uh bones - only you ep 7 inch

RANDY RECORDS strikes again, this time with a new 7 inch EP from chicago's garage upstarts, UH BONES, entitled ONLY YOU...... and if you're looking for some soul drenched / fuzzed up / rambunctious garage rock, look no further than this EP.....

few bands hit the mark when trying to revive the spirit of those classic NUGGETS era singles like UH BONES......notice i said spirit not sound, this is not regurgitation....or "garage rock revival".....on ONLY YOU, UH BONES take the path trail blazed by the SONICS, CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND, the KINKS and/or the SHADOWS OF THE KNIGHT, but follow it through the MILKSHAKES / THEE MIGHTY CAESARS and onto the MUMMIES and LES SEXAREENOS, where they end up juicing their garage punk with extra attitude, reverb and melody......ready to get the kids dancing all night long like garage rock was meant to do in the first place....... too many bands just take the template without any of the rhythm & blues or backbeat that was the basis of rock n roll in the first place.......

sure the onslaught of so-cal bands exporting garage punk these days is great, but maybe it just takes a band from chicago, the home of bo diddley, howlin wolf, muddy waters and chess records to really take garage rock back to its wild, unhinged and in yer face roots.........

these four songs are absolutely killer.
UH BONES should not be chicago's secret anymore.....
ONLY YOU is as recommended as they come......

listen below and get the party started !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   thanks RANDY RECORDS....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

andy human - freeze

ANDY JORDAN's been bouncing around the california rock n roll scene for quite some time now, with the CUTS, TIME FLYS and LENZ, and only now has decided to emerge with a solo record as ANDY HUMAN, and man oh man was it worth the wait.....on his debut LP FREEZE via the newly minted CHROMEWAVES RADIO label, ANDY HUMAN concocts a swirl of urgent, catchy power-popped, glam-coated fake punk gems, that'll have you humming along in an instant.........

on FREEZE, yr transported to alternative universe that might have existed thirty years ago, when new wave was just starting to coalesce into a pop monster, when horror b-movies were cued up in the VHS player, before the 80s became a cliche and when all the weirdos and outsiders were lined up at the local dive bar for a night of music that could've only be witnessed then........ carefully choosing his influences, ANDY HUMAN borrows from DEVO, T REX, F.U. 2, GARY NUMAN, ELVIS COSTELLO, the TESTORS, DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS and the SPEEDIES all in one sugary high octane mess of rock n roll........  

it's as if glam wasn't killed when punk arrived, and new wave never left its punk roots and the power pop cult favorites recorded around the same time as those classic Ramones lps were just as important as punk was.....  only revisionist pop historians will try to make history seem straight forward and linear.  after all, you could've gone to the record shop in 1980 and grabbed the cure, the shoes, the damned and the new york dolls all in one purchase.....and i can imagine ANDY HUMAN finding a time machine and doing just that......

extremely well made, infectious rock n roll for outsider pop fans like me, FREEZE is one of the best albums you can get yr hands on right now......totally recommended.

listen to FREEZE below, 
 and pick up a copy from CHROMEWAVES RADIO here - 

royal trux - live in nyc 1998

listening to records this weekend made me realize that i've never posted anything on TINY GROOVES about one of my favorite bands of all time, ROYAL TRUX..... nobody made trashy / noise damaged rock n roll like they did, from their s/t debut through their final album, hand of glory......  they are seriously missed,  and though we have BLACK BANANAS and HOWLING HEX records to spin now, nothing was like the whirlwind of destruction that was neil and jennifer's run as ROYAL TRUX.....

so here is a little taste of the band in their full glory.......
ROYAL TRUX live in NYC in 1998, 
right around the time they released their classic lp ACCELERATOR.......  

crank it up and pretend you were there - 

Royal Trux: Live at the Cooler, NYC 1998 from Kimosabbe on Vimeo.

ultras s/c - 1417 roberts ave 7 inch

ULTRAS S/C unleashed their blown out debut single, 1417 ROBERTS AVE, a couple months back via CASS RECORDS and it's one shot of garage punk mayhem you certainly need........

comprised of members of the IMMORTAL LEE COUNTY KILLERS, the SOLEDAD BROTHERS and JEMINA PEARL of BE YOUR OWN PET, ULTRAS S/C must've all stumbled across each other at some show or dive bar in NASHVILLE, had some drinks and decided to all re-emerge from the shackles of their former outfits and as a super group hellbent on destruction.... and i don't use the term supergroup lightly....... their 7 inch fucking rips......

DIRTY GARAGE RIFFS, PUMMELING DRUMS, IN-THE-RED ANTI-PRODUCTION ALL SWIRLED TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE HELLUVA A TRASHY ADDICTING ROCK N ROLL RIOT........  move over JOHN SPENCER, ULTRAS S/C are the real blues explosion.......  fans of the OBLIVIANS, BANTAM ROOSTER, the REVELATORS, the DRAGS, SUPERCHARGER and especially the RED AUNTS (and of course their former bands) need this fucking LOUD / FUN debut from ULTRAS S/C..........

listen.  flip it.  listen. flip it.  repeat times infinity.
HUGELY RECOMMENDED.
thanks CASS RECORDS for putting this very necessary double shot of garage punk goodness out for us to get drunk on......  hopefully a full length is coming.  my fingers are crossed.

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SINGLE BELOW - 

dead ghosts - i sleep alone 7 inch

vancouver's favorite garage rockers, DEAD GHOSTS, are back with a brand new single on chicago's
resurrected RANDY RECORDS, titled I SLEEP ALONE.....and it's just the dose of jangly fuzz soaked flower punk you need right now.......

not sure why these guys haven't released anything since their self titled lp on FLORIDA'S DYING in 2010, but i'm glad the DEAD GHOSTS are back doing what they do best-- concocting catchy dark reverb loving garage burners.  not too many bands pay their debt to the Nuggets era classics and the Sympathy For The Record Industry greats while still writing songs that sound all their own....... maybe it's the murder ballad / country twang that permeates these songs or maybe it's just that the DEAD GHOSTS have been waiting three years to get some new songs on wax, but both I SLEEP ALONE and SPOT A TREND sound urgent, fiery and oh so worth the repeat listens.......

fans of the BLACK LIPS, REIGNING SOUND, LAST YEARS MEN, COSMONAUTS, JACUZZI BOYS and the BINGERS will all need this 7 inch stat.

and apparently this single is a teaser for a soon to be released BURGER RECORDS album, titled CAN'T GET NO, due out this summer......... so all is well now that DEAD GHOSTS have returned, playing some of the best eerie, rambunctious garage punk out there.......  thanks RANDY RECORDS......

LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS OFF THE SINGLE BELOW - 

and watch DEAD GHOSTS live below - 

chrome cranks - moon in the mountain

it's 2013 and we have another CHROME CRANKS album to throw on our turntables !!!!!! yes!!!!!!!! after last year's excellent reunion album AIN'T NO LIES IN BLOOD, CHROME CRANKS have released a new tour EP / demos LP titled MOON IN THE MOUNTAIN and as with anything CHROME CRANKS related, it's hands down recommended......

the title track is a side long epic snarl of swampy garage punk noise taken from the AIN'T NO LIES IN BLOOD sessions and the B SIDE is comprised of five tracks recorded during a PEEL SESSION in '95, when the CHROME CRANKS' were at their fiercest, most raw and unruly part of their short lived heyday........  though not really a new full length album or much new material, MOON IN THE MOUNTAIN is still one of the most intense and rockin lps you can get your hands on right now, cuz no one plays garage punk this unhinged and explosive as the CHROME CRANKS........

maybe this new ep will finally cement their place with the greats, like PUSSY GALORE, the SCIENTISTS, feedtime and the CHEATER SLICKS, where they've always belonged........

don't sleep on this one, cause it'll be gone quick.
   grab one from BANG! RECORDS here - 

LISTEN TO "WE'RE GOING DOWN" 
OFF MOON IN THE MOUNTAIN BELOW - 



AND LISTEN TO AN RADIO INTERVIEW WITH PETER AARON FROM THE CHROME CRANKS HERE -

new jams - oblivians - "i'll be gone"

holy shit, IN THE RED is set to release a new OBLIVIANS' album DESPERATION may
28th.....their first since 1997...... and after you listen to "I'LL BE GONE" below, you'll know it's been well worth the wait....... few bands play garage punk as classic as they do..... i never thought they'd get back together to record again, but sometimes life gives you what you want.....and from the sound of it, DESPERATION is just gonna be a snotty loud and fun as SOUL FOOD or POPULAR FAVORITES.......YES!!!!!!   

OBLIVIAN are one of my favorite bands, so you know i'm fucking excited to get my hands on this one.   thanks IN THE RED, for making it happen.

LISTEN TO "I'LL BE GONE" OFF DESPERATION HERE - 
   (and hit repeat, like i've been doing all morning)




and watch the OBLIVIANS play GONER RECORDS in 2011 here -