night beats // trmrs split 7 inch

THE NIGHT BEATS are back with a brand new split 7 inch with psych punker cohorts TRMRS.... and since THE NIGHT BEATS made my head explode with their righteous psych fuzz garage rock and released one of my favorite lps of last year, i'm stoked to say the least......  the new 7 inch is just worth is for their scuzzy haunted garage stomping A SIDE, but TRMRS' track on the B SIDE is quite the barn burner too...... full of tremolo, jangle, fuzz, TRMRS take you on one hell of a psyched out ride.......

if you wanna know the future of rock n roll, start with this killer 7 inch.......both THE NIGHT BEATS and TRMRS are highly recommended....... after listening to this, i know you'll buy the rest of their excellent releases........

and oddly enough, we have VOLCOM to thank for this psych explosion of a 7 inch.....
      i guess the skate kids are into psych now........

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SPLIT SINGLE BELOW.......




WATCH TRMRS BELOW AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE IN CHICAGO......



AND WATCH THE NIGHT BEATS LIVE HERE......

spacin' - deep thuds lp

BIRDS OF MAYA were a favorite around TINY GROOVES, playing some of the best psyched out noisy 70s rock jams to be had.......  the group has perhaps called it a day (for good? who knows i hope not) and splintered into two awesome new bands......PURLING HISS, which i've been raving about for quite a while now and SPACIN'...... both bands warp classic rock, garage and pysch by dragging them through woozy analog tape hiss and muddy production, leaving you to swoon over the spaced out melodies that emerge from there...... but whereas purling hiss delves full on into psychedelic noise and sonic experimentation, SPACIN' powers directly into bad acid trip proto punk / stoner rock territory, free jamming their way back into the sickest of MC5, BLUE CHEER and HAWKWIND grooves...... 

SPACIN' just released their debut lp DEEP THUDS on RICHIE RECORDS and it's a definite recommendation for those who like their psych rock weird, heavy and dark...... and i almost wanna move to philly just so i can see them and purling hiss on a regular basis........seriously SPACIN' sucks you into their crazy world and makes you feel high, and i had to keep this record playing over and over again cause everything else i was supposed to write about this weekend seemed boring in comparison.....

CHECK OUT TWO PYSCH ROCK BURNERS 
FROM THEIR NEW LP DEEP THUDS BELOW.....
   and go buy this excellent slab of vinyl now before its gone..........




 and watch SPACIN' rock n roll philly below......

teledrome - double vision 7 inch

synth punk doesn't get better than TELEDROME.....

you might imagine these icy cool synths are from somewhere obnoxiously hip like brooklyn, but TELEDROME hail from calgary, alberta, one of canada's coolest and  most off the radar music scenes.....

.....if i made a mixtape of what TELEDROME sound like it would be quite the awesome cassette....included would be lost sounds, gary numan, the screamers, depeche mode, kraftwerk, epoxies, devo and suicide....... their driving mix of synth punk and power pop is piled high with super catchy melodies and crunchy eighties drum beats that'll make you instantly throw a party.....

i just can't get enough of TELEDROME..... and neither could HOZAC RECORDS, who just released their brand new 7 inch....filled to the brim with five really addicting synth crazed tracks, their new single is very highly recommended....

LISTEN TO REPLACEMENTS, LAZARUS AND DIAL TONE 
FROM THE NEW TELEDROME SINGLE BELOW.....
        and go buy their new single from HOZAC now......







watch TELEDROME live below..........

drunk pixels - GET BENT's CHICAGO BDAY PARTY

before BLACKOUT FEST even started, the party weekend had already begun with GET BENT's BIRTHDAY BASH at the CROWN TAP may 16th..... NONES, THE HECKS and STRYCHNINE all brought the house down with their riotous noisy rock n roll...... and MISS ALEX WHITE of WHITE MYSTERY was there to spin garage and punk records between sets......  and we all had an awesome time.....


so in case you missed out, watch below.......
    thanks to gonzo chicagogo for the video..........

blackout fest recap - random drunk pixels

oh so many good bands and drunken hazy memories......
BLACKOUT FEST is always a great fucking time..... next year i hope to see even more of you there, it's after all one of the best festivals of the year, matched only by SXSW, Atlanta's MESS AROUND and Memphis' GONER FEST......

many thanks to the bands, HOZAC RECORDS and the EMTPY BOTTLE for one of the best weekends of the whole year......  and special thanks to TELEDROME and KETAMINES for keeping the party going all night long friday and saturday at TINY GROOVES HQ.....

here's some more random videos for the weekend, 
thanks to sadly panda as always.......

BARRERACUDAS



TELEDROME



PLATEAUS



COZY



FAR OUT FANGTOOTH



WHITE MYSTERY

blackout fest recap - VIDEO

VIDEO is a band you need to know about now...
...comprised of members from various other DENTON TEXAS punk bands such as BAD SPORTS and WAX MUSEUMS, 
   VIDEO makes some of the best dirty 
fun drunken punk rock around......


they throw in a little bit of psych, garage and krautrock in to mix, and in concert, these guys are a full on riot......... 


their full length LEATHER LEATHER 
on PLAY PINBALL RECORDS was one of 
my top records of 2011, i just can't recommend them enough.......


watch their epic set from BLACKOUT FEST below.....

blackout fest recap - spider fever

SPIDER FEVER packed a wallop of good ol' blown out rock n roll friday night of BLACKOUT FEST....... one of my favorite new punk bands of 2012....these guys don't tour very often, so it was awesome to get to hear their fierce screeching punk rock in person.......... especially sandwiched between VIDEO and DAVILA 666......  what a night.......


go buy their new s/t lp out on WINDIAN RECORDS 
and watch their set at BLACKOUT FEST below..........