amanaz - africa

maybe you haven't experienced the psychedelic wonder that was the ZAMROCK scene of 70s ZAMBIA.......but YOU NEED TO NOW.........

and the best place to start is AMANAZ and their sole lp AFRICA, released in 1975!!!!!!  

a gripping mix of fuzz guitars, raw rhythm and soulful vocals, AMANAZ sounds more like the lost cousin of BLUE CHEER, HENDRIX and BLACK SABBATH then the african garage band they started out as......  

originals are mystically hard to find, but thanks to NOW AGAIN RECORDS, who reissued their album earlier this year, you can drop this FUCKING KILLER RECORD on yer turntable every other day just like i have this week........

LISTEN BELOW AND CRANK IT UP!!!!!!!

josefus - dead man

today's lost classic of HARD ROCK is texas rabble rousers JOSEFUS and their 1970 lp DEAD MAN!!!!!!

raw, in yer face and meant to be heard at the highest of volumes, JOSEFUS' blend of crunchy southern-fried, proto metal, bone crunchin heavy rock shoulda earned them fans across the country.......  but alas that was not the case.....

until maybe now, as JR RECORDS AND THE NUMERO GROUP have reissued this monster slab of RnR goodness for those lookin for the dangerous forgotten corners of rock history........

so check JOSEFUS below and then run to yer local record store and grab the vinyl for yer self......
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!

lost classics of 70s heavy / psych rock!!!!

so before the advent of punk (and after the heyday of garage)....and whilst bands were taking hard rock to it's extremely progressive, biggest arena and ridiculous extremes, there were still bands fighting the good fight and making some unholy fucking blown out RnR racket....... and these bands, often one album and out (or one single and done), sometimes privately pressing their lps, were the true torch bearers of ROCK N ROLL, when everyone else just decided that YES and STYX were the next good thing.........

these are the bands you ought to reference and go back to.....bands more obscure than yer HAWKWIND, SABBATH and BLUE CHEER.....but ones that ought to be in the same pantheon for fucking sure.....and deservedly get a cult following AT LEAST if not more...........

THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF BANDS that ought to be on this list, but here is a short introduction to the RIGHTEOUS UNDERBELLY OF ROCK N ROLL CIRCA 68-75.....bands that i love and turn to every time i get the chance........

and bands of which i will further introduce to you at a later date, but this is yer chance to expand YER FUCKING MUSICAL HORIZONS, cuz good rock n roll is more than just those whose laurels rest in that stupid RnR hall of fame in cleveland..........

so here we go, a short list of BONEHEAD CRUNCHIN' HEAVY / PSYCH ROCK BANDS YOU NEED TO KNOW AND LOVE ASAP!!!!!!!


JERUSALEM


IRON CLAW


TIN HOUSE



CAPTAIN BEYOND


BAD AXE


ICECROSS


TNS


METZ


TRITON WARRIOR


DARK STAR


GEORGE BRIGMAN


and if yer musical appetite is sufficiently whetted.....check out these essential comps below to GET MORE ROCK N ROLL OF THIS UNPURE VARIETY........

michigan meltdown vol 1-2
bonehead crunchers vol 1-5
warfaring strangers - the darkscorch canticles

(and if yer ready for more, reference the acid archives and pretty much anything on lion or guerssen records.....and of course i'll be throwing more suggestions yer way in the very near future......)

LOST CLASSICS OF CHI-TOWN PUNK UNDERGROUND

although YOU WEREN'T THERE chronicles chicago's early days of punk and BUSTED AT OZ, the
original scene document / live album, has been reissued, much of the windy city's unruly late 70s / early 80s RNR history remains sadly forgotten........

so here to rectify that in a "killed by death" kinda of way is TINY GROOVES!!!!

below is a list of some of chicagoland's most overlooked / most fringe and best PUNK bands.....

and after you cycle through this playlist, you'll realize what a strange weird place the Chicago area scene was back in the day......... and that being PUNK IN CHICAGO MEANT MAKING MUSIC WITH NO REGARD FOR THE RULES.......

so CRANK UP THE VOLUME AND LISTEN BELOW!!!!!!!!

post script - i've avoided adding the more renown chicago punk bands (and more straight forward punk and hardcore acts) to this list and stuck to the weirder more outsider edges of the "punk" scene, and yes a few of these bands aren't from the chicago proper but to exclude them wouldn't be fair since all of them played in chicago during the heyday of the "punk" scene......and yes this list is meant to show the world that chicago had a real unique / wild / creative take on PUNK ROCK unlike many other places......  and had a RnR history that needs to be reassessed or at least comped again..........

PENTAJECT CORPORATION "blackmail stretch" 7in



SILVER ABUSE "fall from grace" 7in



DA "dark rooms" 7in



IMPORTS "untitled" 7in



ONO "machines that kill people" lp


END RESULT "ward" lp



TOOTHPASTE  "s/t" 12 ep



THE EXIT "who asked you" 7in



SUNDOG SUMMIT "crude sounding rock" 7in



C*NTS "chemicals in the mail" 7in


SUBVERTS "independent study" 7in



IDENTITY CRISIS "pretty feet" 7in



EPICYCLE "residential area" 7in

nots - we are nots

GONER RECORDS just released one of the best RnR debuts in recent memory, from memphis synth damaged punkers, THE NOTS!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE NOTS is 11 tracks of catchy, pummeling new wave / post punk spiked punk rock that'll make yer ears happy and keep you right next to yer turntable all afternoon......

taking cues from the lost sounds, ausmuteants, clone defects, the screamers and other like minded future obsessed / dystopian punk bands, THE NOTS might just be yer fave new band!!!!!!!   if this LP had come out a little earlier in the year, WE ARE NOTS would've been for sure a lot higher in my year end list.......

check out THE NOTS now,
just don't call 'em a girl group,
cuz this is some fierce recommended rock n roll!!!!!!!

listen to WE ARE NOTS below!!!!!
  and grab the LP from GONER now!!!

best of the best in xx14 !!!

this has been a rather quiet year here at TINY GROOVES with all sorts of non-musical life events/changes keeping me away from the blogosphere much to my chagrin....however 2014 was a killer fucking year for music and i once again have a long list of fave albums of the year......

so here's TINY GROOVES TOP LPS OF xx14!!!!!!!!!
  buy them all!!!!!!

 
1.    EASTLINK - S/T - IN THE RED
2.    GINO AND THE GOONS - SHAKE IT! - BLACK GLADIATOR / SLOVENLY
3.    OBNOX - LOUDER SPACE - 12XU
4.    ENERGY GOWN - EVENING MOLASSES - ALONAS DREAM
5.    GERM HOUSE - SHOWING SYMPTOMS - TROUBLE IN MIND
6.    BLIND SHAKE - BREAKFAST OF FAILURES - GONER
7.    GOLDEN PELICANS - S/T LP - TOTAL PUNK
8.    HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS - STAY HOME! - TOXIC STATE
9.    ONO - DIEGESIS - MONIKER
10.  VERMA - SUNRUNNER - TROUBLE IN MIND

11.  APACHE DROPOUT - HEAVY WINDOW - MAGNETIC SOUTH
12.  MANATEEES - SIT N SPIN - PELICAN POW WOW
13.  MORGAN DELT - S/T - TROUBLE IN MIND
14.  AR-KAICS - S/T - WINDIAN
15.  MEATBODIES - S/T - IN THE RED
16.  UNHOLY TWO - TALK ABOUT HARDCORE - 12XU
17.  SHELLAC - DUDE INCREDIBLE - TOUCH & GO
18.  LUMERIANS - TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE TELOS III - CARDINAL FUZZ
19.  ACHTUNGS - FULL OF HATE - GOING UNDERGROUND
20.  KRAKATAU - WATER NEAR A BRIDGE - TROUBLE IN MIND

21.  DOUG TUTTLE - S/T - TROUBLE IN MIND
22.  FAUST - J US T - BUREAU B
23.  INUTILI - MUSIC TO WATCH THE CLOUDS ON A SUNNY DAY - AAGOO
24.  OOZING WOUND - EARTH SUCK - THRILL JOCKEY
25.  EXHAUSTION - BIKER - AARGHT
26.  ONYOU - ULTIMATE PHOTON A SOLE - CAPTCHA
27.  TY SEGALL - MANIPULATOR - DRAG CITY
28.  DREAMSALON - SOFT STAB - SWEET ROT
29.  SPACIN - MEGATATIONS - TELEPHONE EXPLOSION
30.  ENDLESS BUMMER - VOL 1 - IN THE RED

HONORABLE MENTIONS
(mostly cuz i just didn't get enough time to blast these jams)

COSMIC DEAD - EASTERFAUST - SOUND OF COBRA
THEE OH SEES - THE DROP - CASTLE FACE
ZIG ZAGS - S/T - IN THE RED
YOLKS - KINGS OF AWESOME - RANDY
PEN TEST - INTERSTATE - MONIKER
SPRAY PAINT - CLEAN BLOOD, REGULAR ACID - MONOFONUS PRESS
WIREHEADS - LATE GREAT WIREHEADS - FORMAT
OOIOO - GAMEL - THRILL JOCKEY
GG KING - UNENDING DARKNESS - SCAVENGER OF DEATH
NO BAILS - EPYX SHREDDER - PELICAN POW WOW
NOTS - WE ARE NOTS - GONER
LOW LIFE - DOGGING - RIP SOCIETY
NONES - MIDWESTERN FAMILY VALUES - HOZAC
ATLANTIC THRILLS - S/T - ALMOST READY
BITCHIN BAJAS - S/T - DRAG CITY
WATERY LOVE - DECORATIVE FEELING - IN THE RED
PREDATOR -  COMPLETE EARTH - SCAVENGER OF DEATH
LEATHER SLAVE - LEATHER SLAVE - PERMANENT
WAND - GANGLION REEF - DRAG CITY


BEST REISSUES / ARCHIVAL RELEASES OF xx14 -
  well this list could be like hundred pages long, cuz so much NECESSARY music keeps finally getting repressed, but here are a few that you better pick up for sure!!!!!!!

FRANTIX - MY DADS A FUCKING ALCOHOLIC - ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES
JACK RUBY - VOL 1 - FEEDING TUBE
ELECTRIC EELS - DIE ELECTRIC EELS - SUPERIOR VIADUCT
CRIME - MURDERED BY GUITAR - SUPERIOR VIADUCT
BAD AXE - COACHMAN B/W POOR MAN RUN - PERMANENT
THE EXIT - EXIT EP - PERMANENT

blind shake - breakfast of failures

BLIND SHAKE return with a new album, their first on GONER RECORDS, entitled "BREAKFAST OF FAILURES"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for those late to the party, BLIND SHAKE's psych/surf damaged noise punk is some of the most PRIMAL, PROPULSIVE AND ADDICTING ROCK N ROLL YOU CAN THROW ON YER TURNTABLE THESE DAYS!!!!!!!!

clearly collaborating with MICHAEL YONKERS and JOHN REIS have rubbed off on the BLIND SHAKE, but there's SOMETHING UNIQUE to their droned out lysergic two guitar/one drummer attack on psych / punk / garage that makes "BREAKFAST OF FAILURES" is a SERIOUSLY GO-TO RECORD!!!!!!!!!  could be their love for AMREP vitriol, NUGGETS fuzz and obscuro punk oddities that shines through this supercharged set of new songs, or it could be that these guys are some of the hardest working, creative rock n rollers around.....  cuz it certainly shows on their new lp.....

well i've raved about them plenty here at tiny grooves, so you know i'll just leave you with this....
"BREAKFAST OF FAILURES" IS HIGHLY FUCKING RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!

grab it now, and listen below -