bad sports - bras

BAD SPORTS just unleashed their third LP on DIRTNAP RECORDS, entitled BRAS, and this new album might just be their best yet!!!!!!!

after moonlighting in their side project bands, OBN IIIs and VIDEO (both recommended and raved about here), this infectious texas garage punk trio reconvened to up the mother fucking ante, distilling their brand of catchy yet snotty, 70s bent garage punk into one scorching twelve pack of anthems, sure to sit on yer turntable way into the night.......  fans of like-minded bands, MARKED MEN, BEAT BEAT BEAT, CARBONAS, SHOCKED MINDS, BUSY SIGNALS, MEAN JEANS and WHITE WIRES will for sure NEED this high octane cocktail of GLAM, EARLY PUNK, POWER POP and SLOPPY GARAGE ROCK, a mixture only the BAD SPORTS can swirl together with such addicting effect!!!!!!

maybe you missed their s/t lp, or their second album, KINGS OF THE WEEKEND,
but you certainly don't wanna miss out on BRAS......

another highly recommended smash hit from one of my fave texas bands........

LISTEN TO BRAS HERE -
   and pick it up in a store near you.......



watch some BAD SPORTS live -

sweet talk - pickup lines

the texas rock scene continues on their roll with the catchy as fuck debut lp from SWEET TALK, the newest supergroup of sorts from the interconnected web of killer punk bands exploding outta austin, denton and the surrounding areas.... their just released album PICKUP LINES on 12XU is a melodic party-all-night-long, foot tapping, wall-of-guitar rockin' fun...... seriously this new lp is one of the most addicting repeat listens i've stumbled across lately.....

comprised of members from the MIND SPIDERS, UPTOWN BUMS, WICCANS, VIDEO, BRAIN ATTACK and CHURCH SHOES to name a few, SWEET TALK is aiming to make a name for themselves apart from their former associations...(and i think they do quite a good job with their first long player)........their sound somehow incorporates some of the my rock n roll favorites with that brash high octane texas punk rock attitude you know i can't get enough of..... you can hear elements of FLAMIN GROOVIES, REDD KROSS, CHEAP TRICK, GAUNT, MAKERS, PAVEMENT and THE REPLACEMENTS in PICKUP LINES and than my friend is quite the good thing...... 

PICKUP LINES is some ready to be blasted out your car windows, super infectious guitar rock, hands down.... fans of BAD SPORTS, OBN IIIS, BEAT BEAT BEAT, CARBONAS, BUSY SIGNALS and MARKED MEN need SWEET TALK's debut now.....  i always want a melodic rocker of an album to get me ready for a night out or erase a bad day at work, and PICKUP LINES is just what i needed.........   can't wait to hear more from SWEET TALK down the road.....

these jams are definitely RECOMMENDED !!!!!!

Listen to two tracks off PICKUP LINES below.....
   and grab yer copy from 12XU now....




and watch the video for LAST DANCE off the new lp below....


rock n roll with SWEET TALK live below.....

austin we all love you.

so matador is throwing some love at austin, tx by releasing CASUAL VICTIM PILE, a comp of up and coming indie bands.... an collection well worth listening to...

... and has tracks by some of my favorite bands of the moment: Woven Bones, Harlem and Bad Sports.

check out all of these bands lps.....

and click here for a link to the LP......