drunk pixels - dead moon

the legendary DEAD MOON played two nights in chicago this past weekend and both shows couldn't have been more raw, in yer face, mind melting and KILLER!   not sure which set was better, friday at the empty bottle, or saturday at west fest, but both were chock full of hits....."fire in the western world" "i hate the blues" "54/40 or fight!" "13 going on 21" and "dead moon night" to name a few.......

so if you missed out, or if you wanna relive it, watch their set at west fest below (thanks sei jin!!!!)

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!

terry riley - persian surgery dervishes

today's psychedelic excursion is brought to you by TERRY RILEY and his experimental minimalist masterpiece PERSIAN SURGERY DERVISHES (1972, SHANTI)......

comprised just of organ and tape loops, this droning, repetitive sonic journey will definitely take you to higher states of mind!!!!!!

listen below and if you ever see this album in person, GRAB IT!  it's worth every penny!

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!!!