CATHOLIC BOYS - Psychic Voodoo Mind Control

CATHOLIC BOYS were Milwaukee, Wisconsin's secret addition to the classics of garage punk.....

think THE MISTREATERS (also from the same scene), GUILTY PLEASURES, SUPERCHARGER,  FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS, MIDNIGHT EVILS, FIREBALLS OF FREEDOM, and much of the renowned back catalogue of ESTRUS or RIP OFF RECORDS.....

The Cathloic Boys only recorded one lp, Psychic Voodoo Mind Control during their existence and the original release of the album was super limited, so no one outside the midwest seems to remember them, which is quite a shame...but thanks to DUSTY MEDICAL and HS!BF Records, the Catholic Boys are getting some much deserved attention.....

THE CATHOLIC BOYS are some of the loudest, spazziest punk rock that you'll ever come across.  just the kind of trashy fast in-yr-face rock n roll i love.  i could seriously listen to this lp over and over again......it might not be new recordings, but it still might be my favorite release of 2012....CATHOLIC BOYS destroyed Hozac's Blackout fest back in the day, and they still sound as fresh as they did then......

stream / download two tracks off the recently reissued
PSYCHIC VOODOO MIND CONTROL lp below......
   then go buy it.  highly fucking recommended!!! 




and jump with this link over to 
TERMINAL BOREDOM to read an old interview with the band....

watch some live chaos below.....

drunk pixels - the guilty pleasures

THE GUILTY PLEASURES were the legendary garage punks from the Bloomington/Normal scene...road warrior contemporaries of THE REATARDS, BRIDES, LOST SOUNDS and DIRTBOMBS..... these crazed rock n rollers went on to form a slew of bands we all know and love after the demise of their band, THE PONYS, HOT MACHINES, FRANCE HAS THE BOMB, BASEBALL FURIES, LOVER!, FOOTBALL just to name a few......

they never released more than a 7 inch in their short wild existence, but THE GUILTY PLEASURES did record one awesome lp with JIM DIAMOND (garage rock studio engineer extraordinaire) in DETROIT.  it just never found a home until now.  DUSTY MEDICAL RECORDS has just released their SUMMER STRANGE lp....a classic in yr face slab of loud furious garage punk that TINY GROOVES highly recommends......


in honor of their only album finally seeing release, the Guilty Pleasures reunited for two shows.....one with THE MISTREATERS (their farewell show) in Milwaukee in December ...and one this weekend in Chicago with TIMMY'S ORGANISM (members of HUMAN EYE, CLONE DEFECTS fame)...... it was as if they never broke up.....so much chaotic trashy fun........


WATCH THE GUILTY PLEASURES 
DESTROY THE BURLINGTON IN CHICAGO BELOW
AND PRETEND YOU WERE THERE.......

up and comers- midwest beat

so its no surprise that i'm a fan of jangly garage pop.  and i'm always a sucker for more of it.....and i'm pleasantly surprised when i run across a band that does it so well, that i can't believe i haven't heard of them yet........

MIDWEST BEAT is a power popped mix of the zombies, the kinks, the byrds and of course big star....... catchy hooks and analog production.......  put them next to the peoples temple and the night beats in the wave of jangle psych garage bands that actually write good songs instead of hiding behind reverb, feedback and the much loved label of lo-fi........   dusty medical records has done a good job forcing MIDWEST BEAT upon the world......


so click here to grab MIDWEST BEAT's s/t 2x7 inch from 2008......and go buy their new lp "gone not lost" out this summer on dusty medical (which is a label you all should check out)..........  

midwest beat is my sunny sunday afternoon jam........

watch/listen below.......