cheater slicks - reality is a grape

THE CHEATER SLICKS are back with another noisy slab of garage punk entitled REALITY IS A GRAPE, out now on COLUMBUS DISCOUNT RECORDS.....

these atonal / wall of feedback / guitar-crunching garage rockers from ohio have been destroying minds with their fierce brand of distorto punk for over 20 years and have never released a long player that's worth passing up...... (one of the few bands you can say that about)

the slicks just won't fucking calm down......or retire, which is fine by me, i hope they never do..... REALITY IS A GRAPE is just as blown out loud and raw as their classic IN THE RED albums from the 90s, DON'T LIKE YOU, FORGIVE THEE and REFRIED DREAMS to name a few.......(lps you ought to hunt down....) 

the formula has always been simple and powerful, TWO GUITARS, NO BASS AND ONE DRUMMER PUMMELING WITH AGGRO SPEAKER-BUSTING NO-FI GARAGE BENT RUST BELT PUNK PSYCHOSIS.....  always more low profile then THE GORIES and THE OBLIVIANS, but no less loved,  THE CHEATER SLICKS are recommended for those who need their punk TRASHY CONFRONTATIONAL AND DEMENTED AS FUCK, ie. those whose record collections include many CRYPT, IN THE RED, SYMPATHY, RIP OFF and ESTRUS lps.........

there's something mind altering about a band that both strips down and amplifies the basic structure of rock n roll at the same time......THE CHEATER SLICKS aren't for everyone, but anyone in search of rambunctious misanthropic and noisy rock n roll NEEDS to have their numerous albums stacked next to their turntable.   AS HIGHLY FUCKING RECOMMENDED AS THEY COME........    

SO LISTEN TO SOME CHOICE CUTS OF REALITY IS A GRAPE BELOW......and grab yer copy now, before it's gone for good. 





AND WATCH THE SLICKS ROCK PERMANENT RECORDS CHICAGO THIS FALL WITH SONGS OFF THEIR NEW LONG PLAYER......

the rippers - better the devil you know

THE RIPPERS are back with another HIGH OCTANE DOSE OF GARAGE PUNK MADNESS.....and of course their new lp BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW is brought to you by the one and only SLOVENLY RECORDS........

for those not in the know, THE RIPPERS are italy's answer to the MAKERS.......LOUD RAW SPEED ADDLED PUNK DAMAGED 60s FREAKBEAT / GARAGE ROCK N ROLL TO GET YOU APATHETIC KIDS DANCING AGAIN....... there hasn't been a band in quite a while that's filled this HEADCOATS / MILKSHAKES void in my soul....... too many contemporary garage rockers go down the psych path, and forget how to plain just ROCK N ROLL like BO DIDDLEY, the SONICS, early STONES and the PRETTY THINGS........  THE RIPPERS have been slaying us with their brash wild rock n roll for a while now, and there's no SIGN THAT THEY'LL GOING TO LET UP ANYTIME SOON......

fans of the MUMMIES, THE RIP OFFs, THE DRAGS, THE CYNICS, THE LYRES and/or anything BILLY CHILDISH, NEED TO OWN THIS LP NOW......IT'S SUPER RECOMMENDED.......

LISTEN TO ALL OF BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW BELOW...
  and grab a vinyl copy for yerself from our friends at SLOVENLY.
  you need to have this much rock n roll fun........


and watch THE RIPPERS tear it up below.....

blackout fest recap - homostupids

the best part of BLACKOUT FEST is seeing bands for the first time.....and let me tell you i was fuckin stoked to finally see HOMOSTUPIDS in person.....some of the most apeshit crazy garage punk you'll ever witness.....and the most noisy punk rock destruction of the whole fest..... 


i couldn't help pogoing around and sloshing beers on my friends..... these guys are highly recommended...... if you can find their lps and singles, buy them immediately........


watch HOMOSTUPIDS below and pretend you were there......




like i said before, thanks to sadly panda for filming all these bands i was too drunk to capture digitally....