and your boring ass life with SOLID MATES!!!!!  or at least soundtrack yer next night of mayhem!!!!!!!

echoes of their unruly aussie forefathers from VENON P STINGER, fEEDTIME and BIRTHDAY PARTY are present as well as the same ugly determination and delinquency found in their fellow punk mates, SEWERS, THE STABS and BITS OF SHIT are cacophonously present on SOLID MATES...... their second album (following the wildly hateful and widely acclaimed ALOHA) is an UNSTABLE MIX OF PUNK VOMIT, POST PUNK VITRIOL and THUGGISH NOISE SURE TO UPSET ANY CASUAL LISTENER AND MAKE FANS OF ANGRY ROCK LIKE ME (MOST LIKELY YOU) FLIP SOLID MATES OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!  and it's quite unlike anything else you're hear all year!!!!!

seriously a fucking awesome and explosive spin that is gonna make year end lists for sure (but not any lists at any of those so called reliable indie music sites)  !!!!

so stop reading,
and listen to SOLID MATES below !!!!!!!!
   and grab a copy from HOMELESS stat !!!!!!!

guitar wolf - beast vibrator

GUITAR WOLF are BACK!!!!!!!!! and with a brand new explosive album entitled BEAST VIBRATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

most of the classic 90s garage punks are retired these days, so it's a breath of fucking fresh air that GUITAR WOLF are still pummeling crowds and bruising eardrums twenty years later....... BEAST VIBRATOR picks right up where they left off after 2011's SPACEBATTLESHIPLOVE (and will leave you with scars just like all those classic lps on GONER and MATADOR back in the day).......this is some of the LOUDEST AND MOST FURIOUS RnR of 2013!!!!!!

and well if you haven't listened to GUITAR WOLF's deranged / muscular / kamikaze style of garage punk NOW IS THE TIME TO INTRODUCE YERSELF TO ONE OF THE BEST BANDS AROUND !!!!!!!!   no joke, these guys are legendary, and even if BEAST VIBRATOR isn't quite hands down classic like PLANET OF THE WOLVES, it sure as hell beats some of what passes for "garage punk" these days.......

so get this album now, 
and BLOW UP YER STEREO.
fucking recommended!!!!!!!!

LISTEN TO A FEW TRACKS OFF BEAST VIBRATOR BELOW -





AND WATCH GUITAR WOLF LIVE AT GONER FEST HERE -

pampers - s/t lp

HOLY SHIT, it's time to blow up yer stereo with the self titled debut lp from brooklyn's PAMPERS!!!!!!!!!  seriously you're gonna thank IN THE RED for putting this one out many times over........

PAMPERS have been slinking around the dark alleys on gotham city for a while now, releasing a couple of rowdy singles via their JKSHK label and playing with like minded and demented soulmates FOSTER CARE, CALL OF THE WILD and HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS.... yet no one was willing to bring their destruction to a nationwide audience until IN THE RED stepped in.....  their s/t lp is chock full of bruising riffs, pummeling drums, broken synths knife fighting walls of feedback and gnarly vocals...... art bent, noisy and mutant as punk can be, PAMPERS' new album shows that punk rock is alive and well, and feral as fuck !!!!!!!!

put them in the same camp of misanthropic noise punks as RUNNING, BUCK BILOXI AND THE FUCKS, LAMPS, OBNOX, TRUE SONS OF THUNDER, MANATEEES, SOUPCANS, LIVEFASTDIE and/or GARY WRONG, yeah pretty much all the bands keeping RnR LOUD NASTY INTERESTING AND RIOTOUS AS CAN BE!!!!!!!!!   junkies for those bands as well as labels like CRYPT, HOZAC, TOTAL PUNK and GONER need some fucking PAMPERS NOW!!!!!!!!

this lp is gonna shake something lose in yer head and you'll never be the same!!!!!!  feedback weirdo punk hasn't been this fun since the electric eels or the urinals..... a for sure top ten album of the year!!!!!!

stream a few tracks off the new lp below - 
  and grab one from IN THE RED now !!!!!
fuckin' do it !!!!!!!

jeffrey novak - lemon kid

hot on the heels of his BARON IN THE TREES lp and CHEAP TIME'S killer third album WALLPAPER MUSIC (both on in the red records) comes the newest collection of killer jams from tennessee's hardest working garage rocker.  YES!!!!  TROUBLE IN MIND is proud to announce JEFFREY NOVAK's third (and best) solo lp LEMON KID !!!!!!!!!!  and it's out now !!!!!!!

if you know his previous solo albums or his stellar glam-meets-art-rock garage punk work in CHEAP TIME, you're gonna need to run out to yer local record shop and grab LEMON KID asap......  but for those who need an introduction, read on...........

JEFFREY NOVAK's work outside of CHEAP TIME runs through the more adventurous / weirdo twists and turns of glam, power pop and UK psych....flipping garage rock upside down and mutating punk into something strange and mind bending once again......(somebody had to, cuz there's way too many cookie cutter "garage punk" bands out there right now).....

on LEMON KID you hear what a lost jam session with KEVIN AYERS fronting the NEW YORK DOLLS would've sounded like or what it might've been if SYD BARRETT had joined T REX...... or would happen if all the garage punks stopped listening to the CRAMPS / RAMONES and put ENO's "Taking Tiger Mountain" or the KINKS "Arthur" on repeat....yes LEMON KID takes you somewhere else completely....a kaleidoscopic mix of psychedelic earworming art bent melodies that'll stick to you like nothing else you've heard all year long....!!!!!!!

certainly a unique spin that leaves you with something new every time, JEFFREY NOVAK has knocked it outta the park with LEMON KID.   so yeah this one's way recommended!

PREVIEW LEMON KID BELOW -
   and go buy one from TROUBLE IN MIND now !!!!!!!!!

sweet talk - flash of light ep

CLEAR OFF YER TURNTABLE AND MAKE SOME ROOM ON YER IPOD CUZ SWEET TALK HAS SIX NEW INFECTIOUS/HIGHLY ADDICTING SONGS THAT'LL KEEP YOU ROCKING ALL NIGHT LONG ON THEIR JUST RELEASED FLASH OF LIGHT EP ON 12XU RECORDS!!!!!!!!

comprising of members you might know from the MIND SPIDERS, OBN IIIs, WICCANS, VIDEO and a whole laundry list of other killer austin bands, SWEET TALK up the ante with their dual guitar, super melodic RnR on this new ep....combining the best parts of explosive garage, concise power pop and ragged around the edges 80s college rock, FLASH OF LIGHT is six anthemic songs that'll earworm their way deep in yer skull and never leave.....  

there's just something about the way they take guitar rock overdrive the catchy pop riffs and filter it through garage punk that's quite unlike anything you've heard this year.........  if their album PICKUP LINES didn't hook you, this ep surely will......good times and multiple spins await you with FLASH OF LIGHT !!!!!!!!!  

(RIYL bad sports, cheap time, dinosaur jr, flesh lights, marked men, obn iiis, games, king tuff )

get a taste and,
LISTEN TO A FEW TRACKS OFF FLASH OF LIGHT BELOW 
   and grab one from 12XU now !!!!!!

night beats - sonic bloom

DIM THE LIGHTS, CALL YER GUY, GRAB A DRINK AND GET READY FOR A HEADY NIGHT OF LYSERGIC ROCK N ROLL THAT'S GONNA EXPAND YER MIND CUZ THE NIGHT BEATS JUST UNLEASHED A BRAND NEW LP ON REVERBERATION APPRECIATION SOCIETY ENTITLED SONIC BLOOM!!!!!!!!!

we've had to wait a while for the follow up to their killer 2011 s/t lp on TROUBLE IN MIND, but you know it was well fucking worth the wait....... THE NIGHT BEATS are back with their signature acid/reverb drenched combination of dirty garage and cosmic psych and let's just say SONIC BLOOM ain't gonna stray to far from yer turntable..........  this new lp proves they weren't just some over hyped new band that can't sustain the RnR for more than ten songs and it certainly cements their place at the top of the list of GO TO PSYCH BANDS !!!!!!

so for all you ty segall, oh sees, black angels and/or brian jonestown massacre fans that haven't got hip to the NIGHT BEATS yet, SONIC BLOOM is nothing short of a revelation !!!!!!!!    yeah don't miss out on what's probably gonna be one of my fave albums of the year !

see for yourself and
LISTEN TO SONIC BLOOM BELOW - 
   and grab yer copy from reverberation appreciation society here !!!!!

cave - threace

GET READY FOR SOME MIND ALTERING MOTORIK PSYCH GROOVES CUZ CAVE HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT ON DRAG CITY CALLED THREACE !!!!!!!! and it's a mother fucking mesmerizing spin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chicagoans have long known how absolutely KILLER cave is both live and on record, and now with their third release for DRAG CITY the rest of the world needs to TURN ON, TUNE IN AND DROP OUT!!!!!!!!!  on THREACE, CAVE's repetitive psych groove sucks you further in and take you way farther out!!!!!  indebted to the krautrock explosion of the 70s and all sorts of heady RnR experiments that flipped music inside out since then, CAVE's twist on experimental psychedelic rock n roll is unlike anything else you can put in yer ears!!!!!!!   moments of zen await!!!!   (there's a reason they call this COSMIC music!!!!!)

fans of the classics from CAN, NEU, CLUSTER and AMON DUUL as well as current bands like WOODEN SHJIPS, LUMERIANS, MOON DUO, CATACOMBZ and FOLLAKZOID need this new lp ASAP.........

THREACE IS AS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS THEY COME !!!!!!!!!

listen to a couple tracks off THREACE below - 
  and grab yer copy now from DRAG CITY !!!!!!

adam widener - vesuvio nights

get ready for SPEAKERTREE RECORDS' latest smash hit, the debut album from ADAM WIDENER, "VESUVIO NIGHTS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  maybe you've seen adam play in one of his former bands, PLEXI 3, ZYGOTEENS and/or BARE WIRES, or maybe not...but his solo RnR is something YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO CHECK OUT NOW!!!!!!!

part 70s punk / part hazy garage pop with a little bit of a art bent new wave gloss and a nice sprinkling of glam sparkle, ADAM WIDENER's new lp VESUVIO NIGHTS might need a new genre classification... perhaps it ought to be called MOD PUNK or JANGLE WAVE.... but this lp is for sure one that needs yer attention.   it's love / debt to PAUL COLLINS BEAT, RICHARD HELL, THE UNDERTONES, THE JAM and 20/20 can't be overlooked and in fact just adds to its analogue charm and infectious melodic charge.....leaving you wanting more and more.......

fans of WARM SODA, GLITZ, ANDY HUMAN, NEEDLES // PINS, SAM COFFEY, COZY, GENTLEMAN JESSE and SLUSHY (aka all those kids taking punk, glam and bubblegum and making music LOUD, FUN AND STICKY SWEET AGAIN) will definitely get way HOOKED on VESUVIO NIGHTS.......

so yeah stop complaining you got nothing new to listen to cuz ADAM WIDENER is here with 14 new power popped punk jams to brighten yer day!!!!!!!

LISTEN TO A FEW TRACKS OF VESUVIO NIGHT BELOW - 
   and grab a copy from SPEAKERTREE here !!!!!!!




and watch ADAM WIDENER live -

blind shake - a key to a false door

HOLY HELL you better just stop reading, go out right now and grab the new BLIND SHAKE album A KEY TO A FALSE DOOR on CASTLE FACE RECORDS cuz it's nothing short of a mind-blowing, in-yer-face, volatile psych RnR joyride!!!!!!!!!!

seriously if you still haven't heard of the BLIND SHAKE, now is the FUCKING TIME TO INTRODUCE YERSELF......  this lp (their first for castle face and the newest since 2011's killer lp SERIOUSNESS on LEARNING CURVE) is an ALL OUT SURF BENT, AMREP INDEBTED, NOISY PSYCH ROCK MASTERPIECE......  A KEY TO A FALSE DOOR is filled with massive hooks, pummeling riffs, cavestompin' reckless abandon, walls of droning feedback and a mutant otherworldly RnR groove you won't find just anywhere these days.........  BLIND SHAKE's concise/dailed-the-fuck-in power trio format comprised of guitar, baritone guitar and drums is unlike anything you'll hear this year.....and no other band is expanding on the garage punk formula with such mesmerizing psych and brutal art rock precision like they are.......

but don't just take my word for it -- john dwyer of thee oh sees signed them to his label, castle face.... psych legend michael yonkers has enlisted the blind shake for his backing band, recording three albums with them......and john reis of drive like jehu/hot snakes/rocket from the crypt/night marchers fame is releasing an album with them later this year!!!!!!  and on top of that they've just melted faces across the states on tour with thee oh sees and the obn iiis........ and anyone who witnessed them live on this tour can tell you that YOU NEED SOME BLIND SHAKE IN YER LIFE!!!!!!!

SO YEAH A KEY TO A FALSE DOOR IS RECOMMENDED TIMES INFINITY!!!!!!!
a sure bet as one of the best albums of the year.  

don't waste yer time on multitude of boring psych bands kicking around these days,
LISTEN TO KEY TO A FALSE DOOR -
  and grab a copy from CASTLE FACE RECORDS now!!!!



watch BLIND SHAKE play PERMANENT RECORDS below -

slushy - candy b/w pocket 7in

hey everyone, it's time to get yer SLUSHY fix!!!!!!!!!  

chicago's little known bubblegum trash pop outfit SLUSHY just unleashed a brand new 7 inch, CANDY B/W POCKET, on RANDY RECORDS and you best listen up!!!!!!!

SLUSHY plays some of the best stripped down, fuzz soaked, hook filled garage pop you music junkies can get yer dirty little hands on.....channelling the early garage punk unknowns, DIY RnR attitude, girl group am melodies, power pop moves and budget rock aesthetics, SLUSHY has jangled, shaked, rattled and rolled two PURE FUN NO-FI GARAGE POP ANTHEMS onto wax for yer listening enjoyment, and the emphasis is on ENJOYMENT..... this record is an innocent and highly addicting spin....  and shows that no one can add a bubblegum sugar rush to trashy garage quite like them.....

so do yerself a favor and introduce yerself to SLUSHY now !!!!!!

LISTEN TO THE NEW 7 INCH BELOW, and then buy one IMMEDIATELY from RANDY RECORDS, or yer local record shop!!!!!!!!



for further listen click here to stream their FIVE LITTLE LEAVES and ALL THE RAD DUDES tapes!!!!!!!  both fucking killer spins!!!!!!!!

wrong words - everything is free

SAN FRAN's jangly garage poppers THE WRONG WORDS are back with a syrupy sweet new lp entitled EVERYTHING IS FREE on TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS!!!!!!!!!!  and it's a record you sure as hell don't wanna miss out on!!!!!!

combining the best parts of power pop, jangly college rock and 60s garage, WRONG WORDS new album is sure to brighten yer day and get you humming along instantly......  not many bands can swirl together a tasty mix of THE BYRDS, THE SHOES, NICK LOWE, THE HOLLIES, BIG STAR, SOFT BOYS and THE FEELIES like you find on EVERYTHING IS FREE.......

fans of the RESONARS, THE DENTISTS, WHITE FENCE, KING TUFF, FRESH AND ONLYS and SONNY AND THE SUNSETS need to RUN OUT THE DOOR AND SPRINT TO THE CLOSEST RECORD STORE NOW!!!!!!!   seriously infectious and earworming repeat listens await !!!!!!!!

LISTEN TO "AND IT'S NOT SO PRETTY" BELOW-



and stream more of EVERYTHING IS FREE on their soundcloud page here !!!!!
and grab yer copy from TROUBLE IN MIND now!!!!!!!!!!

and PS click here to listen to THE WRONG WORDS LIVE ON WFMU !!!!!!

gary wrong group / wizzard sleeve - halloween violence split 7in

just in time for everyone's favorite holiday, PELICAN POW WOW and JETH-ROW RECORDS have teamed up to unleash the HALLOWEEN VIOLENCE SPLIT 7 INCH EP by two of the south's scariest punk bands, GARY WRONG GROUP and WIZZARD SLEEVE !!!!!!!!!!

sharing members and a love for dirgy mud caked feral punk, WIZZARD SLEEVE and GARY WRONG GROUP's new single is the perfect evil swamp voodoo to blast out yer front door on the 31st to scare those prospective treat or treater brats away !!!!!!!   

this is the first taste of new WIZZARD SLEEVE debauchery since 2011's split 7 inch with TRUES SONS OF THUNDER, which was way too long ago..... and GARY WRONG GROUP's killer 12 inch ep KINIGHTS OF MISERY earlier this year on TOTAL PUNK just left me with a taste for MORE........  so yeah this is exactly the KINDA OF DEMENTED RAW DARK SYNTH BENT BLOWN OUT PUNK ROCK you and i BOTH FUCKING NEED NOW !!!!!!!  both these groups rank up there as some of the best garage punk mutants slinking around the country these days, so why haven't you bought their records yet!!!!!!!!

but don't take my word for it,
listen to the HALLOWEEN VIOLENCE SPLIT below....
  and grab a copy NOW !!!!!!  after all it comes with a free wolf mask for trick or treating!!!!!!!



watch WIZZARD SLEEVE play HOZAC's BLACKOUT FEST below -

endless bummer - ripper current 7in

YES!!!!!!!  time to listen up, IN THE RED just released the debut 7 inch by yer new favorite band, ENDLESS BUMMER !!!!!!!!!!  entitled RIPPER CURRENT and comprised of four blown out rowdy garage punk burners, ENDLESS BUMMER is for sure gonna put a smile on yer face!!!!!!!!

fans of the no-fi / budget rock spectrum of the garage/punk world need this 7 inch now, especially we you realize that ENDLESS BUMMER is related to THE SPITS, ROMAN MILK, HEAVY TIMES and PERMANENT RECORDS as well as being recorded by none other than TY SEGALL !!!!!!  these guys have been blowing up LA for the past year and now the whole rest of the world can finally get a taste of their GNARLY ANTI-SURF FEEDBACK PUNK !!!!!!!!! seriously RIPPER CURRENT IS ONE OF THE MOST REFRESHING / IN YER FACE NEW 7 INCHES OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!  (and there's stiff competition for that title)

recommended for those who like good music like the MUMMIES, RIP OFFS, LAMPS, COACHWHIPS, BLACKTOP, GERMS, CHEATER SLICKS and the whole laundry list of killer LA punk bands that came before them!!!!!!!!!!

so yeah stop reading and GRAB ONE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
and/or listen below!!!!!!!!!
     four tracks of this kinda riotous fuzz punk is just what you need!!!!!!!

oozing wound - retrash

GET READY TO GET SLAYED!!!!!!!!!!  cuz chicago thrashers OOZING WOUND just dropped their debut lp RETRASH on THRILL JOCKEY and you need this blast of noisy hellbent RnR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

for those not in the know, OOZING WOUND soaked up its members from the best bands in chicago's noise mongering art space / house show scene (CACAW, UNMANNED SHIP, ZATH, BAD DRUGS, to name a few) and decided to take a NO HOLDS BARRED / DOWN N DIRTY approach to the METAL AND SKATE PUNK BANDS we all loved and grew up on !!!!!!!!!   

RETRASH IS LOUD, WILD AND MORE FUCKING THRASHY THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD PUT ON YER TURNTABLE.....and just the refreshing shot of unadultered RnR you need to clear yer head...... so set fire to all yer old SLAYER and MOTORHEAD tapes, cuz this is the ONE TRASHY, IN YER FACE METAL ALBUM THAT BELONGS NEXT TO YER STEREO....

finally a band that can take back metal from the stupid metalheads who've ruined everything.  YES!!!!!!!!  it's about fuckin' time!!!!!!!!

but don't take my word for it, one spin of OOZING WOUND's new LP is all it's gonna take to melt yer face and get you bouncing around yer apartment.........

somebody better send lemmy a copy of RETRASH, cuz it's that FUCKING GOOD.....

LISTEN TO A FEW SONGS OFF RETRASH BELOW -
   and grab a copy NOW from THRILL JOCKEY !!!!!!!!!!




watch the hilarious promo for RETRASH here -

Oozing Wound - Retrash Commercial from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

and here's the video for WELCOME TO THE SPACESHIP, MOTHERFUCKERS !



and yeah this is OOZING WOUND live at P-REX!!!!!

buck biloxi and the fucks - holodeck survivor 7in

man oh man TOTAL PUNK is on a fucking HOT STREAK..... and if you don't just blindly pick up every 7 inch they put out, you FUCKING SHOULD..... especially their newest / MEANEST single, "HOLODECK SURVIVOR" by new orlean's most delinquent punks BUCK BILOXI AND THE FUCKS !!!!!!!

it's two scorching, in yer faces blasts of PUNK ROCK troublemaking, sure to make you think yer SPITS, PAGANS, MEATMEN and GERMS records are fucking TAME!!!!!!   not sure what's going on down south, but I LIKE EVERY SECOND OF THIS AGITATED UGLY AND HATEFUL PUNK 7 INCH......

but would someone please put out a full length from BUCK BILOXI AND THE FUCKS already?   (total punk? goner? in the red? seriously someone?)

if you're looking for yer new favorite band or looking to clear yer next party of the indie rock kids, LOOK NO FURTHER than "HOLODECK SURVIVOR"..... it's total punk and exactly what you need!!!!!!!!!!

LISTEN TO THE A SIDE OF THE NEW SINGLE BELOW AND GRAB A COPY OF YER OWN BEFORE THEY'RE LONG GONE !!!!!!!!!!!



what you haven't seen BUCK BILOXI AND THE FUCKS live yet?  come on !!!!!!!

obits - bed and bugs

OBITS have returned with a brand new LP out on SUB POP records entitled BED & BUGS, and it's as pummeling, razor sharp and righteous as anything they've done yet!!!!!!

rising from the ashes HOT SNAKES and EDSEL, OBITS for sure carry on the fiery POST PUNK menacing noise of those bands whilst melding it to their brand of off-kilter garage, punk and RnR.....and though i'm a fiend for their previous lps, I BLAME YOU and MOODY STANDARD AND POOR, their new album sneaks up on you with it's infectious melodies, wiry guitars, angsty vocals and all out insurgent rock n roll attack...... few if any rock bands have created such a unique and full throttle space for themselves like the OBITS.......

so stop talking about how good HOT SNAKES and DRIVE LIKE JEHU were and get with the program, cuz the new OBITS LP IS HERE TO MELT YER SKULL WITH SOME OF THE BEST ROCK N ROLL THAT YOU'LL HEAR ALL YEAR LONG......

fans of the aforementioned bands as well as NIGHT MARCHERS, BLIND SHAKE, METZ, LAMPS, DISAPPEARS and SONIC YOUTH desperately need BED & BUGS now!!!!!!!

a sure fire choice next time you're at yer local record shop.......

Listen to BED & BUGS below -
  and grab a copy from SUB POP now !!!!



watch OBITS live at the empty bottle below -

fuzz - s/t

YES!!!!!!!!  THE LONG AWAITED DEBUT ALBUM FROM FUZZ IS FINALLY HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  TY SEGALL, CHARLIE MOOTHEART AND ROLAND COSIO are NOTHING SHORT OF AN ABSOLUTE PSYCH / GARAGE / STONER ROCK POWER HOUSE AND THEIR NEW S/T LP IS GONNA MELT YER FACE AND CHANGER YER LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what started as a side project to the ever more engaging and prolific explosion that is TY SEGALL AND CO, FUZZ might just eclipse all those excellent albums on DRAG CITY, GONER and IN THE RED........  FUZZ trades in the more standard garage rock formula for an all out attack of PROTO METAL, HARD ROCK, BALLS OUT PSYCH and PUNK RAWK MAYHEM......  think BLUE CHEER, MC5, THE STOOGES, SIR LORD BALTIMORE, DUST, WICKED LADY and SABBATH all mashed up into ONE HIGH OCTANE, POWDER KEG OF RnR EXTREMES !!!!!!!

seriously this is the most in yer face and blistering slab of ROCK N ROLL you'll come across all year long !!!!!!!!  one song is all it'll take and you'll be hooked.

so stop reading and let yer ears convince you how mother fucking good this new FUZZ album is.....it's guaranteed to be all over everyone's year end lists.....and if not, those people surely don't like rock music, cuz FUZZ is what rock n roll is meant to sound like.........

LISTEN TO "FUZZ" BELOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
   and grab a copy from IN THE RED now !!!!!!!




WATCH FUZZ BELOW !!!!!!!!!

gino and the goons - troubled 7in

GINO AND THE GOONS are fast becoming one of my favorite garage punk bands around.....and thanks to TOTAL PUNK we gotta a new single to add to our collection..... TROUBLED b/w I'M A BIG BOY NOW!!!!!!!!

two loud unkempt greasy tracks of the best kind of budget rockin' garage punk you can get yer dirty hands on......   stripped down to the snarling basics of RnR, and then amplified way up, this new GINO AND THE GOONS 7 inch is PERFECT for yer next night of bad decisions and half remembered debauchery!!!!!!!  just remember the band is not responsible for anything that happens after the needle hits the 7 inch!!!!!!!

here's crossing my fingers for a full length in the very near future......

just don't sleep on this one, cuz it's super limited and their PLAY LOUD EP sold out quicker than the time it'll take to read this post.......

LISTEN TO THE A SIDE BELOW -
  and grab the single from TOTAL PUNK now !!!!!!!



and watch GINO AND THE GOONS live below -

true sons of thunder - stop and smell your face

GET READY FOR THE LOUDEST, UNRULIEST, SLEAZIEST SLAB OF GARAGE PUNK YOU'LL HEAR ALL YEAR LONG!!!!!!!
LITTLE BIG CHIEF RECORDS has unleashed the second album from the super deranged memphis supergroup TRUE SONS OF THUNDER, entitled STOP AND SMELL YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!

nobody plays RnR like this anymore, a full force maelstrom of GUITAR STRANGLING and CAVESTOMP PUMMELING, ALL SLURRED TOGETHER LIKE YER FAVORITE DRUNK MEMORIES....... this ought to be the template for GARAGE PUNK, not what most purveyors of the genre play these days......  FULL ON RAW, RAGING ROCK N ROLL that'll leave you with bruises and hangovers for days......

it doesn't even matter that TRUE SONS OF THUNDER can count former OBLIVIANS, MANATEEES, SHARP BALLOONS, BAD TIMES and LEGS troublemakers as their members, cuz THIS RECORD NEEDS NO CONTEXT!!!!!   STOP AND SMELL YOUR FACE is the kinda record IGGY AND THE STOOGES were too afraid to make, THE CRAMPS were too grounded to try and record and too WILD for even CRYPT RECORDS to press up back in the day.......

STOP AND SMELL YOUR FACE might be difficult to track down, but this is one HELLUVA RnR RIDE you need to take.......
put it on yer motherfucking bucket list.....
cuz you need to hear how feral and absolutely crazy rock n roll can get before you die.....

ONE LISTEN IS ALL IT'LL TAKE TO GET YOU HOOKED!!!!!!!!


watch TRUE SONS OF THUNDER live below -

cheap time - goodbye age 7in

CHEAP TIME returns with a brand new single on TOTAL PUNK!!!!!!!!   FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!

nobody plays glitter crusted power popped garage punk better than CHEAP TIME, so anytime there's a new release from this killer tennessee band, it's TIME TO LISTEN UP.......

their new 7 inch GOODBYE AGE finds CHEAP TIME dialed in, even more catchy and ready to take on yer band in a battle to the death!!!!!   last year's lp for IN THE RED "WALLPAPER MUSIC" was an insta-classic, and i might just say this TOTAL PUNK SINGLE IS TOO.......

this 7 inch rolls the best of JAY REATARD, THE SAINTS, THE NEW YORK DOLLS, RADIO BORDMAN, MODERN LOVERS and australia's X into one powder keg of a RnR single that'll for sure cause a FRENZY anytime it hits a turntable........

yes pretty much guaranteed to play GOODBYE AGE to death..........

so stop reading, and listen to the A-SIDE below -
    and grab yer copy from TOTAL PUNK now!!!!!!!!!!!!



watch an interview with CHEAP TIME below -

cosmonauts - persona non grata

BURGER RECORDS and SPOT ON SOUND are way STOKED for their newest release, the third album by orange county's garage psych wunderkinds, COSMONAUTS!!!!!!  the new lp, PERSONA NON GRATA, finds the band hitting their stride, taking on the greats and composing some of the best hazy reverb heavy jams around.....

on PERSONA NON GRATA, COSMONAUTS are taking their love of JAMC, SPACEMEN 3, MERCURY REV, SIMPLY SAUCER, MICHAEL YONKERS, the VELVETS and BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE to whole new druggy, spaced out radiant levels.......putting them in the top notch ranks of fellow COSMIC PSYCH travelers THE OH SEES, BLACK ANGELS, NIGHT BEATS, HOOKWORMS, UFO CLUB and the WARLOCKS.......  needless to say if yer looking for some droned out, fuzzed up RnR to blast way into 2014, you need not look further than PERSONA NON GRATA....!!!!!   

there's a whole lotta psych bands out there these days,
but the COSMONAUTS are one band you definitely don't want to miss out on........
     super recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET READY FOR SOME LYSERGIC VIBES AND
LISTEN BELOW TO PERSONA NON GRATA -
   and grab a copy here from BURGER !!!!



ps see the tour poster at the top of the post and don't miss yer chance to see 'em live!!!!!!!

resonars - the greatest songs of...

TROUBLE IN MIND is doing us all a great service by releasing a best of THE RESONARS, whose back catalog is almost all out of print and way difficult to track down.......and understandably so, cuz nobody writes such catchy psych tinged, power popped garage rock tunes like THE RESONARS do....... finally everyone can check out this killer tuscon, arizona band, as they should've long ago!!!!!!!!   

matt rendon has been soldiering on with a rotating cast of backing members, composing smash hit after smash hit, in relative obscurity as the RESONARS for over 15 years... (starting with a s/t debut album for STAR TIME in '98)... mixing a potent elixir of jangle pop, syrupy power chord melodies, psychedelic 60s rock and hazy AM pop, the RESONARS play some seriously earworming RnR that'll stick with you all day long.......  fans of BIG STAR, THE HOLLIES, THE DENTISTS, THE SHOES, THE CLEAN, THE BEACH BOYS and THE BYRDS (IE GREAT FUCKING POP MUSIC) need to hear the RESONARS now......

all the resonars albums are highly recommended, but if yer gonna start somewhere grab THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE RESONARS, and get ready to flip it over and over again.......

(for further listening, i'd suggest LUNAR KIT on GET HIP, or THAT EVIL DRONE on BURGER, but really any RESONARS you can get yer hands on will do!!!!!!)

seriously i can't get enough of these songs, 

ALL KILLER NO FILLER and that is no joke!!!!!

i might just have to put a best of comp on my year end list of top albums!!!!!!!!!!

stream GREATEST SONGS OF THE RESONARS below -
  and grab one direct from the source here !!!!!!!

dirtbombs - oeey gooey chewy ka-bloey!

YES!!!!!!  IN THE RED is dropping a brand new album by the DIRTBOMBS this week....the long awaited "bubblegum" lp entitled OOEY GOOEY CHEWY KA-BLOEY!!!!!!!!!!

holy shit, i've been waiting for this one forever!!!!!!   OOEY GOOEY follows 2011's techno meets garage punk concept album PARTY STORE, and this time mick collins and co. take dead aim at the bubblegum am pop of the 60s, with their unique double rhythm section motor city is burning garage rock lens of course.....  and the result is some of the best DIRTBOMBS songs to date, and their best album since the uber classic ULTRA GLIDE IN BLACK (from 2001).... these super sweet. sunshine soaked songs on OOEY GOOEY are destined to be garage rock standards down the road, and this album is for sure gonna be in my top ten of xx13 list........  OOEY GOOEY just proves once again that the DIRTBOMBS are the best garage rock band around!!!!!!!!!

even if you don't go for the "concept" of the album, or are even much of a fan of "bubblegum" you will still find yerself stuck in the grooves of OOEY GOOEY CHEWY KA-BLOEY!!!!!  i wasn't too sure about PARTY STORE at first and i don't call myself much of a fan of the archies and the lemon pipers, but you don't have to be a buddah / kama sutra records am pop junkie to think this new one is a highly addicting spin (but if you are, you're gonna be in heaven).......seriously one listen and you'll be hooked......

SO LISTEN TO A FEW SONGS OFF THE NEW ALBUM BELOW,
   and then surf over to IN THE RED to grab yer own damn copy!!!!!!!






as a bonus,
watch the DIRTBOMBS live at amoeba records below -

red hex - shoulda known 7 inch

tacoma, washington's blown out RnRollers, RED HEX, are ready to destroy yer stereo with a brand new 7 inch, SHOULDA KNOWN, out on NEGATIVE FUN RECORDS !!!!!!!!

this is their second single and if these two new songs are any indication of where the band's headed, you need to keep an eye on RED HEX..... cuz they might steal all yer beer, run away with yer girlfriend, and put out one helluva feedback laced garage punk album in the near future........

both of these songs are LOUD, SNARLING, RIPPING ROCK N ROLL BANGERS..... sure to cause a riot of bad decisions anytime this 7 inch hits yer turntable...... SHOULDA KNOWN and DOWN IN THE DIRT smash together '77 punk, a whole lotta love for their hometown heroes THE SONICS, some drunken CRYPT style RnR, a healthy wallop of that signature NW grungy angst, and a little bit of that west coast BUDGET no frills, high speed chaos that you know and love from RIP OFF RECORDS........

so yeah this is some INFECTIOUS FUN ROCK N ROLL you need to have now!!!!!!

turn off yer stupid itunes and
LISTEN TO THE NEW RED HEX 7 INCH BELOW -
    and grab one from NEGATIVE FUN RECORDS here !!!!!!!



watch 'em burn it up live -

steve adamyk band - monterrey 7 inch

punk rock was meant to be played one 7 inch at a time..... the smaller format seems appropriate for a RnR genre built on being loud, fast, short and to the point.....  so although i've loved all the STEVE ADAMYK BAND lps so far, their new 7 inch, MONTERREY, on HOSEHEAD RECORDS is a PERFECT shot of high energy, power popped, boisterous PUNK ROCK.....just the right length to keep you flipping this 7 inch over and over again.....

all four songs are fiery, infectious and sure to melt yer brain......all under three minutes, manic and succinct to the point of exploding......they've burned all the baggage that comes with the term pop punk and reclaimed the "genre" for the kids.... (yeah someone needed to....) and you know, catchy punk rock doesn't get any better this......  get ready to mosh around, get drunk and cause some trouble !!!!!!!

fans of MARKED MEN, SCARED OF CHAKA, NEW BOMB TURKS, RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, MEAN JEANS, DILLINGER FOUR, DESCENDENTS and pretty much all fun, rowdy, no-fi melodic punk will need this new EP from STEVE ADAMYK BAND.....one of canada's finest punk exports......

if you haven't checked out STEVE ADAMYK BAND yet,
this MONTERREY 7 inch is the place to start.....

so do yerself a favor and listen to the 7 inch below...
   and then go pick up a copy from HOSEHEAD RECORDS !!!!!!



watch steve adamyk band live below....

sewers - hoisted

HOMELESS RECORDS is making a name for themselves by releasing some of the
most feral ugly mean swamp punk in australia, or really anywhere for that matter..... following killer down n dirty releases by BITS OF SHIT, THE STABS and THE CUNTZ (all of which you need to track down), HOMELESS is back with their best release yet, the debut album from SEWERS, entitled HOISTED !!!!!!

serious junkies for swampy, abrasive, trashy rock n roll need to TUNE IN now.......SEWERS distill their angry aussie heritage of fEEDTIME, SCIENTISTS, COSMIC PSYCHOS, KING SNAKE ROOST and VENOM P STINGER into one fireball of misanthropic scuzzy post punk on HOISTED..... few bands conjure such dark foaming at the mouth, beat you senseless in a dark alley, ominous RnR like they do....... forget JESUS LIZARD. CLOCKCLEANER or HOMOSTUPIDS, SEWERS surely blow those other bands away........

HOISTED is a death rock bent, post hardcore explosion of unruly evil punk that'll either scare the shit outta you or be yer new favorite album...... there's no middle ground on SEWERS.... and if you like any of the aforementioned bands, you'll be grabbing for yer wallets in a sec.....

seriously this is one of australia's most deadly exports in a while, so don't miss out!!!!!!! a refreshing, angsty, noisy and highly recommended spin....

LISTEN TO THE NEW SEWERS LP BELOW -
    and grab a copy from HOMELESS here -



this is SEWERS live -

disappears - era

KRANKY RECORDS just released the fourth annual report from chicago's DISAPPEARS, entitled ERA... a post punked, kraut soaked dark psych roller coaster ride that you need to take NOW!!!!!!!!

the departure of their drummer, steve shelley of sonic youth, might've been forboding if noah leger hadn't stepped in and ratcheted things up....after he's been in more RnR bands in chicago than you can even count on your fingers......  and now DISAPPEARS are definitely hitting their ominous forceful minimal chord stride..... no one else out the strips garage rock formula down to the barest of bones, amps up the feedback, tosses in plenty of motorik vibes, layers the hazy reverb and blasts off a whole new kinda of psych rock like they do on ERA.....  lux, guider and pre language were all killer, but ERA is a STEP BEYOND..... a wormhole to the outer ends of the COSMOS.....after all that's what all those german bands meant by kosmische musik.......

ERA is insidious, eery, lysergic, hard hitting and certainly groundbreaking....nobody but DISAPPEARS could craft such an sparse, noisy psyche rock album out the shards of kraut, post punk and garage rock......  seriously if people outside of chicago don't start tuning into DISAPPEARS now, there's no hope for the world........

this is one highly recommended album YOU NEED TO OWN....!!!!!!

LISTEN TO ERA BELOW -
   and grab a copy from KRANKY here....

terry malts - nobody realizes this is nowhere

TERRY MALTS strikes again!!!!!!!! SLUMBERLAND is set to release their sophomore lp NOBODY REALIZES THIS IS NOWHERE this week (9/10) and holy shit you need this heavy hitting platter of FUZZED OUT CHAINSAW PUNK NOW!!!!!!!!

NOBODY REALIZES THIS IS NOWHERE (besides having a great neil young loving title) is chock full of bruising lo-fi, post punk infected, punk rock bangers, sure to get you pogoing around yer apartment in a hot sec......  fans of the heavy times, wax idols, crystal stilts and/or static eyes will need the new TERRY MALTS lp NOW...YES anyone who likes their RnR noise coated, melodic and dark will totally fall into the grooves of NOBODY REALIZES THIS IS NOWHERE and never crawl out again.....  

TERRY MALTS may have just perfected their noise popped, chainsaw RnR sound on the new album.....sure KILLING TIME was great, but NOBODY REALIZES is succinct, bristling and killer..... smashing moves they've stolen from RAMONES, JAMC, BUILT TO SPILL, JOY DIVISION and the WIPERS into one unholy shot in the arm sure to make a junkie outta you......

i know i'll be coming back for more and more.....

so LISTEN below to 
NOBODY REALIZES THIS IS NOWHERE.....
    and grab yer copy this tuesday, when it lands in yer local record shop!!!!

get a taste of TERRY MALTS live below - 

the tearjerkers - bad moon rising

BIG LEGAL MESS did us all a favor by reissuing some of JACK OBLIVIANS' various post OBLIVIANS, post COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS, side projects and solo lps.....most notably the killer southern friend bluesy garage punk lp by THE TEARJERKERS entitled BAD MOON RISING....... originally released on SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY in 2001, this lp might just be JACK OBLIVIANS best, most RnR effort outside those now legendary bands he's more famous for.....

i highly suggest picking up any of Jack O's albums....but you should start with BAD MOON RISING.....my favorite of all his albums..... totally scuzzy, bluesy and soul scorching all at the same time.....

just listen to a few tracks below...... and then surf over to BIG LEGAL MESS to grab a copy for yerself!!!!   a super classic album, that you can play over and over and over again!!!!!

king khan & the shrines - idle no more

KING KHAN & THE SHRINES are back with another heavy dose of garage rockin' psychedelic soul in the form of a new album, IDLE NO MORE, out NOW on MERGE RECORDS !!!!!!!!

it's been awhile since we've heard any new material from KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES..... their last full length was 2007's smash hit, WHAT IS?.... (the following year, VICE put out the best of comp, THE SUPREME GENIUS OF KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES, though, but that didn't include any new songs)... so it's good to hear KING KHAN back with his old SUN RA, BACK FROM THE GRAVE COMPS and STAX RECORDS loving cohorts throwing down some new syrupy sweet, fuzzed out, soul soaked cavestompin' dancefloor-slaying tunes to kick start our next late night parties.....!!!!!

nobody, i mean, nobody is smashing those old soul, garage and psych records in one HUGE party record like KING KHAN is and on IDLE NO MORE you get TWELVE ass shakin' lysergic R&B stompers that'll get even the squarest of squares up and on his or her feet........  

let's just say SYL JOHNSON, ANDRE WILLIAMS and SLY STONE would be proud......

you can't deny a good time,
and that is exactly what KING KHAN & THE SHRINES bring to the table with their new lp !!!!!

grab some friends
and lots of booze,
crank the stereo
and get ready to go all night long!!!!
fun times are ahead!!!!!!!!

listen to some tracks off IDLE NO MORE below....
   and grab a copy from MERGE here !!!!!







and catch KING KHAN & THE SHRINES in person
(one of the wildest RnR shows you'll ever see)  !!!!

Oct 11 San Diego, CA Casbah
Oct 12 Los Angeles, CA Culture Collide Festival
Oct 13 San Francisco, CA Slims
Oct 14 Portland, OR Dantes
Oct 15 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre
Oct 16 Seattle, WA Neumos
Oct 17 Boise, ID Neurolux
Oct 18 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Oct 19 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Oct 20 Kansas City, KS The Record Bar
Oct 21 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
Oct 22 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Oct 23 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Oct 24 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
Oct 25 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Oct 26 Toronto, ON Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 27 Montreal, QC La Tulipe
Oct 29 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Oct 30 New York, NY Webster Hall
Oct 31 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Nov 1 Washington, DC Black Cat
Nov 2 Durham, NC Motorco Music Hall
Nov 4 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
Nov 5 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Nov 6 New Orleans, LA Siberia
Nov 12 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
Nov 13 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom