running - vaguely ethnic

chicago's misanthropic noise punks RUNNING are back with a brand new lp, VAGUELY ENTHIC, on CASTLE FACE RECORDS and it's one helluva loud, evil, feedbacking mess of corrosive psyched out/psycho rock n roll that you need to hear now!!!!!!!

on VAGUELY ETHNIC, RUNNING's terse  apoplectic, kraut bent art punk is reaching all new levels of sonic terrorism (much more dialed in and razor sharp than their previous lps on PERMANENT and CAPTCHA)....... all eight of these songs on the new lp simultaneously spit in yer face and stab you in the back....and even after the blood stains and hangovers are gone, you'll be back for more.......

RUNNING fucking smash hardcore, noise and post punk into one squalling wall of PSYCHEDELIC ENTRANCING FEEDBACK quite unlike anyone else.....think lighting bolt, clockcleaner, the fall, christian death, monoshock, coachwhips and unholy two all rolled into one furious malevolent firebomb of punk rock....but that still might be far from describing the screeching delinquency found on VAGUELY ETHIC....... just know, one listen and yer never gonna be able to live life the same.........

this one comes as highly recommended as they get!

SO LISTEN TO VAGUELY ETHNIC BELOW-
 and grab a copy from CASTLE FACE here !


experience the wall of sound that is RUNNING live below -

castle face records' son of flex

CASTLE FACE RECORDS is back with the sequel to their awesome GROUP FLEX comp, this time aptly named SON OF FLEX.......with all the heavy hitters present and bound as a psychedelic flexi disc story book, SON OF FLEX is a MUST HAVE rock n roll collection........

featuring exclusive new tracks from Warm Soda, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, The Mallard, Running, The Fresh & Onlys, Kelley Stoltz, White Fence, Blasted Canyons, Sic Alps, and Burnt Ones, this SON OF FLEX is a fucking keeper.....
all these bands are worth checking out on their own, and the fact that castle face got them all to commit to one of the most visually pleasing garage/psych comps around is nothing short of awesome.....  i need not say more.


as recommended as they come.  
so grab your copy here.
and LISTEN BELOW TO SELECTED TRACKS FROM SON OF FLEX.....  

TY SEGALL - FUCKED UP MOTHERFUCKER


THE OH SEES - ALWAYS FLYING


BURNT ONES - STRAWBERRY TOMB

running - asshole savant

you need to know about one of favorite bands..... RUNNING.....


think psych punk on speed.  or maybe art bent noise core.  RUNNING is an incendiary blast of rock n roll akin to smashing lou reed's "metal machine music" into the stooges and then smashing that combo into suicide.... they remind me of lightning bolt, clockcleaner, pink & brown, ex-models, the liars, and mi ami all rolled into one....but i can't describe RUNNING without doing them justice.  you just need to hear them now.....

RUNNING just get up on stage and blow yr fucking mind with a blown out mix of noise, punk, kraut and hardcore..... if yr face ISN'T melted after hearing RUNNING, you probably need to go buy a cd at walmart......

RUNNING started out a couple of years ago by releasing a few tapes, and then went on to unleash a s/t debut on PERMANENT records.  then they followed with a couple more tapes and a split 7 inch with LOOSE DUDES... and now via CAPTCHA records, we'll get their new lp, ASSHOLE SAVANT......  rumored to be one of the best releases this year.... i highly suggest you grab their new 12 inch when it comes out...... nobody plays noise punk like this.....fucking entrancing.........

ASSHOLE SAVANT is set to be released on RECORD STORE DAY 2012...... so make sure you grab a copy then...... very limited pressing is likely.......  i know permanent and reckless records will definitely have copies......

this is will be on my best of list for 2012 for sure.....
RUNNING is one of the best bands in the very much unheralded garage / punk / noise scene here in chicago......  

STREAM I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ALIVE 

OFF THE UPCOMING LP, ASSHOLE SAVANT, BELOW......

THEN WATCH THEIR SET FROM "SAUSAGE FEST" @ THE EMPTY BOTTLE....

PERMANENT RECORDS 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY WEEKEND !!!

PERMANENT RECORDS is having its 5th BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS WEEKEND......and you need to join in the festivities, well at least if you live anywhere near chicago........

they're throwing three shows and hosting an in-store to celebrate the occasion......

SATURDAY.....
@PERMANENT RECORDS - GRIMBLE GRUMBLE
         and the BED WETTIN BAD BOYS
         5 PM and free
@HIDEOUT -  ROYAL HEADACHE
       BED WETTIN BAD BOYS w/ DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
       9 PM and $8

SUNDAY...
@EMPTY BOTTLE - CHEVEU w/ RUNNING and E+
      7 PM and $8

MONDAY...
@EMPTY BOTTLE - BAD DRUGS, MAYOR DALEY
       and HIGH CASTLE
       9 PM and free

SO SEE YOU THERE................ALL THESE BANDS ARE FUCKING AWESOME and so is PERMANENT, so let's all drink and rock n roll............

loose dudes / running @ the empty bottle tonight!

loose dudes are/were stalwarts of the art damaged beer soaked house show punk circuit in chicago........  80s thrash punk put through a blender with lots of whiskey, sweat and a healthy dose of noise rock........  dont worry about all their influences, its noise punk through and through, loud fast and riotous..............

go see them tonight for their last show ever........ it will be mayhem............  and its free..... and at the empty bottle of course.....

As the CHICAGO READER said......No, Loose Dudes aren't reinventing the wheel, but they're refreshing, exhilarating, and frequently hilarious—there's nothing like a Four Loko'd skateboard thwack to the solar plexus to make self-consciously "innovative" artistes seem irrelevant. You could easily fool your less-informed friends into thinking the band's five-song EP Nothing to Live For (Hated) is vintage Orange County punk rock straight from the early years of the Reagan administration, but the feeling that you've been here before isn't the important part—like the hardcore warriors in Off!, Loose Dudes give you a powerful sense of directness and immediacy, clearing the air of pretentious, middling mediocrity. Live, lead vocalist Nick Rouley carries himself with the gravitas of a big lug who's tipsy enough at 3:30 AM to do some karaoke, and the band delivers reliable bursts of cacophony built from three to four barre chords apiece—a sound that has pretty much owned the Chicago house-party circuit for the past couple years. As Gossip Wolf pointed out last month, this will be Loose Dudes' last show; what they're telling the press is that guitarist Maggie Iwanicki is going to medical school, but I prefer to believe that they just want more time to shotgun Cool Ranch Doritos and study the director's cut of Thrashin'

and the show is opened by RUNNING, favorite local noisemakers here at tiny grooves.  this is not to be missed.........

here's all the drunk documentation that tiny grooves could find around the interwebs, but it might just say it all anyway........

up and comers: RUNNING

RUNNING are noisy art damaged trash punk......from chicago.  think pink & brown, DNA and the flying luttenbachers.....  with a couple of self released cassettes and a very limited lp from permanent records, not many kids outside of chicago know about RUNNING, but everyone absolutely should......

watch out for a new lp on captcha records later this year......

check out some live footage below......







(....a video of the making of their screen printed album art....featuring a track from the RUNNING LP on permanent records......)

tyvek tonight

tonight @ the empty bottle, TYVEK with running and heavy times....@ 7pm (early show, and cheap, only $3......)

you don't wanna miss this show......i promise.