the ar-kaics - she does those things to me 7in

you maybe haven't heard of the latest and greatest fuzzed up garage rockin' sensation, the AR-KAICS, yet....but you will.....!!!!!  this cavestompin' teenbeat three piece is from richmond, virginia and just released their debut 7 inch via SPEAKERTREE RECORDS....and um yeah it's a fucking budget rock ripper!!!!!!!!

housed in an old school generic white sleeve and labeled with a simple retro yellow label, this AR-KAICS single could be mistaken for some lost garage punk gem of '66........even after you spin it.......

those pebbles / back from the grave junkies like me will undoubtedly NEED this double shot of primal unwieldy garage rock now......SHE DOES THOSE THINGS TO ME and DON'T NEED YOUR LOVE channel the best blown out rock n roll moments of THE SEEDS, THE KEGGS, THE SONICS, LOLLIPOP SHOPPE and all those other late 60s garage punk unknowns!!!!!!  seriously, the AR-KAICS have THE GARAGE ROCK SOUND dialed the fuck in.......  this is not some pretend bullshit RnR, these guys are the real deal!!!

file this one next to the MUMMIES, THEE HEADCOATS, TY SEGALL, DRAGS, BLACK TIME and/or THE GREENHORNES..........cuz this single comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!  i'm crossing my fingers for full length, or at least a tour through chicago.......

LISTEN TO THE A SIDE OF THEIR NEW SINGLE BELOW -
   and don't forget to grab one from SPEAKERTREE!!!



and watch the AR-KAICS in action below!!!!!!!!

bare mutants - the affliction

chicago's BARE MUTANTS just released their debut album on IN THE RED entitled THE
AFFLICTION and it's one enveloping dose of post-punk infected, melancholy garage rock...sure seep into yer skull the second the needle hits the wax.....

THE AFFLICTION is full of fuzzed out guitars, and cough syrupy sweet slacker punk melodies informed by the VELVETS and JAMC, just as you'd expect from from a band that's risen out of the PONYS and carries on their good work....

....and while it's true that BARE MUTANTS may be a little more than transfixed by certain of their woozy, reverbed musical idols, they craft hauntingly electric downer punk anthems about heartbreak, drinking, growing up and sucking at life quite unlike anyone else.....certainly more poignant than a long list of other like-minded bands that just go through the motions aping lou reed, the cure and spacemen 3......

file BARE MUTANTS' unique combo of garage, noise pop and post punk desperation near your CRYSTAL SLILTS, DISAPPEARS, WAX IDOLS, HEAVY TIMES and TERRY MALTS lps......
that is near the lps you listen to all the time!!!!!

i might still be disappointed the PONYS are no more, but the BARE MUTANTS' debut more than fills their shoes in the chicago scene, and with AFFLICTION more than the windy city will introduce themselves to BARE MUTANTS....... they needn't be our secret any longer.......

so listen to a select few songs off THE AFFLICTION below.....
   and grab a copy from IN THE RED now!!!






watch BARE MUTANTS live below -

urinals - negative capability

thanks to IN THE RED RECORDS we can finally grab the uber classic URINALS' comp NEGATIVE CAPABILITY on wax!!!!!!  originally released in '96 by AMREP, this collection contains all three of the URINALS self released 7 inches, a comp track, studio outtakes, and a killer live set....increasing their total discography to 31 tracks of pure short fast and raw punk!!!!!!  a necessity in everyone's collection that considers themselves a fan of rock n roll.....and that is the truth!!!!!!!!

for those not in the know, the URINALS were LA's greatest. most art damaged, minimalist punk rock bands.....formed in '77 and existing only until '80 when they mutated into the post punk act, 100 FLOWERS.....the URINALS' scrappy no-fi raw punk rock n roll has influenced more bands than you can count...... everyone from THE MINUTEMAN to OBNOX has covered them, including JAY REATARD and HALO OF FLIES (and the list could go on and on....)  

and i'm in good company when i say that ACK ACK ACK and I'M A BUG might be two of the best punk songs ever......  maybe the URINALS didn't invent punk rock, but they made it faster, weirder, more primitive and way more amateur......  they were a band that showed the world that as long as you could learn two chords, you can make a life changing racket!!!!!

SUPERIOR VIADUCT reissued their first three 7 inches (s/t, another ep, sex) earlier this year, but if you want yer URINALS fix all in one place, this comp NEGATIVE CAPABILITY is the way to go!!!!!!!

so do yerself a favor and jump over to IN THE RED now and grab one before they're gone......

stream all of NEGATIVE CAPABILITY below - 

and watch the URINALS at P-REX LA on RECORD STORE DAY here - 

ty segall - sleeper

HELL YES, the new lp from TY SEGALL, "SLEEPER" is FINALLY HERE.......so you better be running to yer local record shop to grab a copy tomorrow cuz you need yer mind melted this way NOW!!!!!!!!

on his new lp, TY SEGALL picks up his acoustic guitar and channels his mellower side and inner SYD BARRETT.... (leaving aside the more garage psych stoner vibes for his other band FUZZ)..... but don't fret SLEEPER is just the kind of album you don't realize you need....following the same inclinations as his collaboration with WHITE FENCE on "HAIR" and his previous lp "GOODBYE BREAD", SLEEPER is stripped-down folkster psych, all hazy, melodic and reverbed.......sure to play like some woozy dream and sink way down into conscience...a kaleidoscopic, mind bending trip straight to the early days of psych rock.........the kind of rock n roll not played much since the heyday of MARC BOLAN, SKIP SPENCE, ARTHUR LEE, DAVID BOWIE and ROKY ERICKSON....... with perhaps the exception of more recent tripped out musical explorations of the ELEPHANT 6 COLLECTIVE (neutral milk hotel, olivia tremor control, sunshine fix, et al)........  ty segall has been absorbing the best of the early days of uk psych, west coast sunshine pop, folkier sunset strip psych and the warped am rock of joe meek cuz all these diverse influence shine through on SLEEPER and make for a killer album of addicting low key lysergic rock n roll.....

though SLEEPER is not as immediate as some of TY SEGALL's previous white hot RnR lps, this might be his most incisive and mature album yet......so let's just say its SUPER RECOMMENDED and leave it at that!!!!!!

find out for yrself and
PREVIEW SLEEPER BELOW -
   then GRAB A COPY FROM DRAG CITY HERE !!!






and watch TY SEGALL live on his SLEEPER tour below -

human eye - 4: into the unknown

the motor city's space-damaged mind expanders HUMAN EYE are back with their fourth intergalactic dose of sssscccuuuzzzyyyyy psychedelic madness, entitled 4: INTO THE UNKNOWN.......  and you can blast off now thanks to GONER RECORDS who pressed this must have slab of rock n roll to wax!!!!!!!!!

those not acquainted with HUMAN EYE are in for a helluva treat......think sabbath growing up in motown, mc5 covering hawkwind, the new york dolls jumping down the rabbit hole with the flower travellin band....... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.....INTO THE UNKNOWN is an all out, art damaged, schizoid soul caked, fuzzed out, space punk epic.........  from a state of mind that also incidentally happens to be a geographical place as well, MICHIGAN, that gave birth to the stooges, frijid pink, alice cooper, the gories, john lee hooker and pretty much invented soul / r&b....as well as modern garage and techno for that matter......rises HUMAN EYE........a group that ought to have some sort of giant EYEBALL statue in downtown detroit in their honor.......   seriously if you're looking for the NOW SOUND in either the punk or psych scenes, HUMAN EYE is it..........  

INTO THE UNKNOWN will cleanse yer mind and take you to a whole other dimension!!!!!!!

trust me, you need to hear HUMAN EYE now.  no one's busting through to the other side like they are......  so burn yer BLUE CHEER RECORDS AND GO GRAB THIS LP NOW!!!!!!!!

OR LISTEN TO TWO TRACKS OF THE NEW HUMAN EYE LP BELOW -
   GONER RECORDS is waiting for you to take this trip, so don't miss out!!!

obnox - corrupt free enterprise

everything's been building up to this!!! OBNOX just unleashed his second proper lp, CORRUPT FREE ENTERPRISE, via 12XU RECORDS and it's a wild ride of blown out rock n roll that you definitely don't wanna miss out on...!!!!!!

after a slew of 7 inches and two 12 inch eps (one for PERMANENT and the other for 12XU), OBNOX poured everything he had into CORRUPT FREE ENTERPRISE, a double lp romp through his skewed, scuzzed up outsider punk take on rock n roll, r&b, hiphop and blues......!!!!  destroying and recreating the very soul of rock music all over again!!!!!!  which is exactly what we expect from the drummer/guitarist/noise monger extraordinaire who's played in so many monumental ohio bands over the years.....

taking cues from PUSSY GALORE, the CHEATER SLICKS, RON HOUSE's various outsider punk groups (THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APTS, EGO SUMMIT, COUNTER INTUITS, etc), DIRTBOMBS, ACTION SWINGERS, FIREWORKS and THE OBLVIANS, OBNOX smashes punk, noise and rock n roll into one feedback soaked, warped grooved, rhythmic roller coaster through pop history like only he can on CORRUPT FREE ENTERPRISE!!!!  all 17 songs of the album unbridled and mind blowing as can be......

and i haven't mentioned yet OBNOX's killer covers of the CHEATER SLICKS' "ghost," TOM WAITS' "way down in the hole (aka the wire theme song)" EDDIE FLOYD's "good love / bad love" and the BASSHOLES' "swimming blues"......which succinctly triangulates where OBNOX falls musically!!!!!!   seriously no one is keeping the rowdy noise caked tradition of PUNK ROCK and ohio rock n roll debauchery alive like OBNOX is........

on top of that, CORRUPT FREE ENTERPRISE is epic enough to take on all those classic double albums.....think london calling, songs in the key of life, tago mago, bitches' brew, exile on main street, double nickels on the dime, trout mask replica......and claims a spot on that shelf for OBNOX next to those other musical touchstones.......  maybe that sounds a bit far reaching, but goddamn if CORRUPT FREE ENTERPRISE isn't a insta-classic........  i've already listening to this new lp by OBNOX more than any other album thus far this year.....or any recent year for that matter.......

so let's just say, THIS IS ANOTHER SERIOUSLY RECOMMENDED JOINT BY OBNOX.
one sure to make quite a few year end lists..... mine included!!!!!!!

listen to some tracks off CORRUPT FREE ENTERPRISE below.....
   and grab a copy from 12XU........ you just fucking better!!!!  seriously!!!!!
  



watch OBNOX tear it up below !!!!!!!!

golden pelicans - the earls 7in

ORLANDO'S OLDEST PILE OF TRASH, aka GOLDEN PELICANS are back with a killer double shot of gnarly garage punk, THE EARLS 7 INCH, out on none other than TOTAL PUNK........ 

RAW, FEEDBACK DRUNK, EAR BLEEDING, CAVESTOMPING, IN YER FACE TRASHY PUNK FROM A BAND THAT'S GONNA SCARE ALL THE OLD PEOPLE OUTTA FLORIDA........this new single from GOLDEN PELICANS is sure to cement their place in yer delinquent heart.....

both "THE EARLS" and "CHAINED TO THE DUMPSTER" sear yer brain with just the right amount of KBD spit and CRYPT style melodic riffs...enough to get yer bouncing around yer favorite dive bar and soundtrack yer next blackout!!!!!!!

a MUST GRAB smash hit for the MUTANT POP JUNKIES and GONERFEST PILGRIMS......fans of GINO & THE GOONS, REATARDS, BUCK BILOXI AND THE FUCKS, THE URINALS, NEW BOMB TURKS and/or MOTHER FUCKING EVIL / LOUD RnR especially need this 7 inch banger from GOLDEN PELICANS right now........

TOTAL PUNK isn't lying when they said its" 100% GRADE A TOTAL PUNK" so stop being so lame and listen below!!!!!!!
    then grab a copy for yerself and all yer friends too!!!!! 



holy shit this is what a GOLDEN PELICANS are like live and in person -

human expression - love at psychedelic velocity

MISSISSIPPI and MOI J'CONNAIS have teamed up to rerelease and press to vinyl for the first time what just may be the garage / psych reissue of the year.....HUMAN EXPRESSION's "LOVE AT PSYCHEDELIC VELOCITY" !!!!!!!!!!!!!...(yes i know there's been quite a stellar list of must-own represses in 2013, but really what i'm saying is DO NOT SLEEP on this one...)

formed in the mid 60s in the los angeles area, HUMAN EXPRESSION cut one demo and released three singles during their short heyday in 66/67......before lineup changes, frustration and vietnam caused the band to break up.......  their eery primal psych fused garage beat should've established them along such fellow sunset strip rockers LOVE and THE SEEDS, but HUMAN EXPRESSION never got around to releasing a full length album, and thus disappeared into the footnotes of RnR history.  though they did leave behind a 17 tracks which were collected earlier as a CD entitled "LOVE AT PSYCHEDELIC VELOCITY" now finally available as a LP (with a bonus 7 inch) thanks to the fine folks at MISSISSIPPI and MOI J'CONNAIS.....

READIN' YOUR WILL, OPTICAL WILL, CALM ME DOWN and LOVE AT PSYCHEDELIC VELOCITY are fuckin' garage rock classics.......and have been on such venerable compilations as NUGGETS, PEBBLES, GARAGE BEAT and HIGHS IN THE MID SIXTIES to name a few...... and the fact that we can finally own all their songs on one LP is nothing short of a miracle........  HUMAN EXPRESSION's original 45s fetch well over $1500 a piece, so that just goes to show they're one of those groups that's reached HOLY GRAIL status for collectors.........

HOLY SHIT YOU NEED TO GRAB "LOVE AT PSYCHEDELIC VELOCITY" NOW..... it's a super limited one time pressing and when it's gone, it's gone........

fans of everyone from the aforementioned LOVE and SEEDS to COUNT FIVE, CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND, LOLLIPOP SHOPPE, THE SONICS, 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS and BLUE MAGOOS need some HUMAN EXPRESSION now.......yes this is a necessity for garage rock junkies, but also for those who like good music, like you..........

file this one as a GARAGE ROCK CLASSIC......
and listen below........

running - vaguely ethnic

chicago's misanthropic noise punks RUNNING are back with a brand new lp, VAGUELY ENTHIC, on CASTLE FACE RECORDS and it's one helluva loud, evil, feedbacking mess of corrosive psyched out/psycho rock n roll that you need to hear now!!!!!!!

on VAGUELY ETHNIC, RUNNING's terse  apoplectic, kraut bent art punk is reaching all new levels of sonic terrorism (much more dialed in and razor sharp than their previous lps on PERMANENT and CAPTCHA)....... all eight of these songs on the new lp simultaneously spit in yer face and stab you in the back....and even after the blood stains and hangovers are gone, you'll be back for more.......

RUNNING fucking smash hardcore, noise and post punk into one squalling wall of PSYCHEDELIC ENTRANCING FEEDBACK quite unlike anyone else.....think lighting bolt, clockcleaner, the fall, christian death, monoshock, coachwhips and unholy two all rolled into one furious malevolent firebomb of punk rock....but that still might be far from describing the screeching delinquency found on VAGUELY ETHIC....... just know, one listen and yer never gonna be able to live life the same.........

this one comes as highly recommended as they get!

SO LISTEN TO VAGUELY ETHNIC BELOW-
 and grab a copy from CASTLE FACE here !


experience the wall of sound that is RUNNING live below -

lazy - obsession

kansas city's art punkers LAZY just dropped their blistering debut lp OBSESSION via MONIKER RECORDS, and with nine songs clocking in under 25 minutes, this is one high octane blast of late seventies punk rock fury that's definitely gonna grab yer short attention spans...!!!!! 

infectious warped guitars riffs, a pummeling rhythm section, male-female vicous back n forth vocal sparring and a slightly tinny art damaged analog production all combine to make LAZY's debut sound like a lost long classic, not a band that's gonna play yet town next weekend.  

PARTY CITY and WORK IT OUT are anthems sure to kickstart any night out or DJ set.... or at least soundtrack the beginnings of yer next hangover.  and the rest of these viral blasts of rock n roll could sneak on a kbd comp without anyone batting a eyelash........

  

LAZY’s buzzsaw pop definitely would make the testors, crime,  the wipers and the zero boys proud…. and next to the classics is right where you need to file OBSESSION on yer shelves....

surely on the best debut lps in quite some time. anyone who scans the termbo or goner message boards for the latest jams needs this highly addicting shot in the arm right fucking now!!!!  

LISTEN TO A SELECT FEW SONGS OF OBSESSION BELOW......
   and grab a copy from MONIKER before its too late!!!!!!




watch LAZY live here -

king blood - where is he? 7in

KING BLOOD has returned!!!!!!!  yes i'm always ready for another dose of BLOWN OUT STONER PSYCH ROCK from the enigmatic guitar slayer KING BLOOD!!!!!!!   after two excellent lps, EYEWASH SILVER and VENEGANCE, MAN, i figured KING BLOOD was gonna disappear into thin air, never to release another song, but i was dead wrong.  WHITE DENIM tracked him down and strong-armed TWO NEW SONGS outta KING BLOOD, which comprise the brand new WHERE IS HE? EP.......

supposedly stripped down, repurposed guns n roses riffs, BOTH SONGS ON THE NEW 7 INCH ARE IN THE RED, FUZZED TO THE MAX, MIND MELTING TASTES OF GUITAR DESTROYING PSYCHEDELIC ROCK.........  unlike much else you can soak yer ears in......  KING BLOOD will transport you to another dimension, where everyone loves japanese psych, where lps on RICHIE RECORDS are on the radio constantly, where AFFLICTED MAN is more famous than hendrix. and where sabbath and blue cheer are the start of rock n roll, not elvis or the beatles.........and god damn i wish that was the universe we live in...........

so let's just say everyone needs this 7 inch now. 
one spin and yer life will change.
never will you be seduced by overproduced / radio friendly music again!!!!!!

LISTEN TO "WELL WELL WELL" OFF THE WHERE IS HE? EP BELOW -

King Blood: "Well, Well, Well" from king blood on Vimeo.

and download the B SIDE, "WELL WELL WELL" here.....

and click here to buy the 7 inch!  do it now cuz, there are only 300 copies in existence!!!!!!!!!
and it's another highly recommended jam from the mysterious KING BLOOD!!!!!!!!