punk rock classics - the electric eels

the most infamous of all ohio rock bands, THE ELECTRIC EELS have left an indelible mark on punk rock everywhere........more destructive, crazed, unstable, drunk and explosive than any band before or after, THE ELECTRIC EELS run as a band lasted three years, six shows and a few recording sessions during the early 70s..... and after apparently getting banned from ever playing CLEVELAND again due to a fight onstage, getting arrested and/or playing a lawnmower as an instrument, they broke up for good......disappearing into the liner notes of rock n roll history....(a more detailed account of the electric eels can be found here or here.)

sure fellow deranged ohio rockers, the PAGANS, ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS, BIZARROS, RUBBER CITY REBELS, DEAD BOYS and PERE UBU, picked up where they left off, but the world just isn't the same with THE ELECTRIC EELS........  

so if you're forever warped by rock n roll like me,
you need some ELECTRIC EELS in yer life now.......


listen to the killer ELECTRIC EELS' comp 
THE EYEBALL OF HELL on SCAT RECORDS below.......
     and crank it way up!!!!!!!!!!

obnox - canabible, ohio 2x7in

hell yes!!!!!!! more OBNOX joints to destroy my speakers with !!!!!!!!

BLACK GLADIATOR RECORDS copped a handful of extra songs from LAMONT "BIM" THOMAS aka OBNOX, enough to fill out a double 7 inch EP entitled CANABIBLE, OHIO and man oh man do you do not wanna miss out on this one........  

this EP finds OBNOX dissecting pop history as only he can..... CANABIBLE, OHIO is a romp through his musical roots, containing four covers and one original......... the lead off track, "deep in the dusk (redux)" is Bim turning dub, hiphop and punk upside down (warped goodness you have to hear to believe).........and the following tracks are remakes of classic songs by THE URINALS, GAUNT, KING JAMES VERSION (of resurrected numero group fame) and the fuckin' MCCOYS (yes HANG ON SLOOPY, wtf? but so fucking awesome)....all of them getting the snotty / blown out / high octane punk/soul/noise treatment that only OBNOX, the drummer/guitarist/noise-monger extraordinaire, could contrive........

if you know his other bands (PUFFY AREOLAS, THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY, BASSHOLES, UNHOLY TWO), this will not surprise you at all...... but this is not just some throwaway release comprised of late night jam sessions......CANABIBLE OHIO is an envelope pushing re-statement of the spirit of PUNK ROCK...........you know back we the punks were making truly LOUD WEIRD CRAZY AND NEW MUSIC........ so many people seem lost nowadays, but OBNOX is here to show 'em the way again.........

adventurous and noisy and bonkers as can be, 
CANABIBLE OHIO is just what you need to knock the apathy outta yer ears..........
so of course, it's SUPREMELY RECOMMENDED.
mark another win down for OBNOX........

STREAM CANABIBLE, OHIO BELOW.....
   and grab yer copy from BLACK GLADIATOR now !!!!!!

added bonus, 

watch OBNOX live below - 

http://slovenly.com/store/black-gladiator.html

living eyes - s/t lp

WATCH OUT THE AUSTRALIANS ARE COMING!!!!!!!  fuck the brit invasion constantly referenced in the music history books, cuz if you wanna write a book about the real underground ROCK N ROLL, you'd most certainly have to include the waves of killer aussie bands that have been invading the states for years...... and though mostly unnoticed by yer average american music fan, these down under bands are concocting some of the best / most fun records you can get yer hands up.....  and if you've been reading TINY GROOVES for any length of time now, you know quite a few of these bands and you definitely know about LIVING EYES, a group that perhaps gets to own the title of BEST CURRENT AUSTRALIAN GARAGE BAND, and trust me there's fierce competition for that designation...........

so i was more than pleased when earlier this year, ANTI FADE RECORDS (with the help of GET HIP in america) released the self titled debut lp from LIVING EYES........  and it's been on constant spin ever since........

somehow LIVING EYES can cop that garage swagger from MISSING LINKS, THE HAUNTED, SHADOWS OF THE KNIGHT and the SONICS and combine with a fuzzy layer of drunken do-it-yerself / lo-fi rock that makes it sound both like the CLASSICS and the NOW SOUND......  they've found a unique way to reinvent rock n roll, just like fellow garage rockers TY SEGALL, STRANGE BOYS, HARLEM and THE OH SEES, and they've made it rambunctious, sweaty, dirty and out of control again..........

infectious as those old BACK FROM THE GRAVES anthems,
you'll be humming along and shaking yer hips in a quick sec.......

so yes it's HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
break yer boring indie rock albums in two,
and grab this LIVING EYES lp now................

STREAM THE WHOLE ALBUM BELOW - 
   and grab a copy from ANTI FADE RECORDS before it's gone!!!!!

and watch LIVING EYES live below - 

   (yes the drummer taped a camera to his chest to film this video!!!!!!)

true sons of thunder - black astrologer 7 inch

memphis' most fierce and unruly gang of misanthropic garage punks, TRUE SONS OF THUNDER,
are back with heavy hitting double shot of pure mayhem via GONER RECORDS, entitled BLACK ASTROLOGERS.......  and this 7 inch is unadulterated, sweaty, drunken rock n roll mojo like you haven't heard yet and probably aren't ready for.......

the A SIDE, BLACK ASTROLOGERS, is a sludgy mess of garage punk chaos that the grooves are barely able to contain....... kinda like the MUMMIES covering the ELECTRIC EELS or the GIZMOS trying to cover a HAWKWIND song.........  yep barely rock n roll, yet undeniably loud, off kilter and awesome..........

flip to the B SIDE and you get a cover of the EQUALS' "i can see but you don't know" which is equally rambunctious, out of control and destructive, like any true rock n roll should be.......did they even practice this song more than once, who knows and who cares?  someone has to keep the outsider / weirdo punk tradition alive, and that's exactly what the TRUE SONS OF THUNDER are doing........

so look for either of these tracks to appear on KILLED BY DEATH 37 or 52, cuz down the road, future generations are gonna marvel at the crazed sonic debauchery that these memphis rock n roller were able to conjure.......

LISTEN TO BLACK ASTROLOGERS BELOW......
    and pick up yr copy from GONER now......if you dare.




and watch them tear it up at GONER FEST below -

radar eyes - dreaming of giants (RSD flexi single)

i've been waiting for a follow up to RADAR EYES' killer feedback-drenched garage-rockin' self titled debut lp on HOZAC records since last year when it dropped.....and thankfully now the wait is finally over, NOTES AND BOLTS released a one song flexi single DREAMING OF GIANTS by RADAR EYES for RECORD STORE DAY this year, and it picks up just where they left off........ full of dark walls of psych damaged shoegazing eeriness, RADAR EYES concoct a stormy brew of garage rock all their own....... fans of fellow chicagoans DISAPPEARS and BARE MUTANTS will definitely need this next round from RADAR EYES, but so will LOOP, SPACEMEN 3 and TELESCOPES junkies like me.........  i hope this is just a teaser for a new album in the works, cuz RADAR EYES blend of garage, noise pop, spaced out psych and post punk is highly addicting......and i need more.......

STREAM DREAMING OF GIANTS BELOW
   and pick up yr copy from NOTES AND BOLTS here
  it's limited to 150 copies, so don't fall asleep.

and watch RADAR EYES live at PERMANENT RECORDS -

the sleaze - tecktonik girlz 12 inch ep

after a slew of killer down n dirty 7 inches, TOTAL PUNK is finally gettin into the LP biz, with the debut 12 inch ep from the twin cities' punk miscreants THE SLEAZE......entitled TECKTONIK GIRLZ AND OTHER HITS, THE SLEAZE wanna pummel you with some of the most misanthropic, blackout drunk, stripped down, fast n stupid and infectious punk rock around.......

think of SLEAZE as the bastard child of SUPERCHARGER and the TESTORS..... or CRIME and the GIZMOS........ all i know is that the SLEAZE have rediscovered the sweaty grimy soul of rock n roll and destroyed it all over again........  so many people love those KILLED BY DEATH comps yet when they form their own bands, they just fucking miss the point...... PUNK ROCK IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOUD, SNOTTY, ANGRY and ROWDY AS FUCK.......and TECKTONIK GIRLZ is just that........  all the greasy, unkempt punk rock you need in one surly 45 rpm 12 inch ep........

SLEAZE seem to have few contemporaries willing to play this kinda unhinged punk rock these days, but if you have any CARBONAS, PREDATOR, GG KING, EX HUMANS, SONNY VINCENT, LIVEFASTDIE, SPITS or FOSTER CARE in yer collection, you need this EP.......

a highly recommended shot in the arm,
this is what it must've felt like to discover punk back in 77,
and be warped for life.......

CRANK THIS SHIT UP AND GET STUPID NOW.........
    and grab yer copy from TOTAL PUNK yesterday!!!!!





and watch THE SLEAZE at SXSW this year -

thee oh sees - moon sick ep (RSD, castle face)

a band as prolific as THE OH SEES couldn't let RECORD STORE DAY pass without a release of some kind, so this year we were treated to a brand new 12 inch EP titled MOON SICK.... .......comprised of four new psych / garage thrashers that'll for sure get the most apathetic of rock n roll fans bouncing off the walls in no time......  (no wonder they have a slew of imitators these days, but that's a whole other topic of discussion)

were these songs from the FLOATING COFFIN sessions?  or just a couple of gems sitting around the oh sees practice space?  who knows?  and it really doesn't matter when at this point i'm a junkie for every new release from john dwyer and co........  

so yes, it's another highly recommended oh sees' release!!!!!!  and i'll never get tired of typing that.

though sadly very limited, at least 
you can listen to a couple of tracks of MOON SICK below -